Chapter 561: The sun is dark, the sky is dark, and there is no light in the city

After the first siege, large-scale battles suddenly disappeared and were transformed into various small units of spying, harassment, and sabotage, mixed with all kinds of inaccessible means.

As a result, in the camp of the coalition army, swarms of snakes, ants, rats and insects often appear at night, these things do not do much harm, but they are easy to frighten the horses, scare people, and let everyone rest badly. Occasionally, some unlucky fellow would step on a long round worm and throw his torch into the tent or the grass in fright, causing a commotion.

As a result, some camps of the coalition army will suddenly have large-scale diarrhea poisoning. After an investigation, it was found that in the wells dug by their own families, they were poisoned or died at some point, so that each family specially sent people to guard the wells one by one, and the main generals had to test for poison before eating and drinking.

As a result, the Righteous Hudgers flew over the camp with impunity, and from time to time dropped pieces of paper with words urging them to surrender. or expose some so-called insiders, such as the Gu family wants to replace the Lu family as the leader of the alliance, and Lu Lie has been hollowed out. For example, the Qiu Lin family has already had a secret communication with the Ji family, but the price has not been negotiated. For example, the Murong family is really a spy of the Ji family, secretly revealing the intelligence of the coalition forces and so on.

After destroying the remaining Danghu birds of the coalition army, due to the casualties of the two pacifications, none of them dared to take to the air to attack these arrogant Vigilantes, and they could only be allowed to act on the heads of the coalition forces all day long.

These big and small, overt or covert means, seem a bit absurd, but they still slowly change the minds of some ordinary soldiers, and the families are more vigilant, and friction also occurs from time to time.

As for the coalition army, of course, they were not idle, and the cavalry of the Cang family, who had a very long range, would shoot some notes into the northern military camp from time to time, which was nothing more than saying that Wu Gan treated the dreadnought army differently from other northern soldiers, and arranged people who were not his descendants to die in the most dangerous position, and put his own people in the city to hide.

even arranged some unbearable things about Wu Yan and Ji Yan, with noses and eyes, which made the army have more conversations.

Ji Yan was embarrassed, but Wu Yan didn't think so, and even read these paper killings aloud in front of the soldiers in the camps of Ai Kai, Ji Dai and Chi Huahe, and the right to relieve everyone's boredom. This attitude made some soldiers who had grievances against Wu Jian put down a lot of their defenses.

What's more, the coalition army borrowed from Wu Gan's practice and sent people from the Ba family to secretly dig tunnels in the city. The Ba family was an expert in this area, and it was smooth at first, but later it was discovered that these soldiers who secretly dug the cave often encountered a giant worm, and after inexplicably killing more than a dozen soldiers, the rest of the people did not dare to go down the cave again.

A means is a means after all, and all means are to prepare for a decisive battle. Seven days later, fighting resumed.

It was still early in the morning, and when the morning fog was hazy, the doors of the various camps of the coalition army were wide open, and all kinds of flags poured out of them, representing the various families and their generals.

The black-pressed soldiers and horses rushed out and set up a position in front of the camp.

This time, Lu Lie and the others were all in the position of the Chinese army, and they did not take the lead in the charge as they did the first time. It seems that the killing and wounding of two people in the Northern Army still made the generals of the coalition army restrain a lot.

Immediately afterwards, one after another flying stone carts were pushed out of the camp, and they were placed in front of the village, looking full of momentum. Dragged by the sturdy Kui Oxen, the stone cart creaked towards the city and the earthen wall, flanked by countless cavalry guards.

Wu Yan stood on the earthen wall, silently counting the number of flying stone cars on the other side, there were more than two hundred and seventy vehicles. Good guys, more people are easy to do, and it took so much effort to build a total of more than 60 units.

In the past few days, Wu Gen has moved most of these flying stone carts to Linqiu and Yuanli City, leaving only more than ten behind the earthen wall, in order to increase the range, and at the same time, he also detected that after the other party built a large number of flying stone vehicles, he was afraid that he would be destroyed by the other party in one place.

It is said that the weather is much more gloomy these days, the sky is often full of cumulus clouds, and the air smells a lot more moist.

Wu Gen looked at the hunting and flying flags beside him, and said to Hu Jia and Yang Zheng on the side: "This ghost weather, how can it look like it's going to rain. In this case, it will not be easy for our crossbow to get wet."

Hu Jia looked at the movement on the other side with a cold face,

Suddenly, he turned his head and said, "Look, the owner of the village, these people are carrying a cloth bag wrapped in oiled paper behind them."

Wu Yan raised his eyes and looked, and sure enough, in addition to the soldiers of the Lu family, whether it was the men and horses of the Cang family who were good at shooting, or the cavalry of other families, they carried a slightly yellow oiled paper package on their hands, and they didn't know what was hidden inside.

"Owner, I always have a bad feeling." Hu Jia's face was much more ugly, "And if you look at the other party's layout, the Lu family's soldiers are obviously closer to the south."

Hearing this, Wu Gan's expression also became serious, and after carefully observing the movement on the other side, he let out a long breath, "They want to hit Lin Qiu."

Looking down at the earthen wall under his feet, although it was repaired a little, it was still broken, and the other party didn't take the bait for such a big bait, so he didn't hesitate to change the direction of attack, it seems that Lu Lie has indeed grown a lot.

"Yes, judging by its stance, it is to suppress our arrows with a stone cart and break down our newly built fortifications." Hu Jia looked a little nervous, "With so many people concentrated near the forest mound, avoiding the attack of the earthen wall and the flying stone cart in the city of Yuanli, it seems that they are going to make up their minds to eat the forest hill today."

"As soon as the forest mound is lost, the earthen wall will be useless here, we will have to retreat to the west or withdraw to the city of Qianli, the entire defense system will be broken, and the other party will finally see our weakness." Wu Gan then added that due to his nervousness, he accidentally used too much force and kicked a large piece of adobe on the earthen wall.

Yang Zheng suddenly spoke on the side, "Village master, I think I know what is contained in those oil papers, the shadows who have been lying in the other party's camp in the past two days have reported that all the people have issued an extra pair of bows, and these oil paper wraps should be bows and arrows. The other party expected that it might rain, so they prepared in advance, but they didn't expect them to plan so carefully."

"Village master, we don't have so many bows and crossbows." Hu Jia looked at Wu Jian nervously, "If it really rains, they still have a good bow to use, so we will ......."

Wu Gan's face was like cumulus clouds in the sky, and he also became gloomy, looked up at the sky, and commanded loudly, "Quickly inform Baoxiang of the enemy's attack on Lin Qiu, and let him be prepared to hold on."

Ordered Niu Ye to make his mastiff wolf ready to attack today, and if Lin Qiu was unable to hold on, send the mastiff out, even if he died, he would stop the enemy.

The Righteous Eagle Army was ordered to go out immediately, and after scattering thistles, they did not stop and suppressed the enemy forces surrounding the woods.

Order the specially formed Sky Shaking Archer behind the wall to immediately go up to the forest mound to support Lexi and them. If it rains today, only the Sky Shaking Bow can continue to shoot in the rain.

Inform Ji Yan that the enemy may attack the camp today, forming a three-sided encirclement of the forest hill, so she must urge all the camps to defend and not retreat.

As for me, I am still stationed on the earthen wall, and if there is a change in the forest hills, I will go to the hills to support, and Wu Yang will take over from me to command the attack and defense near the earthen wall."

Wu Gen issued a number of military orders in one breath, and Hu Jia and Yang Zheng also knew that the military situation was urgent, so they hurriedly ordered someone to convey it. All of a sudden, the camp of the Northern Army suddenly moved, and groups of people rushed along the hillside towards the woodhills.

"The owner of the village, what about the captain of the water." Hu Jia is reminding.

Wu Yan pondered for a moment, and said categorically: "Captain Shui's men and horses can't fight in waves, and if necessary, they can destroy the enemy forces near the city of Qianli, but they must not attack the enemy near Linqiu without authorization, there are too many people in the coalition army, and his thousands of people will not even be able to make a splash."

"Okay, I'll send a letter to Captain Water." Hu Jia hurriedly responded.

In the air, the Righteous Eagle Army had appeared in the sky above the city of Huli, mainly five shuttles, formed into five teams to fly towards the opposite coalition army, their first task was to scatter a large number of thistles on the way of the coalition cavalry, hindering the cavalry movement.

This kind of gadget looks inconspicuous, but if it can be connected into pieces, it can greatly hinder the movement of cavalry. Now that Wu Gan has few people, he can only use all the means at his disposal and try his best to kill and injure the other party's living force.

There was a terrible whistling sound in the air, and a huge stone fell more than twenty feet in front of the earthen wall, smashing a large crater. Wu Yan knew that this was the other party shooting a flying stone car at school.

Sure enough, as the stone flew out, the coalition flying stone cart rumbled forward again

walked more than 30 zhang away. At the same time, the stone carts opposite the city had already begun to bombard the city walls.

"Look, the wind is blowing, the west wind." Yang Zheng suddenly pointed to the flag not far away and said.

Wu Yan turned his head to look, and sure enough, the flag was floating to the east to hunt.

"Yes, throw all the poison you made." Wu Gan did not hesitate to order.

"And the location of the other party's stone cart is right on top of our newly dug tunnel." Yang Zheng reminded again.

"Wait a while, wait for the opponent to attack and then trigger, our flying stone cart is already farther than the coalition army, and it is more in a high place, we will not suffer a loss against the bombardment, the only drawback is that the number is too small." Wu Yan hesitated for a moment and said.

It has been seen that the other party's test launch has been carefully built by the master of the bridge class, and the flying stone vehicle of the northern army is far farther than that of the coalition army, and Wu Gen is not too worried about the concentrated bombardment of the coalition army. Now, the only thing that makes him anxious is whether Lin Qiu can hold it.

At this time, a person jumped to Wu Gan's side, and it was the Southern Army who calmed Ji Jing. He and Yuan Xin were ordered by Ji Ye to secretly sneak here to assist Wu Gan, and resisted the two opponents in the previous battle to defend the city. It's just that after the war, Yuan Xin still had to command the southern front operation, so he returned ahead of schedule, leaving only Ji Jing here, and accompanied Ji Yan on weekdays.

"Wu Zhenfu, but the enemy army is about to attack, I see that the army is dispatching men and horses in all directions." Ji Jing is a middle-aged man, with a face like a knife, a wide forehead and a wide nose, and at first glance, he looks like a person who has led soldiers for many years.

"Yes, the other party may want to attack Lin Qiu, and I am dispatching men." Wu Gen didn't dare to hold up this senior in the army.

Ji Jing raised his head and looked at the people on the opposite side, his face changed slightly, "If the enemy attacks Lin Qiu with all his strength, it is difficult to defend, Wu Zhenfu, to say something unpleasant, if Lin Qiu is lost, what are you going to do."

"Find a way to retreat westward and retreat to Catching Deer Ridge, the lonely city of Yuanli City can't hold it anymore." Wu Gan replied simply.

"What do you need me to do?" Ji Jing stared at Wu Gan.

"You don't have to do anything, if the opponent's master stabs, just stop it. If the matter is urgent and the army is in a bad situation, please leave first with the third young master, if she insists on refusing, she will be knocked unconscious, and it will be pushed on my head afterwards." Wu Gen also stared at the other party, "If I am pursued by the enemy on the way to retreat, I also hope that Ji Zhenfu can lead troops to help."

"It's a matter of course." Ji Jing didn't squirm, turned around and prepared to return to the military village to take care of Ji Yan's safety.

At this moment, from the top of the forest hill, the head of the city, and behind the earthen wall, there was the sound of stone carts ejecting, and one by one the stones cut through the somewhat gloomy canopy, falling like meteors in the ranks of the coalition army.

As soon as the stones hit the ground, puffs of smoke erupted. Wherever they were covered in smoke, the soldiers were in chaos, some vomited, some were crazy and slashed around, causing a lot of commotion among the coalition forces.

These stone bullets all contained poisons concocted by Yang Zheng in a hurry, some hallucinogenic ones, some festering skin, and so on, as long as they could hurt people, they were all used. However, due to the shortage of materials in the city, these poisons could not be produced much, and the stock was exhausted after this round of shooting.

After injuring more than 2,000 people, the coalition forces finally took control of the situation.

As the rumbling war drums sounded, the coalition forces began to urge the war horses to press towards the entire line of the city.