It didn't take long for the Wu soldiers to finish their formation, waiting for the order to attack.

And Yang Wu was also wearing a gorgeous armor at this time, stepped on a white war horse, and appeared in front of the army.

Seeing him wearing such makeup, the generals couldn't help but light up.

Qin Pei even said to him after saluting: "The king's armor is really gorgeous, and it sets off the king's majesty even more!" ”

"Really? It's a pity that this armor is too flashy to be practical! If it weren't for the queen and a few of them sewing it by hand, Lone really didn't want to wear it! Yang Wu said with a smug face.

This armor was sewn by several women in the harem such as Zhou Mengjie in their spare time, using the best armor, and the outside was wrapped in gorgeous brocade clothes, which didn't look like a pair of armor, but like a dress.

What's even more rare is that this armor not only has a good protective effect, but also is relatively light, and at the same time does not affect the body's movements between actions, which can be said to be an extremely precious set of armor.

In fact, the cost of this armor is extremely staggering, and its armor pieces are all made of stainless steel by those top craftsmen, and Zhou Mengjie and the others just sew it into armor.

Yang Wu's age was not very old, and after he started growing a beard a few years ago, the whole person already looked very dignified; Coupled with the foil of this gorgeous armor, it suddenly made him even more eye-catching.

It's a pity that although this armor is gorgeous, and the protection effect is also very good, and the comfort and other aspects are also excellent, the problem is that it is too flashy and not very suitable for wearing on the battlefield.

If anyone wears such a gorgeous suit of armor on the battlefield, isn't it clearly telling the enemy that he is a big man and asking the enemy to attack quickly?

So Yang Wu is used to wearing those inconspicuous armors, at least not such gorgeous armor.

However, the reason why I wear it like this today is because of the hearts of several of my wives, and it is not good if I don't wear it once; Second, and more importantly, today is a siege battle.

Although Yang Wu was going to the front line to supervise the battle, he obviously couldn't get too close to the enemy, and would only sit far enough away to watch the battle, surrounded by the soldiers of the Yulin Army, so he naturally didn't have to worry about safety.

And a gorgeous armor can make the soldiers of the Wu army easily see themselves, let them know that they are paying attention to the battle situation in the rear, which can naturally stimulate the morale of the soldiers.

At this time, in the face of Yang Wu's smug show-off, all the generals laughed and said nothing.

Yang Wu touched his nose, turned his head and said to Qin Pei: "Pass the order, start beating the drum!" ”

Soon, the rumbling of the drums of war spread throughout the barracks, and the officers and men of all departments understood that today's siege battle was about to begin.

Qin Pei and Hou Zan looked at Yang Wu, and when they saw that he didn't say anything, they immediately said goodbye to him, and then each galloped away under the escort of the guards.

They will each be supervising the battle outside an acropolis today, and at this time, they naturally have to rush to the battlefield they are responsible for.

It didn't take long for the divisions to begin to leave the camp one by one, heading towards the forward positions.

There, there are also some soldiers who are guarded, and their task is mainly to prevent the defenders from suddenly killing out; At the same time, some of the equipment left over from the siege of the city in the first day, as well as heavy equipment such as Suzhou artillery, were also the focus of their defense.

Half an hour later, the various preparations for the siege were completed.

As a rocket rises into the sky, the offensive officially begins.

The first to launch was naturally that row of Suzhou cannons.

The huge barrels were made of the finest wood, and where important, they were even made of iron, and in many places they were specially wrapped with iron sheets to increase the strength of the structure.

These Suzhou cannons are capable of throwing hundreds of pounds of boulders to four or five hundred steps away, once started, the huge stones roared towards the Acropolis, the sound was extremely terrifying.

The defenders of the city had nothing to do but hide behind the walls and shiver while praying that they would not be struck.

Fortunately, as the Suzhou cannon was used more and more frequently, all forces had long known about the Wu army's siege weapon, and the Liang army and the Jin army had also mastered the manufacturing method of the Suzhou cannon through various channels.

And how can Gao Jichang say that he was also a part of the Liang army back then, and he naturally had a sharp weapon like the Suzhou cannon.

At this time, a lot of Suzhou cannons were prepared in Jiangling City, but in order to save as much as possible, only a few Suzhou cannons were placed in these acropolis.

In the face of the bombardment of the Suzhou artillery of the Wu army, the Suzhou artillery in the acropolis did not try to counterattack, but reserved its strength and prepared to launch it again when the Wu army officially attacked.

This is also a consequence of the Suzhou artillery used too much, the enemy also knows how to deal with the bombardment of the Suzhou artillery, and knows how to play its role in defending the city as much as possible.

Yang Wu's position is still a lot of distance from the battlefield, after all, there is still the threat of Suzhou artillery in the acropolis, if he gets too close and is attacked by the enemy with Suzhou cannon, wouldn't he be killed by flying stones hundreds of years earlier than the Mongolian Great Khan?

Therefore, for the sake of safety, his position was naturally far away from the battlefield, outside the limit range of the Suzhou artillery.

After the Suzhou artillery bombardment for a long time, it was the turn of the infantry to attack.

Because the acropolis to be attacked is not large, each wall is only 300 steps wide, but the city wall is extremely strong, even after bombarding it with Suzhou artillery for so many days, there is no trace of collapse.

In this siege, the Wu army dispatched 3,000 men at one time to storm the three walls of the acropolis in three ways; Behind them were another three thousand men, ready to take over them for a new attack.

With the sound of war drums, many soldiers pushed the cave house cart, the trench bridge cart, the ladder, the nest cart and so on to rush towards the Acropolis.

After they entered the range of the Suzhou artillery in the acropolis, the enemy counterattack officially began.

Huge boulders roared towards the besieging Wu army, and from time to time smashed a large cloud of dust on the ground.

Some soldiers were unfortunately hit by boulders, and even if they were turned into a pool of flesh, they died a miserable death; Sometimes, some siege equipment was hit by boulders and was instantly reduced to pieces in the screams of many soldiers.

Fortunately, the Acropolis is not big after all, and the number of Suzhou guns that can be accommodated in it is not much, plus the hit rate of Suzhou cannons is already very low, and the speed of firing is also very slow, so the casualties caused to the Wu army are not large.

Although the number of Suzhou cannons in Jiangling City in the rear is large, and the range can be obtained, but because there is an acropolis to cover it, it cannot play a role.

It didn't take long for the besieging Wu army to gradually approach the acropolis wall, and Yang Wu and the others immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

At that distance, on the contrary, it was in the dead end of the enemy's Suzhou artillery, and could not continue to exert its might.

And Wu Jun's Suzhou artillery also fell silent at this time, so as not to cause accidental injury.

However, the threat of Suzhou artillery is gone, but at this distance it is the time when the crossbowmen in the city are reckless.

The enemy crossbowmen who shot condescendingly on the city wall had much better range and power than the Wu army's crossbowmen; Therefore, at this time, the crossbowmen of the Wu army could not return fire, and could only silently suffer casualties.

The sword and shield bearers at the forefront can still raise their shields to cover them, while the soldiers pushing the large siege equipment can only hope that the armor on their bodies will provide a little protection.

After a while, the Wu army finally rushed to the foot of the city and entered the dead end of the enemy's bow and arrow.

The archers, under the cover of the shield-bearers, forced the city at the foot of the city and raised their bows to shoot at the enemy troops at the mouth of the battlements to cover the siege.

Today's siege was caused by Yang Wu personally supervising the battle in the rear.

Before the battle, the soldiers of the besieging departments were told that anyone who dared to retreat would be punished as deserters until they heard the order of Mingjin to retreat, and the officers of each department could directly behead him; If the officers dared to retreat without permission, the Overseers in the rear would not let them go.

Under the supervision of this strict military order, the soldiers of all the besieging departments understood that it was death to retreat at this time, and the broadsword of the overseer team would not be soft because you were your own person; If you don't move, you will die, and the logs, rolling stones, and arrows that leak down from the head of the city are like flash floods, and they are endless.

The only way out is to rush to the wall, if you can stand on the wall, or if you can take the wall completely, you may not die, but you will be greatly rewarded.

At such a juncture, many soldiers naturally had no choice but to climb the ladder and rush up.

In this siege, the Wu army dispatched more than 100 ladders to the acropolis in the east of the city alone.

As soon as these ladders are attached to the wall, their iron hooks will be firmly attached to the wall.

A group of soldiers immediately attached ladders and began to climb the city wall, and this wall could attach the wall to attack five or six hundred people; The rest of the soldiers raised their crossbows to provide cover for them.

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In the rear, Yang Wu looked at the battle in front of him with an indifferent expression.

Although he has also come to the front line to supervise the siege in the past few days, he seems to be more casual, and after a brief glance, he handed over the battle to Qin Pei and others to command, and he didn't ask much about it.

But this time it was commanded by himself, so naturally he had to be more serious.

"General Zhu, how do you see the resistance of the enemy army in front of you?" After watching for a while, Yang Wu asked Zhu Jin beside him.

"This, judging from the strength of the enemy's resistance, is obviously much lighter than a few days ago, which shows that after the battle a few days ago, the enemy's casualties are also not small; Although I heard that the enemy army replenished some new forces yesterday, those replenished troops should not be as good as the army that defended the city before. This can be seen from the performance of the enemy army just now! Zhu Jin replied after pondering for a moment.

Yang Wu nodded, and then asked, "Then you say, can we break through this acropolis today?" ”

Zhu Jin replied with a confident face: "With the king personally supervising the battle, all departments will definitely move forward bravely, and there must be no problem in breaking through the acropolis in front of you!" ”