In addition to high accuracy, trebuchet counter-shooting also requires strong defense.

At the farthest attack range, stone bullets are the biggest threat, and level 5 fighters can easily intercept stone bullets, and samurai and knights in the late stage of level 4 combat power can also stop stone bullets.

There are not many fourth-level and fifth-level combat power in the local army, and the power to protect trebuchets is naturally not comparable to the elite army, so the fighting style of the southern battalion is bullying.

The local army insisted on finding ten or eight fifth-level combat power to protect the trebuchet, but the people were not iron-clad, and they had to be rotated several times a day.

Take ten trebuchets as an example, one batch needs ten fifth-level combat power, and in high-intensity warfare, five batches are needed every day, and fifty are directly calculated.

The commander of Nancheng can make up fifty of them, but they can't all be arranged to protect the trebuchet, and high-level combat power is also needed in other positions.

In contrast, Wang Chou and Ma Ju have a lot of talents, and in addition to the fifth-level combat power, there are archers to protect them from the attacks of magicians. There were magicians in the city of Nanjing, and the siege troops could only rely on archers and crossbowmen for the time being.

Shaodiantai was miserable because of this.

After the Tenth Legion entered Anyang County, it relied on the advantage of magicians to avoid the enemy's ambush, and after a large-scale transfer, it also relied on magicians to block the enemy's tracking.

Recently, they have been targeted by magicians, and their number of magicians is not as large as that of the enemy, and this change makes it difficult for them to adapt for a while.

Knowing that the city of Nanjing was under siege, Shaodiantai gritted his teeth and ordered the troops to gather and approach the city of Nanjing.

Dong Ba predicted the advance route of the Tenth Army Corps, and united the 74th and 75th Divisions to set up a blocking position, and the magicians who came from the southern counties enriched their strength.

The blocking battle that Ding Kui was looking forward to did not happen, the Tenth Army Corps turned around and withdrew, and Shao Diantai did not choose to hit it hard. To tell the truth, the Tenth Army Corps did not have a chance to win, but if it won the battle, it would suffer heavy losses, and then it would be powerless to threaten the enemy besieging Nanjing City.

Zhenjing City also knew that Nanjing City was trapped, and Zibi blamed the clan government for this, "Why don't you send a master-level master to help Nanjing City break the siege?"

"There are people around the King of Shaodian Xi County to protect him, but those with sixth-level combat power are not allowed to participate in the war in Nanmarsh Prefecture, this is the agreement between the Gongsun family and the traitor. Shaodian Huang explained.

"As you said, that is the agreement between the Gongsun family and the traitor, what does it have to do with the imperial court?

"No!" Shaodian spoke.

The important ministers present did not expect that it was the Prince Regent who opposed the chief of the Government Council.

"When the Gongsun family reached an agreement with the traitor, we did not object, which means that we accepted the agreement. Since then, the traitors have not sent Level 6 fighters to the battlefield, and they have consciously and strictly abided by this agreement.

We can't break that agreement now! That is an act of unfaithfulness, contrary to the convictions of the Knights, and I cannot accept it as the President of the Knights' Association. "Shaodian may not be a qualified Prince Regent, but he is certainly a qualified Knight President.

The old minister also objected. Shaodian Zhang's statement said, "Ding Kui and Tan Shang are outside Nanjing City, if they make a move, Nanjing City will be difficult to preserve."

There are still many master-level masters in the rebel camp, and if the imperial court wants to fight against them, it needs to transfer people back from the front line of Zhenwangzhou, and in the end, it may not be able to keep Nanjing City. ”

"Don't discuss this matter again! Talk about the front line of Zhenwang Prefecture and put down the rebellion of Shaodianyong as soon as possible, and the rebels in Nannuma Prefecture will not be able to make big waves......"

Shaodian forcibly stopped the topic of Nanjing City and focused on the rebel king in the west.

However, once the battle in Nanjing City began, it could not be stopped.

The irritating black smoke floated up the wall, so smoked that people couldn't open their eyes, and even if a magician tried to disperse it, it could only maintain a smokeless state for a short time, and the fireworks below could not be extinguished in a short time.

The trebuchet paused its attack, and the city guards lowered their bodies as much as they could, covering their mouths and noses with a damp cloth. Wei Shiwen stared at the city with tears in his eyes, fearing that the enemy infantry would take the opportunity to climb the city walls.

Han Rujian was not so anxious, and continued to command the subordinate to build the dirt slope,

"What? Why are you so stupid when you run out of bird droppings and use horse dung!" she really wanted to kick Long Shuang to death, "don't use a cloth bag, put it in a basket, and throw it into the fire vigorously." ”

The black smoke blocked the view of the defenders, and the attackers could not see the situation in the city, so the cold as a blade only needed to buy time to complete the "fort", and the horse manure and hay rolls could last until midnight.

That's right, Ding Kui's troops are going to attack the city overnight, not only on one side of the tuyere, but on all sides.

The besieging troops in the north rolled out ten wells, which had just been transported by the 113th Division in the afternoon. Xi Xiu gathered all the crossbowmen in the Beida battalion, distributed them evenly on the well, and pushed them onto the temporary pile of dirt slopes, just enough to shoot at the defenders on the city wall.

The trebuchets in the city hit several wells at the beginning, but did not cause much damage, and when the crossbows on the wells fired, the stone projectiles falling from the sky immediately became sparse, and the defenders were killed and wounded.

The eastern wall was slightly better, and the siege troops sent iron beasts, and ten iron beasts approached along a small slope route, covering the archers in the rear into range.

Bows and arrows are easier to defend than crossbow arrows, and the shield bearers only need to focus on the top of their heads, they can cover the trebuchets to continue attacking, and the stone projectiles will be reduced by less than half at once, unlike in the northern city.

When it got dark, the trebuchets on the city walls could not find their targets, so they had to reduce the frequency of their attacks, replace the lit oil canisters from time to time, and shoot them out in the estimated direction to see if there were any enemies there.

The South City Tower was still the worst, and there were suddenly three more teams of men and horses behind the trebuchet position under the city, and when three huge rockets were shot on the city tower and exploded, the South City commander understood that there were ballistas among the three teams of men and horses.

The defenders were already at a disadvantage in trebuchet blows, and now they were under ballista fire, which was really worse.

Ballistae are much more dangerous than trebuchets.

Don't look at the trebuchet that can shoot a fire pot, but the trajectory is clearly visible, the fire pot has been in the air for a long time, it is easy to predict where it will fall, and the defenders can stop it with the help of a magician.

The ballista's burst arrow is completely different, as it fires directly, is very fast, and does not emit light until it hits the target, making it impossible to see at night and even a mage cannot stop it.

The officer who commanded the ballista was obviously very experienced, and he shot at the towers where they could easily catch fire, and after a few rounds of fire, the towers were set on fire.

However, the defenders were numerous enough to quickly extinguish the ignition of the fire.

"Report to General Ma, the city tower of the state city is very spacious, it can accommodate many soldiers inside, and the ballista can only shoot at the surface of the city tower, and it will take time to completely ignite the city tower. The ballista commander came running to report.

"Okay, don't be in a hurry, shoot the arrow tower for me first, and then shoot the flagpole with the bucket, and the castle tower can take your time. ”

Ma said that he was not in a hurry, but he was actually very anxious in his heart, and only the southern battalion of the four battalions was equipped with ballistas, the only weapon that could attack outside the range of the defenders, so to speak, it was a matter of great attention, and it would be a shame if their attack progress lagged behind the others.

"On the heavy and elite infantry, you must cover the engineer team. "He sent the main force overnight.

The enemy army began to attack the city overnight on the second night, and Wei Shiwen felt great pressure.

The trebuchet was limited in his field of vision, and the archers scrambled to the wall, a row of rockets fired, drawing a 200-step cordon, and then the trebuchet shot oil canisters to illuminate the area. Two hundred paces away, you can only put it first, occasionally blindly shoot a few stone bullets to touch the prize, whether you can kill and stop the enemy depends entirely on luck.

Ding Kui did not stop patrolling the camp, and kept circling around the four large battalions, checking the progress of the attack on all sides, and discussing siege tactics with the four battalion commanders to see if there was anything that needed to be improved.

"Don't worry, Lord Ding, tomorrow will definitely be able to break through the outer area, and the first to land in Nanjing City will definitely be the 80th Division. Qiao Meng patted his chest and promised.

"That's not right, but we also have a credit. Xi Xiu was naturally dissatisfied.

"Oh, yes, yes, the first to go belongs to the North Daying. Jomon found himself lost in his friends for a moment.

"Don't think about going first, it is important to capture Nanjing City, it is also important to reduce losses, the battle between the imperial court and Zhenjing City is not over yet, and there are still many places that need to rely on you in the future. I don't want to see the Eighth Army lose its vitality after taking Nanjing. Ding Kui's mind was clear.

The defenders had setbacks but few casualties, morale was still there, there were still more than 20,000 horses on each wall, and it was unrealistic to take down the same force in one day.

"Adults don't have to look at the defenders highly, those local armies have limited combat effectiveness, and they won't use defensive weapons, except for the magician who is a little threatening, the defenders are unlikely to cause damage to our army. "Xi Xiu is as confident as Qiao Meng.

"Well, the main threat is still the Tenth Legion, and the Northern Battalion may be their main direction of attack, so be careful that they jump over the wall in a hurry. "Ding Kui's heart disease has not been resolved.

The Tenth Legion bypassed Dong Ba's blocking position and used the night to escape from the mage's surveillance, and now its whereabouts are unknown.

"It's best if they dare to come, it's not interesting to bully the local army, if you want to fight, you can fight those pseudo-elite legions, let everyone see clearly, we are the real elite legions!" Qiao Meng never took the other two elite legions of the kingdom in his eyes.

This is also a common problem for everyone in the Eighth Legion, just as the Ninth and Tenth Legions look down on them, the three elite legions of the Shaodian Kingdom have always looked down on each other.

"Well, you don't have to worry about the magicians, tomorrow, by the afternoon at the latest, your magicians will be back. ”

If Ding Kui can choose, he will also choose to defeat the Ten Legions first and then attack the city, and only after fighting without worries can he let go of his hands and feet.

"Cold as a blade, go back and rest!" Ding Kui ripped off the mud bag on Han Rublade's shoulder.

"Ah, my lord, when did you come?" the cold chest rose and fell, "and the subordinates carried a few more bags. She reached out to snatch the mud bag back.

Ding Kui brushed away the muddy hands with one palm and shouted, "Long Shuang, get out of here!" Put your general back to the camp, you will stay outside her tent tonight, and she will not be allowed to come out before dawn. ”

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