In the early morning, in the east of Qingxi, the towers are bathed in the morning light. These towers are simple in structure, but are more than ten feet high. The structure is different from the general towers. They can be regarded as tripods with three long beams together.

These super-high buildings were built overnight under the command of Li Li, the Dongye Supervisor.

The reason why it is so fast is that it uses a large number of pre-prepared nails and various prefabricated iron components to quickly splice bamboo and wood and build them up.

Xiao Si, the prince of Poyang, looked up at the tall tower. He couldn't believe it was built one night. Judging from its height, the soldiers standing on the roof could see clearly the movements of the rebels opposite.

Then, by posing different banners, let the generals on the ground know what the situation is ahead, and then adapt to the situation.

The sound of horns in front of him pulled Xiao Si's gaze back to the ground.

That day, Li Li captured Dongfu City, and the officials and soldiers had a great morale formation. Xiao Si had a lot of confidence in speaking, so he persuaded the generals to concentrate their forces to break through Qingxi today.

We continued to attack west until the east of Taicheng.

Now, the battle is about to begin. The bridge car built by Li Lijian slowly came to Qingxi under human power, and then under human power, the telescopic bridge plate slowly extends to the opposite bank.

The rebels set up wooden fences on the north bank of Qingxi, and the archers kept shooting arrows on the high platform on the wooden fence, including a large number of fire arrows, which were to burn the wooden bridge of the Liang army, and the Liang army archers also began to fight back.

The two sides shot at a distance of less than a hundred steps, and the arrows were like rain.

The telescopic wooden bridges built in a hurry did not have many fire prevention measures. They were shot by the fire arrows and soon the fire lights popped up. Just when the rebels thought the arson was successful, a loud "bang bang" sounded suddenly in the direction of the Liang army.

But many fireballs were flying, some hitting the wooden fence, and some fell into the camp on the west side of Qingxi.

When these fireballs hit hard objects, they will suddenly shatter, and countless burning stones splash out, burning the unexpected rebel soldiers to their death.

Many flammable objects were ignited, and the fire gradually appeared.

The archers in the wooden fence suffered a lot of casualties. The soldiers in the camp quickly put out the fire, but saw these big and small pieces of fire stones, which looked like charcoal stained with tiny oil, and could not be extinguished.

The "bang bang" sounds on the other side are endless. It turns out that Liang Jun used a large crossbow to fire a large number of fireballs. I don't know what method to use, and the winding speed is very fast (relatively speaking).

A large number of fireballs flew into the rebel camp and then sputtered fire blocks. They could not be rescued, and the fire gradually spread.

Soon, a fire broke out in the camp, and more than half of the archers gathered in the wooden fence by the stream were injured and could not stay for a long time, so they retreated one after another. The Liang army sent soldiers to swim across Qingxi without building a bridge.

The rebel general Song Zixian carefully observed the offensive of the Liang army, and asked his subordinates to retreat without making any counterattack, allowing the Liang army to cross the river.

Then he set up a pocket array in the middle of several streets and arranged weak soldiers in front of him, and wanted to lead the Liang army to get into trouble by using the method of deceiving defeat.

The Liang army who had passed the stream did attack along the streets, and the weak soldiers were about to collapse, and the Liang army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill.

However, the sound of horns sounded from the Liang army's watchtower on the east bank of Qingxi. The Liang army soldiers who had already pursued gradually stopped and defended on the spot, and did not continue to attack.

Song Zixian decided to wait. Based on his experience in confronting the Liang army over the past few months, he believed that there were many soldiers in the southerners who dared to fight, but most of the soldiers were reckless and would chase and fight hard when they were easy to fall into a trap.

So, wait and talk about it.

However, Song Zixian did not wait for the Liang army to continue attacking, but saw that high platforms "growing" on the territory occupied by the Liang army.

These high platforms are made of bamboo and wood, and seem to rise from the ground, five or six feet high. Once the archer takes the stage, it is like standing on the top of the city.

Song Zixian quickly asked someone to fight back, leaned forward and kept shooting arrows, even rockets, trying to burn these high platforms, but Liang's soldiers then came forward, and as both sides fought and shot against each other, there were more and more high platforms.

A large number of archers came on stage and shot arrows from a high place. Song Zixian's archers could not stand and could only retreat. The ambush set up was clearly seen by Liang soldiers on the platform.

The ambush failed, so Song Zixian could only retreat.

Then Liang Jun advanced on the street. When he encountered a house in front of him, he broke through the wall and walked through the hall. After a while, he stopped. When he stopped, high platforms rose up where he stayed, like an arrow tower.

Liang soldiers set up wooden fences and antlers around them, and began to build a building, protecting the high platform, forming a camp.

Song Zixian, who set up a new pocket formation waiting for Liang Jun to die, felt that something was wrong: Liang Jun had changed his tactics, that is, to advance with the arrow tower and take every step.

This kind of tactic is not uncommon. What is rare is that the arrow is extremely fast. Before we know it, the opponent has already passed Qingxi and advanced step by step towards Taicheng, fighting very steadily.

These Liang Jun, who were slowly advancing, had the commanding heights of the arrow tower, could roughly see the surrounding situation, and suppress their archers and advance in the streets and buildings at a very fast speed.

Then, setting up an ambush is useless, you can only fight hard, but...

Can also set fire!

Song Zixian quickly responded and asked his subordinates to transport a large amount of flammable objects to prepare for a fire attack. This area is full of houses, and it is difficult to hide if it burns.

However, before their fire attack began, the Liang army's fire attack began.

Liang's army, which launched an assault along the street, sometimes threw out burning pots. When the pots fell to Hou Jingjun's soldiers, they burst, and then splashed out a large amount of burning oil to ignite the surroundings.

Once the fire burns, everyone around you will suffer. Hou Jing's army is in chaos and is killed by Liang's soldiers who are hit into the crowd and are about to collapse.

Faced with such a fierce Liang army, Song Zixian used her old trick again and set up a pocket formation behind her, allowing the defeated soldiers to "lead" the Liang army to chase her.

The other party chased after him, stopped, transported the antlers, fences and other objects made of bamboo and wood, and began to build a building again.

After a while, a high platform rose from the camp, and then an archer took the stage to suppress the four sides.

When Song Zixian saw him, he felt more and more difficult.

In the Liang army's "forward stronghold" in front of him, the commander of Tianmen County Fan Wenjiao also felt a little depressed. He had fought a war for many years and had fought such a war for the first time.

Relying on the Arrow Tower, step by step, slowly move towards Taicheng. After walking for a while, stop, build a building, build an arrow tower, and then consolidate it, and continue moving forward.

Then, his subordinates were actually covering the construction of the arrow tower and the construction of the camp, and they could not fight the decisive battle with the rebels, which was a bit frustrating.

But this kind of playing style is not easy to fall and is very stable.

Now, the passages between the camps are protected by wooden fences, so they are shaped like a long camp slowly extending to the west, with a passage in the middle, and people can travel calmly.

The Arrow Tower on its own is more like a high platform, which is really fast to build. As the vanguard, Fan Wenjiao's troops fought and stopped after passing Qingxi, and now they have moved forward a lot.

It was afternoon, and the soldiers were exhausted. A lot of dry food and warm water were sent from the back. Fan Wenjiao quickly asked his subordinates to eat and drink, seize the time to rest and recover their physical strength.

The troops of Li Qianshi, the governor of Gaozhou, who were advancing parallel to the south, were also building a archery platform. There were soldiers of the "Dongye Camp" who accompanied the army on both sides, and led the young and strong to build a archery platform to build a archery platform.

On the side, Fan Meng, the son of Fan Wenjiao, saw that the "Li Jianzuo" from Dongye Camp was counting the burning tanks, and went up: "Ji Zuo, I have something unknown."

Li Li raised his head and said, "Brother Fan, please tell me."

"Can this hot turmeric be burned directly without a wick?"

"Yes, otherwise how about it? It is said to be a tribute from the South China Sea. However, it is a bit smelly when it is burned and there is smoke. The palace is unwilling to use it, so it is transported to Dongye for use as lamp oil, and used for lighting at night when working."

After Li Li finished speaking, he carefully placed a pottery jar: "The things are good, but the quantity is limited, please save some use."

Fan Meng looked at the pottery jar and then looked at the outer city of Taicheng not far and near ahead, a little confused: "Can we really repair the arrow tower all the way to the edge of Taicheng?"

"The thief will not stand by and will definitely try every means to obstruct." Li Li expressed his opinion, "Our camp is getting longer and longer, and the flanks will inevitably be exposed more and more, and it is easy to be broken through by the other party and then cut off in the middle."

"However, we built a building in the city and passed through the courtyard and broken houses, so the flanks were mostly narrow streets and a large number of broken houses. Even if the opponent concentrated his troops to attack, he could not use his strength because he could not perform his troops and had no strength."

"We have arrow towers in our camp, wooden fences and walls on the outside. We can defend against such narrow passages much easier, so if we advance like this, we will definitely reach the edge of Taicheng."

"I've been relieved and I'll drink the celebration wine at that time. You and I won't be drunk and I won't be back!"

Li Li said it very well. Fan Meng was confident and fought hard, and his own progress also confirmed the words of Li Jianzuo: This battle is indeed very stable and he is not afraid of being ambushed.

So I sincerely praised: "The method of supervising work is really easy!"

Li Li smiled but said nothing. Since he was an advocate of the "Arrow Tower Promotion" tactic, he must of course lead the on-site command to build an arrow tower to advance.

By the way, gain knowledge and accumulate combat experience.

So, there are risks, but they are worth it.

"The enemy will inevitably continue to counterattack and attack day and night. Our troops are limited, so it will be difficult to defend, but it doesn't matter, I still have magic weapons."

"That's the fire-breathing crossbow that can spit out fire. It also uses South China Sea turbulent oil as fuel. It's very powerful to kill enemies. Although it can't be used many times, it can be useful at critical moments."

Fan Meng didn't know what a fire-breathing crossbow was, nor had he seen a fire-breathing ordnance, but after Li Li said this, he felt that he was sure of winning.

He was in his early twenties and had fought with his father. He had some experience, but seeing that Li Li had a lot of experience in fighting the enemy, he became curious:

"Has the prison war been fought?"

"It's just that I have cleared out the siege."

Water war is different from land war, Fan Meng is a little confused: "How did the Jianzu come up with this tactic? And..."

Fan Meng pointed to the simple and solid high platform next to him.

"This matter is a long story." Li Li started to make simple and simple young people again. "That year, I was fishing in Pengli Lake and met a strange man who called himself 'Krupp'..."

It is simpler to fool the young man, but Li Li said, and he felt a little emotional: It is still quite difficult to implement the "arrow tower propulsion" tactic by relying solely on the troops summoned by the Prince of Poyang.

If the soldiers of King Shaoling and Governor Liu's troops also joined in and concentrated their manpower and material resources to fight together, they would probably have already attacked the edge of Taicheng tomorrow.

But this is impossible. Even if the two royal families really join forces, they will still say that each other. As for Governor Liu, as the commander of the King's Army (nominally), it is impossible for him to obey other people's command.

The royal army was very cautious, and they were not subordinate to each other and could not form a joint force. The Prince of Poyang also summoned some generals who dared to fight and sent troops together to launch an offensive.

Thanks to Xiao Fang, the prince of Xiangdong who led the Jingzhou army, who was wise and sent Tianmen County magistrate Fan Wenjiao to help the battle, otherwise the progress would not be so optimistic.

Li Li looked at the outline of the outer city of Taicheng in the distance and felt more and more likely to win. He gave such advice and fought with the army, and was already worthy of his conscience.

He hopes to reduce the losses caused by Hou Jing's rebellion, and at least allow more innocent people to escape this catastrophe. The previous assassination of Linhe King Xiao Zhengde was also based on this reason.

Li Li and Fan Meng talked for a while, and the horn sounded: The enemy was coming.

After resting for a while, the Liang army soldiers shook their energy again, picked up their weapons, and faced the battle.
Chapter completed!