Chapter 626

It was not yet dawn, but the entire army camp was already in full swing, flashing talismans were shot high into the sky, and pieces of white light were sprinkled down to illuminate the pitch-black early morning.

Dense soldiers had already stood on the walls of the surrounding villages, and behind the walls were catapults that had been pushed out and loaded with stone bullets. There are three people standing beside each catapult, with a clear division of labor, one for loading, one for calibration, and one for hammering and maintaining the catapult.

In addition, Shen Hao finally met those monks from Jingying Mansion in the military camp. The large number far exceeded Shen Hao's initial expectation.

Just walking from his own tent to Cheng Jinhou's big tent, Shen Hao saw no fewer than thirty monks from the Jingying Mansion along the way, and the lowest cultivation level was the post-spiritual state. Shen Hao couldn't tell how high the cultivation base was. .

In addition, Shen Hao and his group were strictly investigated three times along the way. Before they finally approached the big tent, Captain Xu and all the soldiers under his command were stopped and had to wait on the military school grounds, except for the three of Shen Hao. Bodyguard.

"Shen Hao, chief inspector and head of miscellaneous affairs, will meet the general!" After the roll call was entered, Shen Hao stood by the side to listen to the call, and at the same time observed everyone in the account, especially the two standing next to Cheng Jinhou. monk.

The waist accessory of the person on the left belongs to the Heavenly Toad Sect. It should be the elder of the Heavenly Toad Sect who is rumored to be at the second level of the Xuanhai Realm. His surname is Wu. That is the third elder of the Heavenly Toad Sect.

The person on the right is a middle-aged beautiful woman with undiminished charm and eye-catching. She is wearing a white female style dress to add a heroic appearance, and she wears the accessories of Love Flower Valley on her waist. Her surname is Yuan, and she should be the second daughter of Baihua Valley. Elder Yuan Qingyun.

Cheng Jinhou was sitting in the middle, and below was a row of generals, waiting for his arrangement.

Time was running out, and it was all in a few words. The tasks of the respective generals had been set long ago. If Cheng Jinhou had no other adjustments, he would follow the steps, so the arrangement of affairs was very fast. It took less than half the time for a cup of tea to empty the big tent.

"The rest followed me to the tower!"

The so-called tower is a tall wooden tower in the middle of the military village. It is the highest position in the entire military village. It usually serves as an auxiliary four-corner watchtower's vision. It's just that Cheng Jinhou said that when he went up to the tower, most of the people in the tent, including the two Xuanhai realm monks, changed their faces, and seemed to disagree. Wei, no one dared to open their mouths to disobey the wartime decision of the chief general of the first army.

Shen Hao naturally followed.

Fortunately, the tower is spacious enough, with several floors above, enough to hold dozens of people standing in layers. Shen Hao's status is quite special, he followed Cheng Jinhou to the highest point of the tower, while Chen Zifang was on the lower floor.

After widening his field of vision, Shen Hao suddenly decided that a rush of blood rushed straight to his forehead, he couldn't help breathing rapidly, his eyes were wide open, and his palm unconsciously clenched the handle of the knife at his waist.

With the help of the flashing talisman in the sky, Shen Hao experienced for the first time what is called "army approaching the city" and what is called "a large army pressing down on the border".

It's like a thick black cloud, enveloping from a distance, covering three sides with darkness.

I'm afraid it's more than 20,000?

Even though there was no exact number, Shen Hao secretly calculated in his heart that the number of barbarians surrounding him would not be less than 20,000.

"Order the flag! Put it in a thousand steps, and tell the people holding the array not to move."

Standing by Cheng Jinhou's side were five Commander Banner Officers, and the five officers took turns to deliver the military orders according to the order in which he gave the orders. So Shen Hao saw the first commanding flag officer standing on the side of the tower and waving the commanding flag a few times with big movements, and then the commanding flag was uploaded to the special mana fluctuations, which could be instantly synchronized to the target of the command, with almost no delay.

But Shen Hao didn't understand why Cheng Jinhou gave such an order. It is said that the range of the catapult is 1,500 steps, which is about three miles. Why did he take the initiative to shorten the attack distance?

Puzzled in his heart, Shen Hao didn't want to ask. He opened his eyes wide, and he felt that he would soon see the reason for Cheng Jinhou's order.

Because the army camp is a fixed target, the closer the barbarians around them are, the more they will inevitably move closer to each other, which directly increases the compactness of the formation, and in this way can also improve the killing effect of the catapult projectiles in a disguised form.

It's a very simple truth, and Shen Hao figured it out after looking at it. There are indeed many ways in the secret army formation.

I thought the barbarians would pack up like scattered soldiers directly, but in fact, the barbarians were not as brainless as Shen Hao thought, and they had fought many times, and they basically figured out the number of ways. There was a differentiation of formations. Most of them simply lined up and stood still, while the rest continued to move forward in a relatively loose formation.

Is this an echelon attack?

In addition, the barbarians are not without equipment for attacking fortifications. It is estimated that there is a shortage of iron tools, but there is still no shortage of large wooden shields.

The half-foot long and wide shield can cover two people at a time, and then they quickly charged towards the wall of the village together, and soon broke through the limit distance of 1,000 steps that Cheng Jinhou had just explained.

After a thousand steps, without Cheng Jinhou's order to remind, the catapults that had adjusted their elevation angles began to smash down the catapults one after another. The stone bullets weighing ten catties were thrown high, and they would hit the wall of the village about 800 step position.

The stone bullets are not sharp-edged, but stones that have been deliberately beaten and have a relatively smooth amplitude. It's not for looking good, but because this kind of stone bullet with less edges and corners is easier to bounce or roll forward after falling, which can change point-to-point killing into point and linear killing.

The machine speed of this kind of trebuchet is extremely fast, from loading to ejection, it takes less than five breaths before and after, and there are a large number of them. Shen Hao alone estimates that there are no less than three hundred of them.

In addition to the stone bombs, there were also some ignited fireballs that were shot out by the trebuchet. The purpose of this kind of fireball is not to kill, but to hit the light source at different distances, so as not to miss the enemy's trace because of the gap between the flashing symbols in the sky.

"Command flag! Earth thorn array, activate!"

Although the trebuchet has a long attack range, its coverage is limited. Although it has a suppressive effect on the advancing barbarians, it is difficult to cause effective large-scale damage. Entering a hundred steps is the range of a bow and crossbow, but it is basically within the reach of that position. It belongs to hand-to-hand combat. So there are other tricks before hand-to-hand combat.

As soon as Cheng Jinhou's words fell, another command flag officer waved the command flag in his hand, and at the same time transmitted the command message through special mana fluctuations.

In the next moment, Shen Hao saw through the flashing talisman in the sky and the fireball shot out to illuminate: the ground, which was originally ordinary, suddenly moved, and stone pillars that were as thick as an arm and more than three feet long rose up at a very fast speed. With Shen Hao's eyesight, he could hardly catch it.

The scene made Shen Hao clenched his fists secretly. The slightly shortness of breath just now also became more soothing. Because the array of barbarian stragglers that were originally crowded close to the wall of the village instantly "frozen" a large area.