The shouting soldiers hurriedly retreated, and the two shield-bearers hurried forward, blocking most of the arrows, and the few missing feathered arrows did not pierce the armor of their comrades.

The number of soldiers in the Red Army has not increased significantly, one is very demanding in combat, and the other is well-equipped but limited in number.

Therefore, the auxiliaries of the Red Army should not be underestimated, and they can be used as soldiers in standard suits.

Now Juyangcheng has built several large waterwheels on the bank of the Tongyuan River, which are not used to pump water to irrigate farmland, but are used for the production of factories, using the power of water to complete the work that cannot be done by manpower, including the armor formed by stamping dies.

The Red Army no longer used the same fine armor, and the infantry began to install a large number of new types of armor mixed with plate armor and fine armor, called chain mail.

The defensive performance of the set of chain mail is excellent, the main part can prevent the shooting of the strong crossbow, of course, it is easy to suffer internal injuries by an arrow at close range, and its disadvantage is that the weight is relatively large, which is twice that of the fine armor, and belongs to the conventional equipment of the infantry.

The defenders of Huairou City did not have high-ranking archers, and ordinary arrows could not shoot without a set of chain mail, and the soldiers who shouted fled back to their camp unscathed.

"Hmph! Toast without eating and drinking. "The commander of the attack on Huairou City is Mo Jun.

This time, the two battalions he led were claimed to be the strongest crossbow battalion and the strongest infantry battalion respectively.

The three maps entering Huashan County were split into four roads, with the special operations regiment taking one route by itself, and each of the strong crossbow regiment and the infantry regiment sending a battalion to go along the way, each equipped with different numbers of auxiliaries and special equipment.

In terms of commanders, there are Lei Feixiang in Zhongguan City, Shaodian in Guyan City, and Zhong Wei in Kaiwu City, all of whom are veteran officers of the Red Army who protect the country, and it is not difficult to lead troops to attack a city alone.

"A battalion of strong crossbows is scattered and attacks freely, the auxiliary soldiers push the crossbow carts up, and a battalion and a platoon are responsible for the operation, and they will bombard the city tower for me first!" Mo Jun waved his hand and gave the order to attack.

Five hundred crossbowmen stood in a straggler's line, each with a pair of crossbows and an auxiliary, aiming at the wall and shooting.

The density of defenders on the city wall was very large, and Su Muqiu invested one-third of the city defense army here, and the prestige of the Red Army to protect the country put a lot of pressure on the local army. It is a pity that they did not have relevant battle reports, did not understand the combat methods of the Red Army of the Protectorate, and still used the traditional methods of defending the city.

This shows the gap between the local army and the regular army, which has no military intelligence system, no operational research, and no way to deal with new equipment and troops.

The crossbow arrows accurately found the defenders on the wall, killing those who hit the vital points on the spot, and those who did not hit the vital points were also shot and fell to the ground, and the dense crowd became thin in the blink of an eye, and half of the defenders were frightened to the ground.

The two guards desperately saved Su Muqiu, each with seven or eight crossbow arrows stuck in their bodies, there was no way, Mo Jun's order was to attack freely, and the people in official uniforms would definitely be set on fire, if it weren't for the city defense army commander pulling his hand quickly, Su Muqiu would have returned to the Eternal Sanctuary.

"Get down! Get down!" The commander of the city defense army held a shield in front of Su Muqiu, and commanded his subordinates to dodge the crossbow arrows. He had heard of the power of the crossbow, but it was also the first time he had seen it, and he only thought about how to dodge.

Squeak, more than a dozen auxiliaries pushed out a wooden cart with a giant crossbow machine on it, a single bow arm was five or six meters wide, and the bowstring was as thick as a thumb.

This is the bed crossbow used on the warship, which is processed by craftsmen and put on the cart to become the ballista for the army.

A hundred infantry surrounded him, put the ballista in a fighting position, then drew the bowstring, loaded it with a spear-like crossbow arrow, and aimed it at the tower.

At this time, Su Muqiu hid behind the city tower, protected by a row of soldiers in front of him, and looked at the commander of the city defense army in shock.

Whoosh, a giant bolt flew in.

The commander of the city defense army was stunned, flew down, and shouted: "All lie down!"

Smack, ping!

The bolt hit the guardrail and exploded, engulfing people and objects in its vicinity with a burst of fire.

A figure rolled out of the firelight, his hands and feet kept slapping the flames on his body, and everyone looked at it, it turned out to be the commander of the city defense army.

"Poof, it's dangerous. Master Su, hurry downstairs, it's dangerous here. "The commander of the city defense army was not seriously injured, and he burned some of his hair.

"Oh, oh. Su Muqiu climbed and rolled away from the city tower.

This scene was so terrifying that the enemy army was so far away that it could reach the top floor of the castle tower.

Mo Jun sat on the back of his horse and ordered: "Continue to attack and set that tower on fire to me." ”

Whoosh, another giant crossbow bolt flew out.

The ballista has a super attack power but only one, and it can't collapse a castle with a flaming arrow alone, but it can burn a castle if you keep attacking.

The first few arrows were still put out by the defenders, and the further you got to the back, the more difficult it was to control the fire, and the tower was finally ignited by the flaming arrows.

"Second row, third row, go touch the city gate. Mo Jun asked the infantry to attack and check if the city gate was blocked.

Huairou City did not prepare fortifications in advance, and it is unlikely that the city gate will be blocked in such a short time, because there is no invasion of foreign enemies, and Huashan County has not entered a state of combat readiness, and the cities are still in a state of peace.

Ding Kui dared to send such a small number of troops to attack the city, because of the experience he had learned during the pacification of Nanqiu County, the combination of crossbowmen and infantry was able to defeat the poorly prepared local army.

There were no traps, no obstacles, no interception by the defenders, and the infantry quickly ran to the city gate, and someone dug a small hole in the crack of the door.

"Report! The gates are not blocked, only the deadbolt is stuck in them. ”

It is worthy of being the strongest infantry battalion, and it took less than five minutes to figure out the situation.

"Well, auxiliaries, knock the city gate open!" Mo Jun sneered, "If you refuse to surrender, you will also underestimate us, do you think that the master is scaring you? ”

The auxiliary soldiers have been professionally trained to tear down the door, and the action is very skillful, quickly locking the type and position of the door bolt, priing open the wall tiles or digging the ground, sawing the door bolt with a special saw, and then pushing out the battering ram to hit a few times, and the city gate will be knocked open.

As soon as the city gate opened, the infantry entered the city and rampaged, the auxiliaries covered the crossbowmen entering the city and shouted slogans to appease the people, and a series of actions did not need to be commanded by Mo Jun, they had already played experience.

On the way back to the county guard, Su Muqiu was captured by Mo Jun, who was killed single-handedly, and no one in Huairou City could stop the slashing warriors.

Almost at the same time, Guyan City and Kaiwu City were occupied by the Protector Red Army one after another, and only Zhongguan City did not move.

The lord of Zhongguan did not dare to relax, and took his family and subordinates to live in the military camp in the city, and all the city defense troops returned to the barracks to standby, and the Public Security Bureau patrolled the streets all day, and also issued a curfew order.

That night, a heavy fog rose from the Zhongguancheng barracks, and the officers and men in the camp fell asleep after inhaling the fog, and it didn't take long for no one in the entire barracks to stand up. A large number of men in black emerged from the nearby streets and swaggered into the barracks.

After a day and a night's work, four cities in Huashan County changed their surnames to Ding, and less than 50 casualties were suffered by the Red Army in the whole process, and most of the wounded were adventurous auxiliaries, who wanted to make meritorious contributions and turn into soldiers.

Ding Kui came to the place where he made his first meritorious service and looked back to the city. City Lord Jiang Yuan followed him with a smile and took him to inspect the main street of Wanggui City.

"Lord Ding, thank you for your care, the humble position has now been included in the Jiang clan of An Guogong, and if there is anything in the future, please let the humble post be ordered. ”

Jiang Yuanle, now he is also a person with a backer, no longer a small city lord without roots, maybe when he can transform himself and become the head of a county.

"Very good, I will send a message to Huashan County Shou Yimo in a while, and I will give him two more days, and if he does not submit to me within two days, then he will be my enemy. Ding Kui was indeed carefully observing the situation in the city.

He is inspecting Jiang Yuan's governance ability, and if he is satisfied, he will consider appointing Jiang Yuan as the county warden.

"Yes, but Yimo is Shao Dianxi's confidant, and I think he won't submit to you. "Jiang Yuan has been in Huashan County for many years, and he knows the personnel here.

"Oh, it's okay, you can send a message to the whole county and let everyone know what I did to Yimo, and I can give everyone a chance to mend their ways, including Shao Dianxi's henchmen. "Ding Kui doesn't care if Yimo will be obedient.

The 75th Division has infiltrated Huashan County from Zhushan County, and the troops are divided into five routes, ambushing in the vicinity of the five cities, and after tonight, five more cities will change their surnames to Ding.

Quan Wanyun has a few more veterans around her, needless to say, she must have been sent by Quan Sihai to assist her daughter, with experienced veterans in charge, coupled with Ding Kui's newly summarized tactics, there is no pressure to capture a few poorly prepared cities.

At noon the next day, Yimo received an urgent report that the five cities near Zhushan County had pledged allegiance to the princess of the prison state.

"What's going on? Why did most of the county fall into Ding Kui's hands all of a sudden?" Yi Mo was so anxious that he hurriedly gathered his staff to discuss countermeasures.

"Master, it is better to transfer all the mine guards back to the county seat, and summon Nanjing City for support. "There's a staff member who has a plan.

"Okay! That's it! You hurry up and summon the magic guild. "Yimo really didn't plan to submit to Ding Kui.

The staff member walked out of the hall in high spirits, thinking about how much he would be rewarded this time, but before he could take a few steps, a red light flashed, and his body broke in two.

Whoosh, a figure flashed to the exit of the hall, and said in a stern tone: "Whoever is bent on opposing me will be killed!"

Everyone fixed their eyes on it, and a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes held a long sword, murderously blocking the exit of the hall.

Everyone present gasped, this one was none other than Ding Kui!

Yimo slumped in his chair on the spot, this is the master knight, in the middle of the scene, no! No one in the entire county city can stop him, he can easily kill everyone in the hall if he wants to go on a killing spree.

"Ding, Ding, Lord Ding, you, you, how can you kill someone?"

"Hmph! This person instigated you to gather a crowd to make a rebellion and mobilize troops to fight against me, is there still a king in the prison country in his eyes? He is innocent of death! You, you!" Ding Kui raised his sword and pointed at Yi Mo and the people present, "I am here to discuss the rebellion, and I have committed the crime of raiding my family and exterminating the clan, if you don't want to die, you have to obey my orders!"