Huh, if there is no chaos in the city of Weizhou, this time the defense of the city will definitely be able to persevere; Seeing the formation and equipment of Tang Kuo's siege army, Li You breathed a sigh of relief, among the besieging army, there were only some simple equipment such as ladders, and large equipment such as nest cars and building cars were not at all. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since ancient times, nomads have always liked to fight field battles with the agricultural civilization regime of the Central Plains rather than siege cities, it makes sense that the nomads lack craftsmen, unless they are craftsmen who capture the Central Plains, they can rarely build large equipment to attack fortified cities, and if they want to capture the city, they can only fill it with human lives in addition to seizing the gate, which is not cost-effective for the nomads who do not have a dominant population.

Therefore, as long as the city walls can be repaired, the food and drinking water in the city can still be maintained, and the defenders in the city have the courage to defend the city, and can do a good job of guarding against spies, then in the case of the disparity in the number of troops, the probability of defending the city is very high, and maybe it will cause great damage to these nomads and force them to retreat.

The soldiers of Tang Kuo's army rushed to the city, and then divided into two parts, one part shot at the head of the city with bows and arrows in their hands, and the other part rushed towards the city wall with a cloud ladder; Maybe it's because the previous battles were going well, and looking at the expressions on their faces, they probably felt that Weizhou City would soon fall under their attack, right?

"The crossbowman is wound, and the archer is ready to open the bow..."The north gate is Qian Hua's defense area, he is still quite calm, looking at the Tang Kuo army rushing over, silently calculating the range of the bow and crossbow, and then issuing an order, "Shoot!" ”

Thousands of archers and crossbowmen shot arrows at the same time, these arrows rained down on the army of Tang Kuo, they raised their shields to cover up, but there was always a place where the cover was not in place, hundreds of soldiers fell in front of Weizhou City, some escaped a way out, and some were trampled into flesh by the rear army who had no time to dodge.

At present, the situation is still under control, Li You also has the leisure to take out the sky-shaking bow and aim at the enemy's generals, three strings sounded, and the three centurions of the Tang Kuo Department fell in response, although they had already taken precautions, but the speed of the feather arrows shot by the sky-shaking bow was too fast, and they just had the intention of raising their shields, and the feather arrows pierced into their vital places, mercilessly taking away their lives, affected by this, the enemy's attack was delayed.

But after all, these people are men who have been fighting on the grassland for many years, and they have long been accustomed to seeing life and death, and the casualties of the three centurions and hundreds of soldiers did not make them afraid for too long, and they rushed towards Weizhou City again after a little leaning, and after a while, they entered their own range, bent their bows and arrows and began to shoot at the city.

The Great Wei army was condescending, the range was far superior to those enemy troops who shot from the back, and there was also a city wall as a cover, and the soldiers of the Tang Kuo Department were good at riding and shooting, and their archery skills were far superior to the Great Wei forbidden army, and the two sides formed a stalemate for a while.

"Trebuchet, aim at the most dense enemy forces, put!" After the initial nervousness, Qian Hua calmed down a lot, and commanded according to the experience of the family and the art of war learned from Guozijian.

More than a dozen large stones were thrown from the city by trebuchets and fell into the group of archers in the distance, their formation was instantly scattered, and the Great Wei crossbowmen at the head of the city took the opportunity to speed up the rate of fire and temporarily suppressed the enemy's arrow rain; The other soldiers at the head of the city also hurriedly came out from behind the city wall, and smashed and splashed the rolling wood and stones, ash bottles and gold juice on the Tang Kuobu soldiers on the ladder.

There is also a team of Great Wei soldiers wringing the winch to put down the big killer "Yaksha Ring", which is also known as "Staying in Guest". It is to use a diameter of 1 foot, a length of more than 1 zhang of wet elm as a roller, around the dense nail "reverse nail", the nail head exposes the wood surface 5 inches, the two ends of the rolling wood are installed with a diameter of 2 feet of wheels, tied to iron cables, connected to the winch, when the enemy soldiers gather at the foot of the city, put into the enemy group, twisting the winch can crush the enemy to death.

The weight of the wood and the potential energy of the fall from a high place made the "Yaksha" the most feared weapon of the Tang Kuo Division, which died next to each other and died by rubbing, and every time it fell, it would take away the lives of a large number of Tang Kuo soldiers; Moreover, this weapon is still recyclable, and the soldiers in the city twist the winch after each fall, and the ropes at both ends of the rollers can pull the "Yaksha" back to the city wall, ready for the next attack; If this is the case, even with the bravery of Tang Kuobu, he will intentionally or unintentionally avoid the location of the "Yaksha" when attacking.

"Brother Qian, be careful, I'll go to Brother Qiu, General Yao, and General Qin to have a look." Seeing that Qian Hua coped with it quite easily, Li You turned around and left, and walked towards several other city walls with Zhou Bofu and the others.

Along the way, he checked the flaws in the defense line at any time, and Zhang Xun's iron wall skills played a huge role here, Li You could always find those loopholes that Qiu Shangjian and Yao Pingzhong were not aware of, and make up for these problems before the enemy began to attack in a targeted manner; Moreover, everywhere he went, he would take out the sky-shaking bow and use his wonderful archery skills to shoot and kill the enemy generals, so that the morale of the Great Wei army was boosted; Under Li You's central command, this Weizhou City seems to have really become an impregnable wall.

On the first day, Yuan Zhang seemed to be tentative, and did not invest too many troops, and he himself, like Li You, made rounds in various directions of Weizhou City from time to time, as if looking for the key direction of the attack.

The battle lasted until sunset, and the Tang Kuo army lost more than 2,000 warriors, while the soldiers of Great Wei also suffered three or four hundred casualties, most of whom were wounded by enemy arrows; In siege warfare, when the strength is almost the same, the exchange ratio between the offensive and defensive sides is generally about ten to one, and now the casualties of the Great Wei soldiers far exceed this number, which can be seen in the superb archery skills of the soldiers of the Tang Kuo Division.

"General, the enemy has retreated, are we looking for an opportunity to sneak attack tonight?" Seeing the soldiers of Tang Kuo's department retreat like a tide, Qian Hua said unwillingly.

"No, we first came to Weizhou City, and the city has not been completely cleaned up, and Yuan Zhang will definitely prevent us from stealing the camp, so it is better to be cautious." Although Zhang Xun said to Li You many times that defending the city is the most taboo and not being able to defend it, but now Weizhou City's behavior is very different from Suiyang City, so it is naturally impossible to generalize.

Suiyang City has long been run by Zhang Xun like an iron bucket, and the soldiers and civilians in the city are willing to die for Zhang Xun, and there are still a large number of civil officials, gentry, and maybe spies mixed in by Tang Kuo in Weizhou City, which are all unstable factors; Moreover, Zhang Xun had no reinforcements at that time, so he had to take the initiative to attack to consume the strength of the enemy's army, and now there are still 100,000 rear troops in Great Wei......

100,000 rear troops? Thinking of this, Li You suddenly became alert. (To be continued.) )