The trebuchet is a stupid and thick heavy weapon, and there is no hope for its hit rate or something. In fact, Huo Zai's two rounds of long-range attacks, that is, the first round of strikes, were not bad. After the Jin soldiers below dispersed, the effect received was very poor.

Two rounds and one hundred and twenty stone bullets harvested the lives of less than a hundred Jin soldiers. In terms of the cost-effectiveness ratio of polishing stone bullets, using a trebuchet to beat a soldier is a very loss-making business.

But this attack was a huge psychological shock to the soldiers of the Jin army. The most intuitive effect is: the Jin soldiers in the follow-up cleaning of cement piles, their attention is seriously inattentive. The already low work efficiency has been reduced to a pitiful level.

As a result, the work of dismantling the cement piles outside the city gate, which began in early February, no matter how urged by the officials at all levels, even did not hesitate to take the head of the person, but the work continued until the end of the month, and only then did it barely advance to a distance of 150 steps from the city wall.

And then...... It's slower. Because, this distance, has entered the effective killing range of the bow and arrow. The bow and arrow are much stronger than the trebuchet.

During this period of time, the soldiers on the county wall of Shu Hanyi County have all been addicted to target shooting, and even their shooting skills have improved a lot.

"Your Majesty, you can't go on like this! It's been more than a month, and the obstacles outside the city have not been cleared. However, the morale of our army has fallen to an extremely low level. ”

"Yes, my lord. Speaking of which, it is no wonder that everyone has worked hard for more than a month, and the edge of the city wall has not been touched, but our army has lost two or three thousand people, and the number of wounded soldiers is even more. Anyone who encounters such a thing is like this. ”

"That's it, King, we can't go on like this, we have to think of other ways!"

Seeing the generals below complaining one after another, Sima Wang also felt a headache: You can complain to me, who should I go to complain to?

The emperor who was far away in Luoyang asked about the military situation every three days, and as a result, more than a dozen reports were typed, all of which were written and were still cleaning up obstacles outside the city. Such a performance, even if Sima Yan cares very much for all those surnamed Sima, it will not work. In the past half month, the tone of Sima Yan's letter has become more and more unkind, so he almost asked Sima Wang directly what you are eating.

Sima Yan's side is already like this, and the attitude of Shi Bao, the current supreme commander of the Guanzhong Legion of the Jin Empire, who is far away in Qinchuan, is of course even worse. Shi Bao publicly stated in the letter that if by the end of March, his side had not touched the city wall of Yixian, and now all the front-line generals would be dismissed - he has the power to do so.

"Damn iron-striking bitch!" After cursing Shi Bao's humble background viciously in his heart, Sima Wang cleaned up his mood, raised his head and said to Li Fu: "How are the authentic things going?" ”

Yes, as a veteran, Sima Wang will not just be stupid to move cement piles there. The matter of digging tunnels has been included in the basic siege strategy since he came to the city of Yixian.

"The king forgives the sin, and the last general and his three thousand brothers toiled for a month, but the progress was extremely slow. Moreover, the last general believes that at least in this place of Yixian, digging tunnels to attack the city has little hope of success. ”

"Oh." Regarding Li Fu's answer, Sima Wang didn't seem to be angry. "Tell me why."

"Thank you, King. Ladies and gentlemen, this city of Yixian County is located on the north bank of the Wei River, and we will dig tunnels near here, and if we go down to ten feet underground at most, the groundwater will form a spring, and we will not be able to move forward at all. Within a month, the general dug in seven or eight different places, and the results were all the same. Moreover, this Yixian County was the place where Dong Zhuo used to support the elderly. Therefore, the location is very particular. Most of the city foundation of Yixian County is located on a huge rock on the north bank of the Wei River, and even if we drain all the water in the tunnel and dig under the city foundation, it is unthinkable. Over the years, after Dong Zhuo's defeat, the city walls of Yixian County have not been strengthened much, but the underground city foundation is still extremely strong. What's more, Guan Zifeng has been in Yixian County for so long, and he has already wrapped the original city wall of Yixian County in layers of cement walls...... Therefore, this authentic thing, in the eyes of the last general, is simply unthinkable. ”

Li Fu's words made everyone depressed. What about Sima Wang? He leaned over and lay on the desk, and he didn't make a sound for a long time.

If the obstacles outside the city walls are not cleaned, it is impossible to send formed troops to attack the city on a large scale. You can't get close to the city wall on the ground, and you can't dig into the tunnel, so is it possible to approach the city wall from the air?

It's a pity that Sima Wang is not a traverser and has never thought about this problem.

Then sit under the city and fight the enemy? Anyway, the other party's external contact has been blocked, as long as you sit under the city for a year or two, the other party will starve to death sooner or later, right?

Unfortunately, this is not possible. The emperor did not allow it, the country's finances did not allow it, and now the empty defense everywhere did not allow it!

"Ladies and gentlemen, Ben will be a man, and he has never been for himself. But now in this situation, there is really no way. Order now! ”

"I'm waiting for the king's orders!"

"From tomorrow onwards, all the armies will be mobilized in unison, with soldiers in groups of five, three tearing down the wall, and two raising large shields or planks to strengthen the defense. From tomorrow onwards, the progress of each door will be limited to two steps per day. If you can't do it, the chief will kill the soldiers, and the chief will kill the captain...... The general kills the captain, and the king kills the general. After killing the generals, this king will personally go to tear down the wall, and the big deal is to die here! Have you heard it all?! ”

“……”

"Did you hear it all?"

“…… We will obey the king's command! ”

……

The time entered March, and the defenders of Yixian and Anguo City clearly felt that the efficiency of the Jin army under the city in dismantling the cement piles had increased significantly. Although the soldiers of the Jin army below were desperately trying to tear down the wall without fear of death, the results of the Shu Han army on the city tower were significantly improved compared with before. But there is no doubt that the battle line of the Jin army is getting closer and closer to the walls of the two cities day by day.

And what is Guan Da Sima doing at this time?

"Hehehe, Qi Da Sacrificial Wine, watching the sky yesterday night, have you ever verified what Ben will say?"

“…… Well, if we follow Da Sima's theory, the place where we live is not a flat land, but a sphere. So after calculating this orbit, Chang Gung and Qi Ming should indeed be the same star. ”

"Hahahaha~~ Look, what Ben will say is good, right?"

"It's just Da Sima, if the earth we live in is a sphere and is still rotating, then why haven't we fallen?"

"Oh, that's the matter of gravity. Great sacrificial wine, you see that the moon is also a sphere, and the sun is also a sphere, both hanging high in the air, why didn't it fall? ”

"Please also ask Da Sima to give advice......"

More than a month ago, hearing that Guan Da Sima was interested in the Heavenly Master Dao, Qi Wannian hurriedly rushed from Beidi County to Yi County. Originally, he was able to explain the Dao of the Heavenly Master to Guan Yi and attract him to worship under the Taishang Laojun. As a result, after Guan Yi threw out the heliocentric theory and the earthly circle theory, Qi Wannian was brainwashed by Guan Yi instead.

From the beginning of February, when Sima Wang's army arrived in Yixian County and besieged the city, Guan Yi "kindly" proposed: There is about to be a war at this time, sir, do you want to go out of the city for a while? Otherwise, if the city is broken, it will be a pity that you will die in the chaos.

As a result, Qi Wannian, who was deeply attracted by the knowledge thrown by Guan Yi, waved his hand: I have deep confidence in Da Sima, even if Sima Wang is a peerless general, it is not possible to break the city guarded by Da Sima in such a short time.

So this guy stayed, pestering Guan Yi every day to talk about astronomy. As for Guan Yi, he was trapped in this city anyway and had nothing to do for the time being, so he regarded Qi Wannian as the object of conversation. After getting along for a while, everyone looked at each other quite pleasantly.

"Da Sima is a scholar, if he dies here, it will be a pity."

"Huh? How? The big sacrificial wine thinks that I Guan Yi will be defeated? Will this city be destroyed? ”

"Hehehe, based on the observation of the grass people over time, although the Jin army has paid a great price to get close to the city wall, it is about to be able to attack the city on a large scale. However, with Da Sima's prior preparations, the Jin army would not be able to capture this city in a short period of time. It's just that the Jin State is strong in the end, and what the grass people are worried about is that if Sima Wang completely ignores the lives of the soldiers, he purely carries out the ant annexation siege. At that time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Da Sima to deal with it. ”

"Oh~~~ What the Great Sacrifice Wine said is indeed a problem." Seriously, Guan Yi was not afraid that Sima Wang would play a high-tech siege game with him about siege towers, trebuchets, or tunnels. What he was afraid of was the pure unskilled ant annex attacking the city: "However, although this battle is extremely dangerous, who made my Han weak now." In a short period of time, we can only fight with the enemy with inferior forces in order to find a way to survive for our Han in troubled times. ”

"Well, if this is true of the country, how can it not be true of the people of all ethnic groups. Da Sima, the grass people have been with you for more than a month, and they are already convinced that you will find a way out for us. So, Da Sima Ke must not die here. ”

"Hehehe, what do you want to say?"

"I have already agreed with Li Mu and his son in the west of the city. Let them hold on to the west passageway. If things don't go wrong, Da Sima can break through from the West Gate, and as long as he enters the troops of my Di people, Da Sima will be safe. ”

"Hahahaha~~~ A piece of kindness from the big sacrificial wine, this general has a heart. It's just that, although my Han claims to inherit the orthodoxy of the Han family, everyone knows that we are the weakest among the Three Kingdoms. With such a weak national strength, we must achieve the ideal of reviving the Han dynasty and returning it to the old capital. It is inevitable that everyone in my Han must sacrifice their lives and forget about death. Every official must lead by example. In the past, the prime minister was like this, and the general was like this. Today, I can only be like this! So, Brother Wannian, I, Guan Yi, will either win here or die here. Escape? No way! ”