It is worth mentioning that the rapid sound of horns this morning woke up not only the Star Army in the camp, but also some civilians in Fancheng. After learning about the Star Army's early preparations for war, not long after, Ruan Sihai came over in person to inquire about the details. According to the news, just like yesterday, Lan Xu did not let Ruan Sihai enter the camp, but only assured Ruan Sihai that the Star Army would be able to block the coalition attack.
After receiving Lan Xu's guarantee, Ruan Sihai was quite satisfied. Although it was a bit regretful that he could not witness the style of the Star Army with his own eyes, as long as Lan Xu gave him a guarantee, his goal had been achieved. Up to now, he could only continue to support the Star Army. There is a way to go.
Putting aside the situation in the city, because it is uncertain whether the coalition forces will attack the city with all their strength, Lan Xu deliberately deployed a large number of archers on the city before today's battle to block the enemy's charge. Recently, the coalition forces are busy building siege forces. Regarding equipment, the Star Army was also not idle. In fact, before the coalition forces arrived in Fancheng, Lan Xu was busy transforming some of the previous ordnance. The military's ballistae was the first item of equipment to be transformed.
The previous ballistae was not only inconvenient to use, it could only fire one arrow at a time, and was not very effective against fast-moving ferocious beasts. Therefore, according to Lan Xu's wishes, the craftsmen needed to transform the ballistae into something that could be used easily. It is also a practical weapon that can shoot several arrows at a time. As a result, the ballista will play a great role in dealing with attacks by various ferocious beasts in the future. This is after fighting a country like Yiguo that is good at using ferocious beasts. Lan Xu made changes based on the actual situation.
Once those ballistae are transformed according to his requirements, those ballistae can also play a great role in blocking enemy charges in the future. However, those ballistae that are currently being transformed have not yet been put into use. Today, the Star Army can still only Defend the city with bows and arrows first.
The flying flag of the Star Kingdom is full of figures of the Star Army in full formation. There are more than double the number of archers on the city than yesterday. Even though the ones responsible for the charge today are the soldiers in heavy armor from the Yang Kingdom, those archers can still give Charging enemy troops cause a powerful block.
As a red sun rose in the east, more than 300,000 coalition troops once again approached the city. Just like yesterday, the armies of the two countries were divided into two sides. The camps of the two armies could be easily distinguished based on the differences in flags and uniforms.
Compared with yesterday, the overall momentum of the coalition forces was still so magnificent. The endless queue was extremely neat, showing a huge momentum from front to back. Compared with the coalition formations below, even though Lan Xu deliberately walked in the city today, Even with double the number of archers, it still seemed insignificant.
Fortunately, they had won a battle yesterday. Facing another attack by the coalition forces, the Star Army was no longer as nervous as yesterday. In terms of momentum, the Star Army was not inferior to the coalition forces at all.
"Marshal Shi, Lan Xu and a group of generals are already waiting for us. They must be surprised that you and I are bringing troops to attack the city again today!" Located at the junction of the two armies' camps, two coalition marshals sat side by side on their respective horses. , looking at Lan Xu and others on the city, Tie Xin showed no fear, and there was an intriguing look on his face.
"No matter how wise Lan Xu is, I'm afraid he won't know the intention of you and me to attack the city continuously until after today's war. Marshal Lao Tie will be in charge of today's attack."
"Don't worry, Commander Shi. With the help of the ordnance you provided, I am confident that I can attack the city as quickly as possible. I must let the Star Army see the strength of both you and me," Tiexin smiled and could not deny Shi Jiangchuan's words.
Judging from the conversation between the two, it seems that Tie Xin is already confident about attacking the city today.
"Since Marshal Tie is so confident, I will wait for good news," Shi Jiangchuan smiled, with a majestic aura on his face. As the night passed, all the effects of yesterday's defeat to the Star Army seemed to have dissipated. He He was as high-spirited as when he came yesterday.
"Without further ado, I will immediately order an attack." Nodding to Shi Jiangchuan, Tie Xin directly ordered to a general next to him: "Attack the city."
The next moment, under the command of the general, the formation in front of the flying army group quickly spread forward to the left and right sides of the city tower. Immediately afterwards, countless soldiers carried long ladders and rushed towards Fancheng amidst the sound of war drums.
"Come on," the flying soldiers shouted as they ran, with an astonishing force.
On the other side, Lan Xu and others were even more surprised when the enemy troops attacked the city without saying a word after arriving today. Looking at the flying soldiers coming from the city tower, Lan Xu frowned and immediately gave instructions to Yan Nantian: "Prepare for battle."
"Yes," Yan Nantian agreed, and then asked two heralds to pass orders to the archers on both sides. At the same time, the war drums roared from the rear of the Star Army.
"Dong, dong, dong," the deep and high-pitched voice told everyone that a war was about to begin.
"What tricks are the enemy troops playing? Why are Feiguo's troops the ones responsible for attacking the city today?"
"Could it be that the coaches of the two teams have made an agreement to change the offense every other day?"
"General Shi, your analysis makes sense."
"Look, Yang Guo's army has no intention of attacking the city. It really behaved the same as Fei Guo's army yesterday." Some generals at the city tower saw that only Fei Guo's soldiers were attacking the city, and they expressed their opinions one after another.
"Go down with the order and reinforce the people in the city at any time," Lan Xu didn't answer the generals' words. Seeing that the flying army was getting closer and closer to them, Lan Xu directly issued combat instructions.
Immediately afterwards, some generals who were responsible for specific matters quickly returned to their original positions and stood by. In a blink of an eye, there were only three generals and a few generals who had no specific matters left next to Lan Xu.
After the generals left, Lan Xu's attention returned to the city. He said that the coalition forces might attack the city with all their strength today, but Yang Jun on the side was unmoved. Since he was not sure what the coalition forces' intentions were, it was Fei Jun's turn today. The idea of testing the combat power of the Star Army seems to be reasonable.
It’s just that he always felt that things would not be as simple as they seemed. As he continued to think about it, Lan Xu still felt that if the Feijun could break through the Star Army’s defenses and successfully ascend the city again, the coalition forces might still have plans to attack the city with all their strength, but they haven’t done so yet. Having fought against Fei Jun, he had no way of judging Fei Jun's combat effectiveness. Due to many uncertain factors, Lan Xu had already thought of many questions in the blink of an eye, and his thoughts eventually became confused without being able to sort them out.
"Marshal, what's going on?" While Lan Xu continued to think about why the enemy troops came to attack the city again today, a general pointed to the special behavior of the flying troops under the city and asked Lan Xu.
The next moment, the eyes of Lan Xu and other generals stopped at the flying troops who were charging below. They saw those flying troops holding ladders above their heads. Blocks similar to baffles suddenly extended from the side frames of the ladders. Something, the black baffles are connected one to another, glowing with a dazzling cold light in the sun.
Intuitively, those baffles should be made of metal material, but I don't know what material they are. When the baffles are put together, most of the flying troops under the ladder are completely covered by the baffles.
"Ding Ding Dang," When they tried to see what the baffle was, the arrows from the sky fell on the baffle to make a sound of metal collision, and the sound continued, it sounded like tens of thousands of people was fighting fierce fighting in fierce fighting. .
Those arrows scattered after landing on the baffle. No matter whether they were inserted into the baffle or bounced off by the baffle, without exception, they were unable to cause substantial damage to the flying troops hidden below. Only a few Bows and arrows shot through the gap in the baffle can affect a very small number of flying troops.
"No, the enemy's equipment can withstand bow and arrow attacks," Yan Nantian exclaimed when he saw that his own shots had no effect.
"Quickly change to Fire Feathers." After seeing the situation clearly below, Lan Xu already knew that no matter what was tied to those ladders, it was impossible to shoot through those things with ordinary bows and arrows. For now, he had to try The effect of fire feathers.
"Yes," he agreed, and the two heralds next to him waved their flags and shouted to both sides: "Fire attack."
Immediately afterwards, the archers on both sides of the city tower received instructions, and each one quickly switched to another type of arrow tied with guncotton to shoot. In the blink of an eye, a stream of fire fell from the sky.
The sound of those arrows hitting the baffle was still the same as before, but the splash of kerosene affected many people.
But after two rounds of shooting by the Star Army, what is surprising is that the flying troops at the front carrying ladders are less than fifty meters away from the city wall, and it seems that because of the baffle, the effect of the fire attack is also insignificant. Only a few hundred of the thousands of flying troops that rushed over were affected. After the last round of attacks, there was no need for the archers on the city to stay.
"Withdraw." Seeing the enemy troops rushing to the city, although the use of bows and arrows to stop them had no real effect, Lan Xu had to order some archers to withdraw. Next, the infantry defense should be the main one.
What is surprising is that some of the Feijun archers were originally hiding under the ladders. When they were only a few dozen meters away from the city wall, they came out from under the ladders one after another. Before the Feijun infantry officially entered the city, they had already raised their respective arrows. With the bow and arrow in his hand, he shot at the Star Army on the city.
