When Li Tong and others came to the city, the Yanzhou army outside the city began to besiege the city on all sides.

There were no shouts, only the rapid sound of drums and neat steps, and the two sounds converged to make a "dong dong" sound, like a sledgehammer, hammering the ground, raising countless smoke and dust. This voice also hammered heavily into the hearts of Li Tong and the others and every Cao army soldier, and they were so depressed that they couldn't breathe. There is obviously no cool breeze in the sky, but it gives people a sense of tension when the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings.

These soldiers were followed by the soldiers of the Yanzhou Army, who had mastered various styles of siege weapons, like statues, immovable.

Li Tong and the others looked solemn, looking at the siege force in front of them a little unfamiliarly. Xia Houjie frowned and couldn't help but say: "This Yanzhou army seems to be very different from what we have fought in Sicheng, could it be that this army is the Zang Ba army, not Sun Guan's army?" But why are there so many of them? ”

Cao Chun, who was on the side, was surprised: "This army is definitely not the Zang Ba army, the army of the Zang Ba army does not have so many people, and there are not so many siege weapons...... Could it be that this is Zhang Ji's army? Or maybe it's the mysterious army that attacked Xia Cai? Li Tong shook his head and said: "These are not problems, the most worrying thing now is those strange siege tools, look at these things, they are huge, the army of Zang Ba and others is the field army of Yanzhou, where to get so many siege equipment in a short period of time?" If it's local materials, it's not possible, you know. My Huaiyin Three Cities are now strong walls and clear fields. How could they make the materials for the Yanzhou Army? ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, because they were beaten by the Yanzhou army and did not find their heads, but forgot such an obvious problem. Now it is mentioned by Li Tong. That's when I realized that something was wrong. Xiahou Jie took a deep breath and said, "Isn't this army Zang Ba or Sun Guan's army?" ”

Li Tong thought for a while, and then changed color and said, "Could it be the siege force in the Yanzhou army." Xun You's army? ”

When everyone heard this, they changed color, if Xun You's army arrived. Then it's a big deal, a field army of the Yanzhou Army is invincible to attack the city, let alone the Xunyou army that specializes in this project? "It's just that the Xun You army has always been far away in Youzhou, and no one would have thought that the Xun You army would actually appear here. From Youzhou to Yangzhou, the road is too far. For an army with poor mobility such as Xun You's army, it is even more incredible.

Cao Chun thought of more. There was no human face and said: "Oh no, if this army is the Xun Yu army." And our military did not have an intelligence notice first. Doesn't that mean that the Yanzhou Army has been planning this matter for a long time? In other words, all the actions of the lord are under Xu Ji's control now? Otherwise, how did this Xun Yu army appear? They must have been hiding nearby! Oh no, if the defenders of Yandu come to the rescue of Mr. Manchu in the future, they will definitely suffer a big loss. The crowd was immediately in turmoil. Completely lost the ability to think. Of course, they knew that what Cao Chun said was the truth, and the mythical appearance of Xun You's army was not expected at all. Yan Du must have known the news of the trapped land by now, and mistakenly thought that the Zang Ba army did it, if it was judged in turn, it would definitely come to the wrong conclusion and lead to total failure.

Now I know, but I didn't inform the salt of the opportunity at all. What's more, are they worried about something else? It came so suddenly, who would have thought that everything in front of them would be a trap? It's like a hunter who prides himself on being a skilled hunter and goes hunting, only to find that he has become a prey instead. And unintentionally very cooperatively showed all his weaknesses in front of the enemy, and everything was caught off guard.

Li Tong and the others are not full of favors, so naturally they will not think so far from this and him, so they face such a sudden situation. Completely unaware of how to deal with it, everyone involuntarily comforts themselves and asks them to hold their minds. But everyone is very aware that they have been calculated by others, and may even fail. If they simply eat one or two defeats, they won't care. But I'm afraid that Cao Cao will be defeated, and that is the chance to never turn over. Will Cao Cao be defeated? Everyone never thought that Cao Cao would be defeated, but this time was different, and this time the enemy was Xu Ji, who had always been standing. Cao Cao may not be able to please his men.

However, Cao Cao will definitely have a way, yes, there will definitely be a way, and he must wait until Cao Cao will come. Because of despair, it made everyone in Huaiyin City have hope and become unprecedentedly firm. Everyone quickly dispersed and began to find their own place on the city wall, shouting at the soldiers and struggling to raise morale.

At this time, the Yanzhou army outside the city had completed the encirclement on all sides and was ready to attack the city.

Walking in front were, of course, the special full-body shield soldiers of the Yanzhou siege troops, who used their hands to push the shields made of completely steel with wheels underneath and quickly moved forward. Under the sun, the huge shield scattered bursts of cold light, making the viewer unable to open his eyes, although the Cao army at the head of the city was far away, but also squinted his eyes from time to time, and behind them were hidden the Yanzhou army's divine arm archers, ready to shoot after a certain distance. As for the carved arrows used, of course, they are rockets.

At the end of the line are a variety of huge siege weapons. From a tactical point of view, Xun You was using the old skills of fighting Gongsun Zan in Youzhou at that time. To put it simply, it is to turn the battle of the city into a battle for the wall.

Li Tong and the others watched in amazement at the top of the wall as the Yanzhou army kept approaching, and they didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of them. Cao Chun gritted his teeth and said: "It seems that it should be Xun You's Yanzhou siege army, look at their shields, we have never heard of and seen them, I heard that the heavy infantry of the Yanzhou army has a half-human high shield, and the defensive performance is excellent." It is used to defend the archers in front of the two armies. General Xiahou Yuan once said it, but these shield ratios of the Yanzhou army are obviously not one, and they seem to be completely designed for siege. ”

Xiahou Jie was in a bad mood and said: "Now is not the time to praise the other party's merits, the question is how do we deal with the enemy?" Do you wait for the enemy to come under the city walls and use rolling logs to deal with them? Cao Chun said categorically: "You must not do this, don't forget that the Yanzhou army also has the Divine Arm Archer." If you come to a certain distance, you will kill the Divine Arm Archers behind those shields. The land is the siege weapon rocket of the Yanzhou army, how should we determine it? ”

Xia Houjie was speechless when he heard this. was obviously frightened by Cao Chun's words.

Li Tong sighed: "Anyway, let's first take out the special shield prepared for us when the lord left here and rushed to Xuzhou." Only then did everyone remember, and they hurriedly ordered the soldiers to prepare shields. Not long after, the defenders of Huaiyin City had a shield in their hands. Not only was the shield huge, but it was also covered with a layer of iron. Naturally, it was to prevent the fire attack of the Yanzhou army.

The tactics adopted were surprisingly consistent with those of the defenders of Huai'an City. The soldiers lined up like an impregnable wall at the head of the city, seemingly invincible. Xun You smiled slightly when he saw this scene, unmoved, but Guan Hai, who was beside him, laughed and said, "It turns out that the enemy has already had some understanding of our attack methods, and he actually prepared these shields in advance. However, it would be a big mistake to think that this would stop the offensive of our army. ”

After a pause, Guan Hai said to Xun You in a deep voice: "Sir, Guan Hai is willing to take the lead, rush to the city in one go, and ask Mr. to do it." Xun You glanced at Guan Hai and said with a smile: "It seems that the general wants to use the 'climbing iron grasp' to tear apart the enemy's shield defense, right?" ”

Guan Hai was not surprised at all that Xun You would reveal his plan in his mind. Xun You is omniscient at all, and nodded when he heard the words.

Xun You shook his head and said: "Has the general ever thought that if the enemy goes to the city and hooks the rattan armor on our soldiers with iron hooks and other things, he will then attack our soldiers with heavy weapons." What will be the result? When Guan Hai heard this, his face changed, which he obviously didn't expect.

Xun You said indifferently: "Although we don't know if the enemy will use this trick. But there is always nothing wrong with being careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. ”

Guan Hai nodded and happily learned: "It's still Mr. who is discerning." Foresight. Xun You said indifferently: "Of course, this is just a possibility for me to guess. It is impossible for the enemy to know the equipment of our army before it is known, but we have to admit that the enemy has an in-depth study of our army, and our army's equipment has gathered the strengths of various types of troops of the Yanzhou army, and the enemy mistakenly thinks that the siege army is the army of Shi Zangba, so there should be some countermeasures at the head of this city, although the enemy should have guessed our true identity, but the tricks to deal with the Zangba army still have some effect on us, if we attack indiscriminately, we will only suffer unnecessary losses. ”

Guan Hai nodded and said, "Mr. is reasonable. By the way, if that's the case, wouldn't Mr. Heng Fan and General Zang Ba suffer a big loss? Xun You took a deep breath and said: "Huan Fan's kid has his own measure, and this kid is calm and resourceful by nature, and he doesn't want him to really break the city, so we don't have to worry about him." ”

After a pause, Xun You said again: "Before the full pet could reach Huaiyin City, it has been trapped by our army, so Huaiyin City and Huai'an City are different, the guards of Huaiyin City may not be able to think of using an iron hook to deal with us, I am not willing to storm the wall, I don't want to have unnecessary losses, hum, to capture the wall, there may not be only one way." ”

When Guan Hai heard this, his eyes lit up, and he smiled: "Does Mr. want to use a catapult?" Xun You nodded with a smile.

Liu Bi shook his head on the side and said: "Sir, it seems inappropriate to do this, you must know that the Huaiyin city wall is tall, and our catapult can't seem to throw stones high......"

Xun You smiled and said: "General Liu Pi seems to be not very familiar with the catapults of my Yanzhou army, you know, in my Yanzhou, there are many types of catapults, in addition to the general catapults, our army also has two kinds of high-altitude catapults and door-breaking catapults. The former is more divided into two types: oil high-altitude catapult vehicle and gravel high-altitude catapult vehicle, with different functions. Liu Bi was dumbfounded when he heard this, he didn't expect that there were many kinds of catapults of the Yanzhou army, he only knew that the Yanzhou army had used a kind of catapult when Bocai led his troops to start encircling and suppressing the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou, which was amazingly powerful. But he didn't expect that what he saw was only the tip of the iceberg. Unworthy.

Xun You looked at the head of the city, his eyes flashed, and he snorted coldly: "The enemy obviously also knows that our army attacks and defends a lot. The city wall is built very high, but it is too underestimated for our army, count them cheap, if there is a hill around Huaiyin City, I will definitely let them die without knowing how to die. Everyone looked at each other, not understanding what Xun Yu meant. Only Liao Hua, who knew the details of each army of the Yanzhou Army, understood Xun You's meaning, and his body shook and said: "What Mr. said is the 'flying wing tactic' that can treat the city wall as nothing and walk on the ground?" ”

Xun You nodded and said, "Yuan Jian." What you said is not bad at all, Miss Zhen Mi was captured at the beginning. The shadow under the lord is using this kind of thing. Conquered the enemy's manor in an instant. ”

Of course, the crowd did not know what the "flying wing" tactic was. Unexpectedly, this tactic is to make people fly through the sky like a bird, so that the enemy will be defeated without realizing it. How can Xun Yu explain to everyone? It's okay if this tactic doesn't work now. In the future, it can be used again when carrying out the Hanzhong and Yizhou conquests, so as to give full play to its greatest function.

Shu Road is mountainous, and it is the best time to use gliding to conquer the city.

Xun You didn't say much more, and ordered the besieging soldiers to change their combat methods.

After a few drumbeats, the Yanzhou shield soldiers, who were slowly moving forward, immediately stopped, all standing still like statues. Cao Jun couldn't help but look at it inexplicably, they didn't understand what tricks the Yanzhou army was doing. Of course, Li Tong and the others also felt strange, because they had never seen the combat methods of Xun You's subordinates. So they couldn't predict what Xun Yu's tactics would be.

At this time, the mechanical siege force behind the Yanzhou army also slowly moved forward.

Li Tong and the others looked at each other and found the Yanzhou army's moves, Xia Houjie stared at the catapult that was moving in the direction of the city gate, and said in a deep voice: "This is the catapult of the Yanzhou army, I didn't expect it to be so huge." Li Tong sneered: "Xun You is really too deceitful, he actually despises me and others like this, hmph, I will transfer the archers over." Shoot them. ”

Cao Chun stopped: "By all means, those shield soldiers in the Yanzhou army have not retreated yet, and they are eyeing us, if they are really strong bows and crossbows behind them." We're going to lose out if we shoot at them, and these siege machines have shields on them that can be used to shield the soldiers. Our bows and arrows may not be of any use. Li Tong was stunned when he heard this, and then woke up and said: "General Cao Chun is reasonable. It was my mistake, if so. The best thing for our army to do is to wait for them to get close to the edge of the city and use the rolling logs and stones, but the only thing to worry about is that we may not be able to attack that far. ”

Everyone nodded. A frown was lost.

Cao Chun said suddenly: "By the way, didn't our army also imitate the catapult of the Yanzhou army, and now there are still in the city, you might as well transfer it to the city to defend, can't it be attacked from a distance?" The opponent's siege equipment is huge, and it must be extremely inflexible when it turns around, and it will definitely catch them off guard. The crowd was overjoyed when they heard this, and knew that this was definitely a good way to repay the other's way, and hurriedly sent soldiers to mobilize catapults to go up to the city.

At the same time, the high-altitude catapults of the Yanzhou Army also slowly came up, these high-altitude catapults looked very similar to the towers used in general engineering, but there was another mystery at the top, and Li Tong and the others certainly couldn't see any use for this thing. Yanzhou army got this kind of high-altitude catapult stone Yanzhou great inventor Ma Jun painstakingly masterpiece, lifting the catapult to a high place, the tower itself is structural, so it can firmly stabilize the catapult in the sky.

The catapults on top of the tower are made of pure steel, which is very expensive, but because of the sound design, the short and concise, and because of the high quality of the materials, it is not only strong and durable, but also has a long range, and the weight is not very large.

The most advantageous aspect of this design is that the supremacy of the defending side of the city is completely deprived. The side using this aerial catapult can stand higher than the city wall and shoot at the defender. And its height can be adjusted at will according to the height of the city wall.

The only bad thing is that because of the high-altitude battle, the stone balls needed by the catapult cannot be transported to the high altitude in time. However, this problem has also been solved by Ma Jun, the tower part of this high-altitude catapult is a mechanism bearing connected by a chain, and a stone ball that has been carefully polished by the Yanzhou army is placed at the end of the organ bearing close to the ground in advance, when the catapult above throws the stone ball outward, the reaction force generated will act on the organ bearing, and the organ bearing will use this external force to quickly transport the stone ball below to the high altitude for the next round of attacks, and then the organ bearing falls, and the Yanzhou army puts a stone ball on it. Of course, this external force alone is not enough to send the stone ball into the air, there is also something similar to the steering wheel of a later car on this tower connected to the mechanism bearing that transports the stone ball, but it is very huge, and it needs five Yanzhou soldiers to rotate together until the stone ball really reaches the specified height, so that the stone ball can be transported 100% successfully.

Because it is two external forces acting at the same time, it is very labor-saving. As you can imagine, one such catapult would cost a lot.

But where would Cao Jun have thought that there would be such a catapult in the world? Xun You saw the figure of a catapult looming on the head of the enemy army, and said with a dumb smile: "They actually want to follow the example of Dongshi and use siege vehicles to deal with us." ”

Immediately, his face turned full, and he snorted coldly: "In this case, I will definitely make them pay a heavy price." (To be continued......)