A "beat the drum" fell, the flags on the city wall waved, and the big men beside the turret raised their drumsticks high. After holding for two breaths, the "dong" sound shook the world.
After the first sound, it got out of hand. The drums were as dense as raindrops, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. This sound was like hitting the heart.
After thirty-six beats, the drum sound suddenly stopped.
For ladders and various siege engines, the archers will fire the first round of volley. They will not shoot at the siege engine or the person pushing the siege engine. Instead, they will shoot at the only way the siege engine must pass, causing obstacles that are not considered obstacles. Obstacles buy time, after which the second salvo will be replaced by "rockets," arrows wrapped in kerosene bags.
These rockets are fired at the siege engines. Whether they can be ignited depends on luck.
The wood and ropes of the siege engines were all soaked in water, and the water content was very high. Sometimes the flames could be ignited, but sometimes they could not.
It is good to ignite it, but if it cannot be ignited, the Xuannu will have to retreat, and the enemy will not be able to use siege engines in a short period of time.
Seeing that the ladder was approaching 100 feet, they all stopped, and saw the slaves pushing the ladder shouting slogans again, pushing the ladder to both sides, away from the front of the city wall.
Han You didn't understand battle formations, but he felt a palpitation in his heart for no reason.
Not only him, but other generals also noticed something was wrong.
In the past, when the Fanman tribes attacked the city, Xuannu first pushed the ladder, and then the enemy troops with wooden shields rushed to the city wall and threw hooks and charcoal upwards.
This kind of charcoal depends on the wind direction. After being ignited below the city wall, thick smoke will rise up and rush directly to the top of the city wall, obstructing the sight of the archers. The sergeants on the first floor of the city tower will pour dirt and sand into the arrow holes in the middle, trying to Cover these smoky coals.
So sometimes fighting really depends on luck. If you are lucky, the smoke will blow to the south. If you are not lucky, it will float upward. Archers will have trouble breathing, let alone shooting arrows.
The ladder was not pushed over, but moved aside.
Enemy troops without large shields came and threw smoke and coal.
Both things had never happened before, and a bad premonition filled everyone's mind.
In fact, everyone is also mentally prepared. This time's research will definitely be different from the past.
Because this was a premeditated and long-planned "rebellion."
Inside the pass, Zhou Xiao was making trouble, and outside the pass, Zhou Tianfeng didn't know how he persuaded the barbarian tribes, who were like a pile of loose sand, to gather their forces to attack the key problem.
Zhou Tianfeng, with this name alone, no one in the Nanguan generals dared to look down upon him.
This guy is the last known survivor of the former royal family.
The former Hunjun had a sister, a princess, a serious princess, the kind who would not change her position.
Princess Qiyang married Zhou Zhi, the consort of the former dynasty, just after she turned sixteen. Zhou Zhi was from the Zhou family, the same Zhou family as the eighth son.
The mother of the former Hunjun died early, and she had a very good relationship with his sister, Princess Qiyang, when she was still a prince.
After Princess Qiyang married into the Zhou family, the former emperor named his sister's child "Tianfeng", which is Zhou Tianfeng.
Not long after giving birth to the child, the princess died. In order to commemorate his dead sister, the former emperor changed Zhou Tianfeng's name to Kang Tianfeng.
In fact, the blood flowing in Kang Tianfeng's body was the blood of the previous royal family. This guy was raised as the head of the Zhou family.
Needless to say about other people, just Lao Ba and Zhou Xiao, who was very good at training soldiers, were both from the Zhou family. At that time, the Southland could be said to be a tripod of four pillars, Zhao Lao Da, Tang Lao Er, Zhou Lao San, and Zhao Lao Si.
Zhao Da, that is, the most powerful Zhao family, followed the "literary" road. Shilin had a very high reputation, with disciples and former officials all over the world, a time-honored brand, and an old sign.
The Tang family took the "martial arts" path and entered into conflict with the army. All the promising children in the family joined the army and had a wide network of contacts in the southern army.
Lao Zhouzhou's family followed the path of the "Hexagonal Warriors", with great ambitions. They also trained in literature and martial arts, and carried out targeted and systematic training based on the basic understanding of the family's children.
Zhao Si is a branch of the Zhao family. He follows the path of "not working on all sides" and wants to imitate the Zhou family to be both civil and military. However, in the Southern Army, he is not as prestigious as the Tang family in terms of prestige. Among the scholars, he does not dare to take the cake from the main family. , in the end he could only work as a merchant to make money for his family.
Let’s not talk about the eldest, second, and fourth, but let’s talk about Lao Sanzhou’s family. If they can cultivate Zhou Ke and Zhou Xiao who “boarded” in the past, they must have a good foundation.
Zhou Tianfeng was raised as the head of the family, and he started with the Four Books and Five Classics. He had to learn all kinds of military arts, military books, etc., as long as he could collect them, just like the naughty blue cat.
This kind of elite education, as long as you are not stupid, is definitely better than 99% of the people in this world.
Moreover, it is said that Zhou Tianfeng reads everything and learns everything. He has been gifted since he was a child.
Ever since Lao Ba came to the throne, he has been caught but failed to catch him.
Since being wanted, Zhou Tianfeng has never made any moves, any big moves.
This time is also the first battle of this big rebel who has been hiding in the dark. Not to mention other aspects, just by being able to gather and unite the tribes who dislike each other in secret, you can know what he is capable of. In many cases, In the eyes of the general, this is a flower job within the scope of vertical and horizontal manipulation.
No one dares to be careless, and no one dares to underestimate the enemy. Everyone is ready to face all unknown situations.
A roar came from the rear of the alien race, and everyone was shocked. This kind of sound was not a drum or a human voice, and they had never heard it before.
Only Han You always felt that the voice sounded familiar, and he couldn't remember where he had heard it.
Looking at the assembled alien army, they quickly dispersed in two places like those ladders.
Huge bodies were revealed one by one, swinging long whips, no, noses.
Han You opened his mouth wide. Not to mention him, even the old coach Ren Canglin, who was used to seeing big waves, suddenly panicked.
"Fuck, big... big big elephant?!"
Han You exclaimed in surprise, as more than a dozen huge wild beasts walked in dressage from behind the enemy's army.
The earth was trembling, the city gates were trembling, and the hearts of the soldiers were trembling.
Many people have never seen an elephant, and they can roughly understand how huge these huge beasts are through reference objects.
Sixteen of them in total, with black cloth hanging on their heads and arm-sized animal skin bags tied to their tails.
"Like soldiers?"
Ren Canglin's heart thumped: "Prepare sharp arrows and wait for the enemy. Don't let those giant beasts get close to the city gate!"
In fact, there are records of elephants in the oracle bone documents of China's Shang Dynasty, and some ancient books record records of "war elephants" attacking cities as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
In "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals", the merchants obeyed Xiang to torture Dong Yi.
"Mencius, Duke Wen of Teng" says that the Duke of Zhou, the Prime Minister of Wu, punished Zhou and attacked Yan. He attacked his king in three years, drove Fei Lian across the sea and killed them, and destroyed the country by fifty.
"Zuo Zhuan" has a clear record that in the battle between Wu and Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chu army used elephants to drive them into the enemy's formation to attack the Wu army.
Tang Qingfeng reminded: "War elephants are afraid of fire, so they can be hit with oil and fire..."
It was too late to speak. The alien tribe had already lit a fire. Some kind of flammable object was hung on the elephant's tail. After it was lit, the black cloth covering the eyes fell down to block the sight.
Feeling the heat and flames, the colossus instantly lost control and stomped straight towards the city gate.
The sky changes color, the earth changes colour, the heaven and earth shake.
