210: The Battle of the Defending the City (2)

Because it was a tentative attack, the Han family's attack came quickly and retreated quickly, and Zhou Fengxue repelled the other party without any pressure. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhou Yanbo left Jiaqin Gate at the beginning of the attack, and now he has arrived at the southeast gate, Jiaxian Gate, and it is Yun Yi of the Yun clan who guards this place.

"It's coming. Yun Yi stood in front of Jiaxianmen and said, "It seems that there has been a small victory at the east gate." ”

"It's just a tentative attack by the other side, and it doesn't make much sense. Zhou Yanbo said.

Yun Yi nodded: "Since the end of the attack, there has not been a trace of sound, it seems that the other party is doing military meditation, once you hear the sound, it is time for the other party to really start the attack." Obviously, Yun Yi was extremely familiar with the Han family's way of using troops, and he knew that the real attack had not yet come.

Zhou Yanbo didn't say anything yet, but he saw a lot of burning fireballs appear in the sky in the direction of Jiaqin Gate, and the direction was towards Jiaqin Gate, but Zhou Yanbo didn't feel strange about this at all.

"It's a catapult, and it looks light. Yun Yi looked at the fireball in the sky and said, "The other party has attacked." ”

"It's high. Zhou Yanbo said.

Yun Yi asked, "What's tall?"

"The angle and force of the throw. Zhou Yanbo said, "The stone wall of Jiazhou is not a thick city wall ten zhang high, and throwing in such a direction will not cause damage to the stone wall of Jiazhou." ”

Zhou Yanbo was right, Han Jiajun's catapult was thrown according to the normal scale of the city wall, and as a result, all the fireballs did not hurt the stone wall within the Jiaqin Gate, but fell in the Sandao City.

"As soon as I entered Jiazhou, I was still wondering. "On a tall building not far from the stone wall of Sandao City, the rest of the Xun family and the Yun clan watched the battle here, because there was a telescope made by Qiu Ning, so there was no need to get too close to the stone wall. And now He Dian is saying to everyone: "Jiazhou is three stone walls, four moats, two of which surround the stone walls of the three cities and part of the open space, when I first came, I don't know why there was an extra moat, it turned out to be like this." ”

Zhou Yanqing said: "These two moats, together with open space and stone walls, concentrate the damage suffered by the siege in this area, which can ensure that the houses behind are not harmed, although the amount of work will increase, but the losses will be reduced in the future." ”

Seeing that the catapult had caused no damage, Wang Jin angrily asked, "What's going on!?"

"The height of the stone wall in Jiazhou is too low, we threw it according to the normal situation, I didn't expect it to be like this. The military on the side replied tremblingly.

"Correct, fix it for me, aim at the stone wall around the city gate!" Wang Jin shouted, the tentative attack just now found that it would be difficult to break through the stone wall without breaking a gap.

"It looks like the other side is correcting the angle. Yun Yi stood on the door of Jiaxian and said, "There should be no mistakes this time." ”

Zhou Yanbo said with a smile: "The first throw is unsuccessful, it means that they have lost the best opportunity, Feng Xue he will not lose this opportunity, I dare to say that he is preparing to counterattack now, Uncle Yun Yi, you are optimistic, I will go to see Jiademen." After speaking, Zhou Yanbo walked in the direction of the south gate.

"Counterattack?" Yun Yi was very puzzled, how could Zhou Yanbo fight back without going out of the city to meet the enemy?

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the ballista is ready. The sergeant reported to Zhou Fengxue. The commander of the general capital is the official service held by Zhou Fengxue, and is in charge of all military jurisdictions.

"Aim at the other party's catapults and don't let them throw flints. Zhou Fengxue said.

The castle was set up at intervals within the stone walls, and there was enough space inside to place a large ballista, which had been modified by Cunin and Adams, and was powerful enough to make a heavy trebuchet half-broken, let alone a light catapult.

"Chief, there seems to be something in those attics on the stone wall of Jiazhou?" The deputy general saw that something was wrong with the castle on the stone wall.

"What else can there be but archers?" Wang Jin said.

The lieutenant wanted to say something, but he found that something flew out of the castle and got closer and bigger to them.

"Lord be careful!" the lieutenant immediately pulled Wang Jin away, and Wang Jin was pulled to the ground, and then he heard a burst of wood breaking and a burst of screams, and when he looked back, four of his six light catapults were left, and the other two were a pile of broken logs.

"Ballista?" Wang Jin was also a battle-hardened person, and immediately understood what the reason was.

"Report, damaged two catapults and four more. The sergeant reported to Zhou Fengxue.

"Half the ...... of success"

The outermost five city gates in Jiazhou can be regarded as five lines of defense. Each one consisted of a stone wall, a city gate, two arrow turrets, and four castles, and Zhou Fengxue had just used the ballistas of four castles, but only two of them hit.

"Bastard, how can I fight with such a defense?" Wang Jin realized for the first time the terrible defense of Jiazhou. But even this can only be done on the head, "Order the remaining four catapults to aim at the second attic on the left of the opponent, destroy one first, and then the archers prepare heavy bows and fire arrows, aim at the second attic on the right, and the shield soldiers step forward to resist the opponent's bow and arrows." ”

"It turned out to be a ballista. Yun Yi knew why Zhou Yanbo said that Zhou Fengxue would fight back, using ballistas to destroy the opponent's catapult and make the opponent lose their long-range siege weapons.

Not only Yun Yi, but Yun Yehe and Xun Wenyu, who were watching the battle in the rear, also found the ballista, and directly destroyed the opponent's two catapults.

"Four ballistas plus a wall of bows and arrows, I'm afraid this is just the tip of the iceberg of Jiazhou's defense. He Dian said, "But why didn't Zhou Yanbo replace the ballista with a tiger squat cannon? "Although the ballista is powerful, it is still not as useful as the Tiger Squat Cannon.

"With Brother Yanbo's current ability, do you think it's possible to get the Tiger Squat Cannon?" Xun Wenyou said, "Even we don't have more than ten Tiger Squat Cannons. ”

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At this time, Zhou Yanbo had already marched to the westernmost gate, Jiacheng Gate, and the sound of fighting from behind was still endless. "How long has this been?" asked Zhou Yanbo.

"It seems that almost four hours have passed, and I can't imagine that Han Jiajun doesn't seem to have a trace of fatigue. "The one guarding Jiacheng Gate is his own uncle Zhou Yunpeng.

Zhou Yanbo looked at the sky: "I'm afraid the first day is over like this, and now I don't know what happened to the guards there in the wind and snow." ”

"Since I haven't received an emergency, it means that Zhou Fengxue is fine. Zhou Yunpeng said, "I don't know if the other party will attack at night." ”

"No, it won't. Zhou Yanbo smiled, "If they see what Jiazhou looks like at night." ”

Just at dusk, the Han army retreated and camped not far away to rest. After Zhou Fengxue saw that there was nothing to do, he returned to the Military Council Mansion in Erdao City to report.

"The damage to the first line of Jiaqin Gate is okay, but a castle is attacked by the opponent's catapults, and the ballista can no longer be used, and the damage to the stone wall is about 20%. "Zhou Fengxue will roughly report it.

"And what about the loss of personnel?"

"It's not much, there is a stone wall as shelter, there is not much loss, but most of the reason is that the other party only used heavy bows and fire arrows to attack, and did not attack the city gate and stone wall on a large scale. ”

Zhou Yanbo nodded: "Next, I will make tomorrow's allocation: the East City Gate, replaced by Uncle Yun Yi to guard, the number is 10,000 at the southeast gate, please Uncle Zhou Yunpeng, the number is 5,000, the south gate is He Dian with 5,000 people, the southwest gate is Fengxue, the number is 3,000, and the West Gate please Mr. He Dian with 3,000 people." Start changing guards right away. ”

"Clever!" Yun Yehe, who was on the side, secretly praised. This is Zhou Yanbo's tired strategy, he understands that through the stone wall defense of Jiazhou City, one enemy can be five, so he takes turns to resist the opponent's attack, on the contrary, the other party has no army that can be replaced, so he can only get more and more tired the more he fights, and he will eventually be dragged down, even if the other party wants to change the city gate, it is useless.

Yun Yehe understood one thing, if he wanted to conquer Jiazhou, he would either encircle it all or break it in the shortest possible time, but Jiazhou was backed by Ye Xun Mountain, and it was impossible to completely surround it.

The next day was indeed the craziest moment of the Han family's attack, they put all their long-range attacks on the Jiaqin Gate, wanting to break through the Jiaqin Gate in one fell swoop, and then break down the stone walls of the three cities from the inside.

The Han army flocked to Jiaqin Gate one after another, and even used siege vehicles, but they found that the siege vehicles were not of much use, because the city gate of Jiazhou was built on a trapezoidal table, and the front of the city gate was an inclined plane, and the bulky siege vehicles could not be parked in front of the city gate, let alone used, and the soldiers on the stone wall were also prepared to throw fireballs, this kind of ceramic balls containing gunpowder and incendiary materials, when they were lit and thrown down, they could cause a fire in an area, and the siege vehicles were only burned.

So Wang Jin changed his strategy, since the stone wall was only two people high, it was easy to climb up, and they decided to cut off half of the bamboo ladder for the siege, and then they could build it on the stone wall to attack it. However, the Yun Yi army on the stone wall used bows and arrows and spears to constantly pick the opponent down, and later Zhou Yunpeng's 5,000 people came to support before they defeated the other party.

Although this is the case, at the end of the day, the stone wall of Jiaqin Gate has been damaged by more than forty percent, and the defending side has also lost more than seven thousand, but the loss of the Han family army has also exceeded half.

"Tomorrow is the last day, and if we can't take it, we will retreat. Wang Jin is self-aware, he knows that the gap between the numbers of the two sides has become much smaller now, although the numerical advantage is still with them, but it will not necessarily be after tomorrow.

"I can't let Han Jiajun be arrogant tomorrow. Zhou Yanbo said in the Military Council, "In the autumn year, you can go to Yecheng." ”

Zhou Qiunian nodded, disappeared into the night, Zhou Yanbo walked out and looked at the stone wall, there will be a fixed oil lamp at certain distances in the corridor of the stone wall, the stone wall of the entire Jiazhou is beautiful, and the wind sound tower and the lights of thousands of homes together form a beautiful scenery in Jiazhou, which is why the other party does not dare to attack at night, it is too obvious.

At this time, Wang Jin should also look at the night scene of Jiazhou and be melancholy. Zhou Yanbo smiled slightly, "You won't be able to see it tomorrow." ”

On the third day, the Han army once again attacked like Jiaqinmen, this time guarding He Dian and Zhou Tang.

And just when the attack was fierce, an army was killed in the rear of the Han family's army, which was Shi Mingzhe's army, and they ran directly to the Han family's army's main formation, and Wang Jin had already forgotten that there was a Yecheng behind.