The next day, it was sunny and sunny.
After receiving permission, Ren Ning, Lei Er and others went out to the southern capital city.
Their trip was not to attack the city, but to observe the situation.
Thirty miles away, the west city wall appeared in front of us soon.
Through the telescope, Ren Ning silently looked at the words "Song Ping" on the top of the city.
The character is the standard Yunchui character, and most of Nanfeng's culture is inherited from Yunchui.
However, such a remote and small country has some unrealistic whims. It actually wants to destroy its cultural mother country, and this mother country is more than thirty times larger than itself...
wishful thinking!
Ren Ning smiled disdainfully and continued to look towards the city.
Although Songping City is not big, its walls are quite high, three and a half feet long. Moreover, the city wall is made entirely of large bricks and stones, which looks extremely strong and difficult to be damaged in a short period of time.
People were coming and going on the top of the city, various defense facilities were neatly placed, and steam even rose from time to time. It seemed that the golden juice boiling water and other things had been boiling all night, and they were ready to defend the city.
Take a closer look.
The area dozens of feet outside the city was dug to pieces, and the ground was filled with trenches of various sizes.
Because of the abundant water resources, almost all the trenches were filled with turbid groundwater, the depth of which was unknown for a while, and a strong stench could be smelled when approaching.
It is estimated that a lot of gold juice or even poison was thrown into the trench.
In addition, the rest of the place was either strewn with sharp thorns or stacked with layers of horses.
Several people looked on expressionlessly, then turned around and left on horseback.
As soon as I turned around, I transferred to Beicheng.
Most of the trench under the North City has been filled in, directly to the edge of the bow and arrow range of the Nanfeng people.
The soldiers at Zhennanguan are all busy.
Some people lined up to be on guard against a sudden attack by the city's defenders.
Others were building large-scale siege equipment, and others were carrying out large-scale construction projects, and even built a tall earthen platform about ten feet away from the city head.
Ren Ning and the others walked around and walked to a newly assembled city boarding car with great interest.
This city climbing car is extremely large in size. When fully unfolded, the stairs are four feet high and half a foot wide, allowing eight to ten people to rush up side by side.
The thigh-thick load-bearing pillars are black and emit a metallic light.
Ren Ning touched it curiously and couldn't help but be speechless.
This pillar is actually made of iron.
What a luxury. Iron is hard to come by these days.
The rolling logs on the top of Songping City were all inlaid with thick wooden nails, and the things scattered outside the city were all wood caltrops. Even the arrows and spears in the hands of some soldiers were not equipped with iron tips.
The iron here in Zhennanguan is actually used as pillars.
Li Hebai got the news and hurried over to greet him.
When they met, he smiled and said, "When did General Ren come here? Why are you also interested in siege equipment?"
The Starfall Legion has a clear position in the Yunchui Empire. It is the field elite of the border guards and is usually used to carry out tactical surprise attacks.
Siege warfare consumes the most lives, and they are not good at it.
Unless they were forced to do so, the legion generals or Emperor Yunchui would not be so hot-headed as to order them to climb the heavily guarded city head-on.
"Just arrived." Ren Ning looked him up and down. Seeing that Li Hebai's body was no longer stained, he smiled and said, "I just saw that this city car was unexpectedly big, so I came over to take a look."
Li Hebai's smile was a bit proud, "This boarding car was specially built for Huchou Pass by our Zhennan Pass. But before it was put to use, Huchou Pass was broken."
Ren Ning suddenly realized and looked around.
Most of the siege equipment had just arrived from the dock, and there were not many siege vehicles assembled at this time, only five.
Looking to the north, there are countless parts being shipped in a steady stream.
"Are there many buses like this?" he asked.
Li Hebai hesitated for a moment.
"Zhennanguan has a lot of city boarding vehicles. The number of them all assembled is quite huge, but it is impossible to transport them all."
Bang bang!
He patted the boarding car in front of him.
"Both the base and the columns of this kind of city-climbing vehicle are made of iron. It is an equipment that has only arrived in recent years. We don't have many in hand, only five."
"It's just a trial phase now. The Ministry of War wants to see its advantages and disadvantages before deciding whether it's worth building on a large scale."
Ren Ning nodded to express his understanding.
Construction and handling costs are on the one hand, and body weight is another.
During a siege, the land outside the city was usually dug up to nothing.
Although it can be backfilled, it is not solid soil. If the siege vehicle is too heavy, not to mention whether the soldiers can push it, or whether it will get stuck in the floating soil is also a problem.
After visiting the city-climbing car, under the leadership of Li Hebai, Ren Ning and others visited other city-climbing cars, hook cars, nest cars, giant crossbows, etc...
"It takes time to assemble these things. Even if all the soldiers work around the clock, it will take at least two or three days." He stared coldly at Song Ping City in front of him: "In a few days, we will destroy this broken city. "
Just as he was talking, the earthen platform higher than the city wall was finally completed.
A soldier climbed up, took out a trumpet-shaped iron tube as a loudspeaker, and spoke fluently in Nanfeng dialect.
"Hello to all Nanfeng soldiers and ordinary people in Songping City! Please don't lie. We are not attacking the city now. You can rest assured!"
Buzz!
When the sound here just started, there was indeed a sudden movement on the top of the city.
However, when they saw that there was only one person talking outside and the others were doing whatever they were supposed to do, they stopped again.
cough!
The soldier coughed and continued.
"We come from the Yunchui Empire in the north. Since ancient times, the Yunchui Empire and the Nanfeng Kingdom have been good neighbors who coexist peacefully. The people of the two countries have a long history of cultural exchanges, and even the people on the northern border have intermarryed with each other."
"Furthermore, the Yunchui Empire is vast and rich in resources, and has everything you need. A few years ago, your prince even made a special trip to the Yunchui Emperor's capital to learn our culture and language. It can be said that there is no deep hatred between the two countries."
"Bullshit!" Someone yelled on the top of the city: "Since Yunzhui has everything, why come to attack our Nanfeng? It was the same more than forty years ago, and it is the same now. Look at the fields outside the city. As soon as you come, the village Farmland and crops were destroyed.”
"Good question!" Xiaobing laughed.
"What happened more than forty years ago, I believe you all know who is right and who is wrong without me telling you, so I won't say more here. I believe all Nanfeng soldiers and ordinary people are also curious about why we came all the way to attack you this time Bar."
"It would be better to ask your King Nanfeng and Prime Minister Pei Ruhai about this question first. Ask them what they did to Yun Chui to force us to send troops thousands of miles away."
At that moment, he told everything Nan Feng had done over the years.
"I want to explain one thing first. Yun Chui sent troops to attack Nanfeng not because he was targeting ordinary people, but because he wanted to seek justice."
"Countless people in Yunzhong County died because of the despicable acts of King Nanfeng and Pei Ruhai. As Yunchui soldiers, we will not let our people die unjustly. The culprits must be brought to justice. We will not achieve our goals. Don’t give up.”
"Here, I make a few promises on behalf of General Yuan Xingwen of Zhennanguan, General Wei Junqian of Xingluo Legion, Baihua County, Xiyu County, Canglan County and Guangxinwei."
"First, as long as the people and soldiers in the city do not help the tyrants, Yun Chui will ensure the safety of himself and his family."
"second……"
Ren Ning and others raised their heads and listened for a long time.
Although I didn't understand a word, I knew what the soldier on the platform meant.
It's a psychological battle.
call!
At this moment, a loud howl sounded.
A huge crossbow arrow shot out from the top of the city like lightning.
With a bang, it hit the earth platform heavily.
The earth platform swayed, and the earth flew all over the sky, splashing everywhere.
Nonsence!
The little soldier who shouted spitted a few mouthfuls of phlegm and popped up again.
The others were originally hiding behind the thick baffles, and the ballista was attacking the earth platform, so no lives were hurt at this time.
"Fellow soldiers and civilians of Nanfeng, have you seen it?"
"The generals guarding the city are well aware of what King Nan Feng and Pei Ruhai have done. They don't even dare to speak out and confront us. They only want to kill people and silence them."
"It's just that Yunzhui is more than thirty times bigger than Nan Feng. Can you kill them all?"
Hearing this, the garrison at the top of the city couldn't help but look at the garrison general with doubts.
