"Down! Down!"
The defenders who were closer kept roaring and cursing.
The ladder truck that had a corner collapsed did not overturn after all. Many Beidi people who climbed the ladder turned from worry to joy and started cheering.
"I'll follow the example of a little bow dog, with one eye closed!"
Si Hu bulged his eyes, raised his hand angrily, and threw two more flying guns. Although only one shot was accurate, the power of the explosion caused the ladder truck to shake violently again.
In addition, there were splashing iron fragments and diffuse arsenic.
In front of everyone's eyes, the huge ladder truck soon fell to the ground with a rumble, and its wooden body was shattered to pieces.
Many Beidi people were also smashed to death on the ground.
Even those who came to help were suddenly poisoned by the arsenic dust and turned blue.
"Brother Mu, what's up?"
"pretty."
Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the transformation of the flying fire gun was successful.
This weapon was popular in the Jin Kingdom in the previous life. The difference is that it was originally used as a fire-breathing spear, not for throwing.
Xu Mu was helpless.
As a ladder truck overturned, a wave of morale suddenly erupted on the top of the city in Hezhou. Facing Di Gou who was climbing up the wall, he attacked and killed him. Coupled with a lot of baggage for defending the city, the entire battle situation became stalemate for a while.
…
"Zhao Qingyun, what is that?" Riding on the horse, Tuoba Zhao frowned again. He was a little confused as to what virtues and abilities a small brewing owner had in blocking the Beidi army again and again.
"I-I don't know yet."
"You are such a waste." Tuoba Zhao raised his whip in displeasure and slapped him again.
Zhao Qingyun lowered his head, his face suddenly turned cold.
"Come here, tell the troops on the front line that Hezhou has been conquered and that ten cities will be massacred in the south. Everyone will have a happy time!" Tuoba Zhao rode forward and roared twice.
Just waiting for the word to pass on from the various princes, Beidi's morale, which was originally a little depressed, became fierce again.
"Zhao Qingyun, take a good look at how we Beidi people raise wolves!"
Zhao Qingyun raised his head and showed a flattering smile.
…
"Arrow! Don't let Di Gou get close to the city gate!"
The flying arrows all over the sky made a whistling sound and were thrown 200 steps away in front of the city gate. The Di people's phalanx was disrupted again.
The goshawk in the sky circled for a while, and when it saw that there were no torches to burn, it flew down again insidiously, and pecked out the eyes of many defenders.
Chang Wei shouted angrily, picked up a halberd, threw it into the sky, and flew two goshawks together.
"Get a fire and drive away these dirty things!"
The goshawks had just retreated far away, and the catapults covering the march roared overhead again, exploding many city walls. Along with this, there were horse arrows shot by the enemy's cavalry, one after another, causing the entire city wall to collapse.
The defenders, suffocating, had no choice but to avoid the parapet again and bent over tightly.
"General Xu, Di Gou's offensive is getting tighter and tighter." Yu Wen breathed a sigh of relief, blood was already seeping from the armor on his shoulders, it was clear that he had been hit by a machete.
Xu Mu was not surprised. If Beidi wanted to take over the Central Plains, then this Hezhou city would be the biggest obstacle.
Otherwise, they would not have assembled an army of nearly 300,000 people and tried to capture it in one fell swoop.
By now, the stalemate battle has passed for more than half a day. In the moat outside the city, there were countless layers of corpses piled up. I guess there is no need for bridge boards.
"The baggage is a bit insufficient. I have asked the peasants to boil water."
It has to be said that the situation is getting more and more dangerous. If it were just an ordinary army of 300,000 men, they might be able to defend it due to the high city walls and thick walls.
But these Beidi dogs in front of them were clearly equipped with sophisticated siege equipment, even such thankless things as bamboo curtains and shields.
When the fire and rocks stopped, the roar of the Di people nearby could be heard in the ears.
"Change camp!" Lian Yong's face was covered with dust and smoke, he raised his knife and shouted.
After waiting for the reserve camps of several teams, they climbed up the city wall with swords and bows. The civilian workers who came over, with red eyes, quickly helped the injured who retreated to a safe open space.
Some soldiers just got off the city wall, coughed up blood, turned around and died. He was still standing before, just with the courage to defend his country.
"Save people, save people quickly." An injured general shouted angrily.
Several military doctors came over and trembled to help stop the bleeding.
"I want to kill Di Gou——"
The injured general had his entire arm broken, but he still looked in the direction of the city and gritted his teeth.
…
Xu Mu walked up to the city gate and looked at the city gate in front of him. Bamboo curtains and shields protected the siege equipment, getting closer and closer.
"cover."
The flying arrows all over the sky were firmly blocked by the bamboo curtain shield. The phalanx with only a few infantry fell in large numbers.
"Shield, raise your shield!" On top of the city, Lian Yong spoke hurriedly.
The enemy cavalry outside the city came roaring in a roundabout way, and fired bursts of horse arrows, which pierced many of the defenders' tiger shields. The layers of arrows were airtight.
"Si Hu, throw the flying musket."
The power of the flying fire gun was acceptable, but this time, the Di people clearly used a three-layer bamboo shield to block the explosion of the flying fire gun.
Xu Mu's eyes trembled. He hated those traitors more than Di Gou now. If it weren't for these people, Beidi would not have such siege equipment.
He was a little afraid. When he first guarded Wangzhou, King Guli had very little luggage left. Otherwise, if you really want to die, you can't die again.
"Yu Wen, have someone pour kerosene on the wood and remember to remove the iron rope."
"Xu, General Xu is going to do something."
"Don't ask." Xu Mu gritted his teeth.
Without the iron rope, the rolled wood can only be used once. Pour some fire oil on it and it will turn into a flaming log.
Not long after, under the command of Xu Mu. The wood poured with kerosene immediately broke the iron rope and was thrown under the city wall.
"Divine Bow!"
In mid-air, several sharp-shooting divine archers roared and shot out rockets one after another.
The rolling wood was immediately covered in flames and continued to crush the Di people's siege equipment. At least four or five racks of baggage equipment were suddenly caught on fire and burned fiercely.
In just a moment, a sea of fire made of more than a dozen huge sage trees temporarily blocked the Beidi army and the baggage that was about to be pushed in front of the moat.
Vaguely, I could also smell the fishy aroma of meat.
Xu Mu's eyes were cold, and his face was yellowed by the smoke.
The reason why Hezhou City is in danger is nothing more than the baggage. Without these baggage, the pressure of defending the city would be much easier.
"Six thousand riders!" He turned his head and looked at the thousands of people in the city.
Headed by Chang Wei, everyone's face has a look of death.
If there were other choices, Xu Mu would not be a fool and use six thousand horses to attack Di Gou's siege baggage.
No choice, this is the fucking choice. The sea of fire ignited by the fire outside is still the best opportunity before it is extinguished.
"Wearing iron armor."
The few thick iron armors were quickly put on by the thousands of people. Obviously, the number was not enough. Many people were still wearing simple leather armors.
"Each person takes a fire rock, three cans of fire oil, two iron spears, rope hooks, and a long sword and arrow pot!"
Xu Mu put on his thick iron armor and rolled over General Feng. Si Hu didn't find anyone suitable, so he simply tore off his clothes and left his upper body bare.
"I want to take you out and tell those Beidi bastards outside how to fight on horseback! If we die, we will leave our loyal names on the green hills and call ourselves heroes in the bamboo books."
"Since there is no savior hero in the world, we will be heroes ourselves!"
"Six thousand knights, follow me out into battle——"
