The headmaster shook his head and said,
"I didn't know that. Aren't you and Qi Huan always in charge of the intelligence aspect? If it doesn't work, then we can find out if we capture a barbarian from the Qiyan tribe alive and ask."
Qi Huan heard this and said,
"Two heads, I also thought about placing spies among the barbarians before, but the appearance of us Central Plains people is too different from theirs. Our people were discovered as soon as we entered, and it was too difficult."
Nie Chen smiled and said,
"Look at you, you are stupid. You can bribe and develop their people. There are many people among the barbarians who don't have enough to eat. You can bribe them with just some grain and gold and silver, and use their people to serve us."
"My subordinate is stupid, but I understand."
The army descended from Qingfeng Mountain, bypassed several hills, entered the official road, and marched towards Qingshui County in a mighty manner.
On the way, they finally met the Shadow Guard's spies.
The spy reported breathlessly,
"Two heads, there are only 3,000 defenders in the county government. The remaining barbarians are being divided into small groups and spreading out from the county government to various places. They should be going to rob the villages."
The headmaster frowned when he heard this and said,
"You bastard barbarians, let's go, speed up the march, and capture the county seat as soon as possible. As long as the county seat is occupied, the barbarians who went out to rob will come back and rob the county seat, so that the people will be safe."
"Walk!"
The army sped up their march, but because of too much baggage, their marching speed was not fast. It was not until dark that they arrived outside the county seat.
On the walls of the county town, torches were brightly lit, and there were crowds of people. Many barbarians were patrolling.
It seems that the barbarians are also preparing for the officers and soldiers to attack the city wall at night.
When Nie Chen saw the number of defenders on the city wall, he frowned and asked,
"Master, let's attack the city while it's dark?"
The headmaster nodded and said,
"Yes, we can hide our city-breaking crossbows while it's dark. During the day, the enemy will definitely take more precautions when they see our heavy weapons."
The headmaster waved his hand and shouted,
"Come here, pull the city-breaking crossbows forward, aim them all at the city gate, and try to blast the city gate open with one wave.
The broken crossbows were arrayed and aimed at the city wall, suppressing the defenders at the top of the city and protecting the attacking army.
After the city gate was blasted open, Lin Guang and I led the cavalry to rush over, captured the city gate, and killed the defenders inside the city. Then Nie Chen and Ma Niubai led the infantry to follow closely. Do you understand? "
"clear!"
"Prepare!"
The troops in Qingfeng Village were busy preparing. Some were setting up military crossbows, and some were pulling city-breaking crossbows. They were very busy.
On top of the city, the barbarians also started shouting and kept adding more troops to the southern wall.
After all, the 8,000-strong army came along in such a mighty manner that many barbarians saw them.
Those barbarians did not attack, because no one was a fool and would not rush up after seeing so many people.
The defenders in the city had long known that a large army was coming to attack them, and had made preparations early.
"After we enter the city, the cavalry rushes in first and attracts the enemy troops off the city wall. This will make it much easier to fight."
After looking at the city wall, the headmaster asked Qi Daniao,
"Is the city-breaking crossbow ready?"
"Ready, Master, I'm just waiting for your order!"
Qi Daniao's eyes were filled with excitement.
It's exciting to think that he encountered such a major siege of the city and had to make the first contribution.
"Okay, aim at the city gate and blast the hell out of me!"
"Got the order!"
Following the order, a dozen horses behind the city-breaking crossbow started running together to cock the huge bed crossbow.
Then, Qi Daniao shouted, the rope was cut, and five crossbow arrows that looked like big trees were shot towards the city gate.
Boom boom boom!
In everyone's eyes, five huge crossbow arrows penetrated the city gate and pierced the city gate.
And the city gate also slowly fell down in the eyes of everyone.
Although the building material of the city gate is wood, it is also made of century-old wood. It is hard and thick, and it is also covered with iron sheets.
No matter how powerful the city-breaking crossbow is, unless it fires a barrage of arrows, the most it can do is fill it with arrows, and it will be difficult to break the wooden door into pieces.
If you want to blow up the city gate, you can only use a large amount of gunpowder.
The collapse of the city gate at this time relied entirely on the huge power of the city-breaking crossbow to shatter the door shaft and shake the connection between the door and the door frame out of the door mortar, thereby achieving the purpose of the city gate falling.
After the city gate collapsed, the headmaster shouted loudly and rushed over with his cavalry team.
On the top of the city, sparse arrows were shot down, but the range was not far and it was difficult to cause much damage to the armored cavalry.
The barbarians are very poor, but they have many bows and arrows. They have wood, hemp rope, and beef tendons to make bows, but most of the arrows are made of wood. Some of the arrowheads are sharpened wood, and some are made of polished bones. After all, the barbarian iron tools rare.
Coupled with the suppression of broken crossbows under the city and the extremely fast cavalry, they managed to withstand a wave of arrows before rushing into the city.
"Quick, quick, quick! Get off the city wall quickly, the Feng Army is entering the city!"
"The Feng Army has entered the city, kill them quickly and drive them out!"
"Get out quickly, people, don't crowd, get out quickly!"
"The enemy troops have entered the city, and they still have to defend the city wall!"
The barbarians shouted and got off the city wall, preparing to chase down the cavalry entering the city.
Upon seeing this, Nie Chen immediately led the infantry to charge towards the county seat.
Weng Qiuchan led a team of troops, escorted the baggage train and the medical team, and followed the team into the city at the end.
After Nie Chen led the infantry into the city, he saw the master leading the cavalry to kill the enemy and charge head-on on the wide street towards the barbarian army chasing behind them.
"Brothers, kill all these barbarians and charge!"
Nie Chen shouted loudly, rode his horse, picked up the steel knife, and rushed into the enemy group.
Beside him, the horses and cattle were even more vigorous. Riding on the horses, they were wielding a big sword like tigers and tigers. None of the barbarian soldiers around him were his generals. They were chopped to pieces under his big sword. If it breaks, it will lead to death.
There were many enemies ahead, but they didn't charge very fast, and sporadic arrows shot down from the top of the city from time to time.
Nie Chen shouted,
"Wang Hao, take your brothers up to the city wall, get rid of all the barbarians on it, and then arrange for people to guard the city gate. Don't let the barbarian army outside gather and rush in again."
"I will obey your orders!"
Wang Hao shouted and rushed towards the city wall with a battalion of crossbowmen and spearmen.
Nie Chen and Ma Niuhui charged towards the north, while the master and Lin Guang led the cavalry towards the south. They had many soldiers and attacked the barbarians in the center crying for their fathers and mothers, and fled in defeat.
The barbarians were defeated like mountains and fled everywhere. They ran along the alleys and ran northward with all their might.
They knew that hiding in residents' homes would not help. They would definitely die when the wind army blocked the city gate.
