Chapter 88: Crossbow

At noon, Baishi City was in full swing. Although Baishi City was surrounded, Baishi City, which is not big and small, still had more than 8,000 soldiers after a period of battle. Among these 8,000 soldiers, there were only more than 4,000 soldiers who were originally stationed in Baishi City. Most of the remaining soldiers were defeated and scattered after Xiling invasion. After coming to Baishi City, they were gathered and organized to participate in the battle. Such forces and such soldiers were naturally not very morale, especially when they were besieged, and their connection with the outside world was intermittent. I don’t know what the situation is now, and the continuous casualties of soldiers and civilians in the city and the continuous consumption of stored materials are visible to everyone. Although everyone understands that the army will come sooner or later, there is still a market for surrender in the city.

Pan Xiangmin, the guard of Baishi City, had never been involved in military affairs before being transferred to Baishi City. Baishi City was originally just a relatively large town near Ningshi City. It was not officially upgraded to the city until more than ten years ago. However, it did not set up a separate Governor's Office in Baishi City. Instead, it established a city guard position in military affairs and government affairs, which was half a level lower than the governor. The transfer of Pan Xiangmin, a person who did not understand military affairs, to Baishi City, was the result of the balance between several factions in the court, but on the other hand, it was also because Pan Xiangmin, who did not understand military affairs, would not interfere too much in various military affairs in Baishi City's military affairs, which was conducive to maintaining consistency with Ningshi City in defense. Unexpectedly, such a thing happened just over a year after being transferred to Baishi City. What was even more unexpected was that Pan Xiangmin, who did not understand military affairs, became the backbone of Baishi City's resistance to resistance at this time.

When the sergeant sent to convey military information on the city wall to Pan Xiangmin, Pan Xiangmin was struggling to persuade the people in the city to burn the dead relatives at home. Infiltrating the soil is the basic concept of the funeral industry in this era, but it is obviously unlikely that the city will be freed up as a cemetery, and piled up corpses will easily breed plague. These days, there have been such persuasion actions almost every day. From the beginning of the resolute resistance of the people in the city, it has become somewhat formalized. After all, it is really unreasonable to let the soldiers pull the bodies of their relatives away and burn them.

"What? The enemy's abnormal movement?" Pan Xiangmin was shocked by the news from the school. What are the tricks?

Although Pan Xiangmin is now the guardian of Baishi City, he rarely goes to the city to supervise the battle. The guards on the city are all loyal and reliable, well-trained, and do not want him to command blindly. However, once there is any situation, the guards from all walks of life will still summarize the situation to him.

Pan Xiangmin immediately climbed the city. He saw the situation but was a little confused.

Since the previous few days, the enemy's attack on Baishi City began to attack Baishi City with one round of fierce attacks every morning and afternoon, and occasionally organize some temporary assaults. With night harassment, everyone knows it after a few days of battle. At noon today, it was obvious that the Xiling army asked some soldiers to have lunch in advance and then disrupt the rhythm of the defenders. I have always seen that except for the enemy troops that were launching the offensive, the rest of the troops were sharpening their knives and preparing for routine attacks in the afternoon. However, now everyone has seen strange actions by the enemy camps in several directions. A large number of soldiers gathered into the camp, but were aiming for another direction.

"What's going on?" Pan Xiangmin pulled over the commander-in-chief who is now guarding the city, the general Yu Kang, and asked anxiously.

"Sir, if there weren't reinforcements coming, then something happened to the other party's army." Yu Kang replied.

"Do we want to send someone to pick him up?" Pan Xiangmin asked. In his opinion, this was at least an option.

Yu Kang quickly stopped him and said, "Sir, there is no need for this. There are only less than 500 cavalry in our city. We can't rush far and send infantry out of the city to fight. Now we can't afford to consume it. If it's really reinforcements, then you might as well wait until they get under the city. I'll find someone to organize a team of people and prepare to go out of the city at the critical moment. That's it."

Pan Xiangmin nodded repeatedly and said, "Then let it be, it depends on you on the top of the city. Be careful."

Yu Kang smiled. The biggest danger of commanding defensive operations at the city wall is that at no time, the things thrown out by the enemy's catapulted cart that were shot directly or crookedly would hit him. As long as he insisted on standing in the city wall where he could see the actual situation, this danger would be inevitable. But that was the number of days, and it was not something he could decide. Yu Kang kept thinking this way.

A team of more than a thousand infantry and cavalry were just organized to fight out of the city. The reinforcements that were about to come really appeared in sight. However, they were a little different from what they all imagined.

The Xiling army, which had gathered into the camp, was actually forced back step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step. This army slowly approached Baishi City little by little. The afternoon sunlight could be reflected by the armor on his body so noisy and extravagant. Yu Kang couldn't even think of what kind of army this was in his mind.

"General, look at the flag..." A soldier with good eyes quickly reported. In the middle of the steel quadratic array rumbling towards Baishi City, two huge flags were erected. When Yu Kang saw the patterns on the flag clearly, he felt a feeling of emotion in his heart.

He had seen these two marks, and when he was originally receiving the participating teams of the two armies from the capital to check the map surveying competition. It was at this time that he, a guy who was basically a small country town, learned about the first time that the Huoqi Army and the Fierce Blood Army, which were the backbone of elite veterans, senior non-commissioned officers and officers, as well as the children of wealthy families in Dongping.

Yu Kang didn't know how effective the two armies were in the army under the jurisdiction of the mansion, but it was too unexpected to be able to rescue Baishi City based on the origin of this army and the identities of so many children of aristocratic families in the army.

While Yu Kang ordered his men to call Pan Xiangmin to the top of the city, he ordered the team that was ready to leave the city to take action at any time, and also ordered several soldiers responsible for opening and closing the city gate to prepare...

The Blood Qi Army had already organized a large number of carriages in the army into six rows of guards in the middle of the team. On the outermost two rows were some archers standing, and some operated heavy equipment, temporarily changing to the soldiers on the crossbow. On the middle two rows, the carriage was flattened and some of the divine arm bows were assembled on the carriage, using the carriage as a launching platform, and staring at the outside of the team with a fierce look. This could probably be regarded as the self-propelled artillery of this era. The two rows on the innermost floor were all kinds of supplies and heavy equipment that were not assembled. After leaving the infantry, Dai Yun was determined to implement the power of the motor to the end and was preparing to plunder the enemy to obtain supplies. This time, he simply brought as much material as possible into the city.

In the middle of the entire dragon, two large flags were erected side by side. These two large flags are the most important battle flags of the Blood Kind Army. Every time the drill is conducted, the winning party can erect the large flags in the camp as the camp flag. Until the next drill. Fierce competition and strong incentive mechanism have made everyone regard these two large flags as symbols of honor and victory.

In the car in the middle of the big flag, Ye Tao and Qiu Haohui were wearing armor and carrying several messengers. In the car in front and behind, they were driving war drums. The sound of drums and flags combined can form the unique battlefield command system of the Blood Qi Army.

The Blood Qi Army now has a total of less than 6,000 cavalry units, led by Dai Yun, and hung at a distance of about 800 steps behind the entire team. At this distance, once there are enemy troops on both wings who dare to attack the side of the Blood Qi Army infantry and convoy, they will have the awareness of being attacked by Dai Yun on the flanks. Dai Yun's mood is also very complicated. She doesn't know how much it can change the entire battle situation by sending these soldiers into Baishi City, but she knows that this is the best choice at present.

When they just entered the vision of the defenders of Baishi City, the blood Qi army's phalanx still walked forward in a relatively relaxed manner. The Xiling army drew nearly 10,000 troops from several city walls, and were divided into front and left and right of the Blood Qi army. When the Blood Qi army entered about two thousand steps away from the city wall, the Xiling army moved.

The infantry on both wings shouted and rushed towards the Blood Qi Army like a tide. At this time, Dai Yun did not rush to rush, but made a gesture to signal the entire cavalry to stop advancing.

The first thing that encountered the Xiling cavalry was the divine arm bow set up on the carriage. These divine arm bows, produced by the ordnance workshop of the Ye Family Workshop, have the size of a spear. At this distance, the divine arm bow is simply close to the shooting. The powerful kinetic energy allows each arrow to seize more than one life. Being strung into a gourd is already common. The most impressive effect comes from the arrows aimed at the officers riding on the horse. The slightly upward trajectory and sufficient power ensure that as long as the arrow hits, they will inevitably fly with the people riding on the horse for a distance. At that moment, the officer who was caught in the arrow didn't even have time to feel pain, and he would see the world begin to fly in his own place.

The surroundings quickly retreated, perhaps, or were still turning upside down, and then he would sprinkle thick blood on his subordinates. His comrades, and then hit someone or some unlucky ghosts in everyone's horror. The officer would undoubtedly die in pain, but to the extent his body became the lethality of the Blood Kind Army, a question. When a giant arrow did not hit the person, but hit a horse, flew out with the horse, and threw the officer who was originally riding on the horse and fell to death, the faces of the soldiers of Xiling changed. With just one volley, the Divine Arm Bow exerted its lethality while exerting its lethality.

"Dong-dong-dong-" The war drum sounded. After two simple sound guides, a total of four pairs of war drums neatly played a sonorous and powerful beat. Following the beat, the circle of heavy infantry on the outermost side of the Blood Qi Army neatly sided a little bit. They pushed the long swords in their hands towards the outside, and their steps did not stop at all. When the enemy approached, all the big swords waved neatly, and surrounded the square formation of the Blood Qi Army, a circle of corpses and a circle of blood appeared.

"Put on the turbulent bomb!" After the commands of the flag captain, the whistle commander, and the sergeant commander, the soldiers who controlled the Divine Arm Bow carefully took out the oblong pot from the carriage and put it on the cluster of arrows of giant arrows. The giant arrow that originally needed to be specially made to fire the Divine Arm Bow was replaced by Ye Tao in the Blood Ki army with a special-shaped pot combined with a wooden buckle. Just load the clay pot on the arrow and load the wooden buckle. This little trick that will be promoted throughout the Dongping Army made the logistics preparation of the Divine Arm Bow much simpler.

With the two rounds of tinder bombs, the Blood Ki army almost burned a passage formed by flames next to the team. Amid the enemy's moans and screams, the blood Ki army's square formation seemed to be like a stormy wave and could not shake the earth's giant rocks, or like a giant beast waving its claws to smash the waves, slowly and firmly advancing towards the city gate.

"Let them enter the city!" Zang Keming, the confidant of Tong Bingwen, who was responsible for the siege of Baishi City, could not stand it. He originally didn't want to fight when he saw the scale of the enemy. Although the casualties of the siege were larger than those of the field battle, there were fewer variables. As long as there were sufficient troops and a relatively stable battlefield environment, it was only a matter of time to break the city. However, he also understood how great the impact of blocking reinforcements on the city was on the morale of the defenders. So, whether to fight or not, he was fighting or not.

He made a decision to fight. Now, he understood that the army in the military information notice that the army that had repeatedly nailed the officers who had been captured and killed on the cross in the actual control area of ​​Xiling. It was indeed a very good idea. Although it was not a siege, the casualties in this short battle were so great that it was incomprehensible. The exquisite and meticulous armor of the Blood Qi Army from head to toe had made the fully armed Blood Qi Army a city of activity.

It would be better to put it in the city, with a smaller variable. Once the Blood Qi army is scattered on various walls, it will be much easier to deal with. Zang Keming's idea is correct. But he would not have thought about what the Blood Qi army that entered the city brought to Baishi City.

Dai Yun, who did not participate in the war from beginning to end, watched his comrades enter the city safely after a short fight. It seemed that he had suffered more than 100 casualties. But the result was still acceptable. Then, Dai Yun turned around with nearly 6,000 cavalrymen. When Dai Yun's rear team changed to the front team, both the defenders of Baishi City and the Xiling army besieged were all shocked. But Dai Yun had more important things to do. Just yesterday, Ye Tao conceived a tactic that might be very dangerous, but completely possible, and a tactic that was very likely to be able to reverse the situation of the war. This was the tactic she was going to execute.

"Mr. Pan and General Yu, we have brought some equipment. Please send out some soldiers to assist us in the installation." Ye Tao said respectfully.

After entering the city, after meeting with Pan Xiangmin and Yu Kang, Pan Xiangmin, who did not understand military affairs, generously asked Ye Tao to discuss city defense with Yu Kang. Yu Kang, who was deeply moved by the performance of the Blood Qi Army just now, almost did not want to oppose any decision of the Blood Qi Army.

"There is a soldier in the city, which is a gathered scattered soldier. Because there is no suitable officer to lead the army, it is usually placed in the city to put out fires. This department is about a thousand people, so it is left to your department to lead the army." Yu Kang thought about it and drew one generously. This department is not disobeying orders. In fact, this department is putting fires in the city, repairing houses, and helping the city carry earth and rocks. It is all very good. However, fighting is fighting. Support is support. There is no suitable place to intimidate the officers who can subdue them. There are not enough low-level officers and non-commissioned officers to send such troops to the city, and there are only no choices. Now, there are obviously better choices.

Ye Tao nodded. He asked Qiu Haohui to take this group of people to assist the two flag teams in installing and debugging all the equipment. He himself transferred more than 100 people from the two flag teams, and nearly 200 people from the four flag teams of the archer, taking over the ordnance workshop of Baishi City, which is now completely idle.

Pan Xiangmin and Yu Kang did not know what mysterious Ye Tao was doing, but the people he brought quickly assembled the Divine Arm Bow and the Stone Catalog on the top of the city and began to debug. Although the enemy was there under the city and it was not convenient to test-fire calibration, the frames obviously had different structures and craftsmanship, and the seemingly extremely exquisite large equipment made everyone feel confident. A total of twelve cranes installed on the four walls with human winches and pulley sets as the core can transport stone bullets from under the city wall, and the progress of the stones was several times faster. Using this set of things to remove the wounded from the top of the city wall was much more convenient.

While waiting for Ye Tao's work results, Qiu Haohui had already discussed the use of heavy infantry with Yu Kang. Qiu Haohui did not insist on using heavy infantry in a concentrated manner. In Baishi City now, that is too unrealistic. However, it is still very useful to use heavy infantry to block the entrance and drive the enemy troops who climbed the city to the top of the city. Heavy infantry was relatively evenly distributed on the four walls. But the archers are different. The archers of the Blood Qi Army are equipped with crossbows, with half-body light armor and a short scimitar. If you want to know the equipment, it is better than most infantry and even grassroots officers in Baishi City. As the backbone of the city guard, the archers are directly led by Qiu Haohui and are concentrated in the direction of the enemy's main attack.

After Qiu Haohui and Yu Kang discussed, while looking for a new topic, a messenger ran over and saluted Qiu Haohui and said to him: "Commander Qiu, General Ye invites you to the workshop."

"The general is probably done. Let's go and have a look. I don't know what it is." Qiu Haohui said with a smile.

"At this critical moment, General Ye must have created some city defense weapon." Yu Kang responded with a smile.

But they didn't expect that what they saw in the workshop was so strange, with the base of the divine arm bow, the complex mechanism, and the strange-looking things with narrow and long guide rails.

"Is this..." Qiu Haohui asked with a frown.
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