Twelve huge catapults shook the hearts of the defenders of Yecheng like twenty missile launchers, and each launch was a huge shock. The emergence of this advanced engineering was far ahead of ordinary soldiers in terms of equipment, and the defenders were desperate.

With the advance of the catapult, most of the buildings near the city wall at the west gate of Yecheng were set on fire, and the farthest point was already two hundred steps away, and some of the people in the city also began to panic. This forced Chun Yuqiong to send more reserves to extinguish the fire, while also sending people to maintain order on the streets. And as Huang Zhong's infantry climbed the city wall in waves, the twelve taels of catapults changed their ammunition again and began to fire stones, the target was not the city wall, but the defenders in the city, the purpose was very clear was to disrupt the deployment of the defenders, so that the defenders on standby in the city could not continuously support the city wall.

Seeing more and more heavy infantry climbing the city wall, Chun Yuqiong looked at Fu Zhi, and seeing that Fu Zhu still didn't speak, he could only turn to Feng Ji: "Yuan Tu, hurry up and prepare." It is important to let Jia Xu and Huang Zhong truce first. Once Yecheng is captured, the entire Wei County will be lost. ”

???????????????? Feng Ji smiled bitterly in his heart, if Jia Xu could listen to him, there would be no continuous siege these days. Being able to transport a large number of catapults shows that Wei Xuan's strategy includes the capture of Yecheng.

However, he didn't have the intimate relationship between Chun Yuqiong and Yuan Shao, so he could only persuade carefully: "Chun Yu General, Wei Sili has always been tougher in doing things. If you want to make peace this time, it is best to persuade the general to agree to the request as soon as possible. In addition, the defenders of Yecheng cannot give up easily. ”

Chun Yuqiong slandered in her heart, if it's so simple, what do you want you, uh and the altar messenger, to do? Can I stand Yecheng and talk about anything?

After thinking for a while, he interjected: "Listen to the public rule that Wei Sili is young and lustful, and I have any outstanding women in the land of Jizhou, it is better to send a few people, and then let them relax on the terms of peace talks, at least they must withdraw from Wei County first." ”

Feng Ji shook his head: "Now that Wei County is already in their pocket, how difficult it is for them to withdraw, the entire Wei County is not an inner Huang, an inner Huang is a lonely tree, but Wei County is connected to Hanoi, and Chen Liu across the river and successfully cut Jizhou and Dongjun." The key is that Wei Sili has a deep misunderstanding of the bike, and I am afraid that he will not let go this time. ”

Feng Ji's meaning is very clear: What you can't get on the battlefield can't be obtained politically, and the peace talks are just the finishing touches, and the real struggle for interests still depends on the battlefield.

Of course, Fu Zhu and Chun Yuqiong understood this truth, and Fu Zhu continued: "It has been less than half a month for General Che Cai to retreat to Julu, even if General Wen Chou retreats from the northern front, brings back 10,000 elites, and then recruits some new recruits from the local area, it will take at least half a month to form combat effectiveness." Looking at today's offensive situation, I am afraid that our army will not be able to hold out for five days. The general should not easily believe that Guo Gong will never forget Wei Sili. If the elites and grain and grass lost on the battlefields of Hanoi and Wei County were used to deal with the north, I am afraid that the north would have been unified long ago at this moment. ”

What the frustrated professor said was the truth, but this kind of remark obviously had a complaining tone, and it could only be said casually in today's situation, if it was discussed in front of Yuan Shao, it would be absolutely impossible for the frustrated professor to say it. Because of that, the conductor increased Yuan Shao's suspicion and disgust.

Chun Yuqiong sighed and said with a wry smile: "It seems that I will follow in the footsteps of Yan Liang today." The two of them are scholars, so it is better to evacuate from the south gate with Qin Sui first. ”

Frustrated, Feng Ji's eyes widened, when the battlefield was anxious, he valued the determination of the Lord to fight to the death the most, and now that his side was at a disadvantage, Chun Yuqiong had no fighting spirit, and this battle seemed to be impossible to fight. Don't forget that the last time you were besieged in the wild camp, Chun Yuqiong escaped in advance.

It's just that what surprised him even more was that the east gate and the north gate sent heralds to ask him to send reinforcements to support. It can be seen that the situation of these two doors is also partially unfavorable.

If Huang Zhong did not allow the catapult to drop combustibles, he would have nearly 5,000 or so reserves under his command. But as soon as the catapults began to attack, most of them were mobilized to Simon. Now the defensive formation of Ximen has been disrupted, and the more than 10,000 defenders have been cut into several pieces. The defenders on the walls had to face the enemy's attacks continuously, and casualties were rapidly increasing.

Chun Yuqiong guessed correctly, Huang Zhong's attack today was not tentative, and Jia Xu was fine,???????????????? Huang Zhong also knew the power of the giant catapult very well, and he would not easily expose such a big killing weapon. It was also very difficult to return to the camp once the assembly was completed, so the day the catapult appeared was when they took Yecheng, and even a few days and nights of continuous attacks could not give the enemy a chance to approach the catapult, which was what most of the soldiers in Huang Zhong's camp thought.

The soldiers were united, and the soldiers defending the city soon felt the pressure, Chun Yuqiong proposed to let Fu Zhu and Feng Ji evacuate first, in fact, he wanted to retreat himself, he knew that if Huang Zhong and the other three troops were killed in the city, there were 10,000 cavalry of Weitong outside the city, and when he wanted to escape, it would not be as smooth as in the darkness in the field that day. After all, the field camp can be opened everywhere, but now in the city, it can only pass through the city gates. Once the attacker blocks the south gate with cavalry, the soldiers in the city will be unable to fly.

Of course, Fu Zhu saw Chun Yuqiong's thoughts, but he was a prisoner and Han Fu's old man, so if he escaped in advance, it would not be as good as Chun Yuqiong. So when more enemies climbed the city wall and Chun Yuqiong was uncertain, he spoke: "General Chunyu, why don't you protect Mr. Feng and withdraw first, since I am the supervising army, I am naturally with Yecheng." If the general successfully leaves the city, please go to Julu immediately and ask the general to send troops to rescue. Even if Yecheng is not broken today, it will not last for a few days. ”

This is a good excuse for Chun Yuqiong to escape, Chun Yuqiong glanced at Fu Zhu gratefully, bowed deeply to him, and then looked at Feng Ji hoping that it could follow him, scolding that this is also a famous teacher.

Feng Ji said with a smile: "Ji Nai is a peace envoy, in Yecheng is the same as in the hands of the enemy, and he is not in a hurry." General Chunyu also asked to convey to General Che Cai, on the one hand, to make preparations for peace talks, and on the other hand, to make plans for Wei Sili to continue to march into the army. ”

If Feng Ji said such a thing a few days ago, Chun Yuqiong would definitely think that this was growing the enemy's morale, and now it seems that there is such a huge catapult, and it is really possible for 20,000 cavalry guards to push all the way over, and Wei Xuan still has a naval army on the Yellow River, and the combat effectiveness of the naval army may not be good, but it is very easy to transport the catapult to those cities near the river. Moreover, Wei Xuanjun continued to penetrate deep into Jizhou, and it could also be used as one of the grain routes through the Yellow River.

After another quarter of an hour or so, Huang Zhong's heavy infantry had occupied most of the city wall, and the defenders on the city wall were no longer able to inflict damage on the enemy who climbed the ladder, and the archers also retreated into the city and began to blindly throw low, which was considered an indiscriminate strike, depending on who had the better luck of their companions or the enemy.

When Chun Yuqiong saw this posture, she no longer hesitated, and once again bowed her hand towards the frustrated arch, and took a few of her own soldiers down the city wall to retreat. At this time, several captains who were commanding also saw Chun Yuqiong leave the city gate tower and returned to the city with his own soldiers, and according to their understanding of this commander, they knew that this was about to slip away.

Although Fu Zhu and Feng Ji were still there, those clever captains still quickly gathered together and pointed at Chun Yuqiong who was far away. The result of the discussion was that Chun Yuqiong and the personal guards had war horses and should be able to escape, but if these captains chose to follow Chun Yuqiong again, they could only be on behalf of Chun Yuqiong, and it was very likely that they would be intercepted by the enemy cavalry after breaking off.

So they made a bold decision, which was to cross the frustration and lead the subordinates???????????????? The next time they go together, it's not that they have a conscience, but in the process of escaping, they need someone to break off, and they can hide in the infantry group at first if they have war horses, and once they go out of the city and wait for the enemy cavalry to catch up, and when the infantry scatters and escapes, it is a good opportunity for them to escape.

Several people exchanged glances, then returned to the city as well, and then informed them one by one.

When a new wave of heavy infantry replaced the previous attacking army, the defenders in the city suddenly retreated like a tide, and when they heard the movement, they turned around and looked dumbfounded! They no longer ran towards the city walls, but towards the city, and some went directly along the walls to the south.

Fu Zhu shook his head, Yuan Shao's system of supervising the army made it difficult for Fu Zhu to really control the army because he did not have absolute trust in him, and now the retreat of these soldiers seems to be very tacit, and they must have been connected in private after seeing Chun Yuqiong leave.

Fu Zhi didn't stop them, but said to the few heralds around him: "You go and inform the prince of the north gate and the general Gao of the east gate, let them retreat too, and then you can leave with the main army." ”

Several heralds hesitated a little or turned around and left, in this case, as long as the west gate is breached, so many tigers and wolves outside the city rush in, Yecheng will definitely not be able to hold it, and it is the right choice to let Guo Tu and Gao Gan leave in advance. What he wanted was to preserve some vital strength for Yuan Shao as much as possible.

Waiting for a few heralds to leave, Feng Ji looked at Fu Zhu and said, "Prison army, in this way, you are going to become a prisoner, and you are the highest-ranking prisoner in Jizhou so far." ”

Fu Zhu sighed: "Chun Yuqiong, Gao Gan is like a tiger, people are sure to win every battle, he must withdraw first in every battle, how can he strengthen the determination of the soldiers to defend the city?" Guo Gong used his private interests to abolish the public, and repeatedly instigated the general to target the subordinates, but that time it was not a loss of soldiers. Jizhou has them, how can they be stable. It's a pity that Zhang Junyi and Tian Yuanhao, if there are two of them in Yecheng, it will definitely be more than that. ”

Although Feng Ji doesn't know much about military affairs, what he said is also what he thinks, a timid and fearful general, and a selfish mastermind......