533 Siege 1
On the one hand, Zhao Yun and Tian Feng sent secret spies to Xiliang to make a big fuss, secretly posted notices in various towns, and promoted a series of policies under the Lu Ning system, especially the people-friendly policies. At the same time, they warned all major clans and local officials in Xiliang not to make unnecessary resistance. If they continue to resist to the end, once the city is broken, relevant personnel will be severely punished. The captured soldiers will face five years of coolies and will only enjoy freedom and rights after five years. If the officials and soldiers who voluntarily surrender, the family will be properly resettled. These measures are all for the purpose of dismantling Han Sui, making the various forces in Xiliang unable to reach a consensus, and making Xiliang a piece of scattered sand. This can effectively eliminate Han Sui, Ma Teng and the Qiang tribes.
On the other hand, Zhao Yun and Tian Feng's army rested and recuperated on the spot. A few days later, the army continued to kill the generals along the Wei River towards Tianshui City. Before heavy snow came, the problem of Tianshui City must be solved. Once the weather is cold, it is difficult to fight in the army, which will cause unnecessary casualties to the soldiers.
When the army arrived at the outskirts of Tianshui City, the dense traps of mechanisms and moats widened a lot, and countless wooden boards were erected on the fortifications on the city walls, increasing the height to more than six meters. Such defense capabilities made Zhao Yun and Tian Feng open their mouths after seeing them, and they couldn't speak for a long time.
Tianshui City was originally a line of defense used by Han Sui to resist Zhao Yun's army. Around Tianshui City, Han Sui tried his best and spent a lot of manpower and material resources to arrange a large number of mechanism traps. There were a large number of wooden thorns in the traps, one by one, and countless red deer resisting. The moat was originally spacious, and Han Sui expanded and deepened on this basis, and a large number of wooden thorns were also arranged at the bottom of the river.
After Han Sui was defeated, he told Cheng Yi to repair the city wall and use a large number of wooden blocks, wooden boards and door panels to raise the city wall. This is mainly to guard against Zhao Yun's army's crossbow arrows. If you want to use wooden boards and other things to defend the crossbow arrows, this is indeed a good idea.
Fortunately, Zhao Yun and Tian Feng sent a spy to sneak into Tianshui City, making big talk, disrupting the hearts of the people and the army, and preventing the whole clan from truly serving Han Sui. The persuasion letter to the soldiers was even more effective, and many soldiers were looking for a time to get on the walk. The letter of commitment to the people excited the people, and I hope that Zhao Yun's army would break through the city as soon as possible.
After seeing the fortifications of Tianshui City, Tian Feng shook his head and said, "Zilong, this Tianshui City really made Han Sui worry. It took so much effort to reinforce it and so many mechanism traps were arranged around it. Does it take a lot of effort for our army?"
After hearing this, Zhao Yun also smiled bitterly. It was very troublesome to know so many mechanism traps. "Mr. Yuan Hao, you are right. Although these mechanism traps still cause great harm and threat to our army, they have to take time to eliminate them. Fortunately, our army has catapults and crossbow beds, otherwise it would be really difficult to solve."
Tian Feng smiled bitterly and looked up again at the various fortifications in the suburbs of Tianshui City. If there were no weapons such as catapults, crossbow beds, etc., their defense ability was absolutely effective and would cause great damage to the siege. "Zilong, if our army has poor weapons and equipment, it would be difficult for our army to capture Tianshui City. Even if we seize explosives, it would be impossible to implement them. We must eliminate various mechanism traps and fill the moat so that our army can launch an attack."
After Han Sui left, the lord of Tianshui City, Cheng Yi was also very angry. He also knew that it was impossible and unrealistic to resist the advancement of Zhao Yun's army with the 5,000 infantry in Tianshui City alone. Although the fortifications in Tianshui City had been greatly improved, the spies of the Big Bear Army went to the city to spread rumors and secretly posted various notices. The announcements greatly reduced the morale of the soldiers under his subordinates and the people were disunited. In addition, Han Sui's departure made many soldiers have ideas and knew that they were all Han Sui's abandonment.
Although Cheng Yi also deployed defenses on the city and strengthened defensive measures. He also had ideas about the content of the posting of the spies under Zhao Yun and the spies posted by him. He also thought what to do if he couldn't prevent it? Will he continue to follow Han Sui? After all, he was also Han Sui's abandoned son.
I am not in a good mood. I have nowhere to vent my inner depression these days, so I can only vent my anger on the beauty. I send all my anger on the beauty. Although the beauty under me is not stunning, she is indeed tall and graceful. The place where it should be protruding is very protruding, and the place where it should be concave is also flat and concave. A pair of proud peaks are round and upright, and it is difficult to hold it with one hand. The round buttocks are white and tender, and the feel is absolutely refreshing. The plump waist and arms are round and white, which is the charm that mature women should have.
At this time, the beauty's breasts were exposed, her breasts were towering, and her two buds were as bright as small red dates, which were so dazzling. Her two white buttocks were towering. Cheng Yi used his weapon to work hard to vent the anger and depression in his heart.
Cheng Yi, who had finished venting, waded on the chair and drank wine under the service of the beauty, and his unhonest hands wandered on the beauty's body from time to time, deforming the two cherries. Just when the spring was endless, the shouts of the guards came from outside the door, "General, Zhao Yun's army has arrived at the outskirts of the city."
After hearing this, Cheng Yi didn't say anything, but got up and asked the beauty to wear a helmet and armor. Then he went on the horse and headed towards the city gate. When he got up the city wall, Cheng Yi saw the big bear army's white clothes, folded robe, white horse, and a snow-white helmet, armor, and a young general with a silver-white spear in his hand pointing to the people next to him. Cheng Yi knew that it was General Zhao Yun, one of the legendary poisonous wolves. Next to him was Tian Feng, a famous scholar in Jizhou.
Cheng Yi looked at the fortifications of Tianshui City and smiled slightly in his heart. What do you think of such fortifications? Will you not care about attacking the city with casualties? If it is really an attack, you don’t want to break the city without paying tens of thousands of troops. If it is just Tianshui City that makes Zhao Yun lose his troops and lose his generals, then will he still have the ability to attack other cities in Xiliang?
There was nothing to say all night. Early the next morning, after dinner, Zhao Yun's army had a short rest and immediately gathered troops to destroy various fortifications around Tianshui City. Zhao asked the soldiers to quickly assemble the catapult four and crossbow beds, which were all replacement products, and their performance was greatly improved. The catapult carts and crossbow beds were much smaller than the original ones, and their weight was much lighter, and their performance and lethality were indeed much stronger. In particular, the range was much farther than the original ones, even much further than the hard bow.
This time, Zhao Yun and Tian Feng's army brought ten catapult cars and five crossbow beds, all of which are decomposed and assembled weapons and equipment, and the connection parts use a lot of scientific and technological knowledge from later generations. This is not a difficult task for Lu Ning, a time traveler. After all, nothing was introduced on the Internet in later generations. Even the production of guns can be found, but Lu Ning's current technological level cannot be achieved. Otherwise, Lu Ning would definitely produce guns and cannons.
Zhao Yun asked Lu Mine to lead 5,000 soldiers of the Rising Bear Army to cover the catapult cart and crossbow bed with crossbows in hand, and asked Lu Xiang to lead 5,000 cavalry of the Flying Bear Army to take good defense. Once infantry or cavalry emerged from Tianshui City, they must be eliminated as soon as possible, so that the rock cart and crossbow bed would be transferred. This is for safety reasons. Of course, all other soldiers are used to destroy various mechanisms and traps around Tianshui City.
Zhao Yun asked the catapult cart and crossbow bed to a place that could attack the Tianshui city wall, but could not allow the archers on the city wall to attack, so that the archers on the city wall could not shoot the catapult cart and crossbow bed. The city wall could only be attacked unilaterally. Moreover, there were five thousand crossbowmen next to it. These five thousand crossbowmen were not vegetarians. The range of the crossbows in their hands was far better than the range of the archers under Cheng Yi, and the lethality was even more terrifying.
Zhao Yun first asked the catapult car to test the city wall to better adjust the position and proofread the ruler, so that the lethality of the second round would be very terrifying. This is also a secret weapon created by Lu Ning, a semi-automatic rifle that traveled through time, referring to later generations. This level of technology is currently unthinkable, and it is unimaginable to outsiders.
The ten catapults under Zhao Yun fired at the Tianshui city wall together, and only a rumbling sound was heard. Only two catapults could really hit the city wall, and the rest were basically not thrown onto the city wall. Of course, one of them was overkill.
Cheng Yi and his soldiers, standing on the Tianshui City Wall, burst into laughter when they saw this situation. What are the uses of such a siege weapon? What threats can you talk about if you can't even hit the edge of the city wall? Isn't this nonsense? If you Zhao Yun dare to push the catapult cart closer, then my archers will have a time to play. I will ask the rocket to reimburse all your catapult cart.
When Zhao Yun saw Cheng Yi and his soldiers laughing on the city wall, he was not discouraged. Humph, now you are laughing, and after a while, you will know that the small pot is made of iron. Zhao Yun immediately ordered that the ruler of all the catapults be adjusted to the best position. After hearing the order, the catapults driver immediately adjusted the ruler of the catapults, put stones of large and small again, and waited for the order to be issued.
As the flag bearer waved a red flag, ten catapults and five crossbow beds fired at the Tianshui city wall together. Ten giant crossbow arrows fired from the five crossbow beds penetrated the wooden boards on the city wall, and then penetrated fiercely into the body of the soldiers on the surface of the wooden boards. Under the influence of the huge impact force, the soldiers pierced the soldiers behind him again with giant crossbow arrows. The lethality of the giant crossbow arrows made the soldiers on the city wall scream Liantian. Many soldiers were frightened by the cruel scene in front of them and stood on the city wall as if they were stunned.
Cheng Yi was even more surprised. The fortifications on the Tianshui City Wall were completed under his command. Such a strong fortification did not have any defense effect on the crossbow arrows flying like lightning. Fortunately, Zhao Yun only had five crossbow beds under his command. Otherwise, how could this city be defended? There would be no solution to the brutal crossbow arrows emitted by the crossbow bed.
Chapter completed!