In the early morning, when the slightest mist that permeated the Guanzhong Plain gradually dissipated, with a long horn, a rumbling sound immediately sounded on the vast field.

With a crisp whip, a huge catapult pulled by nearly a thousand yaks emerged from the morning light, slowly approaching the city gate on the south side of the trebuchet, and behind the trebuchet group, a huge ballista was also chasing and stabilizing its body in the gap between the trebuchets.

"Drink! Drink! Drink! Amid the earth-shattering shouts, groups of archers with longbows lined up in phalanx, stepping on neat drums. Behind the phalanx of archers, the dust was rising, and groups of cavalry were winding towards the sides of the entire formation, like two crooked and hideous beast teeth.

"Dangdang, dang!" There was a great chaos on the city wall, one by one the officers shouted and gave orders to set up defenses, and a group of defenders with sabers in their hands and arrows wound, panting and breathing heavily, huddled behind the female wall, anxiously waiting for the arrival of the bloody battle...... Even though they are all elite veterans who are good at fighting, they can't help but feel cold in the face of the enemy's extremely powerful formation.

In the midst of the army under the city, a general in black armor suddenly galloped out of his horse, and he galloped out of the range of the bow and arrow in the city before he stopped.

The general slowly raised his head, and the huge curved horns on both sides of the helmet slowly raised, like the head of a beast waiting to roar to the sky.

His tense lips slowly grinned, revealing an icy smile, and his snow-white teeth seemed to reflect a cold light in the morning light.

He suddenly raised his right hand high, and with his movements, the entire army suddenly fell silent, forming a strange huge difference from the previous earth-shaking roar, but it added to the panic in the hearts of the defenders of the city.

As the raised palm finally fell heavily, the flags of the entire military formation flew at the same time, and a series of seemingly ordinary combination flags fell in the eyes of the officers, but they immediately turned into continuous battle orders.

"The first catapult cluster. Test firing! ”

"Ballista Squad Ninth, Test Shot!"

"Pre-battle observation hand...... Visually inspect the firing range and report correction commands! ”

"Yes...... The catapult visual inspection begins, the ballista visual inspection begins! ”

"Catapult range increased by two knots! The ballista has two scales higher in its upward firing angle! ”

"Understood! Each cluster and each squad has started to correct! ”

Under the stunned gaze of the defenders of the city, the attackers in charge of the catapult quickly attached an extension line to the end of the catapult's throwing line, and the ballista also raised its head a little as the shooters struggled to turn the winch.

"All of them...... Prepare for a non-stop strike...... Put! ”

After listening to the sound of a large dense winch "Kaka" flying and the "squeak" of ropes, countless tough wooden arms that had been pressed down to the ground instantly pointed to the sky, and a sledgehammer also slammed into the ballista's board machine.

The next moment, the flying stones mixed with the giant spears of the three-edged iron axes made a terrible whistling sound, and they rushed straight towards the city wall.

Known as tall and sturdy, comparable to Luoyang and Chang'an, Hewu experienced an unimaginable baptism of terror almost instantly. In the fierce and continuous bombardment, the entire wall burst out with clouds of rising dust, large areas of debris splashed in all directions, and the smoke and dust almost enveloped the city head several feet high.

On the sections of the city wall where the targets were most concentrated, the female wall was completely flattened, and from time to time, the soldiers of the Dong Army who had lost cover were directly hit by the flying stone crossbow, bursting out with a shocking cloud of blood mist, and their fate was not tragic, because they were almost immediately relieved forever. To defend against siege. At intervals on the city wall, there were man-high oil barrels, and occasionally wooden barrels full of grease were shot, and the grease splashed everywhere could easily reach the fire source prepared at the head of the city...... So in the earth-shattering screams, one by one the burning men rushed to the wolves. Even dancing down the city wall....... the entire Dock seemed to let out a low cry in the stormy invasion.

Zhang Ji led a team of guards to rush to the head of the city, just as he saw a huge spear flying not far away, penetrating the two subordinates continuously, and nailing the two to the wooden wall of the watchtower. The scene was horrific and eerie.

Even with Zhang Ji's long-experienced composure, he couldn't help but jump wildly from his eyelids, and said angrily: "Our army also has strong bows and crossbows. Why not fight back! ”

"Uncle Yu!" The gray-faced Zhang Xiu came out of the smoke and dust, and said bitterly: "The big crossbow set up by our army in the city...... The range is out of reach! ”

"What?" Zhang Ji could hardly believe his ears: "Our army occupies the height advantage of the city wall, how can it be inferior in range?" ”

"General! Get out of the way! Several guards suddenly pushed Zhang Ji to the ground.

With a terrible whining sound, a flying stone shot straight into the city from above the heads of several people, making a dull sound and a devastating sound of collapse, apparently successfully destroying a certain house.

Zhang Ji pushed away the guards who were lying on his body, rushed to the edge of the city to look, and gasped.

In the field two arrows away, dense catapults and ballistae are being fired in an orderly and continuous manner, with a thunderous ejection sound, a piece of stone projectiles elegantly rise, straight into the air, and then swoop down directly along the graceful long gliding track, its distance is really unheard of.

"How did they do it?" Zhang Ji intuitively felt that his palms were sweaty, his heartbeat was like thunder, and his mouth was full of bitterness. It was only half an hour before the war began, and the defenders who occupied the advantageous position would be completely suppressed, and the tall city walls seemed to have become a target for the enemy's gesture of shooting, which Zhang Ji had never even dreamed of before.

"Uncle! Please go down to town now! Zhang Xiu, who was behind him, said in a deep voice: "As long as our army holds on for a while, when the enemy attacks, my nephew will definitely be able to make them pay a heavy price with the help of Gaocheng Shenchi!" ”

"That's a good point!" Zhang Ji's heart was relieved, his face immediately returned to normal, and he sneered: "I want to see how many stone bullet giant crossbows they still have to squander!" ”

"Xiu'er, it's all up to you here!" He said in a low voice: "Uncle Wei is still going to the north gate to suppress the formation, and the enemy in the north has not yet launched an offensive...... This situation is even more unsettling! ”

"Don't worry!" Looking at Zhang Ji's back, Zhang Xiu wiped the dust on his face fiercely, and sneered: "I hope that the enemy's ability in hand-to-hand combat here can also be as powerful as their equipment...... Otherwise, the little nephew will be very disappointed! ”

"Huh? Major General! One of the soldiers shouted in ecstasy: "The enemy's catapult has stopped!" ”

"Is it finally stopped?" Zhang Xiu's spirits were greatly lifted, and he shouted: "Soldiers, prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

"All of them have ....... stop firing!"

In a barrage of commands. All the catapults and ballistas fell silent.

"The sapper squad begins overhaul!"

"Each subordinate to the baggage squad will start the supply delivery!"

"Yes!"

A group of fortifiers with yellow belts around their waists rushed up, seizing the time to inspect the equipment that had just passed through dozens of rounds of firing and replacing the accessories that might have hidden dangers. Although it is outside the range of the enemy's long-range strikes, they still strictly enforce wartime orders, and all tactical moves are meticulous.

In the distance, four-wheeled chariots and yak carts rushed over, and those who were seated were parked next to catapults and crossbow carts, and the soldiers on and off the carts unloaded stone bullets and giant spears from the carts.

"Passing on the Commander's Order!" A herald galloped through like a fast horse, shouting, "Prepare your teams...... Just wait for the order! ”

“…… The ballista is ready to go," Cheng Yu looked at the enemy figure on the head of the enemy city. A sinister smile of successful trickery flooded his lips: "Taking advantage of the enemy's mistaken belief that our army is about to attack the city, the catapults continue to attack with all their might...... Blast their stupid heads! ”

"Yes!" Looking at the flag commander with a serious expression and waving the flag hard, Cheng Yu was suddenly stunned and said, "You won't send out the last sentence, right?" ”

"Hungry?" The herald looked innocent, he straightened his chest and said, "It is the responsibility of subordinates to faithfully convey your orders!" ”

Soon, the sound of landslides and tsunami laughter spread throughout the battlefield, and just as the soldiers of the Dong Army poked their heads out from behind the female wall for unknown reasons, they were greeted by a more dense and desperate flying stone.

"Boom" A stone bullet landed accurately in Dong Juncong, and five or six figures flew out in all directions as if they were torn apart.

"Isn't the enemy going to attack the city? They deceive ...... Yes! ”

"Hide!"

In the continuous roar and screaming. The head of the city immediately became a pot of porridge, and even the most courageous soldier Dong finally showed fear on his face.

The chickens and dogs jumped, only to hear Zhang Xiu's grief and indignation hoarse voice screaming: "It's really shameless! Yes! Lie down quickly......."

"Ahem!" Far out of the city. Cheng Yu coughed a few times, and said as if nothing happened: "Tell the squads, continue to ......"

"Strategist!" Several generals walked with excited faces, and shouted from afar: "The enemy army is in chaos. When will our army launch a siege? ”

"Siege?" Cheng Yu turned around and said in surprise: "Isn't this a siege?" ”

"What? What does the military advisor mean? Several generals were all dumbfounded: "Don't you need me to wait for the battle?" ”

"War? What kind of battles to fight? Cheng Yu unceremoniously poked his fingers at the heads of several generals one by one: "Remember, this is not a war....... it's just that we are fighting the enemy!" ”

"My lord. Yu really convinced you! He put his hands behind his back, as if he was intoxicated by the offensive in front of him, shook his head and said: "It is really strange that you can fight like this in ....... war!" ”

"That's right!" As if he suddenly remembered something, he shouted, "Tell the baggage squad that if you can kill the enemy with stones, your division will be rewarded tonight!" ”

Along the north side of Yiwu, the Dong army in the city was obviously a little flustered, and the continuous bombardment sound from the direction of the south gate had been resounding for an hour, except for a very few high-ranking generals, no one understood what was going on.

And on the plain just outside the north gate, at least 15,000 enemy troops had also formed a formation, posing as a ready to charge. This feeling of being a wolf and a tiger made all the Dong soldiers feel like a rabbit in their hearts.

"General Pang!" Yan Zhong was a little uneasy and twisted his stiff body: "Our army has been lined up for an hour...... Xia Guan remembers that the day before yesterday you said that you would not attack the city! ”

"Who said Ben was going to attack the city?" Pound sat upright on the war horse like a mountain, but his eyes were closed: "Listen...... You can actually hear the battle at the south gate at the north gate, it's really fierce! ”

"Hey!" Yan Zhong flicked the sleeves of his robe suddenly, and said suddenly: "General, when is this!" How are you as stable as Mount Tai? ”

"Oh? When was that? Pound finally opened his eyes and said in surprise: "Please teach me, sir!" ”

"The unknown enemy army is storming Yiwu, which is very likely to interfere with or even destroy our army's plans!" Yan Zhongqiang resisted the urge to scratch his hair wildly, and said patiently: "What's even more terrifying is that this army has also used unimaginably terrifying equipment...... What will happen if they take the city and take action against our army? ”

"Do you know why Ben General immediately waved his army to the north gate as soon as he heard about the battle at the south gate?" Pound said casually: "This is a signal, a signal that there is no hostility...... Therefore, that army will never attack our army! ”

"What does that mean?" Yan Zhong was dumbfounded.

"This army actually used catapults to storm the defense line of the city gate for an hour, but it did not press all the lines...... Has the sir ever heard of this siege? Pound narrowed his eyes again: "Such a sufficient logistical supply, but not in a hurry?" This is an obvious procrastination tactic! ”

"Procrastination?" Yan Zhong was stunned again, and he suddenly felt that his identity as a so-called strategist was really a bit undeserved: "So, what do they want to delay? ”

"Either they still have reinforcements, or they ......" Pound's eyes flashed: "They are waiting for our army to act, as long as our army also launches an attack on the city, they can further disperse the already stretched strength of Dong's army." They can take the Dock at the lowest cost! ”

"However, is it the best policy for our army to besiege and not attack like this?" Yan Zhong's thoughts were even more chaotic, but he no longer dared to underestimate the seemingly brave and resourceless general in front of him.

"Our army sent to the north gate, but in fact, it has attracted part of the Dong army's troops, which is a kind of friendly support!" Pound smiled and said: "But our army can't really attack the city, because once the troops are consumed, it is possible to attract that mysterious army to fall into the well against our army!" ”

"But what about our mission?" Yan Zhong was stunned for a long time before he said in distress: "You can't sit on the wall and watch like this, right?" ”

"Mission?" Pound suddenly burst into laughter: "Didn't that mysterious soldier already help us finish it?" If it weren't for that, Ben would have been willing to send troops to help like this! ”

"Whether it's Yiwu or that army and horses, it's actually insignificant to us!" He looked at Yan Zhong, who was stunned, and finally there was a hint of banter in his eyes: "As long as the battle here can attract the Chang'an side to come to help, then General Han and General Ma's plan will be half successful, and we can pretend to be a retreat to sit and watch the Chang'an reinforcements and this mysterious army merge!" ”

"Tell me!" Pound's face was rarely flushed: "If our army suddenly kills when they are both defeated, will they be able to grab all the results?" ”

"I see! Tadashi finally understood! Yan Zhong looked at the strange scene of the city and the city waiting for the well water not to violate the river water, and he couldn't help but shiver with excitement, and let out a long sigh: "This time the battle is really weird!" ”

"Haven't you read The Art of War, Sir?" Pound slowly closed his eyes again: "So, soldier, treacherous!" (To be continued.) )