The defenders of the castle tower poured boiling oil and sulfur down, and the fire threw down the straw, and most of the chariot was burned.

The soldiers hiding below screamed and ran out, either burned by the fire or shot by the arrows in the city, and the scene was extremely tragic.

Xu Huang sent three rushing vehicles again, and also launched a ramming attack on the wall next to him, trying to tear down the iron gate entirely.

More than a dozen rushing cars were all destroyed under the city, turned into charcoal, and the iron-cast gate was knocked into several pits.

Cao Jun still followed one after another, and the corpses were piled up at the foot of the city wall, and the flesh and blood were blurred, but no one could climb the tall Wuguan city wall.

Torches thrown from the city set the corpses on fire, creating a wall of fire, emitting a sickening stench of burning.

Xu Huang held the big axe, his face sank like water, the danger of Wuguan was solid, as early as he expected, this was still at the north gate, if he attacked the east gate, there was no chance of winning at all.

Although the road in the pass is a little flat, it is also built on the mountain, and the location is limited, so it can only be attacked from the main gate, and the advantage of troops cannot be brought into play at all.

The scene was extremely tragic, but Xu Huang could only grit his teeth and supervise the battle, the importance of Wuguan is self-evident, if Liu Qi takes the opportunity to enter the army again, it will cause turmoil in Guanzhong.

In this battle, there was no retreat, even if it was to level Wuguan, and the Jingzhou army could not be allowed to occupy Wuguan at any price.

Cao's army attacked Wuguan day and night, for three days in a row, and the defenders on the pass also suffered losses, but compared to the losses outside the city, they were negligible.

Wei Yan and Fu Wei took turns to defend the city, and occasionally Pang Tong also came to supervise the battle, looking at the imposing Cao Jun, he looked indifferent, standing in the city tower with his hands behind his back, as if admiring the scenery of this cliff.

After several days of hard fighting, the city had become a quagmire of flesh and blood, and under the cover of catapults and wells, Cao's army finally set up a ladder and climbed the city wall like ants.

The rolling stones and sassal trees that had been prepared for a long time fell one after another, smashing them against the enemies who had ascended the city, and the boiling water and boiling oil were also poured down, and the terrible screams echoed in the mountain streams, especially at night, and sounded terrifying.

Although the casualties were heavy, the Cao army began to ascend the city, and some even climbed to the top of the city, although they were killed by Wei Yan, the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted, and they launched a fierce attack again.

"Grandma's bear!" Wei Yan retreated with blood stained and scolded: "Is this Xu Huang sealed? Cao Jun's life is not even as good as an ant. ”

Pang Tong smiled: "If the general is choked by someone, he will also resist desperately." ”

Wei Yan wiped his face and sighed: "I'm not afraid of fighting, but if I keep it like this, when will it be a head?" It's not enough to be happy. ”

Pang Tong said: "The general is still so tired of defending the city, Cao Jun can imagine that if he meets the head attack when his morale is at its peak, it will definitely collapse, and the army's spirit will collapse, and it will be the time for the general to counterattack." ”

Wei Yan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "It turns out that the military advisor still has a clever plan. ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "When I came to Wuguan, Xiangyang was already rushing to make a sharp weapon, and there must have been some quantities at this time, and reinforcements would soon arrive." ”

"I wish they had come sooner!" Wei Yan ate two large bowls of rice, three chicken legs, and a bowl of haggis soup, and fell asleep.

In the blink of an eye, half a moon passed, the smoke of gunpowder under Wuguan City was spread, the corpses were scarred, the purple-black blood stains soaked the ground, a waterfall was formed on the cliff, and the remains of the corpses hung on the rocks and trees, attracting crows and eagles to hover endlessly.

A reinforcement of 3,000 men from Nanyang finally arrived at Wuguan, and Wei Yan was supervising the battle, sending people to bring it into the city, urging the new weapons to be shipped quickly.

After waiting for half an hour, there was no movement, and he was suddenly furious: "Who led the troops to come, and dared to delay the military plane, I don't know that my military law is powerful?" ”

At this moment, there was a burst of laughter from behind him: "Hahaha, Wen Chang's temper is getting hotter and hotter, and he is less patient than me." ”

Wei Yan turned his head to look, only to see that on the covered bridge, a tall man with an iron tower strode over, with a dark face and a swallow jaw and tiger beard, and said in astonishment: "How can General Zhang lead the troops?" ”

"I'm not the one who leads the troops!" Zhang Fei pointed to the camp below, "General Liu is here in person and is assembling weapons. ”

"The eldest prince?" Wei Yan was stunned, not happy but worried: "Aren't you afraid that I won't be able to hold the martial arts?" ”

"The general has other plans!" Zhang Fei smiled, inspected the pass with his hands behind his back, and praised: "Wuguan really deserves its reputation, and General Wei guards it well." ”

"Needless to say?" Wei Yan snorted dissatisfied.

Zhang Fei laughed and said: "If I had guarded the pass, I would have killed the general a long time ago, took Xu Huang's dog's head, and had already killed Chang'an at this time." ”

"Cut!" Wei Yan pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "Yide also drinks more than me, if you talk about charging into battle, Wei is no worse than you." ”

"What? Are you not convinced? Zhang Fei glared: "Why don't we compare?" ”

Wei Yan grabbed the big knife: "You and I will fight out of the pass now, and the one who Huang Xu Huang first wins." ”

The two met enthusiastically for three minutes, and in a blink of an eye, they were like bullfighting, leaving Fu Wei to guard the pass, and rushed down the city tower angrily, to go to the barracks to order troops to fight.

When I arrived at the barracks, I saw countless vehicles placed around, soldiers all gathered around, craftsmen were busy building wooden frames, and Pang Tongzheng was chatting with Liu Qi.

The two were very curious, and forgot to count their troops, and squeezed through the crowd to get closer, only to see a row of wooden frames the size of vehicles on the field, on which crossbow arrows were erected.

Wei Yan forgot to salute, and went straight forward and asked, "What is this?" ”

Liu Qi smiled: "Repeater! ”

"Repeater?" Wei Yan frowned, only to see that on the ballista, each arrow groove was as wide as a thumb, and there were brass grooves side by side, some three, some five.

Pang Tongyan said: "I have seen Qin crossbows in ancient books, but there are some similarities, when the Qin State swept the Central Plains, it was to take the bow and crossbow first, but it was too bulky and inconvenient to load, so it was discarded, and now Kong Ming and his wife have taken it out again, and there will be improvements." ”

Liu Qi nodded and said, "Not bad,"

On the front city wall, Zhuge Liang was introducing bows and crossbows to several generals, all of which were equipment

Lu Xiang pointed to the crossbow and said: "This crossbow and crossbow are transformed on the basis of Qin's crossbow. ”

"So amazing?" Wei Yan was taken aback, touched the crossbow with his hand, and saw that in the arrow trough a palm deep, there were three finger-thick crossbow arrows, and sighed: "It's a pity that the number is less." ”

Liu Qi said with a smile: "At present, Xiangyang's latest improved repeater can already achieve eight rounds of one crossbow, and it may be increased to ten rounds of one crossbow or even twenty rounds in the future. ”

"Hiss-" Everyone was shocked, and even felt incredible, if this bow and crossbow were made, wouldn't one person be worth ten archers, and the power could be imagined.

"Technology is the number one combat force!" Liu Qi said angrily: "When the crossbow is completed, the role of the crossbow soldier will be no less than that of the cavalry." ”

Pang Tong's eyes were slightly complicated, and he sighed: "This Kong Ming couple, I don't know how many strange tricks and tricks are hidden. ”

Liu Qi said with a smile: "Tomorrow I will present this great gift, Xu Gongming will be the first to witness, and he will be considered lucky." ”

Wei Yan muttered, "Is this horse riding called luck?" ”