The rise of the prince

Chapter 291

Liu Ji's whole body was soaked and covered with mud, and the sergeants he brought with him in the distance were checking the scorched earth for any leftover supplies.

Until now, he was still very puzzled by the scorched eyes that caught his eyes.
He wiped the rain from his face, shook his head and said: "This is a big camp that can station tens of thousands of people. With the strength of our country Xu, it will take several months to build. It has both offensive and defensive capabilities. Rejecting horses, the fence is more than one foot high, why...why are they willing to burn it."

Ding Yi dismounted slowly, but almost fell when he landed. Liu Ji quickly reached out to support him, but found that his whole body was shaking.

"My lord." Liu Ji whispered anxiously.

Ding Yi shook his head: "It's okay." Then he slowly broke free from his arm.

Seeing the Lord Zhifu's body trembling slightly in the rain, Liu Ji finally understood, yes, the Lord Zhifu is only a young man in his early twenties, who can not be angry when encountering such a thing, he also wished he could Those who set fire to the camp will be cut to death.

The magistrate muttered to himself: "It's okay, I won't lose, I won't lose, I won't lose"

Yes, he had never lost before the raid happened.

Liu Ji was a little worried, but he didn't speak after all. He was just a rough man with his wife and children separated, and he didn't know how to comfort others.

"This time, I'm afraid that I will meet a formidable opponent. Such a smart person, such a beautiful method, he is proud of not winning, and his mind is clear." The magistrate stood in the rain and said to himself.

"I thought that if I didn't send scouts to scare the snakes, but only sent elite soldiers to make a surprise attack, they would be unable to react. I didn't expect the enemy to have the foresight to burn the camp and evacuate decisively, haha"

"My lord." Liu Ji said guiltily, "It's all because the subordinates came back too late, if they return sooner."

The magistrate shook his head: "This has nothing to do with you, the deployment of soldiers from the south and east, and the placement of children from major families into the army are all delays.

However, no matter how far-sighted the opposing general is, he can't change the fact that Luzhou can't resist our Xu army!
In the face of such an advantage, it is useless to resist.When the city of Luzhou is broken, I want to take a closer look and see what kind of person came from the north all the way, which can make people so upset! "

As he spoke, he turned around and said, "Give me an order, and the army will break out of the camp and approach Luzhou at full speed!"

In the evening, at the head of Luzhou City, the weather turned fine and the clouds were gone. From this point of view, it was still raining in the south. It just rained in Luzhou yesterday and the day before yesterday. In the evening, the dark clouds were gradually dissipating, and there were still puddles in the city.

Li Xingzhou is leading people to remove the bricks in the middle of the battlements.

Because the twelve guns are all mounted on a recoil cart, this is designed to reduce recoil. When firing, the cart will recede to reduce recoil.

The elevation angle of the muzzle can be adjusted, but there is a height limit. The height in the middle of the battlements is about the height of a person's waist, which is too high for the artillery. Some must be dismantled to ensure that the twelve cannons can shoot at the top of the city.

Qi Fang and Yan Shen were behind him, Qi Fang asked him puzzled: "What's the use of these black pipes? It's worth the prince's demolition of the city."

"You'll know when you start fighting. In short, you can think of a more powerful weapon than the bed crossbow." While speaking, Li Xingzhou personally swung his hammer to knock on the green bricks on the top of the city, and then dismantled them after loosening them.

Every time he struck a piece, he would ask the sergeant of the Shenji Battalion to pull the cannon over for comparison.

When the thickness of eight bricks remained, the cart could stop steadily, and the bricks in the middle of the battlements no longer blocked the muzzle.

Li Xingzhou nodded: "Okay, this is the height, pass the order down, the height of eight bricks, let's start work."

The sergeant of Shenji Battalion got the order, and then hurriedly delivered the order. After a while, the city was busy, and everyone began to knock down bricks and demolish the walls.

Qi Fang was very puzzled by this act of demolishing the city without a war, and frowned, but she didn't speak to stop it, how could she stop it now.
At this moment, Yan Shen suddenly said: "My lord, look over there!"

Li Xingzhou and Qifang looked towards the south he was pointing at. At the junction of the plain and the forest in the distance outside the city, hundreds of people were riding horses towards the direction of Luzhou City inside the city.

It's Qi Rui's horse patrol!

"Second brother!" Qifang was a little anxious: "What happened to them?"

Yan Shen looked puzzled, Li Xingzhou shook his head: "You can ask him when he enters the city."

Hundreds of horses galloped, because it had rained and there was no dust, and they could be seen clearly, and the horses ran very fast.

At this moment, the four or five horses running behind suddenly neighed, and then fell to the ground. Because the speed was too fast, the people on the horses rolled to the ground and were thrown far away. Seeing that they could not stand up, they were in pain. Struggling and crawling on the ground.

what happened
Before Li Xingzhou could react, a big alarm drum sounded in the distance, and Di Zhi yelled loudly: "Open the city gate, guard the gate with swords and shields, go to the top of the city with bows and crossbows, hurry up! Get ready for battle!" , prepare for battle!"

"Open the gates of the city, guard the gates with swords and shields, go to the top of the city with bows and crossbows, and prepare for battle!"

"The crossbowmen go to the top of the city, and the sword and shield guard the gate! Hurry up!"

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He yelled several times in succession, and the armored crossbowmen quickly rushed to the top of the city. The strong crossbows and several heavy crossbows on the bed were pulled away one after another, and a large number of swordsmen and shieldmen rushed to the gate below the city.

Li Xingzhou, Yan Shen, and Qifang were all surrounded by sergeants.

Only then did they understand what was going on.

In the woods behind Qi Rui and his party in the distance, dense figures chased out of the woods one after another. They were as crowded as ants.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of fast horses leaped over the archers and rushed out of the crowd, chasing and killing Qi Rui's group. The soldiers crawling on the ground were slaughtered instantly. About two hundred steps away from the door.

Still far, this distance is too far for a crossbow
Just as Li Xingzhou was thinking this in his heart, Di Zhi suddenly ordered: "Shoot the arrow!"

In an instant, there was a "hum" from the top of the city, the strings were loud, and arrows rained down from the top of the city.

"Soon!" Qi Fang also said anxiously.

The result made them all dumbfounded, the enemy was in a hurry to pursue, the horses under their crotch were flying fast, the rain of arrows was no slower than firing a gun, and when the black rain of arrows fell, many chasing troops just ran into the black cloud.
That's right, he read it right, it was just a collision!
Under the blessing of the terrifying relative speed, the pursuers fell off their horses all at once, and hundreds of pursuers fell down dozens of people in one volley!
The horses in front of them stopped in shock, and then collided with each other in the rear. They huddled together and turned people over.

"Shoot the arrow!" Di Zhi ordered again loudly.

The second round of arrow rain followed, and this time more than a dozen people fell off the horse, followed by the third round, and the fourth round.
Di Zhi didn't wait any longer, and directed the crowd to shoot freely. All of a sudden, ghosts and wolves howled in the city, many pursuers fell off their horses one after another, and some unlucky ones were directly shot through by the powerful bed crossbow.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the pursuers at the back reined in their horses and ran back desperately. The wounded and surviving people howled miserably on the spot, but no one paid attention.

The dozen or so riders chasing at the front were not affected by the arrow rain, they rushed too fast and didn't know what happened behind them, they kept chasing Qi Rui and the others into the city cave, and when they found no one was following behind, it was too late to turn around, Armored sword and shield hands waited for them on both sides of the door.

After a while, more than a dozen riders were pulled off their horses and killed a few. The rest quickly threw away their knives and guns, knelt down and surrendered, and captured eight alive.

"Close the door! Close the door!" Di Zhi shouted.

The heavy city gate slowly closed.
It wasn't until the gate of the city was bolted that Li Xingzhou heaved a sigh of relief, realizing that it was a surprise attack by the rebels, and then he was filled with emotion. Sure enough, Di Zhi was more professional in fighting.Whether it is experience or judgment of the situation.

Qi Fang was still in shock. The situation was urgent and unpredictable. If someone else took the command, Qi Rui and the others would either be wiped out, or hundreds of cavalry would enter the city. If they controlled the city gate, the consequences would be disastrous
She was very upset with Di Zhi. The two had different ideas and ways of doing things. Di Zhi also robbed her of the power of defense and made her lose control of Luzhou City. But after this incident, her mood couldn't help but become complicated. , looked at Di Zhi who was running around the city, commanding loudly, and his eyes were a little more radiant.

(End of this chapter)