Henghai Festival makes Zhu Shou, who is undoubtedly very sober at this time.

In the face of the aggressive attack of Yizhou, he had to reluctantly cut his love, abandon Dizhou and use all his forces to protect his fundamental land, Cangzhou. At the same time, using Dizhou as a bait will also drag Pinglu into this muddy water. As long as Pinglu Hou Xiyi can't curb his greed, he will enter the game. And at this time, once you enter the game, it is not so easy to get out.

Yokokai is indeed weak now, but Yishu is not without weaknesses.

It's already October, and winter in the Northland is coming early, as long as he can hold out until December, the temperature will plummet, and then it's time for the Yizhou army to come on an expedition to taste the hardships. In the ice and snow, the soldiers not only have to endure the torture of low temperatures, but the difficulty of logistics supply will also rise by several grades, as long as there is a problem with the other party's logistics supply, his opportunity will come.

Therefore, the strategy formulated by Zhu Shou is not to defend step by step, layer by layer, and drag time with Li Ze. Dragged until the cold came, the enemy was afraid and had to retreat.

He concentrated all his forces in the cities, and turned the towns into fortresses, giving up almost all the countryside. If the Yizhou army wants to come over, then let's attack it one place at a time.

The offensive and defensive battles of the city are undoubtedly the most brutal and time-consuming. Even if it is a small county town, as long as it is well prepared, it will take a lot of effort for the enemy to conquer it. When they advance to the city of Cangzhou, they will be greeted by the tall and steep walls of Cangzhou City and the main force of their own recuperation.

The long logistical supply lines, the gradually cold weather, and, of course, the Pinglu army in Hou Xiyi, Dizhou. If he sits back and watches himself fail, then Dizhou may not be able to get it. Will the Chengde people who took Henghai recognize that he reasonably and legally occupied Dizhou? Only if he still exists, he has a reason to occupy Dizhou.

And in addition to their own efforts, of course, there are many external favorable factors.

Don't look at Chengde being aggressive now, attacking everywhere, to the north, they are attacking Zhenwu, to the east, the Yizhou army is attacking itself, it seems that Chengde is already leaking on all sides. Lu Long Shiyi restrained Liu Chenglin for himself, Li Anguo was seriously ill, and Chengde was even more in a hidden crisis, maybe a big defeat would cause them to collapse like an avalanche.

The envoys who traveled back and forth with Henghai, Zhenwu, Lulong and other places, the strategy brought to Zhu Shou was to hold on and wait, as long as the time came, he would naturally be able to win a big victory.

In Zhu Shou's opinion, the so-called timing is naturally that Lu Long completely controls Zhenzhou, Zhaozhou and other places, as long as there are changes in these two places, Yizhou will naturally not be able to support it.

He Chong guarded Botou, Zhu Jun guarded Dongguang, Yuan Dizhou Thorn Shi Yang guarded Nanpi, and Zhu Shou himself sat in Cangzhou.

Zhu Jun sat on the head of Dongguang City sadly and looked into the distance, this time facing the enemy in Yizhou, although the position of Dongguang he was stationed was slightly off, but it was the most prominent. Every day, he silently prayed that the people of Yizhou would ignore him and march directly to Botou.

Because of his inglorious record, this time he was stationed in Dongguang, and Zhu Shou gave him a death order, which must be held for more than fifteen days, otherwise even if he escapes back, he will be subject to military justice.

Zhu Jun also understood that this time his uncle was going to be serious. After all, the people of Yizhou have already hit the doorstep, and if they don't fight bravely to defend their hometown, I'm afraid the end will be ugly.

There are 10,000 soldiers in Dongguang City, but there are very few soldiers. All the armor soldiers have been drawn to Cangxian by their uncles. Dongguang City is not big, 10,000 soldiers defend the city, in fact, there are not only a lot of people, but also a lot. The whole city was stuffed to the brim.

In fact, if another village can be set up outside the city and garrisoned, it will be more beneficial to the defense of the city, but without the armor to suppress the formation, the Zhu army does not dare to put the government soldiers outside.

It's good if there are more people, even if it's just a turn to go to the city to let the people of Yizhou cut it, it's enough for them to cut it for a long time.

Isn't it fifteen days, this time, I will definitely stick to it for fifteen days.

Looking at the sun that was about to set on the horizon, Zhu Jun felt that today would probably pass safely again, and his heart was extremely happy. Go back in the evening and relax with a few drinks.

In fact, Yokokai has been preparing for this war for several months, even in a small city like Dongguang, all kinds of defensive ordnance are sufficient, even if it is a heavy weapon like a ballista, Dongguang City is also equipped with a lot. The original city wall was increased by several feet, making the city wall of Dongguang more than three zhang. This is rare in a county town of this level.

Zhu Shou's abacus was very loud, he was going to use the danger of the city to consume the troops of Yizhou, as for the soldiers who might suffer a large number of casualties on the Henghai side, he didn't care at all.

Zhu Jun had already walked a few steps along the inclined ladder, but the sound of horses' hooves in the distance made his face change suddenly. The idea of finding a few sisters to drink a few glasses of good wine with him just now was trampled away by the sound of horses' hooves outside the city.

Afraid of anything, the Yizhou army was finally the first to find him.

The sound of golden drums sounded at the head of Dongguang City, and above the city, in a moment, it was full of dense soldiers from the Henghai Prefecture.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the cavalry in the distance gathered more and more. The Zhu army saw very clearly above the city, just the cavalry, the Yizhou army was afraid that it was close to two thousand.

Fortunately, it was impossible for the cavalry to attack the city, and they themselves were not prepared for a field battle with the enemy. Zhu Jun said secretly in his heart.

When it was dark, Zhu Jun finally saw the main infantry force of the Yizhou Army.

Shi Zhuang led 2,000 armor soldiers and 5,000 soldiers to arrive at Dongguang City.

Nothing happened all night.

The next day was a whole day, and nothing happened.

The cavalry of Yizhou ran around the city, and every once in a while they would send a few loud voices to the city to shout a few words of persuasion to surrender, of course, except for summoning a burst of feather arrows, they would not get any other answer.

The same is true on the third day.

This surprised Zhu Jun. For the people of Yizhou, time is still very short. Every extra day of delay will be more beneficial to Henghai.

Could it be that the Yizhou Army is holding back some big moves? He couldn't guess.

Digging tunnels? No way. There are many water systems in Cangzhou, and the same is true here in Dongguang, I really want to dig a tunnel, but I am afraid that I can't dig far, either it collapses, or it is poured into it by water.

On the fourth day, when he heard the sound of war drums under the city, Zhu Jun, who had been suffering for three days, breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyway, it's going to be fought, and the Yizhou Army is so unusual, it really makes him a little frightened.

The Yizhou cavalry roamed the two wings, and the infantry phalanx advanced slowly, to the surprise of the Zhu army again, the Yizhou army was not prepared to let the government soldiers take the lead, and the one who walked in the forefront was actually a soldier.

If something goes wrong, it will be a demon.

Under Zhu Jun's gaze, he really saw something unusual.

After the Yizhou Army armor, their government soldiers appeared.

And along with the government soldiers, there are two huge guys. Around each big guy, hundreds of soldiers were clustered, shouting trumpets and pushing them towards the city wall.

This is the reason why Shi Zhuang held back for three days under Dongguang City.

It's an oversized trebuchet.

Trebuchets are not uncommon in Datang, most of them use the torque of ropes to throw stones, but the thing that Yizhou Bing is taking out now is a bit ridiculously big. This is a counterweight type large stone throwing machine designed by Li Ze himself. This terrifying big guy can shoot stone projectiles weighing hundreds of pounds.

All the accessories were made in Wuyi, and they were assembled and debugged after being transported here, but it was such a job, and the Yizhou Army also worked for nearly two days, and the remaining day was to find enough stones.

In the army, it is natural to bring enough craftsmen such as stonemasons and carpenters.

Shi Zhuang smiled and looked at the Dongguang City Wall three hundred steps away, he wanted to see if the rammed earth city wall on the opposite side could withstand the bombardment of such a heavy stone projectile.

Zhu Jun also looked intently at the two super big guys opposite, it was not that he had never seen a catapult, but it was the first time he had seen such a big thing.

Under the city, the drums sounded rhythmically, the drum of the three patrols sounded, accompanied by a loud bang, Zhu Jun saw that the huge throwing arm of the stone thrower on the opposite side suddenly raised, and a stone the size of a table top flew towards the city with a whistling sound.

Everyone's eyes moved as the stone projectiles flew through the air.

There was a loud bang, and the entire Dongguang City seemed to be shaking. Zhu Jun staggered for a moment, almost did not stand firm, after the smoke and dust dissipated, he saw in fear that the Dongguang city wall had collapsed for a long time, and the head of the city that had just been raised was dozens of meters high and fell inside.

Without waiting for Zhu Jun to give an order, the roar of the city sounded again. The second catapult began to attack again, this time throwing larger stone projectiles.

If the last shot was just a test shot, this blow is the official start of the attack. Obviously, Shi Zhuang's target was the city wall.

The second stone bullet hit the middle and upper part of the city wall, which was the old city wall in the past, and after such a heavy blow, although the wall barely held on, a huge crack appeared.

"There's a door!" Shi Zhuang looked at the shaking Dongguang city wall, and laughed happily: "Aim at the city wall, keep bombarding until the city wall collapses."

Every half of the incense stick, two trebuchets will let hundreds of pounds of stone bullets smash heavily on the city wall, no matter how stupid Zhu Jun is, he knows that he can't help but attack now. If you don't kill these two big guys, they will really crush the city wall alive.

Looking at the soldiers of Henghai Mansion who went out of the city from the two gates on the left and right and attacked in a roundabout way, Shi Zhuang had a smile on his face even more.

"The trebuchet continues to bombard, Shen Congxing, together with Li De, will drive the enemy out of the city back for me."