"boom!"
A huge stone flew from a distance and hit the tower of Xuzhou City!
The huge rocks did not directly hit anyone, but the gravel splashed everywhere, causing four or five Huai'an Army soldiers nearby to be injured, with injuries ranging from minor to serious.
The Huai'an Army soldier who was the most seriously injured was hit by a larger piece of gravel on his right arm, and his entire arm could no longer move.
Baihu, who was commanding on the spot, immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Change! Change!"
Under his shout, the injured soldier was immediately carried down, and then someone else quickly came up to fill the gap.
"Gunner, gunner!"
A member of the Huai'an Army shouted: "Bombard their catapults! Aim more accurately!"
The Huai'an Army has full-time gunners, and they were trained by Shen Yi using his abilities.
The so-called money ability is nothing more than spending money on cannonballs and gunpowder and letting them practice.
Except for Mr. Shen, it is basically impossible for other armies to have such confidence. After all, they do not have a "consortium" like Xu Fu behind them to provide support.
Following this Qianhu's order, the gunners immediately aimed at the catapult in the distance.
With the sound of several cannons, there were four catapults in the distance, which were destroyed by artillery!
"Well done!"
Qianhu, surnamed Fei, was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "Load! Load!"
"Hit again!"
After three rounds of cannon fire, dozens of catapults outside the city were knocked out. When the thousands of households wanted to continue the bombardment, a gunner responded loudly: "General, the barrel is too hot!"
"If you hit me again, it will explode!"
The thousand households grunted and did not forcefully order the bombardment. Instead, they glanced under the city wall.
At this time, some Qi troops had already reached the base of the city wall and began to set up ladders, slowly climbing up the Xuzhou City Tower like ants.
Fei Qianhu drew his sword out of his body and grinned: "Brothers, the bearded bastard is coming up!"
"Prepare the golden juice rolling stone fire oil!"
"Say hello to their heads!"
Golden juice is an indescribable thing. Although it is filthy, when you pour it down, it is really effective!
At the same time, ladles of boiling hot oil were also poured down by the Huai'an army!
This hot oil doesn't just cause burns. When it is poured on Qi Ren's ladder, the ladder immediately starts to slip and it is difficult to climb up again!
As for the effect of falling rocks, it should be more immediate.
In this small area, the two sides fought fiercely for three hours, from morning to dusk!
A Huai'an Army soldier threw down the last stone, turned to look at his own Qianhu, and said loudly: "General Fei, there are no more stones!"
Fei Qianhu looked back.
On this section of the city wall he was guarding, the rolling stones had been used up, and the hot oil had almost been poured on it.
At this moment, someone shouted again: "General Fei, there are no more arrows!"
Fei Qianhu glanced at Qi Ren who was still working hard to climb up under the city wall. He took out the sword from his waist and said sternly: "Keep your position and draw the sword out of its sheath!"
The defender of the city naturally occupies an advantageous location. Even without the weapons for long-range attacks, they can still have an absolute advantage by chopping with short weapons from a high position.
Some Qi people were struck on the shoulders by a knife as soon as they climbed onto the city wall. A sideways glance revealed that most of their necks had been chopped off, and their heads drooped and fell down.
However, this advantage is no longer so absolute!
Because there are too many people in Qi.
Later, one or two Qi people occasionally climbed up the city tower. Fortunately, they were quickly discovered by the Huai'an army soldiers, and then four or five people surrounded them and hacked these Qi people to death.
However, it is undeniable that the officers and soldiers of the Huai'an Army also began to suffer casualties.
On this day, the Qi people's attack was particularly tenacious. Even Fei Qianhu was injured in the fierce battle with the Qi people. He was stabbed in the arm by the Qi people and received some paint.
The fierce fighting continued until it was completely dark and the Qi people, who had suffered heavy losses, began to retreat one after another.
And Fei Qianhu, because of exhaustion, sat down on the tower, breathing heavily.
"Bring me some water..."
He yelled loudly, then his vision went dark and he fainted.
………………
Huai'an Military Office.
That is, Zhizhou Yamen.
It was rare that all the main generals of the Huai'an Army's east and west armies were present.
This time, it is no longer the six kings under Mr. Shen. Basically, all those who have actual positions of more than 1,000 households are present.
The so-called actual job title of Qianhu or above means that one has only the rank of Qianhu, but has far more than a thousand people under his command.
There are many such people in the Huai'an army.
Because the Huai'an army now has 50,000 people, and there are fifty thousand households. Theoretically, in addition to these thousand households, there should also be generals at the guard level, such as commanders, commanders, and commanders. class.
Although there is a serious shortage of these third-level generals in the Huai'an army, there are already quite a few of them, totaling almost thirteen or four people.
At this time, these people had basically all arrived. They gathered around Shen Yi and took their seats.
Mr. Shen sat in the middle, glanced at everyone first, and then said: "These three or four days are the first round of attacks after the arrival of Qi people's reinforcements. Judging from the current situation..."
"Qi Ren's attack should come to an end for the time being."
"but…"
Shen Yi said truthfully: "You can't tell when they will come again."
"I believe you have also seen in the past few days that the Qi people's attacks are much more ferocious than before."
Having said this, he looked calm and said: "You can now tell me all the problems you encountered during the defense battle in the past few days, and I will solve them for you if they can be solved."
When he said this, he stopped talking.
Although Mr. Shen himself had the final say on major military matters in Huai'an, he would still discuss normal matters with his subordinates, so the atmosphere was quite enthusiastic.
Soon, these senior generals of the Huai'an Army began to talk nonsense.
Some people said there was a shortage of arrows, some said there was a shortage of rolling stones, and some people said there was not enough artillery and asked Shen Yi for artillery.
At the end of his speech, Xue Wei said in a loud voice: "Damn! These Qi people are cunning now. In the past, they would shoot arrows at the city tower, so that when you come and I go, our army will not have no arrows to use. Now they almost no longer go Shooting arrows on the city tower, our arrows will soon be out of use!"
In short, what these people said is that some of the materials used to defend the city are not enough.
After all, when the Huai'an Army entered Xuzhou, they basically traveled lightly. The heaviest thing they brought was not even food, but the Huai'an Army's artillery and gunpowder shells.
Lin Sheng bought all the food and grass for the Huai'an army in Xuzhou City, and he almost didn't bring it in at all.
Up to now, Xuzhou has been defending for more than two months, and both big and small battles have been fought. Under such circumstances, it is strange that the supplies for defending the city are sufficient.
After everyone started talking nonsense, Ling Su coughed and everyone immediately became quiet.
Ling Su lowered his head slightly, clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen, if the Qi people continue to attack the city from one side like they are now, then our Huai'an army will definitely have no problem defending the city."
"But now that the Qi people have more troops, they will probably attack the city from all sides."
"Even today, Qi people have already boarded the city tower, causing casualties to the brothers. In the future, Qi people will attack the city from all sides, and we will defend the city when we are short of supplies..."
He paused and said helplessly: "We can only fight hand-to-hand and defend with our lives."
So far, the Huai'an army has defended the city and has suffered few casualties.
It can even be said that it basically maintains its complete combat effectiveness.
What Ling Su meant was that if the fighting continued, it would be difficult to fight like now.
Mr. Shen knocked on the table with his hand and said slowly: "Boil the oil. I can raise some from the people in the city, but I have to eat this, so I will save some in the future."
"As for the Stones..."
Shen Yi looked back at Zhao Jizhou, who was also attending the meeting, and said, "Brother, I will assign you two thousand-household camps. Tomorrow... we will start demolishing houses in the city."
“Start demolishing the houses that no one lives in.”
Although the main structure of the houses at this time was made of wood, the courtyard walls and some foundations were all made of stones. In a big city like Xuzhou, there were countless buildings. As long as you were willing to demolish the houses, you would never run out of rolling stones. of.
Zhao Jizhou lowered his head and said, "I obey your orders!"
In front of everyone, Shen Yi gave him face and called him senior brother, so he also needed to give Shen Yi face and respect Shen Yi as a leader.
Mr. Shen was silent for a while and continued: "As for the arrows..."
"I will find a solution as soon as possible..."
Having said this, Shen Yi looked up at Xue Wei and said, "General Xue will stay for a while."
"other people…"
"If nothing happens, please go back to your own formation."
Everyone stood up one after another, bowed their heads and clasped their fists respectfully.
"The general will respect your orders!"
