Chapter 580: The Roar of the Ballista
What the Zhang brothers in Fengzhou City did not expect was that the Feng family army standing under the city was no longer the army with insufficient siege baggage in the afternoon, and in the afternoon, a group of unbelievably large baggage arrived at the ** camp, the main of which was the artillery arrows used in the ballista firing, and at present, this batch of huge number of artillery arrows has arrived under the cover of night, without the knowledge of everyone in the pseudo-Qi, following the Feng family army to Fengzhou City.
When the pseudo-Qi soldiers at the head of the city were quickly organizing what they thought was the most effective defense under the command of the Zhang brothers, the rows of ballistae under the city were also erected, and under the skillful movements of a group of professional manipulators trained by Zhuge Cheng, the angle was quickly adjusted, and the soldiers on the winch had also begun to charge up the crossbow strings.
"Mr. Zhuge , can you attack?" Without waiting for Zhuge Cheng to come to his side, Zhou Chen couldn't wait to ask the other party.
"That's it! Attack at any time! Zhuge Cheng nodded with a serious expression, for tonight's fatal blow, Zhuge Cheng has not been idle for more than half a year, and he even has to make and improve the ballista in the army in peacetime, and he also goes back to Shannan Road from time to time to personally find the materials needed to make artillery arrows, and he will personally select some potential craftsmen to bring to the army as his assistants.
And right now, Zhuge Cheng's hard work is indeed not in vain, five hundred well-made ballistas are enough to blast any wall of Fengzhou City into gravel and debris with artillery arrows, which can be said to be Zhuge Cheng's credit.
"Let's get started! It's past the end of the day, and the army has left the camp! Zhou Chen saw that the ballistas closest to him had been wound and charged, and then raised his eyes to look into the distance, paused for a moment, nodded at Zhuge Cheng, and ordered in a deep voice.
Zhuge Cheng did not respond, but bent down to lift a short crossbow from the saddle, and easily flipped his wrist twice, only to hear a slight 'click' sound, Zhuge Cheng raised the short crossbow above his head, straight into the air, and then did not hesitate to pull his fingers.
"Whoosh!!"
A sharp and piercing sound of breaking the air, and at the same time, a faint firelight surrounded the crossbow arrows launched by the short crossbow, in the dark night sky, like a shooting star, although it was extremely short, but it contained extremely important significance, and the order to capture Fengzhou was completely sent.
"Boom Boom Boom !!"
Hundreds of ballistas, accompanied by the sound of arrows, followed by the fleeting light in the sky, countless dark shadows crossed the night sky, completely tearing the originally dead night sky to pieces, and hundreds of artillery arrows roared towards the Fengzhou city wall.
"Huhuhu...
This kind of whistling sound is very familiar to the puppet Qi rebels in Fengzhou City, but after hearing it at this time, everyone is extremely surprised. They clearly remembered that in the afternoon, the Feng family army had obviously exhausted the artillery and arrows, otherwise they would not have used a large number of soldiers to climb the ladder to attack the city and cause large-scale damage.
But at this time, there were artillery arrows that had already become a nightmare in front of him again, and the number was extremely large, if it was in peacetime, the ballista attack of the Feng family's army, there were only more than a hundred artillery arrows in a round and three rows, and now, the first launch alone would exceed the previous sum, and the shocking whistling sound made the rebels at the head of the city a little dazed for a while.
"Boom!!"
The fire flashed, a cannon arrow was stable in the center of the city, exploded on the stone bricks of the city wall in the middle of the two battlements, and the wall bricks that shattered into countless gravel instantly rushed to the surrounding city defenders, and after the cannon arrow exploded, the iron thistles mixed with the stone chips also flew towards their respective targets, in a small area, splashing in all directions, ruthlessly raging the city defenders.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
More and more artillery arrows exploded at the head of the city, either hitting the city wall, or falling directly into the passage on the city wall from the air, or directly passing through the battlements to knock away the pseudo-Qi soldiers hiding behind and holding shields to defend, and then exploded in all directions.
A pseudo-Qi soldier was stabbed by thistles all over his face because he met the exploding cannon arrows head-on, and his eyes were not exceptional, and under the panic in his heart and the fear brought by the screams around him, he had to wave the horizontal knife in his hand at will, even if it had been cut on the back of his companion, he still did not stop, but pulled out the horizontal knife and slashed it again in the direction just now.
The effect of the thistle terrestris seems to be much better than during the day, or it may be caused by the sudden attack just now, just the first wave of attacks, the ruthless explosion, and the ravages of the thistle terrestris caused three or four hundred pseudo-Qi soldiers to lose the ability to continue fighting. And immediately after, the second wave of artillery arrows also completely rose into the air with the sound of the earth-shattering crossbow strings, with their own unique whistling sounds, roaring angrily towards the city, like a beast with crazy hair, sending out an angry roar to the pseudo-Qi rebels at the head of the city.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Zhang Guiba was about to warn everyone when the first round of artillery arrows fell on the city, but he didn't expect the Feng family's army to suddenly launch an attack that would be so sharp, just where Zhang Guiba was standing, there were three ballistas that exploded at a distance of less than ten meters from him, if it weren't for his younger brother Zhang Guihou's quick hands to knock him down, coupled with the timely protection of a group of personal soldiers, Zhang Guiba was likely to be martyred at the moment of the battle just now. After getting up, Zhang Guiba didn't care about the threats around him, pushed his younger brother away, opened his voice and shouted: "Raise your shield!" Get out of the way! Don't clash head-on! If you don't have a shield, get down, get down!! Get down!! ”
It's a pity that Zhang Guiba's heart-rending roar can only be drowned in the roar of artillery arrows, and he looked at a subordinate not far from him, because his whole body was squatting behind the battlement, even if he had the protection of the battlement, but he was still cut off half of his head by the explosion of a cannon arrow, leaving only the corpse that had no conscious control, and under the trend of inertial consciousness, he shook and struggled a few times, and then completely lay on the cold ground, no longer moving.
"Guihou, let's separate! We must stabilize the morale of the army! Seeing the tragic scenes happening in front of him, Zhang Guiba was not only worried about the decline in morale, but also worried about the safety of himself and his younger brother, especially since the two are still together now, if there is any accident, the entire Fengzhou City will also accelerate the fall because of the accident of his two brothers.
"Big brother! You have to be careful! Zhang Guihou did not hesitate, knowing that his brother's proposal was for the overall situation, and nodded without hesitation, before he was about to turn around, he turned back again and said in a deep voice: "Big brother! This attack of the Feng family army seems to be very fierce! Take care! I'm still waiting for the Feng family army to retreat and drink with you!" ”
Suddenly, Zhang Guiba looked at his younger brother's face and was a little stunned, and even for a while he couldn't fully understand the meaning of the words, but as the explosion in his ears sounded again, Zhang Guiba still nodded heavily, and did not speak, just raised his arm and slapped Zhang Guihou's shoulder a few times, and then quickly got up, and under the protection of the shields raised by his own soldiers, braved the artillery fire above his head and began to check the defense along the city wall.