When the fire dragon cannon fell on the wall of the east gate, the Pinglu army realized that this was the beginning of the real siege battle, and the previous two days were just a small snack before the meal, and it was just a temptation of the Huaiyou army.

With the fire dragon cannon that constantly exploded in the air, like a red-hot coal, it burst open, and there was also an extremely strong adhesion putty in the cannon, attached to any object, it could burn, even if it was on the water surface of the water tank used to extinguish the fire, it could burn, and this almost desperate weapon caught a Pinglu army off guard.

The first batch of Pinglu troops did not expect that the enemy had such an almost invincible weapon, and the overwhelming flames burned on the top of the city wall, except for the water-based spells of the water-based mages who could extinguish the flames, only sand and soil could extinguish this kind of flames that could not be solved with water.

In just two hours on the morning of the third day, more than 2,000 soldiers were killed or seriously injured in the fire at the east and south gates.

Compared with the soldiers who were burned to death, those who were seriously injured were even more pitiful, this kind of burns were almost hopeless in this era, and these soldiers would cry and moan all night before they died, which was a huge blow to the morale of the whole person, so that some officers had to take some unconventional means to send these robes on the road first, because they really had no hope of surviving.

Of course, it must be admitted that the Pinglu army is very adaptable, and after suffering a heavy loss on the morning of the third day, they came up with a coping strategy below.

The protection of key parts by the magicians, and the people working overtime to carry the sand up the city wall, even if a layer is spread on the wall, can largely curb the threat posed by this fire dragon cannon.

At the same time, due to the limitation of the attack distance of the fire dragon cannon, the Pinglu army also focused their most powerful large stone throwing carts on the fire dragon gun trucks hidden in the catapult and heavy ballista array.

This has also had some effect.

Due to their range and angle, the fire dragon artillery carriages had to shoot at close range, and when the stone throwers on the city walls were concentrated on them, they were naturally not immune.

In the afternoon of the third day alone, in this battle, seven fire dragon artillery carriages were destroyed, which made Jiang Feng beat his chest with heartache.

You must know that this kind of fire dragon cannon is a high-end product in the magic equipment, especially the composite magic equipment, which itself has a lot of instability, not to mention the price, and the production process is complex.

Just like a dragon cannon, there is danger before it is discharged, and as a result, the body of a dragon cannon is hit by the enemy's catapult, which even causes an explosion, injuring a lot of its own control soldiers, not to mention, and igniting the surrounding catapults and ballistas.

The Pinglu army had to dispatch two battalions of the Ya Army reserves, and at the same time, two battalions of garrison battalions were also pulled up to enrich the defense line on the east and south gates, which also made Wang Shouzhong feel a little chill in his heart.

The battle on the fourth day was even more tragic, and almost all the forces were used, but what made Wang Shouzhong feel a little relieved was that the enemy's offensive was not so strong, or the fierce battle for three consecutive days made the Huaiyou army feel a little unbearable.

It should be unbearable, even Wang Shouzhong himself felt a little unbearable, he only slept for one hour for two consecutive nights, between the east gate and the north gate, he had to take care of it.

Zhang Junyue is a little more relieved at the south gate, the strong crossbowmen have specially set up a few shooting points, and the magicians have also made all the things that can be used out, and finally withstood the enemy's attack, but what about going down?

What worries Wang Shouzhong even more is the North Gate.

Wrapped in the battle robe on his body, Wang Shouzhong ignored the putty on his face, walked like a fly, and patrolled along the city wall.

He knew very well that he was probably going to lose this battle, and the Huaiyou Army's absolute superiority in long-range strike weapons and magic forces made him realize that he had been too big before, but in the final analysis, his own forces were too thin.

That's right, judging from the battle situation, the enemy's endless new equipment has indeed caused a lot of damage to its own side, but as long as you analyze it carefully, you will find that the Pinglu army is not without countermeasures.

Even if it is a vicious fire dragon cannon, this is something they have only heard of before, but as long as they see its power, they can quickly come up with targeted countermeasures.

But every time the enemy's new equipment comes out, it will cause a round of big damage to his side, which is difficult for Wang Shouzhong to accept.

There are only more than 10,000 people in his hands, and every time he attacks, the enemy relies on the advantages of equipment, magic and heavenly masters, constantly biting his own defense line, forcing himself to put his living forces into it, and if this continues, how many days can he hold out?

Three days?

Or five days?

Now Wang Shouzhong no longer thinks that he can hold on for a month, even half a month, he feels that it is difficult.

Judging from the madness and ferocity of the Huaiyou Army in the first few days, it seems that the Pinglu Army has gradually adapted to this situation, and the Huaiyou Army is also a little tired, but as long as the war continues, the number of its daily battle losses is still increasing, and although the reserve soldiers that they need to replenish can still recruit some from the private soldiers of the gentry in the city, their combat effectiveness is far from being comparable with their own tooth army.

Ten days, maybe it's a node? Wang Shouzhong estimated to himself that if the reinforcements from Mizhou were not available in seven days, then he might have to consider breaking through.

Wang Shouzhong also considered the issue of breaking through.

Just breaking through means the loss of Qingzhou, and the loss of Qingzhou also means that Qizhou and Zizhou west of Qingzhou may be lost, and it is difficult to say whether Denglai Erzhou can be kept.

Huaiyou is not without enemies.

Wang Shouzhong didn't believe that Nanyang and Caizhou would be indifferent to Huaiyou's actions, and even Li Wu and the ant thieves, especially when Huaiyou's army fell into Pinglu, Huaiyou's own weakness was exposed, wouldn't these people want to take a bite?

Wang Shouzhong never thought that he would be lost here, he didn't believe that as long as he wanted to leave, who could keep him.

Even if Qingzhou falls, he still has tens of thousands of troops in Mizhou and Haizhou, so he doesn't believe that he can't make a chance.

The fierce battle between the east gate and the south gate has been in full swing, and judging from all indications, although the Huaiyou Army has about 50,000 troops, in addition to its two cavalry armies, it is estimated that the number of troops that can be put into the siege is about 45,000 people, and if you add all the garrisons and gentry private armies, there are also about 15,000 people, that is to say, a one-to-three comparison, this ratio should be said to be quite favorable to the defending side.

Even if Huaiyou used its new equipment and magic power to cause great losses to his own side in the early stage, as the situation between the two sides gradually became familiar, in the final analysis, it still depends on the mutual consumption of military power.

As a battlefield general, Wang Shouzhong knows very well that with the advancement of the war, there is a big difference between the morale of the besieging side and the defending side.

As long as the losses of their soldiers began to increase, the morale of the Huaiyou army would drop rapidly, especially as the winter climate became colder, and the snowfall would also give them a taste of the cold in the wilderness, which would have a greater impact on the morale of the side outside the city.

Because of this, Wang Shouzhong feared that Huaiyou might resort to other conspiracies to sneak attack in this situation, such as at the North Gate.

The fighting at the North Gate has also been fierce in the past few days, but it cannot be compared with the East Gate and the South Gate, there are no fire dragon artillery carts, and the number of trebuchets and heavy ballistas is far less than that of the South Gate and the East Gate, so the attacks at the North Gate are more concentrated on one or two points.

But in Wang Shouzhong's view, this is just suspicious.

Will Huaiyou deliberately show weakness here, so that he thinks that the east gate and the south gate are the main direction of attack, and the north gate is a feint, but in the end he concentrates his forces to break through from the north gate?

It is possible, but there is another possibility.

That is, Huaiyou deliberately created such a trap, so that his side felt that they would choose the feint attack point of the north gate as a breakthrough point to attract their own reserves, so that it could be regarded as a sound attack from the east to the west, but the result was to concentrate forces to launch a fierce attack from the south gate or the east gate to break through?

Both possibilities exist, and it can even be said that the odds are close, without him, because of his own lack of troops, it is difficult to have the best of both worlds and meet the needs of both sides.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing that the soldiers on the city tower were still in full array, the weather turned cloudy, and the north wind of hunting made the whole temperature drop a lot, and the soldiers had to thicken their winter clothes, but it was still very uncomfortable to defend the city.

Of course, the Huaiyou army under the city wall will not be better, and it is not so easy for the tent to withstand the cold current from the northern plateau.

"How's the situation?" Seeing the brocade robe man who greeted him, a fitting black python armor loomed in the hem of the blown brocade robe, this is Gu Peng, the commander of the Third Army of the Tooth Army, and also a veteran general who has followed Wang Shouzhong for many years.

"I can't see that the offensive of the Huaiyou Army has weakened in the past two days, and the scouts sent at night are ambushed in the ground to observe, and the enemy seems to be making some adjustments, but the total strength does not seem to have increased much, so the subordinates feel a little strange. ”

"Oh?" Wang Shouzhong paused, "The number of troops has not increased much, but it is adjusting again, what do you think is the strangeness?"

"Your Majesty, this is hard to say, it stands to reason that if our side feints, they should make a big show, but it is so mysterious that it is incomprehensible. The brocade-robed man was holding a broad-leaved giant sword in his hand, and he was also a little puzzled.