Chapter 581: Without Delay

Even if Zhuge Cheng had adjusted the firing frequency of the ballista a little slower, every minute, the three rows of ballistas would still carry out a round of attacks, and would drop a total of 500 artillery arrows on the southern wall of Fengzhou City, and launch a merciless slaughter on this city wall and the pseudo-Qi soldiers on it.

If it was in the face of the Feng family's army's sparse artillery attack before, as long as the pseudo-Qi soldiers on the city wall stabilized their positions, the substantial damage of the artillery arrows would not be too great, but the damage to the city wall would be relatively large. However, in the face of the current dense firepower distribution, the casualties of the puppet Qi soldiers at the head of the city skyrocketed. Even if it is not as objective as the casualties caused by the first surprise attack, each round of attack will blow up huge gaps in section after section of the city wall, completely bulldoze and shatter one battlement after another, and blow up groups of pseudo-Qi soldiers hiding behind the city wall or shields, and blow up heavy casualties.

What's more, the Fengjia army under the city seems to have an inexhaustible artillery arrow, in the eyes of the pseudo-Qi rebels in the city, the ballista attack of the Fengjia army on weekdays is generally a quarter of an hour, no more than half an hour at most, and at present, the southern city wall of the entire Fengzhou City has been dilapidated, and the casualties of the pseudo-Qi soldiers have exceeded three thousand, but the ballista attack of the Fengjia army has maintained for half an hour without stopping at all, and even the trend of weakening has not appeared in the slightest.

The entire section of the city wall, more than half of the position has no protection on both sides, only potholes and messes are left, large and small fires are burning at the head of the city, exposing the entire section of the city wall to the attack of the Feng army, and the passage at the head of the city is debris, gravel, broken stones and broken banners.

Fengzhou City is dark, all the people who insist on staying in the city have become accustomed to the siege of the city once every few days, and every time there is a war, martial law, of course, even if there is no martial law, there are few people who dare not die to run on the street casually at this time. However, tonight was different, although almost all the people hid in their homes, and turned out all the lights, lest they become the fireflies in the dark, but in the dark streets, a few groups of people suddenly appeared, although the number was not large, but the behavior was sneaky, like a wild cat smelling fish, quickly wandering through the streets and alleys of the city.

Before closing the city gate in the afternoon, Huang Chao and his guards left in a hurry, which made some of the ruffians and hooligans left in the city smell the danger, and at the same time, what attracted them more was the benefits they might gain in the event of war. What's more, tonight, there was no army in charge of martial law in the city, and all the pseudo-Qi rebels were concentrated near the city wall, especially the south city wall, and gathered more than half of the troops in the city.

Under the long-term bombardment of ballistas, the rebels at the head of the city have been somewhat unable to support, and there are fewer and fewer city wall bunkers that can be relied on, although there have been large-scale casualties, but because of the damage of the city wall, more and more pseudo-Qi soldiers have gathered together, but the result of this is that after encountering the attack of artillery and arrows, the casualties will increase even more.

The entire southern city wall, counting the puppet Qi rebels above and below the city, is less than 10,000 people, under the cover of the dense firepower of the Feng family's army, thousands of people in the city have almost no place to stand, especially after the explosion of artillery arrows, so that everyone is really unavoidable.

In desperation, Zhang Guihou took the lead in deciding to abandon the garrison of the southern city wall, and directly led the army to retreat to the eastern city wall, after all, this can preserve the living forces to the greatest extent. And randomly, Zhang Guiba couldn't bear to watch his soldiers die under the ravages of artillery and arrows without any power to fight back, so he resolutely gave up the south city wall and turned down to the city, preparing to meet the siege of the Feng army.

The onslaught of the Feng family army for more than half an hour actually knocked out the southern wall of Fengzhou City, which had been occupied by the pseudo-Qi for several years and had been confronted by **, without defenders, of course, these were all the efforts made by ** before.

"Weekly festivals! It seems that we have overestimated the rebels of the Pseudo-Qi! After looking at the city in the distance with only burning flames, Zhuge Cheng smiled slightly, turned his head and asked Zhou Chen in a low voice: "What should I do next?" Divide the troops to fight the east and west? Or is it a direct siege of the city gates? ”

"Do you want to stop? The officers and men of our army are tired enough today, not to mention that it is still early, and it will take at least half an hour for the emperor's army to arrive! It's too early to storm the gates, right? Tang Yi looked at the fire at the head of the city and proposed in a deep voice.

Don't see that there are as many as 20,000 Feng family troops on the scene, and the 500 ballistas alone require more than half of the manpower, and at present, in addition to the 3,000 people taken away by Gao Jian, even if the city gate is breached, Zhou Chen's available troops are less than 4,000. This time, the task of attacking Fengzhou was carried out by Li Huangshu leading the army, and Li Jian led the Li family army as the main force.

"Wait, I'll think about it!" Of course, Zhou Chen understood that his troops were insufficient, but the current situation had exceeded his expectations, especially the defense of Pseudo-Qi, Zhou Chen and the people around him did not expect that it would be so vulnerable, of course, Zhou Chen did not know that Huang Chao had left Fengzhou.

"No! Can't wait! Suddenly, Zhou Chen broke off, shook his head, and explained to everyone in a deep voice: "I can't wait!" This is the case now! Think about it, what will the yellow thieves in the city do in the first place? ”

"Retreat!! It must be a retreat! Everyone exclaimed, and suddenly realized, although it is a little difficult to attack directly at the moment, with the combatable strength of the Feng family's army, but if you really wait for a while, everything that has been prepared for a long time for this sudden attack will be in vain, they are not just to capture Fengzhou, but to capture Huangchao, after all, just by capturing Fengzhou City, it will not lead to the collapse of the entire puppet Qi regime!

"Blow the horn! Recall Gao Jian! Prepare to attack Fengzhou! Gather your army and get ready to enter the city! Zhou Chen didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately commanded the soldiers behind him, and then shouted at Zhuge Cheng: "Mr. Zhuge , blow up the city gate!" Get ready to go into town! Without further ado! Can't wait! ”

"That's right! Attack it! Tang Yi also nodded heavily in agreement: "Don't miss the opportunity, you won't lose it again!" ”

"Understood!" Zhuge Cheng nodded, turned his head and commanded at the soldiers behind him: "Order, fifty ballistas in the front row, concentrate firepower, and launch an attack on the city gate!" Be sure to break it quickly! ”

"General Tang, there is one more thing!" Zhou Chen frowned, looked at Fengzhou City in front of him and muttered for a moment, then turned his head and instructed Tang Yi: "You send fast horses to urge Uncle Li Huang and Li Jian in the rear, and let them send elite cavalry to support our army!" Be sure to capture the Yellow Nest! ”

"Order! Rest assured! Tang Yi nodded heavily, personally turned the horse's head and walked to several of his henchmen, solemnly explained the matter again and again, and then slowly turned around, and slowly cast his deep gaze forward, and at the same time, a passionate horn sounded in his ears.

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