If we say that the most important city in Zhongshan Kingdom, it should be Lingshou. As the capital city chosen by the Zhongshan people for the second rise, this city is definitely the best choice not only from the perspective of geographical location, but also from the perspective of military defense.

However, there is another city in Zhongshan, its importance and defensiveness, no weaker than Lingshou, and it can even be said that it is precisely this city that strengthens Zhongshan's control over the southern territory and the protection of its left flank, so in the eyes of Zhongshan people, the importance of this city is almost at the same level as Lingshou.

This city is Seok-eup.

Shiyi City is the mouth of Jingcheng, in the east of Jingcheng Pass, when leaving Jingcheng Pass surrounded by mountains, Shiyi is the first prosperous city that appears in the eyes of the people. Jingcheng Pass protects the western defense line of Shiyi City, and Shiyi City feeds the strength of Jingcheng Pass. The two are inseparable from each other. If you want to take Jingcheng Pass, you will naturally hit the stone with an egg from the front, and it will take a lot of effort to attack it, and if you capture Shiyi City, Jingcheng Pass will be self-defeating. Therefore, the capture of Shiyi City is a very important military plan.

However, the solidity of Shiyi City is enough to make people daunted.

On this not very large city, each gate is placed with two to four bed crossbows, many of these bed crossbows were urgently prepared by Zhongshan after the Zhao army captured the house, the purpose is to defend against the possible attack of the Zhao army on Shiyi City, and although the bed crossbow reacts slowly, it does not affect his huge damage and destruction ability at all, and it can be regarded as a weapon of mass destruction in the world.

Each wall also stored enough stone and rolling wood. Although the city is not big, it is also in accordance with the appearance of Lingshou, temporarily built a pier on each city wall, and there are simple enemy towers on the pier platform, combined with the city tower of each city gate, almost all the corners of the area directly facing the city are included, even if the enemy attacks the city head-on, the piers on both sides can hoard archers to carry out flank attacks, so that the opponent suffers heavy losses.

The tower of Shiyi City is not high, only two floors, but it is also part of the pier platform on both sides, which is the highest point in the entire city wall defense system. Historically, in siege battles, the city gate is the weakest part of the defense system, and it is also an important part of being able to witness the victory or loss of both sides. Therefore, the city gate is always an important fortification area. The Zhongshan people were no exception, not only were they surrounded by a moat, but they also had hanging doors designed to control entry and exit, which meant that the enemy could only enter the city through the gates, and no other way was possible.

In addition, from Shiyi City every day from day to night, there are non-stop fast horses driving out, the purpose is to step up to other places to ask for help, in order to reduce the pressure caused by the Zhao army's attack, although they all know that this is impossible, because the Zhao army must control the main communication route from Shiyi to the outside world, but there are still many messengers, with the hope and good luck of Shiyi City, rushing to different cities, in their opinion, what if they really let themselves succeed?

Every time Zhao Yong got up, he could see Shiyi City with a serious expression, floating in front of his eyes. Although he was still repairing in the past few days, he was constantly discussing the plan to attack the city with Le Yi and others.

In general, in a strong city like this, there are only two ways to play, strong attack and clever acquisition.

A strong attack is obtained by piling up soldiers and wounded, completely destroying the confidence of the city through wave after wave of offensives, and conducting a protracted war. Clever acquisition is the use of strategy and strategy, on the premise of preserving one's own strength, to obtain the ownership of the city.

Either way, it's a challenge.

"War is never fun, Shiyi is a difficult bone to gnaw, and fighting at the beginning is such a powerful test, Lone said that he was very honored."

In the big tent of the Zhao army, all the generals of the Left Route Army gathered in front of the sand table, and Le Yi and Wu Guang were even more left and right, surrounding the sand table to help Zhao Yong plan how to carry out the first attack on Shiyi City. Obviously, Zhao Yong still underestimated the strong defensive ability of Shiyi City, and the generals along the way have almost no rich siege experience, counting Wu Guangdu is not a general, so their shortcomings are lack of experience, but their strengths are also obvious, that is, it is not easy to enter the trap of predecessors, and they are more creative.

When everyone heard Zhao Yong's self-deprecating words, they couldn't help laughing. Li Zhuo, Zhao Guang and Zhao Yuan are all old people who have been with Zhao Yong for a long time, so they are naturally very familiar with Zhao Yong's temper and know that he is not angry, so they are more in line with it. Only Wu Guang and Le Yi maintained a cautious attitude.

"Therefore, in this battle, we must show momentum, so that the Zhongshan people can see the sharpness of our army, which can reduce their morale." Wu Guang said.

"What Master Sima said is right." Le Yi echoed, "In the first battle, we must attack and try how the morale of Zhongshan Kingdom is." At the same time, we can also find out how well the walls are defended in all aspects, so that we can choose the direction of the attack. "This kind of battle is impossible to attack the city in one fell swoop, which requires full consideration of the ability of the defending generals in all aspects, so as to rationally allocate resources.

"In that case, it's useless to talk too much, so let's start assigning tasks." With a wave of his hand, Zhao Yong said that he agreed with the opinions of the two ministers, he is still in the learning stage, and the siege is more about the general's resource allocation ability, to be honest, he really has no confidence.

Next, Le Yi made specific arrangements according to his impression. The four gates of Shiyi City, east, west, and north, all need to have a certain degree of resistance to pressure, because the walls in these three directions may be attacked by the opponent's support forces. Le Yi and Zhao Yong chose Qiu Liquid to attack the eastern city wall, more because in case there were reinforcements coming from the east, Qiu Liu, who was quite insightful for cavalry, could quickly enter the stage of counterattack;

Wu Guang and Zhao Yuan attacked the northern city wall, this combination of old and young, also considering the reinforcements from the direction of Lingshou, Zhao Yuan was able to lead the cavalry to counterattack, delaying the withdrawal of the siege troops or joint encirclement and suppression.

Zhao Guang and Li Zhuo attacked the western city wall, taking into account reinforcements from the direction of Jingcheng Pass. Although the possibility of reinforcements from the other side is relatively small, it is impossible not to be prepared.

The southern city wall was not under pressure, so it was handed over to Zhao Yong, and the deputy general was Le Yi. In this way, the battle between the two countries around Shiyi officially kicked off.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhao Yong gathered his troops and appeared at the south gate of Shiyi City.

Standing on top of the leather cart, Zhao Yong looked at the city wall of the southern city gate not far away, and the faintly exposed human head should be the Zhongshan soldiers who were waiting for the battle. I saw that their formation was quite neat, and their eyes were fixed on the Zhao troops who were arranging the formation, but their hands were on their bows and arrows, ready to wind up at any time and fight back against the Zhao troops who dared to come to offend.

Even Zhao Yong could guess that in the inner city of the opponent's city wall, the big shield soldiers had already been ambushed, and once the attack power on their side was super strong, these soldiers would step forward to resist the damage and defuse the offensive of the Zhao army. This is also a regular siege routine.

"Your Majesty, the appointed time has come." Le Yi was on the side of the leather cart, looking at Zhao Yong's hands, although the city was on top of the leather cart, he was obviously trembling, and it seemed that he was nervous. Although he didn't have many battle formations in person, compared to Zhao Yong, he was still relatively rich, so he reminded Zhao Yong that it was time to start attacking. He had already vaguely heard that the armies from other directions had begun to attack Shiyi.

"yes, okay." Zhao Yong came back to his senses and nodded in a panic, but he immediately calmed down, thought for a while and said, "The archer took fifty steps forward to shoot." Le Yi heard the order and hurriedly asked the herald to give the order. After a while, on the war drum behind Zhao Yong, there was a slightly rhythmic tapping sound, and the waving order flag commanded the archers of the Zhao army, which had been interrupted, to advance to the designated position and launch an attack.

Although there are many benefits of bow and arrow attacks, the most important thing is that I hope that a large-scale rain of arrows can hit the enemy's defensive determination, and as for how much damage it can cause, I really don't care too much. After all, if you hide it well, you will hardly encounter attack damage in the house.

After Zhao Jun's bow and crossbow arrived at the designated position, under the command of the commander, it was quickly divided into two parts, the first part of the first part took three steps forward, and then lay down on the ground, and at the same time, the comrades next to him took out the crossbow behind him to assist the person lying on the ground to complete the preparation of the bow and crossbow.

The soldiers in the second part stood firmly, and the strong bows in their hands were also drawn into position, ready to attack at any time.

Hearing only one order, the bows and crossbows and arrows that were already ready to fire broke away from their weapons one after another, and according to their own orbits, they rushed towards Shiyi City with the breath of death. The attack distance of fifty paces forward is enough to maximize the damage of these powerful crossbows from South Korea to the city. Neither will you be attacked by the opponent because you are too close, nor will you be too far away to cause insufficient damage. Especially in such siege battles, the powerful bow and crossbow coverage is also a guarantee for the advance of the siege team.

At the same time, the Zhongshan defenders were not idle, and on the piers that came out of the city wall, the Zhongshan archers, who had already entered the state of attack, also began to fight back. At that distance, they were also able to launch a counterattack against the archers of the Zhao Kingdom. It's just that because the pier is limited in space after all, the damage caused is also limited, so it is difficult to suppress Zhao Jun's arrow rain. And the rain of arrows of the Zhao army did cause damage to the Zhongshan soldiers hidden on the city wall. In the end, the defenders of Zhongshan chose the decision to defend with large shield soldiers.

Zhongshan people know very well that if they shoot at Zhao Jun at this time, the casualties are very small, after all, their own dive attack, the opponent is shooting from the back, but the hit rate is also not high, rather than this, it is better to defend temporarily, and when the opponent rushes to the vicinity of the city wall, when the attack is launched, the hit rate is often higher.

So, when Zhao Jun saw that the other party had turned to the defensive, he began to prepare for the attack of the siege troops.