Qin Feng, who went out with the army, did not know the thoughts of the girl who was far away in Jingnan County, and at this moment Zhao Yuanjin's 100,000 army had entered the city of Xiangyang City, and a fierce siege battle was about to begin.

To tell the truth, Zhao Yuanjin sent troops to fight successively this time, and actually won most of Jingzhou in a short period of time, and the expansion speed was unprecedented, which naturally exposed some drawbacks.

For example, most of these 100,000 troops were obtained by accepting and reorganizing the troops and generals of various counties, and these people may not have no strange thoughts, but Zhao Yuan's prestige is prosperous, and there is no chance for them to make waves. Once the army encounters some kind of accident, such as losing a battle or something, maybe something will happen in the army.

Therefore, Qin Feng had already suggested to Zhao Yuanjin that after he conquered Xiangyang, he would temporarily rest the sword soldiers, concentrate on rectifying the interior, digesting the results of the battle, and appeasing the newly acquired counties and counties, and then use troops after the foundation was solid. Zhao Yuanjin had no objection to this, and the matter was settled.

However, although it is only a parallel time and space, the city of Xiangyang in this world is still high-walled, magnificent and steep, and has the reputation of being the first city in the world. For any prince, the city was a formidable nut to crack, but its strategic importance forced the conquerors to make great efforts.

In the battle of the Song and Yuan dynasties in the history of the main world, the city of Xiangyang was besieged by the Mongol army for many years, and hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed under the city, and all kinds of schemes were still to no avail. It wasn't until the Huihui cannon came out and put into use that it became the last straw that broke the camel's back and finally took this vital city.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yuanjin led the army out of the camp and inspected the terrain around Xiangyang City with the generals.

After learning that the Zhao army was approaching, Xiangyang had imposed martial law two days earlier, the city gates were closed, and thousands of soldiers took turns guarding the city wall, day and night.

“…… What a majestic city! ”

Looking at the tall city in his field of vision, Zhao Yuanjin sighed slightly, and the surrounding ministers were all solemn and silent.

The thick city wall is made of cyan striped square bricks, up to 20 meters, with numerous battlements, dense arrow towers, and many soldiers are distributed among them, each performing its own duties, and the garrison is extremely strict.

Another headache is the moat under the city, which is nearly 200 meters wide on average and several meters deep, and it is also a living water, and the river can pass through a fleet of warships, and it is not generally difficult to cut it off and fill it up.

What's even more troublesome is that there are sufficient troops in Xiangyang City at this moment, and it is said that there are no less than 30,000 elite soldiers stationed there, and there is no shortage of food, grass and ordnance. Although the lord general Hualong is old, he has always been strategic, and his ability to use troops is not inferior to that of Meng Luo, and he is loyal to the imperial court, and the possibility of persuading him to surrender is basically non-existent.

Moreover, due to the convenient transportation and the good governance of several generations of principals, Xiangyang City has developed to the present with a large population and a rich economy, and it is completely possible to collect materials from the people and enough young and middle-aged people to help defend the city when needed. Even if the attacking side has 100,000 elite soldiers, it will not show any advantage in the face of such a strong city.

According to historical records, Xiangyang has rarely been conquered since the establishment of the city, and every time the city changes hands, it is all a sea of corpses and countless casualties, and the besieging side can win the final victory.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, it swept through the south and won victories, but Xiangyang City always stood tall. Emperor Taizu then personally led the army to supervise the battle, and hundreds of thousands of troops besieged the city for nearly a year, losing nearly 100,000 horses and still not allowing an inch. Later, it was Neiying who spent a lot of money to buy off Wang Qi, the guard of the East Gate, and ordered him to secretly open the city gate late at night, and the inside and outside should work together to take this giant city in one fell swoop.

With Zhao Yuanjin's current military strength, it is almost impossible to conquer this city under normal circumstances. However, with Qin Feng's help, he also has a sharp weapon such as a return cannon in his hand, so it is foreseeable that this siege battle will not drag on for too long, and the results will be available in ten days and a half months.

On the city wall, Yu Hualong, who had gray sideburns, was fully draped, and his still sharp eyes quietly looked at the dense besieging army under the city, and after a long time, he shook his head lightly and said disapprerovingly: "Most of them are just rabble, what is there to be afraid of?" ”

The generals on the side nodded one after another, this was not a deliberate mockery, looking down from the city, experienced generals could easily spot the incongruity of the Zhao army's camp. Except for the 40,000 men of the Chinese army, who were still well-disciplined and well-groomed, the rest of the troops were somewhat scattered, which was obviously due to the uneven quality of these newly recruited troops and the fact that they had not yet truly returned to their hearts.

In the past few years, it is not that there is no idea of the rebels fighting Xiangyang City, and they have finally met in front of this strong city. Although this Zhao Yuanjin is more powerful, he is also just a rebel, how can he take this city from his Yu Hualong's men?

"Hmph, you thieves had better not give up all the time, just spend a few more months here, and when the imperial army pacifies Wu Zhence, it will definitely be your turn to die!" Yu Hualong thought with a sneer.

After a few moments, fifteen tall and unusual ancient monsters were finally slowly pushed out of the distant barracks, the main feature of these things was that they were large enough that each one required hundreds of soldiers and skilled craftsmen to handle them.

"Is this the rumored giant trebuchet?"

Yu Hualong frowned slightly, and a bad premonition appeared in his heart for the first time.

I heard that there is no city wall that cannot be broken by the boulder launched by this thing, and more than ten county towns in Jingzhou have fallen so quickly, this trebuchet should be the first to take the lead. I don't know if the walls of Xiangyang City will be able to stop its attack.

Zhao Jun did not delay time, and only a few moments later, the fifteen return guns were commissioned.

"Let's get started!"

Zhao Yuanjin's expression commanded indifferently.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

With the earth-shaking loud sound, the huge rocks fell like meteorites, and most of them fell to the city wall, and suddenly the sand and dust rose from the sky, and the rubble flew everywhere.

The 100,000 troops under the city cheered together, deafening, and their morale was like a rainbow.

Zhao Yuanjin smiled with satisfaction, this time the production of the cannon was not easy, and the cost was also very amazing, but with Qin Feng's support, he was rich and wealthy, and he did not hesitate to spend money at all. What's more, with this sharp weapon in hand, it is too convenient to conquer the city.

Despite the distance, the terrifying potential energy carried by the boulder falling from the sky was still able to smash the hard walls into a few feet of deep potholes. Once or twice is nothing, but hundreds of boulders are falling one after another, and the cumulative damage to the city wall cannot be ignored.

In particular, Zhao Junzhong is now not short of oil, so the oil bombs made of clay pots are mixed in the boulders and are constantly being fired. It poses a great threat to the defenders on the city wall, every boulder falls to the ground, often causing several people or even more than a dozen people to scream and die, as for those oil fire bombs, the city wall is on fire from time to time, some of the fire bombs even cross the city wall and fall into the residential areas of the city, thick smoke billowing down, causing the defenders to be anxious and exhausted.

"Keep attacking, don't stop!"

Zhao Yuan, who was on horseback, ordered in a dignified manner. In this era, the trebuchet was a powerful weapon, but it was a rather delicate and wearable weapon, and it had to be stopped for repair and maintenance after a certain number of fires.

Of course, Qin Feng is here, and some of the key components of the return cannon are made of high-strength alloys, and he found foreign metal processing manufacturers in the main world to place bulk orders, and then brought them over to the craftsmen for processing and assembly, so the structure of these fifteen return guns is so strong and stable that they can be bombarded all day without stopping.

“…… Steady! Be sure to hold on! ”

Cold sweat soaked Yu Hualong's robe, the tenacious veteran gritted his teeth, and issued orders like flowing water, dispatching troops to strengthen the defense.

Although the Zhao army's megalithic offensive was unexpectedly fierce, the advantages of the defenders could not be ignored, not to mention that the war had only started at this moment, and the morale of the army was very strong, so for a while, the two sides fought equally.

In this way, the Zhao army took turns to truce, bombarded the city wall with back artillery during the day, and constantly launched sporadic harassment at night, but did not send a large number of soldiers to attack the city, so that the defenders were tired and tired, and it took seven days.

Zhao Yuanjin immediately ordered the army to start attacking the city with all its might.

"It seems that the enemy army is tired, and we will just in time to attack and continue to kill their majesty." Qin Feng said with a smile.

After seven days, he had fully adapted to the realm of the innate peak martial arts master, and he just took this opportunity to test the limit of his strength.

"Well, sir, be careful." Zhao Yuan nodded and said.

So Qin Feng, dressed in pitch-black armor, carried a long sword in his hand, and led dozens of acquired martial arts masters to cross the pontoon bridge on the moat and rush towards the tall city wall.

The tip of the sword lightly touched the moss-covered city foundation wall bricks, and Qin Feng's figure rose to the sky with a residual image, and easily rushed to the head of the city.

In the wide aisle behind the battlement, several soldiers were working together to carry a large boiling iron pot ready to pour down, and inside was the boiling gold juice.

Qin Feng glanced at it lightly, the snow-bright sword blade trembled rapidly, the silky sword light brushed across their necks, and the red blood shot out, easily taking away their lives.

He didn't deliberately avoid anything, he chose the direction at random, and walked down the aisle leisurely. Everywhere he passed, there were corpses everywhere, and no one was his enemy.

"Damn, the Martial Arts Master of the Thief Army has come up, go and mobilize the archers to block him!" Yu Hualong roared with a blue face,

Hundreds of archers rushed along the steps behind the city wall, Qin Feng smiled, made a false move, and jumped off the city head with his own masters and floated away. The raid just now didn't last long, but he alone killed hundreds of enemy soldiers.

The bow and crossbow are certainly powerful, but as long as the innate martial arts master can retreat and avoid in time, or is in a non-open area that is not conducive to the use of the bow and crossbow, then there is nothing to worry about.

What's more, the cultivation of a strong person at this level is amazing, as long as he can return before each exhaustion, and then attack when he recovers, then basically no one can do anything about it, unless he encounters a master of the same realm.

Qin Feng planned to use this "knock on kraft candy" tactic to sharpen his actual combat skills while consuming the strength of the defenders in the city.