The six divisions led by Li Yao attacked from the west, and they would encounter two county towns along the way, these two counties were almost the acropolis of Yidu, the population was not large, but the military strength was still very good, and each county town had about 20,000 city guards!

Li Yao led the army to the first acropolis, the generals in the acropolis had already prepared for defense, Li Yao took a telescope and looked at the situation on the city wall, there were four eight-bull crossbows on the city wall, and there were dense archers, it seems that the only way to smash the eight-ox crossbow with artillery first, and then advance to bombard the archers on the city wall with flying thunder barrels!

Li Yao said: "The 12th Division went to the south to make a feint, the 13th Division went to the north to make a feint, and the firearms regiment prepared artillery and killed their four eight-bull crossbows!" ”

Everyone nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

If the 12th and 13th Divisions feint to attack the county seat, they can reduce the number of troops by at least 10,000, so that the main force will suffer less damage when attacking from the west!

The twelfth division and the thirteenth division quickly went to the north and south of the county to stand by!

Li Yao looked at the ten artillery pieces pushed out by the firearms regiment and said, "Open the cannon and destroy their long-range weapons!" ”

After hearing Li Yao's order, the commander of the firearms regiment commanded: "Firearms regiment, open fire!" ”

Bang, bang, bang, the cannon spewed out tongues of fire, and the five-pound iron egg flew out of the muzzle!

The iron egg smashed into the wooden eight-bull crossbow on the city wall, and the eight-ox crossbow was scattered in an instant!

The Acropolis guard saw that his eight-bull crossbow was smashed and immediately shouted: "Hide, the enemy's firearms, the catapults under the city are ready, and when they get closer, they will throw stones when they hear my order!" ”

The soldiers on the city wall lay down one after another, for fear that the big iron egg would hit him, and even the eight bull crossbows could be smashed and smashed at once, if it hit people, it would not be smashed into pieces!

Li Yao saw through the telescope that the soldiers on the city wall were lying on the ground, nodded, and said, "It's not bad, a little military literacy!" Since you don't have ranged weapons, you're welcome! ”

Li Yao said to the commander of the firearms regiment: "The firearms regiment advances, sets up flying thunder canisters, and bombards the city wall!" ”

The head of the firearms regiment nodded: "Yes!" Then he shouted to his soldiers: "Advance to the city wall one hundred and twenty paces away, and set up a thunderbolt!" ”

Because the walls of the Acropolis are relatively high, if the lightning canister is too far away, it will not be able to throw explosives packets onto the city walls!

And one hundred and twenty steps is a safe distance, because even if it is a crossbow, the range is only 100 steps, so it is absolutely safe to set up a thunder barrel outside one hundred and twenty steps!

At this time, the generals on the city wall saw that Li Yao's army was setting up a flying thunder canister, so he said to the people under the city: "Target, one hundred and twenty steps away from the city wall, throw stones!" ”

The soldiers under the city walls heard the general's order and immediately launched the trebuchet!

Dozens of pounds of stones were thrown out of the city, and when Li Yao saw dozens of stones flying out from behind the opposite city wall, he knew that he was going to suffer, and hurriedly shouted: "Firearms regiment, retreat!" ”

But the soldiers who operated the trebuchet were all veterans, and there was nothing to say, dozens of stones flew down, smashing a lot of flying thunder barrels and soldiers!

Li Yao's firearms troops are all carefully trained, and the value of a firearms soldier is too high! This made Li Yao's heart feel distressed, and he shouted: "Fourteenth Division, send two regiments to rescue them!" ”

When the commander of the 14th Division heard Li Yao's order, he hurriedly said, "The soldiers of the 1st Brigade will come with me!" ”

The catapult soldiers under the Acropolis quickly prepared for the second round of attacks, and with the order of the Acropolis general, dozens of large stones fell from the sky, killing and wounding many firearms soldiers!

Fortunately, the firearms regiment's self-rescue ability was relatively strong, and the officers and men of the 1st Brigade of the 14th Division arrived in time and rescued most of the firearms soldiers, but even so, they also lost more than 200 firearms soldiers and most of the flying thunder canisters from Li Yao!

Li Yao said to the commander of the firearms regiment: "Carry all the wounded soldiers down for treatment, and gather all the uninjured!" ”

The commander of the firearms regiment commanded: "Yes! ”

Soon the firearms regiment gathered the uninjured soldiers, and there were more than 500 people, Li Yao said: "Now use the artillery to attack the enemy's city gate!" ”

The commander of the firearms regiment said: "Commander, but our artillery can only fire five times in a row, and then it will be cooled down for at least half an hour before it can be used!" ”

Li Yao said: "Let's smash their city gate first, and then cool it down!" ”

The head of the firearms regiment nodded: "Yes!" Then he said to his soldiers: "Artillery ready, target the city gate, fire!" ”

The general of the Acropolis saw that Li Yao was attacking his city gate and said, "Go and move sandbags to block the city gate!" ”

The farmer who was recruited immediately began to carry, and eight out of ten cannons hit the city gate, and the city gate was immediately broken, but the farmer's sandbag filled the city gate again, Li Yao saw this situation, and secretly said in his heart: "I didn't expect this enemy defender to still have some brains!" ”

The commander of the firearms regiment saw that the city gate was blocked again after the smashing, and immediately said: "Commander, what should I do?" Our cannons can't move these sandbags! ”

Li Yao thought for a while and said: "The whole army is resting, and the generals above the division level come to my big tent for a meeting!" ”

The soldiers on the Acropolis saw that Li Yao's army was resting on the spot, and hurriedly looked at the Acropolis guards, what orders did the guards have!

The Acropolis guard said: "Strengthen the city gates, the soldiers rest in place, and the two north and south gates are also reinforced with sandbags to prevent them from feints and actual attacks!" ”

The adjutant general of the Acropolis asked, "General, what about the east side?" What about the eastern wall? Shall we not keep it? ”

The general of the Acropolis said: "They are fighting this way of encircling three without one, the purpose is not to let us resist, abandon the city from the east and flee, so the east wall does not have to worry about for the time being, and they will not attack the east wall for the time being!" ”

After listening to the words of the chief general, the adjutant general nodded and said, "The general is wise!" ”

At this time, the generals above the division level came to the big tent under the call of Li Yao, and Li Yao saw that the generals were coming, and said: "Come on, how should we fight this acropolis?" ”

The commander of the 12th Division said: "Commander, otherwise our side will turn a feint attack into a real attack and take them by surprise!" ”

Li Yao asked, "How are you going to attack?" ”

The commander of the 12th Division said: "It's very simple, first the artillery bombarded their city gates, and then the whole army charged to seize the city gates!" ”

Li Yao asked, "How do you plan to defend the archers on the city wall?" ”

The commander of the 12th Division said: "Since we can't defend it, then let's stop defending it, just rush over!" ”

Li Yao said lightly: "If you plan to rush hard, then it is estimated that your twelve divisions will all be left under that city gate!" ”

The commander of the 12th Division said: "Commander, what do you say?" We can't besiege them to death! There are few residents in the Acropolis, and there is still a lot of grain and grass, even if we surround them for a year and a half, they will not starve to death! (To be continued.) )