Chi Zhong stood in front of the formation, looking at the city from a distance, faintly, he could see the city tower and the tower in the city in the misty spring mist.

Jinyang has fallen, surrounded by the gathered army, like a reef in the sea, silent, standing there quietly. But how many people in this city don't know it? The heroes of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, most of them started from here, people often say that the ancient capital of the six dynasties of Jinling, there is the spirit of the king, but seriously speaking, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the spirit of the king seems to have moved here.

This city, since the fall of the Han Kingdom, has been attacked countless times, it has been flooded, burned by fire, bombarded by stone cannons, and run over by a large army, but with a faint king, a group of officials who are deceitful and deceitful, a small army and poor people, every time it has survived, even Zhao Kuangyin, who swept across the Central Plains, has repeatedly returned with feathers, this is a city of miracles.

Now, can it do another miracle? Maybe not, this time it will definitely be defeated, there is no doubt about this, the only thing that is incomprehensible is probably only the time to conquer this city of miracles, ten days? One month? Trimester?

Not far behind Chi Zhong, the warmakers were starting to build siege weapons and huge ladders of giant trees that had been hauled over. Before the craftsmen, it was the army that dug a trench, set aside the horses, and waited for Jinyang, and he stood in the middle army, and from time to time glanced at the emperor's camp, although from here, he could not see anything in the fog.

This time, the Zhao Guanjia actually ordered their army to rush directly to the city of Jinyang, which was indeed somewhat unexpected by Chi Zhong, in the past, their army was only responsible for peripheral operations, and never needed to interfere in the direct siege of the city. Therefore, they were completely unprepared and did not carry any heavy siege equipment, and because of this, he was very suspicious of the great sacrifice that his army would have to pay and how much it would help.

Siege equipment is not so easy to build, moat bridges, folding ladders, watchtower cars, stone throwers, ......, even if there are a large number of skilled craftsmen, within a month can not think of building these huge siege equipment, these equipment can only be built in advance, disassembled and transported, reassembled under the city, to make a batch of siege equipment, how can it take several months, but also need a large number of wood, iron, special tools and professional craftsmen.

On the other hand, the Song army camp must have made full preparations, in the light mist, Chi Zhong saw a behemoth that had just been assembled was advancing towards the front of the city, it was a giant siege chariot, the whole chariot was like a moving city tower, and the construction model was also like a city tower, and there were actually disc walls and female walls on the top, with a radius of five zhang and a height of more than ten zhang, and there were countless small wheels at the bottom, pushing forward on the ground after leveling, very quickly.

Of course, the number of people used is even more considerable, there are more than 2,000 people even dragged and dragged, and so many people can be used in a siege chariot, that is, the Song State, has such strength. If you look closely, there is a hook board about several zhang long on the siege chariot, once the siege chariot is approached, the soldiers hidden in the siege chariot can rush into the city along the pedal, if there is a chariot behind such a chariot and then a section of the chariot that blocks the rolling wood and stones, the rocket flying stones, the chariots are connected, then the army can be endless, no need to care about the threat from the overhead, if there are more such chariots...... Back to look at the city, Chi Zhong couldn't help but gasp, the Jinyang city head that had been silent in the fog also moved, compared to the behemoth under the city, the things launched by the city head are much smaller, but Chi Zhong's eyes are sharp, and he has recognized that it is a stone thrower, no matter how strong the chariot is, as long as it enters the range of this stone thrower, it will inevitably fall apart if it is hit.

In this era, the Arabs' return cannon has not yet been introduced to the Central Plains, and the Romans used natural fiber bundles twisted together as "springs", plus gears can play a role in stopping and transmission, and the stone throwing machine that is more selected than the return cannon has not been introduced to the Central Plains, and the two most basic components of gears and screws that are indispensable mechanically have never appeared in China, so although the Chinese are the first people to use stone throwing weapons, they have always used the need for many people to pull and cannot aim, Clumsy stone cannons with the same range every time are also not guaranteed.

Therefore, the size of the stone projectiles they threw was limited, and the range was only fifty paces, and it required one or two hundred men to operate at the same time, so as the besieging side was greatly limited, while the defending side was condescending, but it was more convenient to use, and the heart would not be attacked, so that the healthy women and young men were enough to launch in an orderly manner.

Chi Zhong's mind flashed, and he suddenly thought: I heard that Yang Hao attacked Yinzhou, used many skilled craftsmen, made a large number of sophisticated siege equipment, and used a large number of stone throwing machines. Yinzhou City is built with boulders and rammed earth mixed with glutinous rice juice, extremely strong, but was destroyed by him is full of holes, after occupying Yinzhou, he has mobilized the people of the city to rebuild the city, with his manpower, if you use such a clumsy stone thrower, it is impossible to achieve such a result, is it not ...... As soon as he thought of this, he heard a person laugh and said: "Aha, it turned out to be General Chi, you and my Song Battalion, this siege chariot, is it still spectacular?" ”

Chi Zhong turned his head to look, and saw a person dressed as a civil official walking towards him with a smile, but his expression and gait were full of the spirit of a martial artist, it was actually Cao Yuguang, a prison officer in Yang Hao's camp. Now Yang Hao, Zhi Yuxun, and Yang Chongxun have all gone to the camp to listen to the dispatch of the official, and the camp of the three has not yet been instructed by the official family on how to distribute and arrange, so they are still connected together. This Cao Yuguang is a self-acquaintance, and within a few days of marching all the way, he became familiar with the generals of the battalions, and at this time he actually walked into his army.

Chi Zhong secretly raised a little vigilance, but his face was silent, and he arched his hand with a smile: "It turned out to be Lord Cao, such a siege chariot is really sharp." However, I see that there are a large number of stone cannons at the head of the city, which is the nemesis of this huge siege machine, which is ...... It's going to be an uphill battle. ”

"yes." Cao Yuguang walked to his side and looked at Jinyang City in the faint mist side by side with him: "One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, and the emperor will dominate the industry, it has always been like this." ”

He glanced at Chi Zhong and said with a smile: "But although the Han Kingdom is geographically advantageous, the time, the people are in the hands of the officials. Compared with the real strength, the Han State is more than a chip and a half, although this battle must be fought hard, but the Han State must be destroyed, but no one can deny the result. ”

Chi Zhong bowed his head and said: "What my lord said is that this time the Han Kingdom is in a catastrophe. ”

Cao Yuguang smiled and said: "At that time, my Song Kingdom will unify the Central Plains, with the vast territory, the population, the wealth of national strength, and the courage of soldiers, it is difficult for the Eastern countries to match our Song Kingdom." Hehe, speaking of which, Chen Hongjin in southern Fujian, Wu Yue Qian Yu is a first-class smart person, and he saw the invincible momentum of my Song Kingdom early, Chen Hongjin decisively sacrificed his land and surrendered his troops, and the official family gave him glory and wealth, and he could share the glory with my Great Song Dynasty. Wu Yue Qian Yu also repeatedly expressed the intention of staying in Bianliang, and the day when he wanted to come and go to Wu Yueguo would not be too far away.

Compared with the two, Li Yu, Liu Jiyuan and others are much more stupid, the heavenly soldiers are under the city, and they are still clamoring for a decisive battle, Li Yu swears, and in the end, he is not a negative Jing to surrender, in my opinion, this Liu Jiyuan will not be tough for long, and he will soon have to follow in Li Yu's footsteps. Hehe, this initiative to take refuge is very different from being forced to surrender, General Chizhong, do you say? ”

Chi Zhong shook slightly, and smiled a little unnaturally: "What Lord Cao said is true. ”

Cao Yuguang suddenly turned around, looked directly at him, and said with a smile: "The siege of the city is imminent, the official family knows that General Chizhong is brave, this attack on the Han State and the expansion of the territory is a rare opportunity for the military generals to make contributions, and the Red General should also show his strengths, don't let the officials down." ”

Chi Zhong was flattered and said sneeringly: "The official family ...... Does the official know the name of the last general? ”

Cao Yuguang said with a smile: "Not only that, the generals in the northwest, the officials are all in the palm of their hands. Officials often say that the generals in the northwest, under the command of General Yang Chongxun, have no one side. Under the command of Marshal Yang, they are all reckless in the Western Regions, and they will be tempered by war in the future, if one or two fierce generals will be born, they are ...... now, but they are still so far behind. He can be called a famous general, looking at the northwest, brave and good at fighting, resourceful, rich in strategy, Yunwen and Wu, only Chi Zhong alone. ”

Chi Zhong was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and asked in disbelief: "Official...... Did the officials really say that? ”

Cao Yuguang said solemnly: "That's nature, how dare Cao dare to overkill the holy will?" The official also said that if you talk about the skills of General Chi, it is not under the two generals Cao Bin and Pan Mei, but General Red is in a corner of the northwest, and it is difficult to have the opportunity to display it, otherwise this famous general of the Great Song Dynasty who is famous in the annals of history is indispensable for General Chi. ”

When Chi Zhong heard this, his eyes suddenly turned clear, and his expression became cold: "The official family has praised it falsely, how can Chi Zhong be virtuous, he dare not be so praised by His Majesty." ”

Cao Yuguang saw the change in his expression, so he didn't continue the topic, he smiled, looked over Chi Zhong's shoulder, looked into the distance, and said leisurely: "The imperial military discussion seems to be over." ”

"Oh?" Chi Zhonghuo turned around, stared into the distance, only to see the emperor's camp on the hillside wide open, a pole of flags was held in the hand, each banner came out, next to dozens of knights, whistling in all directions, it was obvious that the generals who participated in the imperial meeting returned to their respective camps with their own soldiers.

Cao Yuguang said with a smile: "Yang Shuai is about to return to the camp, and how the three armies in the northwest will be dispatched will be known immediately." The officer went back to the camp first, General Chi, and took his leave. ”

"Master Cao, walk slowly."

Chi Zhong bowed his hand, watched Cao Yu return to Yang Hao's military camp in broad steps, muttered for a long time, and then turned his head to look at the camp, the generals had galloped down the hillside, and the army couldn't see their whereabouts for a while. Chi Zhong slowly turned around and looked at Jinyang City again. It's still standing there, as you can imagine...... Soon it will end the fate of the City of Miracles.

However, what Chi Zhong didn't know was that around this city, there were many people and many things, and many, many legends would happen, and many years later, when these legends became stories to spread in the world, these legendary people and things still couldn't get around this Jinyang City!