Chapter 386: Sortie
Suddenly, the battle unfolded, and the trebuchet threw a dazzling fireball that lit up the entire sky.
All the ranged trebuchets attacked together, and there were significantly more than before, and they were released more frequently.
Correspondingly, in the city of Zhu'an City, there is already a sea of fire.
The complex that had been demolished to make a firebreak was hit by a fireball in an instant, and the fire ignited almost instantly. As the fireball continued to fall, the flames were monstrous, and there was no possibility of extinguishing it at all.
All the sergeants who had been stationed at the edge of the city wall immediately moved to build facilities to withstand the fire, and Zhu'an City was already a sea of fire, including the area around the courtyard where Ye Guan was located, which was also surrounded by fire.
The sound in his ears was not in his ears, Ye Guan left the courtyard for the first time, stood in the courtyard and looked up at the sky, several fires seemed to pass in front of him, bombarding the city, making a deafening sound. At the same time, the city wall was also bombarded by a large number of fireballs, and the sergeants on it took refuge behind the battlements, but some sergeants were inevitably hit by the aftermath, and the flames rose instantly, even if they quickly took off their armor, they would still be burned very hard.
Ye Guan frowned, his heart moved slightly, his figure flashed, disappeared from the courtyard, and climbed the city wall at a very fast speed, the flames on the city wall were much smaller than in the city, all the soldiers hid behind the battlements, the fireball of the trebuchet hit the city wall from time to time, splashing a blazing flame, this flame stuck to the body, and it would immediately ignite, in such a short time, many soldiers have been injured by the flames, but fortunately no one died.
The blazing breath on his face made Ye Guan frown, he stood on the top of the city and looked into the distance, but he did not find any signs of the enemy's attack, but on the distant mountain, he saw a piece of fire, which must be a long-range trebuchet arranged by the enemy, and it was constantly throwing fireballs in the direction of Zhu'an City.
They didn't attack for a day, it turned out that they had adjusted their methods, and they couldn't see that the strong attack was not good, so they should use a long-range trebuchet to turn Zhu'an City into a sea of fire first, causing damage to the greatest extent, and at the same time wearing down the city walls, so that it would be more convenient for them to attack in the back.
The number of remote trebuchets is obviously more than before, it should be made in recent days, this trebuchet is very difficult to make, the requirements for materials are stricter, if the material does not meet the requirements, either the frame does not bear the weight, or the machine width does not have much power, can not meet expectations. The enemy army has once again formed a long-range trebuchet in a short period of time, and it seems that Shen Tuyan is very well prepared, and he knows Zhu'an Castle very well, and he is very handy in battle.
The trebuchet in the distance is still throwing fireballs, the city is already a sea of fire, and the city wall under the foot is also under the bombardment of the trebuchet, there are more and more fine cracks, if it goes on like this, before dawn, the city wall will appear huge cracks, and then there is a danger of collapse. Without a strong city wall, Ye Guan's plan could not be fully carried out, and after the city wall fell, the enemy army launched a general attack, and the defenders in the city could only choose to fight the enemy hand-to-hand, and there was no other way.
The situation was critical, many sergeants were pressed on the battlements, there was no room for counterattack, the enemy trebuchets were far away on the opposite hill, and they needed to pass through the enemy camp to pass, and at this moment the enemy camp must have been prepared for a long time, just waiting for the sergeants defending the city to stand it and rush out, they took everyone down in one go, and saved a lot of effort.
Ye Guan didn't take into account the enemy's way of dealing with it, but he didn't expect that the enemy army could form a long-range trebuchet again in a short time, and he thought that the enemy army would launch a frontal attack again tonight, and at the same time outflank the left and right, using the advantage of the trebuchet to take the city in one fell swoop. But now it seems that they still chose this way of waiting for work, and if they don't do it now, I'm afraid that all plans will be aborted.
Don't allow for much thought, Ye Guan glanced at the city, and immediately found where Ren Zijin was, his figure flashed, came to his side, and said in a low voice: "After a while, the trebuchet will stop attacking, and the enemy will immediately attack, this attack is not a temptation, and you will definitely go all out, you immediately arrange for the left and right soldiers to be on standby, if the enemy army is overwhelming, and then send two brigades to defend, you must hold the city." ”
Ren Zijin was taken aback by Ye Guan's words, he didn't see Ye Guan coming up at all, and it was also because Ye Guan was light in his body, so he took a look at the city and immediately came to look for him. Ren Zijin was stunned at first, but just reacted, but saw that Ye Guan had turned into a green mang, rushed straight down the city wall, and went straight to the enemy camp. He immediately knew what Ye Guan was going to do, but if he wanted to speak, Ye Guan's figure had already disappeared, he was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, he was already approaching the enemy camp, so he could only give up, and he knew Ye Guan's order, and immediately began to arrange.
Ye Guan descended the city wall, and the speed was extremely fast, and he came straight to the enemy camp. It is certainly not as easy as imagined to destroy the enemy's long-range trebuchet, and the first thing that needs to be done is to pass through the enemy camp that is fortified layer by layer. Fortunately, Ye Guanfeng's fighting spirit deepened, and his speed was extremely fast, and it didn't take much effort to bypass these ordinary sergeants, and his figure flickered, and he entered the enemy camp.
The enemy camp was built relatively easily, and it seems that Shen Tuyan did not intend to fight for a long time. A simple wooden barracks gate, with a watchtower on the left and right, was guarded by sergeants, but it was not difficult to avoid them. After entering the camp, there was silence in the camp, no bonfires were lit, and the camps on the left and right seemed to be empty.
The entire camp occupies a huge area, and it should be spread out directly based on the brigade, but except for the sporadic patrol sergeants, Ye Guan did not see more enemy troops in the camp, and after walking through the camp for a while, he found that the camps on the left and right were like this, and he immediately knew in his heart that something was wrong, the enemy army was afraid that it was not going to attack head-on, and in this day's time, I am afraid that other methods were used to transfer all the sergeants to other places.
"Hoo ......"
The fireballs in the sky were still flying towards Zhu'an City behind, Ye Guan thought about it for a while, and immediately decided to destroy the trebuchet first, if these weapons were not solved, Zhu'an City would not be able to resist the attack behind.
After making up his mind, he no longer hesitated, and his figure flashed quickly, straight through the enemy camp, and ran towards the mountain behind.
Ye Guan was extremely fast, and in a short time he reached the vicinity, jumped on a big tree and hid, and looked out to see the enemy trebuchet not far away.
In the middle of the mountain range, many trees were cut down, revealing a large clearing, and six long-range trebuchets were erected on this clearing, each of which had several sergeants operating, but there were no garrisons except for the sergeants who were operating the trebuchets. Ye watched it sincerely, but he was very puzzled in his heart.
It is said that such a siege weapon will definitely be heavily guarded, and it is impossible to put it on the surface like this. According to the enemy's security that he saw before, he didn't have to take action at all, he could find a few captains in the army, and he could touch it and do it. The enemy arranged it this way, and there was not even a garrison on the side of the trebuchet, and there must have been some fraud among them.
The sergeant who operates the trebuchet is very skillful, and the actions such as suppressing the machine, igniting, and excitement are all done in one go, and at first glance he is not a recruit. Behind the trebuchet, there is a full load of throwing stones, which are covered with a kind of greasy-looking object, all of which are special throwing stones, and when ignited, they will immediately explode as soon as they come into contact with a heavy object, and the flames attached to it will immediately explode, igniting everything around it.
Ye Guan quietly hid on the trees, carefully examining the surrounding environment, he couldn't believe that the enemy was not in such a place, so wide open, without any protection, contrary to common sense.
However, after observing for a while, I did not find any anomalies on the left and right. Ye Guan frowned, attracted his fighting spirit, moved slightly, changed the angle again, and continued to check. But after a few more moments, no anomalies were found. There was no one in the vicinity except for the sergeant who was operating the six trebuchets, and the enemy seemed to have no protection.
At this moment, we should observe for a while, if the enemy arranges an ambush by a master, now it is a matter of who has patience. But Ye Guan couldn't wait, the main sergeant of the enemy army was no longer in the camp, and would inevitably appear in the mountains on the left and right or in the mountains near the front city wall, and now his generals didn't get the news, plus the trebuchet was still stimulating the stone, and if the time dragged on, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The battlefield is changing rapidly, at this moment, these trebuchets must be destroyed immediately, return to the city to arrange the city defense, if the enemy suddenly attacked, their previous plan will definitely come to naught, not to mention the retreat of all the staff, it is likely that they will be completely annihilated here.
Gritting his teeth slightly, Ye Guan slowly pulled out his close-fitting saber, agitated his fighting spirit, his figure flashed, jumped down directly from the trunk, and ran straight to the trebuchet closest to him, the long sword in his hand waved in the air, a sharp sword qi came out of his body, roared away, and a sword slashed on the trebuchet, the trebuchet made a crisp sound, and the main body slowly broke into two sections and slid to the ground.
It wasn't until the trebuchet fell to the ground and made a loud noise that the sergeant who was operating it reacted, and was about to open his mouth to shout, but he felt a chill on his neck, and Ye Guan's ghost-like figure flashed, and several sergeants in charge of operating the trebuchet immediately spurted blood from their throats and died on the spot.
This series of actions took place between the lightning and flint, the trebuchet had just been destroyed, and several sergeants had already been killed, and at the same time, Ye Guan was fast, and immediately rushed down to the trebuchet.
Until this time, the sergeant on the side did not understand what was happening, until he saw the sergeant next to him spurting blood from his throat and the trebuchet on the side crashing to the end, so he understood and immediately shouted loudly and issued an early warning.
Ye Guan didn't care what he shouted, his figure was fast, and he came straight to the second trebuchet, and a sword qi burst out, like a sharp blade cutting through tofu, and the solid width of the trebuchet was instantly cut off, and he fell to the ground with a bang.
Just when Ye Guan wanted to move forward to destroy the trebuchet again, he suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from his side, and his figure immediately flickered, only to see a foot-deep ravine appear on the ground on the side, and a figure slowly walked out of the woods.
"Ye Guan, I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”