The 9th Division and the 2nd Garrison Division were responsible for guarding Xinwan City, and the commanders were Tai Shici and Gao Shun.

But how dare Tai Shi Ci command his old chief? You have to let Gao Shun command the overall situation.

Gao Shun considered that the 2nd Garrison Division lacked actual combat, so he asked a regiment of the 9th Division and a regiment of the 2nd Garrison Division to go to the city to defend at the same time.

Although there were only two brigades defending the city, it was equipped with two artillery battalions, in addition to the two brigades of the Central Army, and 10,000 people of the Western Regions Coalition Army assisted in defending the city.

Gao Shun specially built two artillery positions for the two artillery battalions behind the city wall, which were as high as the city wall, so that the mortars had a good view.

Gao Shun asked the artillery battalion not to rush to attack those siege towers, and wait until the trebuchets of the Kushan Empire also entered the firing range, and the intelligence of the Ministry of Intelligence did not say that the Kushan Empire still had ballistas.

However, this Sauter was very cunning, as if he knew the range of mortars, and the trebuchets of the Kushan Empire had been throwing fifty pounds of stone projectiles at the head of the city at a distance of three hundred zhang to suppress the attack on the siege tower.

Many Sogdian and Punjabi infantry rushed down the city with ladders and ladders, mostly behind siege towers and large shields.

Mortars could not attack, and the range of the ballistae and repeaters was not enough, so they could only watch the three siege towers and the three behemoths slowly advance towards the city wall.

Finally, when the siege tower entered the range of one hundred and twenty zhang, the ballistae on the head of the city fired one after another.

The ballista shooters of the Central Army were all marksmen, and almost all of the large crossbow arrows they fired hit them, but the outer walls of the siege towers were very hard, and the large crossbow arrows had no effect on them.

Because this siege tower is a pyramid shape, the base is very wide, and the chassis is very stable.

Seeing this, Gao Shun had to order mortars to attack the three siege towers, not waiting for the trebuchet.

Sauter's response was extremely fast, and as soon as he heard the bang, he knew that the mortars of the Central Army were attacking, and he ordered the trebuchets to stop smashing the city heads, but to the places behind the walls where white smoke was emitting.

The range of the trebuchet was 300 zhang, which exactly covered the artillery positions filled behind the city walls.

This was how Sauter came up with the method of dealing with mortars, and through investigation, he judged that the range of the mortars was between two hundred and twenty hundred and fifty zhang.

If this is the case, then it will definitely not be able to hit its own trebuchet, on the contrary, its own trebuchet can throw fifty catties of stone bullets three hundred zhang away, and fifty catties of stone bullets to smash the city wall is lighter, but it is enough to smash people and equipment.

The mortar had just finished a round of test firing, and was preparing for three rapid fires, when suddenly heavy stone bullets fell from the sky.

Fortunately, the accuracy of the trebuchet was extremely poor, and this distance was its maximum range, and the hit rate and strength were very low, and they could not see the mortar position through the city walls.

Half of the artillery positions were within the range of the trebuchet, but fortunately, the mortars of the Central Army were flexible in dismantling and could quickly shift positions.

But even so, there were dozens of casualties, all of whom were hit by stone bullets, and several mortars were hit by stone bullets that were accidentally hit.

The artillery battalion retreated thirty feet, reassembled, and continued to concentrate their firepower to attack the siege towers, but this time they could not aim directly, so they could only use indirect aiming, and at the same time, the bulky siege towers were still moving forward slowly but firmly.

At the same time that the trebuchets suppressed the mortars, the fifty ballistae of the Kushan Empire also advanced to a distance of 200 zhang under the impetus of manpower to suppress the defenders at the head of the city.

The Ballistae of the Kushan Empire resembled modern artillery, with cannon shields on both sides to provide cover for the gunners, and wheels installed underneath, which could be manpower or animal power, making them more flexible.

The distance of 200 zhang ensures that they can attack the head of the city without being threatened by the ballistae and repeaters on the head of the city.

Gao Shun didn't have a straight wrinkle, the calculations of the Guishan people were also very accurate, and the commander on the opposite side was also a master of tactics.

However, any tactics still rely on equipment, and it seems that mortars will still have to be used to knock out these siege towers first.

However, this siege tower is really very strong, much more powerful than the well used by the Kwantung princes, and it is difficult to say if the Kwantung princes have these siege towers.

Even if a few shells hit the siege tower directly, it did not completely destroy it, but only stunned the soldiers and cattle inside, and after replacing it, it was still able to move forward.

Getting closer and closer to the city wall, the mortar needed to be re-angled and had to find a new landing spot because of the angle.

At this time, only one of the three siege towers was blown up.

The other two siege towers finally reached the city walls, and the top springboards reached the city's head, and the brave Punjabi infantry swarmed up to the head of the city and engaged the defenders in hand-to-hand combat.

The battering rams on the ground floor began to pound desperately against the walls, and with the cover of the two siege towers and attracting the attention of most people, the other Kushan infantry erected dozens of ladders and began to climb upwards.

Although the Second Garrison Division had never experienced a major battle, its strict training and strict military discipline still enabled them to give full play to the combat effectiveness that the Central Army should have.

A large number of clerks are also constantly shouting and cheering, loudly recording military exploits.

"Zhang San, you cut off another dog's head, good, cut nine more, and you can be promoted to one level."

"I'm afraid of a ball, the teacher is watching from the top of the city, don't be ashamed, let the brothers of the ninth division look down on you!"

Grenades were thrown from the top of the city and exploded in the crowd below.

The Sogdian infantry still had a bronze helmet that could block some fragments, while the Punjab infantry was miserable, the turban could not block the fragments of grenades, and it was easy to be injured barefoot on this battlefield.

The rain of crossbow arrows was also a headache for the Kushan infantry, when had they ever seen such a density of bow and arrow attacks?

The crossbow requires much less archery than the longbow, and even the soldiers of the Western Regions Coalition can kill with a crossbow.

However, the existence of siege towers did give great encouragement and support to the infantry of the Kushan Empire.

A large number of crossbowmen on the siege tower can shoot at the Han army defending the city, and their ballistae are also extremely destructive, and the big shield of the Han army's heavy infantry cannot defend against Guishan's ballista at all.

However, the Han army's ballistae could not effectively contain the opponent, and they could not defeat the enemy hiding in the siege tower at all.

In the end, Tai Shi Ci thought of a little bit and tied several detonators together and threw them into the siege tower, which was also a successful experience in the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass.

The detonators were not enough, so the soldiers of the Han army tied several grenades together, and the world's first cluster grenade was born.

After paying the precious lives of several brave soldiers of the Central Army, both siege towers were blown up.

However, the infantry of the Kushan Empire still climbed desperately through dozens of ladders.

(End of chapter)