Seeing the heavy losses, the commander of Yuantian Camp gritted his teeth and said, "Brothers, if you rush forward now, you will die. If you retreat, you will only be beaten down by them bit by bit. Keep moving forward and rush to the top of the opponent's position. We will win."
Come on, rush forward and avenge your brothers!"
This time, there was chaos in the Yitian camp. The commander of the rear army had ordered a retreat. Orders and prohibitions were a must for the army. Countless hot air balloons hesitated. In the end, only about one-half of the hot air balloons continued to follow the order.
The enemy formation rushed over.
In this short distance of the last twenty feet, more than forty hot air balloons were hit, crashed, or lost control and drifted in mid-air.
Finally, the Zuitian battalion arrived above the opponent's catapult position. The angry soldiers frantically threw the kerosene tank on the hot air balloon as if it was lifeless, and then set it on fire.
Although it was raining heavily outside, the kerosene was still successfully ignited in the rain, and the trebuchets in the trench turned into a sea of fire, followed by the wails of the soldiers of the Dingnan Field Army.
There was a commotion among the soldiers of the Dingnan Field Army in the rear. If these hot air balloons reached their heads, it meant that they were about to face disaster. Countless soldiers pulled their bowstrings frantically, and without waiting for orders, they headed towards the Tiantian Camp in the sky.
Made a round of random shots.
However, the power of these arrows was far less than that of the trebuchet. All the arrows were blocked by the wind array of the hot air balloon and fell to the ground. The hot air balloon finally reached the top of the infantry square and dropped another arrow.
Wheel fire oil tank.
The fire was raging, at least hundreds of people were burned to charcoal in this round of attacks, and the Dingnan Field Army finally wavered.
Zhao Tianshu stared into the distance and shouted suddenly, "Well done, beat these sons of bitches to death!"
However, unexpectedly, these hot air balloons that had already occupied a dominant position began to slowly adjust their course and began to return.
Only then did Zhao Tianshu realize that the load capacity of these hot air balloons was limited, and the kerosene on the remaining dozens of hot air balloons had been used up.
When the hot air balloon was halfway through its return journey, the remaining trebuchets that had reacted at the same time began to counterattack. After a round of salvo fire, three more hot air balloons were unfortunately hit by bullets and crashed.
In the first wave of fighting, the two sides barely managed a draw. Most of the trebuchets of the Dingnan Field Army were destroyed. Nearly eighty trebuchets were reduced to ashes under the bombing of hot-air balloons. The infantry also suffered more than 200 casualties.
On the Dingba side, one hundred and ninety hot air balloons were dispatched and one hundred and five crashed. Some of the ones that finally managed to escape were unable to hold up and crashed on their own territory. At the end of the battle, only
Eighty-two remain.
In terms of personnel, there were more than 800 casualties.
From the numerical point of view, the gap between the two sides is not big, but Zhao Tianshu knew that using a hot air balloon to fight a trebuchet and fighting like this would be tantamount to a disastrous defeat for himself.
"Everyone prepare, most of their trebuchets are damaged, they should directly dispatch ladder trucks to attack the city!" Lin Changfeng gave the order, and the soldiers who were determined to attack began to gather on the wall of the stronghold. Countless bows, arrows, and stones were carried up to the stronghold.
wall.
Sure enough, this time the opponent did not use the catapult again, but directly pushed the ladder truck towards the city. It seemed that they planned to use the ladder truck to attack the city directly.