The drums of war rumbled, and the soldiers assembled in front of the battle, with three long ladders at the front, a storming cart, and two siege machines at the back.

With 2,000 people, it is obviously unrealistic to encircle a county town and attack it, but it is better to attack one side specifically.

"Speaking of which, I seem to be reminded of a sentence from "Sun Tzu"." Seeing this scene, a sentence came to Liu Tao's mind, "Therefore, the method of using soldiers, ten will surround it, five will attack it, and the multiplier will divide it......"

Yes, that's it, that's all there is in his head.

"The enemy army is more numerous than us, right?" Lu Yan complained, calculating that the other party estimated that there were about 3,000 people, and his own army only had 2,000 soldiers, so he couldn't let the baggage troops pass over.

"Besides, that feeling should be a field situation." Jian Yong also added a little.

"Is that so?" Liu Tao also felt that he really didn't know how to learn. I just felt that this sentence had the word 'siege', and I thought it was a siege. Carefully a product, not to mention anything else, how to deal with this one-to-one situation, it seems that it is not written...... He didn't remember if there was.

Or is it that Sun Tzu's Art of War focuses on dignified tactics, similar to the kind of technique of winning more with less, and even Sun Tzu himself does not approve of it? If you think about it, the art of war, tactics and strategy are not the same thing in themselves.

plus the opening sentence: soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored.

I feel that the so-called art of war is to be steady, prudent if you can be cautious, use your strengths to attack the opponent, and use all the forces you can use to give yourself an advantage...... Well, I may really be a delayed master of the art of war!

Don't look at him here, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Ge and Shangguan Yu have already begun to command the siege.

Without a cart, the crossbowmen would have to cover the carts at this time. The sword and shield men were in front of them, covering the crossbowmen, who cautiously came to the bottom of the walls and fired their arrows and crossbows at the top of the walls.

Shangguan Yu even drew his bow himself, and when he enlisted in the army, he carried a two-stone bow, which was almost equal to the enemy on the city wall in terms of range. The latter has a height advantage, shooting from a high position, and the power and effective range of the arrows are significantly increased.

Seriously, unless you use a well-mounted cart, or even have your own archers twice as many as the opponent, it's hard to say who has the advantage in the counter-shooting. After all, in such a situation, it is not easy to hit the opponent easily.

"Hit!" In the team of archers, an archer looked at the chief next to him, "The chief really shoots a miracle." ”

".................." Shi Chang didn't make a sound when he heard this, but continued to bend his bow and build arrows, unlike others, what this Shi Chang was holding was actually the same as Shangguan Yu, it was a two-stone bow.

With another arrow fired, an enemy archer on the city wall who poked out his head to shoot was instantly killed.

"What's that going on?" Liu Tao was in the Chinese army, so he naturally noticed the chief.

"It's a ranger, originally an offering to the Zhang family, called Yang Shot...... But as the name suggests, the archery skills are first-class. Lu Yan thought about it for a long time, but Jian Yong still remembered this person.

"It's really a shame that Xianhe can recognize ......him," Lu Yan laughed at himself when he heard this, "This person has a mediocre appearance, let alone being placed in the crowd, even if he is standing there alone, if he doesn't pay attention, he will ignore his existence." ”

"I know not his man, but his bow. In the army, except for the commander of Shangguan Tun, he is the only one who uses a two-stone bow, which is really easy to recognize. Jian Yong shook his head and said.

It is indeed a bit sad that people are not conspicuous with bows and arrows, but this person's archery skills are indeed good, and one person actually suppresses an area, and the thief does not even dare to show his head.

As soon as he said that, the storming car had already begun to move slowly towards the front. At the end of the day, it's something made with a pallet truck and a ram. There was a cornice above, and the soldiers hid below to push, so that they could avoid the arrows above the city walls. The defense against the log stone is not high, but now the thieves hardly dare to show their heads, and the occasional round log stone thrown out of the way can be avoided.

It's true that the four-wheeled design doesn't turn well, but the city car generally only needs to go forward and backward, so it's just right.

As the five soldiers pushed the city cart and quickly advanced in the direction of the city gate, only to hear a "bang", and the wood of the gate was concave in a small piece. The gate stood still, but it wasn't solid, but something was blocking behind it.

"Go on!" The commander who operated the city truck shouted, and the soldiers pulled the car back one after another, reaching a distance of about ten meters.

"Throwing stones, hurry up and throw stones!" Gao Sheng saw that the other party had begun to bang on the door, and shouted angrily. They attacked the city with the kind of ram held by the two of them, but they didn't expect these officers and soldiers to attack the city with this kind of rushing vehicle that seemed to be more useful.

"General, you can't throw it, the other party's arrows are too dense, and our people can't raise their heads at all!" The adjutant hurriedly replied, and the action of throwing was naturally to get up, lift the stone, and then smash it down. But as soon as I got up, two or three arrows were fired, especially those crossbow arrows, which could be shot in a second or so, and it was very difficult to be safe.

If you can throw it around, the opponent's storming car has two lookouts, which directly pull the car to avoid it, and the long eaves cover it also protects the soldiers from harm to a certain extent.

Continuously smashing wasted stones, the intermittent effect is not good, and you have to risk your life when you aim and smash, this is the problem.

"Attention is all around the city gate...... Guan Yu noticed this situation, and immediately shouted behind him, "Prepare for the first test firing!" ”

The two siege engines behind them began to prepare, and immediately two soldiers carried a large stone into the basket and shouted to the front. More than 100 soldiers in front of him jerked downward, and with the help of the lever principle, they threw the stones in the basket.

Seriously, there's nothing to be said about it, it's probably forward, but where it hits is basically a matter of fate. These two things have existed since the Spring and Autumn Period - stone throwers!

The pure stone thrower is relatively simple to make, somewhat similar to a seesaw, but higher enough to allow one side to throw the stones out of it. The power cannot be counted on, after all, there is no winch, and at the same time, one side is not pressed with a heavy object, but pulled by manpower.

"We need to improve it in the future...... This thing isn't enough to see......" Liu Tao sighed. Having said that, how to improve, it's a bit difficult to say, after all, he probably knows the principle of trebuchet, but knowing and being able to do it are two different things.

It is necessary to find some qualified craftsmen and create it after some attempts. If you are lucky enough to develop a heavy trebuchet like the 'Xiangyang Run', then let alone the city wall of Anxi County. Even the city wall of Chang'an can be easily knocked down. After all, in my memory, the walls of Chang'an City in this era seem to be only about six meters.

"The cannon is booming!" Liu Tao subconsciously read a sentence.

"Cannon?" Lu Yan's ears twitched next to him, and he asked very suspiciously.

"Cannon, stone-wrapped cannon, catapult stones to attack the enemy's siege equipment, similar to a stone-throwing machine, but more powerful than a stone-throwing machine......" Liu Tao hurriedly started a serious nonsense.

"Oh...... But since my brother knew about this, why didn't he bring it up earlier? Lu Yan immediately asked.