I’m The King

The water source of the moat of Jishicheng was blocked. Everyone on the city could only watch the moat overnight, and the dark riverbed was exposed. Except for a small amount of water accumulated in some lower puddles, all of them were exposed. In the silt at the bottom of the river, numerous fish and shrimps are struggling desperately in the mud, trying to bury themselves in the mud.

Amidst the sound of drums, the siege carts were pushed up with thick cowhide, followed by the soldiers of Liaoxi and Tianhe who rushed up like ants carrying sandbags.

"Bed crossbow, aim at those wars, shoot them down, trebuchet, and make extended shots." Tang Ming, the general of the Zhengdong Army in the direction of the attacker's impact, was as cold as iron at this time. .

The chassis of the bed crossbow slowly turned, and the huge crossbow arrows aimed at the huge Mongolian vehicles and siege vehicles. With the screaming sound, one after another huge crossbow arrows burst out of the air. On the large attacking equipment that was close by, several crossbows were more or less hit. The huge destructive power of the crossbows was revealed at this moment. The siege vehicle that seemed to be a tall house creaked and creaked. With the sound of heavy burden, the huge body began to shake, and the soldiers pushing these siege vehicles scattered in exclamation. Amidst the rumbling sound, the giant vehicles fell in all directions, and pillars more than a foot thick fell from mid-air. , Smashed to the ground severely, or smashed to some hapless soldiers who could not evade, the first batch of dozens of siege vehicles, hundreds of Mengchao vehicles, suddenly fell apart and became half of them. A pile of ruins.

"Open the crossbow, cover and shoot!" Tang Ming's cold and hard voice sounded again.

The buzzing sound is endless, like a dark cloud floating down from the city, the attacking soldiers who lost the cover of the siege vehicle and the siege vehicle fell in pieces.

At the same time, stone bullets fired by countless trebuchets in the city. It crossed the city wall and landed far behind the Yan army. The first time it fell, it did not cause much damage. But the next second injury. But even more terrifying, after these ball-like stone bullets landed. The bombs will rise, scattered and scattered randomly, and when they fall from the air, the trajectory is discernible. But after landing, he can no longer tell where these stone bullets will fly. Perhaps, a small stone on the ground can change his original direction.

These stone bullets fell in the crowd, knocking down one soldier after another, some stone bullets shattered after landing. The shrill whistling of the rotating stone flakes is even more invincible.

The casualties were not small, but the attackers were not afraid of it, and there was no Meng Chong car destroyed. The siege vehicle rushed up at a faster speed, and countless feather arrows shot upwards to suppress the city. The siege vehicle did not stop and was pushed directly into the moat. The soldiers behind hurriedly moved. The sandbag was thrown down, then turned around and ran.

In just one attack, the moat of nearly 100 meters was filled. In the Yanjun lineup, the second group of attackers has already set off amidst the drums.

The commander-in-chief of Jishi City’s defense, Ye Zhen walked to Tang Ming's side, looked at the approaching Yan army, and muttered, “Why are the soldiers of Liaoxi County and Tianhe County?

Tang Ming looked back at Ye Zhen, "It’s nothing strange. Filling the moat is a job to die. The counterattack is limited and you are passively beaten. Naturally, you have to let these fish belly come up. When the moat is filled, you can directly attack the wall. , The standing army should do it."

"It should be like this!" Ye Zhen nodded, "I'm just a little surprised. The Tianhe County soldiers are Ji family soldiers and they are not bad. Tang Ming, can you stand it?"

Tang Ming grinned, "Don’t hide from General Ye, I’m very nervous. It’s the first time I have seen such a big battle. This is my first experience. The soldiers of Hejian County who have fought before are the same as those on the other side. These guys are a lot worse than that."

"That's natural!" Ye Zhen said with a smile: "But everyone has the first time, just like when you fought the first battle with General Gao, you feel very nervous when you think about it? Did you vomit?"

Tang Ming laughed, "I didn't vomit, but after I got off the battlefield, I lay on the bed for a whole day. In the end, the old boss General Sun went to beat me violently, and then he was relieved." He shook his head, "I have killed pigs and sheep before, but I can kill people. That feels really different!"

"No one wants to kill, and we are not wild beasts!" Ye Zhen's smile slowly turned away, "but now, we can only treat them as wild beasts, as cattle and sheep."

Tang Ming nodded, "General Ye, don't worry, the city has a dense range of long-range weapons. For every five recruits, there is a veteran with him. There is not enough field battle, but there is more than enough to defend the city. Only crossbow arrows and plenty of stone bullets are available. ."

"Okay, then I'll go to another place to take a look, you should be careful. Hu Yanchao is an expert in siege, you must not underestimate him."

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In the middle of the Yan army, Zhang Junbao looked at the batches of fallen Liaoxi County soldiers, convulsed in his heart, and looked at Hu Yan overtime, but he couldn't help but see his face as usual, without a trace of expression on his face. Hate more.

"General Hu, with this style of play, I'm afraid that the Tianhe County soldiers and Liaoxi County soldiers will lose their combat effectiveness if they don't support it at night." Tan Feng slowly shook his head. "The bows and arrows in the city are too dense."

Hu Yanchao sighed and said: "It is not easy to train a qualified archer, but the army uses their own self-made crossbows. This kind of crossbow surpasses the range of ordinary crossbow arrows by several times, and this kind of intensive shooting, There is no need to aim at all. It seems that there is really no shortage of crossbow arrows in Jishi City. After this attack alone, there are tens of thousands of arrows shot in the city."

"After taking Jishi City, the craftsmen of this kind of crossbow arrows must be in their hands. After the standing army is equipped with this kind of crossbow arrows, the combat power will be doubled." Tan Feng said.

"Let them persist until the afternoon, and then change to the standing army. The standing army has better combat experience and physical protection than them."

"Then when will the other side of the war begin?"

"Let's fight for two days!" Hu Yanchao raised his eyebrows, "It's not easy to fool Ye Zhen!"

Two days, it means more casualties. Tan Feng's brows furrowed deeply. For him, the last thing he wants is too many casualties. Yan Guo is now in need of a lot of troops, Yuyang direction, The war alarm has been sounded. The skirmishes between Jiang Xinliang's belonging and Zhao Jun are increasing, and the war is on the verge of breaking out. These tens of thousands of standing troops have finally broken out. Tan Feng originally planned to invest in Yuyang to defend against Zhao Jun. If there are too many casualties here, you will inevitably be stretched out in Yuyang.

But Hu Yanchao's judgment is reasonable. A veteran like him will not take the life of a soldier casually to make jokes. Since he said it needs to be so, it must be so.

At this point, Tan Feng's last bit of guilt for Gao Yuan disappeared without a trace, but was replaced by a strong resentment. This person quietly built such a majestic and steep city in the depths of the grassland, and his heart is clear. Jie, if it weren't for this city, he had already held the lofty lair in his hands, and he should have been on his way to Yuyang at this time.

The corruption of national affairs is all caused by these self-interested people. If everyone is a country, how can there be the tragedy of Yan.

"Fight, for the sake of Yan's strength in the future, it is worthwhile to make some sacrifices now."

"What should I do in Yuyang?" Hu Yanchao sighed, "General Tan, I guess I'm really going to take Jishi City, and the casualties will probably be nearly 10,000. When a remnant army goes to Yuyang, it won't have much effect. !"

"Chun Yuyan has already been on her way to Yuyang since Donghu returned." Tan Feng said, "Negotiate with Zhao Guo. It's great, that is, to return the four cities to him in exchange for the time we need. Ten Years, no, it only takes five years before we can rise again. Five years is enough time for us to build a strong standing army. With the concerted support of the whole country, now that Zhao Guo fights again, we will be able to do so. Don't forget that behind Zhao Guo, there is a powerful Qin army. We only need to show our strength, Zhao Mu will retreat when it is difficult, and even unite us to deal with Qin Jun. When we arrive, we will Can march into Donghu again, and even take down Qi State and Wei State."

There was light in Tan Feng's eyes. "So General Hu, do your best."

After noon, Tang Ming suddenly felt great pressure because the attackers were replaced by the Yan State Standing Army. The moat had been filled in the morning, and hundreds of siege vehicles were pushed to the front of the city. As high as the city wall, the bed crossbows and archers arranged on it shot against the city, greatly restraining the defenders.

The tactical level of the standing army is much higher than that of the county soldiers. The accuracy of the bed crossbow shooting alone is far better than that of the East Army in the city. The city can only rely on dense coverage to shoot, but the Yan army on these siege vehicles can Accurately destroy the bed crossbows in the city one by one.

As the siege vehicles collapsed one by one, astonishing casualties began to appear on the city.Behind the Yanjun’s siege city, more trebuchets stood up.

The Yan army crossed the moat, the long ladder stood up, the anchor hook at the top of the ladder hooked the battlement, and the Yan army began the ant attachment to the city.

Tang Ming handed over the command of the long-range strike to the lieutenant, and he began to command the soldiers to deal with the Yan army that was attached to the city.

A series of ladders were cut off the anchor hooks and overturned to the ground.The soldiers on the ladders screamed and fell, but more ladders were erected.

Ye Zhen appeared on this side of the city wall when the Yan Army began to ascend the city. Behind him, there were five hundred reserve players ready to fight.

The first Yan Jun finally appeared on the top of the city. Tang Ming roared and rushed forward. The sword light flashed. This Yan Jun was not standing firmly, Dou Da's head was already flying in the sky, and the headless body splashed. With blood, he fell downside down.

Tang Ming rushed to the ladder, before he had time to overturn the ladder, he stood here, making mechanical movements with one knife and one knife, until the soldiers behind him rushed up, cut off the anchor hook, and the push rod against the ladder with a sound. Yelling, he pushed the ladder far away.