The morale of the Red Lotus sect believers at the top of Anhua City had become extremely low after witnessing the explosion of the "Holy Mother". Suddenly, they heard loud noises around them, and then they inhaled a breathtaking breath of air into their nostrils.
He was dizzy, his brain was filled with poisonous smoke, and he was instantly defeated.
They dropped their weapons one by one, pushed each other, and rushed to the horse path leading to the city. In the blink of an eye, the horse path was blocked again.
"Don't panic, don't panic. The crossbow arrows are not very powerful. Just plug your mouth and nose with a wet cloth and you can deal with the smoke! Block your mouth and nose with a wet cloth. Cough, cough, cough, cough..." The entire Anhua City was filled with smoke.
At this moment, the only person who is still clear-headed is probably the Dharma King of the Red Lotus Sect, Shi Dexi. He decisively pulled out his sword, waving it wildly while shouting loudly.
What he said is probably correct. If the believers on the city are willing to calm down and take a closer look, they will be surprised to find that although those explosive crossbow arrows are menacing, except for the unlucky ones who are directly shot by them, almost all of them are
It does not cause any harm to those around it.
Although the thick smoke made people dizzy and coughing, it did not directly faint anyone. Even on the top of the city, there was no situation where people were directly fainted.
It's just that the poisonous smoke looks huge, as if it can wrap up the entire Anhua City in it.
It's a pity that at this moment, how many people can listen to Shi Dexi's words?
He drove in vain for a long time, but in the end he rushed to this one and escaped that one. In the end, there were less than fifty people gathered around him, and he couldn't even assign one person to each crenel on the west side of Anhua's city wall.
"The saint has already gone to call for help, cough! Let's hold on, cough. After we defeat the army, cough, I will take out 10% of the gold and silver in the warehouse and share it with everyone, cough, cough...
"Seeing that if no one was sent to counterattack, the army would be able to climb the ladder directly into the city, Shi Dexi suddenly became worried and led the only forty elites of the Red Lotus Sect to turn around and rush towards the enemy tower.
The first floor of the enemy building is empty, and there is little accumulation of poisonous smoke. There are also two huge bed crossbows. There are only about forty people, just enough to greet them.
Under his leadership, seventeen or eight elite members of the Red Lotus Sect were in charge of one bed crossbow. At the risk of being poisoned, they finally reopened the two bed crossbows and loaded the huge crossbow arrows.
However, when I lowered my head and looked again, I could no longer find the target.
After releasing a round of crossbows, the soldiers of the Zhenrong Army retreated 200 steps away and were reloading their crossbows. However, the officers and soldiers of the three battalions who had previously pushed the wheelbarrows had actually walked under the city wall and completely entered.
The crossbow's shooting blind spot has been eliminated.
"What are they going to do?" Shi Dexi held the crenel of the watch tower with his hand and looked at the base of the city walls on the left and right sides from the side. Looking through the gradually thinning smoke, he could see the figures covering their mouths and noses with wet cloths, but he couldn't see at all.
I don’t understand what the other person is busy with right now?
He was not setting up a ladder. As a former commander of the Xiang Army, Shi Dexi knew clearly what the base of the ladder looked like.
It's not like setting up a well fence. The length and width of the well fence used by archers to climb up and suppress their counterparts on the city wall have minimum requirements. But the officers and soldiers under the city wall built a long strip only five feet wide!
"Here, use bows and arrows to greet us from the side!" He said it too late and too quickly to understand what the officers and soldiers were doing, but Shi Dexi knew he had to stop the other party. He waved his saber decisively and called for help from his accomplices in the enemy tower.
"Shoot, shoot them to death!" The other Red Lotus elites who risked their lives and stayed on top of the city also discovered what the officers and soldiers were doing from the side with the help of protruding watchtowers, horse faces and other defense facilities. They all responded loudly and started shooting.
Bow and arrow.
However, before the arrows could be shot from the side to the city, the busy officers and soldiers suddenly placed their shields on the top of the shelf they were building. Immediately, three "corridors" with shields made of tiles were close to Anhua City.
The roots of the western wall appeared, blocking all the arrows fired from the city.
"Don't panic, cough, cough, continue to ride until you are half as tall as a person. Then add support legs to guard against rolling stones and falling logs! Ahem..." Standing under the "corridor", Han Qing coughed and urged loudly.
I have to admit that people in the Song Dynasty were very smart.
Han Qing had previously only exposed the window paper that gunpowder could be used to make rockets and poisonous smoke, but Li Jihe and the doctors and craftsmen in the Zhenrong Army immediately drew inferences from one example and pushed the power of rockets and poisonous gas bombs to the next level.
reached a peak.
The head of each of the crossbow arrows fired by the Zhenrong Army from a crossbow cart just now was tied with a two-pound wooden ball. Inside the wooden ball, 70% was gunpowder and 30% was various natural poisonous weeds.
As a result, the ballistae directly turned into a ballistae. Forty "ballistae" fired a salvo, and the west wall of Anhua City was completely covered in poisonous smoke.
Although Han Qing had made sufficient mental preparations in advance and covered her mouth and nose with a wet cloth, she still had runny nose and tears flowing from the poisonous smoke.
Fortunately, although the poisonous smoke was thick, it was slightly lighter than the air, and most of the heads floated towards the city head area. Otherwise, Han Qing was really not sure whether he would be vomited by the poisonous smoke he invented himself.
With the cover of poisonous smoke, he and Zhang Huan successfully pushed the Zhenrong Army's forward Zuoying to a position south of the west wall of Anhua City.
At the same time, brothers Li Zhaoliang and Li Zhaoxun also pushed the left camp and the right camp of the Zhenrong Army to the north of the west wall of Anhua City and the blind spot near the tower.
Next, it was time to verify the set of city-breaking weapons he showed to Li Jihe a few days ago.
Lay the wheelbarrow flat and pull out the wheels. Then stand it up and face each other to form a set of triangular brackets.
Put the wooden pole on the wheelbarrow on the edge of the bracket to form a cross. Then, buckle the pre-made iron fastener toward the cross to secure it to the bracket firmly.
The combination of several wooden poles, brackets and iron buckles is so fast that it is dizzying.
No matter how hard Shi Dexi stood on the enemy tower, he couldn't understand what the officers and soldiers were doing.
And anyone who has had life experience in China in the 21st century can directly call the name of that thing - scaffolding!
Before the smoke on top of the city cleared, the scaffolding had been erected to a height of seven feet.
Immediately afterwards, a huge wooden shield was covered on the top of the scaffolding. Under the shield, a safety corridor was formed. Although it was narrow, it was enough to accommodate hundreds of people, squatting or standing against the city wall.
"Go up to the rolling stone, go up to the rolling stone and beat the wood, go up to the rolling stone and beat the wood!" Shi Dexi's voice sounded again on the top of the city, and even Han Qing, who was standing under the scaffolding, could hear it clearly.
Several Red Lotus elites worked together to lift a three-foot-long, one-foot-thick hammer and pushed it out of the city wall while shouting.
"Boom!" The hammer hit the shield above the scaffolding, smashing the shield into pieces.
However, the multi-support structure of the scaffolding instantly dispersed the impact of the falling wood. On the whole, it only swayed slightly and then remained motionless.
After the thick wooden log stopped rolling, it replaced the shield, forming a stronger barrier above the attacker's head.
"Get on the rolling stone, get on the rolling stone!" Shi Dexi's eyes were about to burst, and he continued to shout loudly at the top of his lungs.
Now, he finally understood why the former Saint Yu Bolian and the current Saint Ye Qinglian, both their master and apprentice, were entangled with Han Qing to no end.
This person is a monster. If you don't get rid of him as soon as possible, he might immediately use some evil trick that has never been seen in the world.
It took the man named Han less than half a stick of incense to build that weird corridor under the city wall. And if the defenders on top of the city wanted to smash the corridor, they would probably have to use up more than half of their reserves of rolling stones and wood.
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"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" Huge crashing sounds came one after another under the city wall, which was frightening. However, more than twenty rolling stones and logs fell in succession, and the "corridor" only became ugly.
Some are still standing still.
At this time, Shi Dexi's eyes were completely red with rage. He rushed into the enemy tower in three or two steps, picked up a burning firewood, and threw it down the city.
"Set fire, set fire, wood is afraid of fire!" Other believers also shouted, imitating others and throwing down their torches one after another.
Before they had time to see clearly whether the fire attack was effective, the sound of crossbow arrows piercing the air came from outside the city wall, "Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
From the Zhenrong Army's main formation, another round of volleys was fired. More than forty thick crossbow arrows hit the enemy tower and the crenellations of the city wall near the enemy tower, and exploded. Thick smoke rolled and once again enveloped the entire enemy.
building.
"Cough cough cough, cough cough cough, cough cough cough..." Shi Dexi and others were so smoked that they could not open their eyes. Naturally, they could not continue to throw rolling stones, logs or torches outside the city.
Just when he was anxious, a series of crisp sounds suddenly came from his ears, "ding, ding, ding, ding..."
In an instant, he was no longer anxious. He laughed loudly while wiping away his smoked tears.
What kind of victorious army? What kind of three-generation famous general Li Jihe! The name sounds loud, but in fact it’s just that!
After three moves, one after another, he was already exhausted.
The "ding-ding-ding" sound was clearly made when using a chisel to cut something.
The officers and soldiers outside the city are digging into the city wall!
They spent so much effort and made such a loud noise just to create a safe space for them to dig into the city wall!
The city wall of Anhua City becomes thicker as it goes down, with the bottom layer being three feet wide. It is also built with rammed clay added with glutinous rice slurry, which is as hard as stone!
Even if he did not send anyone to interfere and allowed the officers and soldiers to dig as they pleased, within two months, the officers and soldiers would not be able to dig a hole wide enough for the troops to pass in the city wall.
In the city, he could also send people to use clay jars to listen to the sound and identify the location, predict in advance where the hole would appear, and deploy heavy troops near the corresponding location.
At that time, as long as the officers and soldiers dare to sneak in, Shi Dexi will promise to kill one, two, and a pair, ensuring that the officers and soldiers never come back!
