The mist gradually lifted, and a heavy rain made the road muddy and impassable. Fortunately, today is a good day, and it looks like a good day to go to a robbery.

More than 10,000 ragged men with various blades in their hands gathered outside the east gate of Jiangdu City one after another, ready to do a great job to improve their living conditions.

"What kind of fighting, is it to besiege from all sides or find a side to pinch."

Wu Liuqi said.

"Let's just storm this gate, all four gates are the same. If you concentrate your attacks, the success rate will be higher. If you attack a city wall, it is clear who is working hard and who is not. Don't divide it into four sides and everyone is waiting to eat ready-made, we don't have so much food to spend. ”

What Zhang Shiyi said seems to make sense, what such a loose alliance is most afraid of is not working hard, so that it can pinch others to benefit.

"Well, one person and one section of the wall. It's clear who is a good man and who is a bad seed, and this method is good. ”

Mao 18 also agreed.

Min Twenty-Four didn't speak, and at least no one cared about his opinion.

Yun Xiao stood on the city wall, and twelve three-bow bed crossbows had been removed from the carriage. Now it was placed at the head of the city, and the thick short spear shone with a cold light. Each short spear was tied to a bamboo, and the Luan family soldiers holding torches were on call at any time.

In the binoculars, the group of people on the other side were dish-faced. Both young and old looked malnourished, and when King Wu was there, they were all soldiers who ate imperial food. There is a monthly military salary to feed the family, and now let them open up the wasteland and farm, and now they have to pick up a hoe when they are used to the knife, and it is indeed difficult for them. More than 200,000 Wu and Chu coalition troops. In fact, only tens of thousands of people were annihilated, and most of them fled to the countryside in this way. The chaos in the whole Jiangnan. In fact, these people did it.

The first few guys rode something that I don't know if it was a donkey or a horse, and pointed at the city wall. Hand the telescope to Dai Yu. The guy only looked at it for a moment and almost threw the telescope out.

"The one in blue in the middle is Zhang Shiyi."

Dai Yu blushed and handed the telescope back to Yun Xiao embarrassedly.

The guys on the other side began to cut down trees, and actually started to make siege engines and ladders right under Yunxiao's nose. In the face of such an opponent, Yun Xiao was really helpless, and he was at the level of a guerrilla to death. But thinking about doing the things of the regular army, looking at the people who were busy working and dying, Yun Xiao was really speechless.

The battlefield in Jiangdu is very peculiar, and there are many Zhuang households outside the city who come out to watch the excitement. At both ends of the confrontation, the Han troops in the city stood at the head of the city yawning. The rebels under the city are in full swing, and there are even petty traders who have mixed into the ranks. Sell some cakes, melons and fruits and other food.

When noon came, Yun Xiao asked the soldiers to eat and rest in shifts. In this way, their siege equipment will have to wait until the afternoon to be built. If it weren't for the fact that there were too many people on the other side, Yun Xiao really wanted to let his cavalry kill them.

Zhang Shiyi sweated like rain and worked with his subordinates, and now if he works more, he can rest more and not participate in the first round of attack. Therefore, Zhang Shiyi took over the work of building engineering equipment.

"Lao Zhang drank saliva, but I didn't expect you to not only shoot arrows accurately. This carpenter is also doing such a good job, next year my son will get married and make furniture, you will have to help the handle. ”

Wu Liuqi looked at Zhang Shiyi, who was busy, and laughed. After escaping all the way back from the Liang Kingdom, most of the armor was thrown away on the road because it was too heavy, but the vast majority of them still retained their blades. Weapons are the lives of servicemen, and they would rather give up their armor than their lives.

Zhang Shiyi used to be a captain in the bow and crossbow battalion. So most of his men were crossbowmen. This is also the reason why these guys wooed Zhang Shiyi, all of whom knew the role of crossbowmen in siege warfare.

"Don't laugh, be faster when you attack the city for a while. Each of my men has only thirty arrows, and all the arrows you know have been lost in the Liang Kingdom. We can't smelt iron. These thirty sticks were only cast by me after dissolving a bronze tripod these days. You should know the difference between bronze arrows and iron arrows, so Mo Xiao is ready to attack the city in a hurry. If we can't take it, we won't have anything to eat. ”

"You dissolved the bronze tripod? That's a ritual vessel. ”

Wu Liuqi's eyes widened. You must know that this kind of ritual vessel is inherited from ancient times. It is an extremely valuable ritual weapon, and anyone who gets it can use the name of God to order one party. Is this Zhang Shiyi stupid or convulsive. It actually dissolved.

"What about ritual vessels? When eating and drinking. My little girl eats wild vegetables, and her legs are as swollen as turnips. Your child isn't much better. Don't you feel distressed to watch your child starving? Collect your mind and give your child a round belly is what parents should do. ”

Zhang Shiyi ignored Wu Liuqi again and continued to split wood to build siege vehicles.

Wu Liuqi saw that Zhang Shiyi ignored him, so he went to Mao 18 and Min 24 to discuss the distribution of the city wall. Since Zhang Shiyi has done all the dirty work, and his subordinates are all crossbowmen, naturally this wall-climbing errand will fall on a few people.

Zhang Shiyi looked at the three noisy people and shook his head secretly. The army is not in harmony, such an army actually wants to break through Jiangdu, joke. Jiangdu was painstakingly built by King Wu for decades, and the city walls were tall and strong. There is also a moat to block it, and there are many arrow towers and watchtowers on the head of the city. Not to mention that there are only 10,000 people, even if there are 20,000 or 30,000 people, it may not be easy to attack. They were all blinded by gold, and they actually wanted to capture Jiangdu.

Yun Xiao couldn't stand it anymore, so he moved a chair and ran into the arrow tower to take a nap. It felt like he had just slept for a while when someone called out to him.

"Master Hou, the rebels are rushing up."

Yun Xiao rushed out with a spirit.

The black pressed human head walked down the small dirt slope on the opposite side densely, and Wu Liuqi's team in the middle was also pushing a heavy siege vehicle. The two wheels made of wood sank deep into the mud, and the two deep ruts behind them were quickly flattened by countless pairs of big feet.

It seems that these people are indeed veterans and know the importance of body. Whether it's a ladder or a cart, it's walking, not running. At the forefront was the sword and shield hand, and the big shield in his hand had already been lost in the Liang Kingdom. Now they hold either shields made of wooden planks or bamboo shields made of bamboo.

Soon the moving crowd crossed a pile of white-painted stones, learning the tricks of the movie Heavenly Dynasty. Yun Xiao thought it would be practical to mark distances with landmarks like this.

"Ready to put it."

The archers drew their bows as commanded, and shot their arrows at an angle of forty-five degrees.

The arrows with flying feathers slashed across a beautiful arc and rained down on the rebels who came into range.

Those with bamboo and wood shields were better, and curled up as much as possible under the protection of the shield. The pikemen with spears were unlucky, and the first round of arrows was shot one or two hundred.

"Zhang Shiyi, your mother's let your people go up."

The most wounded were Wu Liuqi's team, which had the largest number of pikemen.

"Fuck off, I'm going to be the last in the first wave. Look at that range, it's within the reach of our guys. ”

Zhang Shiyi scolded back without the slightest hesitation. If it hadn't been for the other two to stop them, maybe their own people would have caught fire first.

Beyond the blow of the rain of arrows, the rebels began to run. This is a fatal distance, and only by approaching the city wall quickly can it be possible to avoid the blow of the other party. As for the crossbowmen on the city walls, leave it to your own crossbowmen.

"Hum" a short spear with sparks pierced into the dirt in front of it.

Before the rebels could understand what was going on, the bamboos on the thick shafts exploded. "Boom" green smoke rose up, and countless gravels of different shapes flew out. The dozen or so guys who were close were all beaten into sieves, and countless holes were bubbling out of their bodies.

Explosions rang out one after another, and the sword and shield men in the front row began to fall to the ground one after another. Yun Xiao deliberately increased the amount of bamboo, although such a thing could only shoot two hundred steps away, but the lethality was greatly increased. Yun Xiao saw several rebels blown up and flew up.

Closer to the explosion point, the arms and thighs danced together, and the blood and mud were the same color. A dozen three-bow bed crossbows reflected only one round, and the rebels were dumbfounded. Throwing away the siege equipment, the robe that was already wailing, ran back behind him desperately.

Countless arrows rained down again, and this time more people fell.

Yun Xiao looked at the battlefield with satisfaction, and there were almost a thousand people who had not lost their breath. Gunpowder in this age is terrifying, and all people have never seen such a thing. Even the inferior bombs of the rain of fire are high-precision, and the black powder they make is simply an artifact-like storage zài.

The leaders sat together in shock, discussing what to do with the situation.

"Damn, I lost more than 300 brothers in just one round. What is that thing that can smoke, and how is it so at stake? ”

Mao Eighteen stuck his spear on the ground, took a sip of water and shouted in his throat.

"You have lost more than 300 people, and Lao Tzu has lost no less than 500 people. Mother's this thing is too evil, Lao Tzu is gone, you love whoever you play and who plays. Grab the gold and ask my brother to drink a glass of water and wine. ”

Wu Liuqi suffered the greatest loss today, and was frightened by the power of gunpowder. Now the idea of retreating has been hatched.

"Brother Six or Seven, where are the immortals in the war. Brother, more than 100 people died, and only the eleventh brother died less. If we don't rush into the city and get the gold, we will die in vain. The mothers and sons of the family are waiting for the rice to go to the pot, and we can only wait to starve to death when we go back like this. If I choose between starvation and war death, I still choose to die in battle, at least I can have a good time. ”

Min Twenty-four spat and stared at Jiangdu City in the distance like a wolf.

"Yes, Brother Six or Seven, you have the most people. If you're gone, we'll break up. In this way, if you capture Jiangdu, you will get 20% of the gold brothers who should be shared. How is it? ”

Zhang Shiyi cheered Wu Liuqi up. (To be continued......)