Huangfu Song led the army to besiege Gaonu City for almost half a month. So far, even the outer city of Gaonu has not been breached. What is certain is that the defending force of the city is only a little more than 10,000, while the besieging side has a full 60,000 elite soldiers of the imperial court.

On several occasions, Huang Fu Song had seen the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army occupy a certain part of the city, and if he could hold out for a few more moments, he would hopefully tear through the defenders' defenses and allow more Imperial Guards to climb to the top of the city. But at this important juncture, the guard general named Xu Rong would appear in time to see the area that was about to be lost, and then command the Crouching Tiger infantry in heavy armor to kill the soldiers who had finally attacked the city without hesitation.

After half a month of siege battles, the 60,000 troops brought by Huangfu Song have suffered more than 10,000 casualties, while the Crouching Tiger Army, which held on to Gaonu, seems to have suffered less than 3,000 casualties. Such a huge contrast in numbers really made Huangfu Song a little entangled and uncomfortable.

Entangled by the Gaonu defenders to this day, Huangfu Song has completely lost his patience, he decided to launch the last fierce siege operation at noon, and put a full 40,000 troops outside the four walls of Gaonu at one time, regardless of the cost of casualties, to see if the defender Xu Rong can still hold on!

Before the army attacks the city, there will always be some signs, and naturally it will not be able to escape the observation of Xu Rong through the telescope.

When Xu Rong saw that the Imperial Forest Army besieging the city was busy packing up their armor and wiping their weapons, he expected that Huangfu Song was going to have a decisive battle. So, he immediately asked Zhao Bu, who had been in a secret house in Gaonu City, busy drawing and calculating, to the city.

Xu Rong said to Zhao Bu: "Today, Huangfu Song is only afraid that he will attack the city with all his might, and now the troops defending the city are less than 8,000 people who can be put into battle because of casualties, and there are only 2,000 people on one city wall, which is really dangerous, so the Shenhuo battalion needs to come out to support." ”

Zhao Bu didn't speak, carefully took the telescope to observe the situation of the enemy troops under the city, and then said with an indifferent face: "Do you want all the siege troops to die, or just to scare them away?"

When Xu Rong heard Zhao Hu's question, his heart twitched for a while, what does it mean to "die all or be scared away"! Isn't it easier to kill people in the Emotional Shenhuo Camp than to kill chickens? Xu Rong thought for a long time before he replied solemnly: "Let's kill about 30 to 40 percent, not only to make Huangfu Song feel better, but also to leave him some family funds." ”

Zhao Bu nodded and said, "When the time comes, I will only command the Shenhuo Battalion to kill, you have to arrange more counting manpower, once you kill 15,000 people, quickly call it a stop, otherwise I'm afraid that these idle guys will not be able to stop!"

Xu Rong was in a cold sweat, looking at the young man in front of him who was nicknamed the "Fire Dragon King" by the generals of the Jin Kingdom, and he didn't know what to say. This young man is too cold, isn't he? How can he treat human life like a mustard at such a young age?

What Xu Rong didn't know was that as early as when Zhao Xing was about to pass on his mantle in gunpowder to Zhao Bu, he had already solemnly warned Yizi that gunpowder was a weapon of mass destruction that exterminated humanity, and once he began to study, he must have a cold and calm heart, otherwise he would inevitably suffer from psychological illness in the future and be shrouded in a huge sense of guilt for the rest of his life.

Therefore, in Zhao Bu's eyes, killing people with the Divine Fire Battalion, killing one is no different from killing 10,000, it can just be formulated according to the needs of the war.

Zhao Bu once told Zhao Xing that as long as the Jin Kingdom let go of its hands and feet to produce and manufacture gunpowder without restrictions, it would not be difficult to kill all the people in this world. Zhao Xing gently stroked Zhao Bu's head at that time, and then guided the young man in front of him in a serious voice, saying: "If we kill all the people in this world, what is the interest of our life? Killing is not an end, it is only a means that will be used when we have to do so, and the same is true for the use of firearms. ”

This is because Xu Rong considered that after this battle was over, Huangfu Song, who had seen the tremendous power of the firearms of the Jin Kingdom, would definitely not come to attack Gaonu again, and if the news of Chang'an being besieged came at this time, he would have to hurry back to Chang'an with the demoralized Imperial Forest Army.

The Dingyuan Army, which has not shown up for a long time, will definitely appear on the road to the south of Huangfu Song this time. After Huangfu Song was killed by Xu Rong before and after 30,000 people, the Dingyuan army could easily stop him without paying too many casualties, which would be very beneficial to the next move of the Jin Kingdom.

Replaced by a second-rate general, if he didn't have Xu Rong's overall concept and the strong backing of the Shenhuo Battalion, he might have thought about how to completely annihilate Huangfu Song's troops and make a heavy note in the military merit book for himself. The 60,000 elite army that attacked with 10,000 troops, no matter how you look at it, it is a great achievement, but Xu Rong did not do this, which shows his general demeanor.

Huangfu Song issued the order for a general attack according to the planned time, so there was a tsunami outside the city of Gaonu, and the well-trained imperial army put all the siege forces that could be used into the battlefield, and the soldiers who were not afraid of death were tied with gunpowder, and took the most primitive but also the most feasible way to rush towards the gate of the four cities of Gaonu.

Looking at the dense soldiers under the city, Zhao Bu gave an expressionless order: "The wind speed is three knots, the wind direction is southeast, the shooting angle is twenty-five, the firing range is ninety-five, all are ready, release!"

As Zhao Bu's "ignition" order was issued, a rain of 100,000 arrows fired from the head of Gaonu City in an instant ruthlessly poured down on the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army who were running at high speed.

Without waiting for the defenders in the city to exclaim, Zhao Bu ordered again: "The shooting angle is twenty, the shooting range is seventy-five, all are ready, release!"

Then another rain of arrows rushed into the sky and shot down the city.

When Zhao Bu was about to issue an order for the fourth time, Xu Rong on the side hurriedly shouted: "Enough! Enough!

So Zhao Bu didn't say a word, turned his head and went down the city.

This time, in order to ensure that the southern gate of the Jin Kingdom was not lost, Zhao Buke brought a full 500 "swarm" launchers. According to the base number of 100,000 arrows fired at a time, the Shenhuo Battalion brought a full million arrows, which is really a terrifying number.

However, what is even more terrifying is yet to come, if all these million arrows are launched, the Jin State will have to pay two million taels of silver for this! This is enough for the 80,000 horses of the Bingzhou Legion to spend for two years!

According to Zhao Xing's statement: "Money is a bastard, let's earn it again when it is spent!", as long as the most elite Crouching Tiger soldiers can be retained as much as possible, even if the 600,000 taels of silver just now are spilled, it will be worth it.