Under Chiyang City.
Thirty thousand infantrymen were dispatched. After the last defeat, more than 3,000 people were killed and wounded. The remaining 27,000 people surrounded Chiyang City on three sides, leaving only the west gate alive.
This time Zhang Xiu came in person, and the majesty of the city was obviously different.
After the whole army set up camp, Zhang Xiu immediately put on a posture of attacking by force. In order to defeat the powerful nobles in Guanzhong, eight successfully developed trebuchets were brought to this expedition. At this time, the eight trebuchets The machines are lined up in front of the east gate.
The huge trebuchet immediately attracted the attention of the defenders on the city.
"I'll go! What is that thing? Why is it so big?" A defender was shocked, and his tone of voice was a bit exaggerated.
"It should be a catapult." Another person said, "But this catapult is too big. It is almost as high as the city wall. How hard must the stone thrown by this big guy be?"
The captain guarding the city was also shocked when he saw the big guys under the city, and quickly went into the city to report.
With Cheng Yu's secret letter, Li Jue was confident.
In his eyes, Zhang Xiu outside was just a clown in Cheng Yu's calculations. There was no need to worry. When the reinforcements outside were ready, Zhang Xiu would die.
hehe!
Still want to plot my Guanzhong?
Then I will let you never come back!
With Li Jue thinking like this, his worries were completely gone. On the contrary, he was filled with endless daydreams. Now that Guo Bang had died at the hands of Wei Yan, and after Zhang Xiu was killed, the entire Guanzhong would be his world. If Li Ru is invited to come out, he can dominate Guanzhong and become the overlord of his generation.
I couldn't help but start to have big spring and autumn dreams in my heart.
But before his dream ended, he was interrupted by the captain who rushed in from the city. The captain rushed in and said breathlessly: "General! Zhang Xiu is about to attack the city!"
Being interrupted from his fantasy every second, Li Jue frowned and cursed unhappily: "You nang bran bastard, why are you so frivolous? Didn't I know that Zhang Xiu was attacking the city?"
The captain said loudly and naively: "They have catapults."
"The catapult is just an ordinary siege weapon, why are you so panicked?!"
"But it's very tall."
"How high can it be?"
"The third and fourth floors are so high, almost as high as the city wall!"
"Fuck~!" Li Jue jumped up and stared at the captain in shock, "A catapult three or four stories high, is that a car? It should be called a cannon."
The captain felt his heart tremble when he was stared at by Li Jue: "General...if you don't believe it, you can go up to the top of the city and take a look."
Li Jue quickly put on his armor and hurried to the top of the city.
When he saw eight trebuchets that were almost as high as the city wall and lined up, he was stunned. If this guy came to attack the city, he seriously doubted whether he could persist until Cheng Yu's plan was carried out.
After thinking about it, Li Jue decided to let people outside implement the plan in advance. Looking at Zhang Xiujun outside, he was preparing siege equipment. The huge boulder weighing one hundred kilograms had been moved to the trebuchet, and the ladder was also ready to be put in place. It might be possible soon. The siege is about to begin.
Looking at the huge catapult, Li Jue swallowed.
But no matter what, he must hold on until tonight, otherwise Cheng Yu's plan will not be carried out; if he has to hold on for an entire afternoon under this big guy, Li Jue feels a numbness in his scalp and can only hold on with all his strength. It is noon now , it is estimated that Zhang Xiu will attack the city after lunch.
Li Jue was well prepared for the defense of the city. When he saw the big catapult, he was no longer confident and ordered his people to prepare a large number of defenses. They must guard it until tonight.
What he didn't know was that Zhang Xiu had no intention of killing him at all.
Zhang Xiu's purpose was to force Li Jue back step by step, allowing Li Jue to lead his army to plunder the powerful nobles in the surrounding areas. He could then follow Li Jue and push forward from east to west, clearing out all the people in Guanzhong. All powerful noble families.
After lunch, Zhang Xiu personally boarded the temporary wooden supervising platform.
The audience was crowded with soldiers and counselors, and the crowds on the left and right were all Nanyang infantry. They carried ladders, held long knives and shields, and were always ready to obey Zhang Xiu's orders and rush to attack the city.
The trebuchet has lowered the highly tilted tip pole, and the counterweight has been raised and is ready to go.
On top of the city.
Li Jue and his soldiers stretched their necks to look eagerly at the eight trebuchets lined up below, with both fear and curiosity in their eyes, wanting to witness the power of the big guys.
Zhang Xiu solemnly and solemnly pulled out the sword from his waist, waved it forward, and shouted: "Fire!"
The Che Barracks ignited the boulder poured with kerosene, swung the sledgehammer and smashed open the latch with a "dong" sound. The counterweight dropped rapidly and hit the ground, instantly cracking the ground and creating a big crater. The other end suddenly lifted up. , throwing the burning flint violently.
Under the gaze of Li Jue and others, the burning flint drew a perfect parabola in the sky, leaving a scratch of thick smoke, and roared towards the city where they were.
"ah--!"
At this time, they suddenly realized that Firestone was targeting them. Suddenly, the defenders on the top of the city were so frightened that they ran away and hid behind the parapet.
The flint was carried by the strong wind and smashed against the city wall. The huge force instantly destroyed the parapet, smashing the people behind the wall into pieces and rolling towards the city.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Eight pieces of flint were thrown one after another, creating several huge gaps in the city wall. Li Juejun was trembling with fear and did not dare to move for fear of being smashed into pieces by huge rocks.
Screams, frightened screams, and cries rang out one after another from the top of the city.
"attack!"
Seeing that the time was right, Zhang Xiu immediately asked the infantry to rush up and set up a ladder.
On the top of the city, Li Jue himself was almost scared to death, but Zhang Xiujun had already begun to attack the city, and he had to go into battle himself to improve the morale of the suppression of Huoshi.
"Quick! Get into position and defend quickly. Their flints can only be fired for one round, archers! Release arrows——!"
Li Jue shouted at the top of his lungs and shouted out the arrows.
The archers on the top of the city hurriedly drew their bows and nocked arrows, shooting at the bottom of the city indiscriminately, no longer caring about whether they hit the target or not.
A wave of arrows rained down, instantly knocking down Zhang Xiujun who was attacking the city. The others rushed down the city faster without stopping. As soon as they reached the city, the bows and arrows lost their threat.
Behind them, three huge arrow towers pushed forward.
There were four heavy wooden wheels installed at the bottom of the arrow tower. There were more than 30 people behind, struggling to push the arrow tower forward. When they were fifty steps away from the city wall, the people on the arrow tower began to shoot arrows towards the top of the city.
The arrow tower is higher than the city wall, so it can be seen from a high position, and Li Jue's army cannot lift its head when it shoots.
Seeing that Li Jue's army was beaten and unable to resist, Jia Xu laughed and said: "The power of the trebuchet has frightened Li Jue's army and has lost all courage. He has no intention of resisting. My lord is wise!"
Liu Ye nodded in agreement.
The first time he saw such an exaggerated giant trebuchet in Zhang Xiu camp, he was also shocked. I'm afraid no city can withstand such a huge siege weapon.
Zhang Xiu smiled and said: "If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools! With the trebuchet in hand, Chiyang City may not be able to defend it for a day."
The purpose of such a large-scale attack was to make Li Jue retreat and flee westward.
But they never expected that Li Jue personally went to the city to supervise the battle and held on for half a day. When night fell, the ruined Chiyang City was still in Li Jue's hands.
Zhang Xiu said: "It seems that Li Jue is still somewhat capable, Ming Jin! Let's fight again tomorrow."
Subsequently, Zhang Xiujun retreated.
Seeing Zhang Xiujun receding like a tide, Li Jue sat down weakly against the pillars of the gate tower and let out a long sigh of relief. He finally managed to survive until the evening.
