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Although it is not clear how many soldiers there are in this city, but based on the information we have learned before, there should be no more than [-] soldiers in this city, only eight or nine thousand.

Although they are all elite, but for them, it is a bit too little.

At this moment, the soldiers of Chengzhou Kingdom could not help but frown as they looked at the high city wall in front of them.

The city wall is too high to make people feel difficult to climb.

"Prepare to attack the city."

General Cheng Zhou took a look, then waved his hand violently.

Cheng Zhou's army is also well-trained, and there is a clear division of labor among the arms. Those who specialize in erecting ladders, or special archers, and soldiers who specialize in climbing walls and seizing cities.

When the soldiers started to set off, the cooperation between the arms had already begun to be linked together.

The archers first shot arrows in an attempt to suppress the soldiers on the city wall, while the rest of the soldiers took the opportunity to run towards the city wall.

On the city wall, Shouyue looked at the soldiers below, seeing arrows coming like a rainstorm, and hid behind the parapet.

"Let's begin as previously ordered."

The general guarding the city at the side is Feng Pingzhou, a general of the same rank as Cheng Xue.

Bai Yi's time with him was not short, and he was a little worse than Chengxue in terms of leading troops, but it's not a problem for him to guard a city, especially the current Xinghan City.

"Yes!"

When Feng Pingzhou heard the words, he immediately echoed and beat the drums immediately.

The trebuchet on the city wall immediately began to operate.

In the distance, warships also began to approach quietly.

As early as before, the warships were sent out. With the canal, the speed of the warships was also fast. Unless the opponent also had warships on the canal, it would be really difficult to deal with the warships.

It's just that the chief general of the Chengzhou Kingdom hasn't realized just yet how terrifying it is to have a few warships that can walk around them and shoot directly at them, but they are helpless warships.

The trebuchet adjusted its angle, faced the oncoming arrow rain, and reflected it back directly.

huh huh

A series of whistling sounds sounded, and then one after another, black lacquered objects were directly thrown out of the city wall.

The soldiers who were still immersed in the charge didn't look up at all, and suddenly saw something falling in front of them.

Immediately, this thing exploded directly, emitting a ball of flames, and dozens of soldiers beside it were directly blown away on the spot.

Even the soldiers who were farther away seemed to be under attack, bleeding profusely.

There were some shiny objects on the side, which exploded after falling to the ground, and clusters of flames ignited from the ground, igniting the soldiers beside them, screaming and running around.

The trebuchet is constantly throwing.

The archers of Chengzhou Kingdom are still shooting arrows against the city wall, but the soldiers on the city wall don't show up at all, they just hide behind the city wall.

In this way, these arrows can't hurt people at all.

Rumble

On the side of the canal, drums sounded from far to near, and arrow towers that looked like hedgehogs appeared directly in front of the crowd at this moment.

The soldiers in the archery tower then directly bent their bows and shot arrows, and at this moment, the arrows burst out directly from the archery tower.

Like harvesting a wheat field, all the soldiers in the distance were shot down.

"Counterattack! Counterattack! The right wing is dispatched!"

Seeing this, General Cheng Zhou shouted.

Hearing the words, the right wing quickly dispatched to kill the warship.

Some archers started shooting at the archery tower, preparing to suppress the firepower of the archery tower.

However, the arrow tower on the warship only left a small hole for shooting, and the warship was still moving.

Under such circumstances, if you don't have the ability to penetrate the Yang with a hundred steps, if you want to hit the small moving hole, it is impossible at all!

The arrows were shot on the archery tower, some were bounced off directly, and some of the powerful ones were shot directly on the archery tower and embedded in it.

Seen from a distance, the arrow tower looks like a hedgehog in just a short while.

The right wing rushed to the front, only to realize that the canal is ridiculously wide, how to board the ship without tools?

They still know the depth of the canal, and it is simply impossible to swim through it wearing armor.

What's more, the boat is still extremely high, and it's impossible to climb up to the side of the boat!

Such a scene made the general in command of the right wing take a deep breath.

The soldiers on the side were still waiting for his command, but he didn't know how to command at this time.

The warship was still moving, shooting at the soldiers on the shore. The soldiers had no way to resist, and they couldn't board the ship. They turned around like a headless fly.

"General?"

The soldiers on the side looked towards the general at the side for help, they were waiting for the next command of the other party.

It's just that the generals have just come to the front, and they already know that there is nothing they can do with this warship, there is nothing they can do.

This thing is even more terrifying than the Tartar cavalry.

Tartar cavalry they can fight at any rate, how to fight this thing?

If you want to get on the boat, you can't get on it. People can beat you as much as they want, and you have nothing to do.

At this moment, he knew that this war had been lost, and there was no suspense.

With such a warship, how could they attack the city with peace of mind?

With his back to the warship, isn't that a living target?

Turning his head and looking at the soldiers who had finally rushed to the canal but had no way to do anything, the general's heart was bleeding.

In order to rush over, how many soldiers were lost just now!

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

The general waved his hand, and he didn't care about that much anymore. He knew how much trouble he would have if he withdrew, but if he didn't withdraw now, they were a living target, and they all died here!

Thinking about it this way, he didn't have so many scruples, he could only shout desperately, telling the soldiers to withdraw now.

If they don't withdraw, they will all be buried here!

When the soldiers heard the words, they hurriedly withdrew towards the rear. They also knew at this moment that they would not be able to leave unless they withdrew.

The right wing began to retreat, and the soldiers attacking the city in front also encountered setbacks one after another. The Molotov cocktails thrown by the trebuchet directly ignited a raging fire on the ground, turning into a wall of fire. The soldiers could not even cross it. And how to ascend the city?

Chapter 578 Returning to Taohuawu

The right wing retreated, and the main attacking soldiers were unable to cross the fire wall. This time, the attack on the city could only come to an abrupt end, leaving countless corpses behind.

"General, the opponent has withdrawn, do you want to go out of the city to take advantage of the victory?"

Seeing the opponent's withdrawal, a corps leader immediately stepped forward and asked.

"No, let the warships also withdraw."

Feng Pingzhou waved his hand when he heard the words and replied.

Wu Zhang heard the words, nodded and went down.

"Looking at the panic they withdrew, why didn't they take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results of the battle?"

Wang Tianxun also came to the city wall at this moment, and was a little puzzled seeing this scene.

In his opinion, now is a good opportunity, as long as he takes advantage of the victory and pursues, at least he can wipe out countless enemies.

"My lord doesn't know that Xinghan City is the foundation. Now that the generals are away, Xinghan City puts stability first. If there is no military exploit, it will be gone. As long as Xinghan City is still there, it will be a great achievement when the adults come back. gone."

Feng Pingzhou looked at the person and quickly replied.

Long ago, Lu Chensheng had already ordered that it is meritorious service to guard Xinghan City without fault, and everything should be stable.

If there is an enemy attack, you only need to defend the city without going out to fight.

He naturally understood what Lord Lu said. Now that Xinghan City's troops are at the forefront, he doesn't need to take the risk to take credit for this at all. He only needs to protect Xinghan City from incidents, which is already a great contribution.

Wang Tianxun suddenly came to his senses when he heard the words, secretly thinking that his thinking was a bit crooked.

As far as the current situation is concerned, it is true that it is only necessary to protect the city of Xing Seoul. As for such a little function, what is there to be greedy for?

This way out of the city, the result will be different at that time, it will definitely be dangerous, if it is the opponent's trick to lure the snake out of the hole, it will be terrible.

"It's just that the officer didn't think carefully."

Wang Tianxun nodded and admitted his mistake very simply.

Then he turned his head and looked outside. The soldiers who were retreating in a hurry had a trace of helplessness on their faces.

"The Tartars on the grassland have just been beaten hard. Now is the time when they are hiding and dare not invade us. Unfortunately, it is also the time when we are restless inside, but the flames of war have not stopped."

Wang Tianxun sighed a little. In the past, the three major dynasties were all afraid of the Tartars, and they all restrained each other. They didn't dare to mess around. If they fought, the Tartars would only take advantage of them.

But now it's all right, the Tartars were finally severely injured by the beating, and now there is another battle between the three dynasties.

"Wait for the shopkeeper, after the unification, there will be no such fights."

Feng Pingzhou heard the words, thought for a while and then replied.

As the general of Xing Seoul City, he naturally wanted to make contributions, and also wanted Xing Seoul City to be able to unify the Han Dynasty in this area.

Wang Tianxun sighed, but he also understood the truth. Seeing that the enemy troops had retreated, he turned around and went down to write a letter to Lu Chensheng.

Feng Pingzhou still guarded the city wall, not daring to be careless.

After a stick of incense had passed, he saw a soldier stepping forward to collect the corpse from a distance, so he immediately spoke.

"Everyone is not allowed to shoot arrows, let them restrain the corpse."

Xing Seoul City does not have the tradition of attacking the enemy when the enemy is collecting the corpse, especially if the enemy is still Han.

The soldiers on the side heard the words and responded one after another.

Taohuawu.

Lu Chensheng has returned to Taohuawu with Qiong Yue and others.

Someone helped to clean here, and it was very clean at first glance, and the house was still as it was when Lu Chensheng and others left.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Lu Chensheng's eyes were full of trance.

After all, it was here when I just crossed over. Looking at this place now, I feel somewhat different in my heart.

Qiong Yue also had a different expression in her eyes, she looked at this place.

"It's a pity that I didn't come back on the fifth day of the lunar new year. Otherwise, I would definitely run in yelling."

Qiongyue walked forward slowly, reaching out to caress the houses here.

Lu Chensheng smiled and nodded. The water wheel beside him was still turning, and the peach forest in the distance had already become a piece. What Lu Chensheng didn't expect was that no one would pick the full peaches.

Looking at the past, it is still fruitful.

It's summer now, when the peaches are ripe.

The soldiers gathered around and began to set up camp, while Lu Chensheng returned to the house, packed up his things, and then cooked some small dishes himself.

He sent someone back to buy a jug of wine and brought Qiong Yue to the peach grove after everything was ready.

Within a few minutes, Lu Chensheng and Qiong Yue came to Jiuniang's grave together.

Putting the plate away, Lu Chensheng lit another three sticks of incense and inserted them. Qiong Yue asked the maid to hold the child, picked up the gold paper and started to burn it.

"I haven't come back to see you for several years, I hope you don't resent."

While pouring the wine, Lu Chensheng spoke to Jiu Niang in front of the grave.

"When you were in the past, you only thought that I could get a good grade in the exam, not be bullied by others, and be able to stand out. After you left, you never thought about becoming an official, but the world is unpredictable. As a husband, I will not be an official now. Yes, directly rebelled.

If it succeeds, he will be an emperor by then, and it is likely to be the kind of emperor through the ages. This is also right for Shang Jiuniang's request to stand out.

Jiuniang, you are not here, I have taken two wives for my husband, not to mention they are very virtuous, and I have given birth to two daughters, Baiyi will lead the army to fight, and I am going to help my husband take down Da Cang Kingdom, when the time comes Jiang Guo and Da Cang The country is all for the husband.

At that time, Wei Husband can come back to see Jiuniang at any time.

Bai Yi said that he wanted to see Jiuniang very much, but the war was an important matter, so it could only be postponed.