When Osaires, who was leading the way, was about a hundred steps away from the northwest city gate, he pulled the reins hard, and the horse's head shook vigorously twice, and stopped reluctantly.

"Boss." The deputy who followed closely behind immediately slowed down his horse.

Osaires raised his hand back, and hundreds of his men slowed down and stopped.

"Boss, what's wrong?" The deputy rode his horse to a stop beside Osaires.

"Something's wrong!" Osaires pointed to the northwest gate in front of him. "Look, there's smoke coming out of it but no fire. The gate is closed and there's no sound at all. Something's fishy."

"Then...what should we do?" asked the deputy.

"We have to try it no matter what. We can't smash or burn open the door panels at the main city gate. Go, bring twenty brothers over to smash it for me!" Osaires waved his hand and gave the order.

With a few shouts, twenty bandits rushed towards the northwest city gate with weapons in hand and howling. They reached the gate in the blink of an eye, a distance of a hundred steps. As soon as they approached the city gate, they started smashing it with their weapons without saying a word.

The door panel creaked and wood chips flew everywhere, but there was still no sound from inside. Osaireslema concentrated, thinking and being on guard. At a distance of a hundred steps, a strong wooden bow could easily shoot an arrow over.

Trumpets sounded from time to time, and the smoke rose higher and higher. Under the cover of the banging sounds of doors, Aesop, who arrived on horseback, commanded more than 200 militiamen under his command to pile large pieces of stone slabs behind the city gate. These stone slabs were collected last night, and before they were used, they were quietly piled in two unused shops next to the city gate.

While Aesop was busy, Woolley was not idle either. Anthony was taken away, and the task of appeasing the nobles fell on him. However, with the help of members of the Tongji Alliance, he calmed everyone's emotions without much effort.

Gao Geng had climbed up to the top of the city wall without knowing when: "Master, everything is ready."

"Okay." Wu Lai nodded with a smile, "Let's arrange it."

"Okay, young master." Gauguin bowed slightly and stepped back.

A noble came over and asked, "Wu Lailindo, I believe everything you said, but do we really not need to make any preparations?" His words represented the voices of many nobles present. Yes, we can believe you if you say don't worry. After all, the city gate is so tight. As long as the northwest gate is blocked, it will not be easy for these bandits to come in. But if there is no preparation at all, what if something unexpected happens? "You asking this question can only mean one thing, you are not a member of the Tongji Alliance." Wu Lai glanced at him. When Anthony was here just now, this guy was as flattering as he could be. Now he came to smile to him again. Wu Lai would not give him a good face.

"Please make way for me." Wu Lai spread his hands. As soon as he finished speaking, members of the Tongji Alliance helped to push people to both sides. After a short while, a space was vacated on the wall above the main city gate. On the street inside the wall, Gao Geng was directing the slaves to carry objects to the wall in an orderly manner...

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"Boss!" A bandit who was smashing the door ran back to Osaire Sima, "Boss, the door is blocked by a big rock."

"It's blocked?" As soon as Osaires frowned, a long row of figures appeared on the city wall of the northwest gate, probably as many as one or two hundred people. Among them was a man wearing a red cloak and leather armor with copper buckles, looking majestic and awe-inspiring. It was the tribune Aesop.

Aesop glanced at the restless bandits outside the city wall, and with a wave of his right arm, several militia soldiers pushed out two tied-up civilians.

Osaires took a closer look and saw that the two people who were tied up tightly were his accomplices.

Aesop shook the whip in his left hand, pointed the tip of his braid at Osiris, and shouted, "I am Aesop, the tribune of Seneca! If you don't want to die, retreat quickly!"

"Bah!" Osaires spat fiercely, thinking that if it were in the past, he might have been fooled by you, but today the garrison and those who are capable of fighting and killing under your command are all staying in the Hongguwan Fortress. You want to fool me? No way!

"Send another thirty people to break down the door. We have to move those stones!" Osaires loudly ordered his deputies.

"Yes!" The deputy nodded and shouted a few times, and another thirty or so bandits rushed towards the city gate.

"Sir, would you like to shoot arrows?" A small leader approached Aesop and asked anxiously. Although the militia's bows were not as good as those of the legion, the range was not a big problem.

"No need. Pass the order and stay on guard. If they want to break down the door, let them do it. Send out another 20 people in two groups to drive away all those who try to watch, so as to prevent any traitors from appearing behind us." Aesop gave the order in a deep voice and waved his right arm again, "Everyone, raise your shields!"

Bang bang bang bang - every one of the one or two hundred soldiers on the city wall raised a thick wooden shield more than half a person's height in front of them.

"Want to waste time with me?" Osaires clenched the whip in his hand. At this moment, two rangers came running over like the wind.

"Boss, the main city gate is open. Something is wrong!" said the leading ranger as they approached.

"The door is open? Has anyone come out?" Osaires asked with a frown.

"No, there is a figure waving at me on the city wall, but there is no one at the checkpoint or the city gate."

“No?” Osaires was startled, his eyes narrowed slightly, and suddenly his pupils lit up, “Quick, everyone go to the main city gate, it must have been opened by our insider!”

As soon as he finished speaking, a whistle sounded, and Osaires turned his horse and rushed quickly towards the main city gate. Nearly half of his cavalry were cavalrymen, and they would definitely reach the main city gate faster than Aesop's militiamen running on the city wall. As long as all the cavalrymen rushed in, the militiamen would surely be defeated.

"Gee!" The more Osaires thought about it, the more excited he became. He didn't care about the horsepower at all. He whipped the horse again and again, wishing he could go twice as fast.

The bandit horsemen behind him naturally followed suit, whipping their horses like crazy, and the snowy field was immediately covered with a trail of dust...

The ranger was right, the main city gate was indeed wide open, but there was more than one person on the city wall. However, at this moment, under Wu Lai's instructions, they were all half-crouching behind the city wall without showing their heads.

Gao Geng lay beside Wu Lai, and after hesitating for a while, he lowered his voice and asked, "Master, are you sure you want to do this?"

"What else?" Wu Lai asked back, thinking to himself that I finally had the chance to be Zhuge Liang, but if I miss this opportunity, I'll never have it again.

At the northwest gate, the soldier beside Aesop saw the bandits rushing towards the main city gate and couldn't help asking, "Lord Aesop, what are they doing?"

"You are going to die. Let's stay here. When the horn sounds over there, go over and help clean up the battlefield." Aesop patted the shield beside him and said, "Now throw a few stones down to scare those guys hiding in the doorway and smashing the door."

When there were still more than 400 steps away from the main city gate, Osaires hesitated, because a figure suddenly appeared on the wall of the main city gate, and then the second and third.

There were three of them, but it was enough to make Osiris alert. However, despite his hesitation, he did not slow down his horse's pace much.

After going around the hill and turning into the city-state horse road, Osaires breathed a sigh of relief. The three figures were still on the top of the city wall, and the city gate was still open. The checkpoints and the city gate were empty and there was no trace of people.

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At this time, Osaires was less than three hundred steps away. With a quick charge on horseback, he could cross the checkpoint and rush into the gate. Victory seemed within reach.

Osaires pulled the reins, and the horse's speed immediately slowed down, from galloping in the snow to a trot, and while running, it moved closer to the main city gate.

"Boss, the people at the northwest gate haven't moved." The deputy said with joy.

"Yeah." Osiris nodded, his eyes fixed on the main city gate wall that was getting closer and closer, his brows gradually furrowed. As he kept getting closer, the three figures on the wall became clearer and clearer.

There was a noble boy, a charming woman and a serious middle-aged man.

The noble boy was sitting on a big chair with his arms and legs spread out. The charming woman was massaging his left shoulder slowly, while the serious middle-aged man was standing on the right side of the boy...

This scene was too weird... Osiris couldn't help but slow down a bit...

Seeing the bandits getting closer, Gao Geng, who was standing beside Wu Lai, began to tremble: "Master."

"Are you scared?" Wu Lai smiled slightly and patted the hands of the female massage slave. Her hands were also trembling.

"I'm not afraid, just worried," said Gauguin.

Wu Lai laughed, glanced at Osaires and others who were already within 150 steps, clapped his right hand on the armrest of the chair, and actually hummed: "I was watching the mountain scenery from the city tower, and I heard a commotion outside the city, with flags waving in the air. It turned out to be the soldiers sent by Sima..."

Gao Geng was startled and thought to himself, what a time it is, and you are still humming and singing, young master.

There were only a hundred steps left. Osaires narrowed his eyes and thought that including the twenty-five steps in the doorway, he could rush into the city in the blink of an eye by galloping on his horse.

"Charge!" Osaires shouted with his arms raised.

At the same time, Wu Lai suddenly raised his right arm, and a large red cloth flag was raised on a stone building more than a hundred steps behind him.

The red flag fluttered in the wind, and from a stone building close to the main city gate, a group of young men ran out quickly, as fast as lightning but with uniform steps, all wearing black cloaks, leather armor and leather boots.

They are the Daishan Squad! When Osaires rushed to the city gate, the Daishan Squad also ran into the city gate...

Osiris reined in his horse in surprise, and the Daishan team had already lined up...

Before Osiris could react, the horsemen behind him rushed forward. There was nothing he could do. The horses were too fast, and pulling the reins would not stop them immediately. Amidst the dull collision and the neighing of horses, Osiris was "herded" into the doorway...

After the Daishan squad finished lining up, they all stretched their right arms forward, holding a dark bronze crossbow in their hands.

The crossbow has a rim around it, with teeth in the rim. The teeth can hook the bowstring. There is a mountain on the rim for aiming. There is a hanging knife under the teeth as a trigger. When firing, the hanging knife is pulled, the teeth retract, and the string hooked by the teeth pops out...

Once the string is pulled out, the crossbow arrow will naturally shoot out...

The crossbow in the hands of the Daishan team was improved by Wu Lai based on the Zhuge Liannu. It was strung with a mechanical hinge. After shooting, the spring inside the crossbow would automatically reset the bowstring. The crossbow box could load six crossbow arrows at a time. These six hollow bronze arrows not only had terrifying strength, but also had a balancing tail that the Zhuge Liannu did not have. Therefore, its range was longer, its rate of fire was higher, and its penetration was greater...