The snare drums thundered, the battle flags flew, and countless rangers shuttled back and forth outside the city of Tongzhou, shouting endlessly.

The 20,000 Shu army camped outside the same city, like a hungry beast, ready to swallow the majestic Tongzhou city at any time.

Zhu Qingxian stood on top of the city tower, his face was grim and he did not speak.

When he was last year, Zhu Qingxian contributed to Huachang's southward attack on the land of Qianqin, and the Tongzhou army had an advantage in that battle, and the Shu army had no time to take care of the Qinzhou war in order to deal with Yuwen Mang in the west, and thought that the Tongzhou army could seize the two states of Qianqin in a battle, but in the two-month stalemate of the war, the Tongzhou army could not move an inch, and even the figure of Qinzhou City was not seen, and finally had to return.

It was precisely because of that battle that many senior generals in the same state, including Hua Chang and Zhu Qingxian, finally saw the gap between themselves and the Shu army, and it was difficult to defeat the Shu army.

And now, the positions of the two sides have reversed, and the Shu army has made no secret of its desire to avenge the revenge of the last year's war.

Zhu Qingxian did not have the luxury of hoping that he could repel the Shu army by himself, he could only hope that the tall walls of Tongzhou City could delay for some time, and when Yang Jie's Kyoto army arrived, he would not become a prisoner of the Shu army.

Obviously, Lu Yuanliang also knows this, if Yang Jie's Kyoto army fails to break through Tongzhou City before the arrival of Yang Jie's Kyoto army, then the Shu army has only retreat.

Yang Jie is not as good as Hua Chang, Zhu Qingxian and the like, once he is allowed to enter Tongzhou, the difficulty of the Shu army to break through the city of Tongzhou again can be increased indefinitely, and the Shu army will be extremely passive at that time, and the condescending Kyoto army can attack Yang Yi's forces from the west or south of the Tongzhou capital at any time, which will also break Yang Yi's plan to go west, and he has to deal with Yang Jie's attack with all his might.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Knock knock..."

The drums of war became more and more rapid, and the Shu army began to move forward slowly.

Lu Yuanliang stood on top of a small hill, staring at the city wall of Tongzhou City, where human figures flickered.

Yang Yi sat leisurely in the haystack next to him, munching melon seeds and humming a little song.

"Madman, what are you going to fight?"

Lu Yuanliang didn't reply: "You can fight as much as you want." ”

Yang Yi shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Please start your performance~"

Lu Yuanliang also ignored Yang Yi and waved his hand to the flag commander next to him.

Seeing this, the flag commander walked to the front of the mountain in three or two steps, and played a flag in the wind.

Soon, the battle array of the Shu army under the mountain began to squirm, like a sleeping lion waking up, roaring in a low voice.

The sound of ruts "gurgling" came, and I saw countless assembled trebuchets appearing behind the Shu army's battle array, slowly marching to the front of the formation under the hard work of the soldiers.

More than a hundred trebuchets were lined up, and the momentum was overwhelming, as if a group of scrawny giants stood still in the wind and sand.

"The equipment battalion continued to project, targeting the city walls of Tongzhou City. The left guard battalion is responsible for the left side, the right guard battalion is on the right side, the cavalry battalion is mobile, and the enemy will attack it! Lu Yuanliang spoke very quickly.

The Shu army's trebuchet projection distance is the largest in the world, and the only way to deal with this long-range attack weapon is to send cavalry to destroy these trebuchets, so the protection of the two wings of the equipment battalion is very important, once the enemy goes out of the city to raid, the left and right flanks must intercept the enemy.

The banner commander quickly conveyed orders to the lower levels, and at the same time, the rangers under the mountain began to speed up in front of the formation, constantly conveying military orders.

After the two flanks of the Shu army stabilized their positions, the equipment battalion prepared to attack.

"The target is the city wall of Tongzhou, four hundred steps away, fill the falling rocks!" The commander shouted.

"The Jiazi battalion is reloaded, and it can be fired!"

"The B battalion is loaded and can be fired!"

"The C battalion is loaded and ready to fire!"

The battalions were ready, and the commander turned around and slowly raised the red flag in his hand, which paused for a moment, and then fell suddenly.

"Put!"

In an instant, hundreds of falling rocks rose into the air, the sky and the earth were dim like dark clouds, and the sharp and piercing sound of breaking the sky made people tremble.

"Bang bang bang!"

Countless boulders smashed into the head of Tongzhou City, and the sound of the city wall suddenly splashed with rubble, a mess, mixed with endless screams.

"Second Attack, Reload Stone!"

The Shu army did not intend to give the Tongzhou army a chance to breathe, and soon, the second round of stone-throwing followed.

The soldiers of the Tongzhou Army on the city wall were densely packed, and they couldn't raise their heads at all due to the waves of falling rocks, and they could only try their best to curl up behind the battlements.

And then, the Shu army did not stop, and ten rounds of stone throwing in a row smashed the entire Tongzhou city to the ground at any time, and even the battlements in some places were smashed to pieces.

However, the power of the stone-throwing was huge, and the damage caused to the Tongzhou army was very limited.

Seeing that the stones that were thrown out only left some insignificant traces on the city wall, Yang Yi lay down in the haystack, with a straw in his mouth, and glanced at Lu Yuanliang, who was standing in front of him, and said, "You don't expect those goose stones to bring down the city wall, right?" Then you might as well set up an altar, burn two sticks of incense, and let God blow a gust of wind and blow down the city wall directly. ”

Attacking the enemy by throwing rocks is a very common long-range attack method in ancient times, but just like the limitation of equipment and the singleness of rockfall ammunition, the killing force caused by it is very limited, and the biggest effect is to intimidate and suppress.

However, Yang Yi saw Lu Yuanliang standing there motionless, and he had no intention of letting the soldiers attack the city, and Yang Yi did not think that Lu Yuanliang would use such a clumsy method to storm the strong Tongzhou City.

Lu Yuanliang ignored Yang Yi, who was talking cool on the side, but wanted the flag commander on the side to signal to continue to launch a rockfall attack.

Yang Yi shrugged helplessly and sat down again.

Although the fierce offensive of the Shu army did not cause much damage to the Tongzhou army, such an overwhelming flying stone really made the Tongzhou army extremely uncomfortable, and some recruits who had not been on the battlefield were even frightened to hide behind the battlements and scream, no matter how the veterans reprimanded, the recruits still could not settle down.

Zhu Qingxian sat at the bottom of the city tower, listening to the sound of falling rocks like hail above his head, and his face was very ugly.

"It's too passive, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that without the Shu army attacking, our soldiers will be defeated by themselves." Zhu Qingxian gritted his teeth and said.

Ji Yan's face on the side was also not very good-looking, obviously he didn't expect the Shu army to launch such a fierce attack as soon as the battle started, and said: "My lord is right, thinking that Yang Yi and Lu Yuanliang have such a big formation, it is nothing more than trying to shake our military hearts, and it is not a way to go on like this." ”