The wind roared in the air, carrying the smoke and dust surging up and down the city walls, filling the ruined city towers, above the towers and horses, and drifting towards the Baoshui water surface in the east.

There was a sound of wood shaking and rubbing in the distance, which made one's teeth ache. Several trebuchet poles as tall as a building began to rotate at the same time. The front end of the thick wooden pole was driven downward by the counterweight frame, and the wooden pole fell violently. The back of the rod tilted up.

The dozens of kilograms of boulders and clay lumps below were dragged backwards on the wooden rails, making a "clatter" noise. The wooden poles that were getting faster and faster were "bang" blocked by the baffle, and the huge stone bullets were flying in the air. It broke away from the net bag and flew out into the air with a roar.

"Boom! Boom..." Heavy stone and earth bullets fell inside and outside the city wall, making a loud thunderous sound, and the earth also trembled! The wooden instruments were cleverly constructed and exploded with extraordinary power.

Just outside the south of the city, there were more than a dozen huge trebuchets.

The attack has been going on for many days. Those things will adjust the distance according to the distance of the falling bullet. As long as the weight and shape of the stone bullets are roughly the same, the trajectory of the shells is relatively stable. Now they can almost hit the city wall without drifting too far. .

There was another loud noise, and a dry clay cannonball hit the city wall!

Amidst the deafening sound, the rammed earth city wall, which was several feet thick, also had a crumbling feeling. The bricks and stones on the ground were broken and lifted up directly, and the dry earth cannonballs burst and splashed. "Ah!" Immediately there were Han soldiers. The soldier was hit by rocks, blood flowed from the bottom of his helmet on his face, and he screamed loudly.

Before the shouting stopped, another huge stone bullet hit the parapet, making a heavy roar. A section of the parapet on the city wall was directly overturned, and the stone bullet bounced and rolled towards the city.

There was an uproar among the troops. The earthen stove on the city was knocked over by a stone bullet. Sparks and soot flew into the sky, and burning wood and charcoal were scattered.

The worst thing was that the big pot on the stove also fell over, and the boiling golden juice inside suddenly fell to the ground. White smoke billowed, and the hot stench was so pungent that it was almost impossible to breathe!

"Help!" A soldier lay on the ground and cried loudly. Not only was he crying because he was in pain, but his face was full of fear and despair. Of course the man who burned the gold juice knew that he would be greatly affected by this thing. There is no way to cure a burn that covers an area! And you won't die for a while. After the skin becomes suppurated, life is worse than death. It's very miserable.

At this time, the general of the Han army, Fu Qian, came up quickly from the slope. His hair was already gray, his body was strong, and his posture was high. His face was serious and fierce, but he showed no fear when facing the huge enemy army outside the city. .

Fu Qian looked at the scene on the city wall and immediately shouted: "Don't leave so many people on the wall, take them down quickly! Come up again when the cannon stops."

Several responses immediately came from the wall. The generals greeted the soldiers and immediately ran up the stone steps of the slope. The sound of "ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, clang, clang" emanated from the armor, mixed with the cries of the wounded soldiers.

General Fu Qian did not retreat but advanced. He quickly walked behind the wall and continued to look down at the city. The general hurriedly advised: "Stone cannons don't have eyesight. General, let's go first and let the servants guard here."

Fu Qian remained unmoved and continued to stand inside the wall and look out.

This thing just depends on fate! Not all stone bullets can hit the city accurately. Even if they hit the city wall, the chance of hitting Fu Qian's position is very unlikely.

However, multiple trebuchets have been firing intermittently from morning to night. Over time, the cumulative damage will be very large! Fu Qian has understood the situation. The Han army cannot leave too many people on the wall during the bombardment. Smashed.

After the trembling noise, the trebuchet fired several rounds and finally gradually stopped. Fu Qian stood behind the wall and was not hit.

"Archers!" The generals around Fu Qian came to the opposite side of the wall and shouted into the city. The soldiers who had left the city wall earlier rushed up the wall again.

At this moment, the ditches outside the city were crowded with people, and countless people pushing wheelbarrows came along the ditches.

Soon someone pushed a wooden cart and left the trench along the slope. They pushed the soil in the cart under the wall, dumped the soil, pulled the cart and turned around. There were wooden baffles in front of those carts. Apparently they were on guard against attacks on the city.

Of course Fu Qian could understand what the enemy soldiers outside were doing. They were actually transporting earth under the eyes of the Han army, trying to use earth and rocks to build a ramp outside the city!

The trenches outside the city have earthen walls that are like criss-crossing criss-crosses, and the vertical and horizontal curves are very complicated. At this time, some enemy soldiers are still working hard to dig trenches and push the trenches under the city wall! Outside the city, there is flying mud and dust, and it is a busy scene. It's a complete mess.

Such a method of digging a flat ground into a complicated ditch was really the first time that Fu Qian had encountered it. What kind of unscrupulous mind does it take to come up with such a bizarre method?

At this moment, Fu Qian's sharp eyes spotted a group of people in the distance surrounding a man in the middle. The man was holding something in his hand and pointing at the construction site outside the city while giving orders. Just carefully observe the postures of those around him. , you can guess that the person in the middle must be a general.

Maybe it’s Qin Liang, the commander-in-chief of Cao’s army!

Qin Liang was very determined to attack the city regardless of manpower and time. When Fu Qian thought that the person in his sight might be Qin Liang, he became very angry.

Fu Qian turned his head and looked around in anger, and found that there was a heavy Zhuge Liannu behind the wall, which was intact. He immediately called to the soldiers around him, pointed at the person who was suspected of being Qin Liang in the distance, and ordered: "Here comes , aim the crossbow at that man and shoot him to death!"

Several people immediately rushed forward and were busy loading the heavy crossbow. After working for a while, the man outside the city somehow noticed the threat of weapons in the city and suddenly turned around and left early.

A moment later, there was a "bang" sound, and nearly ten crossbow arrows separated from the heavy crossbow and flew into the distance! Fu Qian could see clearly on the wall, and saw that the crossbow arrows were all deflected, and there was no threat at all. Enemy general.

Only then did Fu Qian realize that a repeating crossbow with multiple arrows would be more effective at a short distance, but the crossbow arrows fired at a long distance would scatter and lose its accuracy. It was better to look for a bed crossbow just now, as the chance would be greater.

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Unfortunately, the traitor general quickly retreated, and the Han army had no second chance.

"Pah!" Fu Qian slapped his palm on the wall and cursed, "General Cao is just a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"

The general next to him also sneered: "Does he think he is building water conservancy?"

At this time, there was a "crackling" sound from all around, and many Han army crossbowmen began to fire arrows at the city from behind the wall stacks.

There was a "ding" sound, and suddenly an arrow hit the bricks of the parapet wall. The arrow shaft broke, and the dust on the bricks flew with such force, as if a cloud of white smoke was thrown up. The general hurriedly advised again. : "General, beware of stray arrows."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a muffled groan from the right side, and a Han soldier was suddenly hit by an arrow in the face! The soldier went limp, the bow and arrow in his hand fell to the ground, and his body fell forward.

, his upper body hit the female wall, and he fell down towards the city wall. A moment later, there was a dull sound of "plop".

Then arrows continued to fly towards the city wall, sparsely but continuously.

The enemy soldiers below the city were hiding behind ditches and earthen walls, aiming their crossbows at the soldiers on the city, and shooting each one. Fortunately, the defenders were at a high place, and there were fortification barriers such as female wall perforations, so they could release arrows.

Then avoid the arrows; however, when there are more people, sometimes someone will be unlucky enough to get hit by an arrow.

At this time, the Han army lit a fire and began to fire rockets wrapped in oilcloth at the vehicles under the city. Although it was broad daylight, the air was filled with dust and smoke billowing. The rockets flew down from the sky and shone like fireflies.

As the counterattack on the city wall became more and more fierce, the enemy soldiers carrying earth gradually retreated.

Upon seeing this, Fu Qian immediately called to the soldiers and asked everyone to leave the city wall quickly and evacuate the crowds on the city. He himself took the people and walked up the slope into the city.

As expected, a huge noise came from outside the city. Huge stone bullets and earthen bullets flew over in circles and hit the inside and outside of the city wall. The rebel artillery bombardment began again. The roaring shells made a loud noise when they landed.

There was a loud noise, like a burst of thunder.

"Boom!" A huge stone bullet flew over the city wall and hit the ground inside the city. The violent vibration made some Han soldiers shrink their necks and their expressions changed.

The main thing about this thing is that the array is scary!

However, this method of action by the rebels can continuously consume the strength of the defenders and reduce casualties during the siege.

If the Han army had just waited and allowed the rebels to keep making trouble like this, their troops would have gradually been depleted, and the problem would have become bigger as time went by. Moreover, the rebel soldiers outside the city were still digging ditches, building up soil, and slowly advancing towards the corner; as long as time

It's long enough, and I'm afraid it can really allow them to build a ramp and attack the wall.

The enemy general's use of troops in this way will make progress slow, but it can at least give everyone in the army hope of success.

But Fu Qian was trapped in the city with nothing to do. Even if there was no danger of breaking the city for a while, the feeling of sitting there and waiting for death made him very uncomfortable. Impulsively, he wanted to summon his troops to leave the city and immediately fight to the death with the rebels.

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But the main force of the bandit army is in Baozhong, and it is estimated that there are tens of thousands of them! The troops in Fu Qian's hands are indeed not enough.

After weighing the situation, he remembered Jiang Wei's advice and had to suppress the anger in his heart and gave up the idea of ​​acting out of emotion.

Baozhong City is close to Baoshui River, and the east gate is very close to Baoshui River, so the army cannot be moved away; there are not many enemy troops in the north of the city, only a few camps. The rebels built siege fortifications around Baozhong, but the main heavy troops were

In the south of the city, the city could not be completely surrounded. Therefore, it would not be difficult for the Han army to break through with a small group of troops. They could take a detour to Jigu in the north.

Fu Qian then decided to send people to break out and ask for help.
Chapter completed!