The dull sound of crashing and the sound of boulders rolling down echoed under the walls of Tongshan Pass again.

After many days of bombardment, the wall of Tongshan Pass in front of the Yanyun Legion had become potholes, and anyone could see at a glance that it was crumbling. Especially in the past two days, every round of bombardment by the stone thrower has caused the earth in the rubble and cracks to fall from the city wall. In several areas, the stone strips on the outside have even completely fallen off.

Finally, after a new round of salvos, the wall of Tongshan Pass collapsed with a bang amid the cheers of the Yanyun legionnaires.

For a while, the smoke and dust in the sky rose, the masonry and soil rolled to the ground, and the soldiers of the Yanyun Legion who were already ready to move.

"The city has fallen!"

Seeing this scene, Song Wujian was also very excited, and regarded this new siege weapon taken out by the Songjiang Army as a treasure. As long as there is such a thing, what strong city in the world cannot be conquered? Even, even the imperial capital of Zhongzhou, as long as hundreds of its stone throwers keep bombarding, it will be able to collapse sooner or later, right?

After a brief loss of consciousness, Song Wujian retracted his attention. Looking at the stones that were still rolling as far as his eye could see, and the panic of the defenders looming at the head of the city, he had a faint feeling that the stalemate at Tongshan Pass was about to be broken by himself.

As the order to attack was given, the first batch of soldiers of a wing, encouraged by the beating of war drums, rushed to the gap. At this time, the smoke and dust that were raised had not even fallen yet.

"The Yanyun Legion has attacked!"

As the alarm bell rang on the side of Tongshan Pass, the defenders immediately began to counterattack. As the rain of arrows fell, almost immediately, some soldiers fell on the way to attack, but this did not stop the elite Yanyun army in the slightest. Soon, the soldiers stepped on the rubble and mud all over the ground, and struggled to climb through the rubble and rush into the gap.

The next moment, however, they fell in clusters like wheat cut by a sickle.

The screams alerted the newcomers, and the good-eyed soldiers noticed that the situation inside the collapsed section of the city wall did not seem quite right.

The defenders of Tongshan Pass are obviously not idle these days. While trying his best to counterattack, he also hurriedly built an urn city on the inside of the Tongshan Pass city wall, and the opening happened to be the section of the city wall that the Yanyun army concentrated on bombarding.

The first group of Yanyun legion soldiers who rushed in almost ran head-on into the intersection of triangular fire from both fronts and flanks. Under the fierce counterattack of the city guards, the dense rain of bows and arrows and crossbow arrows became the desperate death of the soldiers of the Yanyun Legion.

In an instant, the first wing that rushed forward suffered heavy casualties and fell into a state of collapse, not even supporting the arrival of subsequent reinforcements.

"So fast!"

The situation was completely different from what was expected, which surprised Song Wuji. He didn't expect the elite soldiers of a wing to be defeated so lightly, and he couldn't help frowning.

Against ordinary enemies, the war is basically in a countdown after breaking the opponent's walls. Even if the final battle will be more tragic and brutal, the victory is already certain. But Song Wujian had to admit that the city guards opposite him were not ordinary goods, but a strong army in the world. Although the super stone throwing machine taken out by the Songjiang Army broke the wall of Tongshan Pass, the city guards urgently built the urn city inside!

It's not that Song Wujian has never seen such a countermeasure, it's just that no enemy has ever been able to do it as well as the city guards.

Unwillingly, he hesitated for a moment and waved his hand and sent troops again.

This time, the soldiers who charged into battle were equipped with large shields. Even if a normal arrow pierces the shield at close range, it will not be able to hurt a soldier wearing armor. However, the soldiers of the City Guard Legion not only have standard weapons equipped with one-stone bows, but also elite archers equipped with one-stone, two-stone, or even two-stone bows, as well as more threatening crossbows. In a certain way, they are already comparable to the most famous Shenji Battalion in Zhongzhou.

The storage of this batch of strong bows and crossbows made the shield soldiers of the Yanyun Legion still unable to get any benefits, and they suffered heavy casualties again!

Song Wujian had to accept this fact, even if he used a trebuchet to break the city wall, he still did not achieve a very favorable situation.

If you rush into this gap, you will fall into the "trap" built by the enemy and lose a steady stream of blood.

That wasn't what he wanted to see.

Perhaps, it is necessary for him to continue to use the counterweight stone throwing machine to collapse more sections of the city wall?

The City Guard could build an urn behind a gap, but it was not possible to do so behind every section. Not to mention that the amount of work is comparable to the reconstruction of two Tongshan Passes, just saying that it needs to fill up many urn cities with manpower and bows and crossbows, it is not something that the city guards can take out.

The problem was that it was too time-consuming, and he didn't have that many counterweight stone throwers on his hands.

The more than 100,000 troops of the Yanyun Legion were blocked under the Tongshan Pass, and the amount of food needed was an astonishing number. Although it was said that long before the start of the war, His Majesty Qianmingde had hoarded a large amount of war-ready food through various channels, enough for them to use it at will for two years, but the consumption of the troops was not only food. The soldiers' salaries, various weapons, armor, arrows, military robes and other consumables alone are a staggering amount. Even if the army doesn't move anything, it will cost gold coins like water when it stops outside.

Song Wujian knew the situation in Yanyun County, and time was not in his favor for His Majesty Qianmingde—but he didn't seem to have a choice.

At the time of the dilemma, the general of the Songjiang Army, Dian Yong, came to the door again.

Dian Yong's promise made Song Wujian feel a lot more at ease. The other party not only expressed his willingness to support more counterweight stone throwers, but even hinted that as long as the conditions are right, it is possible to directly transfer the technology of manufacturing counterweight stone throwers and several craftsmen to the Yanyun Legion. In addition, the Matsue army was also willing to send more troops to fight the cavalry of the city guards who were harassing the grain routes in the rear.

For Song Wujian and Yan Yunjun, this is undoubtedly a great support!

Although they knew that Dian Yong's mention was a bit ill-intentioned, for Yan Yunjun and Qian Mingde, they had no choice in order to compete for the world. After some haggling, the two sides quickly reached an agreement on these points. In this way, the people of the Yanyun Legion no longer need to secretly figure out and try to imitate, but can directly and openly produce with all their might. It won't be long before the number of trebuchets that plague them will no longer be an issue.

As for the issue of cracking down on the small groups of cavalry that attacked the grain route, Song Wujian was also happy to see it.

Anyway, the Songjiang Army would not be able to contribute to the front line, and there was not much to do with these "allies" themselves, so it was better to let them divide part of their forces to clear the rear. After all, although the small forces of cavalry that attacked the grain routes were not numerous, the damage and threat caused by them were not ordinary. If you can fight with all your might, it will be good news for the entire Yanyun Legion.

………

Under the inducement of the Songjiang army, Song Wuji, who was eager to achieve a great victory at Tongshan Pass, invested more forces, and while rushing to make a new counterweight stone thrower, he continued to attack. The city guards on the defending side also did not want to lose the crucial battle in the middle, so they counterattacked-for-tat.

Under the walls of Tongshan Pass, an astonishing number of lonely ghosts are added every day. Several nearby mass graves used to bury corpses have long been dug out of large pits, and have finally become the best places for wandering jackals and earth dogs in the vicinity.

Whether it is the two majestys of Zhongzhou or Yanyun County, they are unwilling to see this situation that is more intense than before, but no one is willing to take the initiative to let go. But for the Songjiang Army, this is undoubtedly the ideal best situation. After all, among the three fronts of the civil war, the northern route was the calmest, and the southern route did not affect Songjiang for the time being, and only the middle route was directly participated by the Songjiang army. If the city guards of Zhongzhou and the Yanyun army of Yanyun County can be defeated like this, then the Songjiang army will change the situation of the weakest of the three forces, and then truly fight against the two emperors.

Of course, in addition to weakening the two opponents, the Matsue Army can also use this time to continue to integrate and manage its own forces in depth.

Not to mention the Donghai County, which is accelerating its integration into Songjiang, the administrative reform has been initially completed, and the Donghai Division has also greatly strengthened its control over it after streamlining and personnel adjustments. For the Songjiang Army at the moment, the most important thing is undoubtedly Luzon!

Even if Northern Luzon is completely swallowed one day earlier, it will be of great benefit to the four counties of Songjiang at present.

The first lord of the Northern Luzon Dominion, Lou Liuchong, did not disappoint Chen Wu. It stands to reason that after Chen Wu became queen, he, the lord of the autonomous lord, could already be restored to the status of governor. But it is clear that before fully mastering the whole territory of Luzon, Lou Liuzhong did not have the face to take the initiative, so he stepped up the conquest of Suleiman VI's forces in the Sulu region.

The Songjiang Army, which had returned from Laoag, had already moved east after a short rest and joined up with Agno's Northern Luzon Garrison Division.

Due to the Matsue Army's control of the border and the blockade of information, coupled with the deliberate spread of rumors, it is clear that the Sulu Army has not yet received definite news. They were still training and preparing the recruits relatively calmly according to the time they had estimated, while they were waiting for the second reinforcement from the Andaman sailors.

No one knew that a force outnumbered by men was approaching the edge of the Sulu region!

Needless to say, the soldiers of the Songjiang Army who came across the sea had promised them that once the unification of North Luzon was completed, they could be transferred back to the mainland and send other soldiers to rotate, and at the same time there would be a no-cost reward. On the side of the North Luzon Garrison Division, they learned about the reward early on, and everyone was high-spirited, planning to fight for a future for themselves!

The day after the two sides converged, the Songjiang Army and the Northern Luzon Garrison Division officially crossed a distance of fifteen miles and entered the Sulu area.

Considering that the time has dragged on for a long time, and when the Andamans come to support again, Suleiman VI's power will become stronger and more difficult to deal with, this time the Songjiang army still adopted the plan of directly attacking the Yellow Dragon, and after the 20,000 troops crossed the border, they drove straight to the city of Morotai!