The sun finally disappeared on the horizon, and the Ming army's tidal offensive came to an abrupt end, and Wang Xiong almost collapsed and threw away the almost jagged knife in his hand, and sat on the wet ground, soaked not with water, but with blood.

The Ming army was astonishingly efficient in removing obstacles from the outskirts of the city, from the first rays of sunlight to noon, they swept away all obstacles outside the city and filled in a moat hundreds of meters long.

For the first time, Wang Xiong saw the endless means of the Ming Kingdom. He originally thought that the Ming army would use earth and stones to fill the moat, in this case, it would take at least a day or two just to fill the moat so that the Ming army could actually reach the city and start attacking. But it only took an hour for the Ming army.

It was a kind of thing similar to a pontoon, with a long board on it, but four wheels were installed below, which were pushed by the Ming army through the battlefield quickly, and then pushed into the water, when one after another this similar thing to the pontoon bridge was pushed in, the Ming army attached to it immediately had iron rods one by one, and fixed the two pontoons that were adjacent to each other together, and it didn't take much effort to fill the moat with such pontoons.

Wang Xiong used rolling wood and rocks to try to sink these things, but with little success, and then he found that those things that looked like wooden planks were supported by iron rods underneath, and using the buoyancy of the water, the rolling stones and wooden stones were struck up, but they just made them sink down, and then they floated up again.

The Ming army used these pontoons to easily cross the moat, and then began the ant attack.

The thunderbolts of the Ming army poured fireballs into the city walls like rain, and for a whole day, almost everything that could be burned on the city walls was burned, and the soldiers braved the fire and the iron balls that raged everywhere to fight the Ming army to the death.

When the Ming army began to storm the city wall, their shovel soldiers appeared again, this time, they completely fixed the pontoon bridge on the moat, and more heavy siege equipment appeared under the city.

A series of siege tower vehicles were directly pushed to the edge of the moat, and the crossbow machines installed on it frantically poured arrow rain towards the city, even if they were destroyed by the strong crossbows on the city, but soon, there will be new siege tower vehicles, Wang Xiong even saw that the other party's craftsmen directly made siege tower vehicles in the rear of the battlefield.

Every time a siege car is destroyed, the city will have to pay the price of hundreds of dead and wounded, and the opponent's rapid-fire crossbow that is also placed on the building car, as long as it finds the installation location of the strong crossbow in the city, it will immediately concentrate its fire on it.

In just half a day, there were hundreds of powerful crossbows destroyed in the city.

Wang Xiong didn't know how he survived this half day. The first attack of the Ming army was to attack the city wall. It was only then that the siege wagons stopped firing. But as soon as the besieging Ming army was defeated and driven off the wall, they would rain arrows onto the wall.

When night fell, the Ming army retreated, and Wang Xiong walked on the silent streets, but his heart was thinking about the casualty figures that had just been counted.

The number of casualties on the defending side exceeded the number of casualties on the besieging side, or this is very rare in the history of siege warfare!

Not to mention the bravery of the army, their sharp siege weapons suppressed the city too much. The trebuchet, which was originally a considerable threat to the enemy, suffered a great blow after the opponent's thunderbolt advanced not far from the city. Every time the trebuchet attacks, it will be attacked by the opponent's thunderbolt like a storm.

It was true that the Ming army's thunderbolt shooters could not see where the trebuchets in the city were hiding, but they could roughly guess based on the trajectory of the stone projectiles, and then there were rounds of covering fire. As long as one of their iron bullets hits, a trebuchet will be reimbursed in the city.

And for Thunderbolt, the defending side has nothing to do. Unlike trebuchets in the city, which are fixed in a certain position, they can move quickly. It takes a lot of luck to hit a thunderbolt in the city, and only a stone bullet weighing tens or hundreds of pounds will pose a deadly threat to those guys.

Wang Xiong saw with his own eyes that after a strong crossbow hit the thunderbolt head-on, the powerful force only made the thunderbolt fire shake for a while, and the thick crossbow rod was still inserted into the guy, but the guy, unaffected at all, was still pouring iron bullets and stone bullets towards the city.

How should this battle be fought? Do you have it again, can you hold on to it? Even if you fill it with human life, I'm afraid you won't be able to fill it. Under the stormy blows of the Ming army, too many people were gathered in the city, just adding to the enemy's merits.

The streets are extremely quiet, with no lights and almost no sounds, except for the occasional muffled cry. This street used to be one of the most prosperous streets in Yongdu, with shops and restaurants on both sides of the street, and countless merchants here to make this street extremely lively, but it has been several months since all commercial activities were canceled in Yongdu City, and all the materials that could be collected were centrally managed.

Wang Xiong sighed, no matter how much water is saved, how long can it last!

He stood in front of the Great General's Mansion, and almost at the same time as him, there were several other generals, and several of them glanced at each other, and they all smiled bitterly.

Today the Ming army attacked not in one place, but simultaneously in four directions.

Chen Xiufeng stood in front of the sand table, the majestic Yongdu City, between his arms at the moment. Wang Xiong and the other four generals who were guarding the four city walls walked into the room, walked to Chen Xiufeng's side without saying a word, and stared at the sand table together.

After a long time, Chen Xiufeng raised his head and patted the sand table, "This is a good thing, this sand table is also the first time that the Ming people began to use it, it is clear at a glance."

The four of them looked up and looked at Chen Xiufeng.

None of them were the top generals of the Qin State before, and Chen Xiufeng, who had the highest status, was only a deputy general of the Thunder Army before. Qin Feng is famous, and those generals who have been through a hundred battles have almost been damaged.

Chen Xiufeng is just in his early forties this year, and he looks very calm and calm. Glancing at the four subordinates who had just come down from the battlefield, he asked in a deep voice, "How did you feel on the first day of fighting?" I thought someone would ask me for help, but you behaved very well, and with your own strength, you withstood the first round of attack by the Ming army."

Wang Xiong opened his mouth, but held back again.

"Say what you want!" Chen Xiufeng stared at him.

"General, I feel that the Ming army did not do its best to attack the city today!" Wang Xiongdao.

"Do you feel the same way?" Chen Xiufeng looked at the other people.

The other three hesitated, but nodded in agreement.

"Of course!" Chen Xiufeng sighed: "It's just a tentative attack, how can the enemy do his best?" Let's all tell us how you feel?"

"The Ming army is very strong!" Wang Xiong said: "It is not only their soldiers who are brave and forbidden, but also stronger because their armor is excellent, their armor is strong, and their weapons are sharp. General, every Ming army that attacks the city, we have to pay the price of several people to take them. We can only make them suffer a small injury with a single slash, but if they slash over, our side is a life."

He untied a knife from his waist and put it on the edge of the sand table: "My knife has been cut and turned into a saw, this is a saber of the Ming army that I picked up at random in the city. The knives of our ordinary soldiers, under such sharp weapons, cannot be stopped at all, and most of them end up being cut in two."

Chen Xiufeng lifted the knife, stretched out his fingers and flicked it on the knife, and the sound of Qingyue echoed in the room. The Ming people's iron-smelting and steel-making skills were originally the best in the world, but they didn't expect that even the most ordinary soldiers were equipped with this kind of good sword. The difference in strength between our two countries is too great!"

He sighed lightly and put down his knife, "In today's first encounter, I also have a basic understanding of the enemy, do you think that it will be the focus of the Ming army's attack."

"Here I am!" The four of them opened their mouths in unison, and as soon as the words came out, the four of them looked at each other, and they all saw surprise and uneasiness in each other's eyes.

"In other words, in all four directions, the attacks of the Ming army have made you feel the pressure!" Chen Xiufeng didn't blame them." Today in four directions, the Ming army threw four battalions into it. The size of the attack was 5,000 men in each direction, and they didn't want us to know where they wanted to attack! In each direction, it has the ability to be the main attack. Four, you say, how shall we defend ourselves? As long as the Ming army determines the direction of the main attack, it will inevitably do its best, if we don't guess the direction of their main attack, I'm afraid that it will be too late to rescue at that time. Yongdu City is very big, but at this time, it is big, it gives the enemy more attack locations and more opportunities to choose!"

"General, guard, I'm afraid you can't hold it." Wang Xiong said loudly: "Our only chance is to concentrate all our forces and look for opportunities to fight the enemy, and if we can win, then we can relieve the siege of Yongcheng."

"It seems that after today's battle, you have finally unified your thoughts with me, Shou? Can't keep it at all? Am I going to divide all the Thunder Army in four directions equally? How is that different from sending to death? But how can I gather them together, and how can I judge where the main attack direction of the Ming army is?"

"Your Majesty still doesn't agree to go out of the city and fight to the death with the enemy?" Wang Xiong asked.

"The battle of the Tiger Prison seems to have destroyed all of His Majesty's heart." Chen Xiufeng sighed: "I will enter the palace again to fight for Your Majesty. This is our only chance of life, even if it is nine deaths, it is better than having no chance at all, and we will be consumed alive if we defend the city."