A moment ago, Yuan Ji was still secretly proud.

Li Chengzhi is indeed gifted with talents: thunder weapons and rockets are truly rare weapons in the world.

But his Mototsugi isn’t bad either.

When Lu Yan, a fertile man, encountered these two things, he was beaten to the point of disgrace, like a lost dog.

When Yuan Li of Liangzhou heard this, she was so frightened that she lost her mind.

When he met Yuanji, he was able to guard against it airtight, and the battle was fought vigorously.

Isn't this argument several times stronger than Lu Yan, Yuan Li and others?

When he was feeling proud, Yuan Ji was even more elated when he heard that Yu Xiu said that the Wei army's archers had retreated.

Not surprisingly, Li Chengzhi saw that the arrows were of no use, so he simply stopped wasting arrows.

I think in a few moments, the artillery carriage will also be removed.

And if it is a conventional method of warfare, Yuan Ji is even more confident.

It's just that you attack and I defend. He asked himself that he was not a person with a false reputation, and he would definitely be able to defend this Qingshui County city as impregnable...

Thoughts were swirling in his mind, and the banging in his ears seemed to be much smaller. Yuan Ji couldn't help but be stunned, and looked down carefully.

There are nearly a hundred artillery carriages facing the city wall, but at this time they are still firing non-stop. There are only twenty at most. Not to mention the war when hundreds of crossbows were launched, compared with the archers just now.

When the rockets were thrown over the city, they seemed to be missing nearly half of them?

Yuan Ji is ecstatic!

I am really good at predicting things. Is Li Chengzhi really ready not to waste that thunder weapon anymore?

Haha, as long as the artillery carriage retreats, it will be time for the crossbows to fire.

"Yu Xiu ordered the crossbowmen to prepare arrows, but when the Wei army's crossbow array withdrew, he ordered the crossbows to be fired..."

Yu Xiu's face was full of joy: Is the Wei army going to retreat?

Yuan Ji warned again: "But don't panic. We have persisted for such a long time, and it is not less than a moment and a half. We must wait for the enemy's artillery and crossbows to stop firing and all retreat to the rear array before we can disperse."

With this shield wall...we must guard against thieves and enemies who are eager to capture, and retreat in order to advance..."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, you will be saved!"

Yu Xiu agreed loudly and quickly relayed the military orders to his subordinates.

Yuan Tsugumi raised his eyes to the holes in the battlements.

Well, although the mines thrown were much thinner, the Wei army's artillery formation showed no signs of retreating?

Not only did they not withdraw, but they seemed to be moving forward?

It’s really...

In addition to the twenty trebuchets used to suppress the defenders on the city, most of the remaining seventy or eighty artillery carts were slowly pushing down the city.

Yuan Ji narrowed his eyes and looked back quickly: there were many soldiers carrying wooden boxes containing grenades quickly, following closely behind the artillery cart.

What do you mean, you want to get closer before betting?

But what’s the use?

No matter how much you invest, you will still slide down the wall?

Yuan Tsugumi looked sideways: On the other side, two vehicles drove past the formation, one on the left and the other on the right. They would stop every ten steps, and then he saw the artillerymen unloading many things from under the vehicles.

It doesn’t look like the previous thunder weapon, but more like a porcelain jar?

What is Li Chengzhi doing?

Yuan Ji vaguely felt something was wrong, a thread seemed to pop up in his mind, but he couldn't catch it.

Yu Xiu rushed over from under the shield wall and asked suspiciously: "Your Highness, what does the Wei army want?"

"I don't know!"

Yuan Ji shook his head and lowered his voice, "But I don't know why, but I always feel frightened. It seems like something big has happened? The soldiers should not act rashly and be careful..."

"No!"

Yu Xiu responded respectfully, and after he finished delivering the military order, there was also action in the city.

One hundred steps is only one hundred and fifty meters, and it will be there in a moment. The Wei soldiers parked an artillery cart about thirty meters away, and the defenders on the city could even see the enemy's face clearly.

How close is this?

"Your Highness, the Wei army is only twenty steps away from the city at most. Is it possible that Li Chengzhi is crazy?"

"It's not that Li Chengzhi is crazy, but he has promised that you and I will not dare to break up the shield wall, let alone use heavy weapons such as chariots and crossbows!"

Yuan Ji's eyes narrowed slightly, as thin as a blade, "Let's look at it, it's not a thunder weapon that the Wei army destroyed and fired this time, and it was so close, it must have been another treacherous plot by Li's son."

What other tricks could there be?

Thunders were thrown, and rockets were fired. Two of the three legendary sharp weapons have now been seen, and the only one is the fire tube that "looks like a shooting star and makes horses frightened when they see it".

But I heard that this thing seems to be of no use other than setting fires and frightening horses.

Now that the city has enough water, no horses can be alarmed, so there is no need for the Wei army to waste it.

Furthermore, looking at the formation at the bottom of the city, it seems that the porcelain jar is still going to be thrown up to the top of the city with a cannon and crossbow?

I just don’t know what’s inside, and why it’s so close. Is that thing extremely heavy?

Yu Xiu was secretly suspicious and whispered: "Your Highness, I will look at it. The enemy is only twenty steps away from the city. They are so close. Even a direct shot will be quite powerful. If the bows are not directed, the enemy will be very powerful."

,shooting from a hole?"

"I haven't seen the enemy thieves and artillerymen all wearing full armor. If it weren't for the powerful crossbow, they would not be able to hurt them at all... That's it, it's better than nothing, so shoot!"

Yu Xiu went to deliver the order himself, staring at the city without blinking.

As he expected, even if they were only twenty steps away, the arrows fired from the city would not pose any threat to the Wei army at all.

The arrow hit the iron armor and didn't even leave a hole?

It would be nice if I could fire a crossbow...

Yuan Jizai was secretly feeling pity, but Li Zhang was extremely excited.

It is unheard of that fire cannot be extinguished even by water. Genji is dead...

However, after being shocked by Li Chengzhi too many times, Li Zhang's mind has matured a lot.

For example, steel armor, such as gunpowder, which are not rare and shocking in the world.

Not to mention fire that cannot be extinguished by water, Li Zhang has never seen anything that can catch fire even in water?

But it was too precious and precious, and Li Chengzhi wouldn’t let him touch it.

When he thought of Jinggui, Li Zhang looked at his feet again.

A wooden box was padded with thick linen and contained only two porcelain jars.

According to the elder brother, this thing is more expensive than mines, so each gun machine was only given two bombs this time.

Otherwise, why would the artillery battalion take such a huge risk and run so close?

As long as the defenders on the city dare to fight to the death, raise the shield wall and fire their crossbows, they are sure to destroy an artillery carriage with one crossbow.

Fortunately, the enemy thieves haven't reacted yet.

Secretly rejoicing, Li Zhang ran back and forth, shouting: "Try firing as soon as possible, fire a few more rounds, and make sure that every shot can be thrown to the top of the city during the actual firing..."

His subordinates responded loudly and manipulated the artillery cart in an orderly manner.

"Boom!"

The first trebuchet was debugged and the cannon test began.

The tall and strong auxiliary soldier raised the big ax and slashed it down hard. The hemp rope as thick as his arm was broken with a sound.

With a heavy sound, the counterweight stone crashed down, the lever was raised high, and a porcelain jar flew out of the leather pocket.

After all, it was a test shot, so the accuracy was definitely not enough, the force was a little off, and the porcelain jar hit the wall.

With a "crash" sound, the porcelain jar burst and a cloud of water mist exploded on the city wall.

The water flowed down the wall and extinguished a rocket that was half-embedded in the wall...

What?

Does it look like water?

With surprise and doubt in his heart, Yuan Ji stuck his head out of the hole.

At this moment, nearly half of the ballistae shot up one after another, and dozens of porcelain jars flew over like wild birds frightened out of the forest.

The sound of "bang bang" was heard endlessly, and one of them hit the city wall less than ten feet away from Yuanji. Yu Xiu was shocked and pulled Yuanji's armor belt to pull him back.

"Don't move!"

Yuanji yelled sharply, wiped the water on his face and put it in his mouth.
To be continued...