Yuan Qiang smiled and said: "It was prepared three days ago, there are archers and trebuchets for long-range attacks, rolling stones, giant trees, boiling oil, etc. for melee defense of the city, and I have also prepared dozens of bronze poles three zhang long, specifically to push down the enemy's ladders, they want to attack Languan City, it will take some time." ”

Lu Yang breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, then let's defend the city with all our might." ”

Lu Yang said suddenly: "Isn't there any movement over there in the Western Capital?" ”

"No, it is said that Wang Xu does not plan to come."

"Humph! He is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust, he has made me anxious, I really threw his wife out of the city, and see if he dares to come! ”

Yuan Qiang said: "Lord Wang, the last general thinks that it is better not to have a grudge with Wang Xu at this time, if he knows that you have left his wife in Languan City, he will be angry, and then he will lead troops to kill us, we will be attacked on both sides, the situation is bound to be dangerous, and even the withdrawal of troops is not in a hurry." ”

After Yuanqiang said this, Lu Yang was enlightened, and the secret way was dangerous, life was really like chess, and he would lose all the games if he missed one move; However, he was still a little angry, he was here to resist the imperial army, but Wang Xu was enjoying Qingfu in the back, it was really unreasonable!

Yuan Qiang said: "If the prince wants Wang Xu to send troops, there will be a way in the end, but I am afraid that the prince will not will." ”

"What's the solution?"

Yuan Qiang said: "Send Zhang Xue and Liao Yun back to the Western Capital, send an envoy to repair, explain the current situation, and pray for Wang Xu to send troops to help, I think he will come." ”

"What do you say? Let me go and pray to him? Lu Yang said: "Don't think! He thinks he is something, love can't come, and if I die, he won't live! ”

The two talked for a long time in the city, and did not leave until midnight.

..................

The next day.

The 20,000 army came to the city of Languan, Yu Yuan did not come, he led the 50,000 army to set up a formation five miles away, in case Lu Yang ate the 20,000 people who were attacking the city, in fact, Yu Yuan also knew that Lu Yang did not have the courage to dare to kill out of the city, but in order to prevent accidents. He still insisted on doing it step by step!

The commander of the 20,000-strong army is, the former general Wu Haotian, I heard that he is best at siege warfare, and he has always been Yu Yuan's general. It is precisely because of this that Yu Yuan let him fight the first battle; Strive to break the city in one battle!

Yuan Qiang was commanding the soldiers on the city tower, Lu Yang walked up with Yuan Hao, Lu Yang looked at the army under the city, and said with a smile: "The terrain of this Languan is really good." The city can only accommodate 20,000 people at most, and we only need to defend this wall, which is a great advantage for us, 3,000 people can defend this wall. ”

Yuan Qiang said: "The prince should go inside to rest, leave it to me here, and the last general will guarantee that the city will not be breached." ”

Lu Yang said: "Okay, Yuan Hao will stay and help in the battle, and tell me when there is good news." ”

"No."

As soon as Lu Yang left, a ride flew out of the city. The person who came had a black face and a beard, and was extremely rough, and he was a fierce general in appearance!

The black-faced man's name is Zatli, a foreigner outside the grasslands of Beijun, with strong martial arts and strength, and he is Wu Haotian's vanguard general.

Zateri rode to the city and shouted, "Listen to the thieves in the city, I am the vanguard general Zatli, and the thieves such as Lianger are not my opponents. Let's open the city and surrender it quickly! ”

Yuan Hao snorted: "What a big breath, big brother, I'll extinguish his prestige!" ”

Yuan Qiang waved his hand and said, "Don't pay attention to him, we just need to defend the city." He just said that we wouldn't go out when he died. ”

Yuan Hao snorted and secretly scolded Yuan Qiang for being a coward, but he also knew in his heart that Yuan Qiang was right to do this, but he just couldn't help it and couldn't see others challenge.

Zatlli shouted under the city for a long time. There was no one in the city who answered, and in desperation, he turned his horse's head and returned to his own camp.

Wu Haotian said: "Don't be depressed, you watch, Ben will attack the city now, let them know what it means to be elite!" ”

"Order, five thousand people are the first echelon, go to war!"

When the order was issued, Wu Haotian immediately beat the war drums beside him, and after the three-way drum, the siege troops of 5,000 people slowly advanced, uniformly, and marched rhythmically with the sound of the drums.

This made Yuan Qiang in the city nod again and again, and said: "The elite soldiers of this court are really different, the people standing in line are straighter than our soldiers, and they seem to be some veterans." ”

Yuan Qiang visually measured the distance, and now it was a thousand steps.

After a while, Yuan Qiang visually inspected it again, and there were still five hundred steps away from the city wall.

"Big brother, there are three hundred steps left."

Yuan Qiang suddenly turned around and looked at the back: "trebuchet, smash it hard for me!" ”

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Three boulders suddenly flew out of the city, the target was the officers and soldiers under the city, the officers and soldiers three hundred steps away were densely packed, any boulder would kill several people, if it hit the enemy's siege equipment, it was luck, especially the ladder, which could be smashed directly.

Wu Haotian's reaction speed was not slow, and when he saw a boulder flying out of the city in the distance, he immediately said: "Speed up the war drums, let the soldiers charge, and attack the city quickly!" ”

The frequency of the war drums suddenly became faster, and the officers and soldiers who were moving slowly in front of them suddenly ran madly with the rhythm, which was very different from just now, as soon as the speed of the soldiers was fast, the stones would reduce a lot of casualties.

However, this first round of boulder attacks did not fail, dozens of officers and soldiers died, and three deep pits were smashed into the ground.

"Don't stop throwing stones, archers prepare, put!" Yuan Qiang commanded loudly.

I have to say that Lu Yang's border army is very elite, and now the three thousand people who are responsible for defending the city can be said to be the most elite, and the city wall is divided into three sections by Yuan Qiang, each section sends a thousand commanders with a thousand soldiers to garrison, and each thousand commanders will assign tasks to their centurions, so that each soldier has his own task.

There are soldiers defending the city, soldiers supervising the battle, reserves, and stone throwing support in the city, Languan City is really like an iron stab; In fact, Lu Yang's three thousand soldiers don't need anyone's command at all, they will all face the battle independently, when and how to defend the city have been practiced countless times, Yuan Qiang is directly redundant, of course, it will be better to have a general command.

Whoosh...

Arrows fly down. As with the rain, although the officers and soldiers under the city held their shields and the density was very large, the casualties were still not small. More than 200 people fell in just one round of shooting.

The speed of the officers and men was not slow, and the siege towers, door crashing cars, advanced ladders, and ordinary ladders went hand in hand, and the trebuchets began to work after measuring the distance.

Whoosh...

The officers and soldiers had five trebuchets, and all of them smashed on the city wall in one round, and one boulder was less than a zhang away from Yuan Qiang. Scared him into a convulsion.

"What the hell, our trebuchet, smash, smash me."

Yuan Qiang roared angrily, in fact, the trebuchet behind him has never been broken, and it is constantly firing, but the effect is really not good, because people can attack the trebuchet from the outside to the inside, not to mention the range. The people in the city were all crowded together, and they smashed one by one, but the trebuchets in the city had to be adjusted to a feint, and they had to venture over the wall of the city nearly four feet high, so that not only could they shoot close, but the soldiers under the city were separated, and sometimes not a single enemy could be smashed.

Sad!

Helpless!

Bang bang bang...

More than a dozen ladders were erected on the wall of Languan at this time, and there was no need for Yuan Qiang's orders, there were ten soldiers in a group. Immediately hold the bronze pole that has been prepared long ago and prop it out.

The speed of the soldiers under Yuan Qiang was very fast, and the officers and soldiers under the city had not yet begun to climb up, and the ordinary ladder was overturned. Of the dozen or so ladders, only three remain on the city walls.

However, at this time, the high-level ladder of the officers and soldiers arrived, and this kind of ladder could not be pushed down, because there were four legs underneath, and there were poles, which were extremely strong. The soldiers climbed up the ladder, and the siege began!

The siege tower has a great effect and is difficult to deal with, Yuan Qiang arranged a lot of archers, these archers have good archery skills, and can shoot along the gap between the enemy's shields.

There are three siege towers, and one commander is in charge of one, so Yuan Qiang doesn't have to worry too much.

The army under the city swarmed like ants, the army of Luyang on the city resisted to the death, the battle was extremely fierce, and more than 3,000 people were killed and wounded in just half a pillar of incense, that is, the border army of Luyang was 1,000, and the army of the imperial court was 2,000!

Wu Haotian, who was thousands of steps away, said: "The enemy is also an elite soldier, not to be underestimated, pass on my order, the second siege echelon advances, and assist the first siege echelon to attack the city!" ”

But at this moment, a fire broke out under the city wall, Yuan Qiang threw down a large amount of fire oil, giant wood, and torches, and the fire burned out of control, and even the siege tower was affected, and the wood that hit the city gate was annihilated by the fire.

The miserable cries of officers and soldiers, the crackling of wood burning, and the rumble of soldiers falling from the ladder were all heard.

Yuan Qiang laughed: "Okay, just burn it for me like this, and see how they attack the city!" ”

A commander said: "General, this is all the oil in our city, you poured it once, what will you do to defend the city tomorrow?" ”

What the? All?

Yuan Qiang's face was instantly petrified, uh... Looks like you're in trouble.

There are too many giant trees and corpses under the city, and the fire ignited by the fire oil is more than a foot high, and the siege officers and soldiers are miserable, but the war drums are still ringing, and they can only move forward, even if there is a fire pit in front of them, they have to jump!

In the distance, Wu Haotian gritted his teeth and scolded Yuan Qiang.

"Damn, is this guy guarding the city crazy? After pouring so much oil, he was not afraid to set himself on fire. ”

"General, fire oil is very expensive, how many times can they consume it like this? Hehe. ”

"Yes, let's see what they do tomorrow to defend the city."

"Shall we continue to attack?"

"Attack a fart, Mingjin retreats!"

"No."

The golden signal sounded, and the besieging soldiers turned around and began to retreat on all fronts.

At this point, the defense of the city lasted only one hour before the end of the battle was declared. The city was defended, and the siege failed!

Wu Haotian retreated to five miles away with more than 10,000 soldiers, and explained the truth to Yu Yuan, but Yu Yuan did not blame Wu Haotian.

"Then retreat, attack Languan again tomorrow, and see how the thief army responds." (To be continued.) )