Ouyang Shuo stood on the west city tower and saw three signal flares rising in the north. He felt relieved. According to the regulations of the Shanhai Town Army, the three signal flares meant that they encountered the enemy and successfully repelled them.

Huo Lun's mood was not as relaxed as Ouyang Shuo. The fleeing water bandits did not dare to escape without a trace. After leaving the battle, they immediately sent people to the shore to report military information to the chief.

By the time Huo Ren learned the news, it was already ten o'clock in the morning. At this time, all the siege equipment had been assembled, and even the floating bridge that acted as a trick was set up.

At this time, I suddenly received news that the navy was defeated, and even his younger brother Huo Liu was captured by the other party. How could Huo Lun not be furious and the water bandits who reported the news were executed on the spot.

Originally, Huo Feng wanted the water bandits to cooperate and restrain the defenders of Shanhai Town, but he didn't expect that Shanhai Town had been prepared and had regular naval forces, which was really unfavorable to go out.

If you wait any longer, there is no meaning. Huo Feng was also a decisive person and ordered the entire army to set off and officially launch an attack on the Ximen of Shanhai Town.

Each wall on Shanhai Town is three kilometers long. According to the average space occupied by one soldier, theoretically, there can be three thousand people standing in a row. Six thousand bandits are only enough to line up two rows.

Of course, the battle is not fought like this. Of course, Huo Feng would not be stupid and would spread his offensive line so much. Facing the stone walls of Shanhai Town, the only way to break the city is to hit the city gate.

Three thousand ordinary bandits were headed in front. Their role was to consume the city guarding materials of Shanhai Town, paving the way for the two thousand elite bandits behind to break the city and pave the way.

As for the thousand cavalry led by the Black Cavalry, they could not play a role when siegeing the city. They were arranged on the flank by Huo Tuo to cover the central army to support them.

Facing the bandits who were rushing over, the crossbowmen arranged in the west immediately started shooting under the command of Zhao Sihu. Unfortunately, there were only two archer squadrons and two crossbowmen squadrons in Shanhai Town City Defense Battalion, with too few numbers and limited lethality.

One round of volleys can only cause killing and damage to two hundred people at most. After three rounds of volleys, the bandits had already rushed under the city wall. At this time, the archers among the elite bandits in the back row also began to counterattack.

In order to make up for the gap, the bandits specially assembled a movable arrow tower. The elite bandits stood on the arrow tower and shot at the city wall. So, the archers from both sides began to shoot each other, striving to solve the opponent's long-range strike force in the shortest time.

Of course, the three thousand bandits who were leading the battle were not empty-handed. Fifteen assembled cloud ladders were slowly pushed down the city wall. Once the ladder was allowed to hook the city wall smoothly, the bandits hiding under the cloud ladder could quickly pass the cloud ladder and climb up the city wall.

The city lord Shi Wansui, after discovering the opponent's ladder, decisively commanded 800 sword and shield soldiers, quickly adjusted their respective defense zones, and arranged fifty people to defend near each ladder. The last remaining fifty people were ready to reinforce various defense sections as reserve forces.

A large number of rolling wood and huge rocks were smashed unceremoniously by the soldiers guarding the city towards the bandits under the ladder. Each attack would cause many casualties. For a moment, bandits could not attack the city wall.

At the same time, behind the bandits, five trenchers were already in place and began to shoot stone balls. The huge stone balls, like shells, drew parabolas in the air and hit the city walls. Once the soldiers guarding the city were hit by the stone balls, they immediately turned into a pile of meat sauce.

Seeing the tragic scene in front of you, Mulanyue, who was watching from the side, could no longer bear it and was arranged by Ouyang Shuo to rest in the lounge inside the city tower.

Seeing that the soldiers guarding the city were in an unfavorable situation, the Shenji Camp finally began to show its power. Two three-bow and eight-ox bed crossbows, under the command of Wang Yuanfeng, aimed at the five catapults one by one, which was a round of jackdaw arrows. The bandits who operated the catapults did not expect that they could be shot at such a distance, and they were shot down one after another.

In less than half an hour, five trenchers were completely suppressed by the Shenji Camp. No one who was not afraid of death dared to go up and manipulate the trenchers.

Seeing the power of the Shenji Camp, Bai Hua and others immediately shone their eyes and turned their heads to look at Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head with a wry smile and said, "That is the three-bow and eight-ox bed crossbow. It is the most powerful bed crossbow recorded in the "Song Dynasty Crossbow Manufacturing Technical Manual" sold at the last auction. Don't look at me like this. Although this thing is powerful, it is very difficult to make. Shanhai Town has made two of them in front of him one and a half months since he obtained the "Song Dynasty Crossbow Manufacturing Technical Manual".

Bai Hua smiled slightly and said, "Wuyi, we Lingxi Town has a while to advance, and it is still time to go. At that time, you have to sell me two."

"Let's see it then!" Ouyang Shuo didn't dare to make a promise.

"Wuyi, you can't be more favorable than the other." Feng Qiuhuang also started to cheer.

"Fengwu, don't think about it. You Luofeng Town is not far from advancing. It must be too late to go in time." Ouyang Shuo quickly expressed his attitude.

However, the two of them looked at the dragon and the siege lion, who looked unwilling to care. In fact, they were their territory, and there was still a long time before they could advance, and it was not too late to worry.

In the rear of the bandit, Huo Feng saw his catapult being suppressed, and his face was solemn, he turned his head and looked around, and shouted, "Do you know what crossbow the other party is using, and it has such a long range?"

A bandit stood up and said uncertainly: "Big leader, I heard that the government army has a sharp weapon called the bed crossbow. It has a very long range. Could it be this weapon?"

Huo Feng nodded, "It's 80% true. It seems that the opposite side is really a hard bone."

"What should we do now?"

"Send another thousand elite men to come up and put pressure on the enemy." Huo Sheng ordered decisively.

"Here!"

Although the threat of the catapult was successfully lifted, the defending side of the city was still in danger. In the end, the number of people was too small. On average, there were only fifty sword and shield soldiers near a ladder. While they had to withstand the arrows shot from the opposite side, they had to prevent the enemy from climbing up from the ladder, and at the same time they had to roll wood and huge rocks down. These rolling wood and huge rocks were not light, and long-term transportation would be a huge consumption of physical strength.

At this time, the other side actually reinforced another thousand elite bandits, and the crisis immediately increased.

Seeing that the bandits on the opposite side had made up their minds to specialize in one sect. Ouyang Shuo no longer hesitated and recruited a commander and asked him to notify the commander of the North Gate Ge Hongliang, and drew three squadrons of sword and shield soldiers from the North Gate defenders to rush to the West Gate to participate in the defense.

In this way, there were only four hundred soldiers left at the North Gate defenders. These four hundred people were specifically designed to deal with the 1,000 elite bandits who had not yet appeared. Ouyang Shuo was worried that the other party would suddenly pass through the floating bridge and penetrate directly into the North Gate when the West Gate was fighting, so he had to be on guard.

Before the reinforcements from the North Gate arrived, the West Gate was in danger.

The combat effectiveness of elite bandits is twice that of ordinary bandits. The joining of such a new force immediately puts the soldiers guarding the city into crisis.

Ouyang Shuo made a quick decision and ordered the 500 members of the civilian team who were still on standby near the city wall to climb up to the city wall, take over the duties of some of the sword and shield soldiers, and be responsible for throwing rolling woods and huge rocks downwards.

It is helpless to let the civilian team appear. These civilians have not experienced the baptism of war and are rashly sent to the city wall. Faced with the killing, it is really unknown whether they can complete the task.

When most people see this kind of scene, they will become weak, which is normal. They don’t have the courage to throw the rolling wood and huge rocks down to kill the enemy.

Seeing that something was wrong, Ouyang Shuo knew that at this time, he had to boost morale. Ouyang Shuo held a spear and accused Bai Hua and others of crime, rushed to the front line immediately and led the way.

Nowadays, Ouyang Shuo is no longer Wuxia Ameng.

Whether it is the Yang family's marksmanship or the "Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic", he is constantly improving his combat power. Faced with bandits, he often stabs him to death with one shot, and he already has the style of a long time.

Seeing the Lord killing the enemy himself, he was so brave again. In an instant, both the sword and shield soldiers and the civilian team immediately boosted their morale. The civilians defeated their fear and risked their lives to smash the bandits and huge rocks mercilessly towards the bandits rushing up.

With the civilian team sharing the pressure on the side, the soldiers of the sword and shield can let go and fight with the bandits rushing up, and repel these bandits again and again. The first infantry battalion responsible for defending the west, but the most elite troops among the infantry can still gain the upper hand even when facing elite bandits.

Of course, due to the number gap, the situation is still unfavorable to Shanhai Town.

At the most critical moment, Ouyang Shuo had to order to use the last secret weapon to ignite the oil cabinet. Originally, this was the trump card he planned to wait until the last moment to use it to determine the universe.

The turret oil cabinet is indeed powerful. Even though the other party's ladder has taken fire prevention measures, it was still lit at once under the flames of the turret oil cabinet. The raging fire immediately destroyed the two turret ladders. The only disadvantage is that it is not convenient to move the turret oil cabinet.

After the sword and shield soldiers who came to reinforce from the north gate took their positions, the soldiers guarding the city suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, the joining of these new forces finally stabilized the situation.

Seeing that it was too late to attack, the time was approaching noon. In desperation, Huo Feng had no choice but to order to temporarily withdraw his troops.
Chapter completed!