The Han army's offensive continued for more than an hour and still did not retreat. Xie Jun suddenly thought of something and shouted: "No!"
Ma Wen was startled by Xie Jun and asked quickly: "General, what's wrong?"
Xie Jun said angrily: "The Han army has been attacking continuously for more than an hour. Although it seems to have a large number of troops, the number of people in each attack does not exceed 2,000! This is not a forced attack. It is clearly to confuse us! The purpose of the Han army is not
It’s not about attacking the camp, but it’s about confusing the soldiers and horses of my camp so that my army doesn’t want to break out!”
Ma Wen didn't understand what Xie Jun meant for a while. Before he could ask clearly, he heard Xie Jun order: "Quickly lead 10,000 troops out of the camp to fight the Han army. If the Han army retreats, chase them all the way. If the Han army
If you fight desperately, I'm afraid we will all be fooled by Liu Ling. You can lead the troops to fight first, and I will go to your aid as soon as I have more troops!"
Although Ma Wen didn't know what Xie Jun was thinking, he immediately responded, blew the horn, gathered the soldiers who were taking turns to rest, lit up 10,000 horses and left the camp, heading in the direction of the torches
Kill them. At this time, half an hour has passed since the last attack of the Han army. Looking at the place where torches shine in the distance, the fire is bright, but no figures can be seen flashing. Marven's heart
Suddenly it sank.
They quickly rushed over a few hundred meters away. After the Zhou army rushed over with shouts and waving weapons, they discovered that there was a shadow of the Han army in the place where the torches were shining. The Han army had already retreated after being frustrated in the previous attack.
They walked away cleanly. Countless torches were stuck on the ground, and the flames undulated regularly with the night wind, like a sea of fire.
The 10,000 Zhou army troops had not even lined up, but they rushed in from a few hundred meters away. Seeing that the Han army had retreated long ago, Ma Wen frowned and thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out what the Han army was planning. He was hesitating.
, Xie Jun, who noticed something strange, had already rushed over with hundreds of soldiers. After arriving here, Xie Jun also frowned. While he was thinking hard about what kind of tricks the Han army was playing, he suddenly heard something coming from the distance.
There was a clicking sound from the machine.
Zhou Jun stood still and waited for the general's order. Although there were many people, they seemed very quiet, so the clicking sound of the machine was particularly clear in the night. Ma Wen raised his head and looked north, suddenly
An ominous premonition suddenly came out of his heart. He pushed Xie Jun to the ground and shouted loudly: "Get down! Everyone get down!"
However, his voice didn't travel far enough, nor was it timely enough. His voice fell, and suddenly, not far away from two to three hundred meters away, a rain of fire shot out horizontally. The flaming meteors shot out quickly.
It came like lightning and was overwhelming! The distance was too close. In just a blink of an eye, at least a thousand soldiers of the Zhou army were nailed to the ground by the roaring crossbow arrows. The soldiers of the Zhou army standing on the outermost perimeter had no idea at all.
What happened? Before they could realize what the oncoming rain of fire was, they suddenly felt a sharp pain in their bodies. When they looked down, they saw that the sparking crossbow arrows had penetrated deeply into their own bodies.
in the body.
The Zhou army outside was pulled down layer by layer, just like weeds blown down by the wind. The Zhou army fell down layer by layer from north to south. Like a strong wind sweeping across a wheat field, the force of the wind blew.
After that, the wheat rolled back like a wave. This wheat was the soldiers of the Zhou army. The Zhou army fell layer by layer, but the rockets were launched continuously. The distance was too close, two or three hundred
Meters away, thousands of unsuspecting Zhou soldiers fell to the ground.
When the soldiers of the Zhou army finally reacted and started running back desperately, the rockets 200 to 300 meters away finally stopped. But just a moment later, the clicking sound of the machine was heard again. This sound sounded strange in the night
It was extremely harsh, as if a beast was chewing human bones.
In an instant, the second wave of fire rain poured down again!
The Han army was attacking with a fire ballista just 200 meters away!
Xie Jun made the most correct judgment at the first time, but at this time, half of the thousands of Zhou troops who poured out of the camp had been cut down by the fire rain. The remaining people ran back crazily, and there was no trace of them at all.
There was no fighting spirit at all. The Zhou army at the back was pushed to the ground by the rushing Pao Ze before they could turn around. They struggled to get up, but were soon submerged in the torrent. One hand was raised feebly to try.
He grabbed the clothes of Pao Ze who was passing by, but was severely stepped on by another person's foot. Soon, after being stepped on by countless people, the Zhou army soldier had turned into a puddle of mud.
The reason why no trace of the Han army was found at such a close distance is precisely because of the torches all over the place! This is what is called darkness under the lamp. The torches illuminate the surrounding area for a hundred meters as bright as day, but a hundred meters away it looks even darker.
The Han army was hiding in the deep darkness two to three hundred meters away. They had already pulled out the sickle of death, and were just waiting for the Zhou soldiers to stretch their necks over.
Thousands of Zhou army soldiers were killed by fire and rain, and wailing began to resound in the night sky. Suddenly, torches hundreds of meters away were lit simultaneously. It was as if a bloodthirsty beast hidden in the darkness suddenly appeared.
The Han army attacking the Zhou army's camp suddenly appeared.
Forty continuous fire ballistas were lined up and aimed at the Zhou army. After shooting twice, the Han soldiers now needed to load the crossbows, so they lit torches. Less than 20,000 Han soldiers were neatly formed.
Two huge phalanxes were formed. They stared coldly at the Zhou soldiers who were running back hundreds of meters away, howling like ghosts and wolves. No one would pity the enemy's embarrassment. Each continuous fire ballista can load one hundred and twenty.
After firing two volleys of crossbow arrows, the forty continuous fire ballista carts were already empty, and a large number of Han soldiers were busy loading crossbow arrows and gunpowder into the fire ballista carts.
And in those two neat Han army formations, what was densely guarded by the Han army was the tall black shadow of the cross. Xie Jun didn't need to look carefully to know that it was the most terrifying weapon of the Han army.
Gunpowder trebuchet!
Now, Xie Jun finally understood the purpose of the Han army's night attack on the Zhou army's camp! Those Han troops who attacked the camp were actually just covering their comrades, installing those weapons five hundred meters away from the Zhou army's camp.
Trebuchet! Looking at the ten tall black figures, Xie Jun felt a deep chill in his heart.
"Quick! Move all the heavy ballistae forward! Aim at the Han army's formation and launch!"
Xie Jun shouted hoarsely.
However, his order was still issued too late. With a series of creaking sounds, the ten trebuchets in the Han army's formation gradually pulled down, and the huge long projection arm lowered
, the gunpowder bag the size of a millstone was ignited and put on the fuse. With a loud roar, the big arm of the trebuchet suddenly jumped up!
The black shadow the size of a millstone flew high into the sky and gradually disappeared into the deep night sky. Under the gaze of countless Zhou army soldiers, it suddenly emerged from the dark night sky and smashed into the Zhou army.
In the military camp!
boom!
A burst of dazzling light exploded, and then a loud noise was heard. The gunpowder bag exploded inside the camp gate of the North Gate Camp. As the soaring fire flashed into the sky, dozens of Zhou army soldiers around the explosion were immediately killed.
The scene was covered in blood and flesh. The soldiers of the Zhou army who were not killed in the explosion did not escape their fate. Countless broken iron nails shot out, immediately hitting their bodies one after another with small deep bloody wounds.
Hole!
Only this gunpowder packet was projected. Xie Jun knew that this was not the Han army being merciful, nor was it a warning to him, but the Han army was testing the distance to measure the distance!
"Adjust the throwing distance and loosen it by one foot!"
Following the commander's order, the Han soldiers operating the trebuchet worked together to pull down the heavy and huge arm of the trebuchet. The height of the arm was one foot higher than before. Then, the top of the gunpowder bag was
The fuse was cut a little shorter by the soldiers. The trebuchet quickly lowered its big arm, and then put the gunpowder bag that lit the fuse up. With the commander's loud shout, the trebuchet roared at the same time.
stand up.
A huge gunpowder bag exploded accurately in the Zhou army's heavy crossbow position. The heavy crossbow carts, which cost a lot of money to build, were blown to pieces by the explosions one after another before they could exert their power. The person responsible for operating the heavy crossbow
Hundreds of soldiers of the Zhou army were immediately killed. Those who were still alive were rolling on the ground with their hands on their faces. Small sharp iron nails were shot hard into the eyes of the soldier. Suddenly, the soldier was stunned.
Just eyes that look for light and vitality.
With just one shot, 70% of the thirty heavy ballistas deployed by Zhou Jun in the North Gate Camp were destroyed!
Xie Jun was protected by the soldiers who were not afraid of death and fled back to the camp. He hid behind a huge rock.
!”
He understood that these trebuchets only needed to move forward another 200 meters to target the city gate! There was a wide moat outside Huazhou City, and there were countless dragons in the river. The Han infantry wanted to
It was so difficult to cross the moat and climb the city wall, but they only needed to blow up the city gate to break through Huazhou City!
At this moment, the soldiers of the Zhou army, who were frightened by the violent explosion, panicked and fell into the moat. Many of them were squeezed by the soldiers and fell into the moat. Those hungry dragons swam over in an instant and would soon fall.
The soldiers who entered the river were torn into pieces. The originally turbid river water was gradually dyed red. As the river rolled, countless dragons swallowed the body fragments into their mouths.
Marvin gritted his teeth and personally led all the soldiers who could be gathered in the North Gate Camp, no less than ten thousand people, and began to rush towards the Han army's phalanx. In front of him and behind him, there were loyal soldiers on both sides.
Soldiers, looking at these familiar faces, Marvin knew that when they rushed over, all these young lives would be ruined in front of the Han army's terrifying fire ballistae. But war is so cruel, and as a soldier, he knew
Including himself, every soldier of the Yongxing Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty wearing khaki uniforms had no way out.
