"General Qiyu, so far, 36 catapults have been damaged, and there are more than 100 stone bullets left, and they can only fire two more shots, do you want to continue firing?" The lieutenant in charge of commanding the catapult asked Yanghu for instructions.

Catapults are mechanical devices, and it is normal for them to damage some of them with such high-intensity use, and thirty-six of the 100 catapults were damaged, more than one-third, so naturally the firepower was sharply reduced.

What's more, the stock of stone bullets is insufficient, and it can only maintain two more rounds of attack, after these two rounds, the catapults of the state army will be completely dumb.

Yanghu looked at the sky, it was already sunset, and he ordered: "Stop the attack, Mingjin retreats!" ”

The lieutenants were stunned, and they waited behind the catapult for a whole day, that is, when the catapult's attack was over, it was their turn to play.

At first, the captains also thought that the waiting process would not be too long, and as long as the catapults knocked out some of the city's defenses, it would be their turn to show their skills, but they did not expect that the wait would be a day.

With Yanghu's authority in the army, naturally no one dared to question his decision, so these captains could only wait, and at the same time, they were fully prepared for battle and could be thrown into battle at any time.

But this wait, actually waited for almost a day, seeing the red sun slanting westward, it was finally time for the catapult to stop attacking, the lieutenants thought to themselves, it was too late, but it is estimated that the defenders of Lecheng were also stunned by the catapult, at this time to launch an attack, if you work harder, before dark, there is still a good hope to take Le Cheng.

But they didn't expect that after the catapult stopped attacking, it suddenly sounded the sound of Mingjin, and when they heard the drums, they advanced, and Mingjin retreated, this is the rhythm of collecting troops, and the captains were a little confused, and they couldn't figure out why Yanghu would suddenly withdraw his troops at this time.

But Yanghu didn't give them any explanation, turned the horse's head, and took the lead to return to the camp, the captains looked at each other, since Yanghu's withdrawal order had been given, they didn't have the courage to disobey the military order, and after discussing it, they could only lead the men and horses of each department back to the camp.

However, after returning to the camp, the lieutenants were still unwilling, so they went to the Zhongjun tent together to find Yanghu and want to ask what happened.

Yang Hu seemed to have calculated that the generals were coming, he smiled and said to the generals: "Everyone, you have watched the play for a day today, do you think it is a little boring?" ”

Zhao Hai, the captain of the left army, arched his hand and said: "The last general is stupid, I don't know what the general's move means, and I hope the general can solve his doubts." ”

Yanghu glanced at everyone and said: "This time the infantry battalion was ordered to attack Jizhou, the lord placed high hopes on us, and the Jizhou army knew that the field battle was not the opponent of our army, so it would not be able to retreat, trying to hold on to the fortified city and block our army under the cities." It is not difficult to take a Lecheng, but it is rare that on the premise of not losing soldiers and horses, how can we win Lecheng with the minimum cost of casualties? General Ben also knows that you are eager to fight, but among you, who is sure that you will capture Le Chenglai without losing a single soldier? ”

Zhao Hai was silent, and the other captains also lowered their heads one after another, not losing a single soldier, what are you kidding, everyone knows that the siege is originally a battle of hard attrition, and the besieging side will often attack the city at all costs, and it is already very good to be able to take the city.

Yanghu saw that everyone was silent, and then said: "Kill a thousand enemies, lose eight hundred, such a battle, even if you take Lecheng, the infantry battalion is basically disabled, and Lecheng is only the first battle of this attack on Jizhou, and then there are Xindu and Yecheng heavily defended by the Jizhou army, if we fight all the men and horses in Lecheng, then do we still have the ability to fight Xindu and Yecheng?" ”

Zhao Hai was a little ashamed, attacking Lecheng today, they only had Lecheng in their eyes, but in the eyes of Yanghu, it was placed in the whole Jizhou, the pattern was different, the vision was naturally different, in contrast, the gap between them and Yanghu was really more than a little.

"The general is strategic, wise and calculated, and a certain rat is blind, and he has missed the general's major affairs and begged for forgiveness." Zhao Hai was convinced.

Originally, when they withdrew from the army, they were all pretending to be dissatisfied and resentful, but after listening to Yanghu's words at this moment, they were immediately convinced, and they didn't dare to complain anymore.

Yang Hu smiled slightly and said: "Strategizing, wisdom and calculation, this general is not worthy, only the lord can be worthy, today's overall situation in Jizhou is in the master's grasp, all we can do is to do our best and cooperate with the lord's strategy." General Ben knows that you are all brave men, on the battlefield, you are not afraid of death, Lecheng is just the first battle in Jizhou, and there are more important battles to fight next, I hope you will live up to the expectations of the lord when the time comes. ”

Zhao Hai and the other lieutenants solemnly bowed their hands and said: "But listen to the general's dispatch, and you will not give up!" ”

Yanghu waved his hand and said, "You guys go down and rest, you still need to recuperate these days, and when the city of Lecheng is broken, you have to rely on you to lead the army to fight." ”

The lieutenants bowed their promises and withdrew.

Although the tactics adopted by Yanghu today seem monotonous, they are very resolute, that is, they only use ranged troops to attack, and do not launch a large-scale ant-attached siege, which minimizes casualties.

Although the Jizhou army strengthened the city, but they still underestimated the ability of the catapult of the Bingzhou army, and now the catapult of the Bingzhou army is huge, the destructive power is amazing, today is just a tentative attack, the city wall of Lecheng, is already in an emergency, so Yanghu decided to carry out his tactical ideas, resolutely use the catapult, until the city wall is forcibly blasted open.

In today's battle, the loss of the catapult is also a lot, about one-third of the catapult was destroyed, but the catapult department has its own repair craftsman, Yanghu has ordered the catapult captain to arrange craftsmen to repair the damaged catapult overnight, as long as there is no scrapped catapult, after repair, it can still be used to fight tomorrow.

In addition, the problem of insufficient inventory of stone bullets is not a problem, Yanghu arrived in Lecheng at the same time, has already arranged a transport convoy, suspended the transportation of other materials, concentrated all the transport vehicles, to the front line of Lecheng to transport stone bullets, it is estimated that tomorrow morning, there will be a new batch of thousands of stone bullets arrived in Lecheng, and when the war starts tomorrow, the catapult will be put into the battle with high morale.