Two thousand archers of the Golden Army arrived in a row a hundred steps away from the pass, guarded by shield soldiers in the front, and fired a volley of bows and arrows from the rear. Accompanied by the scream of bows and arrows piercing the air, the battle began.

Thousands of arrows fell into the pass in an arc, and the walls, towers, and open space behind were all densely covered with arrows. Although the Zhongyi Army was protected by the walls, the opponent's dense arrow rain could not cause them any damage.

A lot of damage, but under such a dense rain of arrows, they will be suppressed and unable to show their faces. Among the strong archers of the Golden Army, there are sharpshooters. They do not use projectile arrows like others. They hold iron-tied bows and specialize in shooting.

Shooting at the soldiers who showed their heads. More than a dozen loyal soldiers were shot in the head when they showed their heads to visit. They were shot with arrows in the face and died on the spot.

Zhang Diwan ordered everyone not to show up. He believed that this was just a suppression of bows and arrows in conjunction with the charge of infantry. Once the opponent launched a charge, the opponent would stop firing arrows because it would accidentally injure his own people. And this kind of indiscriminate shooting suppression

Attacking the city head is meaningless. If the bow and arrow can knock down the thick stone wall, then it will be a fool.

Of course, this is also a helpless move. The position of the opponent's archers is a bit too far for the defenders at the top of the city. They set up a formation a hundred steps away, using the strength and range of the bows and arrows to maintain a relatively safe distance. The Loyalty Army

Everyone in the defenders is also equipped with bows and arrows, but those bows and arrows cannot reach far. Only a small number of strong bows can shoot arrows into the opponent's archer formation, which cannot cause effective damage to the opponent. Therefore, in addition to hiding, temporarily

There is no good solution.

However, Zhang Diwan's judgment once again made a mistake. He thought that the Jin soldiers' archers were covering the infantry attack, but he was wrong. The rain of bows and arrows showed no sign of stopping. At the same time, the opponent's crossbows

Start bombarding the arrow towers on the wall. The opponent's iron-headed crossbows are powerful, and the tapered iron arrows can break stone and wood. If you continuously shoot at a certain arrow tower, seven or eight iron crossbows can destroy it.

The stone arrow tower collapsed. The gate tower was not all made of stone. The log pillars and doors and windows were shattered under the bombardment of crossbows. Wood chips and stones flew like rain. Several pillars were fired by crossbow arrows.

It broke under the bombardment and the doorway was crumbling.

Zhang Diwan and others had no choice but to quickly evacuate the protection of the gate tower, come to the city wall, and hide against the solid wall stacks. It was really embarrassing.

But something even more embarrassing is about to come. The Jin soldiers' cyclone cannons begin to bombard. Six cyclone cannons are lined up in a row. The operator adjusts the angle. With a bang, six large stone balls fly hundreds of steps away, carrying faint wind and thunder.

The sound of the sky fell into the pass. All of a sudden, the stone buildings in the pass collapsed, and smoke and dust were everywhere. The rolling logs and stones piled up in the open space behind were used to replenish the materials to defend the city in time, and were hit by stone balls in two places.

Heap, suddenly flew away and scattered, injuring more than a dozen soldiers around him.

"Is this a cyclone cannon? Damn it, it's really powerful." Zhang Diwan thought in his heart. "But it's just that. Even if it hits the wall, it won't be able to collapse it. The wall is ten feet thick.

It's all made of solid bluestone, what can it do to me?"

However, the Jin soldiers' endless bombing and indiscriminate attacks made all the loyal troops guarding the pass unable to use their strength and could only hide in frustration. Anyone who showed his head or walked around would be shot. The pass

It is not very big, with a radius of only thirty feet, and the arrows cannot cover all the passes, but the cyclone cannon can cover the entire pass area.

With the continuous adjustment of the angle of the cyclone cannon, dozens of stone bullets fell, smashing almost all the pass areas. The gravel ground on the ground was smashed with large and small holes, and dozens of houses fell down.

The place was in ruins.

The six arrow towers on the city wall had already collapsed under the bombardment of the crossbows, and half of the gate tower above the closed door had collapsed. Not only could it not be used as a shelter, it was even impossible to pass from north to south.

The firepower of the Jin soldiers was far beyond the imagination of Zhang Diwan and others. Xiao Huaizhong seemed to want to spread all his anger at being teased by Fang Zian on this small pass. He had no intention of stopping at all.

He was riding on his mount three hundred steps away from the battlefield, twirling his beard and watching all this indifferently.

"Marshal, it's almost time. I see, it's time to attack. I need to wash away my shame this time, and I request to lead the attack." Xiao Zhengde came from the front with excitement on his face and asked for orders loudly.

Xiao Huaizhong glanced at him indifferently and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, we have to serve them the last dish before you can attack. General Zhao, I want to test the firepower of what you brought."

A tall general with a pockmarked face next to him smiled and said: "The general prepared that specially for the marshal. Even if the marshal uses it, he still wants to see the power of that thing despite his humble position."

This person was Huguan guard Zhao Qinian. He led eight thousand Huguan soldiers and horses from the south, and joined Xiao Huaizhong's soldiers and horses to attack the Zhongyi Army.

Xiao Huaizhong chuckled and said: "Okay, then I won't be polite. Send the order, hang up the fire oil bag, we will burn the bandit army and roast them one by one."

The soldiers quickly pushed a large cart, which was filled with skin bags filled with kerosene. This was Zhao Qinian's gift to Xiao Huaizhong. Xiao Huaizhong was now in the limelight, so Zhao Qinian came and took the three carts hidden in Huguan.

The kerosene was brought to him. The kerosene was very precious, and black oil emerged from the mountains near Huguan, where Zhao Qinian was guarding. Zhao Qinian asked people to refine the kerosene, and paid tribute to the court every year. But this time, he wanted to honor Xiao Huaizhong.

He knew that once Xiao Huaizhong succeeded in going into the mountains to suppress the bandits, he would be at the top of the Jin court. So instead of sending money and beautiful women to curry favor with him, it would be better to send something like kerosene that could change the situation of the war to help Xiao Huaizhong.

How could Xiao Huaizhong, such a shrewd person, not know his own intentions?

When Xiao Huaizhong learned that Zhao Qinian had brought kerosene, he was extremely happy. Originally, his cyclone cannon had few shells and it was difficult to supply, so it was useless once it was smashed. But with kerosene, it was different. He thought

A new method of using the cyclone cannon has been developed.

Sections of logs rolled down from the cart next to them. They were all extremely thick logs that could not be carried by one person. Xiao Huaizhong specially ordered people to cut them down from the mountain. They were originally intended to be made into large wooden balls instead.

Although stone bullets are not as powerful as stone bullets, they can still be used. These large tree stumps are all live trees, and each section weighs one or two hundred pounds, so they are suitable for throwing. But with the addition of kerosene, these tree stumps are very good.

Carrier.

The kerosene bags were nailed to the wooden pillars one by one. After the tree stump was filled with kerosene bags, a soldier poured a bag of kerosene on the wooden pillar and lit a fire with a torch. The fire burned violently and soon

The entire tree stump burned into a ball of fire. The operator loudly ordered the launch, and with a bang, the big fireball was thrown out of the iron mesh pocket, and flew past the Jin soldiers in front with roaring flames and thick black smoke.

Above their heads, they flew straight over the pass.

At that moment, everyone on and off the pass held their breaths as they watched the thing fly into the pass. The next moment, the burning wooden pier was in the middle of the gate and half of the gate tower had collapsed above the closed door. With a roar, the fireball hit the ruins of the gate tower and exploded.

Suddenly, the huge impact shattered all the hanging kerosene bags. For a moment, tongues of fire flowed and splashed in all directions, leaving countless trails of black smoke. It was like a huge firework exploding on the gatehouse.

As soon as the kerosene fell on the ground, it was full of fire heads, burning brightly.

"Hahaha, awesome. The marshal's move is really wonderful. The kerosene has such wonderful uses, I admire him very much." Zhao Qinian laughed and praised.

Xiao Huaizhong was very proud and shouted loudly: "Keep throwing, I want this pass to turn into a sea of ​​fire. I want to roast and char the Zhongyi Army one by one."

Fire bombs flew towards the small pass, and in a short period of time, the entire pass really turned into a sea of ​​flames. Wherever the fire bombs fell, there was a large fire field, and the fire oil did not need anything to support the combustion.

It can burn even on rocks. The fire was difficult to extinguish. Some soldiers of the Loyalty Army tried to put out the fire with water, but when a ladle of water was poured down, the fire exploded and rose more fiercely. The soldiers who put out the fire were burned instead.

Smoke and dust covered the sun, and fires were everywhere. Many loyal soldiers were on fire. The flames splashed with kerosene burned and were difficult to extinguish. They soon spread all over their bodies. They could only scream and roll on the ground. The people next to them were helpless.

, can only watch with open eyes

Burn them to death.

The fire covered the entire pass, and the defenders had nowhere to hide. Even if they had shelter and were not burned, the smoke and dust filled with kerosene were suffocating, and they would faint after taking a few breaths. Everyone was trapped.

In the struggle of hell fire.

Zhang Diwan was hiding behind the battlements, looking at the fire around him, looking at his brothers struggling and screaming in the fire, and listening to the violent coughs of the people around him. His eyes were split and he was furious. Before today's battle, how could he have thought that it would be

Such a result. He expected that the battle would be tragic, but how did he know that it would be such a tragic situation. He thought that the Jin soldiers would attack fiercely and defend to the death. The fighting above and below the city would be filled with corpses and rivers of blood. That was his fault.

A familiar battle that he had seen before. But he had never experienced this battle today.

The Jin soldiers did not even launch a formal siege... No, they did attack, but it was not the way they imagined. They used another method of siege. They did not rush up with ladders, but only used bows and arrows.

The ballista, stone, and fire bombs completely defeated him. In the current situation, could the Wuma Mountain Pass be defended? The pass that he thought he could hold on to for a long time was over in less than an hour.

"Brother, Wuma Mountain cannot be defended, and my brothers were suddenly killed." Fang Zian's words echoed in his ears. Zhang Diwan was ashamed and regretful. His ridiculous self-esteem prevented him from following Fang Zian's advice, so that

Now we are in this situation. Yesterday, I asked Fang Zian to come with me to guard the pass. I also said that I wanted him to see how I guarded the pass, but Fang Zian did not agree and even laughed at him. Now it seems that he has foreseen it.

In this situation, he didn't want to witness such a tragic situation.

Everything echoed in Zhang Diwan's mind. The screams of the brothers around him, the roar of fire, everything made Zhang Diwan crazy. He roared and stood up suddenly.

"Big leader, what are you going to do? Squat down quickly." Wei Dongsheng beside him shouted loudly.

"I'm going to kill the golden soldiers. How can I, Zhang Diwan, a hero, endure such a cowardly attitude?" Zhang Diwan roared, stretched out his hand to support the hot wall, jumped up and jumped down the wall.

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Everyone screamed and screamed, but they were unable to stop him. They watched Zhang Diwan jump down the city. The wall was more than two feet high, with a solid stone ground below. When he landed, Zhang Diwan's feet

The pain was so severe that he could hardly stand up. There was a bone-piercing pain in his right foot, and he knew that his right foot was broken.

But he didn't care about this anymore. He stood up, dragged his broken right foot, and limped toward the densely packed golden soldiers with a long knife in his hand. Everyone on the wall was stunned. The golden soldiers were all stunned.

They were very surprised. They didn't understand what was wrong with this man. Why did he jump down from the city and rush over like this? Is he crazy? The loyal army on the top of the city was in grief. They knew that the big leader was going to fight the Jin people.

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This is a moth flying into a flame, and the outcome is doomed.

After being stunned, the generals and archers of the Jin Army stretched out their hands to point at Zhang Diwan, who was charging towards him, and ordered in a deep voice: "Fire the arrow!"

Countless powerful arrows came through the air. In an instant, Zhang Diwan's body was hit by seven or eight feather arrows, and his whole body was covered in blood. But he did not fall down, and continued to stagger forward with blood spurting from his mouth. The arrows

Another shot came, and there were a few more arrows on his body. He stood there bending down with a long knife in his hand, blood spurting from his mouth, and suddenly he burst out laughing.

"Golden dogs, even if your Grandpa Zhang Diwan dies, he will still be your... nightmare in your dream! My ghost will still come to you... to claim your life! Just wait, hahahaha."

"Is he Zhang Diwan? I'm afraid this man is crazy." The golden soldiers whispered to each other.

"Shut up, he is not crazy, he is a man. When fighting on the battlefield, everyone is his own master. He is just our opponent on the battlefield. If he is your brother, you will be proud of him." A Jin Army general

said in a deep voice.

Zhang Diwan was swaying, his eyes were confused, and after laughing, he whispered to himself: "Dad, the child is looking for you. Don't scold the child. The child has not embarrassed you."
Chapter completed!