Hundreds of catapults stood away from Jiangxia City, and behind each catapult, there were more than a dozen Jingzhou troops.

A little farther away, there were many Jingzhou troops, who were pulling carts of large stones in horse-drawn carts towards the catapult.

Each of the stones carried in the carriage was the size of a grinding plate, and the seven or eight men who were idle couldn't even lift it.

Because the vehicles were too heavy, the horses pulling the carts showed the momentum of exhaustion, and their steps were not as light and vigorous as usual, but they gave people a feeling that they could fall down at any time.

The carriage arrived next to the catapult, and the waiting Jingzhou army opened the back door of the car, unloaded a quick stone, and placed it next to the car, waiting for Wen Ping to give the order to bombard the city wall.

The order was not issued for a long time, and the Jingzhou army next to the catapult placed the unloaded stones in one place.

On each catapult, a huge stone has been placed, and the soldiers of the Jingzhou army have fixed the stone, as long as they step on the machine spring, they can throw it towards the Jiangxia city wall within the calculated range.

On the city wall, Ling Tong, who was looking at the Jingzhou army, had already realized something.

He just didn't believe that with that kind of thin-looking catapult, such a huge stone could be thrown onto the Jiangxia city wall a hundred steps away.

The Jingzhou army outside the city was still busy preparing, but Ling Tong on the city wall had already issued an order to the Jiangdong army officers and soldiers to be careful.

The soldiers of the Jiangdong Army guarding Jiangxia City held the battlements one by one, looking nervously at the Jingzhou army who were busy outside the city.

The archers had already put their arrows on the bowstring, but they hadn't opened the bowstring yet, after all, the Jingzhou army outside the city was just busy with their affairs, and they hadn't yet put on a posture of attacking the city.

After more than 100 catapults, the Jingzhou army, which controlled the catapults, was ready to throw stones at the Jiangxia city wall at any time.

"The general has an order, prepare to throw stones!" The Jingzhou army next to the catapult was waiting, and a Wen hired soldier ran over quickly, conveying orders to them as he ran.

The soldiers of the Jingzhou Army, who had been prepared for a long time, heard the order and took their positions one after another, just waiting for the order to throw stones to be issued, and they could immediately throw the huge stones out.

Orders were issued one after another, and finally, the soldiers of the Jingzhou army next to the catapult waited for the order to throw stones.

With the issuance of the stone-throwing order, the officers and soldiers of the Jingzhou army pulled the control rope one after another, and threw a fast boulder to Jiangxia City, which was a hundred steps away.

The Jiangdong Army on the city wall had already seen that the Jingzhou army had signs of attacking the city, but they didn't expect that it was not the Jingzhou army that rushed towards the city wall, but a huge stone that was tumbling and flying under black pressure.

The stones tumbled, cutting through the air and making a "whirring" sound of wind, crashing into the hard Jiangxia city wall.

The huge stones bombarded the city wall, and the city wall made a thunderous roar, and the shattered wall was covered with puffs of white smoke and dust, and the entire Jiangxia City seemed to tremble under the impact of the boulder.

The soldiers of the Jiangdong Army on the city wall sat with their backs to the battlements.

They could even clearly feel the tremors of the walls behind them as they were hit by the boulders, as if something heavy was pounding against their backbones.

A soldier of Jiangdong had his back against the city wall, and his head was also next to the city wall.

The trembling city wall made the back of his head hurt for a while, and as a last resort, he had to tilt his head forward slightly, keeping a slight distance from the city wall.

Countless boulders tumbled, wrapped in the sound of whistling wind, and crashed into Jiangxia City.

There were also some boulders that simply flew over the city, fell into the city, and smashed onto the bluestone pavement in the city.

Several Jiangdong soldiers, leaning against the city wall to avoid the boulder projected by the Jingzhou army, watched a stone fly over their heads, and secretly rejoiced in their hearts that they were fortunate to sit behind the battlements, but the boulder hit the opposite city.

The fortified teeth of the city were shattered by the boulder, but it also blocked the way of the boulder.

Jumping and flapping a few times in the air, the boulder fell and bumped into the battlements.

If this stone is slightly deviated, it will fall into the city, and a few soldiers of the Jiangdong Army will at most just enjoy a thrilling scene.

But when the boulder fell, it hit the inside of the battlement, and rolled towards these Jiangdong troops hiding behind the city wall.

Seeing the boulder rolling towards them, several Jiangdong soldiers sitting on the side got up with a strange cry and jumped to the side.

The two Jiangdong soldiers in the middle, one hurriedly got up, lowered his head and jumped to the side, and the other stretched out his hands in a panic, as if with the strength of his arms, he could block the boulder.

"Boom!" With a muffled sound, the boulder crashed into the inner side of the city wall, and the two Jiangdong troops who didn't have time to escape were instantly rolled into two bloody and blurred flesh and mud.

At first, the boulders thrown by the Jingzhou army were still in pieces, and there would be a moment between the reloading time, but later, due to the difference in reloading speed, the boulders were also thrown.

One stone after another, tumbling and flying towards Jiangxia City, the boulder bombarded the city wall, and the loud noise even sounded deafening in the Jingzhou military camp.

Standing in the barracks, Wen Ping could almost feel the earth trembling.

Several generals of the Jingzhou Army and the Han Army beside him also looked at Jiangxia City, their faces full of astonishment and emotion.

"General, after three or five days of bombardment like this, I'm afraid that the Jiangxia city wall is going to collapse!" Looking at Jiangxia City, Liu Qi shouted loudly: "Without the protection of the city wall, our army should be able to drive straight in." It's just that after capturing Jiangxia, it is necessary to mobilize the people to rebuild, but the cost is a lot! ”

Nodding, Wen Ping shouted in an equally loud voice: "This is exactly what the Prime Minister intended, the Jiangdong Sun clan sent Sun Shangxiang to Luoyang, and the Prime Minister is expected to persuade His Majesty to postpone the sending of troops." There is little chance that His Majesty will be convinced, and the army will go south in the intervening days. Jiangxia is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, adjacent to our army's navy. If we don't take this place, our army will definitely be attacked and disturbed on the day the army crosses the river! ”

Wen Ping and the others were talking, and a Jingzhou soldier ran over quickly.

When they arrived in front of a few people, the soldier clasped his fists and shouted to them: "Qi Qi generals, the city wall of Jiangxia has been destroyed by our army!" ”

I was going to collapse the city wall in a few days, but I didn't expect that as soon as the attack started, the Jiangxia city wall was blown down, and Wen Ping and the others hurriedly looked towards Jiangxia City.

Sure enough, in a place they hadn't noticed before, a gap in the wall had been blasted out by a boulder.

However, the gap did not collapse from the root, but from half the waist, but no one could stand on the city wall, and it was impossible for the Jingzhou army and the Han army outside the city to jump into the city from such a high gap.

"I have already collapsed a city wall, tell the soldiers, throw more boulders, and bombard the city wall for me!" Seeing the city wall that had been blasted out of the gap, Wen Ping was overjoyed and gave an order to the Jingzhou army that reported the news.

The soldiers of the Jingzhou army answered, ran quickly to the catapult, and conveyed the order.

The city wall of Jiangxia was collapsed by a bombardment, not only Wen Ping was overjoyed, but Liu Qi and others also seemed to see the day the city was broken, and they looked at the city wall with excitement one by one.

At the head of the city, Ling Tong was dodging the boulder, and just as he was feeling bored because he was unable to fight back, a Jiangdong soldier rushed to him.

"General! The walls have collapsed! When he arrived in front of Ling Tong, the Jiangdong army shouted at the top of his voice.

The boulder bombarded the city wall, making a huge roar, covering the shouts of the Jiangdong army, Ling Tong saw him open his mouth, but he didn't hear what he was shouting.

"What? What did you say? Holding his ears, Ling Tong replied to the Jiangdong soldier.

Jiang Dongbing also couldn't hear what he was shouting, but he could see from his expression that he didn't hear what he was shouting at all.

His lips were pressed to Ling Tong's ears, and Jiang Dongjun pulled his voice and shouted loudly: "General, the city wall has been blown down!" ”

Maybe it was because the shouting was too loud, which made his throat a little dry, and after shouting this voice, Jiang Dongjun turned his face to the side and coughed violently twice.

This time, Ling Tong heard what he was shouting clearly, his eyes suddenly widened, and he shouted to the Jiangdong army: "Where did the city wall collapse? ”

Still didn't hear what Ling Tong was shouting, but Jiang Dongjun subconsciously raised his hand and pointed at the collapsed city wall, and shouted to him: "It's there!" ”

His move happened to be a crooked answer to Ling Tong's question.

Looking in the direction of Jiang Dongjun's finger, Ling Tong's vision was blocked by the city walls, and he couldn't see the place where it had collapsed at all.

The collapse of the city wall meant that the Jingzhou army and the Han army outside the city would soon be able to rush into the city, while the Jiangdong army inside the city was no match for the enemy army in terms of numbers or combat strength.

Once the enemy stormed into the city, Ling Tong and the Jiangdong Army officers and soldiers under his command faced only two situations, one result was surrender, and the other result was that they were completely wiped out by the enemy army, and they would not even have a chance to escape.

Worried that the Jingzhou army and the Han army would rush into the city from the collapsed city wall, Ling Tong bent his waist, dodged the boulders flying outside the city, and jumped in the direction of the messenger's finger.

Along the way, he would occasionally encounter a few boulders that hit the battlements on the opposite side and bounced off the city's head.

Dodging these boulders and seeing some Jiangdong troops being stoned to death by the boulders, Ling Tong felt a burst of boredom in his heart.

In a war, what you are most afraid of is not that the enemy army is strong, but that the enemy army is not only strong, but even so strong that you are powerless to resist!

Ling Tong, who was full of depression, ran all the way, and finally saw the collapsed city wall.

The city wall collapsed one by one, and from where he was, it was impossible to see what had collapsed.

Prostrate on the ground, Ling Tong crawled towards the collapsed city wall.

Before reaching the gap, he looked down and found that the city wall had not collapsed much, and in the rubble, he could still see some broken corpses of the dead Jiangdong Army.