Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Xiao Zirong also suddenly remembered that they still have a city gate. It is obviously wrong that the opponent has such a small number of people. It does not conform to the organizational system of the Northern Wei army. Since there are few people here, maybe the opponent wants to attack the north gate.

As a result, just as Xiao Zirong finished speaking, he heard the bell from the north city gate start to ring. Lu Liu was a little flustered for a moment, and replied indiscriminately: "Okay, okay, I'll go find someone right away."

Who are you looking for? Your people are all behind you.

Xiao Zirong reached out and pressed her shoulder: "Don't panic, our city walls are high, they won't be able to come up for a while, I'll go with you, Cai Niang, you stay here and watch them, if they dare to approach, they will shoot arrows .”

Liu Cainiang tightly held Changshuo in her hand and nodded vigorously: "Okay."

Xiao Zirong followed Lu Liu to the North City Gate in a hurry. There were actually guards at the North City Gate, but the guards here were not very good at using the crossbow.

When Xiao Zirong and the others reached the city wall, the other party was already close to the city wall.

Lu Liu said anxiously: "City Lord, what should I do if I can't shoot the crossbow here?"

Only at this time did Xiao Zirong realize that the weakness of the crossbow is too great, too far can not be too close, and too many people are needed.

But now was not the time to worry about this. He glanced down and found that the opponent's archers had already started to shoot at the archers on the city wall.

At this time, only the archers can cause damage to the opponent, but the corresponding opponent can also cause damage to them. There are not many marksmen with perfect shots, so generally it depends on which side is lucky at this time.

Soldiers who are lucky will not be shot by arrows, but if they are unlucky, they can't be sure.

Naturally, Xiao Zirong was not willing to let his people fight for that luck, so he directly ordered: "Hide behind the wall, have you brought the gunpowder bamboo tube?"

It was only at this time that Lu Liu realized that they still had this big killer. She turned her head and looked at her subordinates. Her adjutant was a young man, and at this moment he said calmly, "It's all been delivered."

Xiao Zirong nodded: "Let them get closer, and then throw the gunpowder bamboo tube directly."

It has been said that anyone who can be attacked by force will have to fight with his life.

At this time, the other party saw Xiao Zirong and others shrank back, and the adjutant who was sent to attack the city laughed and said: "Those girls and children have been scared out of their wits, boys and girls! There is a big reward for conquering the city!" !"

The opponent has already retracted, and it seems that there is no need to worry about anything. Except for the archer of Wei Jun who is walking and shooting arrows to suppress the opponent's archer, the other soldiers are rushing very fast.

Xiao Zirong has been hiding behind the wall to measure the distance of the opponent with his peripheral vision, and after estimating that it is almost the same, he said decisively: "Throw the gunpowder bamboo tube!"

This was also rehearsed. Of course, the bamboo tube used in the rehearsal was filled with soil, but the lead wire was real, so in addition to not exploding, the previous rehearsal also made the people in Taoyuan City full of confidence.

Directly ignite the fuse with the gunpowder bamboo tube, and then throw it out forcefully.

The lead wire is specially processed to ensure that it will not be blown out by the wind when it is thrown.

When the people below saw the green bamboo tube being thrown down, they thought that the other party was scared out of their wits. They laughed while running, and some people shouted: "Surrender quickly, or you will die!"

In fact, it's just shouting, they still need human heads for military merit, otherwise why do they have to fight to the death with this weird little town?

When the bamboo tubes fell, those people were still shouting and cursing in front of the formation. The first wave of bamboo tubes landed on the forward side of the Wei army, and a thunderous explosion directly blasted the forward out of a gap.

And this sound startled everyone else.

The people who were so close but not so close that they would be bombed were deaf for a moment, and only saw the flesh and blood of their comrades flying around.

The gunpowder bamboo tube does great physical damage, but even more psychological damage. These soldiers can be considered battle-tested, and they almost ignore life and death.

But facing such a scene is still a bit unbearable. In their cognition, the eighteen levels of hell are nothing more than that.

The soldiers at the back stopped abruptly and looked at the front in fear, while the soldiers in the front who were not bombed at the beginning had already been supplemented by the follow-up gunpowder bamboo tube.

At the same time, the adjutant, who was still very proud just now, felt that he was in sight of great achievements, was frightened stupid, staring blankly at the blood in front of him, and his ears were buzzing.

Wei Jun seemed to have been pressed the pause button. After a while, the frightened Wei Jun ran and said: "The god of thunder has come to the world, the god of thunder has come to the world!"

The moment he heard these words, a sentence popped up in Xiao Zirong's mind for some reason: The Thunder God of the South slowly raised his arms.

Xiao Zirong shook his head and focused his attention on the city. After the army panicked, the adjutant finally came to his senses, and quickly shouted: "Everyone retreat! Don't run around!"

Those soldiers were already in a panic now, and subconsciously approached the adjutant after hearing the order.

The adjutant panted heavily and looked at the blood-stained land in front of him in panic.

He doesn't believe that the god of thunder came into the world. There is not even a cloud in the clear sky. Where did the god of thunder come from?

It could only be that the other party used some means that he didn't know, and it was very likely that it had something to do with that little bamboo tube just now.

But even if they know, so what, this thing comes and goes without a trace, unless they can climb the city wall to control the opponent, otherwise it is impossible to stop the object thrown by the opponent.

As for fighting a war of attrition... that's also impossible, who knows how many of these people have this thing?

The adjutant took a deep breath, turned his head and said to the orderly who was already stunned beside him, "Go to the general and tell him what happened here."

The messenger came back to his senses and immediately took the order. The adjutant looked around and saw panic and fear on the faces of his own soldiers, and they would not be able to fight for a while.

The adjutant didn't really want to fight either. He lost a dozen people in the attack just now. A dozen people doesn't sound like a lot, but this time they only have about 200 people in total, and some of them are in charge of logistics. There are only more than [-] people who can really fight on the battlefield, and this ratio has been raised a lot.

The adjutant took a deep breath and said, "Rest here, if we don't go there, they don't want to come out."

Speaking of this, the adjutant's thinking became clear. Yes, he could wait until the other party couldn't hold back in the city. After a long time, the city would inevitably lack food and clothing, and sooner or later they would not be able to hold back.

The adjutant found a reason, and didn't want to think about what to do if the other party opened the city gate and still used that strange bamboo tube. Anyway, he was scared out of his wits.

Xiao Zirong looked at the other party standing outside the range of the crossbow and did not dare to come in. He smacked his lips regretfully and said, "The harvest in this wave is not enough."

Lu Liu also had some regrets: "Why didn't they come up?"

Xiao Zirong chuckled lightly: "If they are not stupid, they will not dare to come up."

Lu Liu asked: "But if they don't come, what should we do?"

Xiao Zirong thought that it was easy to say that he couldn't say it. He threw the black powder directly with the throwing cart, and it would always kill a wave.

But he was a little bit reluctant, the bombing just now had already caused the gate of the city to flow into rivers of blood, and he even saw a piece of the railing of the stone bridge he carefully designed collapsed, and his heart was already so distressed, why would he want to do this?

In fact, the best is the bursting arrow, which can hurt the enemy without damaging the surrounding environment too much.

Hey, I knew I should have installed two crossbows on the mountainsides on both sides, so that it can form a blow without dead ends.

The people on both sides froze for a while.

Xiao Zirong originally thought that the opponent would retreat, but he didn't expect that the opponent seemed to be fighting with them, so he couldn't help frowning.

Lu Liu challenged and said, "City Master, it's too late to go on like this. The salt from the salt factory should be collected. If they find out..."

After Xiao Zirong heard this, he was shocked. Yes, he almost forgot about the salt factory. If the other party found the salt factory, it would be fine if he just took the salt away, but if he knew how to make salt, That would be a big loss.

Xiao Zirong said decisively: "I don't care about the south gate, but there are few people at the north gate. You transfer all the people here and arrest them first. When they go out, each of them holds a gunpowder bamboo tube in his hand. The distance is about the same. Just throw it over."

Compared with salt, bridges and environments are nothing.

The adjutant had already started to prepare to take a step back and let people prepare to cook and eat. They hadn't eaten since the march in the middle of the night yesterday, and the soldiers couldn't hold on like this.

As a result, just as the cauldron was set up on this side, the city gate on the other side suddenly opened.

Someone with sharp eyes shouted, "The people of Qi have opened the city gate!"

The adjutant was slightly taken aback, and when he turned around, he saw a group of young ladies, oh, there were a few sporadic gentlemen running towards them.

The adjutant certainly didn't think that these little ladies were here to throw themselves into his arms, didn't they see that they were holding Changshuo in their hands, and had a fierce expression on their faces?

He immediately stood up and shouted: "Fight!"

This time was also deliberately found by Xiao Zirong. The opponent's archers were not preparing for the battle. As long as Lu Liu and the others moved quickly enough in a hurry, there would not be too many casualties.

And Wei Jun got up in a hurry and before he did anything, he saw those little ladies took something out of their arms, stood there and lit a fire, and threw it away.

The adjutant saw this action vaguely familiar, and when he saw the bamboo tubes flying towards him, he instantly burst into tears: "Back! Back! Back!"

Three times in a row, the soldiers all retreated, but they were already very far behind, and many people retreated into the moat after this retreat.

The adjutant had an idea, that thing was going to catch fire, so wouldn't it be fine for them to get into the water?

Unexpectedly, some of the bamboo tubes were fried in the water, which made them dizzy.

Xiao Zirong was very angry on it: "The water is dirty!"

The level of the moat can be directly used for domestic water during the day, but now it is all dirty, and I am afraid it will take a while before it can be used again.

After he finished speaking, he saw a group of Wei troops killed from the nearby mountain, and after a closer look, they were the ones who attacked the south gate before.

He originally thought that these soldiers were here to support this part of the Wei army, but he didn't expect that General Zhuang was smart. After seeing his army's defeat at a glance, he turned around and ran away without even asking.

Xiao Zirong slapped the city wall and said, "What do you think this is? Come and run as you please? Drive out the Tartars, defend my homeland, brothers and sisters, don't let any one go!"

After he shouted this sentence, he saw that Wei Jun who was still running just now stopped suddenly, and turned his head and ran back. He was a little strange for a while, and he heard it before he sent someone to see what happened. The neat sound of hooves.

He moved his ears, and suddenly had a bad premonition, turned to look at Liu Cai Niang and asked, "Cai Niang, did you hear anything?"

Liu Cainiang was a little uncertain and said, "It seems to be... the sound of horseshoes?"

Xiao Zirong swallowed her saliva: "Why is there...the sound of horseshoes?"

Liu Cainiang didn't know either, but fortunately, the answer Xiao Zirong wanted soon appeared - a neat team of cavalry was driving Wei Jun back, and the snow flag flying behind the team of cavalry made Xiao Zi Rong couldn't help but gasped.

If he remembers correctly... the snow flag seems to be... Xiao Xuexing's logo.

Before he could think about anything, he saw that the wave of Wei Jun who had been driven back was beaten up like chopping melons and vegetables, and the remaining Wei Jun surrendered when they saw that the situation was wrong.

The scene gradually calmed down, and Liu Cainiang stood beside Xiao Zirong and asked, "This is... officers and soldiers? How did they come here?"

Xiao Zirong was also flustered, don't ask me, I don't know either.

It's fine if it's an ordinary officer or soldier, he can always find a solution, but if it's Xiao Xuexing who comes... Wait, Xiao Xuexing shouldn't be able to do it himself, right?Shouldn't he be guarding the front line now?

Xiao Zirong settled down, as long as he didn't come in person, he would still be saved.

When he was thinking this way, he saw that the Qi army on the opposite side gave way like Moses divided the sea. A young man in armor came slowly on a black horse. The young man had a handsome face and looked at him expressionlessly. Xiao Zirong on the city wall, but who else could it be if it wasn't Xiao Xuexing?

Xiao Zirong was caught off guard and met his gaze, and felt his heartbeat stop for an instant.

After confirming that Xiao Xuexing really came, Xiao Zirong slowly...slowly squatted down, muttering: You can't see me, you can't see me.