Everyone else looked at it and laughed silently, sieges have always been bloody battles, but Yuangai Suwen just chose you to be cannon fodder, so excited? Sure enough, it's stupid.

If the Murray clan is stupid, then the new leader of Murwei is definitely not, even if he understands it, there is no way, Murwei is the last to take refuge in the alliance, so in order to win a position that is trusted enough, this merit of striving for the first place cannot be avoided.

At the head of the northern city, the deputy general Huang An, whose name is Chongda, looked at the black head below, and his scalp was a little numb, even if this was a general who had been in battle for a long time and had followed Li Ji to fight against the Eastern Turks, he also felt the monstrous pressure in the face of a siege of 500,000 troops.

"Chongda, don't worry, the northern city is strong, it can't be broken by the accumulation of numbers, you and I supervise the construction of the three northern cities, we should have confidence in the city defense." Li Ji saw the deputy general frowning and opened his mouth to comfort.

"Great marshal, the last general is not afraid of barbarians, but it is the first time I have seen the formation of 500,000 barbarians attacking the city, even the northern overlord Jieli was only 250,000 people.

We only have 80,000 defenders in the city, isn't it a bit small? ”

"Hehe, do you think 80,000 people can't hold it for three months?" Li Ji said.

"Three months? Dashuai, don't say that three months, a month is dangerous.

Even if these barbarians don't know how to fight fortifications, if they use human lives, if they kill a thousand of our brothers in one day, it will be 10,000 in ten days, and we will not be able to defend the four walls if we are less than 50,000. The adjutant said what was in his heart with a bitter face.

Li Ji laughed, "Then do you know the thunder?" ”

"Why don't you know? Thunder is famous, at first it was a siege weapon, and later it was transformed into a battlefield killing weapon by Hou Ye, but that thing is limited after all, we only have 30,000 in our hands, and throwing 1,000 a day is only enough to throw for a month, and we can't hold it for three months at all. ”

"No, you have forgotten the fundamental purpose of our defense.

We are here to stand by for help, not to destroy the enemy, nor to repel the enemy.

Now that all the gates are blocked, and the enemy has no chance to break the door, only the ladder is left to go up the wall, and our thunder is not to throw a thousand a day, nor to blow up their people.

Instead, they only blew up their ladders, hehe, a group of barbarians, they didn't bring all the craftsmen, it takes three days to build the ladders every time, and how many can there be at a time? Cross? Hundreds?

In this way, can you still hold on? Li Ji explained with a smile.

The deputy general slapped his head and immediately understood that a good countermeasure was really a good countermeasure, the water and food in the city were all sufficient, and he was not afraid of the other party besieging the city and dying, so insisting on March was not a problem at all.

The next day, the 500,000 army of the alliance was in full array, all looking at the 100,000 siege army, the leader of Murowei and the leader of the Yan Ya stood side by side, glanced at each other, and at the moment when Yuangai Suwen gave the order, the two of them waved the long knives in their hands, and the two rows of soldiers behind them rushed out like wolves.

The army of 100,000 attacked the city in batches, rushing out 10,000 at a time, among which there were fifty ladders, one of which was a siege vehicle, and all the soldiers were basically wrapped in animal skins, and there was not even a decent piece of leather armor, which also proved that the soldiers of these two tribes were poorly equipped.

In ancient times, cold weapons were used to fight, and in terms of individual equipment, in fact, sword weapons were not the most important, the most important thing was armor, and only military generals had decent armor, such as chain armor, fish scale armor, etc.

Ordinary soldiers are limited to the country's steel production, can only be leather armor, or again point cloth armor, bamboo and rattan helmets, etc., and later someone invented paper armor, these are simple to make, relatively low cost armor, even so, now most countries around the Tang Dynasty can not afford to equip.

Because in the ancient battlefield, when fighting alone, it is a personal battle array martial arts, which can be studied and practiced diligently, but there are stray arrows on the battlefield, or cold arrows, or bright arrows, after all, ancient times paid attention to bows and crossbows, a bow and crossbow team of a thousand people, long-range bow and crossbow shooting, that is overwhelming arrows.

Without armor to protect oneself, you can only ask for more blessings, which is why on the ancient battlefield, the general is not easy to die, and he is well equipped. Legend in the history of the invincible Yang Zaixing, Xiaoshang Bridge a battle by the Jin soldiers, three hundred against 10,000, killed more than 2,000 enemies, and finally died because of the outnumbered soldiers, after the death of the Jin soldiers burned his body, burned out more than two liters of arrows.

Although it is because General Yang is brave and invincible, but he is also well equipped, if there is no armor protection, which arrow is not through the body? Can you still leave arrows in your body without hurting them?

Looking at the siege soldiers who were roaring and killing, Li Ji sneered, and raised the command flag in his hand, and the soldiers at the head of the city all took out the thunder and waited to pull the strings according to the predetermined plan.

The alliance generals not far away laughed: "What is this Tang Dynasty?" Don't they defend when we attack the city? Don't even put a bow and arrows? Do you think we can't climb the city? ”

Yuan Gai Suwen was puzzled, could it be some kind of trick?

At this moment, a series of ladders leaned against the edge of the city wall, and then barbarians climbed the ladders.

Li Ji saw the right time, waved the flag, and let it go.

There were no more, no less, and exactly fifty thunderbolts were thrown down from the city.

The besiegers under the city looked at it and were stunned for a second, what is the situation? Hidden weapons? Scaring people?

I heard that the defenders of the city like to use rolling wooden stones to smash the ladder, but your Datang stone is too small.

Because he is not a Western Turk, he has never seen a thunderbolt, and even if he looks at the small iron bumps around him smoking, no one cares.

But the next second, boom!

A loud bang came, and the bottom of the fifty ladders was directly blown off three or four meters, and the soldiers supporting the ladders were directly blown out, and everyone was blurred by the explosion.

The soldiers who were climbing on the ladder fell down one after another like dumplings, some were directly killed, and some fell to the ground wailing.

The soldiers at the head of the city secretly looked down, good guy, such a great power, it is really powerful.

The 10,000 siege soldiers under the city were stunned, and many people were directly frightened and sat on the ground, throwing away the weapons in their hands, and the fifty bombing craters were surrounded by flesh and blood.

Originally, there were 4,000 crossbowmen among the 10,000 people who wanted to use their crossbows to suppress the city, but now they were all stunned, and the bows and crossbows fell at their feet.

I don't know who exclaimed, escape, the thunder is angry! Then there was the scene of thousands of people rushing to throw things and flee.

Li Ji and the others smiled, carried out the second plan, poured fire oil and burned the ladder.

The thunder is only powerful, but it can't ignite the ladder, if the enemy takes it back and takes it a little longer, it can be used again, which can't have the effect of delaying, so it's safest to burn it.

The four or five hundred thousand people watching the battle from a distance were silent, and after a long time, Yuangai Suwen opened his mouth and asked, "Is this a thunderstorm?" ”

Mo Helu nodded, "This thing is an offensive weapon, I didn't expect it to be used to defend the city, it seems that this battle is dangerous." ”

Yuangai Suwen did not speak again, but showed that he acquiesced, both of them are generals who have experienced a lot of wars, and they understand when they see that Datang only blows up the cloud ladder and does not blow up people, so I don't know how long it will take to break the city.

"The whole army will have a truce for three days, and we will fight again after we build a cloud ladder."

After speaking, Yuangai Suwen turned his horse back to the camp first.

Yu Yici, the eldest prince of Baekje, taunted at the leaders of Murowei and Yao, "This is your warrior pawn? Do you look at the many pieces that escaped one by one? It directly lowered the morale of our army by fifty percent, which is really a waste. ”

"Hmph, you Baekje people have the ability, you will be on the next one."

Today's second chapter, thank you for your support.

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