Oriole Line

It was so big that the whole Wuchang felt like an earthquake.

Wen Tao rushed to the top of the city wall, the sky was still blue and black, but the Beiyan people had already lined up.Their trebuchet pushed forward another dozens of steps. The loud noise just now was the first boulder thrown by the trebuchet on the city wall of Wuchang. Notch, the boulder hit the ground heavily and rolled into the moat.

Mr. Wei rushed over after a while, and when he saw this situation, he ordered: "Archers, prepare!"

"Sir, it's dangerous here, sir, go back to the tower first." Wen Tao protected Mr. Wei behind him.In the heavy rain, Beiyan's trebuchet was already loading the second boulder.

"I'll stay here, bring the armor!" Mr. Wei said loudly, "Fire the arrow."

A burst of arrows shot down the city densely, and the Beiyan soldiers in the front row hurriedly retreated, and many arrows were shot on the trebuchets.

Khalil would never make unnecessary losses. With a wave of his hand, Beiyan's line retreated slightly, just standing at the furthest point that the arrow rain could reach just now.He raised his head and raised his chin at the defenders in Wuchang City, as if provoking again.

"Fire the arrows!" Mr. Wei, who had already put on his armor, ordered again.He has been a scribe all his life, and he actually put on the armor in the year of Ershun.His thin body was hidden behind the slightly hollow armor, making him look particularly old.

This time, none of the arrows hit Beiyan's soldiers, and the densely packed arrows in front of Beiyan's formation did not cause them any harm.Khalil gave an order, and the boulder on the trebuchet came again.

There was a loud "boom", although this time the boulder was not as heavy as the first time, but it still hit the city wall accurately.Another notch, the trebuchet is like a giant beast, devouring the towers of Wuchang bit by bit, and those notches are the traces left by it.

The archers still want to shoot arrows, Wen Tao stopped and said, "Don't waste arrows!"

The archers hesitated and stopped their movements.Suddenly there were several loud noises again, and several smaller stones fell from the sky and hit the tower directly. In an instant, more than a dozen archers were injured, some on their arms, some on their arms. From his waist, there were screams.The stones were not as big as the first few boulders that hit the city wall, but precisely because of their small size, they could be thrown farther and higher. Several were replaced by towers.

"Do you want to withdraw the archers on the tower?" The archer leader asked Mr. Wei.

"No!" Wen Tao said on the side, "Once the archers withdraw, Beiyan's formation will definitely move forward, and in that case the attack power of the trebuchets on the city wall will be significantly increased."

"Yes!" The archer leader ordered to leave.However, the scene of those archers being smashed and injured just now is still vivid. At this time, whether it is the archers still on the city wall or the archers who have made up for it, they are no longer as complacent as they were at the beginning.

There was another "boom", and a stone fell straight from the trebuchet. This time the stone directly hit an archer directly in front of Wen Tao.It was a young man in his twenties, who was smashed to a bloody mess in an instant, with blood and brains flowing all over the floor.

Wen Tao hurriedly took a stride to protect Mr. Wei from retreating, and the archers around him also exclaimed in a low voice.No one approached the corpse that lost its life in an instant, and the small circle around the corpse seemed to become a vacuum, and no one went to fill the gap.

"This...you..." Mr. Wei hesitated to speak, wanting to motivate the garrison, but he couldn't bear to see the bleeding corpse.

It would be nice if the owner was there.Mr. Wei thought.

"Sir, I'll help you back to the tower." Seeing this, Wen Tao had already made a decision in his heart, supported Mr. Wei's shoulders, and led him to the tower behind.

Mr. Wei was reluctant to leave at the beginning, Wen Tao said softly: "Leave this to me, sir, don't worry." Seeing that Mr. Wei retreated safely into the tower, Wen Tao quickly returned to the Governor's Mansion.A quarter of an hour later, when a man in Pu Chen's black iron heavy armor walked up the city wall step by step, Mr. Wei almost couldn't believe his eyes.

"Great Governor!" "Great Sima!" The surrounding sergeants cheered.

How could it be Pu Chen?Pu Chen obviously left last night.This person is about the same height as Pu Chen, and his walking style is also very similar to him. He is wearing the black iron heavy armor that originally belonged to Pu Yang. The only light in the situation.The man's helmet covered his face, and Mr. Wei couldn't see the man's face clearly.

The man walked up the tower and walked in front of Mr. Wei. From the gap in the helmet, Mr. Wei saw the man's eyes, which turned out to be Wen Tao!How could Pu Chen's black iron heavy armor be worn on Wen Tao's body?

Mr. Wei was still thinking, but Wen Tao said softly, "Mr. Wei, please help me. Only the identity of the Patriarch can stabilize the morale of the army."

Mr. Wei instantly understood Wen Tao's intentions.The garrison in Wuchang City did not know about Pu Chen's overnight trip to Luzhou by water last night. Once the news of Pu Chen's absence in Wuchang was leaked, the Wuchang army's morale would inevitably be unstable.Mr. Wei followed Wen Tao out of the tower, and Wen Tao walked silently to the archer who had just been crushed to death, picked up the body, and handed it over to the soldiers below the tower.He himself picked up the bow and arrow, stood at the position of the archer who was smashed to death just now, he pointed the arrow at Beiyan's formation, and with a "swoosh", he shot one of them just now because the Wuchang archers were delayed. Beiyan soldiers advancing forward with arrows.

"Follow the Patriarch and defend the city to the death!" Mr. Wei's old voice sounded.

"Follow the Patriarch!"

"Swear to defend the city!"

Seeing his Patriarch standing on the city wall without any risk, the archers on the city wall were ignited again!This time, no matter where the stones from the catapult fell, they never flinched.People were constantly being crushed to death and injured, and their city walls were gradually worn down by heavier and larger stones. However, as long as their patriarch stood there, no one would retreat. As long as the people of Beiyan dared to Take a step forward, and their bows and arrows will be shot with precision, forcing Beiyan's army out of the range of the arrows.

Damn... Khalil, who was in the Beiyan army, looked at the figure in black iron armor on the city wall and cursed heavily.Of course he remembered this armor, he wore this armor when he fought against Pu Yang, and now he is his son, one or two of their Pu Yang men are so tough!

Haril ordered someone to bring a big bow, which was twice as big as an ordinary bow, and ordinary Beiyan warriors couldn't lift it at all.Khalil loaded the bow with arrows and walked to Beiyan's formation step by step.

It was the first time for Wen Tao to see Khalil's appearance clearly. He was six to seven points similar to King Huben, but his figure was not as burly as King Huben, and his eagle eyes were full of sinister spirit.His braids were neatly combed behind his head, and he wore a totem accessory on his forehead that only the Great Chanyu could wear.Khalil drew his bow and looked directly at the man in black iron armor.

"Governor, be careful!" "Great Governor, step back!" The surrounding soldiers reminded.

It was inconvenient for Wen Tao to speak, but he just shook his head lightly, still standing in place like a statue.

As soon as Khalil released the arrow, the strength and speed of the arrow were far from that of ordinary bows and arrows. It actually shot straight at Wen Tao on the city wall.Wen Tao instinctively wanted to retreat, but he remembered that Pu Chen had told him that this heavy armor could withstand Bei Yan's bow and arrow, so he didn't plan to hide.

There was a dull "bang"!Khalil's arrow hit Wen Tao's outer armor.As Pu Chen said, even the arrow shot by Haril could not penetrate the heavy armor. The arrow left a deep groove on the outer round shield, and the heavy impact made Wen Tao retreat two times. step.Wen Tao picked up the arrow on the ground, and in front of the garrison in Wuchang City, in front of a hundred thousand Beiyan cavalry, he folded the arrow in two

44, 44.

For two whole days, the rain in Wuchang has not stopped, but the rain gradually became lighter.

Beiyan's trebuchets kept grinding down the city walls of Wuchang and the archers on the towers.The archers who were injured and killed were replaced batch by batch.

"Patriarch, there are not enough archers, so we can only use infantry to cover them." The leader of the archers reported to the "Patriarch" who had been fighting side by side with them for two full days in heavy black iron armor.

Behind the iron armor, Wen Tao looked a little more solemn.Most of the archers in Wuchang had been dispatched to Jingzhou, but now they suffered heavy casualties, and they could only use ordinary infantry to cover them.However, the infantry's archery skills are not as good as the archers'. Their shooting range is nearly one inch, and Beiyan's formation is one inch ahead, and their trebuchets are even more powerful. In this way, no matter the strength of the troops or the thickness of the city wall, it is likely that they will all be supported. In less than five days... Wen Tao was anxious, if the Beiyan army approached by then, using ladders, hanging ropes and other things, the garrison in the city would not be able to defend Wuchang at all!

Looking at the dark Beiyan army outside Wuchang City, the shadow in Wen Tao's heart is getting deeper and deeper.Beiyan's military strength already had an overwhelming advantage, and Haril did not attack by storm because the height and thickness of Wuchang's city walls were much stronger than ordinary cities. If they attacked by force, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses.Therefore, Khalil has been very careful to preserve the strength of the army. He has cut off the support from Wuchang to Jingzhou.[-] defenders, as long as Khalil has the patience to wear down enough garrisons and weaken the structure of the city wall with trebuchets, he believes that he must be the last laugher.

Wen Tao was worried for a while. Fortunately, the rain did not stop. Otherwise, according to Khalil's original plan, he would attack Wuchang with burning fireballs, and the city tower would probably have fallen.However, Wen Tao looked at the dwindling rain and the horizon seemed to be thinner and thinner lead.