On the city wall, the watchman put away the telescope in his hand and flew down.
"Report, your majesty, general, the rebels have begun to attack the city again."
Li Baiyu, who was coaxing the little cutie to eat the soy beef, made a move, put the soy beef in his hand into his mouth, casually wiped the grease on his dirty cloak and stood up.
Taking the telescope from the lookout hand, Li Baiyu raised it and looked outside the city wall.
The little cutie's mouth was filled with soy beef, and her cheeks were bulging. After hearing the watchman's words, the cutie swallowed the soy beef sadly and wrinkled her nose.
"It goes on and on, it goes on and on, and it won't stop even after eating."
Cuiyun took out a handkerchief and wiped the foam from the corners of the little cutie's mouth and the grease on her pretty face.
"Princess Yue'er, don't be impatient. Once it's warmed up, you can continue eating."
The little cutie nodded dejectedly and got into Cuiyun's cloak like a little chicken: "Call me out when you're done."
Looking at the extremely skilled little cutie, Cuiyun smiled and nodded, wrapped the little cutie and began to nestle under the battlement.
Li Baiyu put down the telescope in his hand, with a confused look on his face.
"Send the order to invite Lu Aiqing."
"According to the order."
A moment later, Lu Tao trotted over holding a telescope: "Your Majesty, I know what you meant by calling me here. The rebels' offensive formation has indeed changed and it has become unreasonable."
Li Baiyu raised his telescope and looked around again.
"They knew how difficult it was to attack the city so they shouldn't have attacked it so quickly, and their formation was completely incomprehensible to me. How could their siege vehicles be so densely arranged?"
"If we fire one round of artillery, half of their siege vehicles will be destroyed if we hit it."
Lu Tao shook his head silently: "The old minister is also confused and cannot guess their intentions."
"Are they trying to gather the siege vehicles and bombard them a little to create a gap in the city wall?"
"maybe."
"Commander!"
"exist."
"Ask about the situation of the remaining three gates and see how the rebels' offensive is going."
"It's an order."
"Old love, what should I do? Should I fire artillery to bombard their siege vehicles as soon as they get within range? They are so densely gathered together. If we don't fire, we will miss the opportunity."
"As long as their siege vehicles are destroyed and they rely only on ladders, it will be even more impossible for them to attack the city wall!"
"It will take at least two days or more to rebuild or repair a siege vehicle. This way we can hold on for a few more days and wait for reinforcements."
Lu Tao looked hesitant: "Everything happens for a reason. Their sudden change of unreasonable siege formation must be weird. Let's wait until they get closer and we can observe it clearly with a telescope!"
"I respect Lao Aiqing's wishes. After all, you have a lot of experience. I said that I will not offside and command indiscriminately, so I will not offside and command indiscriminately."
"Your Majesty is wise, thank you for your understanding."
"Report, Your Majesty, General. The rebel attack formations outside the other three city gates are as reasonable as ever. Only the rebels at the south city gate are weird."
The messenger's reply made Li Baiyu and Li Baiyu frown even more.
Sure enough, there was something strange, but Li Baiyu and the others couldn't figure out what exactly was strange.
Lu Tao stroked his beard and thought for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully: "Your Majesty, the siege vehicles are so tall that you can't see much if they are gathered together."
"Is there something weird behind the siege truck? The siege truck is just a 'scapegoat' thrown out by them. The real siege weapon is hidden behind the siege truck?"
Li Baiyu was stunned, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly felt something in his heart, and suddenly raised his head and looked towards Lu Tao.
Lu Tao also looked at Li Baiyu at the same time.
The two said in unison.
"artillery!"
He said the same answer, causing the two of them to take a breath of air.
Lu Tao raised his telescope and stared at the back of the siege vehicle intently, as if he wanted to see through the siege vehicle.
After a pause, Lu Tao silently put down his telescope: "It's too dense, and with the soldiers blocking it, you can't see anything at all."
"But since there is a powerful siege weapon like artillery, why didn't they use it earlier? Then the masonry of our city gate would have been blown apart by the cannonballs."
"What's the purpose of delaying taking it out until now?"
Li Baiyu looked at the slowly approaching rebels with confusion. The Ouchi spies he had sent out had not found out the existence of artillery in the rebel camp. Over time, Li Baiyu believed that the rebels really did not have such artillery. A powerful siege weapon.
In particular, it was still unclear whether there were artillery behind the siege vehicle. This was the biggest headache for the two of them.
Li Baiyu thought for a moment and looked at Cuiyun aside.
"Cuiyun, take Yue'er down to the city wall and stay a hundred steps away from the city wall."
"According to the order!"
The little cutie clearly heard the conversation between Li Baiyu and Li Baiyu, and without any reluctance, she followed Cuiyun obediently towards the bottom of the city wall.
After the little cutie left, Li Baiyu looked at Lu Tao: "Old love, how do you meet the enemy?"
Lu Tao observed the approximate distance of the rebels and pondered for a moment: "Turn the muzzle, aim at one place, raise the muzzle a corner, and pass over the siege vehicle to bombard the things behind the siege vehicle."
"Whether it's artillery or not, let's test it with artillery fire first."
"It's not the best. If it hits their shell box, it can destroy half of their shells."
"Okay, let's do what you want and give the order!"
"Old minister, please retire."
After Lu Tao left, Li Baiyu looked at the siege vehicle in the distance and swallowed subconsciously, and the hand holding the Emperor's Sword trembled slightly.
The more you see the power of artillery, the more you understand its power.
It had always been our own side that bombarded the rebels, and now it was his turn to be bombarded, so Li Baiyu had to be nervous.
My kung fu is good, and according to martial arts rules, I am a top-notch person, but the chance of surviving a cannonball is less than one in ten thousand.
Li Baiyu sighed and looked up at the sky silently.
Maybe the capital will really be captured by the rebels today.
"Fourth brother, should I believe you?"
Li Baiyu stood melancholy on the city wall. The Ouchi guards he sent out to investigate the actual condition of the artillery have not replied yet, and they don't know whether they are alive or dead.
If there really are artillery, can the city gate be able to block it?
Although the city gate is sealed, the city wall built brick by stone cannot stop the cannonballs, let alone the temporarily sealed city gate hole.
"The artillery raised a corner and fired towards the back of the siege vehicle."
The rebels entered the shooting range for a long time, and Lu Tao finally ordered the artillery fire, and the shells fired towards the back of the siege vehicle with flames.
The slush spread out in all directions, leaving shallow depressions.
The rebels who gathered next to the siege vehicle suddenly pulled the siege vehicle and scattered, revealing the dark barrel underneath.
Lu Tao saw the frightened changes in these faces through the lens tube, and knew in his heart that he had been tricked.
The rebels actually hid their cannon barrels under their siege engines.
"Load the shells, lower the corner and fire."
A moment later, another round of artillery shells was fired from the city wall towards the rebel artillery.
However, the cannonball exploded after falling dozens of steps into the cannon barrel, and the rebels began to set up the cannon barrel at the city gate in full swing.
"General, we missed the optimal range. The rebel artillery moved too close, exceeding the minimum range of our artillery."
"Tear down the bricks of the battlements and lower the muzzles of the guns."
"All guns are aimed at the rebel artillery positions."
"Got the order!"
"The Eight Ox Crossbow changes direction and fires continuously, preventing them from setting up their artillery."
"Got the order!"
Looking at the Imperial Guards on the city wall who were re-arranging artillery, Lu Tao clutched the flag and trotted towards Li Baiyu.
"Your Majesty, you have fallen into the rebels' trick. The rebels have cannons, but we don't know how powerful they are. You can't stay on the wall anymore. Go down to the city quickly."
Li Baiyu looked at the rebels who were beginning to set up cannon barrels and shook his head resolutely.
"If I retreat, how can I stand up to the bloody fight of my brothers?"
"My dragon only has emperors who died in battle, and no monarchs who retreated."
"Old love, please defend the city."
"Your Majesty, I dare to give you a task. As long as you can do it, the rebels will not be able to break through the city gate even if they have artillery."
"Say it."
"Build a wall outside the city gate hole. With the number of auxiliary soldiers, you can build a thick city wall in a short time. After the cannonballs hit a certain position, they will not be able to lower it. The city gate hole is deep, and in the end you can only rely on manual excavation. Now build a There’s still time for the heavy wall pile!”
"real?"
"real!"
"I will build the wall now, and I will leave the top of the city wall to you."
"Your Majesty, don't worry."
"Report, General, the muzzle of the gun has been lowered, and you can test the gun at any time."
"Open the artillery immediately and bombard the opponent's artillery."
"Got the order!"
Lu Tao had just given the order and the smoke from the artillery fire on the city wall had not yet dissipated, and the rumble of cannons came from outside the city.
An artillery battle broke out instantly.
