In the early morning of the next day, the horns of the Pitz people's attack sounded again from the north of Qingyuan Pass.【】
In front of the Pitz State Camp, dozens of trebuchets were already in place, and the soldiers were working hard to wind up and load ammunition. A new batch of wooden curtain cars and calamus cars in front were also sitting in formation and preparing.
On the Fangcheng Trail, Chai Yan, Fan Xingwang, Pang Zhenbei, Zhan Pu and others were observing the north with telescopes.
After watching for a while, Pang Zhenbei said: "General Fan, how come they still look the same after so many days?"
Fan Xingwang asked: "Isn't it too early to say this? How do you know that the people of Pitz have no new strategy this time?"
Pang Zhenbei shook his head and curled his lips and said: "Anyway, I didn't see any new tricks they had. I guess they haven't come up with any new tricks in the past few days, so they had no choice but to risk their lives."
Fan Xingwang did not reply. He turned to Chai Yan and asked, "Taoist Priest, what do you think?"
Chai Yan said: "It's hard to say, but as of now, their vehicle formations and tactics are the same as before. It's also possible that as General Pang said, they can't think of a countermeasure and don't want to delay it any longer, so they have to attack hard. Up."
"If this is really the case, then we must make the people of Pitz suffer a lot." Fan Xingwang said.
After saying that, Fan Xingwang called Pang Zhenbei, Zhan Pu and others, walked forward along the trail, and loudly ordered the soldiers to prepare for the battle.
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North of the pass, the Pitz camp.
A group of people led by Heng Saer stood in front of the camp gate, watching solemnly the soldiers who were preparing to charge into battle.
Before the war started, Heng Saer made a special mobilization speech and carried out many boxes of white money, which greatly stimulated the morale of the soldiers.
After a few days of rest and recuperation, the morale of the Pitz soldiers has improved a lot. When they saw the silver, the soldiers felt as if they had been given a shot of blood. Their fighting spirit was extremely high and their emotions were extremely high.
"Woo——!"
With the sound of a long trumpet, the Pitzer's wooden chariot began to move forward.
This time, the number of wooden chariots was much larger than before, and the number of soldiers behind each chariot was also increased. All of these soldiers raised their shields and covered their faces with thick kerchiefs.
Just like before, the wooden chariot drove straight in and quickly rushed to the pass. As soon as it stopped, the trebuchet at the rear fired stone bullets, which fell like raindrops into the pass.
Before the stone bullets fell and the dust kicked up had completely settled, the soldiers of the Luna Army began to counterattack with bamboo javelins and bows and arrows. The soldiers of the Pitz Kingdom behind the wooden curtain car below also raised their shields and began to block. stand up.
At the same time, the churron cars from behind also arrived one after another, and docked with the wooden curtain cars in front one by one.
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers in the churro began to transport sacks of earth and mountains to the outside, and the work of filling the mountains of earth began again.
Seeing this scene, Fan Xingwang decisively ordered to release poison smoke balls across the board.
For a time, a huge number of smoke balls fell from high altitude. Some fell next to the wooden curtain car, some fell on the roof of the chrysanthemum car, and some even fell in the gap between the wooden curtain car and the chrysanthemum car.
Just when the poisonous smoke was about to fill the air, the Pitz soldiers holding shields magically pulled out a large cattail leaf fan, almost everyone holding it.
Then, many shield soldiers began to flap their cattail fans vigorously, swatting away the poisonous smoke that was about to approach them.
The space below the Qingyuan Pass is almost a semi-circle. At this time, many people are fanning together, and the entire space has the effect of a chimney. The poisonous smoke blown away by the fan can only be forced to rise, threatening the poisonous smoke that infests the people of Pitz. There is much less smoke.
"Fuck, is this okay?"
Pang Zhenbei looked at the scene under the pass and opened his mouth in surprise.
When Chai Yan saw the poisonous smoke rushing upward, he immediately shouted: "Everyone, be careful, don't accidentally inhale the poisonous smoke!"
Under the shout of the messenger, the words quickly spread along the trail.
Despite this, there were still a few soldiers who accidentally inhaled the poisonous smoke and developed coughing and discomfort.
Fortunately, the pass is high enough. When the poisonous smoke rises to a certain height, it loses its power, and the threat to the Luna Army is very limited.
Chai Yan frowned and said, "I really didn't expect that this Heng Saar would actually use such a stupid method."
Fan Xingwang said with a stern face: "Although the method is a bit clumsy, it is very effective! As long as the Pitz soldiers can persist in the poisonous smoke for more time, long enough to throw out all the sacks of earth and rocks in the truck, then The progress of their mountain building will be greatly improved, and they can evacuate safely."
Not long after he finished speaking, the group of couriers below the pass began to move. The soldiers holding shields and cattail fans behind the wooden curtain cars also hid behind the couriers one after another, using the cover to start retreating.
As Fan Xingwang said, these soldiers have finished dumping the sacks of earth and rocks they brought under the cover of the shield and fan soldiers. Although the dumping volume is not as good as before, the casualties have been greatly reduced. After being affected by the poisonous smoke, they collapsed The number of people down there is only 30% of the previous number.
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Pitz country camp.
Seeing that the first batch of chrysanthemums had been successfully withdrawn, Heng Saer couldn't wait to call the commanding general over.
"What are the casualties?" Hengsal was most concerned about this question.
The general said loudly: "Back to the general, about 30% of the people have been lost. Many of the remaining people have inhaled the poisonous smoke. Some are coughing and some are dizzy. I'm afraid they won't be able to fight anymore."
Heng Saer was determined in his heart and said confidently: "It's okay! Their mission has been completed. I will pay them a reward later. Then you only need to keep replacing new troops and continue to charge the formation according to the method just now. That’s it, Lei Tu Mountain!”
"Yes, General." The general took the order and ran away quickly.
Soon, the group of soldiers who had returned from the battle returned to the military camp one after another, and a group of lively soldiers took their places.
"Woo——!"
Soon, another long horn sound sounded, which heralded the beginning of a new round of charging.
Heng Saer looked at the formation of vehicles rushing forward and thought to himself: "Just watch, no matter what the cost, I will break through the Qingyuan Pass!"
Unknowingly, two hours passed...
At this time, Pangluo ran over with a face of joy and reported to Hengsal: "General, the method you thought of is so effective. In just a short time, the mountains have been built up a lot."
"Are you just trying to stop the progress of us Pitz people with just poisonous smoke?" Heng Saer's expression did not change, but the pride in his words could not be concealed.
Bangluo complimented: "The general is wise. If we keep going at this speed, we will be able to launch a full-scale attack in a few days."
"Well, that's right. We must increase the speed of building the mountain before the Luna Army has replenished the fuel oil." Heng Saar said.
Bangluo nodded immediately and said he would pass on the order immediately.
After a pause, Heng Saer asked again: "What are the casualties so far?"
Bangluo replied: "The death toll is close to 30% of those sent out. The rest who came back were poisoned to varying degrees, but the military doctor said that their lives are not in danger. They can recover after detoxifying and resting for a few days."
Heng Saer nodded slightly and asked, "Has Fan Xingwang come up with any new strategies?"
Bang Luo said: "Other than dropping more poison cigarette packets, there is no new countermeasure."
"Okay, send the order immediately, switch the trebuchet to heavy fire oil bombs, and at the same time speed up the filling of the base." Heng Saar ordered loudly.