"Yuan Shao has held back a lot of good things in the past ten days.... Is the artillery all in place? ”

Ten days is enough time for Ma Qiang to transport artillery from Guangzong to Yecheng, after all, this thing is the best to use against siege equipment.

"There are twelve gates at the north gate, and twenty-four gates at the west gate, thanks to the foresight of Han and Wang Envoy, who prepared a fort for us in advance, and guaranteed that Yuan Jun could have a good meal."

Since it was to deal with siege equipment, small-caliber artillery was useless, and all the heavy artillery that was brought from Gwangjong was heavy artillery with an effective firing range of up to three li and a cannon body of more than five feet.

The longer the barrel, the longer the range, but it is not so easy to build a long barrel, but it is the easiest to build a short mortar or something.

"Woo woo~~~"

Yuan Junnei blew the horn again, Ma Qiang touched his beard, raised his binoculars, and saw that Yuan Jun was beginning to approach the city wall.

The number is not large, only about three thousand.

It's just that you don't even shout before the battle?

It seems that Yuan Shao really doesn't like himself very much... I'm obviously a good person!

"Commander Xianyu, I'll leave it to you."

Xian Yufu nodded, waved the order flag, the sergeant on the hot air balloon could clearly see that the sergeants on the head of Yecheng City were dense, and there were more counterweight trebuchets were placing stone bombs ready to launch, under the city, the people and sergeants were mixed but not chaotic, some were resting, some were helping to transport supplies, and farther away, cooking, preparing to treat the wounded soldiers, there were all kinds of people, of course, it was indispensable to watch the excitement.

Due to the clear wall, a small half of the people in Wei County are in Yecheng, except for the people who were organized to help defend the city, most of the others have nothing to do, and it has become inevitable to watch the excitement.

"It's actually the Montenegrin Army that takes the lead, this Zhang Yan is really working hard for Yuan Shao." Ma Qiang's mouth was amazed, everyone knew that the first battle of this siege battle was not easy to fight, otherwise there would not be a first camp.

"Prepare to throw the car! Artillery ready!! Aim your own enemy siege engines!! ”

Although Xian Yufu had never seen the power of artillery, the previous night attack gave him a sensory understanding of firearms, and he also knew a lot about the use of this artillery from Huang Xu's mouth.

Anyway, just think of him as a throwing car that shoots a straight projectile.

One hundred and fifty steps!

This distance is not within the range of a bow and arrow, but it is within the range of an ordnance, which is a suitable distance.

"Put!!"

Rumble!

Rumble!!

Rumble!!!

The loud sound of cannon fire drowned out the loud noise of the other counterweight trebuchets, and the battle was officially announced.

Boom!

Bang dang~

"Ah, save me, I'm crushed!"

"My legs, my legs!!"

Twenty-four shells and more than 60 stone shells made countless small gaps in the Montenegrin army's formation, which was in the lead.

There was even a tall Lu bus, which was a large siege machine. The car starts several floors, generally as high as the city wall or even higher, with soldiers hidden inside, and leather outside, if pushed to the edge of the city, the sergeant can not climb the city wall, but can directly enter the city through the Lu bus car.

Before the invention of artillery, because of the huge size of the Lu chariot, it was difficult to have effective means of destruction in addition to fire attack, but also because the volume was too large and difficult to move, as long as the defenders in the city were elite enough and had fast-moving cavalry, they would often become the mascot of sending people to their heads and brushing their military exploits.

This time it was like this, the huge Lu bus was like a magnet, attracting most of the firepower, and the tall body was constantly pierced by stone bullets and lead bullets and then fell, killing and wounding many Montenegrin sergeants.

"Tut-tut, but that's it." Ma Qiang felt that Yuan Shao should be angry.

However, unlike what Ma Qiang thought, Yuan Shao was very calm at this time, and the strategists around him were quickly drawing the configuration diagram of Yecheng's city defense equipment.

"Twenty-four artillery pieces, sixty-four throwing cars, Ma Ziyu has a big pomp."

Looking at the drawings that were offered, Yuan Shao snorted, and then continued to order, "Let the second team, the third team attack, and the fourth team prepare, and inform the supervising team that if you dare to retreat without a fight, erect a high pole and make a decision!" ”

Zhang Yan on the side moved his hand, but didn't say anything.

The siege of the city is to fight morale, not to mention the strong city with the commander of the enemy army, Zhang Yan, as a veteran, understands Yuan Shao's decision.

"Ming Gong, look, Yuan Jun is here again!" Han Fu pointed to the distance and shouted.

"Two teams, about 6,000 people... There's also a tall pole erected, and that's supposed to be the Overseer. "Ma Qiang is also experienced, and he can estimate the situation at a glance.

"Yuan Shao saw our firepower to defend the city, and dared to send people to the head like this, it must be something to rely on... Gunpowder! He must still have gunpowder in his hand! ”

Ma Qiang shouted to Xian Yufu, "Xian Yu Commander, Yuan Shao may still have gunpowder left, be careful!" ”

Xian Yufu nodded and continued to command.

Twenty-four artillery pieces and sixty-four catapults, after all, were solid projectiles, and although the Yuan army of the first team attacking suffered considerable losses, it was still close to eighty paces.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Eighty steps, condescending, is enough to make the power of the bow and arrow to the extreme.

Unlike in later film and television works, where the sergeants all showed their bodies to shoot arrows, in the real ancient battlefield, the archers defending the city were more concentrated to cover the shooting, after all, there were too few marksmen.

A puff of arrows flew up, and then, with the blessing of the unborn Archmage Newton, it slammed into the military formation.

Under the command of the officer, the rain of arrows was dense and ruthless, and many sergeants of the Yuan Army, even if they were holding shields, were nailed to the ground by such a rain of arrows.

"Rush!! Archer cover!! ”

The officers of Yuan's army knew that they could not hesitate any longer at this time, and they had to quickly approach the city wall to attack the city.

The speed of Yuan's army increased suddenly, and the distance of eighty steps was not far, and then he began to build ladders or push siege equipment to attack under the cover of shield soldiers.

"Fire oil ready, throw!"

Jars of fire oil were thrown on various siege equipment, but because of the need to expose their bodies because of the oil drop, the first casualties of the Northern Army appeared.

But such casualties are really insignificant compared to Yuan Jun.

When Yuan Jun, who was about to climb the ladder, was smashed into the ground by the clay pot, and then as the clay pot burst and smelled the pungent smell, the sergeants turned white with fright.

Otherwise, this is the first siege on your side.

Then, a torch was thrown down, and Yuan Jun looked at the torch that kept enlarging in his eyes, but there was despair in his mind.

Rumble~~

As the torches dropped, the smell of charcoal-grilled meat gradually permeated the entire battlefield.

The offensive and defensive battle of Yecheng was particularly cruel at the beginning.