At the top of the square city, there were continuous torches, illuminating the upper and lower parts of the city.
The guardsmen had already pulled out their crossbows and crossbows. Under the scolding of the brigade commander, they all pulled out the prepared mats and raised the elevation angle of their crossbows.
In the distant sky, the roaring sound of birds flapping their wings can be heard continuously, one continuous sound, coming slowly from a distance.
Below, the infantry consisting of Taixi and barbarians were pushing huge carts and ladders that were level with the city wall, following behind the flock of birds, advancing slowly.
When Su Lu reached the city wall, he saw everything in front of him.
"Extinguish the torches."
Su Lu ordered.
Several guards turned around and ran quickly towards the four city walls, shouting and shouting. The torches on the city top gradually went out, and the city top turned pitch black.
The Taixi people were tired, and now they launched a night battle. They obviously wanted to use the power of the new flying bird to defeat the Han army in one battle and seize the lower city.
However, they overestimated the role of flying birds in night battles.
Night battles are not good for the siege. The surrounding areas are pitch dark, making it difficult to choose a target, not to mention the problem of aiming which is inherently difficult.
"Ballista ready to fire"
Su Lu ordered.
The torches at the top of the city were extinguished. In the night sky, the flames carried by the birds were quite conspicuous. Although they were obscured a lot by the flames held by the coalition forces composed of the barbarians and the Taixi infantry below, it was pitch black at the top of the city.
Looking at the Han army, the flock of birds was still as conspicuous as stars in the dark night.
"Load the ballista and aim at the target."
Su Lu ordered.
The Taixi people want to take advantage of the flying birds. If they can wait until tomorrow morning to attack, they will have no choice but to hide in the newly built bunker on the city wall. Now that the Taixi people are attacking at night, they will destroy them first with a wave of flying birds.
"shoot"
Su Lu saw Feiniao entering the range of the ballista and decisively issued a military order.
"Swish swish"
Fuzi's crossbow fired first, and the sound of dense arrows piercing the air was endless.
"Buzz"
The second large crossbow was fired, and the trembling sound caused by the bowstring of the crossbow shook the eardrums.
"Wow"
The sound of wood cracking could be heard in the distant sky, and a fire representing a flying bird suddenly flickered and was completely extinguished.
A flying bird was hit by a crossbow arrow and shattered in the air.
"buzz"
The large ballista finally fired its crossbow arrows, and the tremors in the air became even more intense. Chang Ning, who was standing next to the ballista, couldn't help but cover his ears and hid next to Su Lu.
In the night sky, the fires representing flying birds were extinguished one after another.
Finally, after the tenth flame was extinguished, the birds in the sky finally did not dare to approach the city wall anymore, turned around in confusion, and retreated into the distance.
Su Lu let out a sigh of relief. Since the flying birds retreated, the barbarians who came up were meat on the knife board.
"Turn around and attack the barbarians and the Taixi infantry."
Cao Hua next to him issued a military order.
Su Lu glanced at the barbarians not far from the city head, and with the persuasion of Chang Ning and Lu Zhan, he turned around and climbed down the city wall.
Without the flying bird soldiers, although the barbarians are strong, Cao Hua, who can mobilize his troops, can cope with it.
But after dawn tomorrow, the barbarians will cooperate with the Taixi Bird Soldiers to attack the city, which will make life difficult.
Standing on the steps, Su Lu ordered Lu Zhan next to him.
"You go and notify Qian Buzhou. As soon as the war ceases, send a thousand sergeants to the top of the city to complete the brick bunkers. I will come to check tomorrow morning. If one is missing, I will ask Qian Buzhou for questioning."
Lu Zhan responded, turned around and ran towards the city wall to inform Qian Buzhou.
Su Lu walked down the city wall, returned to the Governor's Mansion, and lay down on the bed, thinking that in the past few days, he had fought many battles with the barbarians, and finally accumulated more than 100,000 troops. Unexpectedly, he was trapped in the city by the barbarian birds.
After all, he is also the commander of an army with a lot of troops. Even if there is no air cover, is it impossible to defeat this barbarian tribe?
Huo Ran sat up from the bed, Su Lu put on his regular robe, pushed open the door, and saw two stunned guards at the door.
"Call me Lu Zhan Wang Fang to come over."
As soon as Su Lu walked out of the yard, Lu Zhan and Wang Fang came over. When they saw Su Lu dressed in all clothes, their faces turned pale.
"Your Majesty, you cannot put yourself in danger. With General Cao Hua and General Hua Xun at the top of the city, there is no problem in blocking the barbarians."
Su Lu put away his light armor and asked, "Go and tell Ma Ping to organize the army. The entire imperial guard camp will be sent out today."
Looking at Lu Zhan who was about to leave, Su Lu said coldly: "Lu Zhan, do you dare to bring your black flag army and follow me to fight the barbarians?"
Lu Zhan, who originally wanted to inform Chang Ning, shook his body and couldn't lift his feet. He thought about how he had galloped across the battlefield as a member of the Black Flag Army, and later followed the prince's command and fought fiercely at the head of Liaoxi City.
All kinds of situations flashed before his eyes, and the heroism in Lu Zhan's heart was aroused. He turned around, kneeled on the ground, and raised his steel knife with both hands.
"If you dare not die in service, I am willing to follow the prince's command and die on the battlefield, wrapped in horse leather."
Su Lu took Lu Zhan's waist knife, pulled it out with a clang, flicked the blade, and swung it down with a buzzing sound.
"Go ahead and bring Li Lu here. I want to see if the Qin army under Li Lu still has fighting strength. Tell him that if he survives this battle, I will promote him to the fifth rank of Han Dynasty's ranger."
The generals and the Qin generals under his command will all be transferred to our Han military honors according to their original titles by adding one level."
"The last general takes command"
Lu Zhan stood up suddenly, grasped the steel knife handed over by Su Lu, turned around and strode out.
Su Lu looked at Wang Fang and saw that this boy was also very excited, so he gave the order.
"Wang Fang, do you dare to go out of the city at night and find me the camps of the barbarians and the Taixi people?"
Wang Fang knelt on the ground and said: "The last general will not say death, but he must complete the military orders of the prince."
Su Lu waved his hand: "Take your people and go. I'll be waiting for news from you outside the West City Gate in an hour."
Wang Fang saluted Su Lu, waved his hand, turned around and strode away with a group of soldiers.
The two remaining guards looked at each other in confusion: "Your Majesty, they are all gone, who will protect you?"
Su Lu patted the steel knife on his waist: "Come on, follow me to the city gate and wait for Ma Ping's guard camp. With the guard camp here, no one can hurt me."
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When Ma Ping received the news from the palace guards, his face turned pale.
The prince actually wanted to attack the barbarians at night, and even sent out all his personal guards.
How can this be done!
Ma Ping jumped up and cursed: "You turtles, get up here. The prince is in danger, you turtles can still sleep."
While scolding like this, Ma Ping didn't care about the guards who were already making a mess. When he got on his horse, he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Everyone, please fucking listen to me. The prince is going to personally lead the army and attack the barbarian camp at night. I will take the first step to protect the prince. You idiots, hurry up and follow me. Follow up as a team.
Whoever dares to mess up the situation will have his son killed."
In the guard camp, everything fell silent immediately following Ma Ping's roar. The guards gathered up their armor quickly, put it on their bodies, and ran towards the camp gate.