In the past few days, Suining City has also been speeding up the installation of defensive equipment to improve its defense. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

There are two hanging towers at each end of the polder wall of the west gate, and two more are added, which are placed at 30 steps on both sides of the polder.

In this way, outside the polder wall of the West Gate, there are a total of six rather tall hanging towers, hanging on the rammed earth wall with a height of two feet and eight feet.

Rolling wood and stones, ash bottles, fire pots, firewood, weeds, dung, water and gold juice are piled up at the head of the city, as well as heavy city defense equipment such as wolf tooth slap and Yiyi night are also prepared.

The wolftooth paddle is a large, thick hardwood, extremely heavy, with iron nails nailed underneath, connected by iron locks at both ends, and then connected to the movable rope chute in the city. If a thief hooks a battlement wall with a heavy ladder with a curved iron head at the head of the ladder, and it is useless to chop the city with a knife and axe, he can use a wolf's tooth to slap it.

As soon as the shot went down, the thieves who climbed on the ladder were photographed from head to tail, and they were seriously injured if they did not die.

After filming the city, the winch can be recycled and reused.

The same is true of the night, but it is made of thick logs, and it is full of iron nails, and it rolls down from the top of the city against the ladder, and the lethality is very amazing.

There are also battering rods and forks, extremely long hooks, etc.

Needless to say, the ramming rod and fork are sharp weapons used to deal with siege thieves, such as carts, pointed heads, and cave towers.

Most of these instruments are wrapped in cowhide and felt, and the masonry is useless to hit them, and the long hook hook can hook off the felt on these instruments, so that the enemy's siege equipment loses its protective power.

The half-urn city on the inner side of each polder gate is being built, especially the west polder gate, ten steps from the city gate hole, and ten steps to each side, and a high and thick earth wall of one zhang is built, and the semicircular one is connected to the polder wall in front.

The outside of the earthen wall is similar to a slope, which is convenient for climbing the wall, and the wall is built on the top of the wall, which is similar to the breast wall and is high and extremely thick.

This kind of half-urn city is built, and even if the thieves break the polder gate and come in, they will be bled here.

In order to travel, a door was opened on the side of each half of the urn city, and the door panel was also very thick, up to ten inches thick.

Both sides are preparing for war, and a mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings.

During the emergency preparation for a few days, the defenders in the city were not idle, and Yang He continuously sent people to attack the city at night, especially sneaking into the thief camp and setting it on fire, causing great chaos among the thieves.

On the side of the thieves, they also attacked several times at night, and specially sent child soldiers to use iron hooks to sneak attack the city, which made the defenders in the city nervous several times.

But that's just it, the night attack and sneak attack are all small roads, and if you want to distinguish the winner and loser, you still have to fight the two sides in a dignified manner.

On March 13, the Liukou, who had been silent for several days, launched another attack, and for a while a sea of people rushed to Suining City.

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At the end of the day, the polder wall is more than 100 steps away.

Outside the military formation, there were roaring and galloping horsemen and elite horsemen, hunting with banners, but here there was rising smoke covering the land, and the sound of artillery was like lightning and thunder.

In the terrible roar of the cannons, the cannons hit the polder wall in front like a torrential rain, and the rammed earth mud wall appeared in a large area of collapsed holes, and the rising smoke and dust mixed with the soil filled the ground.

In particular, the city tower of the West Polder Gate, which had been bombarded a few days ago and had been half-destroyed, was devastated at this time, and was accompanied by thick smoke and flames in the violent cracking sound.

The thieves attacked again, and the horse team found out that the defenders of the low wall and trench were not there, and the eighty guns of the thieves approached seventy paces in front of the low wall, and bombarded more than a hundred paces in front of the polder.

At this time, their cannons thundered, and the cannons hit the opposite polder wall one after another, as if the defenders on the opposite side could not raise their heads.

Behind the thief artillery, there was another crowd of them like ants.

In this battle, the rogue sent all the remaining foot soldiers, especially the main force on the side of the West Gate. Except for some archers who used the three gates to feint, they had nearly 1,000 archers and more than 200 firearmsmen, all of whom were placed at the west gate.

They also chose 1,000 hungry people and young men to use carts to carry the city to the city.

There were many hungry people in Lingbi and other places, but when they came to Suining, they only brought more than 5,000 people. A few days ago, there were quite a lot of losses in the First World War, and there were only more than 3,000 people left, many of whom were still old and young women, and only young and strong were selected, and only 1,000 people were selected.

At this time, these hungry soldiers were not far from the artillery array, except for some people pushing fifty rough shield carts, some people carrying fifteen door panels, some pushing carts, pointed heads, and trench carts, and the rest of the people were holding hoes, iron picks, dustpans, baskets, etc., but they were ready to dig the city.

“…… Take the bricks already, that is, through the cave cave city. At first, only one person was allowed, and gradually it reached one hundred and ten, and the second Fu Tu came out. After three or five steps, leave a pillar of earth and tie it with a giant rope. After wearing, 10,000 people dragged the rope and shouted, and the pillar collapsed. ”

The method of digging the city, the tactics used by the rogue team, at this time are ready to repeat the old trick, if there is a lot of gunpowder, but also use the burst method. Holes were dug and gunpowder was used to blow up the walls, and many fortified cities were captured by these methods.

In order to increase the chances of victory, the Liukou also selected thousands of people to dig the city together, holding hoes and iron pickaxes, and preparing to dig through the west polder wall of Suining City in one go.

They gathered behind the hungry soldiers, and some of them carried long ladders, some of them heavy, ready to be carried down to the city for the use of some of the brave men among the foot soldiers.

The thieves were coming, and they were a little worried at first, but the defenders of the low wall and trench were not there, and they kept a hundred steps in front of the earthen wall, and there was no movement in the city, and many frightened hungry soldiers were also excited. The thick shield door panel protection also adds a lot of energy to them.

"Attack!"

After the artillery stopped firing, the Chinese military drum beat sounded, and immediately the shield carts lined up in front of him were pushed forward.

The shield cart with a thickness of 20 inches and a width of two steps weighs hundreds of pounds, and it takes many people to push it, because it is rough and simple, and it creaks when it is pushed. Fifty shield carts pushed in unison, and there was a piercing sound of friction.

The dense hungry soldiers followed, all creeping behind the shield carts, followed by some foot soldiers armed with spears, then archers, and firearms men.

For the time being, they were behind with swords and shields, and the hungry soldiers who carried the door panels, pushing fifteen chariots, three pointed heads, five trench chariots, and some long ladders, were temporarily hidden behind.

However, it was Li Guo's arrangement, he came to see the defense line arrangement of the west gate yesterday, and found that the defenders abandoned the low wall and ditch, according to his estimate, there were not many bows and arrows in the city, and there were not many artillery, and it was difficult for them to penetrate their own shield car door panels, so they set the tactical arrangements for the siege.

It was the shield cart that rushed into the opponent's earthen wall first, and the shield cart pushed on both sides stopped at fifty paces first.

Then continue to push, enter the thirty-four steps, and use the shield cart to attract the artillery fire of the city.

At last the drums turned to a hurry, and under the cover of the shield carts, the trench carts went forward to build the bridge, and the dense hungry soldiers carried fifteen thick door panels, and pushed fifteen wagons forward, all of whom rushed into the polder wall from the erected trench bridge to dig the city.

Under the polder wall is the dead end of the artillery fire, there are door panels and carts to cover, and the 2,000 hungry soldiers who attack the trench can dig at least 30 holes in the polder wall.

Li Guo estimated that the lower end of the polder wall of Suining City was at most four or five zhang thick, and it was not so difficult to dig the hole.

His archers and firearms men would also follow up and take cover, and the rest could hide behind the second earthen wall, which spread up to two hundred paces, except for a few shield carts on either side.

It was only about thirty steps away from the polder wall, and the distance was very close, whether it was bows and arrows or firearms. The earthen walls, which were more than one man tall and very thick, must have provided good protection for his soldiers. The polder wall was high above the target, and it did not prevent his command from shooting.

At the same time, these archers can also supervise the shooting of the hungry soldiers who are timid and hesitant to retreat.

What made Li Guo a little worried was that a large number of earthen baskets and bags seemed to be set up at the mouths of the polder wall, not to mention bows and arrows, for fear that firearms would not pose a threat to them. They have perforations and can crouch to pose a threat to their own side.

However, the cover of archery firearms is necessary and can provide powerful psychological comfort.

It also shows that their own side is not powerless to fight back, and boosts the morale of the army.

Li Guo's target is mainly their polder, the sentry cavalry returns, Suining polders have not set up suspension bridges, stone bridges are erected to facilitate access, and the same is true for the west gate.

In this way, when the siege was urgent, under the cover of the shield cart, his three pointed men could take the opportunity to rush in and crash into their polders. As soon as the polder door opened, the dense sword and shield hand rushed in, connected with the fine horse team, and the overall situation was decided.

To cover this offensive, he will use a variety of deceptive tactics.

For example, dig the city first, and continue to use long ladders to attract the attention of the other party.

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At this time, Li Guo was one hundred and fifty steps outside the horse polder wall, and his young and sharp face was full of nervousness and expectation, as well as a trace of excitement.

It's been a long time since I've met such an opponent, and it's aroused the strong competitiveness of this "one tiger".

He fantasized that after capturing Suining City, he would definitely catch Yang He, the head of Lian, in front of him and see who he was and what three heads and six arms he had.

After torturing him to the fullest, he "a tiger" Li Guo was bound to cut off the head of the Yanghe thief with his own hands.

Yuan Zongdi and Wang Long, the two drama thieves stood side by side with him, all looking solemnly ahead, and at the same time, there were also important thieves such as Ma Xie Junyou, Zhang Neng, and Li Rugui behind the three drama thieves.

Mimi rode behind them, and at the same time, there were groups of horses whistling around them, galloping and wandering, keeping an eye on the surrounding and rear conditions.

Everyone looked at the front intently, especially Xie Junyou's expression was solemn, he didn't suffer any punishment for the failure of the siege a few days ago.

The three wings have failed, if they are disposed of, they will have to deal with the three generals, involving two camps, it will not be easy to punish, and it will be just, only each of them will be reprimanded lightly.

At this time, Xie Junyou watched the shield cart continue to advance, but frowned, although he had a lot of siege equipment, but he instinctively felt that this Ximen was still not easy to fight, I hope everything goes well.

Behind him, Sun Youdonkey "Donkey Master" also rode the horse, he seemed to look at the polder wall in front of him, and then looked around, but instinctively watched the escape route.

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In the creaking sound, the rough and simple shield carts were not far from the low wall trench in front of them, and they were almost fifty steps away from the polder wall, but there was no movement on the city, which made Li Guo and the others feel that the Yang River on the city could bear it.

However, when the shield car took a few more steps, the muzzles of the five black guns poked out from several holes in the stacks, and the rotation of the up, down, left and right aimed, inexplicably made people feel a palpitation.

Li Guo and the others breathed a sigh of relief, five artillery, the firepower of the defenders at the head of the city is not strong.

In particular, they have shield carts, and their firearms cannot penetrate them, which is a great guarantee for the safety of their own soldiers.

Soon the shield carts arrived in front of the low wall trench, and except for the shield carts on both sides, the rest could only slowly enter through the five gaps. These five gaps, except for the empty seat of the official road in the middle, are only two or three steps wide, and each shield cart can enter, and the advance is extremely slow.

Fortunately, there has been no movement at the head of the city, and the shield carts, still entering one by one, slowly covered behind the second earthen wall.

At this time, except for some hungry soldiers, some of the foot soldiers who were in battle, and the rest of the archers and firearms did not enter, and they all gathered behind the first low wall and trench.

The one or two earthen walls are not wide, and if everyone enters, it will definitely be crowded.

All the shield carts were within fifty paces at this time, they waited for a while, but there was still no movement at the head of the city, and under the roar of the infantry soldiers, several hungry soldiers pushed the carts with pale faces, and in the creaking sound, a shield cart slowly poked out of a gap in the second earthen wall.

Then the shield cart, which was two steps wide, accelerated desperately and pushed in the direction of the polder ditch.

A falcon cannon turned, aiming at the shield cart, and suddenly there was a loud bang, and the black muzzle of the cannon erupted a long and sharp fire.

At the front end of the fire, it was longer, filled with dense gunsmoke.

The shield cart shattered, sawdust flew sideways, and logs churned, which was twenty inches thick, and several layers of trees were tied together, but it was barely thirty paces away, and the cannon struck it, and it was immediately pierced and shattered.

The shattered pieces flew up, the hungry soldiers on the cart screamed, and many people fell to the ground and howled miserably.

Even after the cannon penetrated the shield car, one of the hungry soldiers in the middle was stopped and beaten in two, and immediately the colorful internal organs and fragments flowed all over the ground.

There was also a hungry soldier behind him, half of his shoulder had been knocked off, and he was just rolling on the ground and wailing.

However, at this time, the shield carts were desperately pushed up, and the artillery in the city rang out, scattering the shield carts from time to time.

The arrows whistled and roared like a breeze through the birch forest, and the rogue archers behind the low walls and trenches began to take cover for the arrows, and their bowstrings vibrated again and again, and the arrows flew into the sky, light and dark, as if they were covered by a rain of arrows.

In the end, the beat of the snare drum became more urgent, and under the cover of shield trucks, their five trench and bridge vehicles also pushed desperately.

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Old White Bull: Thank you for the 10,000 reward from General Guanzhong. Some book friends mentioned that the temporary fortifications built by Yang He were located inside the city gate, not outside.