In the early morning, the Shouyang defenders saw that the Liang army had built several tall chariots (siege tower vehicles) on the open space in the south of the city. The height of the chariots was at least ten feet, which was obviously higher than the Shouyang city wall.

It is not only tall, but also thick. It seems that it can accommodate many soldiers. There are thick and thick human crucifixes on the left and right sides of the top of the chariot, like ears.

Once these cars approach the city wall, they release pedals and put them on the wall, and the soldiers flocking out from inside are enough to flood the defenders on the city.

But the premise is to be close to the city wall.

The defenders could see clearly that there must be at least ten wheels of such a tall car, and now it is at least two hundred steps away from the city wall. It is not easy to push it over and approach the city wall.

The land outside the city is uneven and soft. It will be difficult to push the tall car over, and the wheels are easily trapped into the ground and overturned.

Therefore, the Shouyang defenders did not feel any threat to the several cars built by the Liang army overnight, and believed that they would fall over by themselves after halfway through these cars.

But what do ruts in front of the car mean?

The soldiers could see clearly that yesterday morning, many people in Liang army laid "ruts" in the open space outside the city, and then several toad trucks filled with moats moved along the ruts toward the city wall.

During the movement of each toad car, two obvious ruts were constantly pulled out from behind.

The toad cart was approaching the city wall while leaving ruts. There were toad carts walking back and forth on the ruts, as if transporting supplies to the toad cart at the front.

After a day and night, these toad cars that "pulled" were less than fifty steps under the city wall under the cover of soldiers. They stubbornly advanced regardless of the fire arrows on the city.

It seems to be opening the road for the car at the back of the rut.

In each group of two toad cars, two (four) ruts are "pulled" behind them, and the tall car at the end of the rut is about the same width as these two ruts, slightly wider.

So, what the hell is Liang Jun doing?

The defenders kept firing with fire arrows to shoot the toad cart that was about to lean into the moat under the city, igniting it and forcing it back.

Just as the sun was rising, Liang Jun, who was in the distance, suddenly moved and moved along the ruts. The speed of progress was very fast and very stable, beyond the expectations of the defenders.

It seems that the car walking on the rut is very stable and will not take long to come to the edge of the trench.

However, the trench is more than 40 steps away from the city wall and Liang Jun has not filled the trench, so how can we get the car close to it and put the suspension bridge against the wall?

The burning toad cart retreated a hundred steps away, and was then lifted by soldiers running out of it, carried to one side, and left the rut.

It seemed that they were giving way, but there was no sign of Liang Jun filling the trenches.

Seeing that the distance between the car and the city wall was getting closer and closer, and it was less than a hundred steps, the defenders fired fire arrows and wanted to ignite the car.

However, the tall carriage seemed to be covered with a wet cloth, and the fire arrow shot up, and the fire did not catch a fire for the time being. The carriage was getting closer and closer, but stopped on the edge of the trench.

The soldiers braved their arrows to fix the bottom of the car to the ground. Then, the sound of trumpets came from the car, and countless people shouted, as if they were turning some mechanisms.

Then, the wooden board at the front end of the car slowly rose, rising higher and higher, like a suspension bridge pedal.

The guard looked at the high pedals standing up at the front end of the car, and just estimated it for a moment, and his face was pale: Judging from the length, the length of the pedal is probably more than fifty steps!

The other party directly planned to place suspension bridge pedals through the trench!

"Be careful! Be careful! The suspension bridge pedals are going to be put on before the car!"

The shouts of shouting, and the soldiers who were shooting archery hard were a little confused when they heard this. At this moment, the horns sounded, and tall Liang Jun came to the chariot, and the pedals of the suspension bridge above suddenly dropped.

With the sound of "bang, bang", the long and wide pedals hit the top of the rammed earth city wall, smashing the arrows to pieces, and their length even exceeded the width of the city head, so many soldiers standing on the city head were pressed under the board.

A howling sounded, and a large number of Liang soldiers rushed out of the car, stepped on the long pedals with guardrails on both wings, and rushed towards the wall.

Because the pedal was very wide, enough for four soldiers covered in full swing to charge side by side, the Liang army, who were swarming in, quickly submerged the city, caught the defenders off guard and collapsed instantly.

The soldiers walking along the chariot came up to the wall through the chariots. Soon, Liangjun flags were raised on all sides of the outer city of Shouyang.

Outside the city, Pei Zhigao and several other generals, looking at such a simple and crude way of siege, did not know how to describe their feelings.

From yesterday to now, in one day and night, the outer city of Shouyang has been broken.

Pei Zhigao fought a war all his life and attacked many cities and camps. When he was fighting Shouyang, he also used the carriage, but he had never seen the carriage use in this way.

If the vehicle is powerful, it must be high and large. However, it is difficult to move an expedition vehicle that is too tall. Moreover, the expedition vehicle that is too tall can easily overturn due to uneven ground during the movement.

In order to make the carriage climb over the trench, it is necessary to fill the trench in advance. When the carriage approaches the city wall, if the floor of the wall is tilted and uneven, the carriage will still easily overturn.

As a result, Li Li's method of siege was to use a toad car to open the road and lay the "tracks".

The soldiers in the official timber camp were "constructing" the toad cart and constantly splicing out "rail tracks" with one-person cast iron bars and wood. The length of the two tracks was very fast, and the wide enough cart moved steadily on the track.

Then use "prefabricated parts" to splice the "three-stage telescopic vehicle". This vehicle is composed of a frame with three sections reduced in sequence. It "grows tall" with manpower. The base is very stable. It drives on the track and is close to the city wall.

Because the vehicle is big and wide enough and high enough, it is possible to install a very long suspension bridge pedal. There is no need to cross the trench and directly lower the pedal at the end of the railway track and smash it on the top of the city.

Then the soldiers in the car rushed up and took them off the city.

This was the "track engineering technique" deduced by Li Li during the imperial court, and Pei Zhigao was convinced.

Now, only after witnessing the siege with one's own eyes was truly confirmed that the "track siege method" introduced by Li Li was indeed powerful.

Pei Ji was beside him, watching his simple and rough breaking the outer city of Shouyang, and then looking at the "rail tracks", he was amazed: How many cast iron rails do you have to prepare in advance?

In order to break the city day and night, I am afraid that I have to prepare one or two months in advance?

"You must be surprised." Pei Zhigao said slowly, and Pei Ji listened in his ears.

"You must be surprised, how did this track come about? Haha, Dongye has been using it before, and it was dismantled directly and transported to Shouyang."

Pei Zhigao asked and answered: "When the car is so high and the suspension bridge on the top is so long and heavy, will it not be head-heavy and light and fall forward? In fact, the other side of it, that is, the protruding like a braid at the back, is the counterweight."

"And, this car was built when Dongye was rebuilt. It moved on the track and used as a lifting platform, which was very useful, so he was sure to use it to attack the city."

As he spoke, Pei Zhigao looked at his son: "Li Caiguan is also appointed as the Dongye Order, so the track and track van have been used in Dongye."

"So, he introduced the siege technique to the Lords, including his father, to the emperor. No one knew how to question it, but he only nodded."

"So, Your Majesty agreed to attack Shouyang first, Zhongli?" Pei Ji murmured, looking at the "tracks on the side of the city."

"Yes, otherwise, Your Majesty can't make up his mind." Pei Zhigao looked at the familiar Shouyang City and suddenly felt emotion.

"Oh, if you had such a way to attack the city back then, your uncle would have been able to ride a horse into Shouyang, so why would he end up in hatred?"

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The next afternoon, in the inner city of Shouyang, the defenders fought stubbornly. Seeing that the Liang army approached, they prepared the rolling wood and stones, and burned the "golden juice" again, preparing to water it.

You must know that even the armor cannot block the golden juice. As long as it is poured on the head, the skin is broken and the flesh is blooming, and then the whole body is frustrated and dies, and the death is miserable.

However, the Liang army was not in a hurry to attack the city, and sent a toad cart to open the road and pulled out ruts.

At the end of the rut, Liang Jun was building a carriage. The defenders watched the carriage grow and grow taller, but they were helpless.

The distance is too far, and they can't shoot arrows. The only thing they can shoot is the toad car that opens the way.

However, the toad cart was extremely strong and covered with wet cloth. The fire arrow shot up and it took a long time to ignite it.

Then the burning toad car retreated, and the new toad car stepped forward and continued to open the road.

As the sun sets, the inner city defenders saw the toad car driving unstoppable, and the car behind them gradually completed, and suddenly felt desperate.

Liang Jun's car was also fire-resistant. He was close to the city wall and could place the pedal at a distance of fifty steps. The pedal was long and wide. When he was slapped on the top of the city, he could directly kill people.

The inner city is narrow and not as spacious as the outer city. When the car comes over, the people fight again, how can they fight?

Seeing that soldiers had entered the three cars, the defenders felt a chill on their backs.

Although many people have seen the tactics of siege by car, they did not expect that siege could still be used like this. With ruts, siege can be built tall and large.

The horn sounded, and Liang Jun moved slowly before the chariot. Seeing this, the soldiers looked at the generals eagerly.

The general of the general saw everyone looking at him, and then looked at the tall carriage slowly approaching, so he looked at the main general.

When the general saw everyone looking at him, he saw the car slowly approaching, and Liang army had already begun to persuade him to surrender. Thinking about the outer city that was lost yesterday, he sighed:

"Open it, open the door and surrender."

After a moment, the inner city gate slowly opened, and Liang soldiers rushed into the city cheering, and cheered like a tide, reaching outside the city.

Xiao Fan, the King of Poyang who was about to enter the city, looked at the afterglow of the sunset and the Shouyang City in front of him, and found it incredible.

The morning before yesterday, the official camp of Cai began to arrange the siege. He took the outer city yesterday, but it was not dark today, and the inner city surrendered.

Before, he sent people to attack Shouyang and took a lot of effort to break through the outer city, but he couldn't even attack the inner city.

This Li Li is indeed a talent!

On the side, the prince Xiao Si was overjoyed: "Father, the child is right. Li Caiguan is good at siegeing the city. Since he promised to attack Shouyang quickly in front of His Majesty, he would definitely do it."

"How did he think of it?" Xiao Fan murmured, looking at the railway tracks on the ground and the official camp soldiers who were dismantling the railway tracks, and suddenly became expectant.

From Shouyang and Hefei to attack Zhongli, it took more than ten days of land march on a day and a day, but the Wei army in Huainan (Eastern Wei) would not remain indifferent.

It is very convenient to go to Huai River, because it is going downstream, Zhongli is on the south bank of Huai River. However, it is now the flood season, Huai River has risen sharply and it is dangerous to sail.
Chapter completed!