Under the morning light, the small Meiling Pass showed a sense of calm.
Li Xuan was riding on a tall horse, with the long spear in his hand hanging diagonally to the ground. He turned the pole slightly, and the blade immediately flashed with a cold light.
His stern gaze looked across Meiling Pass to the majestic mountains behind.
Taking Meiling Pass will block countless mountains behind and enter the Wuzhou Passage.
Li Xuan, carried by a tall horse, walked slowly in front of the formation, and countless people's eyes fell on Li Xuan.
Li Xuan's eyes finally fell on Meiling Pass.
The city is two feet high, with four hundred steps on each side.
There are still traces of wind and rain on the stone wall, and a layer of patina can even be seen faintly.
There are two turrets on the city and an urn inside, located at the north gate of Guancheng to defend against the Tianyin cultists who rushed out from Wuzhou.
The south gate of Guancheng does not have these things, which greatly reduces the difficulty for Li Xuan's Wuzhou Army to capture the south gate.
Li Xuan's sharp eyes passed over the large and small gaps in the city wall, and all the details were integrated into his mind.
…
Li Xuan raised his head and saw Zuo Fei, Ye Wanwan, Zhang Wanyu, He Qing'er and others standing on the city wall.
Li Xuan's eyes were very indifferent, and she looked away without even taking a few more glances.
He stretched out his hand and pressed the horse, and the tall horse immediately made a restless sound under his crotch.
All this, in the eyes of the people in the distance, they felt a silent ridicule.
They worked hard all night last night, but in the end their efforts were in vain.
Li Xuan and many of his guards are now staying here safe and sound.
It was as if Li Xuan knew everything in advance that Zhang Wanyu and the others did last night.
While their faces felt hot, several people looked at each other subconsciously.
Li Xuan's cold gaze retracted from the city wall and fell on her own formation behind her.
Qi Guang led one to two hundred soldiers and stood in the center.
The first three columns are all shield-wielding soldiers with bulging muscles.
They held thick shields in their hands, and any arrows fired from the front would be immediately blocked by them.
Behind the shield are the vanguard soldiers carrying four ladders.
Behind the vanguard is a soldier armed with a sharp sword. They will follow the vanguard and rush to the city wall.
Behind these people are a dozen archers holding long bows. They are the best selected archers from Wuzhou's soldiers.
Fifty meters to the left and right of the Wuzhou soldiers, there was a team of Kuaiji soldiers wearing chainmail.
There are not many soldiers in the government, they have the same shields, ladders and swords, and archers.
However, compared to the central soldiers, they were smaller in number, but also more elite and full of murderous intent.
Behind the siege soldiers is a famous crossbowman holding a crossbow.
Thirty crossbows were lined up in a row, and the crossbow arrows flickered. It seemed that in an instant, countless arrows would shoot towards the city head.
On both sides of the crossbow formation, there are two wells with a height of two to three feet, which is higher than the city wall of Meiling Pass.
There were more than a dozen archers standing on it, pointing in the direction of the city wall, ready to shoot at any time.
Behind this group of people were a total of eight catapults lined up.
Four of these catapults were shipped directly from the prefecture, and two of them were quickly assembled by Feng Hua using semi-finished products from Lanxi County after Li Xuan took Lanxi County. Only the last two were made by craftsmen. It was made overnight using local materials.
Fortunately, they brought many things over from the state and county towns, and they successfully built two aircraft.
Without these things, they could not build anything but wood.
Stones the size of wooden basins were placed behind the catapult, and soldiers from Lanxi County were constantly carrying stones up from the rear.
However, most of these stones now are not as round as yesterday.
Everything was orderly, low-pitched, but full of murderous intent.
Looking from front to back, even Li Xuan felt a chill.
…
Li Xuan turned around again and looked at the city wall. For a moment, she met Zhang Wanyu's eyes on the city wall.
In silence, electric sparks seemed to flash in their eyes.
The expression on Zhang Wanyu's face was extremely solemn. Her gaze crossed Li Xuan and landed on the neatly arranged arrays behind Li Xuan.
From these alone, she knew that Li Xuan was by no means a novice at attacking a city.
Throughout the whole day yesterday, Li Xuan never appeared again except for her initial appearance.
No one knew what he was doing, but as soon as he appeared, all the pressure immediately weighed heavily on everyone's hearts.
Zhang Wanyu subconsciously withdrew her gaze and looked at the people around her.
She and Ye Wanwan were in pretty good condition, but everyone else, including Zuo Fei and He Qing'er, had bloodshot eyes.
Not to mention the fighting after nightfall yesterday, after they left, the catapults outside would fire more than a dozen stone bombs into the city every half an hour.
The huge noise and the miserable wailing made it impossible for the soldiers in the city to rest peacefully.
At dawn, Wuzhou soldiers started a new wave of bombardment. After the bombardment, Li Xuan appeared with his people.
He appeared even earlier than Ye Wanwan and the others returned.
Being played.
They were all played by Li Xuan.
Zhang Wanyu's face immediately flushed with anger.
"Get ready to fight to the death. Whether you can defend this level depends on today." After Zhang Wanyu finished speaking, she turned her head and looked at Zuo Fei.
Li Xuan's strategy was very obvious. He was using the strategy of exhausting his troops and harassing the Tianyin Sect's black soldiers on the city wall all night long.
Although the number of black soldiers is not much less than that of Wuzhou soldiers, it is hard to say how much energy these people have left after staying up all night.
In particular, large rocks were thrown up by catapults from time to time, which made people even more uneasy.
Especially those who were lucky enough to survive under the stone, wailing miserably all night, which made people extremely irritable.
A whole night passed, the entire Meiling was closed, and everyone's physical strength and morale had been reduced to the limit.
In addition, the black pawn has not been able to have a good meal all night long.
Once the war starts, it's hard to say how much combat power will be left.
…
"Let's get started." Li Xuan said lightly and pointed forward with the sharp blade in her hand.
The next moment, the black soldier behind him pounded the drum beside him.
"Dong dong dong" the sound of drums was deafening, resounding in all directions.
At this moment, the Wuzhou soldier in the middle strode past Li Xuan.
These soldiers walked forward a hundred steps very quickly, approaching the city wall. Then, amid the sound of drums, they dug their shields into the soil and hid themselves firmly under the shields.
The soldiers behind quickly followed, especially the archers. As soon as they arrived at the designated position, they drew their long bows and shot several arrows at the city wall.
The scattered bows and arrows were directly nailed to the city wall, and then crashed to the ground without hurting any of the black pawns on the wall.
There was no need for Zuo Fei to give an order at all, and the black pawns on the city wall immediately responded with arrows.
However, these long arrows only nailed the shield on the ground and did not hurt any archers at all.
Both sides are outside each other's effective range.
"Stop, stop, stop quickly, they are consuming our bows and arrows." Zuo Fei immediately realized Li Xuan's insidiousness and quickly ordered his men to stop shooting.
However, although the archers who heard his order stopped shooting immediately, there were waves of confusion on their faces.
There is no shortage of bows and arrows in their warehouse now, so what's the point of consuming them again.
"They are not consuming your bows and arrows, but they are consuming your arm strength." Zhang Wanyu glanced at Zuo Fei coldly, and then said rudely: "Once an archer loses his arm strength and cannot fire a bow, even if he gives you another shot Too many arrows are useless."
Hearing what Zhang Wanyu said, the expressions of the archers on the city wall immediately changed.
Because from last night to now, they haven't had much rest at all, and their arm strength has been exhausted a lot...
At this moment, as if she understood something, Zhang Wanyu suddenly raised her head and looked at Li Xuan under the city wall.
However, at this moment, Li Xuan didn't look up at the city wall at all, she just lowered her head, seeming to be thinking about something.
Amidst the sound of "squeaking", two huge wells slowly moved forward from both sides.
The Kuaiji guards on both sides surrounded the Jinglan, relying on the Jinglan, and advanced slowly.
Zhang Wanyu now fully understood that the Wuzhou soldiers in the center in front of the city gate were just vases used to attract the main force.
The combat prowess and psychological quality of these people cannot be compared with the soldiers of Kuaiji Mansion.
They are only used for consumption. The real main force in attacking the city is the Kuaiji soldiers on both sides.
…
Attack the city, attack the city.
Those Kuaiji soldiers had already surpassed the Wuzhou soldiers who were motionless on the ground in the blink of an eye.
Above the well, countless sharp arrows were shooting straight towards the city head like dark clouds.
"Buzz..." If the black pawns on the city wall reacted more slowly, they would be immediately killed by a precise bow and arrow.
At this moment, more sharp arrows quickly shot straight towards the well from the city wall.
But with a sound of "Duo Duo Duo", the bow and arrow were directly nailed to the wooden board in the middle of the well, without being able to hurt the archer above at all.
The range of the bows and arrows of the Tianyin Hei soldiers was about ten feet shorter than that of the Kuaiji soldiers.
It is this distance of one foot that determines the life and death of many people.
When Li Xuan saw this scene, a slight sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Some of the Kuaiji soldiers under his command were mountain hunters he recruited in Hangzhou, and some were descendants of wealthy families he recruited from county magistrates and state capital families.
These people have been skilled in bow and horse since childhood, and their skills in bow and arrow are much better than ordinary people.
Although the black soldiers of the Tianyin Sect can be called elites, they are still inferior to these people.
Not to mention, after a night of exhaustion, it was hard to say how much strength they would have to stay.
After a series of exchanges of shots, they immediately fell into a disadvantage.
At this moment, Li Xuan raised his head fiercely, with a cruel sneer on his lips.
Then Li Xuan waved his right hand violently.
The next moment, with a loud "boom", eight large rocks hit the city head at the same time.
Huge stones were constantly rotating in mid-air. Compared to before, these stones were no longer as rounded.
The moment they saw the big stone, the black soldiers on the city wall immediately subconsciously hid behind the female wall, but...
With a "bang" sound, the stone hit the city wall hard, and then exploded.
Countless pieces of gravel suddenly shot out directly on the city wall. At such a powerful speed, the black pawns on the city wall were smashed to the head and bleeding.
What was even more unlucky was that his forehead was smashed and he died instantly.
These stones turned out to be stones that were easily broken.
Rubbles were flying everywhere, and the city wall was suddenly a mess.
No one knows how Li Xuan came up with the idea of using these stones to make catapult tools.
Zuo Fei was stunned for a moment.
"Raise your shield, raise your shield!" Zhang Wanyu kicked Zuo Fei from behind.
Zuo Fei reacted immediately and shouted: "Look for the shield, look for the shield!"
There was a panic on the city wall for a while. At this time, the Kuaiji soldiers under the city rushed forward quickly, carrying ladders in their hands and rushed towards the city head. Some archers reacted at this time and just Opening the long bow, a long arrow from the opposite side was shot hard, and the arrow penetrated their necks.
With a "bang" sound, a ladder has been set up on the top of the city.
The Kuaiji soldiers below began to climb up quickly.
The bows and arrows and catapults overhead continued, but they had deliberately avoided the position of the Kuaiji soldiers.
…
Under the city wall, the Wuzhou soldiers were squatting quietly on the ground. No one was paying attention to them at this time.
Li Xuan's eyes moved from the Wuzhou soldiers to the city wall.
It suddenly dawned on me: It turns out that these people from the Tianyin Sect have never fought a city defense battle, not even a city siege battle.
Compared to Li Xuan, they were even more newbies at war.
Then, next, it will be fatal.
(End of chapter)
