The 30,000 troops sent by Fengzhou were not for the siege of the city, but to protect the safety of the trebuchet.

The trebuchet threw day and night, for three days and three nights in a row, almost leveling the northern mountain, and the hundred trebuchets were finally scrapped seventy-eight, throwing a total of seven or eight thousand stones, and finally blocking the moat dozens of zhang long.

This was followed by a new trebuchet and a bag of earth that soon filled in the wide and long moat.

Finally, to the sound of drums and trumpets, the foot soldiers of the 5,000 Wei Yan troops, under the protection of trebuchets and crossbowmen, armed with siege weapons, began to siege the city.

Jiang Wei led the Xiliang cavalry to gallop on horseback, and from time to time burst to the city to shoot arrows at the city wall.

Wang Ping, Wu Tong, and Zhang Wen each led 5,000 soldiers and horses to split the left and right and rear areas to prevent being attacked by the Wei army.

For a time, under the city of Luoyang, the military drums were bursting, Yin Yin was like thunder, the boat was a few miles away from Luoyang City on a hillside, standing on the horse, countless people and horses around him lined up according to the array in the rolling yellow sand, the iron horse Jinge, the murderous atmosphere, the canopy gathered, a huge flag was waving in the wind, and the word "Liu" was written and depicted.

Since the Yellow Turban Uprising and the chaos in the world, although the wars are frequent, the scene of thousands of horses galloping is rare in the Central Plains, and Fengzhou has gathered 20,000 Xiliang iron horsemen, lined up in the north of Luoyang City, the yellow sand is rolling, giving people a feeling of not seeing the boundary.

From a distance, the roar of thunder, the scene of flags waving and horses soaring like dragons are even more frustrating.

If it weren't for the deep walls of the Luoyang City Trench and the high walls, which offset the advantage of the war horses, most of the Wei army in Luoyang City was foot soldiers, and they could not fight against it at all. As soon as the two armies clashed, they would be cut in half like cutting melons and vegetables.

Seeing that the Han army was preparing to attack, the horn of the warning at the head of the city sounded short and urgent, and the low drum sound like light thunder also sounded suddenly, and a group of Wei troops began to hurriedly climb to the top of the city. Rolling wood, lime and oil, pushing, moving, carrying, quickly moving to the battlements. The canopy of the trebuchet was also torn down, and the tall and majestic shelves were thrown in the direction below.

The terrain here is open, with the canal on the left, the city of Texas on the opposite, and the other two sides are composed of wasteland, woods, post roads, etc., and it is easy to move forward and backward and turn to escape. The terrain was open and easy for the besiegers to manipulate, and naturally it was easy for the defenders at the head of the city to shoot, with little need to aim, and the eight cannons continued to roar, constantly reaping human lives, and the outlaws howled closer and closer.

A total of eighty trebuchets are installed at the north gate of Luoyang City, condescendingly, the stones thrown can reach a thousand steps, the lethality is amazing, but after all, the operation is troublesome, and the fast horse rushes faster than the lightning, and it has been attacked to the near place in an instant, and the dead angle of the wall is more, and the range that the trebuchet can deter is limited, and the main thing at this time is the effect of the bow and crossbow.

With the assault of the Han army, the dust under the wall was misty, covering the sky and the sun, Jiang Wei wore battle armor, rode a high-headed horse, and began to ride away with the Xiliang iron cavalry, constantly firing bows and arrows to the city, suppressing the firepower of the city, and covering Wei Yan's troops.

Riding and shooting, this is the Hu people's forte, the key is to ride high, otherwise it is not that you can't shoot, but an arrow is shot, Hongfei is dark, and you don't know where to fly. Or the writhing and twisting of the horse, the arrow is weak, and no one is hurt.

Most of the Xiliang cavalry was born in Qianghu, after a differentiation and beating of the boat, 20,000 Qianghu young and strong were selected, they herded sheep and horses since childhood, climbed up and down on horseback, and had high riding skills and archery. But according to the calculation, among the 20,000 horsemen, there are only one or two thousand people who have such riding skills and archery.

They rode around, constantly arrowing, and fought on a par with the crossbowmen of the Wei army at the head of the city.

Feng Zhou stood on a high slope outside the city to watch the battle, while Sima Yi lay in the city tower, watching from a height.

Both were on the front lines to command, but neither was on the front line.

Sima Yi was in the city tower, surrounded by several guards and generals, and at the head of the city, Dai Ling, the general of Zhengshu Zhonglang, was in command.

Dai Ling held a steel knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Suppress the bow and crossbow, try to kill and injure, guard your position, and don't panic." Avoid the battlements of the dish wall and observe the movements of the Han army.

You must know that in military combat, bows and crossbows come first. The bow shoots fast, but it is difficult to master, and the crossbow is fired with a machine, and it is familiar with the evening of learning, and the strength is far away, but it is difficult to reload, and the shooting is slow, especially not suitable for horse fighting, but it is much more convenient to defend the city.

Although the crossbow made by the craftsmen of the Wei army is not comparable to the Zhuge crossbow of the Han army, it is condescending, there are many of them, the crossbow arrows are all together, the bow of the two stones can penetrate the armor into the body within two hundred steps, and the crossbow has a longer range, only listening to the noisy cutting of the bowstring, the bow and crossbow are together, and countless wolf teeth of the open edge are whistling and shooting out.

"Ahh The other didn't even say a word, and a crossbow shot straight into the head, causing him to fall upside down and hang over his horse.

Hundreds of sharp arrows and wolf teeth broke through the air, like a shower of rain, killing and wounding more than 200 people in an instant, and the war horses that lost the control of the warriors fled in all directions, and the charging formation was suddenly chaotic.

However, Wei Yanzhi had a good way to govern the army, and immediately drank the order, and all the soldiers followed the order, and soon combined again, and the cavalry led by Jiang Wei counter-suppressed the arrows at the same time, and the arrow rain was silent, although the Wei army at the head of the city had a vertical shield, there were still many people who were injured by arrows.

At this time, both sides are still in the first step of attack and defense, both are long-range suppression, try to shoot the opponent, no one wants to fight the enemy's steel blade with flesh and blood.

The Han army infantry quickly raised their shields, not only the iron shields made by the unification of the Han army, but also some of the southern barbarian soldiers also used the rattan shields of their own clan, especially the Teng shield, which was really impenetrable by ten thousand arrows.

In the city tower, Sima Yi wore a wide coat and a thin belt, stood with his hands in his hands, and looked at the window with a leisurely expression.

Bo Chentai, the commander of the army, said: "The general has a leisurely complexion, and he must be a bamboo in his chest. ”

Sima Yi said: "Our army relies on Jiancheng, the soldiers are full of food, and the weapons are full. ”

The soldiers of the Wei State who were nervously standing around saw that the general was talking and laughing freely, and they didn't care about the tens of thousands of horses under the city, and they couldn't help but secretly admire, and their originally slightly nervous mood calmed down.

At this time, Feng Zhou sat on his horse, climbed high and looked into the distance, and saw that although the Han soldiers had rushed to the city, and the rangers were constantly shooting arrows at the city, they had no trouble erecting the ladder, and they couldn't help frowning slightly.

"This Sima Yi is really a veteran soldier, and he is very good at leading troops, and he can suppress such an attack of our army, which is worthy of Sima Zhongda!"

He thought to himself.

But even so, he didn't panic.

After all, this is just the beginning, the other party relies on the strong city, the soldiers are good enough food, and the combat effectiveness is high, Sima Yi is another generation of heroes, there is no doubt about the use of people, and the deployment is appropriate, which can naturally resolve the first wave of the Han army's offensive.

Ma Yan, who joined the army, said: "Your Majesty, do you want to send someone to inform Wei Zhenbei and remind him to use the bed crossbow?"

Feng Zhou said with a smile: "Wei Yan was promoted by the first emperor to the army, he has been fighting for many years, and every battle must be the first. ”