In the evening, the government troops officially started the attack despite the darkness of the sky.

A large number of armored soldiers covered the engineering and baggage soldiers and rushed forward. The most eye-catching thing was of course more than 300 single crossbows. These crossbows were removed from many small ships and were immediately put on the battlefield after being maintained and repaired.

Most of these crossbows are pushed by baggage soldiers and engineers, which can save a large number of archers. A single crossbow weighs nearly 100 kilograms. It is pushed with a wooden wheel. On the rugged battlefield, it takes multiple people to push forward alone. Then use a winch to skeleton, place arrows like short spears, and use wooden pieces to raise the crossbow body, determine the distance and trajectory, and finally fire.

A crossbow requires more than a dozen people to control Ruyi. If you want to fire continuously, you have to prepare for repair and change the strings at any time. The bed crossbows made by the Dawei court are mortise and tenon structures. Although the craftsmanship is extraordinary, the structure is fragile and easy to be damaged.

The renovated and renovated bed crossbows on Dongfan Island have added many metal accessories and even spring machines. The firing speed and strength of such bed crossbows have exceeded that of the imperial court.

If the Dongfan had given all his money, there were actually more than 600 single crossbows, but there were still many that needed to be modified and repaired. Even so, when the three hundred crossbows were pushed out, it was enough to move the bandits on the opposite side.

The officers and soldiers led by King Zhao had only more than ten crossbows, which put great pressure on the bandits. When they saw more than three hundred crossbows being arranged one after another, even Li Kaiming, who had always been persevering, was speechless for a moment.

When it reached three hundred steps, an officer waved the red flag and the crossbow stopped.

Then there was a heart-wrenching silence, and the drummers on both sides paused as if tacitly understanding, and everyone was watching the crossbows.

The archer transfers the winch, turns the string, and then puts the arrow in the trough.

Another military officer waved the small flag, and then the whistle sounded.

“Buzz…”

First, the bowstring collapsed and then exploded, followed by the buzzing sound of more than 300 giant arrows rising into the air.

The sky seemed to be dark, and the whole sky was covered by giant arrows.

Countless bandit soldiers couldn't help but lie on the ground in the camp, trying to avoid the damage of the bed crossbow.

The giant arrow passed through the camp with great force, and some arrows shot directly into the fence. After a bang, it shot the thick, wide and thick wooden fence.

Some of them were inserted on the rocks and made a series of sparks.

Another thing is that the arrow penetrates the ground, and under the force, the frozen soil penetrates, leaving only less than one-third of the arrow shaft on the ground.

Under such strength, you can tell how the human body shot is like?

Although a large number of arrows fell into vacancies, the lethality of the bed crossbow was weakened due to the terrain. Even so, every long arrow that shot the bandits brought huge damage to the other party.

When they attacked each other in front, the giant arrow directly penetrated the human body, and the thief who was shot was squirting blood from his mouth, fell backwards and died directly.

The entire head was shot to pieces.

Many people ran in one place and were directly strung by a giant arrow.

Someone was shot into the neck and his whole head was shot to the ground.

A bandit stood with a shield, and a giant arrow shot the shield, shattering the entire wooden shield!

Although it was just a round of powerful arrows, it gave people a feeling of landslide and cracks.

A large number of archers of the palace army shot behind the crossbow.

When they entered a hundred and fifty steps, the range of the projectile was enough. Under the command of the officers, more than 3,000 archers from the government army began to draw their bows and shoot.

The sound of the collapsed bowstrings continued, and the arrows were like willow leaves flying out, or like flying locusts.

A large number of arrows were instantly shot inside and outside the enemy camp, walls, mountains, and ground, as if in a moment, black shrubs grew from the same place.

A large number of bandits were covered by arrow rain. They covered their bodies with wooden boards. Many of them wore iron armor and shields to cover their partners behind them. The bandit officers roared desperately, and a large number of elite soldiers held shields and wooden boards, trying hard to stand up to block the arrow rain... Occasionally, a crossbow shot out strongly, and shot the wooden board or shield through, or even shot it into pieces!

Covered by the rain of arrows, the entire Beiying was like a small boat struggling in a storm, at any time

All are worried about overturning.

However, at this moment, under the escort of several shield-armored soldiers, Li Kaiming, wearing a hat and a blue robe, stood up, used his famous giant bow of nearly forty force to draw the bow, raised his body diagonally, and then shot a heavy arrow out!

More than 10,000 thieves shouted sadly and angryly. At this time, they also realized that because the crossbows were to shoot upwards, many crossbow arrows were not at the angle of the angle. Many giant arrows were either shot too high and inserted into the rocks, or were mainly in the wooden trunk area outside the camp gate, and few crossbow arrows could shoot all the way to the camp.

The threat of bed crossbows is not very great. These bandits are mainly old soldiers and miners trained by them. They have experienced a great battle before. At this moment, under the inspiration of Li Kaiming, all bandit archers also led their bows and shot back.

It was dark and countless archers continued to shoot heavy arrows at the other side. The whole sky seemed to be no longer visible, and only black feathered arrows were shuttled back and forth.

Even the government army was suffering from the rain of arrows falling. The miners were strong and always organized. After about two months of training and experience in battle, they shot hard with the old bandits, causing certain damage to the government army.

When they reached Beiying about a hundred steps, the government army was blocked by a wide and deep trench.

A large number of engineers and baggage soldiers began to dig the earth and then put them into sacks. They used mixed horses, mules, donkeys, and simple carts to push the sacks forward. The soldiers of the government army received the baggages, carried the bags on their shoulders, and took turns to move forward, throwing the bags into the trenches. The arrows were like rain on the Gaolei camp, and crackled arrows hit the mansions carrying the baggages. Some shield soldiers in iron armor stood in line with giant shields to cover the rain of arrows for the robes carrying the baggages. Even so, the soldiers of the government army were constantly shot into the vital points. After a muffled groan, they fell to the ground, and blood overflowed, soaking the land intersecting black and white.

The baggage soldiers and medical soldiers in charge of first aid braved the rain of arrows and dragged the fallen soldiers backwards. Because the rain of arrows was too dense, the dragged people were often shot. Several baggage soldiers were shot in their legs. They crawled on the ground and dragged the seriously injured soldiers of the palace behind them.

Such a fierce war broke out and entered a state of high rhythm and high casualties. The bandits and the soldiers of the government were all red-eyed. Many brothers on both sides had fallen on the battlefield. At this stage, there was no need for encouragement or persuasion. Each soldier was like a soldier in an ant colony, only knowing how to do his duty. All kinds of negative emotions, the idea of ​​not benefiting the war and the instinct of human self-protection that survived by silence have disappeared without a trace.

After nightfall, the attacks of the government troops did not stop, and the sound of war drums was not weak at all. The bandits and the government troops lit up the torches, and the light was everywhere, as bright as stars. Overnight, both sides reduced their staff by about a thousand people. The rain of arrows was sometimes strong and sometimes weak. By dawn, the long trench that lasted more than three miles was almost filled.

In the second half of the night, the bandits of the Southern Camp mobilized more than 10,000 people to try to attack the left wing of the government army. The soldiers dispatched the cavalry camp and attacked the thousands of bandits who had just sneaked over Changzuo. These wills were quite firm. The bandits who dared to attack the camp in the middle of the night were not allowed to rush to the front. Seeing the black iron cavalry rushing towards the front, a large number of bandits directly lost all their fighting will, and the rest were all screaming and fleeing.

Xu Zixian also felt that the other party had done his best to Li Kaiming's deployment.

Changlei Defense, the Central Camp and the South Camp continued to send miscellaneous troops to sneak attack and harass the people, disrupting the morale of the government troops, and the North Camp resisted resolutely. If the government troops attacked the Central Camp or the South Camp, the North Camp would attack more decisively and firmly.

However, the government army attacked the Beiying, and the Xiang army in the Central Camp was useless, and the miscellaneous soldiers in the South Camp also lacked a firm will. Xu Zixian only released a few hundred cavalry, and these miscellaneous soldiers lost their original role.

If you cannot go out to fight in a camp, it will be useless even if you set up a camp.

However, the thief was not powerless to fight back. From evening to dawn, they had multiple arrow towers at the four corners of the Beiying, and there were strong bows and arrows on each floor. A large number of elite archers with strong arm strength and long-range shooting ability went up to the arrow tower and shot down the guards of the government soldiers who filled the ditch from a high place. Most of the casualties and injuries of the government soldiers came from such a down shooting, and the government archers shot upwards on it, which was not effective and difficult.

South

After the battalion failed, the two armies had been fighting for half an afternoon and all night. The sound of shouting and drums in the people during the time of the time was still constant. The sound should have been spreading dozens of miles. If there were still people in Jianyang who were lucky enough to have not been carried into this war by the bandits, hiding in their ragged and cold homes, and hearing such movements, the feeling of panic in their hearts would be difficult for outsiders to guess.

Xu Zixian rode on horseback and watched the entire battlefield. From time to time, he issued military orders to dispatch military operations. Many generals advised him to rest first, but Xu Zixian flatly refused.

Of course, Li Kaiming was also on the battlefield. Xu Zixian raised his whip and said, "How can I be worse than a thief? The soldiers are loyal and brave, and they fight bloody battles. How can I leave the soldiers to rest?"

He pointed to the gradually increasing number of Beiying Arrow Tower. The thieves prepared a large amount of equipment to repair and repair thick walls at any time. Xu Zi first pointed at the raised Arrow Tower with a horse whip and said, "If the soldiers cannot break the thief, I will lead the guards to go through the camp to get Li Kaiming's head."

At the beginning of Chen Shi, the sun rose high, but the soldiers of both camps exhausted their strength, and everyone felt extremely cold.

At this time, both sides were resting at the same time. Even the soldiers of the government were not as good as hot meals. Everyone chewed dry food and drank cold water. Many soldiers were covered in armor, covered in blood, and the same was true on their faces. Many soldiers had cakes in their mouths and fell asleep on the snow and muddy land. The cold iron armor was on their bodies. The soldiers generally couldn't sleep. Many people suddenly woke up when they fell asleep. The legs suddenly kicked on the ground, then opened their eyes wide, and subconsciously touched the horizontal knife or the long skull. But when they saw that the battlefield was silent, everyone was resting, these soldiers hugged the long skull and turned to sleep.

At noon, the war began to revive, and the soldiers of the government army braved the rain of arrows to fill the long ditch and tamp it. The archer was closer to the front and shot against the bandits on the high slope. Even if the attack from the bottom upwards was still bringing great damage to the bandits.

The armor and equipment of the two sides are quite different. The shield hands of the government army are mostly iron scale armor, while the long sling hands are mostly armored, and the archers are a combination of mail and hard leather armor. Such equipment can defend against the damage caused by arrows to a considerable extent. If the bandits were not attacked from above and below, the arrows were strong and powerful, many heavy arrows were heavy arrows with arrows like shovels, rather than light arrows with sharp triangles, they would probably not have as much damage to the government army as they are now.

Because the Beiying was built along the mountain, it was extremely difficult for the government troops to attack from the top. When the Changtui was filled and the government troops could break through before the Changzha, the defense of the opponent's bandits became more and more tight, and the government troops could not raise their heads due to the rain of arrows.

Xu Zixian also abandoned his horse and walked. He crossed Changgou and reached the camp below the camp. The camp gates of the bandit camp were all high, and several wooden gates were isolated. Then he built them along the mountain, piled up soil as a basis, attacked down, and fought while climbing the mountain.

After observation, Xu Zixianling's soldiers piled up soil again, and wanted to pile up a mountain of earth under his camp, and shoot flat with the enemy, suppress the arrows, and then force the camp gate.

After the government army received the order, they dug out the earth again. In the rear, thousands of civilians were also drawn forward. This time, Chen Duzhu and Lin Dingyi and other merchants rushed up. Li Anyuan, Zhang Dejian and other officials responsible for supporting the army's rations also followed.

At this time, there was a strange scene in their eyes, bloody, cruel, but extremely heroic, and an extremely exciting scene appeared before them.

Many soldiers of the palace climbed up like ants. The thieves were built on the hillside. The more they went up, the steeper the terrain was. There were some deep valleys and hills around them, which was difficult to circumvent, so they could only attack from the front.

Countless gray-robed and iron-armored soldiers carried dirt on their shoulders and kept climbing upwards, then piled up the dirt on the ground.

More than an hour later, a foundation of the earth mountain had already appeared dozens of steps away from the front of the enemy camp.

Chen Duzhu sighed and saw many injured soldiers of the government soldiers being dragged down and sent to a field hospital several miles away for treatment.

There are also a lot of soldiers of the government army who have died in battle. The military officials have placed their bodies and recorded their names. The military officials and baggage soldiers in charge of these matters all have heavy faces and faint crying sounds.
Chapter completed!