Two consecutive nights of surprise attacks were successful, but there was no joy after victory on the faces of Baili Jin and others. Zhu Wang's army had been gathering for more than two days, but they had always stood still. Apparently they were waiting for reinforcements to arrive from the rear, and then the real battle would begin. . In order to prevent the people in the city from suffering misfortunes, Baili Jin had arranged for his men to move more than 13,000 households in the city to the rear three days ago. He even promised to personally rebuild their houses after the victory over Liang Jun. Everyone in the Yan Kingdom knew that General Baili had made a huge promise. Except for a few young men who had no relatives and friends and wanted to contribute, they stayed in the city and fought alongside the army. The rest of the people went northward one after another.
On the city tower, Baili Jin slapped the sword on his waist and looked at the dark Liang army not far away. Jiang Daohua, the hero of the first battle, stood aside and asked carefully: "General, do you need another general to launch a surprise attack tonight?"
Baili Jin shook his head: "Surprise attack emphasizes surprise and surprise. The more times it is used, the less obvious the effect and the greater the risk. I originally planned to launch the last surprise attack by you tonight, but Now it seems that Liang Dog cannot sit still. You see, the army is making preparations for the war. I guess that at the earliest tonight, or at the latest early tomorrow morning, the Liang Army will attack the city in a large scale!"
Jiang Daohua clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "General, don't worry, the city has already prepared 200,000 arrows, as well as countless rolling stones and logs. As long as the Liang dogs dare to climb the city, I will keep them safe until they come back!"
Baili Jin nodded slightly: "I am not worried about this. Zhu Wang's army of one hundred thousand! To me, it is just a military achievement to conquer the world. The only thing I am afraid of is the enemy's army. Just ten giant catapults.”
Thinking of the powerful siege weapons, Jiang Daohua felt dizzy and sighed: "If there are one or two martial arts masters in our army who can destroy those catapults before the battle, the general will not worry."
Baili Jin smiled and said: "You are so worthless as a martial arts master. Besides, I, Dayan, can ask others to help me, but Liang Guo can't? It's better to ask for yourself than to ask for others. Hurry up and build defenses. The power of the catapult Although it is large, it is inconvenient to move and needs to be pulled by manpower, so the range is limited. You order the good shooters in the army to guard the outer city. Once the catapult enters the range of the bow, shoot the person operating it and attack the enemy catapult. Minimize the number of attacks and minimize the casualties of our troops."
Jiang Daohua accepted the order and resigned. On the way back, he calculated in his mind that the ten catapults of Liang State, combined with the height of Baishi City, calculated that they need to be at least 500 steps away to exert the maximum power of the catapults. And among the Yan State army , a good shooter can hit 67 out of 10 within 500 paces and within 600 paces. Calculating this way, it is not difficult to defend the city of Baishi.
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In the Baishi City, the Yan army was working hard to improve the fortifications, and the Liang army was also preparing siege equipment non-stop. Zhu Wang sat in the tent with a gloomy face, and two lieutenants, Tu Meng and Jiang Zongbao, sat on his left and right respectively. Tu Meng had injured his shoulder the night before and was wrapping the wound tightly with gauze. The eight-foot-tall man looked like a child who had made a mistake and did not dare to breathe in front of Zhu Wang.
Zhu Wang let out a long sigh and said, "When encountering the enemy, you will disorganize your position and pursue blindly, resulting in the loss of more than 800 brothers. According to military law, you should be beheaded in public, but the war is imminent. As a deputy general, if you are executed You will inevitably mess up the morale of our army and cause hundreds of harms to the siege without any benefit. This account will be recorded for you first. If there is merit in this battle, the merits and demerits will be offset and past mistakes will be ignored. If not, the numerous crimes will be punished at the same time. Don’t blame me for settling the score!”
Tu Meng lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "General, take your orders! General, please rest assured, if we don't kill less than three hundred Yangou this time, I, Tu Meng, will raise my head to see the general!"
Zhu Wang waved his hand: "There is no joke in the army. You two should retreat first. Early tomorrow morning, the army will gather and march straight to the Hundred Division City!"
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Baili Jin stood on the city tower, facing the city, with hundreds of thousands of troops and five thousand militiamen standing neatly under his feet. Baili Jin said loudly: "Now the one hundred thousand Liang dogs outside the city are ready to attack. I think they will attack the city tomorrow. Where is my great Yan'erlang? I have fought against Zhu Wang several times without any defeat. Tomorrow's battle will be the same. The 100,000 troops outside the city are like ants in my eyes, but I am still worried that Feng Jingquan will send troops for reinforcements. As for the person who will lead the troops, I don’t know how many troops there are. I don’t want to say anything more. I just hope that you can live as much as possible while fighting the enemy bravely. Even if you must die, it is always better to die later. Behind us are our parents and brothers, our relatives and friends, if Baishi The city is lost, and the cavalry of Liang’s army will sooner or later enter the land of Yan. For our relatives and for our friends, killing more Liang dogs will always save the lives of our people in Yan.”
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At dawn, Liang's 100,000 troops lined up in formation and gathered three miles outside the city. Baili Jin looked down from the city tower and saw that everything was covered in darkness with human heads. He ordered Jiang Daohua to lead 30,000 cavalry out of the city to fight, while he sat in the army to dispatch and command. The two armies were facing each other, and a battle was imminent. But at this moment, there was silence except for the neighing of the war horses.
Zhu Wang drove his horse forward, walked out of the formation, and shouted towards Baishi City: "Baili Jin, in today's battle, I will cut off your head with my own hands!"
Baili Jin stood on the city tower and responded loudly: "How dare you speak nonsense when your general is defeated! Our army of Yan State is guarding this place and we are telling you not to enter the city even half a step!"
Zhu Wang waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him pushed the ten catapults to the front of the formation. They worked together to place boulders weighing more than a hundred kilograms and prepared to launch the first round of offensive. Baili Jin saw this and shouted loudly : "Kill!" The crossbowmen on the top of the city were already ready, aiming at the Liang army, ready to shoot the first wave of arrows at any time. Jiang Daohua knew very well that once the enemy used a catapult, the consequences would be disastrous. He raised his sword high and shouted: "Kill!" Behind him, 30,000 elite cavalry, led by Jiang Daohua, rushed towards the Liang army without hesitation.
In Liang Guo's formation, although he was injured, Tu Meng, who was still brave, took the lead and led the cavalry to charge against Jiang Daohua's army. The horseshoes roared and the distance of three miles passed in an instant. A total of 60,000 horses on both sides collided hard. At the same time, under the huge impact, the front row cavalry died generously. Jiang Daohua and Tu Meng are both fierce generals who have experienced hundreds of battles. One of them holds a long knife and the other holds a giant axe. After dodging the first round of confrontation, they took the lead and charged into the enemy's formation. Wherever they went, flesh and blood flew everywhere. There is no single enemy.
On the city tower, the Yan State archers and crossbowmen were extremely skilled in shooting. Anyone in the Liang army who dared to approach the catapult would be the first to be killed by random arrows. Seeing this, Jiang Zongbao ordered his soldiers to raise a strong shield as high as a person to form a barrier to block the flying arrows. The boulder was about to be placed. Fortunately, Baili Jin had already thought of a countermeasure and ordered his men to cut his head. A pig-goat skin bag filled with kerosene was hung on the horse, and a good crossbowman was ordered to light the scissors and shoot through the skin bag. For a time, Liang Guojun was in flames.
Seeing that the catapult was blocked, Jiang Zongbao personally stepped out, poured mud all over his body, raised his shield, and covered his men. After loading the boulder, several strong men with big muscles and round waists stirred the machine, and with a "hoo" sound, the boulder was like a meteor. , cut through the sky, and smashed towards the city head. With a "boom", a gap was opened in the city head. Several Yan Guo crossbowmen were unable to dodge and were smashed into pieces of meat and embedded in the ground.
Jiang Daohua secretly thought, "It's not good." He knew that if he couldn't stop those siege weapons as soon as possible, there would be endless troubles. He turned his horse's head and said loudly: "The whole army obeys the order and advances toward the catapult at full speed!" Suddenly he heard a sound behind his ears. There was a sound in the air, and he didn't dare to be careless. He quickly lowered his body, and a giant ax almost brushed Jiang Daohua's scalp, cutting off a large piece of hair. It was Tu Meng who rushed to the scene.
When the enemy met, they were extremely jealous. Tu Meng laughed and said, "It was you, a rat, who attacked our camp two nights ago!"
Jiang Daohua sneered and said: "My good grandson, it's me, grandpa! I didn't shoot you, a bird thief, to death that day, why are you here again asking for death today!" The long knife slashed across, forcing Tu Meng to take a step back. The latter was furious, raised his ax high, and chopped off Jiang Daohua's head. The two men were equally powerful in terms of martial arts. Tu Meng was taller and had longer arms, and his moves were mainly fierce. Jiang Daohua had followed Baili Jin for many years, and was immersed in martial arts. It was also quite impressive, and the two of them were fighting inextricably for a while.
