About two days later, outside Lucheng, the heavy supplies of food and grass transported by Liangzhou finally arrived.
"Including the Xiqiang people, as well as many Liang troops, Dong Wen converted their horses into infantry and used them to attack the city." Yin Hu, who gathered the information, spoke seriously.
"In addition, this time Dong Wen transferred a lot of trebuchets from several major counties on the front line of Liangzhou, about twenty. There were also five ladder trucks and a lot of heavy crossbow carts."
Xu Mu frowned. He could see that Dong Wen was going crazy and invested almost half of his family's wealth in the battle to attack Lucheng.
Outside Lucheng, several large counties on a stretch of about two hundred miles should have all allocated supplies.
However, there are not many defensive materials in Lucheng. After the capture of Lucheng, the materials of the two were combined into one, and even there were more than ten catapults.
"Chief Commander, Dong Wen, a traitor, also understands that deep winter is approaching and there will be heavy snow, so he must fight quickly. Before the weather is unfavorable, seize the two border cities as soon as possible and remove our bridgehead in Shuzhou."
Xu Mu's eyes paused, then he turned to look at Yin Liuxia, and suddenly realized that this brave man had a lot of knowledge about war.
"Yin Hu, is there anything else?"
"Chief Commander, I have some information. For example, after switching from cavalry to foot, the Liang people mainly used spear and shield soldiers. They used a medium-sized side shield that can support the ground. Its ability to prevent arrows is excellent. , I estimate that the marching siege phalanx will soon reach the city gate."
Lucheng is located in the Gobi Desert and has no moat. Only before, Xu Mu ordered his men to quickly dig a dark trench along the city wall and lay many traps.
This time, Dong Wen's attack on the family's wealth was huge.
Even he didn't expect that there would be so much siege baggage delivered by the people of Liangzhou.
"Yin Hu, pass the order and have each battalion prepare immediately. If everything is correct, the Liang people should be attacking the city."
…
"Xu Mu, the commoner thief, acted against the will of the people and gods. He took away the territory of the Liang people and killed my Liangzhou military advisor! Now, I have a hundred thousand Liangzhou soldiers approaching the city. I will kill the Shu dogs as soon as the city gate is broken!"
Dong Wen, who was wearing golden armor, did not wear a helmet, but tied a piece of white linen for condolences, in order to break open Lucheng and pay homage to military advisor Sima Xiu.
He made good use of the principle that mourning soldiers must win. Lianghu Sima Xiu, regardless of military or political affairs, was deeply loved by many soldiers.
Clang.
Dong Wen drew out his golden sword and pointed angrily at Lucheng in front of him, "I, one hundred thousand men of Liangzhou, will conquer Shu and kill the enemy at this moment!"
woo woo woo woo.
Following Dong Wen's voice, the horns and trombones of the siege suddenly sounded. Accompanied by this, there are also war drums, and the sound of the drums is like thunder, boosting the morale of the enemy.
"Gun and shield formation, push towards the enemy city!"
"call."
Under the gray sky, dozens of Liangzhou's gun and shield formations began to march towards Lucheng.
The covering catapult threw the first round of stones from outside the city.
"avoid--"
On top of the city, rows of Shuzhou defenders quickly bent down and buried their heads behind the female wall. I just hope that I will have better luck and that those huge rocks falling from the sky will not fall on top of my head.
Boom, boom.
The whole Lucheng was crumbling.
"Stone camp, fire back!"
The catapults deployed in the city were not to be outdone. Under the order of an old soldier general, they also threw huge boulders into the sky outside the city.
The smoke of gunfire curls up, and the war continues.
In the dense phalanx of Liang people outside the city, some were stoned, and soon someone screamed.
Liang Ren's side shield can only block flying arrows, but it does not provide perfect protection against stone throws. After all, this type of medium-sized side shield is mostly made of wood due to its weight. At most, the shield surface is covered with a layer of iron sheet, and then the pattern of the tiger and the Kui awakening the lion is painted.
"Chief helmsman, we can't go any further."
Xu Mu wanted to take a few more steps, but Yin Hu next to him hurriedly tried to persuade him.
"I know." Xu Mu nodded. As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he really needs to be careful.
At this time, the Liang people outside the city were marching to attack the phalanx, getting closer and closer to the city gate. Until at the top of the city, the defenders who had avoided throwing stones began to roar and draw their bows, throwing waves of flying arrows outside the city, covering the sky and the sun.
"Fire back at the defenders!"
Just when they were within range, there was a thump, thump, thump, and Liang Ren stood on the ground with a shield beside him. Liangzhou's walking bow, who was behind, began to twist the arrows and pluck the strings, and also fired countless flying arrows at the defenders at the top of the city.
"Yin Hu, notify the slinging camp and add kerosene to the ammunition pockets."
"Don't worry, chief helmsman."
Up and down the city, the two sides fired several rounds, each suffering casualties.
hold head high--
The stones thrown from the city, carrying burning kerosene, dragged out a long tail of light in the gloomy sky.
boom.
The kerosene stones fell down one after another, and rolled over a hundred steps with inertia, igniting a large fire. As a result, many nearby Liang people's phalanx were caught by the fire, and screams could not be heard.
"Don't retreat, regroup and attack Lucheng! The rear army, push out the bamboo curtain cart to block the Shu people's flying arrows!"
Without the restraint of the attacking soldiers, the siege equipment at the rear will not rush forward hastily.
"Reweight the crossbow!"
More than twenty heavy crossbows mounted on the city wall began to be loaded with giant arrows, and under the control of several defenders, they turned in the direction of their aim.
hold head high--
The iron arrows of the heavy crossbow followed the position of the bamboo curtain cart and shot out quickly.
The bamboo-curtain chariots that blocked the arrows fell over in a short time.
"Fire arrows enter the formation!"
"call."
The foot bows at the top of the city lit the arrowheads wrapped in oilcloth, and then plucked the strings in unison. Fire arrows like a meteor shower fell into the phalanx of the attacking Liang army in the smoke.
Under the successive fire attacks, the Liang army's formation, which was still some distance away from the city wall, began to suffer high battle losses.
"Be careful of Ryoto's stones!"
"avoid!"
The roaring Liangren hurled stones, this time, they were obviously covered in fire oil, and every time they fell, they started a large fire.
Not only that, Xu Mu also smelled a rotten smell in it.
"My lord, Liangren threw a lot of beast corpses!"
Xu Mu gritted his teeth and wherever he looked, he noticed that this round of enemy troops throwing stones followed by many rotting dead horses and sheep that fell into the city. In an instant, a pungent smell filled the air.
If the cleaning is not done in time, the plague will spread throughout the city within two or three days.
"Cover your face! In addition, inform the people in the city that if you pick up an animal carcass, throw it into the fire and burn it immediately to prevent the spread of plague!"
Xu Mu has determined that the little crybaby outside the city is about to become a madman. In the past, Sima Miao might have been there to help suppress Dong Wen's devilish thoughts.
But now, Dong Wen has no worries at all.
"Yin Hu, how are the conditions of the other three city gates?"
"The information sent back says that the Liang people are only feigning an attack, and the real direction of attack is towards the North City Gate."
But even so, Xu Mu would not easily dispatch troops from other city gates. The task of attacking fortresses is a matter of emptiness and reality. I am afraid that if a city gate is empty, it will lead to a strong attack.
