My legs were a little weak, and I still couldn't stand up, and the feeling of passing by death was really uncomfortable.

Pang Xi was supported by his relatives and hid under the city tower.

Ye Zhao has already begun to launch an offensive against Yuxian, he rarely fights siege battles, not to mention the hardship, and the losses are relatively heavy, look at the original battle of the Tiger Prison Pass, the coalition army directly took human lives to fill in the Tiger Prison Pass.

Of course, the Tiger Prison Pass, a level specially built for war, is good for defense, so the casualty ratio is very large, but even if it is an ordinary city, if it is to be attacked, the siege troops can play four to one casualties, which can be regarded as elite, if there is enough time, Ye Zhao is more willing to take the time to lure that Pang Xi out of the city and then gather and annihilate.

But now there is obviously no time for him to slowly find a way to lure Pang Xi out, the effect of water and food is too slow, and there must be a lot of internal grain storage in a county like Ruoxian, if you want to rely on this method, you must be prepared for a protracted war.

Ye Zhao obviously couldn't fight a protracted battle, he wanted to fight quickly, so he chose to attack.

Simple catapults, after the army had reached the city, quickly swung away at a distance of about fifty paces from the city wall.

Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to transport large siege weapons like catapults from Hanzhong here, and Baishui, Zitong or Fuxian military depots, most of them are city defense materials, there are few such things, these simple versions of catapults, are craftsmen brought by Ye Zhao with the army to temporarily rush to make the second city, the range is not far, and the weight of each shot is only less than ten catties, but it is better than simple, as long as there are enough people, you can make a large number at any time, and the frequency of sending stones is not even lower than the bow and arrow.

Five hundred catapults drove under the city, and it was impossible to bombard the city wall, but according to Ye Zhao's instructions, instead of large stones, they were replaced with a small stone block of only two or three catties, and three stones were fired at a time, and five hundred trebuchets operated at the same time.

Even if it is three or four catties of stones on a person, even if it does not die, it can make people break their muscles and bones, and the wooden shield can also break the shield when it is continuously beaten, plus the cluster of arrows falling from the sky, so that countless Shu troops defending the city are holding their heads and running around, embarrassed.

Before the two sides officially began to fight, the morale of the Shu army was continuously weakened, Pang Xi came back to his senses after being angry, and hurriedly came out of the city tower under the protection of several shield men, walked around on the city wall, and at the same time boosted morale, he also began to command the shooters to counterattack against the improvised catapult.

It was only fifty paces away from the city wall, and it was already within the range of the shooters.

Although ordinary bows and arrows can't destroy those stone machines, they can at least suppress the soldiers operating around them, making the stone rain much less powerful.

At this time, Ye Zhao's vanguard troops have begun to climb the city, and all kinds of materials to defend the city have also begun to exert their might, the soldiers brought by Ye Zhao are elite, but the Shu army is not a rabble, plus with the advantage of defending the city, for three consecutive days, under the dispatch of Pang Xi, it is barely able to defend the county.

However, because of the continuous release of arrows from the top of the mountain, even after Ye Zhao withdrew from the army, there were still clusters of arrows falling from the sky from time to time, which made the morale of the entire Shu army always low.

"We must try to defeat the thief army on the top of the mountain, otherwise this county will be difficult to defend!" Three days later, Pang Xi convened the generals of Ruxian County to discuss the matter, gritted his teeth, and said.

He really didn't expect that such a group of men and horses on the top of the mountain would have such a great impact on them, if it weren't for these people to suppress him, he would not have been pressed and beaten by Ye Zhao, after all, when the difference in strength between the defending side and the strength is not huge, it is generally beneficial for the defending side to defend the city, but now he is pressed and beaten by Ye Zhao.

"Pang Yi, with your 2,000 soldiers and horses, tomorrow you will definitely kill all the traitors on the mountain!" Pang Xi looked at a general, who was his brother.

"The last general commands!" Pang Yi bowed and said.

Early the next morning, the war started again, but today, the arrow cluster on the top of the mountain did not fall again, and when Pang Yi led the army to the top of the mountain, there was still the shadow of Zhang Liao.

After searching to no avail, Pang Yi returned to Luo County to resume his life.

When Pang Xi heard this, he felt bad in his heart, with his understanding of Ye Zhao, it was impossible for Ye Zhao to give up so easily with such a favorable tactic, and now Ye Zhao only had two possibilities to give up, one was that Ye Zhao was ready to withdraw from the army, and the other was that Ye Zhao already had other methods.

Pang Xi hurriedly ordered people to strengthen the defense, although he didn't know how Ye Zhao would attack the city, but since Ye Zhao had given up the advantageous position on the top of the mountain, I am afraid that the next means, once launched, would be thunderous.

"General, look!" Just as he was in shock, he saw a general pointing to the distance with a frightened expression.

When Pang Xi heard this, he hurriedly looked in the direction that the general was pointing, but he saw huge lanterns flying towards him.

"This ...... What is this!? Rao is Pang Xi is also well-informed, and when he saw the flying boats coming in the sky, he was also taken aback.

The soldiers defending the city are just like the soldiers of Jiameng Pass and Baishui Pass at the beginning, and the army is in turmoil, but compared to Zhang Yi and Zhao Wei at the beginning, Pang Xi went south and north after all, and his heart is more stable than that Zhang Yi.

Most of the giant crossbows were shot into the air, but there were also one or two flying boats that were shot through the airbags by the giant crossbow arrows that broke through the air, and they fell staggeringly.

In the formation of the three armies, Ye Zhao watched the two flying boats being shot down, and he also sighed in his heart, so that people's sense of panic about this flying device would be greatly reduced because of the crash of these two flying boats, after all, once there was attrition, it meant that this thing was not invincible, and naturally it would not cause despair.

However, Rao is like this, with the addition of the flying boat, it is much stronger than relying on Zhang Liao to release arrows aimlessly on the top of the mountain before.

Two of the ships crashed, and the rest of the ships rose a little higher, and as the ships approached, the crossbows on the walls also lost their effectiveness, and the crossbow arrows could not be loaded any higher.

With the flying boat condescending, targeted archery, and even throwing two oil canisters down from time to time, the pressure on the defenders of Ruoxian County suddenly doubled, and they were robbed of the city wall by Ye Zhaojun several times, Pang Xi ordered people to desperately counterattack, and the soldiers who were resting in the city were also transferred up, so they barely held the city wall, so many times they sent more troops and horses, and barely held the city, but now, the city of Ruoxian is broken, and it is almost a matter of time.

When Ye Zhao collected his troops again, Pang Xi summoned Pang Yi while cleaning up the battlefield and said: "Quickly return to Chengdu/Du, ask the lord for help, if there are no reinforcements coming, I am afraid that this city will not be able to hold it!" ”8)