The Shu army did not go fast, it can even be said to be very slow, although the momentum formed invisibly made the soldiers defending the city feel depressed, but Hu Feng also took advantage of this time to prepare to defend the city, and the people and horses that could be summoned in the city were mobilized, and even drove many people to the city to assist in the defense.

When the Shu army was still two hundred steps away from the wall of Tianshui City, it did not attack, but stopped, two hundred steps, which is a very delicate distance, Hu Feng had already asked the archers to draw their bows and prepare to attack the enemy, but the Shu army did not attack the city as expected, making Hu Feng feel as if something was stuck in his throat.

"General, what are they doing?" An adjutant general looked at the Shu army suspiciously, and someone came out carrying various things.

"How does Lao Tzu know?" Hu Feng snorted angrily and said, "Keep an eye on me, don't take it lightly, that Taiwei is a cunning character like a fox." ”

"Whoa!"

Two hundred steps away, Ding Li visually measured the distance from the city wall and nodded to Fang Yue.

Hundreds of soldiers, under the command of the craftsmen of the Shengong Battalion who accompanied the army, carried pieces of irregularly shaped wood and began to splic, first a dozen pieces of wood were spliced into a base-like thing, which was fixed to the ground with wooden nails, then a pillar was inserted, and then a long horizontal bar.

In the stunned gaze of thousands of soldiers and civilians on the city tower, ten catapults rose from the ground, and it took less than half an hour during the period.

It's a catapult, but it seems to be different from the catapult they know, it is larger, and there are various gear-shaped wooden discs overlapping each other in the middle, and there are ropes pulling it, which looks much stronger than ordinary catapults in terms of workmanship and size.

After erecting the catapult, they did not stop, these people began to build the well again, and it was different from the traditional well, and a wooden wheel was set up below, although it was not fully driven, but now the part that had been erected was almost higher than the city wall, and the base was very wide, and twenty-four crossbars rushed out of it, and in front of the crossbar, a wooden board was erected to cover it.

When the ten things that looked like wells were completely built, it was already afternoon, like ten mini-dock forts, it seemed that the defenders of the city felt depressed, and this was not over.

On top of the wooden battlements that had been built like a women's wall, large yellow crossbows were erected, and bundles of arrows were sent up along ladders.

The attack of the Shu army has not begun, but the morale of the Xiliang soldiers defending the city has been constantly destroyed with the erection of the behemoths, and even Hu Feng, as the main general, has a desire to retreat.

Finally, the well that is one foot higher than the city wall has also been built, just when Hu Feng is preparing to fight, but he saw that someone carried a row of crossbows out, lined up outside the city, these preparations alone, it took as many as three hours, several times, Hu Feng wanted to take people to kill out, destroyed these things, but he didn't dare, there were two teams of men and horses on both sides of the city gate, Hu Feng snapped himself out of the city, before he rushed to those siege equipment, he would be shot into a hedgehog.

The most terrifying thing is that for three hours, the defenders of Tianshui City were noisy, and some people even complained, but in the Shu army opposite, except for the voices of those commanders, there was silence, and the formation seen through the well and catapult did not waver for three hours.

Hu Feng has read the book of war, such an army, originally he thought that he would only see it in the art of war, in reality, it is impossible to find such a force, but the one in front of him is the same as the army in the book of war, the military discipline is solemn, giving people a feeling of facing the mountains, psychologically, has fallen behind.

"Prepare for the test launch of the bombardment car, put!"

The catapult, which had been hidden behind the well, emitted a series of screeching sounds when wood rubbed, and then under Hu Feng's horrified gaze, ten stone projectiles the size of a grinding disc flew over from a distance of two hundred paces and fell from the sky.

"Boom~"

A stone projectile fell on the city wall, shattered, and shot the surrounding soldiers with great force like sharp arrows.

These stone bullets, as if they were originally crushed stones stuck together, did little damage to the city wall when they hit the city wall, but those broken and splashed stones released a terrifying lethality, and there were almost no living people within a radius of two zhang!

The stone bullet is not cheap, more than a dozen stonemasons in the Shengong Battalion work together, and it takes three days to polish one, the material of the stone bullet is not strong, but there are at least 100 broken stones inlaid inside, under the impact, some are directly broken, but more are under the effect of squeezing, and they launched an indiscriminate attack on all sides.

Although the catapult was also powerful in the past, it was more of a deterrent to the wall, and the deterrence was greater than the actual lethality, but the stone projectile in front of it weakened the damage to the wall at the same time, the lethality was multiplied geometrically.

"Boom Boom Boom~"

Most of the other stone bullets also fell on the city wall, but fortunately, they were ordinary stone bullets, and the damage caused was not great, otherwise, this battle would not have been fought at all, and those stone bullets alone were enough for them to have to abandon the city wall.

At a distance of two hundred paces, even if they have a catapult, they can't catapult the stone so far, the other party can attack wreakingly, but they can't even resist, they can only passively withstand the other party's attack, which makes Hu Feng feel extremely aggrieved.

"Two generals, after the test firing, the power is about the same as we expected, if the sky-bombing stone projectile is matched, only ten rounds are needed, and the defenders in the city may not have much left!" A craftsman from the Divine Craft Camp stepped forward and bowed to Ding Li and Fang Yue.

"Don't use it just yet." Ding Li shook his head and said, "Three-stone crossbow test firing!" ”

"Whoa!" The craftsman agreed, and soon, two hundred soldiers appeared one hundred and sixty paces below the city with half carrying a three-stone rhubarb crossbow and half carrying crossbow arrows, and a hundred three-stone rhubarb crossbows set up a stand on the ground and began to look for their respective targets.

"Put!" The leading general waved his hand, and in an instant, hundreds of sharp arrows broke through the air, and the clusters of arrows the thickness of thumbs crossed a distance of sixty paces almost instantly, and the defenders at the head of the city were shot by the crossbow arrows without even having time to react.

"Bang Bang~"

In the dull sound, the crossbow arrows are extremely powerful, once they hit the target, they can directly penetrate the human body, and even if the two of them stand in a row, they will be directly strung together, and in an instant, the entire city tower is wailing.

"The accuracy is slightly poor, and the power should reach one hundred and eighty steps! The crossbow is too bulky to be equipped on a large scale, and can be used to focus on killing enemy generals. "There is a special Shengong battalion recorder to take out a bamboo paper and start to write, this kind of crossbow, although powerful, but the size is too bulky, ordinary soldiers if a person carries this crossbow, I am afraid it is difficult to carry any equipment, need someone to help carry the arrow, the disadvantages are obvious, but the advantages are equally obvious, this kind of bow and crossbow is used to snipe the enemy general, as long as the other party enters the range, concentrated shooting, can directly paralyze the enemy's command system.

"Three-stone crossbowmen retreat! Test firing a two-stone rhubarb crossbow! ”

Hu Feng, who had not yet woken up from the previous situation, followed by the Shu army, quickly walked out of a row of about 1,000 soldiers, this time it was more forward, but these soldiers were wearing strange armor, like rattan armor, but the outside was wrapped with a layer of skin, and from head to toe, even the neck was wrapped in the armor, so he walked to a distance of about eighty from the city wall.

"Shoot the arrows!" Seeing the enemy make such a brainless move, Hu Feng was overjoyed, and in an instant, hundreds of arrows fell down in this direction.

But I saw those soldiers pull the mask on the helmet, and in Hu Feng's stunned gaze, the clusters of arrows shot were all bounced off!

I don't know what the rattan armor is made of, eighty steps is within the effective range of the bow and arrow, but it can't cause them the slightest damage, but these people unhurriedly raise the bow and crossbow in their hands, aim, and then shoot the crossbow arrow, and the archer who has just emerged is just the one who was killed in an instant.

Hu Feng turned his head sideways, avoiding a cluster of arrows that shot at him, with a ghostly expression, although he was Li Wei's nephew, he had been on the battlefield, from the northwest to Luoyang, and he had never seen such an invulnerable army.

"General, this battle can't be fought!!" An adjutant general cowered under the dead corner of the city wall, crawled to Hu Feng's feet, and hissed: "You don't bully people like this!" ”

Before, people could fight themselves, but they couldn't fight back, they were already very aggrieved, and now a seemingly normal army finally came, and they could fight back, but the next moment, the invulnerable armor was enough to make anyone collapse.

The defenders of the city have begun to flee, not so much that they have no intention of fighting again after being killed by the other party, but rather that this kind of battle that can only be beaten but cannot kill the enemy is really difficult for people to have the idea of fighting, so how can they fight?

"Withdraw!" Hu Feng sighed, not to mention others, in the face of such an army, he felt desperate, it didn't matter if he died in battle, but the Shu army had such a terrible army, and he had to let his uncle know.

At the moment, Hu Feng abandoned the city wall, and ignored the panicked people, with the remaining soldiers opened the east gate and went straight to the direction of Jingzhao, the Shu army broke through Tianshui, and the Longxi side may not be safe, and Hu Feng and Li Xian, somewhat competitive, if Li Xian died here, then he Hu Feng would have the opportunity to inherit Li Dai's position.

"It's a pity!" Ye Zhao, who was standing on a small hill and watching the whole battle, saw it clearly, before he stepped on the rooftop, the Xiliang army defending the city had already fled, and these things had not been tested in actual combat, obviously this Hu Feng was not a good opponent.

"My lord, did you send someone to intercept it?" Xu Rong bowed and said.

"No need, just use this person's mouth to tell Li Dao that I'm here!" Ye Zhao shook his head and said with a smile: "Let Ding Li and Fang Yue appease the people, collect the land of the five counties of Longyou, and order Guan Yu to join our army, with Guan Yu as the vanguard, and attack Yi County first!" ”

"Whoa!"