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Sixty or seventy thunderbolts bombarded Zhen'an City one after another, bombarding the defenders' towers, missing the battlements and female walls at the head of the city, and even collapsing many disc towers, suppressing the crossbowmen at the head of the city as turtles with shrunken heads and retreating! But the bed crossbows, rhubarb crossbows, and crossbowmen hidden in the saucer building were also constantly responding, not to mention the Tang Army's thunderbolt formation in the inner city, which never stopped firing back.

The opponent's stone bombs smashed very accurately, and the fire bombs and incendiary bombs in the city also seemed to open their eyes, and they would land wherever they were dense! Gunmen are unprotected and unable to move, they must stand in place, wait for a blow before pulling the weight box, filling it with stone bullets, and pulling down the hook.

So speaking of which, the defenders are taking advantage.

A bang! Attracting the attention of the Jin Army's Captain Jiji, a flash of anger flashed on his face, and a pair of eyes almost burst into flames. Another Thunderbolt has been reimbursed, and this is already the seventh!

"Boom! Collapse the walls! Bang Pingzhen'an! "The roar resounded through the four fields!

The soldiers faithfully carried out the orders of their commanders, and at this moment they showed a high level of fighting spirit and fearless courage. A fire bomb hit a Jin thunderbolt, and the flying wood chips killed and injured many artillery operators like broken arrows, while another group of Jin artillery men on the side ignored the corpses of their companions and continued to attack the city in an inconspicuous manner.

The artillery bombardment was carried out for a morning, and there was hardly a single intact disc tower in Zhen'an South City, and hundreds of battlements and women's walls were also missing, and the damage to the houses in the city was even more incalculable!

It wasn't until all the thunderbolts of the Jin army were destroyed that this artillery battle came to an end.

In half a day, the Jin army suffered more than 400 casualties, and the thunderbolt cars of the defenders in the city did not lose any except for three. The casualties of the artillery are not even a fraction of the Jin army!

The assault and defense of the Sheep and Horse Wall came to a halt after an initial hour. The Jin army suffered too many casualties, and they rushed onto the flying bridge like ants, one after another. Jump on the sheep and horse wall. But then he was crushed to death by the defenders like ants.

When the Jin military captain was trapped in the battle line and was shot to death by two groups of crossbowmen in the defenders, the Jin army, which roared like a frenzy, faded from the tyranny on its body and had to retreat.

As for the siege of the Jin army after the artillery battle stopped, the impermeable arrow array at the head of the city, and those unpredictable stone bullets, it brought a complete nightmare to the Jin army attacking in the second batch!

Zheng Guoxiong stood in the big tent of the Chinese army, with his back to the tent, and the generals who came in one after another could not see his face. There is no way to guess his mood at the moment. Actually, do you still need to guess? In this battle, the casualties were so large, and the results were lost, you can imagine what Zheng Guoxiong's mood was.

A miscellaneous general rushed into the tent covered in blood, and the first thing he said when he came in was: "Governor, our army is wounded ......" The words stopped abruptly at this point, and he already felt the strange atmosphere in the tent.

Zheng Guoxiong turned around under the gaze of a group of generals and walked slowly towards the handsome case. After arriving at the case, he did not sit down. Instead, his sharp gaze swept across the audience, and finally fell on the face of the miscellaneous general, and asked in a deep voice: "What are the casualties of our army?" ”

"Governor. In just this half a day, our army lost more than 4,000 people, not counting the wounded, and the loss of equipment was severe. General Miscellaneous replied.

The air pressure in the tent is lower. More than 4,000 people were killed in just one morning, or when the Jin army's infantry did not attack with all their might. The corners of Zheng Guoxiong's mouth trembled unnaturally!

More than 4,000 people were lost by themselves, and how many people did the opponent lose? One thousand or eight hundred. Or lower?

If you continue to fight like this, I am afraid that if you will not attack the hinterland of central and southern China, there will only be a county seat in this town, and you should roll up your flag and retreat and go home.

Zheng Guoxiong closed his eyes, but the anger in his heart was like a raging fire, scorching his heart and lungs. Damn Zhu Biao! Best wishes thief! I don't believe it, my army of more than 300,000 will still be planted in the hands of a few of your subordinates and 60,000 infantry armor! I swear to break the town!

"What do you think of today's battle?" After a long time, Zheng Guoxiong opened his eyes and asked.

"Dudu, the Tang army is stubbornly defensive. Our army had to conquer such fortified cities with only a few thunderbolts. Sixty or seventy vehicles are not to be feared, six or seven hundred, one thousand, directly annihilated Zhen'an City. Ning Daosi said what he thought in his heart.

In a word, it is to use the 'cannon fodder' heap.

However, this sentence does indeed express the hearts of most of the generals in the account. Zhen'an City should be so big, not for soldiers.

So much was lost this morning, if you storm with all your might. In a bloody battle in one day, it is possible to lose 10,000 or 20,000 people. The total number of troops was only about 300,000.

Zheng Guoxiong accepted the construction yì.

……

Qiangxing County.

Groups of security army infantry rushed by like a tide, and the boundless sea of red flags fluttered in the breeze, and one of the huge fiery red battle flags was particularly attractive.

Fifty thousand security forces gathered thirty thousand. The iron armor of Yishui'er, the purple robe dyed red, should be sunny, should be worn with armor, dazzling, and also look strict and majestic.

A weapon with a handle glowed brightly in the sunlight. The sword and armor are distinct, the morale is full, people say that there are more than 10,000 soldiers, boundless, and the 30,000 army is even more continuous for ten miles on the official road.

"It looks good, I don't know if it's a silver wax tip!" A middle-aged man in the crowd watched for a long time and sighed.

"My lord, the soldiers and horses of the Jin army are not inferior." One said.

"Can it be compared? These were still surrendered a few days ago. ”

"That's it. Why do you care about this, just send the news back. The middle-aged man sighed.

His identity is very limited.

April and May are good times, when you don't feel the cold and it's not too hot. The march of 30,000 infantry was not slow, and within a few days, when it was close to dusk, the army had already arrived outside the city.

The current master of Qiangxing City is Wang Xiguang, the one who led 20,000 troops into the city. A miscellaneous general, above the Taishou.

Three days earlier, a large number of Han and Tang cavalry began to appear outside the city, and what was even more lacking in virtue was that the masters of the army on the other side took advantage of the rain a few days ago to enter the city at night, and secretly broke the roof of the granary and grain hoard. By now, all the barns of wheat have become moldy and rotten.

Do you say that the lack of virtue in doing this is not lacking in virtue? There are only a few days left in the city's food.

Wang Xiguang ordered to save grain and grass, but it did not cure the root cause or the root cause, and it was of little use. All he could do was to use all his methods to ask for help.

Right now. Hearing that a large number of infantry armor arrived outside the city, Wang Xiguang, who was panicked in his heart, did not need to be urged by the city's guards, so he rushed to the city to watch.

Seeing the infantry outside the city, an order was handed down, and all the departments responded to the order, and immediately divided their own areas and dug a trench, which was the natural boundary of the camp.

Trenches were drawn, and the soldiers took out their tents and spread them out. Drainage ditches and public toilets were also dug.

Then the surrounding trees were cut down and wooden walls were erected, all of which had been trained many times and methodically, and 30,000 people worked together, which was actually very fast. Before the sun completely set, a small but well-established camp appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Once nightfall. All military camps are not allowed to visit the door, and those who violate the order will be beheaded, and only the patrol post patrol camp or the main general of the battle can pass freely.

It is Zhou Ziang who cooks Qiangxing City, and Zhu Hong is his deputy. Every night, one of them led three thousand iron horsemen to patrol the battalions.

The camps were rigorous, the morale of the generals was good, darkness fell, and smoke curled up. Pots and stoves were dug up, and there were roasted dry food, and there were stewed dried meat soups. The food was pretty good.

Zhou Ziang inspected some of the baggage battalions that came with the army, and many of the equipment that had been disassembled into parts were intact. I feel relieved that as long as these instruments are assembled overnight tonight, we will be able to attack the city tomorrow.

However, the Han and Tang Dynasty cavalry could rest, but Wang Xiguang in the city was furious.

In the main hall of a house in Qiangxing County, only a "pop" sound was heard at this time, and everyone looked inside, and then looked at each other, all of them were pale.

What's the use of being angry again? Can you kill the infantry outside the city?

Wang Xiguang looked around at everyone and spit out a few words from between his teeth: "The whole city is under martial law, from tonight, those who discuss in private will be killed, those who dare to act without authorization will be killed, those who dare to shake the will of the army will be killed, those who dare to disobey orders will be killed, and those who dare to delay the fighter plane will be killed!" ”

"No!" Everyone was stunned, and then they all responded.

In a moment, a herald rushed out of the mansion, conveying Wang Xiguang's order.

"Collect the whole city and distribute it according to your needs. Whether it is a rich or a rich household, or a poor people, there must be no mistake in returning surplus grain to the warehouse. Whoever dares to stop will be killed! ”

The two pieces of information were passed one after the other to the hands of Qiangxing Taishou Wen Yi'an.

Taishou, who is over 50 years old, received the information, and his hands trembled. As a civilian official, how can you not know how much damage the military will cause to the people's livelihood in the city?

If the siege continues, and there is no need for an army from outside to attack the city, the entire Qiangxing will become a hell of sword fire in less than ten days.

"No, no. It must be stopped, it must be stopped! ”

Wen Yi'an's whole person trembled.

A gust of wind hit, and the copper bells under the eaves of the mansion struck each other, making a crisp sound, which made Wen Yi'an tremble instantly. As far as the eye could see, the night was already dark.

Wen Yi'an didn't act immediately, but sighed, handed the documents to the staff group around him, and asked, "What is the matter now?" ”

When the staff saw this, their faces turned pale, and after a while, one of the staff members said, "My lord, General Wang is not an unreasonable person. He made such a decision, looking like he was going to defend his strength. ”

Hearing this, another staff member couldn't help but interject and said, "My lord, either hurry up and ask for help, or ......."

Speaking of which, he kept his mouth shut and carefully observed Wen Yi'an's expression.

Wen Yi'an didn't know what it meant, there was another way to surrender, he was in a trance for a while, and his mind froze for a while, and he said: "Yes, I always have to ask the Jin soldiers for help, see what to say over there......"

But these days, a lot of people have been sent out, and the reply letter from the Jin army has not been received. Wen Yi'an still clearly remembers that two days ago, when he was looking at the city, he saw a pair of pigeons flying from the eastern sky, but inexplicably when he came to the rebel army camp, he suddenly lowered his altitude and was pierced by a crossbow arrow and died.

This tone immediately made the staff show joy, as long as they were normal people, they couldn't watch the city with a population of three or four hundred thousand become a dead place.

Qiangxing City originally had 100,000 residents, but after the war began, a large number of people from the surrounding areas poured in, more than quadrupling the number of people in the city. There was already less than two months' worth of grain, but now that the granary has been destroyed, the city will be full of surplus grain from the people, and it will be difficult to have ten days' food.

Continue to hold on with the rebel army outside the city, once the outside rescue is not reached, the whole Qiangxing will be miserable.

"Your Excellency. Pigeons, pigeons! Suddenly, a servant came in from outside, shouting loudly.

Wen Yi'an wanted to be angry, but after hearing the shouting from the servant's mouth clearly, he was stunned. "The sky has eyes, the sky has eyes!"

What is timely rain? What does it mean to have your wishes come true? That's it!

was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Come in!" ”

There was no need for him to ask for it, and no one dared to stop the servant who was holding a carrier pigeon and shouting.

A person who works in the county warden's house. Who doesn't know that the servant in front of him is the confidant of the old man, and who doesn't know the meaning of the carrier pigeon?

“…… Hold...... Hold...... Hold...... Or stick to ......"

There are two or three hundred words on the note brought by the carrier pigeon, but in practical sense, Wen Yi'an only saw the word 'stick'.

The corners of his eyes twitched, if it weren't for his good cultivation, Wen Yi'an would have already scolded.

"I don't even have the most outrageous deadline ......" A staff member took the note and read it, speechless. In this situation, it can be said that the date of Jin Bing's appearance will simply be beyond the imagination of himself and others. In other words, Jin Bing has no chance of being sure or rescued.

There was silence in the hall. The atmosphere is low to condense. Wen Yi'an thought for a while, took a deep breath and said, "Prepare the carriage, this official wants to see General Wang." ”

The next day, early in the morning.

"Pass my orders. First, the crossbow arrows were fired, and the letters of surrender were shot one by one, so that they could be replied within an hour. In addition, the whole army is ready and ready to fight! ”

"Yes. Checkmate! A platoon of crossbowmen stood under the city, and with a command, hundreds of letters of surrender were fired several times. Shot into the city.

Zhou Zi stood tall on his horse and looked at the county town from afar.

Behind him, 30,000 foot armor and more than 10,000 cavalry were all arrayed outside the city.

One hour is the time for the thunderbolts, wells, etc. to advance the assembly, which is not a waste of time at all.

There was a gust of wind blowing outside the city, blowing the big banner hunting, and a team of soldiers and horses behind Zhou Ziang were all elite veterans of the Hedong Army, with a strict military formation and a compelling military spirit.

It's just that there are only a thousand horsemen, and he dares to treat the army as nothing.

The sun gradually passed, and under the banner, there were densely packed security army soldiers in red armor.

There are more than 10,000 boundless soldiers, 30,000 troops lined up in cycles, end to end, which is terrifying, and then more than 10,000 cavalry guarded by two wings. In terms of strength, the Han and Tang military horses outside completely crushed the defenders of the city.

Of course, what frightened the defenders of the city the most was the many siege equipment lined up in front of the 30,000 infantry armor.

Wen Yi'an stood on the city tower and looked at it from afar, looking at the military horses under the city, and his heart was secretly sad.

"Knock knock!" The drums sounded, and the shield carts at the forefront began to slowly move forward. An hour passed, and there was no preparation for surrender in the city.

The drums of war beat and the army marched forward in rhythm, and after a few moments, came to a halt within two hundred and fifty paces of the city. The defenders of the city were clearly visible, and many crossbowmen were ready to shoot.

There weren't many bed crossbows on Qiangxing City, and each bed crossbow didn't target the worthless shield cart, but shot their fire arrows at the thunderbolt behind the shield cart.

There were thirty thunderbolts, and the drums of war did not stop. They were hurting, and they had been advancing slowly but surely, into a place two hundred paces from the city.

Zhou Ziang asked people to give the order to do it.

The thunderbolt slowly loaded the counterweight, and the gunners pulled the counterweight up in unison so that the tip of the cannon hit the ground. The hook is hung up, and the stone bullets are put into the holster.

"Smash, smash a gap for me!" Zhou Ziang looked forward to it.

The hook was disengaged, the weight box of several thousand catties fell whirringly, the cannon tip flew up, the thunderbolt car made a roar, and a hundred-pound stone bomb, with a "boom", turned into an arc in the air and smashed it directly.

Just listen to the sound of "boom", the boulder fell accurately on the city wall, this loud sound, like a spring thunder explosion, the entire city wall shook, the city bricks were broken, and a large piece of sediment flew up.

Wen Yi'an's face turned pale. As a civilian official, he has never experienced the battlefield, but he also knows the power of the thunderbolt. But I didn't expect it to be so powerful. If this is smashed on a person, how can there be a living person? All that was left was a piece of blood.

"Put it again!"

The test launch was a success, and the angles of the Thunderbolts did not need to be adjusted much. Soon......

"Boom!" A series of earth-shattering loud noises began. More than a dozen stone bullets smashed on the city wall together, and at the same time, the dust flew and the rubble was all over the sky. A battlement was directly reimbursed, and even a large gap appeared in the city wall.

Only one piece flew past the walls and fell into the city.

It also hit a restaurant under the corner of the city, and suddenly in the dust and rubble in the sky, the restaurant "crashed" down. Seeing this, the defenders of the city were all terrified. However, the security forces cheered loudly in unison, deafeningly and soared into the sky.

Wen Yi'an was in a mess, his mind was blank, he didn't know what to do, but he couldn't hear any sound for a while, and it seemed that a silent movie was being staged around him.

At this moment, with a "boom", a female wall finally couldn't bear it, and a large piece of it fell down with a bang, revealing a gap of more than ten meters at the top of the city wall.

Perhaps, the next moment it will be the city wall that will fall. Wen Yi'an was so frightened that he couldn't move.

"My lord, the castle tower is dangerous, we can't stay here anymore."

The head of the six doors of Qiangxing County grabbed Wen Yi'an's collar, kicked open the inner wall with a bang, and flew out in the air.

It wasn't until he returned to the safe place of the county guard mansion that Wen Yi'an came to his senses.

"You say the castle tower is a dangerous place?"

"If the enemy has a thunderbolt, they must first attack the tower. There is the vantage point, see far. ”

Wen Yi'an's face turned blue violently, and he lowered his head and stopped talking. He still remembered clearly that when he took Wen Yi'an away, there was no soldier on the second floor of the city tower. And the one who invited Wen Yi'an to the second floor of the city tower was Wang Xiguang, the chief general of the defenders

"Shaft, Seeking Death" (To be continued)