At the beginning of the morning, Yan Tao held a long lance in his hand, wore a silver chain mail, and rushed to the north gate with his subordinates.

Just came to the urn city, Yan Tao couldn't help but be stunned.

Because in front of me, twelve catapults were already staggered in front of them, and there were a lot of rolling stones next to them.

In addition, there are forty Lanxi County soldiers waiting on the sidelines, ready to be ordered to carry the boulder.

In front of one side, Feng Hua was leading his soldiers to carry out tense repairs.

"Brother Feng, what's the matter, why did you suddenly put out the catapult again today." Yan Tao grabbed Feng Hua.

"Naturally, the prince has an order." Feng Hua glanced at the city gate and said in a low voice: "I don't know why today, the prince seems to be a little urgent today, and has made many arrangements, Brother Yan, be careful." ”

Yan Tao's heart immediately tightened: "But what went wrong last night?" ”

"No, last night's several night attacks, all of which were discovered before they reached the city gate, and then were directly forced back by crossbow arrows." Feng Hua shrugged his shoulders and said, "But the prince doesn't seem to have slept all night, and he rushed to the ...... before dawn this morning."

A heavy footstep sounded behind him, interrupting Feng Hua's words.

Yan Tao hurriedly turned around and saw Qi Guang walking from outside with a team of people, holding a large pile of dead grass.

"Feng joins the army, Captain Yan." Qi Guang was a little out of breath, and asked his subordinates to quickly send things to the city wall, and then greeted Yan Tao and Feng Hua.

"Team Feng, what's going on, don't you have to worry about the city wall catching fire?" Yan Tao's brows locked tightly.

"This is the king's order, and the lower officials can only act according to the order, and since it was still dark, the lower officials began to be busy collecting these things." Speaking of this, Qi Guang paused slightly, glanced at the city wall, and then said: "Not only these things, but also fire oil and rockets, a lot of them have been sent, and it looks like they are going to attack with fire today." ”

"Fire attack?" Yan Tao became more and more puzzled.

Although the mountain road is narrow, it has little advantage in terms of fire attack, and it is easy for others to seize the opportunity to shoot rockets at the top of the city.

Once the city is on fire, it will be extremely unfavorable to the defenders.

The king of Nanchang is a steady and cautious person, how could he suffer from such a mistake.

Could it be that there is no calculation in this?

Thinking of this, Yan Tao hurriedly walked towards the city gate tower, and at this time, another group of people came from behind.

Only this time, these people were carrying huge hanging baskets in their hands.

Many red-clothed and gold-armored Qianniuwei were watching behind him, discussing in a low voice what was the use of these things.

Today, there are more and more places that are difficult to see.

Walking quickly up to the city gatehouse, Yan Tao saw that Li Xuan was explaining something to Zhou Shen and Qiu Zhenmu.

Although the faces of the two people were a little uncertain, they still gave up their promises.

Seeing Yan Tao coming, the two of them immediately bowed to Yan Tao, and they didn't have time to say anything, the two of them had already turned around and left.

Yan Tao glanced at the ground, there was not only dead grass, but also split wood, fire oil, and a large amount of cold water.

Although he had doubts, Yan Tao still respectfully bowed his hand to Li Xuan: "Lord Wang! ”

"Captain Yan." Li Xuan nodded gently, and then said to Yan Tao: "Hurry up and prepare, I'm afraid today's battle will be longer, and this king has already asked the others to start preparing to support at any time." ”

"Xia Guan understands." Yan Tao arched his hand, and then looked up at the outside of the city.

At this moment, in the dense forest in the distance, countless figures could be seen swaying back and forth, and the Tianyin Sect had already begun to prepare.

Yan Tao's heart immediately tightened, today's battle is afraid that it will be hard stubble.

"Go ahead!" Li Xuan waved his hand, and Yan Tao immediately went down and hurriedly arranged it.

Looking at Yan Tao's back, Li Xuan smiled with satisfaction.

is worthy of being an old soldier, what to ask and what not to ask, Yan Tao naturally knows in his heart.

Li Xuan doesn't say it now, sooner or later she will explain to him.

Turning around, Li Xuan looked into the dense forest in the distance.

Looking at the Tianyin Sect disciples who kept gathering in the distance, the corners of Li Xuan's mouth showed a hint of coldness.

His face remained calm.

Now, just by what he saw now, the number of these Heavenly Yin Sect disciples had exceeded five hundred.

But so far, Zhang Wanyu, Ye Wanwan, and He Qing'er have not yet appeared.

Overnight, the Tianyin Sect was not idle at all.

Some of the battles this morning were fought.

Between the shadows, time passed quickly.

In the loud noise, Zhang Wanyu, who was riding on a tall horse, finally rushed over from a distance.

Behind her, four wells lined up.

The twelve-meter-high well is almost flush with the head of the city, and the advantages of the city wall have been erased a lot at once.

Not only that, but these wells have been treated like yesterday's ones.

At the front, on the side facing the city wall, all the boards were nailed with thick wooden planks, and the planks were covered with three layers of cowhide.

Even if a heavy rolling stone hits it, it's hard to actually hurt it.

Yesterday, it was with the help of the two wells that Ye Wanwan's subordinates were killed under the city gate.

A battering ram hidden behind the well slammed directly into the city gate.

It was at that moment that the truth was immediately revealed after the city gate.

Today, behind the well, there is no battering ram.

But from behind the gap in the well, the shadows of the four catapults could be seen, and it could be seen that the main thing for the Tianyin Sect to do today was to kill and injure.

Use ordnance and crowd tactics to kill the city wall as much as possible, and kill and injure the Wuzhou soldiers on the city wall as much as possible.

Thousands of people.

Although most of the soldiers were all blocked behind the well, Li Xuan still knew that there were thousands of them.

A thousand people is not much, especially don't forget, not long ago, Li Xuan just wiped out a thousand people under Luo Yongjie.

However, although they are all a thousand, there is a difference between a thousand and a thousand.

Ordnance, morale, commanding generals, and follow-up support are all different.

There is also a big difference in the combat power that can be exerted.

Not to mention, in the camp not far from this thousand people, the Tianyin Sect still has a thousand people.

……

"Knock knock!" A burst of drums rang out, resounding behind the Heavenly Yin soldiers in the distance.

The next moment, Zhang Wanyu's cold voice sounded in everyone's ears: "Attack." ”

Zhang Wanyu gave an order, and the four wells were finally pushed forward hard, and soon advanced to the range of the trebuchet on the city gate tower.

There was no need for Li Xuan to care about it at all, Yan Tao had already ordered the launch at the first time.

With a "boom", the huge rolling stone immediately blasted down from the city gate, and finally hit the middle of the well with extraordinary accuracy.

The rolling stone smashed against the shaft with a loud bang.

The whole well was just shaking slightly, and the next moment, the rolling stone had fallen from the middle of the well block, and then smashed heavily on the ground, making a muffled sound of "dong", and finally smashed on the bottom part of the well block, and then completely stopped.

It was at this time that a small door appeared directly at the bottom of the diaphragm.

Immediately after, the rolling stone had been directly pulled in, and then quickly sent back, directly to the catapult behind.

The catapult behind followed the well and quickly stepped forward, hiding in the dead corner behind the well and then quickly stepped forward until the trebuchet on the city gate tower appeared within their range, and they began to prepare to shoot.

It was at this moment that a huge rolling stone rolled directly over their heads and smashed heavily into the soldiers behind them.

"No matter how big the well is, if it doesn't, the area that can be defended is still limited, and those soldiers in the rear are ...... now" Li Xuan's words were not finished, and in an instant, they had already shot straight from a distance, and had already penetrated the throat of a soldier who was throwing rolling stones.

Li Xuan suddenly looked down, and suddenly saw Xu Shan standing on top of the well, shooting arrows in the direction of the city gate.

The target turned out to be a soldier operating a trebuchet.

As long as the soldier who operates the trebuchet is shot, the frequency and lethality of the trebuchet will naturally decrease rapidly.

Zhang Wanyu actually grasped this key point of the trebuchet.

Li Xuan turned his head violently to look at Yan Tao on the side, and Yan Tao nodded at Li Xuan.

The powerful bow in his hand had already been mounted with an arrow, and with a "whoosh", a long arrow had passed through the gap in the well and directly shot a soldier who pushed the well block.

But at this moment, another soldier had stepped forward, taking the place of the comrade who had been shot earlier, and then continued to push the well forward quickly.

With a "boom", two huge rolling stones flew directly from the city wall, and then smashed directly towards the rear of the well.

"Knock~"

Flesh and blood flew everywhere, wailing all over the field, and I don't know how many people were killed directly by two rolling stones.

At this time, four rolling stones of the same size were thrown out directly from behind the well and smashed towards the city gate tower.

On the city wall, Li Xuan, who saw this scene, couldn't help but show a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

In an instant, four rolling stones smashed on the mountain path under the city wall, and smashed on the rock walls on both sides, and there was still some distance from reaching the city wall.

"Poor boy, I haven't learned parabola or trebuchet at all, and it's not something that anyone can play with." Li Xuan's voice talking to himself was only heard by him.

Countless rolling stones staggered back and forth in mid-air, and finally smashed the target this time.

With a "bang", the rolling stones of the Tianyin Sect smashed into the city wall at once, making a huge sound.

The Heavenly Yin Priest in the distance finally let out an unwilling cheer.

They don't know how many people were sacrificed for this.

The huge rolling stone flew up again and smashed into the city wall with great speed.

Looking at the catapult that had always been hiding in the shadow of the well, Li Xuan pointed his finger on the city wall and gently drew an arc.

After some calculation, Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

It was at this time that Li Xuan turned his head to look at Li Zhu behind him, and said softly: "Herald, archer, throw!" ”

Do you really think that you can be safe and sound by hiding behind the well, I think too much.

"Whoosh!" Long arrows flew directly over the shaft and into the catapults below.

The sharp arrow had pierced the neck of one of the gray pawns diagonally, and blood was pouring all over the ground in an instant.

But soon, another Tianyin Sect disciple directly took the former's position and skillfully operated the catapult.

Jing Yan advanced rapidly, the pressure was getting heavier and heavier, and the archers on both sides were quickly looking for opportunities to shoot their opponents, but after all, it was Meiling Pass that occupied the top......

Suddenly, Li Xuan turned around violently, and a breeze passed through the city gate tower and landed on the back of his neck.

In an instant, Li Xuan's face suddenly became completely solemn.

Here it comes!

(End of chapter)