The fighting continued, shouting, screaming, and roaring mixed together, but this seemed to have nothing to do with the Jin army outside the trench.

The barrier has been formed, the brigade can not be reinforced, and the Jin army, which rushed through the trench, fought alone, but it could not change the fate of being wiped out.

The servants stayed at home and looked at the town, listening to the voice, both angry, helpless, and regretful rising in their hearts.

It's a light enemy, it's still a light enemy!

You should be more prepared, even if you can't fill the trench to attack, you have to cut down more trees and build more wooden ladders!

The servants are so self-pitying, but they don't know that the defenders in the town still have weapons that are not used!

Flying Thunder Cannon, Meteor Cannon. One can hit 1780 meters, the other can hit 5 or 600 meters, a complete gunpowder weapon, and the lethality is even greater.

In addition to the reinforced artillery, there are more than 3,000 infantry in the town, and with the fortifications, it is completely able to resist the attack of these 2,000 golden cavalry.

Hold on, attrition, procrastinate. This is the task of the defenders in the town, that is, to wait for the troops outside to complete the encirclement, and try to make the Jin army pay as many casualties as possible.

In less than half an hour, the more than 200 Jin troops who were besieged by the partition were all wiped out. That is to say, the 2,000 cavalry led by the Fusan Liujia have attacked the town on the road, and there have been nearly 400 casualties in total.

The bloody heads were picked up, and the defenders in the town were not only not afraid of the attack of the Jin army, but also provoked, lest they would not come.

Seeing that it was past noon, he ordered his subordinates to bury the pot and make rice, and then prepare for the attack.

The main preparation was to cut down the trees and build more wooden ladders. It's not that trenches can't be done, it's difficult.

There are no shovels, no bags, you dig with knives and guns, and you hold them in your hands? If you use trees to fill the land, the number required is too large and it will take a long time.

Smoke also rose from the town, and the defenders after the initial victory were more arrogant than before, exposing more covers, and the bold ones stood on the fortifications and scolded the Jin army.

After eating, he urged the soldiers to become lumberjacks and woodcutters.

After this pause, the idea of staying at home changed again. It took a long time to fill the trenches, but it was safe. He was going to take the town before dark, and he didn't want any more surprises.

It was not feasible to dig up the earth and bag it, so the soldiers were left at home to sort the felled trees, making the thick trunks into wooden ladders and the thin ones tied into bundles.

And to fill in the trenches and attack, the time required is certainly not short, and the suddenness of the attack cannot be achieved.

Therefore, the attacking troops were arranged in the east and south, with bridges built in the east and trenches in the south, and the attack was staggered, making it difficult for the defenders in the town to concentrate firepower and play a surprising victory.

No matter which side it is, once a breakthrough is made, with the mobility of the cavalry, it can also be quickly arrived and attacked as a second echelon reinforcement.

In fact, it is already exhausting to stay at home. In the face of an enemy who relies on fortifications to hold on and will never fight, not only him, but also a famous general will not have much recourse.

So, can the Jin army bypass Gaoqiao Town and go straight to Muling Pass?

If you want the correct answer, no; If you only say that you can do it, then you can.

Mulingguan is in the territory of Mazhan Town, Yishui County, and Gaoqiao Town is only twenty miles to the south. It can be said that in addition to the main road in the middle, there are mountains and hills, and the two thousand cavalry of the Jin Army are inserted into it, and the room for maneuver is too small.

Gaoqiao Town did not take it, and in the face of Li Quan's department that broke through to the south, Jin Qi seemed to have no better way to strike except for a hard top block.

Because the distance is too short, even if a person runs twenty miles, especially the ancient people whose legs and feet are the most commonly used, how long can they use?

If you travel lightly, it's an escape, and it's only about an hour, half an hour. In such a short period of time, the cavalry's pursuit and killing advantage over the infantry could not be reflected at all.

Looking at it this way, Gaoqiao Town is not only the outer barrier of Muling Pass, but also the response to the defeat and retreat of Muling Pass.

Therefore, the troops led by the Susan Liujia must take the town of Takahashi in order to achieve their goal.

Although the Susan Liujia had already exerted his greatest intelligence and experience, the town of Takahashi was so large, and the density of three or four thousand defenders could be imagined.

Even if the Jin army tried to conceal its attempt to build bridges and cross the trenches, it would be a matter of time to move troops in the town.

Human judgments must always be based on evidence, not conjecture, and if something unexpected happens, it will naturally lead to wrong conclusions or be disturbed by confusion.

The same is true of all the conjectures and judgments of the servants who stayed at home, and in the face of the repeated victories of the rebel army, he has formed a kind of habitual thinking. Although he has encountered setbacks now, he still believes that he can overcome the difficulties and win the battle.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, that is, at about four o'clock, the Jin army finally made preparations and began to fill the trenches from the south under the cover of shields and archers.

Bundles of firewood were filled into the trenches and splashed with water to reduce the damage caused by the defenders' renewed use of fire.

In order to confuse the enemy, he also placed the flag in the south, but he preferred to make a breakthrough in the east. Because such an obvious offensive posture of trench filling will inevitably cause the enemy to concentrate his weapons and forces.

The defenders did not react to the Jin army's trench filling operation at first. This common means of attack is naturally not strange, and the defenders have long been psychologically prepared.

The first trench was gradually filled in with a passage about four or five meters wide, and people felt a little trembling when they stepped on it, but it did not affect the passage too much.

The Jin army continued to fill the second trench and acted in an orderly manner.

The town's defenders finally got moving, attacking the enemy with stone-throwing machines and crossbow arrows, but not very densely.

The Jin army suppressed with bows and arrows, shielded with shields, and although they also paid for casualties, the trenches were still constantly filled.

When the second trench had been filled and the Jin army continued to push into the third trench, the defenders' counterattack became fierce.

Several stone gunpowder bullets fell in succession, carrying burning sparks, or falling into floppy bundles of firewood, or rolling on hard ground, and then boom, boom, boom... of continuous explosions.

Gravel flew wildly, soot, dirt, and wood chips rose high, and the loud noise was deafening.

The smoke cleared slightly, and the dark crater could be seen still emitting smoke, and the crater was littered with weapon stumps.

The flowering shells fired by the Western twelve-pounder guns were usually filled with about 900 grams of black powder, that is, less than two catties.

The stone projectiles fired by the stone thrower have two specifications: five catties and ten catties, and nearly half of the weight is made of gunpowder. In terms of power, it is obviously much more than that.

The advantage is that there is no need for propellant and the operation is simple, but the disadvantage is that the range of the catapult is shorter.