On September 11, the tribal coalition launched a general attack on Lucheng.
Liu Xikun inexplicably felt that today was a good day and he was sure to win Lucheng, so he committed all his troops without any reservation.
The main attack was in the east direction of the city, with more than 9,000 troops invested, and more than 3,000 troops each in the south and north of the city to contain the scattered defenders.
In the west of the city, more than 20 pirate ships, large and small, also docked at the dock, and more than a thousand people were dispatched to conduct feint attacks and harass them.
In addition, nearly 10,000 people from the Mori and Taya tribes serve as backup to cope with changes in the war situation.
The war drums were beating, and the four directions launched attacks on the city wall at the same time, like a huge wave rushing towards an isolated island, with a huge momentum.
Without formation or order, more than 9,000 tribal troops from the east swarmed toward the city wall like locusts.
Although more than half of the people were holding wooden shields, few people held the wooden shields in front of them seriously. Anyway, the superiors said that the Song army did not have many arrows anymore. Today's task was to rush over and destroy the city wall, and the only wooden shield in their hands was The function may be to use it as firewood.
When they rushed sixty feet, the tribal army was still a little nervous. Judging from the experience of the past few days, when they reached this distance, the Song army would use strange instruments to throw stones and shoot 'javelins'.
Maybe this won't kill many people, but if you are unlucky enough to be hit, you will either be smashed into meat paste or skewered into meat skewers. The miserable situation is still very horrific. Even if you are missing only arms and legs, it is considered a blessing from the ancestors.
Strangely, the city was still quiet today, as if it was frightened by the momentum of its own side.
After seeing this situation, the morale of the tribal troops became higher and higher. They ran towards the city wall crying and howling like ghosts and wolves, just like they used it to scare away the deer during hunting, in an attempt to intimidate the defenders.
When they successfully approached forty feet, dense crossbow bolts suddenly flew out of the city, forming dark clouds in the sky, which quickly rushed into the surging crowd of tribal troops like a heavy rain.
At least four to five hundred people were hit, and the shrill screams continued.
Afterwards, more than thirty crossbows roared in, plowing straight ravines without any hesitation. A dozen stone balls as big as a human head drew graceful arcs, fell from the sky, and painted scrolls of flesh and blood on the crowd with scrawled strokes. .
Immediately afterwards, another large crossbow arrow splashed like ink, dotting the picture with fine blood flowers.
In this round alone, the tribal army suffered thousands of casualties. The surging crowd stopped and began to panic.
This scene stunned everyone watching the battle on the stage, and Liu Xikun was even furious.
"Why? Why!? Why does the Song Army still have such a strong attack capability?"
Liu Jianming said leisurely, "As I said, the Song Army is not a fool, and will probably have reservations and wait until the critical moment to use it. Moreover, it is not difficult to guess that we will attack from the east. The stone cannon crossbow can be loaded in advance, and then Concentrate two thousand divine arm crossbows and string them up, and fire them in two volleys, so this effect is achieved."
Cai Qicang opened his mung bean eyes with hesitation on his face, "With such heavy casualties, I'm afraid I won't be able to withstand a few more rounds. Why don't we withdraw first? Continue to consume for a few more days before we talk about it?"
"Absurd! How can anyone not die in a war?"
Liu Jianming refuted Cai Qicang unceremoniously, and gave Liu Xikun a cryptic look, "The most taboo thing about leading an army in battle is to change orders from day to day. Once the order for a general attack has been issued, there is no turning back. We must resolutely implement it to the end!"
Liu Xikun saw the look in Liu Jianming's eyes and immediately thought of his previous suggestion of taking the opportunity to kill more natives.
And Liu Jianming continued, "What's more, no matter how hard the Song Army retains its strength, it is limited. It was only after deliberate efforts that it suppressed such a move. If we are frightened, wouldn't it be playing into their hands?"
"Sir, I'm still far-sighted. I think the Song Army will be able to bluff just once. Moreover, when the crossbow bolts were fired just now, there were clearly a lot of unevenness. It's probably just a reflection of the past. You see, after such a long time, it is also possible to bluff There are no follow-up volleys, so we should continue the attack."
Liu Xikun calmed down at this time, and after carefully analyzing the battle situation, he agreed with Liu Jianming's point of view.
"But...Brother Liu Shi, you see that the natives are too scared to move forward, how can they continue to attack?" Cai Qicang pointed to the tribal army that almost stopped on the battlefield.
Liu Xikun frowned, and then turned to look at Jiu Gu beside him affectionately, "My Jimi, can you do anything to boost your morale?"
Jiu Gu was very comfortable being taken care of by Liu Xikun these days. It was the time of passion, so how could he have the heart to refuse Ai Lang's request.
Soon, the dressed-up Jiu Gu stood on a wooden platform and was carried toward the battlefield by more than thirty strong native men, followed by a group of playing and playing bands.
Seeing Jiu Gu approaching the battle, the tribal troops immediately became energetic and roared, seemingly losing their fear of death.
At this time, the drum on the general stage became louder and faster, urging the clan army to start charging again.
The top of the city continued to fire crossbow bolts at the approaching tribal army, but it seemed much sparse and scattered. This also allowed the tribal army to recover their morale quickly, and they were about to rush to the moat.
The stone cannon, which had been silent for a long time, was finally activated again, ejecting an object two or three times larger than the previous stone ball. It shattered immediately after landing, sputtering out sharp fragments and viscous liquid.
The natives who were injured by the fragments screamed in agony, but the natives who were stained by the liquid did not realize the danger yet.
The next moment, many square cabinets were rolled out from the top of the city, and you could see from a distance that there seemed to be dense grids on them.
"A swarm of bees!?"
When Liu Xikun screamed, these cabinets burst into flames, and thousands of rockets shot out with sharp roars, dragging white smoke and twisting in the air to create strange tricks, and rushed towards the place where the stone cannon had been fired. .
This is a traditional rocket in the Song army. It is an ordinary arrow with a propellant barrel added to it. The sharp arrowhead is used to cause damage, and it can also be used as a fire attack.
There was no explosion after falling, but it hit at least a thousand natives, and even ignited the kerosene, forming a sea of fire in front of the moat.
Thousands of natives were writhing in the sea of fire, scurrying around like headless flies with flames. The natives outside the sea of fire were frightened by this tragic scene and fled.
It wasn't until they ran more than a hundred feet away from the city wall that they were stopped by Jiu Gu and a group of tribal leaders. At a glance, there were more than 9,000 people and less than 5,000 left.
Liu Xikun grabbed Liu Jianming's lapel angrily, "Why didn't you tell me that there was a swarm of bees in the Song Army!? Don't tell me that you didn't know!"
Liu Jianming looked innocent and said with a wry smile, "Most of the materials stored in the warehouse are recorded, but the army also has a special warehouse that is not under the jurisdiction of the prison. The chief clerk didn't know about it before, let alone me..."
Seeing that Liu Xikun was dubious, Liu Jianming added, "Actually, Mr. Lang, don't be too excited. It will take a long time for special craftsmen to reload it. In other words, it will be useless after one use, and although the current loss is It’s a little bigger, but the remaining people are completely enough to take over Lucheng. Isn’t this the best of both worlds?”
"The natives are scared out of their wits, how can we take over Lucheng?!" Liu Xikun seemed to believe Liu Jianming's statement, but his expression was still angry.
"This is not difficult to handle." Liu Jianming looked confident.
For Liu Xikun, the most important thing is to capture Lucheng. If this goal is not affected, the more casualties the natives have, the better.
So he immediately let go of his hand and smoothed Liu Jianming's clothes with an apologetic expression, "I lost my temper for a moment and offended sir. I hope you won't blame me. I don't know how to capture Lucheng next?"
Liu Jianming smiled generously and cleared his throat, "These natives are scared out of their wits and are really not suitable for the main attack mission. Let's just move them to the north and south, and then gather the more than 6,000 people here, and then move them 800 people were mobilized from the west of the city to serve as vanguards, and then all Lang Jun's followers were sent to the rear to supervise the battle together with the tribal leaders. In my opinion, the Song army has exhausted all the means at their disposal. Strike while the iron is hot, and they will definitely be able to destroy the city wall. Even after the city is broken, the Song army still resists, and there are still Moli and Taya tribes, so we can’t let them watch the show all the time.”
Liu Xikun thought about it for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll follow Sir's advice, but I have to convince Jiu Gu first..."
Liu Jianming turned around following Liu Xikun's gaze and saw Jiu Gu running back angrily with a dark face, obviously furious at the heavy losses suffered by the tribal army.
Liu Xikun took the initiative to greet him. First he blamed himself and even slapped himself twice. It wasn't until Jiu Gu's eyes showed unbearable and distressed feelings that he gently comforted him. She didn't know what he had promised. Jiu Gu gradually became angry. Out of joy, he hugged Liu Xikun and kissed him hard, then turned around to discuss with the tribal leaders.
Although the attack plan was reworked, the flames in the east of the city were still burning fiercely, so there was no way to attack again in the morning.
After some adjustments, more than 7,000 siege troops appeared in the east of the city again in the afternoon.
It was said that pirates were in the vanguard, but standing in the front row were still a thousand natives holding wooden shields.
The pirates wore simple leather armor, held small shields, and carried broadswords and strong bows. They were obviously much more elite.
With their participation and the fact that they did not directly witness the tragic scene in the morning, the morale of the natives was pretty good. Jiu Gu was dancing hard behind them. Her precious white bird was released again and stood. Patois were repeated on the elevated platform.
"A great victory! A great victory!..."
Liu Xikun personally beat the drum and the troops began to charge towards the city wall.
Sixty feet, there was no movement at the top of the city, fifty, forty, thirty... there was no movement.
The Song Army was indeed at the end of its rope!
Liu Xikun was so shaken that he even used all his energy to beat the drum.
It wasn't until the siege troops arrived at the moat smelling the aroma of barbecue and walking on the blackened ashes that a volley of fire was fired from the top of the city. However, it was only three to four hundred crossbow bolts, killing only a few dozen people.
The pirates drew their bows and fought back. Although the Song army had armor, more than a dozen of them were shot in the face and fell from the city. After that, the Song army never made any powerful attack again.
So many natives rushed across the moat along the filled channels, and many natives carried trench bridges made of bamboo to build on the moat.
In a short period of time, two to three thousand natives arrived under the city wall and began to knock off the mud layer outside the wall and pile up flammable materials, while the pirates kept suppressing the city head.
During this process, the Song army on the city fought back desperately and killed nearly a thousand natives, but it seemed to be of no avail. The natives piled up enough wood grease under the city wall, set it on fire, and then slowly retreated.
The flames shot up into the sky and soon ignited the wooden city wall. In two or three seconds at most, this section of the city wall would be completely burned down!
