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Chapter 1611: Fake offense not feint

Wu Lin was very excited. As a former Qi native, he had made great ambitions since he became a soldier when he was a soldier. Now he has finally arrived here, although he is no longer a Qi native.

"The Chu people are good at defending, and they are indeed well-known. The defense of this Nandaying is very well-organized!" Zhou Jiyun observed the Nandaying, which was waiting for him in the distance.

"It's a pity that I can only be a feint!" Wu Lin said regretfully, "Otherwise I really want to touch them."

"Who said it was only a feint?" Zhou Jiyun narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance, "Didn't the general say? Is it a feint to be controlled by us? If you can win with one blow, then the feint to be a real attack."

Wulin opened his eyes wide: "Can we exert a blow?"

"Natural!" Zhou Jiyun smiled and said, "Do you think this battle is just us fighting? Tell you, for our side, the middle army commanded by His Majesty the Emperor himself rushed to the capital, and Chen Zhihua's western army was moving towards Dingling. There are more than 100,000 troops! Look behind you, Master Xu of the Tiangong Bureau personally escorted the latest catapults and crossbows. Last time in Xiangzhou, our thunder fire was extremely powerful, but the range was not as good as the old catapults. During the attack, we were suppressed and paid a considerable price. So this time, Master Xu brought thrusts with longer ranges, which together with the thunder fire formed a ladder long-range strike."

"I thought it was our South Ranger Army moving." Wu Lin said astonished, and looked at Zhou Jiyun's fingers. A group of people were busy assembling the latest projector.

"What a joke? In this battle, no matter where we move, we will mobilize our whole body. When we kill Yanglingyi, we will then clean up Dingliangyi. If we pull out these two thorns, we will force Shangjing to retract all the soldiers and horses outside to Shangjing. Then we will close the door and fight the dogs." Zhou Jiyun smiled.

"General, then I'm going to really fight!" Wu Lin was eager to try.

"Of course we have to fight for a while first. General Yang is waiting to dismantle the reinforcements from Yanglingyi, but the opponent's cavalry is quite variable. If we cannot succeed there and we have no gains here, this battle will be useless." Zhou Jiyun said slowly.

"It is best to achieve success on all three sides!" Wu Lin said with a smile.

"Which is the best!" Zhou Jiyun laughed: "Have the best hope and make the worst plan, Wulin, when you can do this, you will be a qualified commander."

Wu Lin nodded vigorously: "Then I'll go."

"Go and go, I'll take the formation for you!" Zhou Jiyun smiled and watched Wulin go away.

This time, the attack on Nandaying was Zhou Jiyun's direct subordinates, and six battle camps adapted from 30,000 troops. Of course, all the equipment was replaced with bird guns, and all the Ming-style equipment was enough to make this 100-match brigade's combat power reach a higher level.

After Nie Kailin stood layer by layer, although Nandaying did not have a solid city wall, it had been operating for many years, but it was also high walls and deep ditches. Since the start of the Xiangzhou Battle, Nandaying has strengthened its defense here day and night. From the coolie camp in Shangjing, there are countless people who have fallen here forever.

Now, he will face his first test.

The sound of war drums on the opposite side suddenly rang out. Standing in his position, you can clearly see a Ming general holding a banner passing by the army formations one by one. I don’t know what he was shouting, but wherever he passed, countless soldiers shouted in unison, and the shouts of one square after another kicked off the attack.

Nie Kailin participated in the battle of Yuanban Qi that was many years ago. That battle ended with the failure of Chu. However, Nie Kailin and other generals of the Fire Phoenix Army were tested by blood and fire in that war. The Ming army opposite was actually the Qi army that fought with them many years ago.

That crushing defeat was a shame for the Chu people, and Nie Kailin was preparing to clean up the shame of this time today.

"Nandaying, you will shed the last drop of blood!" He clenched his fists and bit his lips unconsciously.

The high walls of the camp were originally built with earth, but since the beginning of the year, the coolie camp began to quarry to reinforce them. Now, the periphery of the earth wall is covered with thick stones, and several gates are open on the wall. Now the gates are all open. Outside, there are rows of soldiers holding spears and swords. A few steps ahead of them is a deep trench, with firewood and grease piled up in the trench. Just a rocket can turn the trench surrounding the camp into a wall of fire.

In front of the trench is a half-man-high wall. Don’t underestimate this wall. Not only does it block the enemy’s sight, it is also the best target for archers to kill the enemy on the high wall. Above the high wall, there are dense archers and crossbows. Behind the big wall, there are rows of swords and gunmen ready to replenish them at any time. Later, there are trenchers and stone cannons. There are thousands of cavalry in the camp, which is the killer weapon for the Nandaying to counterattack and counterattack.

The drums were getting louder and louder, like thunder from the sky, sweeping over, mixed with the unique sound of the Ming army's military horns, and several armies slowly rushed forward.

Each attacking army formation of the Ming army was about 500 people, and six were deployed at one time, which was 3,000 people. They spread on the longer front, making their formation very sparse. The soldiers in the front pushed large wooden rafts that were several people tall. These wooden rafts were obviously made by them. Some of them even had branches with green leaves on them were not cut off completely. The logs of the bowl were nailed together, which not only could prevent the opposite feather arrows, but also hit directly by strong crossbows. It was not very destructive to such a barrier.

Seeing the wooden rafts pushed out, Nie Kailin's face changed slightly. He had to admire the craftsmen of the Ming army, because the wooden rafts were loaded with small wheels, which made the Ming army not need too much effort when pushing them.

"After these wooden rafts enter the range, all the powerful crossbows will first aim at them and shoot, and the catapult will also aim at them, throw grease tanks, and then attack with rockets." Nie Kailin ordered.

The Ming army advanced steadily with the sound of drum beats, and their formation was very scattered because they had to pass a distance of death, which was the opponent's catapult shooting distance. The dense formation would cause more casualties and try to disperse as much as possible to avoid these unnecessary casualties. After all, this is a battle for me to attack the enemy and defend.

They are scavengers on the battlefield, responsible for cleaning up all obstacles on the battlefield, and opening a passage for the main attacking troops to directly attack Nandaying. Such scavengers have always been the most serious casualties. Of course, they are also the most brave and good at fighting in the army. The first confrontation in contact warfare, whether against the hostilities, it is a silent contest in psychology.

Behind them was the latest trencher that had just assembled by the Tiangong Bureau craftsmen led by Xu Lai. These trenchers are no longer made of wooden. The entire base is made of iron, with wheels installed below, and rubber from overseas is wrapped on the wheels. The long throwing arms can no longer see the tight ropes and heavy stones. The huge black chassis equipped on the large base is the biggest secret of these trenchers. These trenchers move quickly, and more than a dozen soldiers push the behemoth and easily follow the rear of the first wave of attack team.

And after them, there were densely packed troops with strict formations.

Xu Lai personally followed a catapult in front, and looked up from time to time to measure the distance. When the first roar sounded in the sky, black shadows rose from the southern camp and smashed towards the advancing Ming army with a whistling sound, Xu Lai also waved his hand, "It's this."

A catapult stopped, and four soldiers quickly pulled out four iron arms from the base. The iron arms were rectangular, and at the front was a round hole the size of a fist. Four iron knives were inserted into it, and several hammers were smashed down, and the entire base was firmly fixed to the ground.

"Recharge."

A stone bullet was loaded onto the throwing arm. Two soldiers stood on both sides of the base and used their strength to turn the two discs. The disc was hollow and a cross was inlaid between them. When the turntable could no longer rotate, the throwing arm was ready to launch.

"Shoot!" Xu Lai roared sharply.

A soldier waved his hammer and hit a small bump in front of the base of the catapult. As he smashed the hammer, the catapult's throwing arm raised, and the stone bullet drew a wonderful lonely line, crossed the Ming army in the attack, and hit Nandaying. With a loud bang, the stone bullet fell into the trench in front of the high wall.

"All the catapults, twenty steps forward and make an array!" Xu Lai shouted loudly.

Dozens of trenchers moved forward immediately, and every ten feet away, a trencher was fixed to the ground with the sound of a sledgehammer.

In front, the first attacking team was holding a large wooden raft and approaching. Many wooden rafts were already burning, but the soldiers were still shouting and pushing them forward. Crossbow arrows pierced on the wooden raft, making a clanging sound. Every time they hit, the wooden raft would shake violently.

Finally, a burning wooden raft collapsed after being hit by countless powerful crossbows. The logs more than ten meters high fell in scattered. The soldiers below avoided them. The powerful crossbows of the Chu army seized such an opportunity and shot the crossbow arrows desperately from the leaked gap.

Blood began to sprinkle on the way of attack. Without the obstruction of the wooden raft, the Ming army behind shouted and accelerated the impact.

At this moment, the catapult behind the Ming army made a rumbling sound of firing. Stone bombs passed over the Ming army, crossed the trenches, and hit the high walls of the Chu army. The high walls immediately shook, and several powerful crossbows were shaken, killing many of the Chu army below.

Nie Kailin's expression changed drastically because he saw that in addition to these trenchers with extremely long range, the more famous Thunderbolt Fire among the Ming army was approaching step by step.
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