Chapter 527: Siege

Tang Mu didn't expect that after just some discussion, he decided to attack Licheng, but he didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, the generals fell into another contradiction.

I was actually estimating that after the Jin army captured the city, would the Wei army cross the river and demolish the bridge!

This time, Tang Mu, who had believed in the siege of the city, hesitated again.

"Alas, people are swordsmen, we only have to attack the city, it's a big deal to concentrate some troops and take out a part to guard against the Wei army."

"That's right, although it has been discussed in advance, you can't attack your allies, but after all, this is Licheng, which is of great significance, and it is inevitable that the Wei army will be caught up in the general trend, and the desire for profit will take people by surprise."

The generals were silent for a long time, but finally made a decision.

As said, this is their only option at the moment, and there is no way back.

"I don't know how many soldiers we will have left after this big war."

Tang Mu was a little worried.

Because, in the final analysis, their 300,000 troops, plus tens of thousands of Kang troops who were held hostage, are just a vanguard of the Jin State, and according to the results of Ruan Cheng's consultation, the Jin State will send at least 600,000 troops.

According to the discussion of the Jin court, the 600,000 army is still a conservative estimate, if everything goes well with the vanguard troops, more troops will be sent in the future, and strive to regain all the territory lost by the Jin State more than ten years ago.

And, it is absolutely necessary to participate in the ranks of carving up Cangguo technology.

Only by mastering those superb technologies can the Jin Kingdom not fall behind, and it will be the foundation of the future country.

If these 300,000 soldiers suffered heavy losses, then the Jin State would have lost the opportunity in this battle.

In short, it is two words - sorrow.

Thinking of the attack on Licheng tomorrow, I don't know how many Jin soldiers will be killed, all the generals present are worried, and they feel as if they have a thousand catties of heavy burden on their shoulders, which makes them breathless.

The next day, Gongsun Zhi, the general of the Wei army, once again waved his army to attack Licheng.

Today's siege war, led by the Wei army, but it is mainly harassment, not forcible attack, when it is in full swing, the Jin army, which serves as the main force, will be on top all at once.

Inspired by the Cang Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom has also developed some new weapons of war over the years, such as hand shields and the like, but compared to the repeater, it still looks very rudimentary.

But fortunately, the purpose of the Wei army was also to capture Licheng, so some siege equipment was sent to assist in the rear.

Although these instruments are not as good as the large catapults of Cangguo, they are also very powerful.

This made Tang Mu's heart greatly relieved, but in any siege battle, it must be the first army to be sent out with the most casualties, if the Wei army really sat back and enjoyed its success, and didn't care at all, then the soldiers under his command would inevitably be unable to capture the city in a bitter battle.

Chu Shuijun was determined to do this thing, and asked the army of the country to take turns to fight, maybe in a day, more than half of the 60,000 guards might be killed or wounded.

"Woo-"

"Woo-"

"Knock-"

"Knock-"

As the horn sounded in the formation, the army immediately set off, and the war drums of the formation beaten.

The 100,000-strong army in front of them launched a charge in unison.

For a while, it seemed that the earth was shaking the mountains, and the momentum was quite scary.

But then again, the momentum is the momentum, to attack a city is not simply a large number of people can win, just like the cavalry soldiers are approaching the city, as long as it is not helpful to attack the city and climb the wall, once it rushes under the city wall, it can only become a living target.

"Bang bangโ€”"

This is the sound of the Jin army's stone thrower.

In the array, more than a dozen stone throwers took the lead in the offensive.

These dozen or so trebuchets are built in imitation of the trebuchets of Cangguo, because the range and power are far from the trebuchets of Cangguo, so at most they can only be called catapults, in the face of the towering city walls, Tang Mu does not expect these dozen catapults to achieve any great results, as long as they can help the siege a little, he is satisfied.

Unexpectedly, the dozen or so stone throwers of the Jin army had not achieved the slightest results, but they were strongly counterattacked by many stone throwers in Licheng.

Large and small stones, like a special hailstorm, the Jin army outside the city to attack the city for a while, since rushing forward, but also to worry about the head will not fall any stones, but also pay attention to the feet not to be tripped by stones and corpses, finally close to the city wall, but also to meet the baptism of waves of arrows, so that people have nowhere to escape.

Trebuchet!

Repeater!

For the Jin army besieging the city, now it is hating these two things, which gives people a feeling that there are only tens of thousands of defenders on the city wall, but it gives people the feeling of more than 100,000.

I have to say that this is really a great irony.

Actually being beaten by some war machine!

Is there such a big difference between the soldiers of the Cangguo Kingdom and the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom?

This makes people feel that the soldiers of Cangguo are like building a handicraft, with a complete set of tools, a simple hammer can be beaten, and it is easy.

On the Jin side, he went into battle shirtless, standing shirtless in front of the bellows on a hot day, hammering the iron vigorously, sweating profusely, tired and tired.

are also soldiers on the front line, why is the gap so big?

This is the thought in the heart of the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom.

It is because of this that morale has become very low.

On the battlefield, unlucky guys are everywhere, they are hit by stones and killed on the spot.

Maybe it's the strategy of the Cang army, or maybe it's the limited number of boulders in the city, I don't know when it started, the big stones thrown by trebuchets gradually decreased, and instead they were fist-sized stones, or bricks the size of half a head, smashed down from the sky, with a huge impact, and the lucky ones were just fainting and injured, and the slightly unlucky guys were directly hit on the head by the stones, and their brains were splashed.

Seeing this, on the building of Licheng, the defenders of Cangguo were full of enthusiasm and morale.

To be honest, he was not very stressed about the Jin attack of those Jin troops outside the city.

The reason is very simple, because the Jin army is too smooth on this road, there are very few large siege equipment, all of them are still in the rear, and the soldiers are holding the most basic weapons such as knives and spears, and they are rarely equipped with long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows, and Licheng is the capital of the former Dali Dynasty, and the defense of the city wall is not ordinarily strong, and it is more difficult to capture than the capitals of most countries.

It is impossible to say that a husband and a wife are not open, but it is enough for the Jin army under the city to drink a pot.

Coupled with these siege equipment, at least the more than 100,000 people under the city who lack siege equipment will not be able to contribute to the city.

As long as these men can't storm the city walls, they won't be able to pose any threat to the city.

After about two pillars of incense, the Jin army finally erected the first cloud ladder on the city wall after paying a huge price.

This scene finally gave Tang Mu's gloomy heart some comfort.