Bai He saw Baili Yan (Wei Xian) standing like Mount Tai without moving, and he had the courage to straighten his waist and look out, then turned around and said:

"The general is brave, and the general admires it."

"Hehe, what kind of courage is this, the stones can't fall on the top of the city wall at all."

"How does the general know?" Bai He asked.

"Of course it is."

"Counted? The general is really clever. ”

Bai He only thought that Baili Yan was clever, but how did he know that the magic calculation in his mouth was confused with the algorithm that Bai Liyan said.

At this time, the rebels realized that the blow failed to hit the wall, but crossed the wall and fell into the city, so they dragged the stone artillery cart back a few steps and continued to correct the firing distance.

At the same time, Baili Yan ordered the grass and mud bags to be lowered and spread on the surface of the city wall to dilute the damage caused by the stone pills, so when the rebels fired again, the power of the stones hitting the city wall was absorbed by the straw woven straw bags filled with wet mud.

The use of forage bags to fill moist soil for city defense, first invented by the Song Dynasty, to defend against the appearance of artillery, artillery stone pills, iron pills to the city wall.

The muzzle velocity of the projectile of the early artillery was extremely higher than that of the stone pellet fired by the trebuchet, and the destructive power of the city wall was greater than that of the stone fired by the trebuchet of the same mass, so the grass mud bag was used to defend against projectiles of average weight in the early days

Bailiyan has tested before, the thickness of the grass mud bag of three inches has a good defense against the stones fired by the trebuchet below 30 catties, and for the projectile is only more than 10 catties of stones, it is almost impossible to cause damage to the city wall under the protection of the grass and mud bags.

When the projectile is larger than 30 catties and reaches more than 30 catties, the projectile can penetrate the grass and mud bag and damage the city wall. When it is greater than 35 catties, the effect of the grass mud bag will be less than 40 percent, and when it reaches more than 40 catties, it will completely lose its defense.

Of course, if the thickness is increased, the weight of the grass and mud bag will increase greatly, and the weight of the rope and woven bag and mud from the top down will be difficult to bear such a heavy weight, and it will quickly disintegrate under a few attacks, but the gains outweigh the losses.

So the stone that hit the mud bag left a large hole in the mud bag, and then it fell under the ground.

Seeing this scene, the thunderous teeth of anger itched:

"Qin Caidong, you didn't expect it!"

Qin Han's face was embarrassed, how did he know that Baili Yan would sacrifice this trick:

"Qin is lonely and unheard, and he is really guilty of missing the Heavenly King fighter."

"The Jin army killed by Yin Yangcheng was embarrassed, and now it seems that it is not in vain. If King Xian had used him a few years earlier, with his age and means, within 20 years, the Xian country would have been strong. ”

"What the King of Heaven said is extremely true, Qin did intend to recruit him back then, but he missed it by mistake, if it can be used by us now, Xianguo is afraid that it will already be in the pocket of our army."

"What's the use of talking about that now. Come! ”

With an order, the left and right guards stepped forward and said:

"The subordinates are here!"

"Order, order the stone cannon cart to attack the female wall."

"No!"

The female wall is also the battlement at the top of the city, and Thunder found that the female wall was not covered by grass and mud bags, and similarly, the soldiers on the city wall were completely exposed, and flying stones fell from the sky, and there was nowhere to hide.

So the rebels adjusted the distance of the stone artillery carts again, threw stones on the women's wall and aisle as much as possible, and at the same time launched more than 50 crossbows and bed crossbows, each of which could shoot five crossbow arrows at a time, and three bed crossbows, and a salvo was more than 200 pieces.

"Bastard, Su Hong!"

"The last general!"

"Go, let people get more bamboo, and get some planks, go quickly!"

"No!"

As soon as Su Hong left, Bai Liyan said again:

"Lu Zhao!"

"The end will be."

"Fight back."

"General, the rebel bed crossbow is far beyond our army's bed crossbow, so it can't be shot."

"Can't shoot?" Bai Liyan was taken aback.

Guangxin city wall more than three zhang, from the city wall to the bottom of the arrows, how can there be a reason than the ground to the city wall arrow distance.

Bailiyan hurriedly asked:

"Why can't you shoot?"

"The thief soldiers used the Zhiguo bed crossbow, and the Xianguo bed crossbow shot far less than sixty or seventy steps."

"Damn, there's such a thing, isn't this a pit!" Bai Liyan scolded.

At this time, it was discovered that the rebels' bed crossbows and cart crossbows were pushing farther than the stone artillery carts, and they were indeed far beyond the range of the common bed crossbows.

After a while, the rebels bombarded the south gate with bed crossbows and stone cannon wheels, and the attack did not stop for a moment, and dozens of people fell one after another, all of them were hit by stones or shot through the torso by random arrows, and some were directly shot through the torso by giant crossbow arrows, nailed to the ground and died in pain.

By noon, the rebels showed no signs of stopping, and had no intention of attacking the city, and used fireball projectiles to set fire, and at the same time concocted the same method for the east and west gates, but the intensity was far less than that of the south gate. After observing for a long time, seeing that the rebels had no intention of landing in the city, Bailiyan temporarily secretly withdrew the men and horses from the city, leaving only a few men and horses to continue to stay.

At this time, Sikong Nan had already requisitioned a large number of sacks and was taking soil to fill them.

"Sikong Nan, how many more sacks have been filled!"

"There are more than 400 bags, what is the general going to do with this?"

"You'll find out later."

The biggest drawback of the city wall is that there is no cover, people are always exposed, although there is a hidden soldier hole, but there is no aisle, the rebels hide outside the range of use, only use stones, giant crossbows to bombard in turn, the Xian army has no power to fight back, but also can not hide, in the long run, even if the enemy army does not attack the city, the mental pressure brought by this air attack is a huge blow to morale.

Bailiyan transferred skilled craftsmen from the city to personally command the construction of field fortifications under the city wall of the south gate. Two layers of sacks filled with soil were used to build a two-meter-high bunker, and then the top was erected with bamboo and wooden boards to support the columns and wooden beams, and then two layers of soil bags were added to set up an entry and exit passage to facilitate the entry and exit of personnel.

This kind of fortification is modeled after the modern thermal weapon field fortifications, which are extremely effective in defending against falling stones overhead, and the inside of the fortifications can be reinforced with wooden shields to prevent giant crossbow arrows from piercing into the bunker, causing mass deaths and injuries, even if they encounter a violent smash of 30 catties of stones.

The bunker can accommodate five to six people at a time and is extremely easy to build, requiring only sand, sacks, and wood.

"Sikong Nan, immediately transfer the soldiers of the Leopard Tao Battalion and the Baggage Battalion to train and build these fortifications, and when the rebel attack stops, immediately go to the city to build fortifications."

"The last will obey. However, this method is inevitably shameful to laugh at us as a turtle with a shrunken head, and spread it, I am afraid that it will be detrimental to the general's reputation. ”

"Shrunken turtle?! Can a shrunken turtle be more important than life? Bailiyan scoffed: "Look at how many years the turtle has lived, and how many years can a person have." Today, it has only been a long time, and seventy or eighty people have been killed and wounded, and if this continues, how many soldiers will be killed and wounded in a day. Go, do as it is, and there must be no mistake. ”

"No!"

At dusk, the rebels showed no signs of stopping, but intensified their efforts by adding ten stone artillery wagons outside the south gate, focusing on attacking the south gate.

After dark, in the atrium meeting hall of the Guangxin Mansion, Wang Jiu, Hu Mo and others were reporting the battle situation to Jiang's father and son.

"General Hu Mo, how are Ximen's casualties today?" Jiang Min asked.

"Lord Qiqi, eleven killed and forty-six wounded."

"Wang Jiu, where is the east gate?"

"Nine were killed and sixty-one wounded."

Jiang Min looked at Luo Songting and asked:

"Songting, where is Wei Xian, there is any news."

"It is said that more than 200 people were killed or wounded."

"Now it seems that Qin Han really did something secretly on the city wall." Jiang Min said in a deep voice.

"I'm afraid so."

"With such a large number of casualties in Wei Xian today, will he suspect that Lone is deliberately making things difficult for him."

Jiang Min was worried that Bailiyan would be suspicious, and Luo Songting did not deny his worries, he said:

"I'm afraid he'd already thought of it, but he wouldn't know that the root was on the walls. He has no real evidence in his hands, and he will definitely not come to confront the lord. Even if he knew, with Wei Xian's temperament, he would be angry at the moment, and he would not come to reason with the lord. ”

After Qin Han's rebellion, Luo Songting expected that there might be a problem with the southern city wall, but it was just a guess, and today's rebels stormed the south gate instead of the west gate, which undoubtedly confirmed the previous judgment.

That night, the rebels bombarded all night, without giving the slightest respite, and the next morning, the south gate was in shambles.

After a night of bombardment, the outer female wall was in tatters, the aisles were scarred, and no less than a thousand stones were thrown into the city day and night, and seven or eight thousand giant crossbow arrows were smashed on the city wall that was several miles long, and the average density of each mile should reach one hundred and fifteen to one hundred and six stones, and more than a thousand giant crossbow arrows.

As soon as the sky was bright, Sikong Nan, Su Hong, Bai He, Lu Zhao, and Wu Deng gathered in the camp in the south of the city, and Bai Liyan's expression was solemn and his face was pale:

"Ladies and gentlemen, although the rebels did not enter the city yesterday, it is not necessarily a good thing. Although the thieves will not attack Guangxin, they must not neglect to take precautions. Today, the battalions continue to take turns to send veterans to train new soldiers, and they must not slack off.

In addition, more than 20,000 new soldiers recruited by the Guangxin Mansion will be incorporated into the labor camp, which will be temporarily controlled by the city government Sima Mansion. If there are casualties among the various armies and battalions of the vanguard battalion, they can be drawn from the baggage battalion to train new soldiers and rush in, and there is no need to recruit new soldiers from the city. You get the idea! ”

"Obey General Wei's military orders!"

Beginning on this day, the rebels launched a half-month-long bombardment of Guangxin, day and night.

At the same time, Lu Gao led the Longwu battalion to drive the horses, with seven large boxes of pearls, and arrived in Qiling eight days later.

"The last will see the king!"

Lu Gao bowed on one knee, and King Xian couldn't see whether he was happy or sad on his face, but just muttered:

"General Lu Gao, can General Wei let you bring anything to the widow?"

"King Qiqi, General Wei ordered the last general to bring seven wooden boxes and a secret letter to the king, and said that the contents of the box are related to our country's fortune and must be opened by the king himself."

"Hiss......" Jiang Hai frowned and stood up, walked closer to Lu Gao and asked, "Is General Wei really saying that?" ”

"The last general will not dare to deceive the king, this is a secret letter from General Wei, saying that he asked the king to see the items in the box first, and then read the secret letter."

"What about the box?"

"Escorted by the forbidden army, just outside the temple."

"Quick, order someone to send it."

"No!"

In a few moments, more than a dozen forbidden soldiers carried seven large wooden boxes into the hall. The outside of the wooden box was sealed with copper skin, and when everyone withdrew, King Xian ordered Lu Gao to cut the copper skin one by one with a knife.

"Please ask the king to investigate."

"Hmm!"