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Chapter 1393 Capture of Bright Moon City (11)

What kind of momentum?Ah, why their eyes are so fierce, as if they saw their father and enemy killed!
The rookies felt that something was wrong, and the Sentinels like the old fritters were even more sensitive. When they felt a sense of depression again, the Sentinels all looked at the troops outside the city suspiciously.

Under the watchful eyes of the sentinels, the leading dozens of carts stopped when they were 400 meters away from the city gate, and the soldiers pulling the carts began to quickly untie the tied ropes.The ropes were untied, the canvas was thrown off, and dozens of carts either dropped dozens of heavy wooden barrels, or dropped dozens of logs.

Seeing the object protruding from the cart after dropping the barrel and wood, Lao Youtiao immediately exclaimed.

"Siege crossbow!"

With his yelling, the alarm bells rang.The alarm bell rang, the silent morning was broken up, and the city immediately became noisy.

The troops under the city were also noisy. A dozen or so siege crossbows were quickly loaded and stretched, with piles of long arrows as thick as arms placed beside them, and another dozen or so catapults were also being assembled nervously. In the middle, on the side is a round stone with the size of a head poured out of a wooden barrel.

Kai Hai, the chief officer of the siege team, jumped up and down to correct the angle of the siege equipment.

The other troops were not idle either. Under the cover of sword soldiers holding simple wooden shields, two or three thousand archers began to approach the city, while the spearmen began to advance slowly protecting the siege equipment, followed by the militia guarding Zhao Hu. .At the same time, as the bell on the city tower rang, there were rumbling horseshoes and a burst of shouting in the distance.

The sentinels on the tower turned blue with fright, because they could clearly see that there was a group of cavalry flying in the dust. Those with better eyesight could see that there were at least a thousand cavalry there!There are more than half of the cavalry on my side, but the lord's cavalry seems to have not returned since they went out yesterday.

The city gate officer hurried over: "How many enemy soldiers? Who is the enemy?"

But he didn't have to listen to his subordinates' answers, because when he came out, a dense rain of arrows just flew over, and immediately shot the city gate officer who woke up again from his sleep into a hedgehog.

And the few sentries all cleverly hid under the battlements and escaped the arrow rain. They didn't bother to fight back. The task of counterattack should be left to the brothers who rushed up one after another.

The city lord of Mingyue, who was awakened by the alarm, put on his clothes and stood on the balcony on the top floor, staring at the troops outside the city indifferently.He muttered in his mouth: "Sure enough, my [-] soldiers were pulled over by you, a traitor, and the navy army was also pulled over by you. Those siege crossbows and catapults were all dismantled from warships."

Speaking of this, he looked at the cavalry in the distance and sneered: "Excellent, besides my [-] cavalry, you have managed to get so many cavalry yourself, probably because of that Zhao Hu's support.

"Hmph, I really underestimated you. You actually knew how to use cavalry to destroy the spies sent out to guard, so I don't know where you are. I believe that the people I sent to invite mercenaries were also intercepted by you. In the end, you Picking a time to attack the city at dawn, caught me off guard, very thoughtful."

City Lord Mingyue still thought it was his illegitimate son who rebelled. What was remarkable was that he thought that Zhao Hu was helping the illegitimate son. He never thought that Zhao Hu was the mastermind, and this battle was completely caused by excitement.

While the city lord was muttering to himself, the siege crossbow began to show its might, and dozens of long arrows as thick as arms strung the soldiers on the tower into blood gourds, and the newly assembled catapult immediately aimed at the city gate and began to throw heads sized stones.

The stone was smashed on the city gate, and there was a loud bang, and the stone was completely shattered, but the city gate was intact.

The city lord on the balcony saw this scene with a smile on his face: "Nizi, since you have prepared everything, why didn't you think that my city gate is made of copper? Hehe, just smash it slowly. I’ve run out of stones, let’s see what you throw at them!” After speaking with a sneer, he turned and went downstairs.

Seeing the effect of attacking the city gate, Zhao Hu and others were all dumbfounded.

Sun Jie said in a daze, "How could there be such a sound? Could it be that the city gate is inlaid with iron sheets? It's quite luxurious!"

Finding that the attack was ineffective, Kai Hai immediately ran over to ask for instructions: "My lord, the gate of the city is made of copper, and the stone bomb attack is useless at all. We'd better smash a city wall."

"Copper? The city gates are all made of copper? How much copper does it cost?" Zhou Wen asked in surprise.

"It's all made of copper. It's said that [-] jin of brass was spent." Kai Hai said casually, but he found that Zhou Wen and Sun Jie were drooling indecently. Proposal: "My lord, it is not acceptable to attack from the gate, we can only attack from the city wall."

Zhao Hu nodded and said: "Okay, the attack direction of the siege equipment is according to what you said, and I will let the soldiers cooperate with you to attract attention." Speaking of this, Zhao Hu whispered a few words to the guard, and the guard immediately went to deliver the order , and Kai Hai hurried back to the army.

After receiving the order, Maude immediately ordered the swordsmen to carry the ladders to attack the city, while the spearmen took over the wooden shields of the swordsmen to cover the archers, and only the militiamen led by Juan still served as the rear guard.

Although Juan is eager to try, he also understands that now is the worst time, and he can't waste the lives of his subordinates here.

As for the rogues, although they also knew that such an initial siege would cause the greatest loss, but in order to make contributions, the leaders did not show mercy to their subordinates and directly issued strict orders.

However, the strict order of the leaders is obviously not as effective as Mode's pre-war shout: "My lord said, the first one to climb the tower! Promoted to a higher level, reward two hundred stone territory!"

The hearts of centurions, centurions and ordinary soldiers immediately jumped!With red eyes, he let out an angry roar, aggressively, and rushed forward without hesitation.

The archers and spearmen who stayed in place all looked enviously at their companions going away.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Hu sighed, "Looks like land is the most attractive prize in the southeast peninsula."

But Zhou Wen and Sun Jie stopped their saliva at this moment, and then suddenly let out a wow—of course, they forcibly suppressed this sound to the minimum.

Of course Zhao Hu knew what their names were, and said with a smile: "Don't be so surprised, didn't you all know that the southeast peninsula is rich in copper mines?"

"My lord, I know I know, but now I really understand how rich the copper mines in the southeast peninsula are!" Zhou Wen said excitedly.

And Sun Jie also said excitedly: "Wow, a copper coin over there contains only one gram of brass, and this 500 jin of brass can be cast into... 500 grams per jin, and [-] jin is [-] million grams." , that is, [-] million copper coins can be minted.

"That is to say, this city gate can be exchanged for 25 gold coins in the empire! It is simply a city gate made of gold coins!"

"Hehe, don't think so much now, I don't know if the city can be taken down yet." Zhao Hu said with a smile. He was the one among so many people who couldn't help but feel uneasy after hearing the value of the city gate.

Money is really not attractive to Zhao Hu.

Zhao Hu was surprised that the catapult attacking the city gate was ineffective, but Mingyue City cheered.

The commander on the tower took the opportunity to boost morale: "Haha! Our city gate is made of copper, no matter whether the enemy hits it with stones or wood, it is impossible to break through the gate! Brothers! Since the gate is safe, let Give the enemy a good look!

"With less than [-] troops, they want to break through the giant city guarded by thousands of our brothers? Let them understand what daydreaming is!"

"Yes! Let these sons of bitches know how powerful we are!" The soldiers immediately cheered up their morale.

But their morale is just a little bit high. Except for bows and arrows, these soldiers defending the city can't hurt the enemy at all, because the enemy army doesn't come forward at all. In addition to using siege equipment, they just shoot with bows and arrows, so that The soldiers of the Mingyue Army felt depressed for a while.

However, the situation changed quickly, and the target of the catapult was changed to the city wall. Although the city wall was strong, it was not as good as the bronze gate, so it was immediately smashed with gravel, and the swordsmen who guarded the archers of the enemy army also Holding a few ladders made of wood, they swarmed towards the surrounding city walls.

The commander of the Mingyue Army saw it and immediately shouted: "The archers continue to attack, and the other infantry support the city wall! The reserve team prepared sandbags for me to plug the gap!"

The depressed soldiers immediately got busy. The soldiers already on the city wall were still excited to use stones, bows and arrows, boiling oil, and long guns to stop those sword soldiers who were climbing up the ladder quickly. Helpless, not only have to lay down weapons, but also carry sandbags as a coolie, really uncomfortable.

Because the swordsmen were almost scattered in all directions for the reward of the two hundred stone territory, one point here, one ladder there to attack the city, blooming in all directions, coupled with thousands of archers and siege crossbows, the Qingyue archers were firmly held. The catapults attracted a group of sandbag-carrying men, and the troops of Mingyue City on the tower immediately became very tense, and the commander quickly sent all the reserve troops up.

There is only a small group of people guarding the city gate. This city gate that cannot be breached from the outside, while giving stability to the Mingyue army, also makes the Mingyue army not care much.

After all, the enemy troops are now attacking the city wall directly.Moreover, the gate of the city is locked, and there is no key to open the mechanism, even if it is inside, it cannot be opened, and the key is on the Lord's body, which is very safe.So after the reserve team left, now there is only a pitiful small team of ten people guarding the city gate.

Nangong Dun, who had sneaked into the city last night, was ecstatic when he saw this scene. With a wave of his hand, dozens of people dressed in tight black clothes, covering their heads and covering their heads, moved briskly, and followed Nangong Dun to rush towards the city. Door.

(End of this chapter)