Lingwu.
In front of the city wall, the craftsmen were extremely busy.
I saw giant Thunderbolt cars appearing one after another outside the city wall. At first glance, there were about eighty of them, but they were not satisfied yet and were still adding more.
These are not ordinary catapults with a single tip, but carts with multiple tips.
The soldiers used carriages to transport the stones and transported them to the catapult. Several burly men came forward, struggled to pick up the stones, and put them on the ladle step by step.
Liu Taozi led the troops and stood outside the catapult, squinting his eyes and staring at Lingwu City in the distance.
"Your Majesty, do you want to continue building it?"
Liu Chengcai stood next to the green lion. He was not wearing armor. In such a cold season, he was sweating profusely and his whole body was soaked with sweat.
"Unless it exceeds five hundred, the effect will not become more obvious."
"In the past few days, Yang Zhong is also leading the troops in the city to reinforce the city wall, and the troops from Xiazhou and Yanzhou have begun to gather. Brother, is it time to take action?"
After besieging Yang Zhong, Liu Taozi did not rush to attack the city, but spent a lot of time building siege equipment.
This time, he did not just build a ladder, but asked the military craftsmen to go all out to build a multi-tap catapult.
Although this era was overall absurd and weird, it was also the period when military technology developed most rapidly.
Warfare and usurping the throne have become the mainstream. Hundreds of years of melee have greatly developed many technologies such as cavalry, siege, and defense, including siege technology. Compared with the melee in the Later Han Dynasty, various technologies at this moment
Tactical techniques have improved a lot.
The ladder has become stronger. The ancient ladder was carried by soldiers to set up. Today's ladder is more like a ladder truck. It is pushed up to the city wall to directly form a gentle slope bridge. This is especially true for the catapult. From the original lightweight
The single-tip dump truck has developed step by step to the current single-tip movable dump truck, multi-tip short-arm medium-sized dump truck, and immovable multi-tip super-large dump truck. There are even rotating multi-aspect dump trucks.
Liu Taozi stared at the big "Yang" flag on the Lingwu city wall, her eyes becoming more and more fierce.
He drew the High King Sword.
The green lion seemed to feel the master's soaring fighting spirit. It rubbed its front hooves, eager to try.
"Prepare for war!!"
Liu Taozi yelled.
The army immediately changed its formation, the flag was raised, and the armies on three sides began to change their formation. The soldiers raised their large shields and quickly rushed to both sides of the cart. The knights were eager to try, and the crossbowmen raised their crossbows high.
Yang Zhong stood on the North Tower, looked at the Liu-character banner opposite, and drew his saber.
"Prepare for war!!!"
The crossbowmen took aim one after another. A burly man came to the wall stacks holding the same stone. Several crossbow carts moved slowly in the direction.
"Kill~~~"
Liu Taozi roared.
"boom!!!!!"
"boom!!!!"
The sound of the big throwing cart was like thunder, deafening. As the soldiers released the rope, the four throwing soldiers roared and exerted their strength at the same time.
The big rocks roared and flew towards the city wall.
"Boom~~"
The stones hit the battlements hard, and the city wall let out a scream, and the pieces flew out. The soldiers standing here were bloody and fell to the ground with howls.
The next moment, stones flew from the sky. The city wall was in a mess and broken everywhere. Soldiers roared, raised their big shields, rushed forward, and piled up the gaps with debris.
"put!!"
"boom!!!!"
"put!!"
A city wall on the west side suddenly began to shake after being hit many times.
Yao Xiong rode his war horse and looked at the gap excitedly, "That's right! That's right! That's right!"
"Boom~~"
A city wall suddenly collapsed, and the soldiers fell down with howls and were buried under the stones. Yao Xiong's face turned red, "Every soldier who throws away is rewarded!! There is a reward!!"
"kill!!!"
Yao Xiong roared and charged towards the gap.
Some generals had already arrived at the gap, and some soldiers quickly piled it up with debris.
"Whoosh~whoosh~whoosh~whoosh~"
On the city wall, arrows were shot out and rained down all over the sky. The horses fell down wailing, and the knights fell one after another.
Yao Xiong raised his shield and led the knights towards the gap.
General Zhou roared angrily, and lined up a row of powerful crossbows. He fired a volley at the charging knights. After the first row finished firing, he quickly squatted down, and the second row fired a volley. The powerful crossbows were like sickles.
Yao Xiong felt pain in his crotch, and the horse and man rolled down.
The knights quickly protected Yao Xiong in the middle and began to retreat.
"put!!"
"Boom~~"
The north, west, and east sides of Lingwu were all under attack.
Yao Xiong withdrew to his original position at this moment. He saw that the narrow gap was quickly blocked, and the powerful crossbows were arranged neatly. He pulled out several arrows from his armor. He could no longer attack forcefully, so he could only continue to throw them.
"Kill~~"
The Podoro in the east had stopped firing at this moment. Under the cover of swords and shields, the crossbowmen continued to advance, trying to suppress the arrows on the city wall.
Arrows continued to shoot out from both sides, and then fell again.
The soldiers came all the way to the city wall and used large shields to set up a gentle slope under the city wall. The height of part of the city wall had been lowered by the indiscriminate bombardment. Potara's men beat the war drums and flew out on horseback.
The knights came galloping, but these knights did not have much armor. The horses ran wildly. The shield bearers supported each other and raised their shields. The horses stepped on the shields and took advantage of the gentle slope. Potara jumped up and jumped on
When he reached the pile of rubble, dozens of spears were stabbed from the left and right. Before Potara could react, his horse was stabbed to death. Potara fell into the rubble, holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other.
Holding against the spearmen in front of them, the knights flew up one by one and landed on the rocks.
Zhou soldiers roared and came forward, and the two sides fought together.
This place is really not suitable for cavalry, and the horses cannot move. The knights are constantly being knocked down. Potara immediately ordered everyone to dismount and kill the enemy with swords and shields.
Badara roared and charged all the way, his body covered in blood.
The soldiers on the two high walls on the left and right now organized themselves and started throwing stones frantically towards this place.
Sprinkle boiling water.
The Sword and Shield Hands were defeated, and Potara led everyone to retreat.
Yang Zhong stood on the city tower, and the scouts kept flying over to inform him of the attack situation on three sides. The flags on the city tower kept changing, and the scouts rushed back and forth.
The siege lasted for a full day.
When it got dark, the rumbling sound finally stopped.
The entire Lingwu city wall is like a ruin, turned into piles of miscellaneous rocks.
The wails of the wounded soldiers resounded everywhere, and civilians continued to step forward to reinforce the gaps and dig out the buried wounded soldiers.
Someone was carrying food bowls and distributing them one by one on the city wall.
Yang Zhong was also walking on the city wall at this moment, passing through the soldiers on both sides, "Your team has killed the most enemies! Everyone will be rewarded!"
"Come here, prepare more meat for them! Give them some wine!"
Yang Zhong gave the order, drank wine with several officers in person, and promoted them to official positions.
After walking around like this, he did everything that should be comforted, punished, and encouraged.
Back on the tower, Murong Yan wrapped his face in cloth, leaving only one eye exposed, and limped to Yang Zhong's side, "My lord."
Yang Zhong looked at the other officers and asked them to sit down.
Everyone sat together, breathing softly and saying nothing.
Yang Zhong said proudly: "What do you mean by Hengshuo soldiers and Youyan soldiers? I think they are nothing more than that. They attacked hard for a day, but they didn't even break through the outer wall. If you can't do it today, you won't be able to do it in the future!"
Everyone had gained some morale, and they teased each other about the people outside the city.
Murong Yan did not smile.
He looked at Yang Zhong and asked seriously: "General, when will our reinforcements arrive?"
"Reinforcements? The reinforcements are probably already waiting to see Liu Taozi's camp!!"
Murong Yan shook his head after hearing Yang Zhong's words.
"My lord, we have followed you for many years and are willing to die with you."
"Just please tell us, Duke, when will the reinforcements arrive?"
Murong Yan took a deep breath, and his voice was trembling, "There are only three hundred people left under my command. The officers are all gone, and no one has retreated. But these are elite elites who have been with me for many years. I will wait for you."
They are like their own brothers.”
The morale, which had been somewhat improved before, seemed to have become low again.
Yang Zhong did not reprimand this old brother for disturbing the morale of the army. Today, if he had not resisted the attack of Dorona's mad dog in the east, the city would have been breached.
Yang Zhong slowly looked into the distance.
"The armies of Yanzhou and Xiazhou have all been dragged to Chang'an, but they can still gather more than 10,000 people."
"It's just that they lack a brave commander, so they don't dare to attack rashly."
"I don't want them to attack either. Liu Taozi is besieging the city on three sides, and at least two armies are still unused. If they come in a hurry, I'm afraid they will be defeated by Liu Taozi."
"Now all we can expect is that the reinforcements from the temple can come to support in time. There are more than 10,000 people in Huizhou, plus the troops from Yanzhou, plus the reinforcements from the temple, then we will not be so passive."
"It's just that I don't know who the temple sent."
"However, don't worry too much. Lingwu is connected in all directions and is in a dangerous position. Even if Yuwenhu wants me to die, he will never dare to watch Lingwu fall. He will definitely send a qualified general to support him.
Hold on for a while. When reinforcements arrive and Liu Taozi's morale is low, we can attack from both sides, or I Xu can recapture Yongfeng."
Yang Zhong did not say empty words to boost morale this time. He truthfully informed the six generals in front of him of his thoughts.
Among these six generals, in addition to Murong Yan, a veteran who had participated in many battles with Yang Zhong, there was also Tian Hong, who had just been promoted to general and was brave and good at fighting.
The other four people are all relatively young.
Veteran generals who were close to Yang Zhong, such as Li Mu, were temporarily transferred to Chang'an and followed Yu Wenhu to attack the Puppet Qi.
These juniors have not been promoted for too long, and they have achieved many military exploits in the past, but this is the first time they have encountered such a high-powered offensive and defensive battle.
They had never seen such a fierce offensive and defensive battle like today, the carts tearing apart the city wall, the endless rain of arrows, and the warriors who charged again and again.
Yang Zhong looked at these young faces and patiently explained to them the program of defending the city.
Under the city wall, lights towered into the sky.
The troops in each department were resting and recuperating at the moment. Shi Wansui followed Liu Taozi and led the knights to inspect the camps.
"Your Majesty, General Yao is injured. Why don't you let me do the first climb tomorrow? I will definitely capture this city for your Majesty!!"
Shi Wansui asked.
Liu Taozi didn't even look at him, and Shi Wansui knew that he had been rejected.
He felt a little depressed. He also watched the city attack today. Did he really think that he could attack first? There were so many gaps and the number of garrisoned soldiers was quite limited. If they were all cut down, wouldn't it be possible to break the city?
Liu Taozi has arrived at Yao Xiong's camp at this moment.
Yao Xiong was seriously injured. He fell off his horse and was hit by several arrows. However, he was still in high spirits and not too depressed.
"Brother!"
"The wounded soldiers have been properly arranged."
"Tomorrow, I will capture this city for my brother!!"
Looking at Yao Xiong who was full of confidence, Liu Taozi said calmly: "Don't worry, our food and grass are enough for the time being, and the enemy's reinforcements do not dare to move forward."
"Weaken the enemy more and stop attacking blindly."
"only!!"
Zhou, Huizhou, Huining City.
Inside the state government office, the lights are brightly lit.
The musicians played the accompaniment gently, the dancers danced gracefully, and Yu Wenzhi sat on top, shaking his head, and sang the song affectionately.
The governor of Huizhou knelt aside, without any ministerial demeanor, holding a wine cup, and personally poured wine for Yu Wenzhi, with a flattering smile on his fat-headed and big-eared face.
General Hou Longen sat aside, with a dark face and a dull look on his face, refusing to drink.
The governor of Huizhou glanced at him and did not get up. He just knelt and crawled in front of Hou Longen. He raised the wine cup and said with a charming smile: "General, I offer you a cup."
"roll."
Hou Longen blurted out with a straight face.
The governor of Huizhou was reprimanded in person, but he was not angry. He just smiled and said, "General, don't be angry. The wine here is really not worthy of your status."
Yu Wenzhi looked at Hou Longen and said, "General, Governor Zheng is very polite to you, why do you insult him?"
Hou Longen looked at Yu Wenzhi and said, "Mr. Chongye, the Duke of Guo has asked us to go to rescue Lingwu. We have been delayed here for two days."
"So what?"
"Follow the Duke of the country and there will be ten thousand enemies."
"Did the general forget what my father told me before he left?"
"I have never forgotten it, but I think Mr. Chongye has forgotten it."
"Lingwu must never make a mistake!!"
"Yang Zhong has only three thousand elite soldiers. The Lingwu soldiers are too weak to be reused. Liu Taozi came prepared. If he doesn't see reinforcements, he will definitely attack Lingwu. I'm worried that Lingwu will be lost!"
Yu Wenzhi immediately threw the drink in front of him.
In fact, Yu Wenhu's personal ethics are not too bad. Although he committed evil acts such as regicide, at least he himself did not seize women from the people or abuse the people. His reputation is not too bad, but his sons are indeed
He was not very humane, and he even had a "good reputation" as "the scholars are greedy and cruel, the officials are indulgent, and they rely on power to protect the power, and they all interfere with the government and harm the people."
However, these sons have been promoted to various positions and titles. With the support of their father, they are not afraid of others at all.
"Does General Hou think I don't know how to fight?!"
"The Art of War goes like this: Encircle an enemy ten times, attack it five times."
"Then Liu Taozi came all the way, has no more than 30,000 soldiers under his command, and has a tall and strong spirit. How could he be captured so easily?!"
Yu Wenzhi raised his head and said proudly: "The Book of Han says: At the end of a strong crossbow, the force cannot penetrate Lu's silk."
"Zuo Chuan said: One vigorous effort will lead to failure, and three times it will be exhausted."
"I am now sitting in Huizhou. It is only two days' journey from Huizhou to Lingzhou. I can go to support at any time. Our army is resting here, but Liu Taozi's army is fighting hard. Wait until they fail three times.
After breaking through Lingwu and becoming the weakest enemy, we can easily defeat him!"
"This time my grandpa gave me 20,000 elite men, and there are Hui, Yan, and Xia's army, nearly 40,000 troops, waiting for work at leisure. Is there any reason to be invincible?"
Listening to Yu Wenzhi's words, the governor of Huizhou couldn't help but clapped his hands, "Chong Ye Gong is really a great talent! His talent is not inferior to that of Han Bai, he is the best in the world!!"
Hou Longen's face turned the color of pig liver.
If it weren't for the other party's special status,
Hou Longen took a deep breath and continued: "I am vulgar and have not been able to study since I was a child. I started to join the army when I was young. I once followed the Prime Minister in battle, captured Dou Tai, broke the sand garden, fought against the river bridge, and once again
Rescued the Duke of Jin among tens of thousands of rebels."
"I don't know if the end of the strong crossbow can pierce Lu Zhen, but I know that if we can't send out troops tomorrow, the Lingwu will probably be lost. When I return to Chang'an, I will truthfully inform the Duke of Jin about this expedition.
Condition!"
When Yu Wenzhi heard that the other party had moved out his father, although he was still angry, he calmed down a little.
"Okay, okay, the general is brave and I can't defeat him. We will send out troops tomorrow."
He stood up and left the place directly. The governor of Huizhou lowered his head and did not dare to speak. Hou Longen also stood up and left the place with a dark face.
Before setting off, Yu Wenhu told him many things.
Lingwu must be saved and cannot be lost, but Yang Zhong, as long as he does not lose Lingwu, will make him suffer as much as possible.
Of course it would be best if he died, but if he didn't die, there must be a legitimate reason to deal with him so that he could no longer lead troops.
Hou Longen had some idea, but Yu Wenzhi, the nominal deputy general, relied on his identity to force his stay in Huizhou, interrupting all Hou Longen's plans.
The next day, Yu Wenzhi stood up reluctantly and asked Hou Longen to lead the army to wait for him for a long time.
The army finally set off from Huizhou.
Hou Longen was in charge of the central army, and Yu Wenzhi was assigned to the rear army position by him.
But soon, Hou Longen discovered something was wrong. The rear army always fell behind. The front army and the middle army had to slow down from time to time to wait for the rear army. He sent scouts to inquire. Yu Wenzhi did not explain, but just beat the scouts with a riding crop.
Dayton.
Hou Longen moved him to the flank again and asked him to lead the light cavalry escort.
As a result, just twenty miles out of Huizhou, the flanking Qingqi almost got separated from the main force.
This genius, who was familiar with the art of war and could surpass Han Xin and Bai Qi, could not even understand the basics of marching.
After two days of marching, the pace was slow and the general became more and more irritable.
Fortunately, they could finally hear the shouts of killing in the distance.
Chapter completed!