Seeing this, Xu Rong hurriedly ordered the soldiers to hide behind the female wall, he knew that this was the crossbow cart of the Xiliang army, but it was difficult to have an effect by attacking from the city to the city, and he only needed to dodge for a while.

Seeing that the ballista suppressed the defenders, the thunderbolt began to wield, and the stones the size of the basin were thrown onto the city wall, and the defenders who were caught off guard were smashed upside down, and the boulders that came at the head were full of momentum, but all those who were hit were either killed or wounded, and the defenders of the city were in a mess under the attack of the thunderbolts.

The shield had no effect at all under the attack of the boulder, and the heavy force was enough to knock the shield soldier and the shield into the air.

"Don't panic, be careful to dodge!" Xu Rong shouted loudly.

The momentum of the thunderbolt is enough, but the accuracy makes Jia Rong very dissatisfied, half of the stones hit the city wall, looking at the dense crossbow arrows inserted on the city wall and the traces of the potholes smashed by the stones, he shook his head slightly, the ballista is used in the siege battle, it is indeed a bit wasteful, but if the thunderbolt is used to throw explosives, what will be the effect, caught off guard, people will definitely turn over on their backs, in the era of completely cold weapons, when gunpowder exists as a siege weapon, the opponent's solid city wall, It didn't seem so difficult to attack, and the gates of this era were made of thick wood, and only a measured amount of gunpowder was needed to blast the gates open and the army swarmed in.

The thought was just a flash, the gunpowder was not in a hurry, and the most important thing at the moment was to attack Pingtao.

Jia Rong was not satisfied with such a result, but Xu Rong in the city was taken aback, such a battle was beyond the previous cognition, I didn't expect that with the cooperation of the thunderbolt and the ballista, there would be such power, fortunately, the consumption of the thunderbolt was huge, otherwise if it continued to fight like this for half a month, even if there were elite soldiers in their hands, it would be in vain.

At the same time, in the middle of the army, more than a dozen wells slowly walked out, the appearance of the wells was wrapped in thick iron sheets, and from a distance, it looked like a huge weapon, under the sunlight, like a monster that chose people to eat.

On each well, there are nearly a hundred soldiers, look closely, everyone is wearing heavy armor, Jia Rong is relying on the heavy infantry to carve out a bloody path on the city wall, and then the soldiers climb up from the ladder to respond.

Two thousand cavalry are waiting on the side, as long as the defenders of the city show their heads before the army attacks the city wall, they will not hesitate to come forward and shoot, the purpose of the Xiliang army is very simple, that is, the defenders of the city from beginning to end, can not raise their heads.

Xu Rong as the first time to be attacked by the new tactics of the Xiliang Army, flattered, the ballista can easily dodge, but the big stone falling from the sky is not so easy to greet, carefully avoid the boulder, Xu Rong looked under the city, only to see the front of the city wall, placed nearly 100 ballista cars, in front of the ballista is the thunderbolt car that is constantly roaring, one by one the big stones fly up the city wall under the control of the soldiers, the city wall that trembles lightly under the body, is caused by the boulder smashed on the city wall.

More than ten wells appeared in Xu Rong's eyes, and he was immediately a little stunned, the Xiliang army deserved to be wealthy, and even the wells used for siege were made of iron, this battle was completely a competition for financial resources, even crossbow cars and thunderbolts, iron wells, heavy infantry, which one is not money, by the way, there are two thousand cavalry waiting under the city, they only carry bows and arrows, Xu Rong knew at a glance what these cavalry were for, the Xiliang army's set of attack methods, he could think of it when he closed his eyes, from such a battle, Xu Rong completely felt the barrenness of the state army.

Jing Yan approached the city wall, and the heavily armored soldiers hurried towards the city wall.

The soldiers who had just rushed to the city wall were greeted by the attack of swords and guns, and the opponent's attack was not taken into account at all, and the ring-headed knife in his hand resolutely slashed towards the gravity of the enemy in front of him.

The swords and guns fell on the hoplites, only to cause sparks, but the ring-headed knives in the hands of the soldiers disemboweled one of the defenders.

Wearing heavy armor, the whole person is under the protection of the armor, even if the other party is numerous, there is nothing to fear, after a while, there are more than 100 heavy infantry on the city wall, all the rest of the well is archers, a sharp arrow, seizing the lives of the defenders, there are irresistible heavy infantry, and there are archers in the dark to harvest their lives, and the defenders are panicked everywhere.

Xu Rong's face turned dark, he didn't expect that there was such a shameless heavy infantry on the well wall, with archers, it was easy to carve out a safe area in the city, and when the soldiers on the ladder came again, the overall situation was decided.

The three thousand defenders were all sent by Xu Rong, and even if it was difficult to defend the city, he had to persist tenaciously.

Although the heavy infantry is brave, when the strength is exhausted, I can't break through your attack, I can push you off the wall, even if I can't kill you, I will throw you half to death.

Looking at the heavy infantry like dumplings, which brought difficulties to the siege of the city, Jia Rong's brows furrowed slightly, "Order the thunderbolt cart to attack the city gate!" ”

More than 50 thunderbolt cars, replaced with the fierce fire oil installed by the spies, the soldiers adjusted the angle, and smashed at the city gate, that is, the infantry could not suppress the defenders, Jia Rong also had to use the fierce fire oil to burn the opponent's city gate, this battle was inevitable, and with so many manpower and material resources, how could it not capture a small Pingtao City.

A rocket shot at the city gate, instantly igniting the fierce fire oil, and the flames rose a foot high, and the city gate was instantly lost in the fire, and the defenders of the city were also a little unbearable under such a scorching heat.

The soldiers on the ladder climbed the city wall and joined the battle, and three or five soldiers joined forces, advancing and retreating in a measured manner, and soon gained a foothold with the support of the heavy infantry.

Xu Rong felt bitter in his mouth, the iron well, the heavy infantry, and the archers on the well, ruthlessly defeated his previous ambition, under such an attack, even if anyone came, it would be difficult to resist, not to mention that the monstrous flames were still burning at the city gate.

The defenders and the besieging side are in full swing, with their own soldiers on the city wall, the thunderbolt and crossbow cars withdrew from the battlefield, and the foot soldiers of the Xiliang army are all trained to cooperate, and under the joint efforts, the defenders with inferior equipment will not be opponents, losing the advantage of the city wall, the defenders will completely become lambs to the slaughter.

The gates gradually turned into a pile of ashes under the scorching flames, and the cavalry swarmed in.

Xu Rong's face was like ashes, and he led the soldiers to retreat in a hurry, such a fortified city, in less than half a day's effort, was attacked by the Xiliang army.

This time, Jia Rong completely calculated with no intention and made use of superior equipment to suppress the defenders in one fell swoop, the siege soldiers climbed the city wall, and the fire oil set the city gate on fire, and the defenders were invincible.

Lao Huang Zhong was dumbfounded, the first time he saw such a neat siege battle, the defenders were at least 5,000 people, and they were taken down by thousands of people, relying on the sharp siege weapons in their hands.

I thought it would take ten days and a half to capture it, but I didn't expect Jia Rong to take out the most haode hole card and conquer Pingtao City in one fell swoop.

"General Huang, how is my sergeant?" Jia Rong said with a smile.

"All the brave! All the brave people! Huang Zhong muttered.

Guo Jia quipped: "General Huang was shocked by the lord's siege methods. ”

"With mental calculations or unintentional, next time I won't be so lucky, that Xu Rong is not an ordinary person, this time he escaped, and it will not be so simple to easily capture the city next time." Jia Rong said.

After occupying Pingtao, Jia Rong led the army towards Daling, as long as Daling was broken, then Jinyang would be exposed to the front of the army, and the end of Li Ru would come.

Jia Rong's side is going very well, but Zhao Yun's side is not very good, and he will not go out of the city by singled out the defenders in the city, and he is afraid of the sacrifice of his soldiers when he attacks the city.

Pingtao was lost, Li Ru was shocked, judging from the news from the battlefield, the Xiliang Army has super strong attack weapons, wells and cloud ladders, etc., are all made of iron, and the usual rocket boulder is difficult to cause damage, which is also Xu Rong's exaggeration of the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army, the battle of Pingtao, from beginning to end, the defenders are in a state of suppression, and the thunderbolt on the city did not fire a stone at all.

Li Ru did not blame Xu Rong, but relieved in the letter, now there are very few soldiers available in his hands, the original soldiers of the Xiliang Army cannot be appointed, Xu Rong and other generals have become a barrier to defend and annex the state.

With the support of another group of Li Ru's troops, Xu Rong was relieved that the last time was under the stormy attack of the Xiliang army, he felt a little caught off guard.

He had heard about the Western Liang army's method of dealing with the Allied thunderbolts at Hangu Pass, and he was very sure that he gathered the leather items in the city and hung them on the city wall, and after effectively resisting the crossbow arrows and stones, the defenders could calmly deal with it, suppressing the opponent's siege ladder with bows and arrows, and blocking the soldiers' offensive pace with boulders.

After occupying Pingtao, Jia Rong led the army to kill Daling, and there was no chance for Xu Rong to prepare, and he captured Jiashi in Daling in one go.

The thunderbolts could not be effectively suppressed, and the speed of the army's attack slowed down.

Some of the big moves of the Xiliang army did not hide from the eyes of the princes of the Central Plains, they really wanted to send troops to support Li Ru at such a moment, and by the way, Chang'an was captured, but thinking that the coalition of hundreds of thousands of princes could not capture Hangu Pass, and now they rushed to send troops again, they would only offend the Xiliang army in vain.

On the surface, the common enemy between the princes is the Xiliang army, and secretly, many princes have more or less connections with the Xiliang army.