After only one morning, the towering city wall of Yanmen Fortress was covered with small pits of different sizes, and large stones fell like raindrops. The Huns were able to launch hundreds of trebuchets, which was really unexpected by the Han army. In the past, when the Huns attacked the city, they almost relied on cavalry to suppress the enemy troops on the city wall, and then let the slaves climb the ladder to seize the battlements, or push the cart to directly hit the city gate. It had never been like this, just throwing boulders with trebuchets without trying to storm the city at all.

Although most of the stones were weakly smashed on the city wall, there were also a large number of stones that hit the city, and the splashed debris caused a lot of casualties among the soldiers of the Han army defending the city. Some young men dressed in white ran back and forth on the city walls with their short bodies and battlements to shield the Huns' arrows, and when they encountered wounded soldiers, they would take out small porcelain bottles and clean linen cloths from the small medicine boxes they carried with them, and bandage them. If they were seriously wounded, they would be asked to carry them down from the city and take them to the tents in the fortress for treatment.

Yanmen Taishou Zhi stood straight on the top of the goose tower of the city gate, facing the arrows and boulders that covered the sky, and there was no intention of retreating. Cao Weiji, the thief who was responsible for the guard, did not persuade him, but stood silently beside him, and from time to time waved his knife to block the stray arrows that came for him. When the soldiers of the Han army saw the main general like this, their hearts were settled, and there was no confusion at all, and they strictly adhered to their positions, and their faces were quite relaxed.

According to the prior arrangement, all the trebuchets in the city were hidden behind the arrow towers and pheasant moats, and they were not used at all, otherwise they would have been able to suppress the trebuchets of the Huns long ago. Hundreds of tiger guards were scattered everywhere to protect the trebuchets and stone projectiles mixed with fierce fire oil. Ma Yu, the commander of the Tiger Ben battalion, looked at the Hun iron cavalry under the city with a solemn face, they roared, shot an arrow, and then moved away, so that the crossbow arrows of the Han army could not form an effective kill.

The Yulin guards were leisurely, staying in the barracks in the city, helping the students of the medical school to take care of the wounded, in the name of recuperation. In the words of the battalion commander Gongsun He, Yu Linwei never fought the enemy head-on, even if the enemy attacked the city, Yu Linwei could only fight street battles.

The Hun tent outside the Yanmen Fortress, the military ministers have a good face, and they seem to have a chance to win. Bank of China said that it really had the ability, with more than a dozen Han craftsmen, with the slaves to build more than 100 trebuchets in three days, and now the Han army on the city wall did not dare to take the lead, thinking that it was a big drop in morale.

"Su He, let the slaves take the rush car and go and knock the city gate open for me!" The military minister drank all the wine in the bowl, walked out of the tent with his head held high, looked at the Yanmen Plug in the distance, and ordered the Hun generals beside him.

A moment later, a huge rushing cart slowly advanced towards the gate of Yanmensai, and the slaves next to the cart put several huge cooked cowhides on their heads, trying to fend off the crossbow arrows fired by the Han army.

"Use your crossbow!" Seeing this, the generals of the Han army near the city gate hurriedly shouted.

When the subordinate Han soldiers heard this, they immediately poked their heads out of the battlements, observed the position of the rushing car, and the huge crossbow was immediately wound. The foot crossbow first originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, and during the Warring States Period, it was transformed by the Qin State and divided into several types. The Qin army's world-famous crossbowmen used single-legged crossbows in field battles, which were wound by a single soldier sitting on the ground and half-lying posture, with a fast rate of fire and a long range. When defending the city, a three-person foot crossbow was used, one person supported and aimed, and the remaining two people lay on the crossbow machine and wound it with a winch. The crossbow arrows are as thick as an arm's arm, and with bronze arrows, they are very powerful.

"Put!" With the general's order, dozens of crossbow arrows screamed across the sky, fiercely shooting into the hides of several cows supported by the Huns, and the pop sound continued to sound. The rushing car immediately stopped advancing, and the cooked cowhide full of holes was nailed to the ground alive, wrapping the Huns below. At first, there was occasional movement and a faint wail from under the huge cooked cowhide, but gradually it quieted down, and it was clear that no one survived in the end.

Seeing this, the Huns in the distance couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Don't look at the poor performance of the Han army in the field, but when it comes to defending the city, it will definitely throw off the boss of the Huns. When the military minister Shan Yu received the report from his subordinates, his face was gloomy, and he was about to continue to send slaves to the top, but he was stopped by the Bank of China: "Shan Yu is not in a hurry, I am afraid that it will not be possible to send a rushing car." Now dozens of ladders have been prepared, which should be supplemented by siege cones, and at the same time, they should be able to make contributions to the siege with all their might. ”

Hearing this, the military minister frowned and said, "Cloud ladder? Those ladders are not very reliable, and our Hun soldiers rarely use them, so I am afraid that there will be many casualties. ”

Bank of China said with a smile: "Shan Yu is afraid that I have only seen a very simple cloud ladder before, a few days ago, some craftsmen were sent from the south, and now my Huns can also build a real cloud ladder." ”

When the military minister heard this, he was interested. A few years ago, the Bank of China said that it had set up with a mysterious family in the south of the Han Kingdom, and it sent a steady stream of important information reports from the craftsmen of the Han State and the Han Kingdom, among which there were many news that the Hun secret agents could not find out. The Bank of China said that he took the initiative to invite Ying to go to Chang'an as an envoy to inquire about the situation of the prince of the Han Kingdom, and it was precisely under the influence of that mysterious family that they seemed to be quite jealous of the current prince of the Han Kingdom. Since the Bank of China said that the craftsmen they sent could make a real ladder, the military minister Shan Yuzi was quite interested: "What is the mystery of this ladder? ”

The Bank of China explained with great interest: "The cloud ladder was made by the skilled craftsmen of the Lu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and there are clouds in "Mozi Gong Loss", and the Gong Lose was built for the King of Chu to attack the Song Dynasty in the late Spring and Autumn Period. When Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, the bottom of the ladder used was equipped with wheels, which could be moved; The ladder body can be lifted up and down, carried by manpower, and leaned on the city wall; The top of the ladder is equipped with a hook to hook the edge of the city and protect the head of the ladder from being pushed and destroyed by the defenders. In comparison, the ladder that I have seen before must be just an ordinary ladder. ”

Zhongxing's tone had the taste of showing off to the turtle with something good, and the military minister Shan Yu just nodded, his eyes were full of joy, and he didn't care about the disrespect in Zhongxing's speech, which is also a rough surname unique to the grassland people, and the Han emperor who changed his careful eyes is afraid that he will be a little unhappy in his heart.

The military minister Shan Yu untied the saber embedded with gems on his waist, handed it to the Bank of China with both hands, and said in an urn voice: "Since this is the case, everything will be handed over to the national teacher!" ”

The Bank of China said that his eyes were full of emotion, as long as he held this saber, he could mobilize all the soldiers in the headquarters. If anyone does not obey the command, he is not guilty of killing. Now that the military minister has handed him over to the Bank of China, he has shown unreserved trust in him, which makes him very excited. The Bank of China did not speak, but respectfully took it with both hands, knelt on the ground and made a big salute, and then got up and walked out of the tent, his waist straight as never before.

As the head gradually moved westward, the offensive of the Huns gradually slowed down, and they seemed to be a little tired, and the Han soldiers at the head of the city breathed a sigh of relief. The men hurriedly brought hot food to the city, so that the soldiers hurriedly padd their stomachs. Although most of the soldiers had already returned to the camp for lunch in turn, some of the soldiers guarding the key positions could only endure hunger in their stomachs and eat at most a few mouthfuls of hard dry food. Tense nerves, full garrison is very physically demanding, Zhidu strictly ordered the Huotou Army to ensure that all soldiers can eat hot rice and meat dishes, and if one person is missed, the officer in charge of the Huotou Army will be beaten with a military stick. Where does the Huotou army dare to slacken, before braving the rain of arrows and arrows to send it up, now the Huns' offensive is a little slow, and the military officials are even more eager to take the men to bury the pot directly in the city.

"The Huns are coming! Alert! A loud roar came, and the soldiers who were burying their heads in the food poked their heads out from behind the battlements to check, but when they saw the black pressed arrows coming towards them, they hurriedly retracted their heads.

"Raise your shield! Shield! When the generals saw the Hun cavalry approaching the city wall, they hurriedly shouted. The soldiers of the Han army had already taken precautions, and hurriedly picked up the shields at their feet, and cooperated with the robes around them, and several shields were combined into a shield wall, which was protected on their heads. Seeing that there was no shield, a firehead soldier was in a hurry, turned over the cauldron beside him, and regardless of the fact that the rice inside was still slightly hot, he slipped into the pot and saved his life.

Sure enough, as soon as the Hun cavalry approached the city wall, they invariably raised the angle of the bow and shot arrows diagonally into the air, which is the best throwing of the steppe peoples, which can often form an effective killing effect on the defenders behind the battlements. The sound of tuk tuk continued to sound, the shields held up by the Han soldiers were full of arrows, some of the shield walls were not tightly erected enough, the arrows passed through the gaps, and shot the Han soldiers below, and there were a lot of cries of pain on the head of the city, and there were obviously some dead and wounded.

"Ladders and battering cones!" There was an exclamation, and there was some twitching in the city. The generals began to cheer up their morale, and they knew that the real battle was about to begin.

Zhi Du looked at the slowly approaching ladder and siege cone, his face was pale, and his voice was slightly hoarse and roared: "How can the Huns have such siege equipment?!" Who the hell got it out?! This official will definitely play His Majesty, strictly investigate this matter, and wipe out his nine clans! ”

The Han Dynasty was founded for decades, and there were countless battles with the Huns, although the Han army could not win a decisive victory for thousands of miles, but it could also protect itself. In a sense, with the strong crossbow of the fortified city, the Han army was at least invincible. The only thing they relied on was that the Huns were not good at attacking cities, and now that they have such excellent siege equipment in their hands, it is really worrying.

At this time, Ma Yu, who saw the accident, had already rushed to Yanlou, panting and said: "The matter has come to this point, please send people to distribute the incendiary bombs as soon as possible, Hu Benwei has sent half of the men according to the prior arrangement, and will guard at the critical place in the city, and as soon as the incendiary bombs arrive, they can teach the soldiers how to use them." ”

Zhi Du thought for a moment, then nodded, and ordered several thieves behind him to take the warrant and deal with it as soon as possible. The incendiary bombs were not available in large quantities, and had been kept in safe custody by special personnel, and were intended to be used at the most critical moment. Now it is obviously suitable for dealing with ladders and siege cones.

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