When Zhang Ji arrived at the south gate, he was immediately startled by the enemy formation in front of him. Vertex updates are the fastest

Eleven catapults, lined up under the city, because of the protection of protective plates, they were not afraid of the random arrows shot from the city, they were all on the moat, only a few dozen steps away from the city wall.

Behind the catapults, beyond the range of the bows and arrows of the defenders of the city, several large fires were burned, and the smoke from them drifted down the wind into the city, so that he could not open his eyes.

He only vaguely saw that beside each fire, there seemed to be soldiers with tongs, constantly picking out red-hot charcoal from the fire and filling the jars and jars beside him.

And behind them, bundles of cracked wood were neatly arranged.

Each bundle of crackling wood had been stacked neatly, and the two soldiers each stretched out their left and right hands, ready to carry him forward at any time.

He immediately understood that this time, the enemy was definitely going to throw fire objects and burn the tower. Vertex updates are the fastest

He hurriedly told the sergeants to prepare buckets and baskets, loaded with water and sediment, and prepared to put out the fire.

Not only that, but he also saw rows of enemy soldiers squatting neatly on both sides of the catapult formation.

The soldiers at the front squatted there, but every six people were on either side, clutching the wooden cages tightly.

Inside the cage, it seems that some stone weights are already contained.

Zhang Ji also immediately thought that the enemy wanted to use these wooden cages to throw them directly into the moat, and then let the soldiers step on these wooden cages to cross the river and build ladders to attack the city.

He was very angry, no wonder the enemy had been playing with mud for the first two days, it turned out that he had spent time preparing these things.

Behind those soldiers with cages, there were many sergeants squatting, close to each other, although they couldn't see clearly, Zhang Ji also understood that it was a ladder used to attack the city.

What Zhang failed to see was that the sergeants had wrapped themselves in several layers of cloth at this time, and even showed only their eyes outside. Vertex updates are the fastest

Their bodies were still dripping with water from below, and in the morning breeze, the chill was uncontrollable, and their bodies were trembling slightly.

Seeing that the enemy was already standing on the city, Ge Liang couldn't help but grin.

Although it was best to take the siege by surprise, what he wanted more now was to completely destroy the will of the defenders, prompting them to flee quickly, so that he could enter Jicheng at a relatively small cost.

He raised his head and shouted to the city: "The two-day period has passed, and the west gate has been surrounded. Now, we're going to attack right away! Remember, within two days, there will be a chance to escape through the North Gate. If you want to escape, you are not allowed to rob the people, otherwise, even if you go out of the city, you will have to chase and suppress them! ”

Without further ado, he immediately waved the flag, and eleven catapults immediately began to project.

A large area of black pressure flew in the air, and the defenders hurriedly lowered their heads and hid behind the battlements.

I only heard the sound of "knock knock knock", and I caught a glimpse of what flew over and smashed on the city wall, smashed on the city gate tower, flew over the city wall and smashed into the inner city, and immediately scattered in all directions. Vertex updates are the fastest

What's that? It's just bundles of crackling wood!

Oh, and of course, there are some rocks mixed in with it, which is meant to add weight.

Who said that catapults must only be stone throwing, didn't they have been playing with mud for the first two days, and today, they have changed to playing with crackling wood.

Zhang Ji hurriedly ordered all the soldiers to pick up all the cracked firewood and throw it outside the city.

At this time, the second round of enemy projection of the Shu army began, and it was still crackling wood and stones.

The sergeants couldn't pay attention to Zhang Ji's order and dodged one after another.

Although that thing didn't kill people on the spot, it was still easy to smash people to the ground.

What's more, there are stones mixed in there.

The Shu army started the third round of projectiles, this time, instead of playing with firewood, they threw many jars and jars, and after hitting the objects and scattering, the air was immediately filled with a strong smell of wine and oil. Vertex updates are the fastest

Zhang knew that it was powerful, and he no longer urged people to collect firewood, so he hurriedly shouted: "Dodge first, dodge first, don't let those things get on your body." Fast! Bring water and sediment to the city! ”

The fourth round of projection of the Shu army followed, and this time, it was still an altar jar, but it was no longer alcohol and oil, but filled with fiery charcoal.

The jars fell and shattered, and the charcoal that was still burning inside was scattered, quickly igniting the diffuse alcohol and oil, and igniting a raging fire.

The defenders already knew about the tragic situation of the East City Gate Tower two days ago, and they all hurriedly scattered to escape.

Subsequently, the catapults of the Shu army began to race to project, some throwing stones, some throwing alcohol and oil, some throwing crackling wood, and some throwing coals.

For a while, all kinds of things flew around the city, even if it was useless to hide behind the battlements, who knew if there would be oil splashed on the body, and a piece of burning wood that happened to be smashed by a stone flew over in reverse, burning himself into a burning man?

The defenders had no choice but to avoid the enemy's catapult attack range and temporarily retreat into the distance.

Above and below the city, inside and outside the walls, a large area suddenly became a no-man's land ruled by smoke and fire.

And outside the city, the Shu army also immediately lit piles of firewood by the moat, and when the fire burned, they just added damp new firewood to it, and suddenly, they saw a thick smoke rising, drifting straight to the city along the south wind.

Zhang was so smoked that he couldn't see it, and he couldn't take care of commanding the sergeants to put out the fire, so he had to retreat along the city wall.

This Zhuge Pifu is really good at choosing a place, and in addition to fire, he has also made full use of the smoke.

No wonder he would attack the south gate first, it turned out that this season was the time when the south wind prevailed.

This guy even played in the mud at the East Gate for two days, causing the old man to forget about it!

Damn, damn it!

Under the city, Ge Liang saw that the enemy army had scattered and fled, so he ordered to stop throwing oil and alcohol, and only threw crackling wood to fuel the fire, and threw rocks to prevent the enemy from approaching the wall.

At the same time, more wet pyres were burned under the city, and the smoke continued to spread along the walls to both sides.

At this time, the soldiers, who had been prepared for a long time, hurriedly rushed to the moat with their wooden cages and threw them into the river.

Because the cage contained stones, it sank very quickly, and obstacles such as hidden piles in the river passed through the gaps in the cage without affecting it at all.

As the wooden cages were stacked one by one, a dozen or so passages slightly below the water surface were soon formed in the moat.

The trebuchet began to turn around slightly, striking along the walls at both ends.

The sergeant, who was already wrapped in several layers of wet cloth behind him, quickly followed, carried the ladder to the moat, stepped on the passage formed by the wooden cage, quickly put the ladder up the tower, followed the edge ladder up, and quickly climbed to the city.

The top of the ladder has been wrapped in iron sheet in advance, which can prevent high temperature for a short time.

And by the river, there were several sergeants carrying buckets, one by one, they continued to pour water on the ten soldiers who were preparing to climb the city.

The sergeant who took the lead in climbing the city, in addition to the crossbow inserted in his waist, carried on his back not a weapon, but a bucket of water. (To be continued.) )