After just three days, catapults throwing stones into the fortress became the norm.
Qin Feng specially designated three catapults to throw stones and disrupt the order in the fortress. The remaining catapults were left idle for repairs.
The Tianji camp craftsmen still had no intention of stopping and continued to make catapults.
Seeing more and more catapults rising from the ground, Ning Hu couldn't help frowning: "Brother Qin, how many catapults do you need to make to be satisfied?"
Qin Feng shrugged and said disapprovingly: "Of course, the more, the better."
Ning Hu sighed: "We smashed for three days in a row, but we still didn't see the defenders surrender."
"This catapult is naturally very useful, but obviously, throwing stones is not as good as direct fire attack, and fire attack will consume a lot of fire oil."
"The morale of the defenders is already quite low. It's better to launch an attack."
Upon hearing this, Qin Feng waved his hand with a firm attitude, asking Ning Hu to kill this idea in the cradle.
The plan to tire out and disturb the enemy has been implemented for so many days, but the defenders have not surrendered, which shows that these defenders have an extremely strong will to fight. If we attack now, we will definitely be pushed back by the defenders. Any victory will be enough to boost the morale of the defenders.
Then all the early efforts will be greatly reduced!
Qin Feng doesn't do this stupid thing of shooting himself in the foot.
Since it is necessary to consume, then consume the enemy's energy and energy to the minimum, and then go all out to capture the fortress. Never launch any "fuel tactics" type of exploratory attack.
"I guess it's going to be soon!"
Qin Feng's eyes were determined, staring at the lifeless fortress.
Just yesterday, Qin Feng had calmly pushed the catapult forward another fifty steps.
Logically speaking, no matter how calm Ma Tingyun was, he should have dispatched a small force to carry out sabotage in the face of the attacks in recent days.
As a result, Ma Tingyun practiced the "Turtle Shrinking Technique" to the pinnacle.
No matter how Qin Feng harassed him, Ma Tingyun remained motionless.
In this way, the morale in the city has been quite low, and they even have no courage to go out of the city to cause destruction. Even though he couldn't see the situation inside the city, Qin Feng firmly believed that his plan to disturb the enemy had worked.
But as the old saying goes, be careful and sail the boat forever.
Except for the decoy catapult that was less than 150 steps away from the fortress, the other catapults standing on the front line were either dug into pits or surrounded by horse-repelling stakes to prevent Ma Tingyun from sending troops when his head got hot one day. Come out and destroy the catapult.
After all, these catapults must be kept as trump cards for future general attacks.
At the same time, under Qin Feng's order, more and more supplies were transported to the front line, and Tianji Camp craftsmen also rushed to the battlefield.
Twenty days have passed since the attack began, and a hundred catapults have been built!
Seventy were left on the frontal battlefield, and the remaining thirty catapults were scattered and transported to the other three directions of the fortress.
Directly attack the fortress from all sides.
This time, no matter which direction the defenders were hiding, they could not rest easy.
…
In a military camp in the fortress, Lu Ci was walking around with his hands behind his back, his face extremely solemn.
After days of harassment and assault, the lieutenant general who had the strongest desire to surrender to the enemy was stoned to death inexplicably.
The remaining defenders in the city were depleted in the past few days, and there were only 6,800 left.
Although this number of people can still easily defend the fortress, leaving Qin Feng with no idea of a forceful attack, but if they continue to be wasted, morale will definitely collapse completely. There are only two possibilities waiting for everyone.
First, when morale and troop resources are almost exhausted, Qin Feng will launch a general attack and break through the fortress. At that time, if the defenders in the city are lucky, they will be captured, but if they are not lucky, they will be slaughtered directly.
After all, there are no residents in this fortress, they are all soldiers. Even if they are killed, it will not cause too much public opinion.
Secondly, the rest of the generals in the city will be unable to bear it first, rebel among themselves, become Qin Feng's great heroes, and enjoy endless glory and wealth, while the rest of the generals will end up much more miserable.
Just when Lu Ci was hesitating, there was a sudden noise outside the window.
Lu Ci frowned, walked to the window calmly, looked sideways, and saw a figure disappearing hastily into the night.
Even though he was in the dark, Lu Ci recognized him at a glance.
This person is Ma Tingyun's personal soldier!
Obviously, the secret of the edict to persuade him to surrender had already spread in the fortress. When Ma Tingyun learned about it, he secretly sent someone to keep an eye on Lu Ci.
Realizing that Ma Tingyun didn't trust him so much, Lu Ci couldn't help but feel angry: "You're a Ma! Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!"
Lu Ci immediately summoned all his cronies to the military camp and made up his mind to surrender to the enemy.
The trusted officers and soldiers present were all happy and excited. They had long been fed up with hiding in the fortress and being ravaged by Qin Feng like animals. If they were so useless, they might as well rush to the battlefield and die happily!
"General, that's great! I want to see if Ma Tingyun can hold the fortress without us!"
"Hmph! If you ask me, just stop doing it and chop off Ma Tingyun's head. Maybe Qin Feng will be rewarded with more money if he is happy."
"That's right! No poison, no husband!"
Seeing the hateful looks in everyone's eyes, Lu Ci quickly waved his hand to interrupt.
"Calm down, everyone! We're just looking for another job, so we can't cause any trouble!"
"If we kill Ma Tingyun, we will undoubtedly become the sinner of Dadi's blood feud. At that time, Ye Xiao will pursue us relentlessly."
"We just abandoned the city and fled. Although it is shameful to desert, the Night Owl cannot afford to use all its strength to deal with deserters like us."
After hearing Lu Ci's remarks, all the soldiers nodded.
Since they hit it off immediately, Lu Ci no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the troops to be mobilized.
There are still two thousand soldiers and horses that can be mobilized now.
After confirming that Ma Tingyun had fallen asleep, Lu Ci gave an order and led his soldiers and horses towards the city gate. The defenders blocking the way were completely helpless and were killed in the blink of an eye.
As the city gate opened, Lu Ci and his soldiers jumped out and rushed towards Qin Feng's forward camp, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Lü Ci leads the army to surrender!"
"Lu Ci surrenders!"
Everyone put down their weapons, held torches high in their hands, and shouted in unison, fearing that Qin Feng would attack them as enemies and kill them directly.
As early as when the cry of killing came from the fortress, the infantry archers of the forward camp were already in formation, ready to defend against the enemy.
At this time, hearing the shouts from the other side, the infantry archers did not relax their vigilance, and aimed their spears at the galloping cavalry.
In order to prevent the enemy from pretending to surrender, he intended to attack the military camp and shot down more than a dozen cavalrymen in a row, forcing Lu Ci's troops to stop.
Lu Ci held on to the reins tightly, sweating nervously. He had no idea whether Qin Feng would accept them next, or simply destroy them all.
