The sky was bright again, and the sun slowly climbed into the air with the morning glow, lazily scattering its gentle heat to the earth. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info brings a touch of warmth to Beiping in early winter.

"It was really a nice day. In the city of Beiping, Badun and Xun Luo looked at each other from a distance and said this sentence at the same time.

The city leader turned his head and looked behind him, and said loudly: "Sons, prepare, attack the city later!"

Xun Luo at the head of the city turned to Zhang Chong and said, "General Zhang Chong, are you ready?" Zhang Chong said with a resolute look on his face: "Ready"

Xun glanced at Zhang Chong and said in a low voice: "Be sure to save your strength, it's not easy for the lord to save this little belongings."

Hearing this, Zhang Chong no longer hesitated, and left the city wall with a low promise.

Under the city, 60,000 troops under the command of Badun lined up in twelve neat phalanxes, making the final preparations before the siege. Xun Luo looked at the military formation that was still neat, even if he was an enemy side, he had to admire the ability to govern the army. Ten days before and after, Badun has to launch at least one attack every day, as the siege of the party, Badun actually has no advantage at all, on the contrary, Xun Luo and others have a condescending advantage, plus the city wall of Beiping has been vigorously rested by Yuan Qi in recent years, as solid as a rock, in such a strong city, Xun Luo can calmly use a variety of materials and weapons to resist the coalition army under Badun.

Over the past ten days, more than 10,000 of his coalition forces have been killed or wounded, and almost every day 1,000 have died in siege battles. But looking at the lineup of the coalition army, the morale is still high, which makes Xun Luo admire the means of leading the troops very much. As a general, the most commendable thing is not how to stimulate the morale of soldiers, but how to maintain morale, even in an unfavorable situation, can not let the morale fall to the bottom, otherwise it will definitely be defeated without a fight.

"If this stumbling is not removed, it will definitely be a big trouble in the future. Xun slightly muttered to himself.

Jia Yuan also came to the city wall at some point. With Xun Luo's consent, during the time period of the battle with the rebels, Jia Yuan could go out of the courtyard and watch the battle on the city wall in order to make suggestions.

Walking to Xun Luo's side, Jia Yuan pinched his beard and whispered, "This is not simple. "Jia Yuan has the title of poisoner, and naturally he also sees that the skill of Badun to govern the army is extraordinary.

Xun Luo's eyes were still looking at the rebels who were about to attack the city, but he said to Jia Yuan: "Success or failure is now, I hope that your and my strategy can temporarily block the pace of the attack of Bunton." ”

"Hehe, don't worry about this, I like this kind of battle very much. Jia Yuan said with a chuckle.

The coalition forces under the command of Badun, in the sound of the horn at the sudden sound, the twelve phalanxes slowly turned. The three squares in the first row have two phalanxes of sword and axe hands, they hold shields in their left hands, and they hold knives in their right hands, and they take neat steps, approaching the city wall of Beiping step by step, and they still shout loudly: "Kill! kill!!kill !!" The other phalanx walked in the front, they had no weapons in their hands, they carried a series of siege ladders, and the ram that hit the city gate, and ran quickly to both sides of the city gate.

The three phalanxes in the second row were about thirty paces behind the first row, and these three phalanxes were all crossbowmen, and the bows and crossbows in their hands were already on the strings and ready to fire, ready to cover the fire of the soldiers in front after the siege began.

The third row was where Badun's Chinese army was located, and Badon stood on a carriage, conveying orders to his soldiers. The two phalanxes were a mixture of cavalry and infantry, guarding the left and right sides of the Bunton, guarding the Bunton. Once the city gate is broken open or breached, the infantry on both sides will shrink their defenses and surround the city more closely, giving way to the cavalry, and the cavalry can drive straight into the city of Beiping.

The three phalanxes in the last row were more mixed, including auxiliary baggage soldiers, military doctors who were responsible for treating the wounded, and one phalanx was a regular army, a group of cavalry specially left behind to guard the rear.

"Woo woo woo woo-" The horn of the attack blew louder and louder, and the first phalanx, running at the front, carrying the siege equipment, began to speed up the speed of his feet, from a brisk step to a trot, and finally turned into a sprint.

At the same time, the archers of the three phalanxes, thirty paces from the first row, began to scatter arrows in their hands, trying to pin down the defenders on the walls, thus creating opportunities for their comrades who were besieging the city.

After Xu Ban saw the movement of the rebels, he immediately shouted: "Hang the cowhide! Raise the shield!"

The Beiping army, which had been prepared for a long time, quickly opened the cowhide soaked in water in advance and hung it in the open space on the city wall; another part of the soldiers erected a large shield to form a frontal defense; and some of the sword and axe hands raised the arm shield in a diagonal line to protect the comrades defending the city on the side.

This set of three-in-one protection measures was handed down by Yuan Qi in combination with the experience of later generations, and only princes with deep pockets like Yuan Qi could use cowhide as a defensive device. The law of this world, killing cattle is the same crime as murder, so the price of cowhide is also extremely expensive, fortunately, Yuan Qi had the foresight to form the Taishi Chamber of Commerce, through the Taishi Chamber of Commerce to accumulate wealth, and get some things that are not easy to get. Now the enemy army in Beiping has been equipped with hundreds of intact cowhides, and knows that soaking them in water to increase the toughness of the hides.

Whirring, a rain of arrows fell from the sky, whistling towards the city of Beiping. Each phalanx under Badun had 5,000 men, and the archers of the three phalanxes shot arrows at the same time, that is, 15,000 sharp arrows, which were densely packed in the sky, almost blocking the light of the rising sun.

However, such a huge rain of arrows caused almost negligible damage to the city wall, the reason was that the three-in-one defensive formation posed by Xu Fang blocked most of the arrows. And these tens of thousands of arrows were used as sharp arrows in the hands of the Beiping army to shoot at the enemy.

Seeing that the bows and arrows shot by his subordinates returned in vain again, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch helplessly, and he whispered in distress: "This turtle shell is really useful, and every time it makes our army's arrow array unable to make merit." Then he coldly gave the order: "Order, leave one team of archers to continue shooting, and the other two teams will lose their bows and arrows and attack the city with the first brigade!"

A henchman gasped and said, "Chief, if that's the case, even if our army takes the city, it will suffer heavy losses." ”

Bun Dun glanced at his subordinates coldly, and snorted: "King Meng sent someone to send me a message yesterday, asking me to take Beiping within three days, it seems that King Meng's side is starting to be tight, and if you want to transfer troops on a large scale, do we have any other choice?"

When the henchman heard this, he didn't say anything more, and conveyed the order of Bunton.

After receiving the order from Badun, the phalanx of archers on both sides immediately dropped the bows and arrows in their hands, drew out the short knives they were wearing, followed the footsteps of the sword and axe men in the front row, and launched a charge towards the Beiping city wall. Archers have traditionally been ranged strike troops, and have rarely been hand-to-hand with the enemy in large battles. As the so-called art industry has a specialization, because archers spend most of their time in their usual training to practice subjects related to archery, and rarely practice siege and hand-to-hand combat. It's the same thing that cavalry can't use its full power on a ship.

Looking at the crazy actions of the rebels under the city, Jia Yuan's eyes suddenly widened, and he turned back to Xun Luo and said, "It seems that Badun is crazy, and he is going to take Beiping desperately." ”

Xun nodded in agreement, and then frowned again: "This matter is a bit strange, it's been ten days, and it's been a steady and steady battle, not caring about the gains and losses of one city and one place, patiently fighting a war of attrition with us, why did you suddenly go crazy?"

Jia Yuan lowered his head and pondered for a while, looked in the direction of Jijun, and said with some doubts: "Could it be that something happened over there?"

Xun Luo naturally knew that Jia Yuan was saying that Yuan Ying might have won the battle, which put King Meng in danger, so he forced Bun Dun to attack the city like crazy.

"Perhaps, in this way, we will have a greater chance of success. Xun Luo said.

Jia Yuan smiled: "That's right, no matter why he went crazy, after the whole army moves, we will explode his chrysanthemum." ”

The two were talking in a low voice here, Xu Zhan on the side didn't have the heart to think about what they were talking about, as soon as he noticed the rebels' abnormal movements, Xu Zhan immediately gave an order: "Prepare to roll the wood thunder stone! Prepare the fire oil! The archer takes the arrow, shoots! The spearman, knock down the ladder at the head of the city!"

The Beiping army, which got Xu Fang's order, quickly moved into action, and one by one huge rolling logs and boulders were thrown down from the city, and the rebels under the city didn't even have time to wail, so they were smashed into a pile of minced meat, and some of the rolling logs rolled more than ten steps away after they landed, and the rebels who had no time to dodge were all crushed into meat cakes. Some of the more unlucky rebels were climbing hard along the ladder, but they were smashed on the head by the thunder stone, and suddenly their brains splashed, and they fell weakly from the ladder, and together with the thunder stone, they became a weapon to defend the city, and they smashed down the rebels who were still climbing below, and fell to the ground with a scream, even if they were not killed, they were broken bones.

Some of the soldiers at the head of the city brought the boiling oil over, took out a scoop made of gourds, scooped up a fluttering oil, and poured it on the heads of the climbing rebels. The boiling oil was extremely hot, not at all the temperature that the human skin could bear, and the rebels who were splashed with the boiling oil immediately screamed and fell from the air, bringing a long series of wails, until they fell to the ground, and were shattered to pieces, and the wailing stopped abruptly. Even the rebels who were slightly stained with a drop of fire oil couldn't stand the erosion of the high temperature, and tightened their bodies painfully and attached themselves to the ladder, silently enduring inhuman pain, because their stagnation also played a role in preventing the rebels behind them from climbing. There were also some unlucky rebels who were splashed with fire oil and immediately let go of their grip on the ladder in pain, and then lost their balance and fell off the high ladder with a wail.

At the same time, there are also some archers, hiding behind the big shield and cowhide, pumping out a cold arrow, because of Xu Fang's order, these archers are looking for targets on their own and shooting accurately, so although the speed of firing arrows is a little slow, but the accuracy is very high, few people miss, almost every sharp arrow, can take the life of a rebel. Originally, under the deterrence of rolling wood thunder stones and fire oil, the soldiers besieging the city were already a little chilled, and now coupled with this series of accurate shots, it has caused great damage to the lives and morale of the rebels.

With just one cup of tea, the number of casualties among the rebels besieging the city reached nearly 1,000.

Seeing that his soldiers were blocked from attacking the city, he stood on the carriage, and his hands holding the wheels grasped tighter, and because of the excessive force, the green tendons appeared on the back of his hands.

"Order, the infantry guarding both sides of the Chinese army will go up, and the miscellaneous soldiers and baggage soldiers of the rear army will be mobilized for me, and before dark, Beiping must be defeated!"

This order is equivalent to hundreds of military doctors and 10,000 cavalry, the other 50,000 troops under Bunton have been thrown into the battlefield, and Bunton has decided to gamble!

At the head of the city, Xun Luo and Jia Yuan both glanced at each other in shock, and they saw the same thought in each other's eyes: Badun is really crazy!