The soil slope of more than 40 meters high is seven, which is indeed a large amount of work, even if Han Rujian borrowed 10,000 war horses, the eastern battalion still can't catch up with the siege progress of several other battalions.

The sharp soldiers in the front of the southern battalion are approaching the 200-meter cordon of the defenders, and they will be exposed to the defenders' field of vision if they go further than a dozen paces; the iron beasts of the western battalion are still advancing slowly but firmly, and it is only a matter of time before they reach the city wall; the progress of the northern battalion is a little slow, but the well is already killing and wounding the defenders, and the battle exploits are the most.

Han Rujian became famous again, she was arrested and confined by the commander's order, and she was the first of the division commanders who belonged to the small imperial court, but no one dared to laugh at her, and it would be difficult to win this honor without Ding Kui's care and love.

Yuan Jinhui hurriedly ran down from another dirt slope and took over the command of the East Battalion.

"You too, go to the general's platform to command! It's not a bad thing to take the lead, but you must first take charge of the overall situation, what if there is a sneak attack by the enemy? Ding Kui scolded with his head and face, regardless of whether Yuan Jinhui turned out to be the main general.

"Yes, yes, the last will know that he is wrong. Yuan Jinhui can only carry this black cauldron.

The coach is biased towards the cold like a blade, and when asked, he will say, "Yes!" He should carry the black cauldron.

There were many people in Nanjing who had insomnia, and Shao Dianxi inspected the city defense many times, personally distributed bereavement pensions to seriously injured officers and soldiers, and took out vegetables grown in the vegetable garden of the county king's mansion to improve the food for the defenders.

After the siege of the city by the army of the small imperial court, the supply of fresh vegetables has been cut off, and the people who can eat the vegetables are all rich and expensive, and the move of the state pastor can indeed boost morale.

Wei Shiwen stuffed a handful of tea leaves into his mouth, and ran up to the West City Tower without taking a sip of water.

Under the cover of the Iron Beast, the western siege troops opened up two archer positions, and the tireless archers began to cover the walls with rockets, and trebuchets also appeared, and the trebuchet troops in the west city were severely damaged.

The supply of siege equipment was prioritized, with trebuchets in the south, iron beasts in the west, wells in the north, and Minfu in the east. When the best supply is finished, the next level will be supplied, the trebuchets in the south will be enough, and the newly made ones will be supplied to the west, and eventually there will be siege troops on all sides.

Bang, as soon as Wei Shiwen reached the top floor of the city tower, a stone bullet hit the guardrail, but it didn't cause any damage.

"Are you stupid to change the fire canister, and shoot stone bullets!" he realized that his trebuchet was still firing stone projectiles.

The commander of Xicheng argued: "The target of the fire pot is obvious. ”

"Stupid! The fire pot is still lethal if it is broken, at least it can light up the battlefield. Don't think about the inventory, smash the fire pot out!" Wei Shiwen wanted to draw his sword and cut people, the commanders of the city defense forces in these places had rigid thinking and did not know how to improvise, and it was easy for the enemy to catch the flaws.

In the face of elite legions, some small flaws will be caught and expanded, and the slightest mistake will be lost.

As soon as he finished speaking, he smashed the oil tank from the bottom, and the rockets pursued him, and the three trebuchets in the city burst into flames. It is completely confirmed that "you are polite, and the enemy will not learn from you".

There are reserves in the city, and if the trebuchet is broken, it can be replaced with a new one, and the dead and wounded soldiers can be replaced with a new one, and there will be no shortage of supplies in the short term.

The cruelty of the war deepened the understanding of the defenders, the soldiers on fire rolled on the ground and wailed, and the officer went up with a shot, directly to the throat, and then dropped a sentence: "Everyone who can't be saved can help you reduce a little pain." ”

This kind of thing has a greater impact on the local army, and it is normal in the eyes of the regular army, except that the siege force is equipped with a large number of medical officers, and a small half of them are recruited from nearby cities.

Ding Kui had been preparing for the siege for a long time, and repeatedly delayed the siege to make the preparations more thorough. Medical officers in the four major military camps are also rotated to provide medical treatment to wounded soldiers on the front line at any time to minimize troop losses.

A blue light shot above the boss's head, and the refreshing vitality drove away the exhaustion of his body.

"Why are you here?" Ding Kui didn't look back and knew that it was Li Fei's handiwork.

"As soon as I go out, I refuse to go home, and I can't recuperate well when I am injured, and I will kill Her Royal Highness the princess if I don't come. Li Fei handed over a wet towel.

Ding Kui had just come from Dongdaying, and he couldn't help but get a little dust, so he didn't pay attention to it, took the towel and wiped it, and said: "That's it on the battlefield, don't keep putting nectar on me, it's not good to look blue on the top of your head." ”

"Giggles, boring!" Li Fei's understanding was different, "Why isn't Senior Brother here?" He led the team to go for a few days. ”

"Go elsewhere and come back tomorrow. You came just in time to follow me to the front line to treat the wounded. "Ding Kui even caught his own wife.

The wounded soldiers in the early stage should be treated as soon as possible, and if the situation is good, they can catch up with the battle in the middle and later stages, and the seriously wounded can only be sent to Anyang County to recuperate.

The defenders behaved quite stubbornly, and the trebuchets barely stopped after they started, inflicting some damage after the attackers came into range in a big way.

As the battle line moved forward, the elite corps could not avoid losses, most of them were burned by fire cans, a few were injured by stone bullets, and none of them were killed.

The presence of the coach and his wife on the front line to rescue the wounded was more morale-boosting than the reward money, and the shield-bearers at the front used bolder tactical moves and were not afraid of injury.

When the sky was white, Ding Kui took Li Fei back to the main tent to rest.

"Aren't you resting?" Li Fei saw that Ding Kui didn't mean to take off his armor.

"It's going to be a white-knuckle battle today, I have to watch, you go to sleep first. ”

After a night's hard work, except for the eastern battlefield, the other three battlefields were within the range of the defenders' archers, and finally the distance of less than two hundred paces could be broken through at any time.

The city of Nanjing was besieged on all sides, and the defenders had already blocked the city gates, and the only way to attack the city was to climb the wall and dig tunnels. Digging tunnels is more dangerous than climbing the city walls, and it is more appropriate to choose to climb the walls when the quality of the soldiers is more worried.

After dawn, Han Rujian rushed out of the tent impatiently, and slapped Long Shuang by the door: "Sleep like a dead pig, you don't know if the enemy sneaks in and slaughters you." ”

Long Shuang shook his head: "Where is the enemy?" By the time he saw it clearly, Han Rujian had already jumped on his horse.

The walls of fire have been extinguished, the black smoke has cleared, and the grass and manure ashes on the ground have been covered with dirt. Ballistae were pushed up to the top of the dirt slope and began to suppress the long-range troops at the head of the city, the crossbowmen phalanx lined up at the bottom of the slope to shoot at the trebuchets on the city, and the infantry continued to carry mud bags back and forth and paved seven roads to the walls.

The troops of the Twelfth Legion were equipped with a large number of strong crossbows, and the proficiency of crossbowmen was higher than that of the Eighth Legion, and the city of Nanjing began to be attacked by organized crossbow troops.

The commander of Dongcheng shouted: "Cloth curtains, bamboo sheds, hurry up!"

The defenders had already prepared to deal with the light crossbow equipment, but their reaction was as cold as a blade, and the flat fire of the ballista greatly disrupted the defensive position.

That's why Han Rujian didn't send out crossbowmen with a long range first, but waited for the dirt slope to be built and the ballista was set up before getting on the crossbowmen.

The eastern city wall, which had been quiet for a night, was suddenly slammed, and the defenders who had hurriedly entered the battle were unstable, and even the heavy shields were shot through and flying by the ballistas, not to mention the people holding bamboo huts and cloth curtains.

As the infantry worked tirelessly, the archers joined the siege sequence, and rockets began to fly up the city, causing the mantle to completely withdraw from the defenses.

Han Rujian stood on the platform to eat, still holding a telescope in one hand, and applauded loudly from time to time.

"General Han, you sit down first, I am in charge of the command today. Pi Zhi sat back and reminded.

After a night's rest, the 113th Division was full of energy.

"Ah, I, well, just look. Han Rujian still had something in his mouth, "I didn't rob you, I can join the siege sequence at any time, don't forget." ”

"Earlier, you see, the enemy has come up with a cart with multiple layers of heavy shields, and there is a way to deal with the ballista, so it is not so easy to get close to the city wall. Pidge noticed the change in the city.

Two layers of heavy shields can prevent the attack of the ballista, three layers of heavy shields can ensure that they are safe, the defenders know that the 111th Division has a ballista and have studied the countermeasures, and Beicheng also uses this method to defend the bed crossbow on the well.

There were no invincible weapons on the battlefield, and the magician put a magic shield on the heavy shield to resist the giant crossbow arrows, and the defenders gradually stabilized their positions after a period of chaos, and the trebuchets and archers were able to fight back again under the protection of the heavy shield.

Unlike a trebuchet and a ballista, one is a projectile and the other is a flat fire, and the heavy shield will be stoned to death if it is projectile, so the stone projectile can only dodge rather than resist.

Long Shuang returned to the front line, and the fearless knights had to protect the infantry, specializing in dealing with stone bullets dropped from high altitudes, either shooting guns to intercept them, or shooting guns to fly, one person could protect a piece.

The mud transport team, the engineer team, and the towing plough team were all within the scope of the city defense attack, and the heavy and elite infantry became the pioneers on various battlefields, and the team cleared the fortifications under the cover of the city defense attack.

Shao Dianxi's eyes were bloodshot, and he didn't say a word against the handsome flag in the distance, if his angry gaze could turn into a real attack, the "Ding" flag fluttering in the air would have been torn to pieces.

"Your Excellency, Your Highness the King of the County, let your subordinates out of the city. Lou Xiao once again asked to negotiate with Ding Kui.

Seeing that the state pastor did not react, he continued: "Gongsun Mi is selfish, the Tenth Army is weak, it is not a way to continue to defend, there is no city in the world that cannot be attacked. ”

Lou Xiao lied about the military situation, bewitched the army, arrested me, and put me on death row!"

Lou Xiao's face turned completely white, his hands and feet trembled slightly, and when the guards approached, he spit out four words with difficulty: "Thank you, sir!"

Wei Shiwen stood aside with a stiff face, and did not open his mouth to persuade him.

Shao Dianxi turned his head and said silently in his heart: "Ask for more blessings for yourself." ”

On the surface, he is punishing Lou Xiao, but in fact he is protecting in disguise, if Ding Kui captures Nanjing City, most of them will not be embarrassed to die Lou Xiao in prison, and Wei Shiwen, who is responsible for directing resistance, will not escape death unless he leaves through the portal.

What gave him a glimmer of hope was the rescue force that Shaodiantai and the three northern counties had put together temporarily, and the reinforcements would arrive if they held out for one day at most.

At this time, Shaodiantai was in Huaining City, about a hundred miles east of Nanjing, and the city declared emergency martial law after the entry of the Tenth Army, and the people in the city could only stay at home and not go out.