It can reach as far as a hundred steps! "
"Hundred steps!?"
"How is it possible to take a hundred steps?!"
Not only Cui Yu, but other Dongwu heroes were also shocked after hearing this.
"It's really a hundred steps!" Seeing that everyone refused to believe it, the "rustic" handsome man raised his voice and shouted.
"The huge stone thrown weighed a hundred kilograms. After hitting the city wall, its sound was like thunder and its power was terrifying. No one could stop it, including the wood and stone on the wall!"
"With one blow, the walls were completely destroyed."
"Destroying the city wall is only a matter of ten!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone's panic could not be suppressed at all.
Cui Yu had a gloomy face, stood up and looked outside and said.
"Courageous people!"
"Let me go and see what the thief is!"
Outside Tobu City.
Under the gloomy sky, the howling cold wind blew violently, blowing away all the traces of spring. Instead, it felt more like entering the cold winter again.
In front of the Han army's position, more than ten counterweight slide trebuchets were being loaded nervously. The section of Towu City Wall in the distance had been smashed to pieces. Although it would not collapse, it was only a matter of time.
"Unexpectedly, the scholars of Dongwu City are so bloody. The soldiers on the city wall all avoided it. Instead, they all came forward to welcome the man and continued to defend this section of the city wall."
Liu Yu, who was watching the battle in front of the battle, saw a large group of people suddenly swarming up on the city wall that had been bombarded. Judging by the way they were dressed, they must be wealthy and powerful figures in Tobu City.
What kind of people are these?
This is a model of a scholar who is not afraid of power and does not avoid hardships!
Although these people are now enemies of Liu Yu, their spirit is still quite appreciated by Liu Yu.
"Your Majesty, there are not many stone bullets found. After a few more rounds, they will be used up."
The general in charge of laying out siege trebuchets said.
"Well, I understand."
As Liu Yu spoke, he looked at the Dongwu City Wall.
Today's Han army always carries many important components of counterweight trebuchets that have been prepared in advance. As long as suitable wood can be found, a usable trebuchet can be erected quickly.
However, what really limits the power of these counterweight trebuchets at this time is not the number of trebuchets, but the lack of suitable stone bullets, and the need to wait to replenish these "ammunitions."
"What a pity. I'm afraid we won't be able to demolish this section of the city wall today." Liu Yu said with some pity.
When the generals nearby heard this, they all volunteered one after another.
"Your Majesty, if you give the last general a thousand men and only use long ladders, they can defeat this city!"
"Your Majesty, the last general only needs 500 people to board first!"
Everyone knew that the Tobu defenders at this time were frightened by these trebuchets that were far beyond their imagination. If they struck while the iron was hot, they would most likely capture the city.
Liu Zhan was also a little moved when he saw the situation.
The current weather has changed dramatically since noon, and the "late spring cold" cold wind has returned again.
If Tobu City can be captured today, not only can it give the soldiers and civilians under their command a place to rest, but they can also harvest a lot of supplies from Tobu City.
Liu Yu knew that Dongwu City had a lot of savings.
Looking at the group of generals in front of him who were eager to lead their troops to compete for the first victory, Liu Yu was preparing to select one of them to attack the city.
At this time, the bodyguard beside him suddenly shouted.
"Look, the Tobu Castle tree has lowered its flag!"
Everyone heard the sound and looked in the direction of Dongwucheng.
I saw a lowered flag waving back and forth high on the gate of Dongwu City. Then the city gate opened and a man with the same lowered flag came out.
"Surrendered? Surrendered now?"
Liu had a premonition that everything was too sudden.
After only destroying part of the city wall, the defenders of Dongwu City surrendered?
So how did they protect themselves from the Hulu attacks several times before?
Liu Yu knew the answers to these doubts after entering Dongwu City.
Soon, after accepting the surrender of Dongwu City, the Han army immediately entered the city and took over the city defense, and then Liu Yu led the army into the city.
As soon as Liu Yu, who was leading the way, entered the city, he saw a large number of powerful Dongwu families lined up on both sides to greet him.
"Sinner Cui Yu! Meet your Majesty!"
Under the leadership of the Chinese army guards, Cui Yu from Dongwu City came to Liu Yu.
At this time, Liu Yu already knew the whole story. These powerful people in Dongwu had originally planned to submit to Liu Yu, but it was Cui Yu who had been standing in the way and blocking these powerful people.
However, all this disappeared immediately after Cui Yu witnessed the power of the Han army's "artillery carriage". After all, his troops could only defend the city by relying on the city wall. If the city wall was destroyed, Hard-fought, hand-to-hand combat is not what these powerful tribes are good at.
"Cui Jun is the most famous person in Qinghe. How can he be guilty of being a loyal person in the Han Dynasty!"
However, Liu Yu got off his horse and helped Cui Yu up with his own hands.
Cui Yu didn't want to surrender to the Han army. That was what happened before. Liu Yu had already said that he could forget the blame. Moreover, most of the strength of Dongwu City was in the hands of the Cui family. Liu Yu still had many ways to use them. place.
"Your Majesty, minister..."
When Cui met the situation, he immediately looked like a loyal and loyal person.
"Cui Qing's great-grandfather cherished the Han Dynasty and was eventually framed by the Cao family. Now you have accepted the king's order and led the Dongwu people to return to justice. Not only have you not sinned at all, but you are a great hero!"
Liu Yu praised without hesitation.
Of course he is a hero, not only a hero, but also a great hero.
Because after Liu Yu sent troops to the city to take over the defense, he also learned about the strength of Dongwu City.
Even now, when famine is rampant, Tobu City still has enough food to supply 100,000 people for several months, as well as cloth and money for tens of thousands of people.
In later history, Jiehu Shile, who occupied Jizhou, completely transformed from a rogue bandit to a separatist warlord after owning more than ten cities like Dongwu City.
Jizhou is rich in abundance, and although there are disasters and famines, it is still the best in the world.
Jizhou, on the north bank of Qinghe River.
Hu Han Military Camp.
The main force of the Hu and Han army led by Shi Le finally arrived at the north bank of the Qinghe River after traveling day and night.
Tens of thousands of people and horses are braving the howling north wind and struggling to set up tents on the frozen, hard ground.
Most people's hands were red from the cold, but no one stopped, because if they stopped, it meant that there would be no shelter from the cold wind tonight. In this cold weather, it would definitely be A dead end.
Finally, when the sky was about to darken completely, all the Hu and Han armies completed their encampment.
"The Duke and the soldiers in the army have all settled down!"
As soon as Zhang Jack entered the tent, he approached Shi Le and said.
"Okay, keep the Sentinel Rangers on alert and let the boys have a good rest today!"
Shi Le said.
Then Zhang Jack respectfully accepted the order and left.
"Shi Hu, please continue to tell me, how did the Qingzhou thieves on the other side enter Dongwu City without using weapons?" Shi Le turned around and said.
"The ranger who fled said that the Qingzhou bandit army had set up many tall artillery carts, which could hurl boulders hundreds of steps away. Dongwu City could not hold it at all. After a section of the city wall was blown down, Everyone opened the door and surrendered." Shi Hu said.
"It's that simple. The Qingzhou thieves gained Dongwu City for nothing!"
Shi Hu said angrily.
"It's a pity that I didn't see it with my own eyes, otherwise I would have to see what kind of artillery truck it is. It can be so powerful. It only takes one day to scare everyone in Tobu into surrender."
"You know, I besieged Tobu twice and took thousands of lives without ever scaling the city wall."
After hearing this, Shi Le thought for a moment.
"The Cui family in Dongwu City is a prominent family name in Qinghe. The savings in Dongwu City must be very abundant. Now that it has fallen into the hands of Qingzhou thieves, I am afraid that there will be no shortage of food and grass in the short term." Right Chief Shi Zhang Bin said with some regret.
The Zhang Bin family has lived in Jizhou for a long time, and of course they know a lot about wealthy families like the famous Cui family in Qinghe.
This Dongwu City can be said to be the most prosperous place in Qinghe County.
"Actually, the food and grass in Dongwu City can't support the Qingzhou soldiers for long. I think those Qingzhou thieves and their troops must be as large as 100,000 people. With so many people, the savings of a mere Dongwu City can support the Qingzhou soldiers for a long time. Two months is already amazing.”
Cheng Xia, another confidant of Shi Le, said.
"Furthermore, with the supplies from Dongwu City, the Qingzhou thief Liu Yu must be more confident. I'm afraid he wants to attack Xindu from the north even more than before!"
Among the two armies today, it is already known to everyone that the Qingzhou Han Army wants to go north to capture Xindu, Anping County.
Shi Le and his subordinates Zhang Bin, Zhi Xiong, Shi Hu, Cheng Xia and others all knew that if Jizhou's letter was captured by the Qingzhou Han army, then not only a city or a county would be lost, but Shi Le's near A failure that destroyed all the prestige accumulated over the year.
"Yes, in this way, the Qingzhou thieves will have no worries in the short term and will definitely continue to go north to plot Xindu."
Shi Le said with a relaxed expression and very confidently.
"Now that I have led tens of thousands of troops to arrive day and night, I can rely on the Qinghe River waterway to stop the Qingzhou rebel army. As long as we can defend those Jindu crossings, I don't believe that the Qingzhou army dares to forcefully cross the river!"
"What the Duke said is absolutely true!" Cheng Xia immediately responded.
"As long as we are prepared, if the Qingzhou bandit army dares to cross the Qinghe River, we can lead the army to attack them halfway! How many people come to discipline them, how many people will die!"
After hearing this, Shi Hu had some questions.
"The water in Qinghe River is very shallow. In many places, people and horses can trek across the river without setting up pontoons. There are too many places to guard against!"
Hearing this, Shi Le shook his head and said.
"Now that the cold wind is coming again, the water in this clear river must be freezing cold. Once we trek across the river, let alone raise weapons to fight, it will be good if we don't freeze to death."
As if to cater to Shi Le's words, the cold wind outside the big tent increased in intensity.
There was a crackling sound, followed by another exclamation.
It turned out that a barbarian soldier's tent was torn apart by the strong wind.
"Then, as long as the Qinghe River is guarded, doesn't it mean that if the Qingzhou rebels want to cross the river, they must first fill in the Qinghe waterway with human lives?"
"Yes, that's right."
Shi Le felt very pleasant listening to the cold wind outside.
"Now, I'm not afraid of Liu Yu coming, but I'm afraid he won't come!"
After hearing what Shi Le said, Shi Hu asked again.
"Then what if the Qingzhou Army is stationed in Dongwu?"
"How to defend? What can we use to defend? When the food and grass are exhausted, we have to retreat obediently."
"If this is the case, I am afraid that after Liu Yu captures Dongwu City, he will immediately take Dingkou, abandon the city and return south."
"It has been two days since we captured Dongwu City, but we still refuse to leave. We must be waiting for the remaining troops to assemble. When the assembly is completed, they will definitely go north!"
When Shi Le said this, he suddenly stood up and gave instructions to Shi Hu.
"Shi Hu, I order you to scatter all the rangers in your hands and guard along the Qingshui River. If there is any movement by the Qingzhou puppets, report back to me immediately!"
Upon seeing this, Shi Hu immediately loudly accepted the order.
After all the discussions were completed, Shi Le, who had been marching day and night, felt extremely sleepy.
Just when Shi Le was still wearing his armor and wrapped in a thick fur and was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard a surprised cry from outside the camp.
Shi Le's sleepiness disappeared immediately. He grabbed the sword and rushed out of the tent in two steps.
"What's the matter!?"
Shi Le shouted to the soldiers and asked.
"My lord, look there!"
Following the direction of the soldier's finger, Shi Le looked up and saw a dozen bright things like meteors rising in the sky.
"The direction of the Qingzhou Army?"
When Shi Le saw these familiar bolide-like things, he felt panic in his heart.
He remembered that these meteors could fly into the camp from hundreds of steps away, and then explode like fire.
"meteor?"
"It's not a meteor, it's a sorcery!"
"witchcraft?"
"Qingzhou thieves' sorcery?"
Seeing these strange sights, many Hu and Han soldiers beside Shi Le screamed in surprise.
"Quick! Send people to search in that direction quickly. This is a weapon of the Qingzhou Army!"
Shi Le shouted loudly.
"Come here, go and inspect the camps immediately. No matter what happens, the soldiers are not allowed to leave the camps!"
In order to prevent the camp roar from happening, Shi Le gave instructions to the soldiers.
Since the last time he suffered such an attack, Shi Le also seriously reflected on it. He found that the real lethality of these "bolides" flying into the sky was very weak, and the real power of those unlucky ones who were hit was It also relies almost entirely on the power of explosive fire.
As long as we can suppress the soldiers in the army and prevent them from confusing themselves, there won't be much loss at all.
However, these arrangements made by Shi Le seemed to be completely redundant.
Because Shi Le saw with his own eyes that the "bolides" flying in the sky seemed to be affected by the violent wind. When they leaped into the air, they staggered and fell to the ground.
Then, a ball of fire broke out far away from Hu Han's military camp.
