The night was like a huge monster devouring everything, but the clusters of flames lit by the Northern Wei army on the other side illuminated half of the sky unbridledly.
Bai Yuelu's prediction was not wrong at all. Under the double interplay of firelight and night, and with a sound like a blast of horns, several large ships appeared on the river. These large ships had a very deep draft, almost flush with the river bank.
At this point, the bottom of the boat was constantly rubbing against the underground river bed, making a harsh sound.
But no one cares, because there is no need to consider the service life of these large ships, these large ships only need to play a role tonight.
The army of the Northern Wei Dynasty was not good at water warfare, but it seemed to be better than the army of the Southern Dynasty in terms of fortifications. The reason was that the Northern Dynasty was more chaotic than the Southern Dynasty in the past hundred years. Their troops wandered around more, especially many large ones.
The army of nomadic clans always has the habit of taking everything with them, including their families, cattle and sheep.
They were often able to march and fight with heavy loads that were unimaginable to the Southern Dynasty armies. The Southern Dynasty armies were often defended in cities and were better at defensive warfare and siege warfare.
When these large ships were forcibly towed to appropriate positions, and large ordnance was rolled onto the decks of these large ships by logs, the ballast water began to be discharged. Those tracker-like sergeants of the Northern Wei Dynasty had all gathered on pontoons or in shallow water, preparing to move these large ships towards
Towing on the island in the middle of the river.
"Huha! Huha!"
Waves of trumpets sounded like those during field work, filled with a wild flavor that seemed like there was no one around.
All the firelights on the walls of Zhongli City have been completely extinguished. The absolute darkness is in sharp contrast with the firelights on the river and the opposite side.
Lin Yi still stood silently in the darkness. Behind him in Zhongli City, not to mention the exhausted soldiers, even the women and children who were trapped in Zhongli City who had not had time to leave the city had already taken action.
Zhongli City is neither big nor small. Although he doesn't know what kind of arrangement Wang Chaozong and Qi Zhuji will make, at least a large number of thorn trees have been erected behind the city wall in a dense forest.
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Probably because they were worried that the opponent's catapult would throw burning objects, all the waterwheels and water dragons from the city's rescue committee also gathered over.
A large amount of ordnance from the city's warehouses is also constantly being delivered. All horses have their iron shoes removed and are wrapped in thick cotton cloth.
All the people in the city no longer considered whether these war horses would be seriously ill in the future, they only considered whether they could survive tonight.
Lin Yi's mood had completely calmed down at this time.
He was born into a general family, and the people he had seen most since childhood were generals and veteran soldiers. But until this moment, he seemed to share the same breath and fate with those soldiers who had been fighting at the border.
Having stayed in Jiankang City for the longest time, he was used to seeing the good manners of his classmates and the selfishness of those powerful people. Even on the battlefield, he also saw the cowardice of many Southern Dynasty troops.
However, he still had friends like Qi Zhuji, Xiao Suxin, and the ordinary soldiers, those private salt dealers, and those ordinary women and children in the city still made him see the bravery of the people of the Southern Dynasties.
According to rumors, the troops of the Northern Wei Dynasty were very brave, but he did not think that the people of the Southern Dynasties were inferior.
The bravery of these Southern Dynasties people still made him proud that he was born and grew up in the Southern Dynasties.
"After the city wall is broken, when their practitioners and cavalry begin to formally charge into the city, you must still be at the forefront."
Jian Wenhou came to him at some point and said softly and seriously, "I don't care what they can do behind the city wall, but after the city wall is broken, instead of blocking the pontoon bridge before, the limited Northern Wei sergeants can
In the battle into the city, no matter how powerful their arrangements are, even if they can kill thousands of people in an instant, they will be defeated in an instant."
"None of you have probably experienced a battle in which tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers and practitioners charged together like a tide, but I have experienced a lot. I have seen many thousands of elite armies being overwhelmed in an instant.
.After a military strength gap of more than ten times, the enemy's army is like a river bursting with water. Unless there is a mainstay to block the large enemy army, it is possible to hold on for some time."
Jian Wenhou continued slowly: "I don't know what kind of skills He Xiuxian taught you, but I can be sure that you are more energetic now than before you woke up. I'm afraid you can continue fighting all night.
As long as you can live."
"The number of practitioners in this kind of coalition army will be greater than the number of practitioners in the border army, but no matter what kind of army it is, the number of practitioners in the Divine Mind Realm will not be large after all. Fortunately, you are already strong enough, and the number of practitioners in the Chengtian Realm will not be large.
It should be difficult for you to get hurt, so I only need to concentrate on dealing with some extremely powerful aliens among the practitioners of the Divine Mind Realm and the practitioners of the Chengtian Realm. If nothing happens, I can fight with you for a long time."
"The longer you live, the less they can kill you, and the more hatred you attract, the center of gravity of this army will shift towards you and me, and many of them will even forget that their real purpose is to invade this place.
This city, occupy this city. In this way, if you people from Jiange can come earlier than expected, then maybe a miracle will happen."
Lin Yi listened carefully, not daring to miss a word.
When Marquis Jian Wen stopped talking to him, he nodded, and then said: "Senior, you value Jiange so much, do you think our Jiange is very powerful?"
The reason why he asked this was because in the eyes of the vast majority of people in the Southern Dynasties, Jiange was already filled with the old, weak, sick and disabled, and they were all decrepit that could be ignored. Even the generals of the royal family and the Zhongzhou Army thought so.
"Others may think so, but I don't think so."
Marquis Jian Wen smiled sarcastically, "If Jiange is so easy to deal with, do I still need to wait until this time to fight side by side with you here? I would have gone over and killed you with one sword."
Lin Yi couldn't help but laugh.
He is the master of Jiange at this time. Some people really think that Jiange is powerful. Of course, he is a little proud and happy.
The night is getting darker and darker, and there are more and more fires on Jiangxin Island.
The military advisor Xi Ruyu in the army arrived at the edge of Jiangxinzhou.
His feet stepped on the wet soft soil and sank in slightly.
A large ship had been towed and stranded not far from him. The two huge catapults on the ship were higher than the city wall and were illuminated by the fire like two monsters.
He was very calm, but he didn't want to waste time.
Without looking at anyone on the ship, he stretched out his hand, clenched his fist, and swung it upward.
A shrill military order suddenly sounded on the ship.
Boom! Boom!
Two sounds like muffled thunder falling to the ground sounded at the same time.
The bow of the big ship looked extremely miserable as it hit the mud on the shoal, causing countless mud waves.
The two air waves and the vibration made the Northern Wei sergeants on the deck a little unsteady, feeling as if they were standing on the edge of a cliff as if they were jumping off a mountain.
This is the origin of the name of this catapult.
Two huge black shadows flew high into the sky with a terrifying whistling sound, and then fell hard!
This was just a test launch of the catapult, but this heart-stopping sound already meant that the war had begun!