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Knock knock, the earth-shattering drum sound like rolling thunder resounded non-stop, in the huge camp, the soldiers who had just had breakfast raised their weapons one after another, under the greeting of the fire commander and the team, gathered into a square, and then rushed out, came to the outside of the barracks, and added the vast field

The Suzaku Plain of Pingchuan is almost impossible to defend, and with dense towns and a large number of soldiers and horses, it is stunned that the emperor has created a defensive circle within a radius of fifty miles with the Vermilion Bird City as the center, and has built three core defense lines based on many small and medium-sized cities and a large number of villages and towns

If you want to take the Vermilion Bird City, you must pull out these peripheral nails, and the massive emperors are not just vegetarians

It can be said that after several months of building, the Suzaku City has become like a hedgehog full of spikes, no matter how you touch it, it will prick your hands, and the best way to deal with the hedgehog is actually to besiege it without attacking it, dragging it, after all, the city is not monolithic, as long as it drags on, the emperor will collapse by itself

However, although this method is the best choice, it is also an option that has not been chosen, because in Nanping County, two hundred miles to the south, there is Leng Zhuo's Ping'an Army, which is a huge variable, and it is also a factor that makes the emperor ** have a glimmer of hope

And in addition to this, the short-term alliance between the Holy Sect and the Tang Army is also a ghost, each with its own plans, not to mention that according to the previous agreement, who contributes more will have more benefits, Suzaku City, this is a place where most of the wealth of Chuzhou is concentrated, and this wealth is enough to make the two forces covet it, at any cost

The Holy Sect is bound to win the Vermilion Bird City, although attacking the Vermilion Bird City will suffer heavy losses, but the Holy Sect has no hesitation about this, with the continuous flow of the Holy Sect army crossing the Xiangshui, the entire West of the Vermilion Bird City The Holy Sect soldiers and horses have gathered a million troops, which is two and a half times the size of the empire and five times that of the Tang army, just by relying on the number, it is enough to make many people terrified

Although the Holy Sect has a million soldiers and horses, more than ninety percent of them are young and strong people who are drawn from the local area, and there are not many people who can fight, and the Holy Sect wants to dominate the world, relying on the number is obviously not able to support the climate, and if you want to train and sharpen a little bit, there is obviously no idle time, and war is undoubtedly a place for soldiers to mature quickly, and the soldiers of a hundred battles can be generals, and war is the best classroom

"Sortie" stood on a command car, ten giant horned buffalo beasts moved their four hooves, pulling the wheels of the five-zhang tower weighing 100,000 catties to crush the official road, leaving a rut, Ren Flame Banner Banner Lord Wei Yan looked at the surrounding soldiers and forests, and the situation of the sea of people was like a tide, which can be described as high-spirited

According to the resolution of the sect leader and the holy woman, the Holy Sect's Five Elements Holy Banner has 200,000 soldiers per banner, and it is divided into five large flags, 40,000 per banner, and each banner selects one point, and the five banners under its jurisdiction carry out non-stop siege of the target every three days

And the promise to the soldiers under his command, but if they are beheaded by five people, they can be incorporated into the elite barracks in the army, or those who have survived three rounds of siege and are not disabled, they can also enter the elite barracks, and once they enter the elite barracks, they can enjoy military salaries, women, and their families can share 30 acres of land

Although the Holy Cult Army is not strong in combat, it has done a meticulous job of picking up propaganda, after all, the Holy Cult is an army formed by verbal incitement, and all kinds of benefits have been promised, and naturally these recruited civilians have been instigated

You must know that there is an insurmountable gap between the dynasties, nobles, and commoners, who doesn't want to be a noble lord, now there is a chance, a chance to get rid of a lifetime of hard work, how can the blood boil

The equipment of the Holy Cult Army can be regarded as the worst in the Quartet forces, in a phalanx, the armor only accounts for two or three percent, and in this armor, most of them are broken leather armor, the number of iron armor is very small, and those who can wear iron armor are the strongest in this team, and they are also the most fierce and vicious group of people, in order to select elite soldiers, the Holy Religion also encourages private gladiatorial fighting, and the strong also have the right to wear the best armor and take the best weapons

"Cheer me up, keep a good formation, if you want to live, you can't be afraid of death, the more afraid of death, the faster you die, and, even if the people around you die, don't look at it, on the battlefield, life is life, death is also life, so you should live, even if you are under the rain of arrows, you should die, even if you wear iron armor and a shield, you should die"

In the deafening sound of drums, in each phalanx, there are some people who are good at speaking and have leadership skills are appointed as the banner of a battalion, and the Holy Sect Army is poorly equipped, so every siege means a large number of casualties, and after the casualties, there will be countless soldiers to fill in, and the cycle will start again, gradually digging out some elites who are not afraid of death

As soon as the Holy Sect army moved, in addition to the dense human heads, there were also a large number of siege equipment, and the huge number of people was not without the slightest benefit, and after the Holy Sect occupied the three mansions of Chuxi, it gathered all the craftsmen who knew carpenters, blacksmiths and other crafts, forming a craftsman banner of tens of thousands of people, and the task of these people was to build all kinds of ordnance

There is no iron armor, or even leather armor, so it's good, just build a simple bamboo armor, polish the bamboo pieces, put on hemp rope, it is a pair of bamboo armor, and then soak it in tung oil for a few days to dry it, and a pair of bamboo armor that can resist knife cutting can be used

Weapons, most of them are spears, because spears consume less iron, and as long as they are poured with a mold, and then cooled and polished, they can be used, in addition, they are shields, which are directly coarse logs, cut off a small section of a finger width, and tie a rope is the shield to build the most, and there are some more complicated, such as up to seven or eight zhang t The arrow tower on the battlement of the city wall is a good movable arrow tower, and there is a large well fence that can send soldiers to the head of the city, or has a huge wooden shield, which can cover the large transport vehicles in the rain of arrows

Countless craftsmen mean that a steady stream of siege equipment has been created, and in three months, a large number of siege equipment has been hoarded in the Holy Sect army, and every time it is fought, the phalanx is surrounded by rough and giant siege equipment, rushing forward

The brigade of soldiers and horses traveled two miles away, and suddenly appeared above the ruined city, and countless small black dots suddenly appeared, this is a catapult in the city, and the stones projected are all stones the size of a human head, and the stones are square and angular, as long as they are hit, they will be seriously injured if they do not die, and every projection is overwhelming, and the lethality is the most terrifying

In the military formation, there were veterans who had already suffered from this thing, and when they saw the black dots smashing in, they suddenly shouted loudly: "Fuck hold the shield high for me, raise it at an angle of forty-five degrees, and put it on the front and back, and give me a hurry if you want to live."

Before the veteran finished speaking, the thrown stones were already flying overhead, and the sound of the wind was whistling

disheveled

A stone directly hit the wooden shield that had just been raised, although the shield in the Holy Cult Army was rough, but it was quite material, and the wooden shield made of whole wood was strong, and after this blow, it was smashed out of some pits, but the strength carried by the stone was not something that the shield could stop

The soldier was a rookie, and when he heard the old soldier shouting, he raised his shield, and although he did so, he didn't know the point at all, and he was smashed, and his center of gravity suddenly fell back, and his arm was numb and painful, as if it had been broken, and the pain was scorching

This tender rookie fell backwards, but it directly overwhelmed the people behind him, and suddenly a gap appeared in the rigorous phalanx

"Don't panic, if you are hit once, it will be difficult to be hit again, so don't panic, stand up quickly" The old soldier's shout played a key role again, and the soldier who was hit was also relieved

Not everyone is as lucky as him, the stone is directly embedded in the wooden shield, this wood is also divided into many kinds, some wood is harder, some wood is softer, undoubtedly this person's shield, the wood is relatively soft, plus the stone is not too big, so it offsets some of the impact, but there are some unlucky, although the stone block with the shield, but the force of the conduction on the shield is enough to make these poorly prepared tender, try the cruelty of war

Bang, the stone hit a hardwood shield, the soldier was not prepared at all, suddenly smashed, and immediately fell down, but the stone bounced up with the help of the hardwood shield, directly hit the head of a soldier behind him, on the spot, the unlucky guy, half of his head was smashed, red, white, splashed around, and the stone castration did not decrease, and swept five or six people enough, only then it was embedded in the man's chest, let the blood stain it red

The big stones of the head are just two strokes away, and instead of hundreds of catties, or even thousands of catties of heavy stones, the targets of these heavy stones are those siege equipment, although the accuracy of the catapults is not good, but the mobility of these big guys is really not complimentary, as long as there are more than a dozen catapults concentrated, there will always be a chance to hit

"Mother, the most terrible thing is coming, don't smash it on Lao Tzu's head" A veteran looked at the big stone that could cover half the sky in mid-air and fell down, but he prayed in his heart, because those small stones could still be carried before, but when they were hit by this big stone, the shield was useless at all, and whoever hit it would die

That boulder is like a heavy bulldozer, as soon as it hits the ground, it doesn't count as smashing to death, after it bounces up, it is a large area, as long as it is next to each other, the lightest is also missing an arm and a broken leg, and the unlucky one is directly smashed into a meat patty

"Pass the order, the catapult will be transferred" Above the city, Chen Qingzhi loudly gave an order to the commanding soldiers around him, a pair of eyes, staring at the Holy Sect army slowly moving in the distance, and behind the Holy Sect army, the catapults have stopped and began to prepare for throwing: "Command the soldiers of the city, hide in the Tibetan soldier cave, and leave only some people to watch"

Although Chen Qingzhi was reluctant to admit it, in the face of the Holy Sect's tidal attack, Jiaocheng had reached the last moment, especially in the Holy Sect army, a huge number of siege equipment, every time the soldiers and horses in the city suffered heavy losses, with the hundreds of catapults, although they could not directly cover the whole city, but it was enough to form an overwhelming stone rain attack on Jiaocheng

In front of the cold boulder, even if the earth spirit master is directly hit, the lightest is a serious injury, and at this point, you will not be biased because you are elite

"General Chen, I just got the news, the southern city guard general Chunli opened the southern city and fled the main general Zheng Yuan has also retreated, and the east city and north city guards have gone to the Shuai Mansion one after another, and it seems that they plan to retreat and treat us as outcasts."

Chen Qingzhi was not surprised when he heard this: "Hmph, that Zheng Yuan is just an old horseman, and now it is a big surprise to run, he can leave if he wants to, you have to let him leave the soldiers and horses, you go to the Shuaifu, just say that he is willing to take on the defense of Jiaocheng, and ask him to go back to the rear to ask for reinforcements, I think he will be happy."

When Pang Juan heard this, he nodded: "I'm afraid that those soldiers and horses don't want to stay, after all, this corner city is like hell."

"Hmph, as long as you get the military order, whoever dares to go, is to escape, the knife in the general's hand is not vegetarian, go, if the old man refuses, just tell him, as soon as they leave, my side will not be in the way, when the time comes, the corner city will be lost, and the responsibility will be borne by him alone."