When Chen Xian found out that the soldiers of the Qianjun outside the city were actually tricking his soldiers to surrender, he was so angry that he immediately snatched a pair of bows and arrows from one of the archers, and opened his bow and shot an arrow at the man.

"Really?" The junior colonel of the Qianjun army, who was shouting under the city, screamed in fright and immediately blocked him with his shield.

With a "bang", the force of this arrow turned out to be very large, and it hit the shield and knocked the cadre colonel backwards again and again.

Chen Xian secretly screamed pity, unwillingly put down the longbow, and the junior colonel of the Qianjun spat in the direction of the city tower and then turned around and left with his soldiers and horses.

The long wait was a very short ordeal for the defenders, just as a condemned prisoner waited for the execution of the sentence after being sentenced to death.

Zhao Junsheng knew very well that this kind of waiting time should not be too long, if the initial fear passed, the defenders would gradually become numb and indifferent, and all that had to be done was to start the siege before their fear was over.

After all the soldiers and horses returned to the camp one after another, Zhao Junsheng immediately put the siege on the agenda.

That night, Su Ji came to the Shuai tent to report to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, most of the soldiers and horses from all walks of life have returned to the camp, but because they want to guard against the rebellion of the displaced people, there are still some troops stationed in various places!" In addition, with the return of soldiers and horses from all walks of life, a total of more than 10,000 soldiers and prisoners were brought back! ”

Zhao Junsheng asked: "According to the report of the black-clothed guard's spies, the Song army in the entire land of Sichuan and Shu is only 17,800 people, and there were nearly 6,000 soldiers in our camp before, and soldiers and horses from all walks of life also killed a lot when attacking the city, how can there be more than 10,000 prisoners?" ”

"That's the case, after our army entered the land of Sichuan and Shu, the officials in Sichuan and Shu have recruited a lot of additional recruits in order to protect themselves, and many homeless young people can only enlist in the army in order to eat a bite, so the actual number of troops in Sichuan and Shu is much more than that reported by the black guards!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "I see!" Now we have controlled the whole territory of Sichuan and Shu, there is only this Chengdu city left, according to the latest news obtained by the spies, the reinforcements of the Southern Dynasty have set off from Jiankang, there are 30,000 horses, I have ordered Lu Shuang to gather troops in the area of Yufu County, ready to wave the army east to Yiling to meet the Song army! ”

Yufu County belongs to Ba County, which was once renamed Yongan County during the Three Kingdoms period, and restored the name of Yufu County in the first year of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Yufu County controls the two rivers, limited to the five streams, according to the upstream of Jingchu, it is the throat of Bashu, the throat of the four roads in the southwest, and the belt of Wuchu Wanli, so this place is a strategic place.

As long as it occupies here, it is equivalent to guarding the choke point of entering and exiting the river, and the military town of Baidi City is in the territory of Yufu County.

"Therefore, we must capture Chengdu City as soon as possible to prevent the war from becoming unpredictable!"

Su Ji hugged his fists and said: "The minister understands, please give an order to Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng's meaning is very clear, that is, he wants to take Chengdu City before the arrival of the Song reinforcements, completely solve this trouble, so that Lu Shuang can fight with the Song reinforcements without worries.

Even if Lu Shuang is defeated, he can still retreat to Baidi City in Yufu County, and it is not so easy for the Song army to attack Sichuan and Shu.

But if you wait for the Song reinforcements to come over, and Chengdu City has not been captured, the war may be variable, after all, the territory of Sichuan and Shu is not so peaceful, and there are hundreds of thousands of displaced people, which is a very unstable factor.

Zhao Junsheng said to Su Ji: "I will give you five days at most, you will reorganize the newly arrived 10,000 captives, re-appoint officers and colonels to control them, and reorganize these more than 10,000 captives into two coercive subordinate armies, the second coercive army and the third coercion army respectively!" Five days later, I want you to command these three co-followers to attack the city of Chengdu! ”

"Obey the order!"

In the next few days, under the order of Zhao Junsheng, Su Ji carried out a large-scale reorganization of more than 10,000 prisoners of surrender, and more than 10,000 people were reorganized into two auxiliary armies.

On July 26, Zhao Junsheng issued an order, the cadres surrounded the east gate, the west gate and the north gate, leaving the south gate alone, before the cadres only set up a camp ten miles east of the city, and did not encircle a few city gates, at this time sent troops to besiege the city to indicate that the siege was going to begin, the defenders in the city were well aware of this, and all kinds of city defense equipment and materials were carried to the vicinity of the city wall one by one.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and a big war was about to break out.

On July 27, Zhao Junsheng issued an order appointing Su Ji as the commander of the former army to attack the city.

Early in the morning, 10,000 cavalry, 15,000 infantry, and 15,000 co-operative troops of the cadre army set up positions outside the east, west, and north gates, and a large number of siege equipment was continuously transported from the camp, which was erected and assembled by the soldiers and craftsmen of the siege camp.

The cadres outside the city were busy quickly and nervously, and the defenders at the head of the city were not idle, a series of trebuchets and bed crossbows were erected by the soldiers at the head of the city, and many thunder stones and rolling logs were carried to the city wall, and a pot was set up at the head of the city every three zhang to boil boiling water or boiling oil.

The craftsmen of the Qianjun army have created a large imperial chariot, the imperial chariot has a canopy to shade the sun, there are hanging curtains on all sides, it can be raised or lowered, there are eight wheels below, and sixteen horses are used to pull forward, and the front two wheels have steering shafts, and the royal can drive the horses to turn at will, and the steering is flexible.

Zhao Junsheng wore a battle armor and held a war knife and sat on a wide imperial chariot, the imperial chariot was high, and he sat on it with a wide field of vision, and he could see the overall situation.

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at the rising sun, then looked at the hourglass next to him, and instructed the imperial guards: "Go and tell Su Ji that the hour is not early, start attacking the city!" ”

The imperial guard bowed down and agreed, turned around and walked quickly down the imperial chariot to convey his will to Su Ji.

Su Ji got the will, drew his sword and pointed forward, and shouted: "Siege-"

The trumpeters who were instructed took a deep breath and puffed out their cheeks and blew their horns, "Woo-woo-woo-"

The siege troops had already been given combat missions and had corresponding regulations and deployments.

As the desolate trumpets sounded, the siege camp's craftsmen and generals began to operate the catapults, the heavy gravity frame pulled up, and the sturdy wooden bolts stuck in the grooves supported the weight of the gravity frame.

Four soldiers carried a stone bullet in a net made of iron sheets, and the standard-bearers of each catapult saw that the ammunition was finished, and each raised a small flag to indicate that it was ready.

The commander swept over at a glance, and saw that all the trebuchet standard-bearers had raised small banners, and immediately drew his sword and stepped forward, shouting: "Trebuchet, launch—"

The heralds beside the commander waved down the flag vigorously, and the launchers of the trebuchets saw this, and they picked up their hammers and smashed the wooden bolts, and the gravity frame fell without the support of the wooden bolts.

The powerful gravitational acceleration is transmitted through the arm to the section of the net pocket of the bullet bag, and the net bag is driven to lightning-like vitality, and the stone projectile in the net pocket flies into the sky at a great speed and smashes into the distant city wall.

The stone bullets made a terrifying sound whirring during the flight, and the defenders standing at the head of the city saw countless stone bullets smashed in the sky, all of which were as earth-colored as earth.

Chen Xian's face did not change, and he stood calmly by the female wall and shouted: "Don't panic, don't move for General Ben to stand still, this thing is too heavy, you may not be able to hide it, and you may not be able to hit you if you stand here!" ”

The soldiers did not have the courage of Chen Xian to collapse Mount Tai in front of him without changing his face, and before a large number of stone bullets fell, many soldiers were already screaming and running in fear.

No one is afraid of death, and in the face of this kind of attack like heavenly might, the soldiers who are ordinary people are so frightened that they instinctively want to escape from here.

The soldiers, who were trained and disciplined, were better, they did not run, but instinctively hid under the women's wall, and only the recruits were scared to run around.

However, even if you hide under the women's wall, it is not necessarily safe, and the women's wall may not be able to withstand the huge stone bullets when you drop them.

"Boom, boom, boom······" The rain of stone bullets finally fell, and the moment they collided with the city walls, they created a terrifying sound.

Some make a dull noise, causing considerable vibration; Some of the stone projectiles fell on the city wall and shattered into countless small blocks scattered in all directions, causing heavy casualties among the surrounding defenders.

Some of the unfortunate ghosts were hit by stone bullets and died on the spot, and the great pain before the temporary moment made their eyes bulge, their bodies were smashed, and their intestines and internal organs were all crushed into minced meat.

Some of the defenders were smashed to the head and bleeding by the flying rubble, and some were hit in the limbs and lost their combat effectiveness.

With regard to the use of siege equipment, especially trebuchets, the craftsmen and siege troops of the cadre army have long pondered how to maximize the power of trebuchets.

There are two kinds of stone bullets, one is a solid ball, the surface is rough, the shape is not too regular, this kind of stone bullet is a pit when it is smashed, and the bricks of the city wall that are not too strong must be smashed; Although the other stone projectile is also a solid ball, the surface of the ball has been cut by craftsmen with tools with many deep lines, and this stone projectile will shatter into countless pieces in an instant, and these fragments will cause great casualties to the defenders.

In their impressions, the stone bullets fired by the trebuchets were all solid bullets, and they were generally smashed down into a pit, and they had hardly ever seen them shatter into countless pieces.

Countless screams were heard from the city walls, and the huge movement caused by the stone bullets falling to the ground made the city walls tremble.

Chen Xian yelled: "Don't panic, hide, hide behind the female wall for me!" ”

The veterans were more experienced, and after seeing the power of the cadres' trebuchets, they all squatted behind the women's wall, and the recruits were still panicking, and the casualties caused by being directly hit by stone bullets or hit by gravel in the process of scurrying were rising sharply.

The iron pots on the city wall that were boiling water were smashed and pierced one by one, and a large amount of boiling water splashed, making the soldiers scream and scream.