Looking further away, there are more Zhang Jun who are constantly leaving the camp, like rivers, merging into the ocean of roads in front of the city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The momentum of Zhang's army attacking the city could not be more obvious.

In addition to countless soldiers, Zhang Jun is pushing the Tianlei cannons to the front of the formation, not to mention that more than 300 Tianlei cannons have been aimed at the city, and the number is still increasing.

"Lord, Zhang Thief obviously wants to concentrate all his forces and storm our east gate, should we send troops to reinforcements as soon as possible from the other three gates," Zhang Ji said worriedly.

Dong Zhuo took a deep breath, bowed down and calmed down, stared at it for a long time, but said: "Zhang Thief is treacherous, don't rush to transfer troops first, I'm afraid that this is Zhang Thief's plan to attack the west, let's see the situation first." ”

Zhang Ji could only force his anxiety and continue to sit and watch the enemy gather his forces, while cheering up the soldiers and preparing for battle.

Half an hour later, Zhang's army had been assembled.

The military arrays, large and small, were like barriers, with at least 20,000 troops, and the number of heavenly thunder cannons gathered in front of the military array reached as many as 400.

Not to mention Zhang Jun's strength, the four hundred heavenly thunder cannons alone were enough to make Dong Zhuo hairy on his back.

Dozens of days of bombardment, has made Dong Zhuoshen for the power of this trebuchet, feel deeply jealous, now Zhang Yuan nearly 400 heavenly thunder cannons, all concentrated on the east gate line, this if they are fired together, the power is terrifying, it is beyond Dong Zhuo's imagination.

On Dong Zhuo's back, he faintly felt a trace of coldness to the bone.

A few hundred steps away, Zhang Yuan immediately crossed the knife and looked at the city with a sneer.

He seemed to be able to see clearly what a frightened expression the defenders at the head of the city were.

"Master Li, I'll give you a meteor shower......."

The corners of Zhang Yuan's mouth raised a sneer, pointed at his sword, and shouted: "Heavenly Thunder Cannon, give me a salvo." ”

The order was handed down, the sound of wooden tips pulling came and went, stone bombs the size of a bull's head were in place, and four hundred huge trebuchets were aiming at the east gate of Chang'an.

The drums of war burst out, and the signal to shoot was immediately issued.

Whew.

Four hundred heavenly thunder cannons were fired at the same time, and in the loud sound of breaking the wind, more than 400 stone projectiles rose into the air, like a meteor shower falling in the sky, overwhelmingly pouring towards the head of Chang'an City.

The thousands of defenders at the head of the city were instantly frightened, instinctively shrunk down, and hid under the women's wall with their heads in their hands.

Boom, boom, boom.

In the next moment, the sky fell apart.

The stone bullets in the air mercilessly hit the scarred city wall of Chang'an, the gravel fell apart, the dust flew, and the roar and screams poured into the eardrums like a tide, cutting Li Jun's tense nerves like a sharp blade.

The nightmare has just begun.

After the first round of salvos, 400 heavenly thunder cannons fired endlessly at the enemy city, and the entire line of the east gate was covered by a rain of stones falling from the sky.

The density of stone bullets was far better than any usual bombardment, and even Bian Dong Zhuo was frightened by the loud roar of the mountain and the stone rain flying overhead.

In this kind of formation, Zhang Jun didn't want to storm the east gate, what else could it be.

At that time, tens of thousands of Zhang troops rushed in, and only 2,000 Li troops were killed and wounded, and how could the frightened Li army resist.

Dong Zhuo's suspicion collapsed in a blink of an eye, shrank under the female wall, and shouted hoarsely: "Immediately send an order to mobilize the remaining three soldiers and horses to come to the east gate to support." ”

Dong Zhuo's remaining suspicions have been shattered by the unprecedented bombardment.

After the bombardment, what he had to face would be the siege of Zhang Yuan's nearly 30,000 troops, and with his 2,000 soldiers and horses, he would be able to resist the attack of ten times Zhang's army.

He had no choice but to concentrate all the defenders of Chang'an City to desperately deal with Zhang Yuan's all-out attack.

Several horsemen marched from the east gate and galloped towards the other three gates, summoning reinforcements.

Li Meng, Zhu Ling and other generals of each gate received an order, and all the main troops and horses under their command were sent to the front line of the east gate to reinforce Dong Zhuo.

In a short time, the number of Li troops on the front line of the east gate increased to 5,000.

The bombardment is still the same.

Nearly 3,000 reinforcements, although they rushed to the front line of the city gate, did not dare to climb the city, and could only shrink back to the inside of the city wall to avoid the stone bullets shot from the sky.

The sun has risen and the sky is bright.

Tens of thousands of stone bullets have been piled up along the line of the city at this moment, stacked with a thick layer, more than 100 steps long city wall, and have been bombarded to crack everywhere, and there are potholes everywhere.

The wild dust flying in the air, the gray fog was filled, and the soldiers of Li, who were shrinking under the city, were even more choked and couldn't open their eyes.

Dong Zhuo was discouraged and held back the fire in his belly.

At this moment, he was already looking forward to Zhang Yuan's immediate attack on the city, and he didn't want to be pressed into a shrunken Li Turtle and suffer from this depression.

Zhang Yuan held the long knife in his arms, not in a hurry at all, and was full of interest to appreciate the grand occasion of the bombardment of the city.

The soldiers of Zhang Jun were not in a hurry, their expressions were relaxed, and they smiled and admired the scene of the enemy being ravaged, and laughed a few words mockingly from time to time, so they were not idle.

Zhang Yuan glanced at the soldiers in front of him, and when he saw what they were holding in their hands, a mysterious sneer flashed across his young face.

The things in the hands of the soldiers were nothing but sloppy dummies.

The number of this army arrayed outside the city was not 30,000 at all, and at most it was only more than 10,000.

10,000 sergeants, each holding two straw men, leaning on both sides like this, as if creating the illusion of three times the strength of the army.

This is also the reason why Zhang Yuan did not line up during the day.

During the day, the enemy troops in the city could easily see through his tricks, but the dim light in the early morning made Dong Zhuo unable to distinguish between true and false, so he would fall for him, thinking that Zhang Yuan had gathered the main army here and was ready to attack his east gate with all his might.

At this moment, although the sky was bright, the heavenly thunder cannon suppressed the enemy army and couldn't raise their heads, so that they still couldn't see the truth about Zhang Jun, who was lined up outside the city.

This is the strategy of Gao Gong's dedication, and the sound of the east and the west.

Seeing that in the direction of the city, there were constantly reinforcements from Li Jun, and he climbed up to the head of the city with his body, and Zhang Jun knew that Dong Zhuo had been tricked.

The time has come.

Zhang Yuan did not hesitate, and immediately waved his hand, "Dong thief has been tricked, let's light the fire for me." ”

The order was handed down, and after a while, three thick black wolf smoke rose into the sky, and they were clearly visible within a radius of dozens of miles.

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Chang'an, the first line of the West Gate.

The earthen wall that reached several zhang cut off the connection between Chang'an City and the outside world, and also blocked the view of the sentinels at the head of the city.

At this moment, on the front line of the city, it was Shi Jian and less than a thousand defenders, who were listening to the earth-shattering cannon sound on the front line of the east gate in horror, and did not notice at all that under the earthen wall outside the city, there were nearly 30,000 Zhang troops gathered unconsciously.

That is Zhang Yuan's real main siege force.

More than 30,000 people have been crouching silently under the earthen wall, and they have been squatting for more than an hour.