Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

Seeing the arrival of the siege equipment, Liu Zhang immediately beat the drums and gathered the generals. All the generals who were still in the camp came.

"Everyone, the siege equipment arrived this morning and will attack the south gate of Ye City tomorrow. Ma Chao, Gan Ning, Wu Ban, and Wu Yi will follow me to fight."

All the generals lead in unison!

On the second day, the meal was made at the third watch and the departure was started at the fifth watch.The main battalion dispatched 5000 troops to join the [-] people outside the south gate and headed for the south gate of Yecheng.

In order to cooperate with the south gate, they pretended to attack the east and west gates, and sent thousands of soldiers and horses to the camps formed by the east and west gates of Yecheng.

The [-] troops slowly came to the south gate of Ye City and began to form a formation.

Looking at the city of Ye, Liu Zhang and the others knew that if they wanted to attack the city, the first problem that needed to be solved was the moat.

The moat is three feet wide, and if you want to cross it, you can only build a pontoon bridge, but the defenders on the city wall will not watch them build a pontoon bridge.

It is conceivable that many people will be shot and killed by the enemy's arrow rain when building a pontoon bridge.

The second problem is the city wall. The city wall of Ye City is four feet high. Although the long ladder has been prepared long ago, it takes too much time to climb such a high long ladder.

These times were enough for the defenders on the city wall to shoot down Liu Zhang's soldiers.

The third problem is the defenders. The defenders of Yecheng are the last line of defense in Yecheng, and as Yuan Shao's base camp, Yecheng will definitely not be short of food.

These three problems are not easy to solve, but they have to be solved.

150 catapults and [-] bed crossbows were pushed up and formed.

The soldiers pushed the boulders forward with carts and placed them next to each catapult. All preparations were ready, and a small school came to report quickly.

"My lord, the catapult and bed crossbow are ready!"

"Okay, let's hit him with a catapult first!" Liu Zhang waved his hand vigorously.

After a while, 150 catapults began to fire towards the south gate of Yecheng. After a round of shooting, the soldiers began to adjust the direction and elevation of the catapults, and then fired again.

Each catapult kept throwing boulders, and then adjusted continuously, more and more boulders were thrown on the top of the city.

"What is that?" Yuan Shang shouted loudly, his voice trembling, revealing his cowardice.

"Third Young Master, that's a catapult!" Wen Chou shouted loudly.

Not long after, a few boulders fell right around them, and the soldiers who were standing still just now were either thrown into the air or turned into a pulp.

Yuan Shang heard the noise and couldn't help but turned his head to observe. When he saw this scene with blurred human flesh, he threw up.

He vomited until the sky was dark, his face was pale, and his legs became weak.

Seeing Yuan Shang like this, Wen Chou felt contemptuous in his heart, but he said, "Third Young Master, the city is too dangerous. The last general should send someone to guard you to rest in the city."

Yuan Shang wanted to leave a long time ago, but the soldiers around him were looking at him. Now that there are steps Wen Chou handed over, he immediately responded, "What about the top of the city?"

When Wen Chou saw Yuan Shang's eyes, he immediately understood.He didn't care about the safety of the city, and wanted to find a reasonable excuse to leave.

"Leave the head of the city to the last general!"

"Then please, General Wen!" Yuan Shang immediately left the top of the city with the help of the guards, stepped down on the city wall, and immediately shouted to the left and right guards: "Hurry up, go back to the mansion."

He hurriedly wanted to stay away from the city wall, this place was too dangerous, if he was hit by that boulder, wouldn't his handsome body die a miserable death.

After Yuan Shang left, Wen Chou and the surrounding generals also breathed a sigh of relief, and one of the generals rushed to Wen Chou's side and asked loudly: "General Wen, this is not the way to go, we can only be beaten passively, but we cannot fight back! "

"If things go on like this, the soldiers will be terrified and their morale will be low, right?"

"That's right!" The general nodded quickly.

"Then what can I do? Their catapults are three or four hundred steps away from the city. If the distance is too far, we won't be able to attack them at all!" Wen Chou replied helplessly.

"The stones are so huge that it is not easy to collect them. We can only wait for their stones to be used up. Why don't we order to reduce the number of soldiers on the city by two-thirds, and wait until they attack the city and send troops up!"

Wen Chou thought about it, and felt that this method was good. Since they did not come to attack the city, it would be a waste to leave so many people guarding the city. "Pass my military order, only two-thirds of the troops will be left behind, and the rest will retreat to the city, and wait for the order at any time without disarming!"

The soldiers were overjoyed, and then quickly evacuated under the orders of officers at all levels.

After evacuating two-thirds of the troops, the soldiers on the top of the city were much sparser than before, and the casualties were also reduced a lot.

Wen Chou then ordered every soldier to hold a round shield, then lower his head and hide behind the wall, keeping some distance between each of them and not being allowed to gather together.

In this way, casualties were reduced a bit.

He can only do this. Whether he will be hit by a stone falling from the sky depends on the luck of each soldier.

"My lord, the soldiers on the top of Yecheng are evacuating, and they seem to be missing a lot of people!" Gan Ning, who was in front, rode up to the big banner of the Chinese army and reported to Liu Zhang.

"If it is an ordinary city, if they dare to withdraw their troops, we should immediately send soldiers and ants to attack the city. However, Yecheng is too big, and it will take a lot of effort to cross the moat."

Liu Zhang thought for a while, and then said to Gan Ning, "You immediately order the catapult to slow down its attack speed to normal, and attack once every other incense stick to reduce the consumption of stones!"

"In this way, the Yecheng defenders will continue to fall into panic, and the last general will take orders!" Gan Ning immediately understood the beauty of Liu Zhang's countermeasure.

After a while, the attack speed of the Catapult changed.

The defenders on the city wall also noticed this change.

However, they are also very helpless, they can do this.

At noon, the catapult outside the city was still throwing stones. Wen Chou was upset, and he shouted at the general just now: "Didn't you just say that the other party didn't have many stones? Why did you smash it for two hours? It's not over yet!"

"General Wen, the last general doesn't know either!" Wen Chou yelled at the general, who was trembling with fright. He rolled his eyes, thought quickly in his mind, and suddenly said loudly: "They slowed down the attack speed, so Only then can we attack persistently!"

"Nonsense, how can I not know this!" Of course Wen Chou knew, but he didn't think about it for a while, and could only cover up his mistake by yelling at the general.

"The enemy's catapults are attacking like this, and the situation is even more dangerous!" A familiar voice came from behind Wen Chou.

He looked back and saw that it was Xin Pi, and immediately said in surprise: "Mr. Xin, why are you still at the top of the city, get down quickly!"

From Wen Chou's point of view, as a military commander, he was agile and might be able to hide boulders. A counselor like Xin Pi would definitely be unable to dodge it.