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At this time, his body had been stained red with blood, and although the stones and logs were smashed down again and again, there were still slave soldiers on the five-hundred-meter wall who climbed up in the confusion.

"Push the ladder down!"

Lu Fei gave an order, and the two soldiers picked up forks and pushed the edge of the ladder out, and the slave soldiers who climbed on the ladder fell from the ladder screaming.

"Sword and shield hand!" Looking up at the front of him, Lu Fei only saw the moment when the barbarian archer bent his bow and shot arrows, he hurriedly shouted.

The shieldmen who were guarding the city walls immediately raised their shields at an angle, and then a sound like raindrops rang out on the shields.

"Da Da Da!"

At the end of the sound, a soldier's shield was shot into a hedgehog, and the iron sheet attached to the outer layer of the wooden shield was actually shot through.

Lu Fei looked at the arrow and scolded: "Armor-piercing arrows, brothers, be careful." ”

Then he asked a lieutenant to take his place, and he walked towards Xiao Ming.

"Your Highness, use the catapult."

Lu Fei was a little aggrieved, until now, it was only the slave soldiers who died, and the barbarian archers were only throwing at a distance of more than a hundred meters now, but it was very safe.

Several soldiers held shields in front of Xiao Ming, and he said, "I was about to inform you to let the soldiers throw the powder canister, remember, the three fuses should be ignited at the same time." ”

"Okay!" Lu Fei answered, turned around and ran back, shouting all the way, "Blow up these **** for me." ”

Xiao Ming specially ordered three leads to be installed in the gunpowder tank this time, after all, this kind of thrown gunpowder canister is easy to go out, and the three leads can ensure the success rate of the gunpowder canister explosion.

The soldiers in charge of the catapult immediately loaded the gunpowder canisters into the grooves of the catapult and aimed at the barbarian archers.

These barbarian archers stood close to two hundred meters away, and with the advantage of their bows and arrows, they constantly shot at the Qingzhou soldiers at the head of the city.

Many soldiers were wounded by bows and arrows and fell to the ground.

"Put!" Order.

Fifty catapults simultaneously ignited the powder canister and threw the powder canister with the fuse.

The barbarian archers who were shooting saw a lot of black spots in the sky, realized that they were stones thrown by catapults, and immediately dodged.

"Knock, knock......"

A series of sounds, a powder jar wrapped in thick straw slammed into the ground with a dull sound.

There were also some archers who couldn't dodge and were directly smashed by the gunpowder canister and burst out of their brains.

The barbarian soldiers, who had easily dodged the powder jars, began to laugh at the round objects on the ground, as if proud of their success in dodging them.

It's just that their laughter ended with a "boom" with a huge explosion.

The powerful impact and thick smoke instantly enveloped the nearby barbarian soldiers, and the barbarians within a radius of ten meters fell one after another.

The explosion of the gunpowder jar flew out of the clay pot fragments, and the stench of iron nails mixed with feces quickly spread.

The barbarian soldiers at the center of the explosion were shattered, while the soldiers on the periphery were basically wounded and fell to the ground wailing.

The barbarian soldiers were so frightened that they retreated.

At this time, the second wave of gunpowder canisters was thrown by catapults again, and the wounded soldiers, who had not had time to escape, were torn apart in another explosion.

"Well played! Hahaha......" The sound of Lu Fei laughing came from the city wall.

The surprise attack of the powder jar caused the barbarian soldiers to retreat, and the slave soldiers, who had lost their cover, were once again covered by a dense rain of arrows on the city walls.

Gultai held on to the reins to prevent the horse from panicking and fleeing.

The continuous huge explosions frightened the barbarian horses, and the barbarian soldiers grabbed their reins to prevent the horses from escaping.

"Is this King Qi's secret weapon?" Gurtai's face turned a little pale.

Despite being three hundred meters away, he felt a slight tremor from the explosion.

"It should be." Liu Xuan said, "I didn't expect that after the torch, the Great Yu Kingdom was using this gunpowder weapon again. ”

Gurtai said, "Well, soon they will learn that we barbarians also use gunpowder, and then I will blow up their walls and soldiers into the sky." ”

Liu Xuan nodded, he knew that there were a lot of powder kegs hidden in the camp, and these powder kegs were specially used to blow up the city wall.

This trick was learned by the barbarians in the war with the Ottoman Empire, and one of the purposes of this siege was to test the defensive ability of the Qingzhou army.

The second is to keep digging holes into the walls, and when the army arrives, they can blow up the walls with gunpowder and annihilate the defenders in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Liu Xuan had already seen the hope of victory, and he said: "However, it is said that Beishan Khan can throw stones at a distance of five hundred meters this time, and these defenders of Cangzhou City were not beaten at that time. ”

Gurtai smiled: "That's right, let these southerners live for a few more days." ”

After saying that, he asked the archers to withdraw one after another, not caring at all about the life or death of the slave soldiers.

The battle lasted from morning to night, and the barbarians drove away wave after wave of slave soldiers, and the city at this time was full of corpses of slave soldiers, and the remnant sun was like blood, which made this scene even more desolate.

The trench under the city was now full of corpses, and Xiao Ming looked at the retreating slave soldiers and smashed the city wall.

"Until now, I haven't even hurt a few barbarian furs, damn it!"

Niu Ben comforted: "Your Highness, this is the barbarian's usual means of warfare, only when the other party is exhausted and suffers heavy losses, they will attack." ”

Looking at the artillery hidden in the black cloth, Xiao Ming nodded, and he said, "That's it, when the main force of the barbarians arrives, this king will definitely make them pay." ”

At the end of the day's fighting, Niu Ben immediately asked the soldiers to re-prepare stones, rolling wood and other supplies.

This time it was just a tentative attack of the barbarians, and the real bloody battle was still behind, and he knew this very well.

However, judging from today's battle, his confidence in this defense battle has increased greatly, and the whole body armor of the Qingzhou army has played a great role in this battle, and there are few casualties among the soldiers.

The only time when the injuries were severe was when the barbarian archers threw their bows and arrows, and many people were wounded at that time.

Back in Xingyuan, Lu Pothos thoughtfully took off the armor on Xiao Ming's body, and saw the blood stains on the armor, Lu Luo said worriedly: "Your Highness, where are you injured?" ”

"I'm not hurt."

Xiao Ming was a little tired, his nerves had been tense all day, and he finally relaxed.

Lu Luo breathed a sigh of relief, his heart was beating with fright just now, and then he said: "By the way, Your Highness, Pang Changshi brought a message over, saying that the Instrument Division has four more artillery pieces to Cangzhou City. ”

"Really? At this time, the king has heard the best news today. Xiao Ming said.

With the addition of these four, there will be thirty artillery pieces in Cangzhou City, and in a few days, the main army of the barbarians will probably arrive.

(To be continued.) )