"Bang!" After a loud thud, the huge trebuchet cannon was lifted high, and a large stone with uneven edges and no stone bullets at all rose into the air, and then smashed heavily on the city wall.

According to the theory of aerodynamics, such a strange-shaped stone has already consumed considerable potential energy in the air, and when it hits the city wall, it cannot give the maximum blow to the city wall because of the unevenness of its own surface. With such a stone, its siege effect is far worse than that of a spherical stone projectile.

However, this is really no way for the Jin army besieging the city.

At this time, it was already January 10, 273 AD, and it had been a month since the 135,000 Jin troops began to besiege Jiexiu County. At the beginning of the Jin army, most of the siege equipment had been damaged or exhausted. Under the urging of the officials at all levels, the officers and soldiers and craftsmen below did not have time to slowly polish the stone into a spherical shape. It could only be simply divided, and it was thrown directly on the piggyback.

Jiexiu is a small town, and it has always been in the mainland. Therefore, the city foundation was extremely unreliable - the city foundation was not strong, and Huo did not dare to pour cement directly on the city wall. Otherwise, if you don't have to fight the enemy, the walls will collapse on their own.

Not only that, but the walls of Jiexiu are not very tall - just over two zhang, not even five meters. However, it is such a city, and more than 130,000 Jin troops have been attacking it for more than a month, but they can't attack it.

It's not that Du Wuku is incompetent, but that the right time, place and people are not in hand!

On peace, the Han army was united, while the Jin army was unstable. 135,000 people is a lot, but the Han army also has 60,000 people in Jiexiu City. In siege warfare, the defending side always has the advantage. In the past, Zhang Teh of Cao Wei used 10,000 people to resist the siege of Zhuge Ke's 200,000 army in Hefei for three months, and he still stood tall. Now that Huo Zai has such a strong force in the hands of his father and son, he is not afraid of the Jin army attacking the city at all.

In terms of geographical advantages, Jiexiu is a small city. However, because it is a small city, there are few areas that need to be defended by the defending side, so the density of troops is extremely large. Moreover, the deployment of troops in the city is also very convenient. In addition, Du Wuku has to set aside a small army no matter what, keeping an eye on the West at all times. Therefore, many times, the Jin army besieging the city is not as dense as the Han army defending the city in some areas.

As for the time, Du Shaofu didn't know what to say: this year's winter in Bingzhou was particularly cold, and the cement dried very slowly. But water condenses very quickly! Many times, the walls of Jiexiu have been smashed out of holes by trebuchets. However, the clear water of the Han army's large basin on the city wall poured down, and it would not take long for it to condense into solid ice - this would cause great damage to the city wall, and when the spring of the next year begins, the city wall of Jiexiu will collapse by itself. However, this battle will not be fought until the spring flowers bloom.

"As of today, how many casualties have our army had?"

"King Qiyuan and Young Master, as of today, more than 13,000 people have been killed in our army, more than 7,000 people who are seriously injured and can no longer go to the battlefield, and nearly 20,000 people who are slightly injured and need medical treatment and recuperation temporarily."

"In the first month of siege, nearly 40,000 people were gone! Although those who are slightly injured will return to the team sooner or later, after deducting the 30,000 people who monitored Guan Zifeng on Wang Shizhi's side, now under the city, our army only has more than 60,000 people! ”

Looking at the restless Sima Gui, Du Yu also sighed: "King Taiyuan, is the imperial court still unwilling to mobilize all the Chinese troops?" ”

"Hey! Speaking of which, this king really doesn't know what to say. Some time ago, after the urgent documents of the king and the young master were sent to Luoyang, Pei Jiyan and Jia Gonglu also jointly wrote to His Majesty, and His Majesty originally promised to let the general lead 100,000 Chinese troops to the north to fight a decisive battle with the Shu thieves in Bingzhou. But by coincidence, the Shu thieves who happened to meet Tongguan rushed to the first wall of Tongguan. When the news came, the Marquis of Linjin and a group of princes and ministers clamored together, saying that the safety of the imperial capital was more important than everything, and then ......"

"Some time ago, Ma Xiaoxing's letter to Xia Guan said that the first city wall of Tongguan was gradually filled in by Shu thieves with cement and stones. However, Ma Xiaoxing also said that the Shu thieves under Tongguan were insufficient, and even if they rushed up, he was confident to repel...... How could it be ......"

"That's right, King Qi's private message to this king is also very clear. The Shu thieves rushed to the city wall, and Ma Xiaoxing also led the army to repel them. In terms of battle losses alone, our army still has an advantage. But that's it, it scared the bitter guts of the bastards in Luoyang. ”

"In this way, this Luoyang reinforcement can't be counted on?"

"Well, the 100,000 Chinese army and the 20,000 prince's guards will not move. However, the imperial court had reached an agreement with Eastern Wu that the 20,000 men from Yangzhou and Jingzhou would go north to support. ”

"This ...... Pei Jiyan and Jia Gonglu: What are they doing? Even if Yangzhou and Jingzhou abandon it. How much time will it take for these 20,000 people to drive to our state? These 20,000 people are indeed elites, but they have been fighting in the south for a long time, and when they come to Bingzhou, which is particularly cold this year, I am afraid that typhoid fever will make them fall more than half! Can't they drive the Chinese army over first, and then let the Yangzhou army and the Jingzhou army supplement the Chinese army? ”

"It's none of Pei Jiyan's business. It was the idiot of Linjin Marquis who said that the Yangzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army were away all the year round. If the Chinese army is driven out and foreign troops are introduced, I am afraid that Luoyang will be unstable. ”

"This horseman! The Jingzhou army is led by Uncle Yang all the year round, and the commander of the Yangzhou army is Wei Boyu. They are all His Majesty's in-laws, what is unreliable? "No matter how good Rao's cultivation is, Du Wuku will also be angry: "The day before yesterday, Gou Dao sent a letter to the future, saying that he had been entangled with Jiang Boyao in Youzhou for more than a month, and most of the cavalry under his command had been damaged. The new heavy cavalry of the Shu thieves is really not a joke, the cavalry team of General Gou Dao was caught by the heavy cavalry of the Shu thieves only once, and it lost 3,000 cavalry in one fell swoop...... If it weren't for Uncle Meng's good governance in Youzhou all these years, the people of Youzhou would have been attached to him. Not to mention fighting, his cavalry will tie him up and hand him over to the Shu thieves! Gou Daojiang said that he could hold Jiang Bo for about a month at most, and after a month, he himself would have to go to Luoyang! ”

"Hey, Yuan Kai, don't you understand? Then Yang Jun is also His Majesty's in-law. ”

"Hey! The country has reached the brink of life and death, and this is still the time to calculate these! That's it, I'm a Jin minister, it's a big deal to repay the king with death! ”

Yuan Kai said cautiously. Hey, although this king is not a soldier. But I also know that although we have no progress in the war here, we are still a long way from defeat. Besides, didn't Soochow raise an army? It is said that it has penetrated hundreds of miles into the Qi County of the Shu thief. Is this Guan Zifeng really so bold that he dares to ignore a fundamental place like Yizhou? ”

"Humph! Lu Youjie is indeed a famous general for a while, but unfortunately the monarchs and ministers of Eastern Wu are extremely short-sighted and are destined to not achieve much. King Taiyuan, the lower officials have already figured it out. That Liu Yuanhai has been surrounded and suppressed by Guan Zifeng in Xihe for more than a month, and the letter to the official complaining is a few days...... Tomorrow, the whole army will rest for a day. Then we focused on attacking for another ten years. If you still can't break the city. Regardless of whether Guan Zifeng turns back or not, we must retreat with all our troops. Defend the sheep's head mountain and gather the defense line on the cotton. In this way, if it does not win, at least it will not lead to a rout. ”

"Well, Yuan Kai can do whatever he wants. If we do withdraw then. After the battle line was stabilized, the king personally went to Luoyang to find His Majesty to ask for reinforcements! ”

……

On the other side, in Jiexiu City.

"The child visits his father."

"Well, the flying bear has worked hard. Today's defense, how are the casualties? ”

"Today's Jin army only attacked in the morning, and then retreated. Therefore, our army has only more than 30 people killed today. Father, it seems that the Jin thief is already at the end of the crossbow. ”

"Don't be careless! What we are facing now is Du Yuankai. That is the first person after Deng Ai among the generals of the Wei and Jin dynasties mentioned by Da Sima. Besides, who hasn't used this false and real plan? In my father's opinion, the Jin army may not attack the city tomorrow, but the siege of the city the day after tomorrow must be extremely fierce. ”

"Thank you father for reminding me, the child knows. Speaking of the enemy's strong attack on the city again, father, since the battle of the city's defense, the cumulative number of dead and missing in our army has exceeded 3,000, and the number of wounded brothers has also exceeded 5,000. That's almost half of the combat power gone. And this Jiexiu city wall is really ...... I don't know when Da Sima will be able to come back? ”

"Hehe, it's only been more than a month and you can't stand it? Back then, your great-grandfather was guarding the Jiameng Pass for a year! But you don't have to worry, before leaving, Da Sima said that he would return within three months. Then we will be able to keep watch for 50 days at most. ”

"Father has so much confidence in Da Sima?"

"Of course, Da Sima is indeed extremely treacherous to the enemy, but to his own family, it is absolutely sincere. Look at it, there will be more than a month at most, and Da Sima will inevitably turn around. At that time, it was the time when my big man established the advantage of this battle in one fell swoop! ”