Ji Lingshan looked at the enemy's position and estimated that there were about 80,000 troops in Lin'an this time. Is this Kite Fei ready to make a desperate gamble, concentrate all his forces at the east city gate, and vow not to give up until he breaks it?

As the Lin'an army got closer and closer to the vast cliff, the frequency of the vibration of the entire city became more and more obvious, and even the people in the city knew that the enemy army was about to attack the city again, and they all hid back in their houses.

The experienced people of the Vast Cliff have dug trenches in their homes to avoid being innocently shot by flying arrows.

The Lin'an army stopped marching about half a mile from the Li city wall, and then the ranks loosened on both sides, slowly pushing out hundreds of giant catapults from the rear of the army that had not been seen before. These catapults are the sharp weapons that King Lin'an specially asked craftsmen to make to go to the front line.

Kite Fei had clearly calculated that this distance was the optimal distance for the giant catapult to attack. Moreover, the arrows and crossbows at the head of the cliff city could not be shot. So let the soldiers make the final preparations before the siege, fix the giant catapult, and each squad check the supplies again, quickly move to the side of the catapult, and be on standby at any time, ready to attack the city.

Lin Shanhai looked at the catapults that appeared one after another half a mile away, and kept calculating the attack distance between the two sides in his heart. Although there are also dozens of small catapults on the cliffs, which are dedicated to defense. However, it has been destroyed by the enemy forces that have invaded the city before, so now there is no equipment that can attack from a distance except for crossbows and bows and arrows.

However, according to the current distance where the enemy is stationed, the strong crossbow of the cliff cannot be shot, so he can only stand still and prepare for defense. Fortunately, the genius formation master of the Tianlan Sect, Chenxi, had arranged the formation of the city wall, so everyone was still full of confidence in carrying the attack of these hundreds of catapults.

Wang Shi stood beside Kite Fei, looked at the hundreds of specially made catapults, and nodded with satisfaction.

"General Kite, you can use ordinary boulders for two rounds of projection first, so that the defenders of the Vast Cliff will definitely think that the power of these giant catapults is nothing more than that, and they will definitely relax their vigilance. Then I used the rune boulder attached to it to carry out a series of bombardments, so that it would be more than enough to break the formation on the wall of the vast cliff.

As long as the formation is broken, the formation master of the Lan Sect will definitely come in time to rearrange the formation, and you must know that it always takes a certain amount of time to arrange the formation. As long as Lord Han takes the opportunity to take the shadow guard to find that formation master and carry out a sneak attack, then our great trouble will be eliminated. ”

After listening to Wang Shi's plan, Kite Fei nodded frequently, and immediately ordered the siege of the city.

In the era of cold weapons, the main function of catapults was to siege cities. Compared with equipment such as ladders and siege vehicles, its advantages are very obvious. It has a long range and great power, and it is a group attack, and it is more concentrated than a strong crossbow to attack the city wall. Huge stones thrown are more likely to collapse the walls of the mud and rocks, and even the blue brick walls cannot withstand the long-term attack of the boulders. Once the city wall is destroyed, the Lin'an army will be able to pass through the gap in the collapsed city wall and drive straight into the city.

However, due to the high manufacturing cost, long cycle time, and excessive bulkiness of giant catapults, they are not suitable for marching and carrying. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't capture the Vast Cliff for a long time this time, and gave the craftsmen of Linjiang City enough time, no matter how well prepared King Lin'an was, it would be impossible to transport so many giant catapults outside the Boundless Cliff City at once.

Each catapult must also be equipped with enough soldiers to carry out fine work such as driving, loading boulders, adjusting the angle and height of unified command, etc., in order to ensure that it can play the role of siege, so there are thousands of soldiers in charge of these hundreds of catapults alone.

Under the order of Qianhu, hundreds of catapults completed the first round of launch attacks in unison. The defenders of the Vast Cliff only saw hundreds of huge stones speeding towards the Vast Cliff City from the enemy's military camp, like small hills, cutting through the sky, and accurately calculating arcs smashed into the east wall of the Vast Cliff City and the outer gate of the East City.

The earth-shattering sound shook the ears of every soldier on the city wall. Some boulders smashed into the huge shields that the soldiers had jointly raised, and then rolled down to the ground, directly smashing the ground into countless large craters.

However, fortunately, the city walls and gates were arranged in defensive formations due to the dust, so although they were attacked by boulders, they did not cause great damage, but only fell a little plaster.

However, the soldiers at the head of the city, who were hit by the boulder on the shield above their heads, were suddenly dizzy and could not recover for a long time. However, it was only so, and there were no casualties to the soldiers defending the city.

"Haha, General, this catapult is nothing more than that! Don't worry, we can handle it! Deputy General Huo Minhua said with a laugh at Lin Shanhai.

Kite Fei didn't give the defenders of the Vast Cliff any respite, and the second round of attacks came in an instant. It was another smash in the dark. After the smoke and dust, the eastern wall of the cliff was only slightly peeled off, smashing the heads of several defending soldiers, which was not a huge injury at all.

Even the dust, who had already been ready to support the city, was not of much interest. Bored, he returned to the disciples of the Tianlan Sect led by Ji Lingshan. Ji Lingshan touched her dusty little head, "Your formation is really powerful, it is estimated that it has surpassed your master!" ”

"That's not necessarily, my master is unfathomable, unfathomable!" Dusty smiled strangely at Ji Lingshan.

Ji Lingshan suddenly felt a blush when she saw this little girl, but immediately showed a trace of worry. Zixuan has not heard from her for a long time, she doesn't know what is going on now, the battle in the Vast Cliff is tight, it is impossible for her to rush to the capital to find him, although she misses it very much, but as the current general responsible person of the Tianlan Sect, she must work with the disciples of the Tianlan Sect to protect the people of the Vast Cliff.

The Tianlan Sect is now led by her, and the disciples are fully integrated into the military and civilians of the Vast Cliff to defend together. Ji Lingshan himself took 2,000 disciples to mainly support the defense of the East City Gate, Ran Feng and Zhu Tianqi took the Mercenary Association to assist in the defense of the West City Gate, and Liang Sicheng's Tiansha was in charge of the scouts; Liu Piaopiao led the people of Piaoxiang Building to be responsible for supply; Pharmacist He commanded the disciples of the Pill Pavilion to treat the wounded. Chenxi accompanied Ji Lingshan, and was stationed with Lin Shanhai and Nina to command.

And the support of the south city gate was completely handed over to the two genius battalions, because the genius battalions were all cavalry, so they were highly mobile and easy to support on the east and west fronts. In addition, the Lin'an army never attacked the south city gate from beginning to end, but only arranged 5,000 cavalry to block and contain outside the city gate. So on the contrary, the pressure at the south gate is the least.