On the second day, before the sun showed a corner, the main siege force of the Zhao army had already entered a combat state.

After Zhao Yong and Le Yi agreed, they still decided to let the troops who attacked the city yesterday be repaired and used as reserves. The ambush army that came and went led the siege battle.

The siege formation of the Zhao army this time was a little strange, at least in the eyes of the Zhongshan army, it was really a little incomprehensible. In yesterday's attack, the Zhao army gave up three sides and attacked one side, whether it was cavalry, archers or foot soldiers, they all participated in the siege. Zhao Guang's siege method is also a regular one, no different from the general siege method. In fact, he can't be allowed to make too many changes, after all, his ability is limited, and the siege battle is originally an extremely manpower-consuming thing, and if you want to play tricks, you really need the master to have some experience.

But today, the siege force of the Zhao army is very different.

The siege force of the Zhao army was divided into four parts, and it was still the same as at the beginning, and the Zhao army was definitely preparing to attack on all sides at the same time this time. However, the deployment of troops in these four aspects is somewhat confusing. But in any case, the Zhongshan army, which was already preparing for defense on the city wall, knew that today's battle might be much more tragic than yesterday's.

Zhao Yong stood on the leather cart and looked around at Zhao Jun. Although there is some fatigue from the multi-day battle, compared with yesterday's siege troops, there is obviously still some fighting spirit. What's more, he is confident that today, he will definitely be able to gain the initiative in this battle. After today, Shiyi will be at your fingertips.

Le Yi looked at the sky, the east showed the white of the fish's belly, and the morning glow was already floating in the sky, very close to the planned time. He rode his horse, slowly walked to Zhao Yong's side, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the time is almost up. ”

Zhao Yong seemed to be thinking about something happy, with a smile on his face, but he didn't pay attention to Le Yi's reminder. So, Le Yi had to remind Zhao Yong in a low voice again. Zhao Yong came back to his senses at this time, smiled apologetically at Le Yi, and said, "Lonely is a little distracted. ”

"It's okay, it's the first time that the king has personally led the troops, and it's very good to encounter such a battle." Although Zhao Yong led the troops this time, not only was he frightened and sick, but the siege was not very smooth, but with his keen sense and unexpected talent for war, Le Yi was also a little in awe. is based on his sense of Zhao Yong, and it is also a lot better.

"The military advisor thinks that what you and I planned yesterday can be effective today?"

Le Yi pondered for a while, and said respectfully, "The minister doesn't dare to say that there is an absolute possibility, but he can only say that this method of the king is unexpected, and it may have an excellent effect, but it is not known." ”

Zhao Yong knew that he was usually taciturn, especially in the court of Zhao State, where his political power was complicated, he was often cautious in his words and deeds, and rarely socialized with people. So, I'm not too disappointed that he would say such a thing. "In that case, let's see what it looks like. Besiege! ”

With Zhao Yong's order, the herald waved the military flag, and the military drum behind him began to beat, and the siege operation that the Zhao army was ready to start officially began.

After hearing the sound of drums, the besieging forces from the north, east and west began to attack.

The Zhao army's attack seemed to be no different from before, the archers attacked first, and there were still many Zhongshan soldiers on the horses on both sides of Shiyi City to fight back. However, since the war had been going on for more than a month, it was obvious that the bow and arrow reserves in the Zhongshan army were beginning to run out, and the Zhongshan army did not dare to shoot at the Zhao army at a long distance, because the farther the distance, the smaller the attack power. On the other hand, the Zhao army not only had the supply of logistics troops behind them, but also the surrounding villages to supplement them. So such a presumptuous arrow rain attack is still so sharp.

While the two armies continued to fire at each other, the Zhao army's hook crash troops began to enter the attack sequence. The hook crash is quite different from the crash car, which is in the simple carport, hits the ram, and when the troops march under the city gate, the soldiers in the crash car dodge the enemy attack through the roof of the car, and at the same time push the ram, using inertia to destroy the city gate. Under normal circumstances, the ram is smooth at both ends, and the section that hits the city gate is also wrapped with a bronze tiger head, so it is generally called a rushing car.

The so-called hook crash car is similar to the light armored vehicle in modern warfare, the vehicle is also roofed, and is generally divided into two layers, one for long-handled weapons, and one for soldiers. Through the push of the soldiers, the hook crash cart was pushed under the city, and the soldiers reached the battlefield in this way, and later they could climb up the city wall by hooking the flying hook.

Of course, this kind of attack is very heavy for the casualties of the siege, so when the hook crash car enters the battlefield, it is necessary to strengthen the attack of long-range fire in order to stop the sniper attack on the climbing troops. At the same time, the follow-up trench filling convoy of the Zhao army pushed the vehicles loaded with sand and soil to move outside the moat and began to fill the earth to ensure the attack of the follow-up troops. And the dust truck, which had long been ready to go, also moved under the city wall, covering the blue sky under the yellow dust. These two kinds of carts cooperated with each other, which had a great impact on the Zhongshan soldiers defending the city, and it was impossible to see if the soldiers brought by the hook collision car had already begun to climb. It's just that I kept choking on the smoke screen created by Zhao Jun and kept coughing. Just listening to the sound of wheels under the city, it seems that Zhao Jun is still transporting soldiers forward.

At the same time, the southern city gate where Zhao Yong was located also played the prelude to the attack, however, the position of the Zhao army in the south was so that the Zhongshan army would not be able to see the clue for a while. In fact, there was no time for them to think about it, and Zhao Jun's stone thrower began to bomb wildly. This forced the Zhongshan soldiers to hide in the city walls and wait quietly for the stone rain to end.

But soon, they found the problem.

If you look at it from the city wall, it seems that the stone throwers of the Zhao army have always been fixed on the left flank of the Zhao army's array, instead of being lined up like the other three sides, striking from multiple sides. With such a formation, the result was a stone thrower on the left flank, and the trajectory of the attack was fixed on the left flank.

It seems that the Zhao army's stone throwers are concentrated in the south, and the Zhao army in the south has also made up their minds, and resolutely does not carry out long-range attacks, but only firmly uses the stone throwers to attack their left city wall. While the others were still wondering, someone finally said, "Oh no, the wall on the left was just built yesterday!" ”

As mentioned before, the city walls of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, even the so-called fortified cities, such as the girders, were mostly made of adobe, and there was no precedent for the mixed use of adobe and masonry. Zhao Yong really asked the ministers around him, and Zhao Chengcheng said that although the use of stone is not too difficult, compared with the civil structure of the city wall, it is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also extremely costly. And the city wall, to put it bluntly, also lies in the way of resistance, the Central Plains has been fighting for many years, and there is not much time to build such a strong city made of stone, I am afraid that it will be attacked by the enemy before it is built. Therefore, adobe has become the preferred material for building cities.

The advantage of adobe construction is obvious, that is, it is relatively easy to repair, and as long as there is enough manpower, it is completely possible to repair a wall very quickly. However, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the newly built city walls are very weak and can be easily attacked by siege equipment such as stone throwers. And Zhao Yong found the city wall of the south gate of Shiyi City yesterday, and there are many traces of repair in this part on the left, so he knows that the solidity of this part of the city wall must be very low, as long as all the stone throwers are concentrated and attack this one place, then there will be a breakthrough soon.

Although he knew Zhao Jun's intentions, it was indeed very difficult to stop it. First, Zhao Jun's stone thrower was two hundred paces away, and at this distance, only bows and arrows and strong crossbows could reach it. However, when the Zhao army arranged the attack, it took this into account, although the south gate gave up the attack of bows and arrows, but the other three city walls continued to use the arrow rain attack, which put the Zhongshan defenders in a dilemma, either let the Zhao army suppress the bow and arrow, but also meant that the other three city gates had fewer defensive means, increasing the possibility of being broken, or regardless of the southern trebuchet attack, let the Zhao army break the southern city wall.

However, neither option is the best option.

Second, even if there are enough bows and arrows, it is very difficult to defuse such an attack. The bow and arrow are different from the stone, although it is also a distance of 200 steps, but the bow and arrow after 200 steps, its threat is very small, but the stone is different, it has enough weight to ensure its destructive power in the siege, it is indeed very amazing.

Despite this, Zhongshan's self-salvation still unfolded.

"Advisor, you see, there seems to be some changes on the city wall." Zhao Yong stood on the leather cart and saw that on the city wall, the Zhongshan people seemed to be moving something, that thing looked like a huge crossbow, and the Zhongshan soldiers began to brazenly transport this equipment on the city wall after knowing that they would not become the target of the attack, and soon, five giant crossbows appeared on the southern city wall. Zhao Yong seemed to have seen that two soldiers began to winch the crossbow machine, and some soldiers began to fill the giant crossbow with crossbow arrows.

"It's a ballista." Le Yi looked at it for a long time and said, "It seems that they are ready to move out the last killer feature this time." ”

When Zhao Yong heard this, he was faintly worried in his heart, and he had to say that he still underestimated the perseverance of the Zhongshan Army. At this stage of the war, the Zhongshan people still insisted on the defense, and they did not see their morale low at all. At this point, Zhao Yong admires these Zhongshan people very much. However, it is only admiration. "Pay attention to the direction of the Zhongshan people's attack and protect the stone thrower." You must hold on, as long as you persevere, you will definitely be able to break through the city wall! Definitely!

Zhao Yong silently thought in his heart, and the crossbow cart of the Zhongshan army was also ready, ready to fight back at the Zhao army.