Eshun is nine feet long, with a hideous face, making a square halberd, and has the courage of ten thousand people.

It was with this bravery and ugly face that he was able to quickly control the army.

The fist is big, the appearance is ugly, and the deterrent power is strong.

"King, the merchant army is attacking again!"

E Shun was drinking in the mansion, and his royal title was not the king of Chu inherited from E Chongyu.

If you inherit the name of the king of Chu, you will lose your righteousness to some extent, after all, the king of Chu is sealed by the king of Chu.

can not inherit, continue to call himself Nan Bohou, the situation is even worse, the marquis is not as good as the king, and those princes who are crowned kings will inevitably look down on him.

Therefore, Eshun abolished the king of Chu and called himself the king of E, but he did not have the reward of the king of Shang, the co-lord of the world, nor did he have time to go through the normal procedure of sealing the king.

However, it is not a big problem, as long as the merchant army is repulsed, the territory is integrated, there are land and soldiers, and one side is divided.

"Here we go again..."

It's been seven days, although it is a "siege", in fact, the merchant army only sent seven days of arrows.

None of them stepped into the firing range half a step, shooting four rounds in the morning, three rounds at noon, and two rounds in the afternoon, and at night it was too dark, and they went back to the camp to sleep.

It's the same as eating, but the wind and rain are blocked, and if the wind is a little stronger, or it rains a little light, the merchant army will not be too lazy to come.

An archer shoots nine arrows a day, not as much as he used to shoot, and the other soldiers clapped their hands on the side, treating the battle as child's play.

The merchant army can paddle and slack, but the defenders of the city dare not relax in the slightest.

Eshun was very annoyed, so annoyed that his mentality was about to collapse, but he had no choice but to put on armor and hang a knife.

On the city wall, Eshun found that the merchant army outside the city today was a little different, and they actually built stone cannons.

Since ancient times, people have used catapults to hunt, and our ancestors have been thinking about how to throw stones more efficiently, and then there are stone cannons.

Eshun knows the stone cannon, and the stone cannon is rarely used in warfare, because the current range of the stone cannon is not as good as the bow and arrow, and it is useless at all.

But the stone cannon of the merchant army is different, although it seems to be something made in a hurry, but it is very bluffing.

Chaoge has great talents, and it seems that it is not difficult at all to invent yellow paper and stone cannons with a longer range.

Looking at the stone cannon that was far away from the range of the bow and arrow, E Shun immediately raised a cavalry as if he was facing a great enemy, and once the stone cannon was built, even if it was exchanged for the lives of the soldiers, it would have to be destroyed.

About half a day later, the stone cannon was built.

But because it was too dark, the merchant army retreated.

E Shun was stunned, and the stone cannon stayed in place like this?

Even if it's not easy to take away, don't you disassemble it?

It's finally done, why don't you try to shoot a few shots to boost morale?

"King, why don't we go out and rob the stone cannon?" a burly general finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked out loud.

Eshun stared at the stone cannon outside the city, his heart was hot, if he took someone out to rob the stone cannon, this kind of sharp weapon would belong to him, and in the future, the merchant army would shoot arrows or take stone cannons outside the range, he would be able to use the robbed stone cannon to fight back and cause damage!

However, not long after this idea came to mind, it was dispelled.

It's too abnormal, will it .... Is it a trap?

The more he thought about it, the more likely it became, E Shun sighed repeatedly, fortunately he was cautious, otherwise he would have fallen for the trick of the king.

He patted the general's helmet and put on a teaching look: "The key to defending the city is to be calm, defend the city, and if you can not leave the city, you will not go out of the city, and the merchant army will attack for seven days in a row, and it will retreat every night when it is dark..."

The general was stunned and said: "Yes, the merchant army has retreated, this stone cannon is not taken for nothing, even if it is destroyed by fire, it cannot be left for them to use tomorrow." ”

E Shun hated that he couldn't do it: "Stupid! Did the merchant army really retreat?"

The general was surprised.

Eshun's eyes flashed:

"We all know that the merchant army will retreat every night, so we think that they will retreat today, if they do not retreat today, but deliberately use the stone cannon as a guide to set a trap to ambush us, what should we do? Wouldn't it cost the lives of the soldiers in vain? The merchants have reinforcements, and our reinforcements will come?"

"What's more, the seven-day siege is not conducive to the morale of the merchant army, but once the ambush plan is successful, there will definitely be a fighting spirit to attack the city!"

"It's... This..."The general's face was red, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

E Shun said earnestly: "The strategy of the surprise attack of the noble and fast, Lone has also heard of it, and now it seems that the king is not only good at strategic deployment, but also longer than the enemy's army, full of tricks, and is a difficult opponent." ”

"Then the will..."

"Let's wait for tomorrow, these days the soldiers are tired of coping, let's rest for a while. ”

.............

The day after the stone cannon was erected, Zishou got up in the morning and found that it was raining lightly, so he hugged Yang Guifei and fell asleep again.

On the third day, the rain did not stop, and I continued to sleep.

On the fourth day, the rain stopped, and Zishou yawned and reluctantly led his soldiers to attack the city.

Still in the same position, he was surprised to find that the stone cannon had not been moved.

How good is this Eshun mentality?!

Zishou didn't understand the production method of the stone cannon, he only knew the principle, and the blind chicken drew a picture to make people build, but the soldiers didn't know that he didn't understand!

The whole army had great expectations for this stone cannon, imagining a volley of boulders that would break through the walls and smash the enemy into meatloaf.

When they withdrew due to darkness that day, Chao Lei and others also persuaded them bitterly, saying that even if such a divine object could not be used due to the darkness of the night, it could not be left to the enemy army, and it should be burned on the spot.

Such a thoughtful suggestion, Zi Shou naturally resolutely refused, he originally wanted to lower morale by besieging the city for a long time, and the stone cannon that pinned the hope of siege was destroyed and robbed, and he was afraid that his morale would not plummet?

Unexpectedly, Eshun didn't care at all.

There is also a way, just expose the facts.

"Come on, move the boulders, prepare to launch the stone cannon!"

Fang Xiang and Fang Bi heard the order and immediately set off, they couldn't help it for a long time, this kind of stone cannon outside the range of bows and arrows is simply a siege artifact, they haven't slept well in the past few days after setting up the stone cannon, for fear of being destroyed by Eshun, they can't wait to bring the stone cannon back to the camp overnight.

didn't expect Eshun to be so stupid that he put it on hold for two nights and didn't deal with it.

The two found a few boulders with a diameter of three or four meters, and one by one they moved them to the stone cannon.

The rest of the soldiers also found large and small stones to use as artillery shells.

Eshun in the city had already received the news, and personally took the assembled cavalry, and if the power of the stone cannon was too terrifying, he immediately rushed to the city to destroy it.

Even if the cavalry was not large, it was fine, the merchant army crossed the river, there were no horses, it was difficult to deal with even in formation, and they were only going to destroy the stone cannons, not to fight head-on.

A soldier rubbed his hands, and he fired the first shot.

He loaded the stone in the cannon and pulled the rope with a dozen brothers.

"Fuck the hell!"

Many soldiers shouted, it has been ten days since the siege of the city, and there is no result at all, who is not aggrieved in their hearts?

Under this cannon, Echeng should be gone, right?!

It's an exciting time!

The officers and men of the three armies seem to be able to hear the loud sound of stone bullets hitting the city wall!

It seems that you can see the panicked faces of the enemy soldiers one by one!

The soldiers of the Hubei army are all holding big shields, hoping to defend it!

The stone bullet that made countless people nervous flew in the sky and fell heavily to the ground.

Looking at the distance, it is not even half the range of the bow and arrow.

The merchant army was in an uproar.

Fang Xiang did not believe in evil and personally launched the boulder with a diameter of three meters and a weight of more than 20 kilograms.

There was a loud bang, and the walls were still fine, and the stone cannons that carried the boulders were destroyed.