A force of 400 people of the Fujiao auxiliary army climbed the earthen wall, and the following army of 400 men was also assembled, ready to start attacking and defending at any time.

Li Qin said: "My lord, please see, this earthen wall is built according to the scale of the county city wall, if our army can capture such a city gate, then the city gate of the real county town can also be captured." ”

Tang Jie hummed and whispered: "Siege is not better than formation drills, but it's better not to cause casualties." ”

Li Qin said: "The casualties are taken into account, and death may not be possible, but wounded soldiers will definitely appear." The last general asked the soldier to remove all the arrows, and the arrows were stained with white ash, and if the soldiers were shot and left white spots on their bodies, then even if they were casualties, they would have to retreat. ”

Zhang Qin didn't speak, but at this time he said: "This idea was come up with by our family, our family has always loved soldiers like children, and we can't bear to let them get hurt, our family let the Jiang family brothers go to be the prison army, if anyone has white ashes on their bodies, they have to come down immediately, one is to protect them from injury, and the other is to prevent them from having a chance to cheat." ”

In fact, the idea of white ash on the arrow was thought up by Li Qin, hinting at Zhang Qin, Zhang Qin took advantage of the situation as his own idea, and showed his ability in front of Tang Jie, the county guard, and also wrote it in the letter, reported it to Zhang Rang, and asked Zhang Rang to pay attention to him, this favor Li Qin gave him, and he naturally wanted to accept it.

Tang Jie hurriedly said: "Zhongguan Zhang is very capable, and the practice of staining white ash on the arrow, the lower official has never thought of it." "I casually slapped the sycophants, eunuchs, the first likes money, and the second likes sycophants.

Another group of soldiers entered the drill field, and logically speaking, it should be that the attacking side should have three times the number of soldiers on the defending side, so that they could barely launch an attack, but it was just a drill, so it was not necessary for the whole army to join forces.

The soldiers who entered the field later, but neither carried the ladder nor the shield, but pushed five carts in, three of which were high carts, somewhat similar to the kind of building carts used by Liu Jiu, the king of the Huns, the carts were all smeared with thick mud planks, which could resist the fire of rockets, and the three high carts were like three large rectangular boxes, and some were like big chimneys, only the shooting holes were exposed on the wall for the soldiers to release arrows, and the height of the high carts was about the same as the earthen wall.

The other cart was lower, with a large long umbrella on top and a battering ram under the canopy, under which the soldiers of the cart hid under the canopy, and a group of soldiers pushed the cart and two teams of soldiers raised their shields to protect both sides of the cart.

Yusuke can understand these two kinds of cars, the high car is used to put arrows into the earthen wall, and the other big car is to hit the door, but the last big car, he can't understand. The last cart can only be said to be a big wooden frame, and it is very complicated, and it is a rope and a pole.

Yusuke pointed to the last cart and asked, "What kind of car is that?" It looks a bit like a stone thrower, but it's not quite like it. ”

Li Qin said: "My lord Mingjian, this is indeed a stone thrower, but it has been improved, and I named it a corner cannon!" ”

"Horn cannon? How does it work? Yusuke asked, puzzled.

Li Qin said: "It is also used to throw large stones, but it is more accurate, and it can also throw canisters of oil, which is more functional than ordinary stone throwers." ”

Yusuke nodded and said, "I see, this is similar to the thunderbolt in the Central Plains." ”

Li Qin smiled and thought to himself, "The thunderbolt was vigorously developed by Cao Ying, but my horn cannon is more powerful than his thunderbolt, and the stones thrown are also huge. ”

These pieces of his equipment were all made by the craftsmen of Fort Fujiao, and they were not new things under his prompting, but they were improved and used as siege cities, and after several experiments, they were still quite easy to use, and they were easy to repair and could be used continuously.

In the late Han Dynasty, the only army that could have this kind of technical strength and the boss was willing to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to develop. If you want to have such generals and troops again, you have to wait at least ten or even twenty years, and you have to wait for Cao Ying and Zhuge Liang to be full of wings, and then they will vigorously develop the "mechanized troops" that belong to this era.

The two of them were talking, and the Fujiao army below was ready, the order flag was waving, and the second Fujiao army under the earthen wall had already begun to attack!

In the rumble, the attacker's horn soldiers pushed the high cart forward, and the first horn army under the earthen wall opened their bows and arrows to shoot at the defenders, but the defenders' horns did not fire arrows back, but everyone held shields in their hands and hid behind the battlements, waiting for the attackers to approach.

Soon, the three high cars slowly approached the moat, although they could rush directly over, but because it was a drill, they could not go directly because they could pass, but they should try to completely drill out the problems that may be encountered during the siege, find out the problems as soon as possible, and solve them as soon as possible, which is called sweating more in peacetime and less bloodshed in wartime.

The high cart stopped on the bank of the moat, and the horn guards in the car began to fire arrows to suppress the defenders at the head of the city, while the siege vehicle behind also pushed up, and the soldiers reached the moat, took the sack from the car, threw it into the ditch, and then laid the planks on top of the sack one by one!

Tang Jie saw it, frowned, and said: "Li Lang, this method is too stupid, not all the moats of the city are filled by filling." ”

Li Qin just wanted to speak, but Zhang Qin next to him couldn't help it, now Zhang Qin is very disgusted with others questioning the tactics of the Fujiao Army, the person who says that the law is too stupid is Tang Jie, if it is someone else, dare to say that this method is too stupid, Zhang Qin has to be like a cat with its tail stepped on, jumping up and scratching people.

Zhang Qin said with a sharp voice: "What Lord Tang said is wrong, we sent troops this time, not to fight all the cities, but to fight a few counties in Jincheng County, how can the moats of those counties be wide, and they must all be frozen, the water level is lowered, maybe some rivers are dry, of course there is no problem to rely on filling!" ”

Li Qin also said: "Yes, we are just going to attack a few county towns this time, and the weather is cold again, so although it is stupid to fill the river, the stupid method can still have some effect." ”

Yusuke sighed, nodded, and said nothing else.

The scouts of Wudanzi did the intelligence work very well, they observed the scale of the moats of several occupied counties in Jincheng County, and found that they were not as good as the moats of Lian County, they were not using ready-made rivers, but the ditches dug out by hand, they were not too wide, and the weather was cold, the water level had dropped, and as the weather cooled further, the river would even dry up, and even if there was a little water left, it would freeze, so the Fujiao army used the stupidest way to fill it, but it would be the most effective.

As soon as the river was filled under the earthen wall, the defenders above immediately jumped up and began to shoot arrows downward, shooting high carts and siege vehicles, but because the carts were smeared with thick soil, almost the same as the earthen wall, the effect of shooting was not great!

In the distance, the horn cannon began to throw for the first time, and a huge stone weighing a hundred pounds roared and smashed into the earthen wall!

The people watching the battle around all exclaimed, such a big stone smashed over, the earthen wall must not be smashed, according to this, there is no need to act otherwise, just throw a big stone, you can hit the city!

Looking at the big stone flying high, Zhang Qin exclaimed, "Okay...... Belch...... Ah! He was suddenly pressed to the castle wall by Li Qin, and Yusuke next to him also shouted loudly, and was also pressed down by Li Qin.

Li Qin shouted: "Bad ......"

He could see that the gunner's ability to throw the big stone was too poor, and the horn cannon was built, but the gunners, because they had not experienced much training, actually lost their head, and threw the big stone too high, and they must have to cross the earthen wall, and behind the earthen wall was the fort wall. Of course, the distance is far away, the gunner's accident of not being able to get his head right, he has long thought that even if he misses his head, the big stone will not be able to hit the side of the fort wall, but the favor must be sold, if it is not sold at this time, when will it be? He pressed Tang Jie and Zhang Qin to the ground together.

Jia Xu and Dian Wei next to him grinned together, thinking in their hearts: "Be careful, don't knock out their front teeth!" They both groaned and screamed, and fell to the ground together, pretending to avoid the big rock.

The big stone crossed an arc, crossed the earthen wall, and slammed heavily into the ground seven or eight feet away from the fort wall, shaking the ground!

As soon as the big stone landed, after a while, Li Qin raised his head and said, "Fortunately, fortunately, the big stone didn't hit me, Master Tang, Zhang Zhongguan, you are not injured, right?" ”

Tang Jie and Zhang Qin both thought in their hearts: "Originally, I wouldn't have been injured, but when I was pressed by you, it hurt to fall!" But Li Qin was also for their good, and they were both moved in their hearts, stood up, and thanked them while patting the dust.

After only a short delay, the situation on the other side of the earthen wall changed, and the horn cannon did not throw a second time so quickly, and was making adjustments, but the siege engine rushed through the moat and came to the outside of the gate. The soldiers pushed the siege engine, yelling and screaming, and slammed the gates with all their might, while the defenders above began to throw stones and logs down to smash the siege engine!

The attacking soldiers released their arrows with all their might, and many of the defending soldiers were shot and retreated, but because of the countless bags of earth piled up behind the gate, it was not too easy for the siege engine to crash through the city gate!

At this moment, the horn cannon in the back was finally adjusted, and the second big stone was thrown again, but it was not smashed in the direction of the gate, but on the very edge of the earthen wall, where there were no soldiers on both sides of the attack, so as to avoid hitting people!

The big stone roared away, with a loud bang, and smashed into the earthen wall, and in the dust, the earthen wall collapsed, and the soldiers on the earthen wall were shocked to stand unsteadily, and fell down one after another!

The first Fujiao army, which had been waiting for a long time, raised a big shield and carried a standard broadsword of Fujiao Fort, ran in the direction of the collapse, and entered the city with a posture!

Zhang Qin was very proud and shouted: "Master Tang, what do you think of this performance?" Is there a city wall in the world that can withstand such a thunderous blow? ”

Yusuke sighed softly, for a long time, but he didn't speak!

The onlookers, suddenly, let out sky-shattering cheers and applause......

(To be continued)