The phoenix pattern is surging

The roars of tens of thousands of people echoed in my ears, and Li Ran stood still on the tower.

Bei Ye's defense was orderly, without any disorder.

The densely packed bows and arrows rose into the sky like needles and fell rapidly, piercing through the armor of the enemy army, instantly turning the battlefield in front of Linguan City into a Shura hell.

In front of the field of vision, rows of Xiping iron cavalry were advancing one after another, coming and falling down. The latecomers rushed forward on the corpses, charged in the rain of arrows, and were forced to retreat again and again.

With such successive defeats, the enemy's formation has long been chaotic.

Su Mo realized that the situation was not good, waved his left hand, and there was a strange and dense sound of war drums.

Everyone felt that the world was shaking, and amidst the sound of orderly yelling, more than a dozen "Tiantian Sharp Weapons" were pushed out by a hundred soldiers, standing tall and invincible.

Standing on the tower, Li Ran ordered in a deep voice, "The crossbowmen are ready."

With a wave of Yan Wenbin's hand, the crossbowmen rushed into the line, facing the unknown giant approaching every step of the way, everyone turned pale, even a little timid, and even lost a lot of strength.

With the help of the ladder, Xiping gained momentum.

Li Ran was completely unmoved, and ordered in an orderly manner: "The pitcher is ready."

Yan Wenbin gestured again, and all the torches on the battlements were lit up.

At the corner of the wall, black pouches can be seen everywhere, exuding a pungent smell. A group of soldiers nestled at the base of the wall, because it was covered by a half-person-high guardrail. From the position of the enemy, there was only one thick wall.

Arrows pierced through the air, shouts and roars filled my ears, and the smell of blood filled the air, mixed with sand and dust and smoke of war, which shocked people's minds.

However, this is just the beginning.

More than a dozen "Gao Ketong Tian" big guys are approaching step by step, and the earth-shattering shouts make people shudder, and the deterrence is self-evident.

A dense layer of sweat had formed on Yan Wenbin's face, he looked at Li Ran uncertainly, and said, "Commander, we are almost at the bottom of the city."

"hold on."

After a cup of tea, Yan Wenbin became more and more uncontrollable amidst the approaching footsteps, drum beating and shouts of the Xiping Army: "Commander! We have already attacked the city!"

After he finished speaking, the sound of drums in the enemy's camp changed, and the ladder stopped "cracking", accompanied by a loud roar like killing a wolf, and the sturdy Xiping army rushed out of the ladder like ants climbing a tree come up.

The Beiye Army didn't dare to delay, they raised the arrow and shot it, but finally complied with Yuan Mo's words, this thing is extremely strong, if it is not speculative with huge stones, ordinary bows and arrows can't do anything about it.

Sure enough, all the arrows were nailed to the casing, densely packed, like the spikes on a hedgehog.

There is no one who does not panic and is not afraid.

In this era of cold weapons, technology is extremely precious, and whichever side has the upper hand will have a devastating effect.

And such a sharp weapon of sentence pattern, most people have never even seen it in their lives.

Yan Wenbin panicked, and said anxiously: "Commander! It's not too late!"

"Shut up!"

Li Ran sneered, staring at the ladder that reached the bottom of the city tower first, thinking deeply, not daring to relax for a moment.

Accompanied by the rolling of the hanging chains, a small opening was opened at the top of the "Magic Weapon" to allow two people to stand side by side, and then a hanging ladder was lowered.

"Now!"

Li Ran raised the saber in his hand almost at the same time as he shouted.

All the pitchers stood out from the corner, aimed at the entrance, and threw the burning kerosene bottle in their hands. After a bang, the whole body of the person who was thrown was on fire.

At this time, when it was dry in mid-winter, the fire almost started with the wind, not to mention the kerosene to support the combustion, and the base and inner board of the ladder were all wood, so it could be said that it was easy to catch fire.

This burning never ends.

After a while, the entire ladder was engulfed in flames.

No wood can withstand the flames of a gasoline fire, any more than a man can withstand a splash of sulfuric acid.

The accident came too fast, and the Xiping army was thrown into disarray.

Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief, maybe this is what Qu Lie said about knowing people and obeying the destiny. If there is rain today, the result will be different.

After losing the first battle, the drums of retreating soldiers came from the opposite side. The Xiping soldiers no longer wanted to fight, they put down their banners and turned around and ran away. There was no momentum to speak of before.

Thunderous cheers erupted from the tower.

No matter who wins this battle, at least at this moment, all Beiye people are full of confidence.

Nan Liuliran finally became famous after World War I.

Many years later, when the title of Protecting the Nation and Two Bibis resounded across the land of the Eleven Kingdoms, perhaps some people still remembered that it was the subjugated prince of Nanliu who, at the age of 25, led 20 people with his own talents Soldiers and horses fought against Xiping's [-] iron hooves, using Linguan City as a base, and defeated Xiping's iron cavalry, which is still unthinkable.

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Standing on the tower, Li Ran looked at the fleeing figure of Su Mo's army from the "telescope", and then glanced at the corpses piled up in front of the city, the tragic scene of the flags sweeping the ground and the flames of war, and felt a moment of sadness in his heart.

Yan Wenbin came up from the city wall covered in battle, with a smile like a phoenix flower on his face: "Commander, Xiping has retreated!"

Li Ran smiled lightly: "It's just the beginning. Su Mo didn't give up so easily." After thinking for a while, he said, "Bring Jiang Ming here."

"Yes!"

After a while, the monkey cub was brought up to the tower. When he saw Li Ran, he shook his fingers and said, "You! You! You!"

"what you want to say?"

"You actually go into battle in person? Don't you know that it's dangerous? I'll take it... In short, why are you so careless? Ah? I don't know what's going on with you now? Ah? Do you know that I'm worried? Ah? Someone even locked me up and didn't let me follow! Am I just going to cause trouble for you like this?"

Li Ran stared at him for a long time, with pity in his eyes, and after hesitating for a while, he finally said: "Jiang Ming, your master...something may have happened."

"This joke is not funny at all, don't fool me."

The monkey cub grinned with disbelief on his face.

Li Ran shook his head, glanced at Yan Wenbin, Yan Wenbin said: "The general was ambushed by the Xiping Army and broke out with 300 troops. Now I am afraid that it is more or less auspicious."

"Impossible! My master has great wisdom, how can a mere Xiping thief get him? Impossible! I don't believe it! This king doesn't believe it! General Yan, take this back quickly, this king will not punish you for your crime!"

He seldom used the title of the king. While Li Ran was stunned, he couldn't bear it. He walked up to pat him on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "Cry if you want."

The monkey boy shook his head, his eyes were red: "You are joking with me, aren't you?"

Li Ran sighed and said after a while, "Yes. I was joking."

The monkey cub didn't make a sound, but Li Ran looked down and was stunned.

He stretched out his hand and pressed the monkey cub's face into the socket of his shoulder, and said in a low voice, "I believe that with your master's master, it won't be so easy to have an accident. You can't make a conclusion yet, you should learn to trust him."

The monkey cub didn't nod or shake his head, let alone speak.His mouth was always moving faster than his brain, but now he was as silent as gold. Li Ran couldn't bear it, patted his shoulder, and said, "I've already sent someone out to investigate."

After a long time, the monkey boy wiped his face with his sleeve, and said angrily, "My master's dispatch of troops is such a secret matter, how could Zhong Xiping lie in ambush?"

When Li Ran heard this, his heart was shocked.

There are spies in the army!

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Su Mo stood in the center of the tent with an ugly expression, which made people feel cold for no reason.

"This is the so-called magic weapon? So vulnerable?"

Xiang Xinsu opened his mouth, but finally chose to remain silent. Yan Chongwu who was on the side hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

Su Mo should not, Xiang Xinsu said after a long silence: "There is no weapon in the world that can be called a magic weapon. There are no absolutes in the world. Today's loss may not be tomorrow's shame."

"You dare to speak."

"It's just telling the truth. Or, you can't listen to the truth?"

Su Mo snorted coldly, and didn't pay attention to her provocation. After thinking for a long time, he waved to Xiang Xinsu: "You go down first."

Xiang Xinsu didn't hesitate, she got up and left with a calm expression.

Su Mo glanced at Yan Chongwu, and said, "What's going on? He suggested that Beiye dig the kerosene. Why did it kill me, Xiping? Hmph!"

Yan Chongwu said: "With his resourcefulness, he will definitely not do such a thing that hurts others and does not benefit himself. Presumably... there is a back trick. In the end, he will receive a secret report from the city, saying that the reason why Beiye can win is that It's because I got Yuan Mo."

"Yuan Mo?"

"This person is Yuan Qian's younger brother. That Yuan Qian is the master of the second princess."

Su Mo's eyes became serious: "Xiang Xinsu's master? No wonder. I wonder why he still doesn't abandon the city. It turns out that the military situation has been spied on in Xiping."

Yan Chongwu was convinced: "It must be Beiye who found out that I already have a ladder in Xiping. Since Beiye has Yuan Mo, he must be able to get a glimpse of the opportunity and study countermeasures."

Su Mo thought of the silvery-white figure on the tower when the two armies faced each other, and a strange deep light burst out from Tao Hua's eyes: "Send someone to inform him, and say it's my will, and everything must be resolved within three days. If anything goes wrong, Let's see you! As for Nan Liuliran..." After pondering for a moment, he uttered two words, "Live! Catch!"

"According to the order."

After a while, Xiang Xinsu went and came back, and he didn't visit Su Mo when he saw Su Mo. He just asked indifferently: "The thing you asked me to study has been finished, do you need to look at it?"

"So fast?"

"Slow down, you won't have to fight this battle. It's better to withdraw the troops as soon as possible."

Su Mo didn't take it seriously: "Take me to have a look."

When I came to the school grounds, I saw a wooden frame more than two feet high, with a crossbar on it. At one end of the crossbar was tied a dozen hemp ropes the thickness of an arm, and at the other end was a leather sheath with a The ball made of bamboo strips is covered with clay paper, which looks very ordinary.

Su Mo pointed to this thing, and asked Xiang Xinsu, "What's so strange about this trebuchet? Didn't you say that the walls of Linyang City are one foot thick, so what can a trebuchet do?"

Xiang Xinsu didn't respond, and gestured to the officer in charge of driving the thing, and the officer knelt down towards Su Mo: "Your Majesty, please allow this subordinate to try."

Su Mo responded lightly.

The man made a start gesture to dozens of his subordinates, and with all their strength, they threw the mud paper ball into the sky in an arc.

A moment later, there was a booming sound from a hundred feet away.

It was a thunderbolt.