The "Vanguard Officer" of the Fragrance Sect, Hu Da Hai, quickly led two thousand strong men to the foot of Ba County City!
This bunch of people had no experience in siege warfare, only knowing how to make some long wooden ladders as described in the storytellers' tales, rushing to the foot of the city wall, erecting the ladders and charging up to the top of the wall.
But the defenders on the wall quickly taught them a lesson.
Just as they rushed to the foot of the city, logs and boulders rained down from above.
Many of the Fragrance Sect followers below did not even have wooden shields, they could only use pot lids to block, and soon they were struck by logs and boulders, their heads bleeding, some even being crushed to death by logs.
The cries of agony rose one after another.
Hu Da Hai, however, was somewhat fierce, his round eyes wide and furious, he roared out a command, waving his big knife, ordering everyone to attack the city.
Thus, more than a dozen wooden ladders were erected amidst the hail of boulders and logs, and some Fragrance Sect followers began to climb up.
But as soon as they climbed halfway, they were knocked down by the boulders and logs from above, many of them crushed to death.
Seeing that there were numerous boulders and logs on the wall, Hu Da Hai ordered his men to hold round logs and ram the city gate.
Many Fragrance Sect followers, holding up rattan shields and pot lids, braved the hail of boulders and logs, carrying a round log several feet thick to ram the gate.
Bang!
Bang bang!
They rammed the gate several times, but they still could not break it open, and they lost many more men to the boulders.
After several rounds of attacks, the Fragrance Sect had not even touched the top of the wall, yet they had already lost hundreds of men.
Hu Da Hai saw this, and immediately his face turned pale with anger.
He was just a butcher, what did he know about siege warfare? Seeing his men fail one after another, he roared at them to attack with all their might.
Lu Jian Xing stood on the wall and saw Hu Da Hai howling and yelling in the distance, he immediately drew his bow and arrow, aiming at Hu Da Hai and shooting.
Whoosh!
The arrow hit Hu Da Hai's shoulder.
It wasn't that Lu Jian Xing's archery skills were bad, but he deliberately did not kill Hu Da Hai.
Hu Da Hai, hit by the arrow, indeed did not dare to charge forward again, he immediately led the remaining thousand men and retreated.
Xu Da Qiu saw this and was furious.
He did not expect that Ba County, with its mere few miles in circumference and its 10-foot-high city wall, would be so difficult to attack!
He waved his goose feather fan, looking like Kong Ming reborn, he roared:
“Listen, everyone!”
Although his appearance was quite imposing, in reality, the scene was so chaotic that only the people nearby could hear his voice.
Many of the followers and rioters in the surroundings were completely clueless, looking at him with a completely dumbfounded expression.
“Everyone, attack the city together!”
Xu Da Qiu fanned his goose feather fan, with a kind of Kong Ming reborn demeanor, but the next sentence exposed his vulgarity:
“Damn it, a small county like this, you can't even take it down? I don't believe it!”
At Xu Da Qiu's command, many Fragrance Sect followers immediately raised their weapons and charged towards the city wall of Ba County.
Thirty to forty thousand people, instantly like a tide, rushed towards the top of the wall.
As the saying goes, ten thousand people, boundless.
This 30-40 thousand people charging together, indeed looked very imposing!
The defenders and the magistrate on the wall were scared white.
Lu Jian Xing stood on the wall, but his expression remained calm.
The arrow he shot earlier was to force the Fragrance Sect to attack with their entire army, and to attack the county together.
Everything was as Chen Ran expected!
Therefore, Lu Jian Xing was not at all flustered!
Seeing that the Fragrance Sect rioters had already reached within 300 meters, he immediately drew his embroidered spring blade, and said loudly:
“Everyone, stabilize the wall, prepare to meet the enemy!”
Hundreds of Jinyiwei and city guards, hearing his command, were immediately invigorated and responded in unison:
“Yes!”
“Archers, prepare!”
All the Jinyiwei and city guards who knew how to shoot arrows immediately drew their bowstrings and aimed their arrows at the rioters.
When Hu Da Hai and his men were attacking the city, Lu Jian Xing did not let them shoot.
Now, with the rioters moving together, he commanded them to shoot, wanting to suppress the rioters' momentum!
Seeing that the rioters had charged to within a hundred meters, Lu Jian Xing immediately drew his embroidered spring blade and made a feint, slashing downwards:
“Fire!”
Whoosh whoosh whoosh…
Countless arrows instantly flew out like a rainstorm.
In the air, the whistling sound of the arrows breaking through the air was endless!
In an instant, the Fragrance Sect rioters at the forefront were like wheat swaying in the wind, a wave of them were shot down.
“Fire!”
Lu Jian Xing raised his embroidered spring blade again and made another feint slash.
Another round of arrows broke through the air!
The Fragrance Sect rioters had not even reached within fifty meters when they were shot down by two rounds of arrows, killing over a thousand of them!
“Charge, charge regardless of everything, break through the wall!”
Xu Da Qiu, not minding the arrows raining down on his head, waved his goose feather fan and roared loudly.
The 30-40 thousand Fragrance Sect rioters could only charge forward, braving the rain of arrows, and soon they reached the foot of the city.
The two sides soon engaged in a chaotic siege battle.
“Boulders, logs!”
Lu Jian Xing roared again.
Bang bang bang…
The soldiers on the wall immediately picked up the boulders and logs they had prepared, and threw them down at the rioters below.
The wall of Ba County was only ten feet high, but countless boulders and logs were thrown down, and quickly crushed many rioters to death.
Many rioters, braving the constant rain of stones and logs falling on their heads, erected wooden ladders, raised rattan shields and pot lids, and charged forward, but as soon as they reached the edge of the wall, they were pierced by long spears thrust down from above, their rattan shields and pot lids being pierced through and they fell down.
Some rioters managed to climb onto the wall, but they were quickly killed by the Jinyiwei, who wielded their embroidered spring blades, and they quickly blocked the gaps on the wall.
The rioters, although numbering tens of thousands, had no proper command, they only knew to charge forward, although they were fighting fiercely, but the ten-foot-high wall of Ba County was not breached!
In the distance, Xu Da Qiu looked at this scene, and couldn't help but scratch his head:
“Damn it, attacking a small county, and it's so difficult!
He was just a small leader under Xu Hong Ru, how had he ever commanded any major battles?
Now, when it was his turn to lead an uprising, he realized that siege warfare was not as simple as the storytellers said, what kind of three cannon blasts, the army charged with a drumbeat, and with a whirlwind, they took down a city.
Now, 30-40 thousand people had already reached the foot of the city, he could only keep ordering his men to attack fiercely, hoping that so many followers and rioters together would be able to break Ba County quickly!
But just then, a loud horn sounded from the distance!
Xu Da Qiu was startled and turned his head to look towards the sound of the horn.
He was stunned.
He saw a group of people in the distance, rushing towards them from behind.
They did not seem to be many, only a few hundred, but they were all wearing shining armor and helmets, which shimmered in the sunlight.
The first hundred or so in the front did not wear armor, but they were wearing dark black flying fish robes, and they held a kind of four-foot-long fire gun!
The silver gun body, shimmering under the sunlight, was like ice and snow fangs!
The imperial troops had arrived!
Why were there only so few?