Chapter 960: The Magnificent Power of Han (Eighty-Four)

Hearing the rumbling of war drums outside the city, Zhu Wei hurried to the top of the city. The entire Gaotang City also began to be highly tense at this time. The war drums sounded. Are the Red Turban Bandits who have been silent for many days going to start attacking the city?

Under the attention of the public, the Red Turban Army outside the city did not move out in large numbers. Dozens of cavalrymen galloped out and headed straight for the city. The flags held by each of them fluttered in the wind as they galloped at high speed. Looking at these flags fluttering in the wind, Zhu Wei's heart sank instantly. Those flags were not those of the Red Turban Bandits, but those of the Qi Army.

The knights on horseback waved their arms, and flags flew out one by one, and were inserted into the ground under the city, half a foot deep, in the middle On one side, the flag with the word Chen on it stood out.

Chen Tao! Zhu Wei reacted instantly. Chen Tao was the commander of Tian Fucheng's central army. The second son must have sent Chen Tao to rescue him, but he fell into the trap of the Red Turban bandits. Now that the flag was taken away, I'm afraid Chen Tao himself would not be spared.

After throwing out the flags, dozens of cavalrymen laughed and whistled away. Dozens of people came out of the Red Turban Army, marching with several captives tied up. Under the gaze of the city, they drove the captives to the place where the flags were.

It was indeed Chen Tao. Zhu Wei's face was ashen.

"Listen, Qi army on the city. I'm Wei Zhiwen of the Red Turban Army. You The expected reinforcements have been wiped out by our army. If you want to survive, quickly open the city and surrender. Otherwise, when the city is broken, no one will be left alive." Wei Zhiwen waved the big knife in his hand and roared fiercely.

The people on the city were all silent. There was no food inside and no reinforcements outside. Gaotang City was really in danger.

Zhu Wei's facial muscles twitched a few times. Under the pressure of the Red Turban Army, Chen Tao began to shout loudly, asking the defenders of Gaotang City to open the city and surrender to save their lives. This made the morale of the soldiers on the city even lower. Zhu Wei gritted his teeth and whispered: "Archers, shoot this traitor to death."

"General, they just stopped outside the range of the bow and arrow." An officer beside him whispered.

"Bring the bow!" Zhu Wei shouted angrily.

A strong bow was handed to Zhu Wei. He took a deep breath, pulled the bow suddenly, and put the arrow on it. The bow was like a full moon, and the arrow was like a meteor. Chen Tao's voice of persuading him to surrender came to an abrupt end. Zhu Wei shot Chen Tao to death on the spot under the city.

Wei Zhiwen was shocked. Their location was beyond the range of the bow and arrow. The arrow on the city was fierce and accurate, far beyond the range that ordinary bows and arrows could shoot. He immediately stepped back a few steps and shouted angrily: "Since you have chosen a dead end, don't blame us for being unclear. Go back."

"Come if you want to, Grandpa Zhu, and I will teach you a lesson!" Zhu Wei, who succeeded in shooting an arrow, shouted on the city. .

The arrow was successful, and the morale of the people on the city was greatly boosted.

The drums below the city gradually became louder. As Wei Zhiwen retreated, siege vehicles and chariots appeared in Zhu Wei's sight, which made his mouth bitter.

"Beat the drums, prepare for battle!" he shouted sternly.

The huge siege vehicles were more than ten meters high, almost as high as the walls of ordinary county towns, but in front of Gaotang City, they were still not good enough, but this was enough for the crossbows and archers loaded on them to shoot at the city, forming suppression to cover the attack of the infantry below.

The chariots of the Red Turban Army were obviously modified. The back, which should have been a ridge, was changed to a flat top, and it was loaded with a sack. A sack of earth and rocks, pushed by a dozen strong refugees, rushed towards Gaotang City quickly. When they arrived at the moat, the soldiers below shouted and pushed up the top. The top of the siege chariot was actually movable. The sandbags on it were poured into the moat with a thump, causing huge waves.

Arrows rained down from the city, but there was nothing they could do against the siege chariots. These siege chariots, with feather arrows all over their bodies, retreated quickly. The crossbows on the city could not be fired downwards, so they could only be used to deal with the siege chariots. The stone battering rams, separated by a moat, were also helpless.

The siege chariots came and went, and countless sacks of earth and rocks The bag was thrown into the moat, and soon, sections of the moat were filled. The siege vehicle leaned forward, and the siege vehicle that appeared again had changed its appearance. It was no longer the flat roof of the previous one, but a ridge shape. This was to prevent the siege vehicle from being hit by stones and battering rams, and to facilitate the unloading of force. The infantry hiding under the vehicle were protected as much as possible. The retractable and assembled ladders were placed on the two parts of the siege vehicle. When the siege vehicle rushed to the bottom of the city, the soldiers drilled out from under the city and assembled the ladders at a very fast speed. With the sound of bangs, ladders with hooks were placed on the top of the city, and the siege vehicles immediately followed the ladders.

The attackers had a wealth of siege equipment and skilled attack methods , which shocked Zhu Wei. They were not bandits at all. How could bandits have such fighting power? They were clearly a well-trained regular army.

The attackers were fierce, and the defenders were also tenacious. On the top of Gaotang City, the sound of killing shook the sky. Wei Zhiwen, Hu Tou, and Heng Dao attacked in turns, and killed their way to the top of the city again and again, but were driven down again and again. The war entered a white-hot stage from the beginning. Zhu Wei divided the less than 2,000 elite troops in his hands into two rescue teams. Wherever there was danger, they rushed there to support. Although they were in a dilemma and surrounded by danger, they still withstood the opponent's powerful attack.

After half a day of attack, the attackers and defenders left countless corpses on the top of the city.

Bai Yucheng's brows twitched. He currently only had more than 5,000 well-trained troops in his hands, but in one morning's attack, nearly a thousand people fell under the city. This kind of loss made him feel heartbroken.

Looking back at Zhao Yian beside him, he asked in a deep voice: "Will the southeast wind you mentioned really come in the afternoon?" He looked at the still sunny sky with some suspicion.

"Definitely!" Zhao Yian said with certainty: "When we were in college, we studied some meteorological knowledge. Among our staff team, there are several people who are particularly good at it. Several of them are very good at it. It is unanimously determined that after today’s noon, the weather will change and the southeasterly wind will arrive in due course.”

"Okay, I hope what you said is true, otherwise our attack today will seem to be more than worth the gain."

Zhao Yian smiled: "If the southeast wind comes at the right time, you can conquer Gaotang City in one day and your fame will be famous all over the world."

Bai Yucheng chuckled, Gaotang City was one of the five capitals of Qi State, if he were to conquer it within one day, he would indeed be famous all over the world and leave his name in history.

"Instruct the front troops to slow down the attack pace." Bai Yucheng ordered as he looked at the sun in the sky.

As the Red Scarf Army's attack slowed down, Zhu Wei in the city finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that today's difficulties were about to be over. Now even he in the city had to be ready to rush to the front line to put out the fire at any time. , the two rescue teams were extremely exhausted and suffered serious attrition.

It seems that the Red Scarf Army cannot bear such heavy casualties. Their well-trained troops are limited in number. Casualties like this cannot support them in conquering Gaotang City. In fact, what Zhu Wei is most worried about is that these Red Scarf Army will drive the Tens of thousands of refugees attacked the city. Although the refugees were not good at fighting, there were too many of them. The ants would bite the elephants to death! But now it seems that the leader of the Red Scarf Army has no intention of letting these refugees come up to die. This also makes him Feeling a little reassured.

But the next actions of the red scarf thieves left him a little confused. They began to transport a large amount of firewood and other materials to the city. Did they want to use fire to attack? Set fire to the city? This was not to block their own attack. Huh? Zhu Wei was puzzled as he watched the Red Turban soldiers coming and going, transporting bundles of firewood dozens of steps below the city.

The offensive of the red scarf thieves became slower and slower, and finally they all stopped. However, the red scarf army who stopped the offensive did not retreat. Instead, they began to reorganize their formation. More siege equipment was pushed out and moved forward. It stopped after a certain distance.

They seemed to be waiting for something, Zhu Wei thought to himself.

The wind picked up a little, and clouds gradually came in. The sky, which had been clear just a moment ago, was filled with dark clouds in the blink of an eye.

The southeast wind started blowing, carrying countless flags flying in the wind. Bai Yucheng gave Zhao Yian a thumbs up, "Your staff department is indeed hiding dragons and crouching tigers. You can even calculate the changes in the weather. It's amazing."

"Master Hou, this is not a great skill. In our staff department, these are some methods that must be learned." Zhao Yian was a little proud, "Master Hou, let's get started!"

Bai Yucheng nodded, turned around, the smile on his face faded, and shouted sternly: "Start!"

Drums sounded, horns sounded, dozens of siege vehicles, hundreds of Mengcheng vehicles and more infantry rushed towards Gaotang City. At this time, further ahead, there were soldiers holding torches and starting to light the firewood. millet.

Zhu Wei still didn't understand what the other party was doing, but in the next moment, he immediately understood the other party's purpose, because after the initial blazing fire, the firewood that had been piled up suddenly dimmed and was replaced by It's billowing smoke.

Southeast wind! Zhu Wei's hair stood on end, and the billowing smoke was swept up by the wind, rolling directly towards the city. The sound of violent coughing and gargling came from the city, and a puff of smoke choked Zhu Wei's throat, which immediately became burning. It hurts. The other person added something to the cigarette.

Zhu Wei threw himself on the battlements and looked down with wide eyes. In the haze, he vaguely saw that the faces of the attacking red scarf thieves were all covered with red scarves.

Thick smoke was billowing, and in the blink of an eye, the sight on the city could not reach three feet away. All that could be seen was some hazy shadows shaking, and the sound of coughing was heard above the city. At this time, there was no counterattack on the city, let alone a counterattack. He couldn't even see the enemy in the distance clearly. But the crossbows and bows and arrows from the red scarf thieves were pouring out from bottom to top without mercy.

There was a clanging sound, which was the sound of the ladder being put up on the city wall.

"Prepare to fight... cough cough... drive the enemy... cough cough... down the city!" As soon as Zhu Wei opened his mouth, thick smoke filled his mouth. From his throat to his chest and abdomen, he felt no comfort anywhere, and he coughed violently.

(Although the shooter reminded me before, there are still six to seven hundred book friends who have repeatedly subscribed to 78. They probably set up automatic subscriptions. The shooter is really sorry. Because of this mistake, the shooter will add two more chapters in June to make up for it. But it will definitely not work in the near future, because the shooter is too busy with work during this period, and he really has no time to write more. But everyone can rest assured that what the shooter said will definitely count. In June, he will definitely complete the two chapters he owes, and he will once again subscribe to the repeat subscription. My friends apologize!) (To be continued...)