Chapter 136
Pang Tong smiled and replied: "My lord, we have collected more than ten thousand stones from all over the mountains and forests these days."

Yuan Yao nodded and said with a smile, "It will be up to Shi Yuan to attack the city in the future."

Pang Tong nodded, bowed his head and said, "My lord, please don't worry, Tong guarantees that within five days, the South China Sea will be conquered without a single soldier!"

Outside the city of Panyu, the prefecture of the South China Sea, Yuan Yao held a stalemate with the district for five days. Finally, when his siege equipment arrived, he was overjoyed.

Hastily ordered Cheng Yaojin to take the prisoners to move the collected stones outside the north gate, and dispatched Yu Chigong to lead one thousand troops to attack the east gate, Gan Ning to lead one thousand troops to attack the south gate, and Qin Qiong to lead two thousand troops , Outside the north gate, I sit in the rear army, guard the barracks, and allocate equipment.

Cheng Yaojin escorted the captives, drove the Yue people to carry stones, and prepared to attack the city.

On the top of the city, Qu Jing heard Yuan Yao's division of troops to attack the city, and he also ordered all the gates to prepare defense equipment, and he himself even put on the clothes himself, and brought many generals under his command, Bing Muli and other Yue people's leaders, to the north gate together outside defense.

At the north gate, it happened that Qin Qiong was leading the army, and Pang Tong was assisting him. The banner of the army, a big handsome flag, was particularly eye-catching. Qu Jing took it for granted that Yuan Yao personally supervised the division, and also brought his servants to the north gate tower .

Outside the city gate, Pang Tong commanded many soldiers methodically and pushed some carts up.

It was about two hundred steps away from the city wall before finally stopping.

It's just that the top of the cart was covered with curtains, and the district scene didn't know what was inside. All the generals around were puzzled. However, the walls of Panyu City were high and thick. Although everyone was puzzled, they didn't feel too uneasy.

They all just stood vigilantly on the city, observing the movement of the enemy.

Pang Tong didn't care about the prying eyes in the city at all, he just ordered everyone to put the carts, and then, under the threat of leather whips and weapons, the surrendered Yueren brought up the stones one by one.

Seeing the scene in the upper part of the city, he was shocked. He is a man who has experienced many battles. If he was puzzled by the cart just now, the appearance of a large number of stones this time naturally reminded him of the same horror. s things.

Among the generals in the city, a few of them, like Qu Jing, thought of something, one of the generals, his face changed terribly in fright, and he said in a voiceless voice: "These big carts are the catapults from the Central Plains!"

Qu Jing's face was gloomy, and he sighed unwillingly: "The enemy transported so many stones up, could it be to fill the moat? Pass down the order and order people to prepare kerosene and crossbow arrows quickly, and these things must not be allowed to approach the city wall !"

The generals got the order, and were about to turn around and go down to deliver the order. Suddenly, there was a sound of shouting and killing at the east gate. Even at the north gate, one could feel the impact caused by that huge roar. shock.

Then, outside the south gate, almost at the same time, there were also shouts from countless people charging.

Then, in all directions, suddenly the war drums were beeping, and the sharp whistling was continuously transmitted from the sky, Qu Jing's heart was beating violently, and without even thinking about it, he flew back involuntarily.

"Oh!"

"Boom!"

Countless screams, amidst the deafening roar, seemed extraordinarily shrill and terrifying.

Qu Jing was still in shock. When he heard the shout, he hurriedly looked back, and saw that the place where he was standing just now had been hit by a huge rock. One of the generals, unable to dodge in time, was directly smashed by the rock, and he was not dead yet. See through, fell to the ground and whimpered.

However, that general only twitched for a second, and in the next second, huge boulders ruthlessly destroyed the corpse like a torrential rain in the sky. Just after a while, the dead corpse was smashed to a bloody mess, blood everywhere. splash.

Such a scene, in no particular order, was staged in various parts of the North Gate.The culprit of all this was the seemingly harmless cart outside the city.

Needless to say, these carts are the siege chariots built by Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao has a special liking for this siege engine, and has not attacked Jiaozhou for a long time. One is that the war has eased, and the other is that the siege engine has not been improved.

It took Yuan Yao a lot of effort to perfect this thunderbolt catapult. Cao Cao used Liu Ye's improved catapult in the Battle of Guandu, which made Yuan Shao lose again and again.

Three hundred thunderbolt chariots showed their power together, although the shock caused by them did not have the brilliance of thousands of stones flying together, but the aura that covered the sky and the sun, as if the nine heavenly stars were falling, still made everyone present unconsciously excited A feeling of smallness.

Now, Qu Jing has this feeling. Although he escaped a catastrophe, it doesn't mean that others have such luck.

Especially the leaders of the Yue people, who didn't know the power of that kind of thing at all, and didn't expect that that kind of boulder could be thrown on the top of the city from such a distance.

It wasn't until the boulder fell and killed countless defenders that everyone reacted and dispersed in a rush.

In their hearts, being killed by the enemy is not terrible, but being crushed to death by these boulders falling from the sky is too unjust.

Seeing this scene, Ou Jing gritted his steel teeth. He opened his throat and shouted: "Don't panic, hold on, you must hold on, and anyone who escapes will be killed!"

The other generals also shouted: "Brothers, don't be afraid, these catapults are launched very long intervals, as long as we are careful, nothing will happen."

At the same time, a group of full-body armored supervisors appeared at the top of the city. All soldiers who dared to run down the city were hacked to death by them, and blood flowed down the stairs.

Threatened by their comrades' weapons, the defenders on the city turned back in fear, clenched their weapons reluctantly, and walked towards the city wall slowly. In the gap between equipment, mobilize more shields to come up.

But, since it's called Thunderbolt, will it really take that long to launch?Soon, Yuan Jun outside the city broke the last trace of luck in Qu Jing's heart.

The last round of throwing stones was just to test the distance and get familiar with the operation of Thunderbolt.

As the soldiers became more familiar with the catapult, the second round of throwing stones took only a dozen breaths, and countless stone bullets flew out of the sky.

Moreover, because the stone throwing in the previous round did not meet the tenacious resistance of the defenders, Pang Tong ordered the army to move forward another fifty steps, which was already within the range of the bow and arrow. Although this would be dangerous, the power of the stone throwing and the killing effect The distance has also increased a lot.

When the soldiers who were still in shock were moving away the boulder on the city, a new boulder had already roared down.

The few generals who planned to lead by example and stayed with the soldiers were the first to suffer. Their heads were smashed on the spot and they fell in a pool of blood.

The defenders were frightened by this kind of battle that they had never experienced before, and they also found thick shields one by one, and huddled in the corner of the wall. Those without shields, regardless of the supervisory team, swarmed down the city rush away.

The supervising team killed more than ten people in a row, but they couldn't stop the torrent. Moreover, there were many Yue people among them. These people were not under Qu Jing's subordinates at all. How dare they do anything to them, so they had to turn a blind eye, and let the crowd rush down the wall.

In the end, as there were more and more huge boulders, and the scope was getting bigger and bigger, even they had to follow Qu Jing and others to retreat to the top of the city, leaving only a few small soldiers, hiding at the entrance of the city where the huge boulders could not hit Watch the actions of Yuan Yaojun below, in case they take the opportunity to climb the city.

However, Yuan Yao obviously didn't intend to climb the city. At least, he didn't want to risk the lives of his subordinates before the nearby boulders were mined.

A steady stream of boulders were transported up, and shot into Panyu city by thunderbolt cars.This day is destined to be a nightmare for the people of Panyu in their lives.

Because the area was not effectively defended against the attack of thunderbolt cars, in the end, Yuanyao's army even approached the city wall fifty steps away and began to throw stones. Not only was the city wall unsafe, but the houses near the city wall also affected the fish in the pond and were caught by countless boulders. smashed into ruins.

Seeing these ruins, even the bravest Yue people felt a kind of fear from the bottom of their hearts.

Not to mention Qu Jing's subordinates, it's okay for these people to rob houses and bully the people. They only heard about this kind of cruel battle when others were bragging, but they had never witnessed it in person. It's not necessarily safe either.

What's more, the boulders outside the city have never stopped. The entire city wall is densely packed with stones, and it has reached the point where it is impossible to get off.

The thunderbolt attack lasted for an entire afternoon.Because the supply of stones was not available, it gradually stopped.

Following Yuan Yao's army's call for gold, the defenders at the three city gates quietly breathed a sigh of relief.The soldiers hiding in the city hurriedly flew to report the scene of the area.

At this time, the district scene was hiding under the city with soldiers.Hearing Yuan Yao's retreat outside the city, he felt nervous, and gradually he breathed a sigh of relief.

He hurriedly sent people to investigate the four gates, and when he heard that the enemy troops in the other two gates had also retreated, he was completely relieved and hurriedly summoned all the generals to come to the army to discuss matters.

The remaining big and small leaders of the Yue people also came one after another.

However, their faces were all pale. Obviously, they were also very frightened by the scene of flying rocks in the Perak Car today. Even Mu Li, the leader of the Yue people who is known for his bravery, also had a worried look on his face.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Qu Jing's face was gloomy. He looked around and his face was a little gray. At this time, he really regretted provoking Yuan Yao, a powerful enemy. It's no different, he just looked at his subordinates with some hope, hoping that some of them would come up with a way to crack Yuan Yao's thunderbolt car.

To be honest, from the moment he knew that Yuan Yao was going to send troops, the defense equipment of Panyu City was not insufficient. Moreover, he also believed that with the strong city of Panyu, there were still a lot of money, food and equipment, even if it lasted for a year and a half loading is no problem.

However, with the appearance of the thunderbolt car, it broke his calculation.

Today is only the first round, and the city wall of Panyu has been destroyed and riddled with holes. If it continues, without Yuan Yao's attack, the city wall of Panyu will be smashed down by itself.

Qu Jing's worry was also the worry of everyone sitting here, but it was the first time they had experienced this kind of war, so how could they come up with a good solution?

All of them watched their eyes, their noses, their noses, their noses and their hearts, and lowered their heads, for fear that Qu Jing would ask him.

Among the soldiers who were crushed to death today, there were quite a few Yue people, and there were several leaders who did not understand the power of the catapult, and no one reminded them, five of them were crushed to death on the spot.

As the leader of these people, Mu Li felt even more sad. Seeing Qu Jing's subordinates all pretending to be deaf and dumb, bowing their heads in silence, he couldn't help smashing the case, and shouted: "I'm waiting for you from afar. You work hard, don't you just say nothing and wait for the city to be broken?"

The faces of the generals were embarrassed, and they couldn't help smiling bitterly. The old general in the middle sighed and said: "Wooden leader, it's not that we don't want to do anything, but that we really have nothing to do. You have witnessed the power of the catapult today. I won't hide it from you. Follow me." The district general has fought dozens of battles, but this is the first time he has seen such a thing, how can he come up with a solution in a hurry?"

Qu Jing's face turned even darker, and he also knew that what this person said was true, so he hurriedly persuaded Mu Li with good words, but he thought of an idea, looked at the crowd, and asked: "Actually, it's not difficult to break the catapult, you just need to open the city. door, go out to fight in the field, as long as you don't let them get close to the city wall, you wait for everyone, is there anyone who dares to go out of the city to fight?"

The generals paused and their faces changed. They saw Muli's defeat the day before yesterday. Moreover, Liu Shang's army had more than 1000 cavalry, while in Panyu City, they were all infantry. Who would dare to go out and seek their own death.

They all lowered their heads without saying a word.

Qu Jing asked twice, but no one agreed, he couldn't help feeling angry and shouted: "The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days is only for a while, I treat you well on weekdays, why are you so timid to fight today!"

On the one hand, Mu Li was also angry, and he jumped up against the table, got up and said: "Since there is a way to crack that thing, you are afraid of death, but I am a man of the Yue clan, but I am not afraid, Brother District, don't worry, I will gather people tomorrow and leave the city Fight with Yuan Yao!"

The first time that Thunderbolt Chariot appeared on the stage, the defenders at the head of the city were defeated and defeated. All the generals were extremely excited, and they came to Yuan Yaozhong's army together to ask for credit.

Pang Tong on one side took the opportunity to speak up and said: "Panyu Jiancheng, it will take three days at the fastest to break through the city with a thunderbolt chariot. If troops are sent to harass the city, I am afraid it will take longer, and there are many scattered Yue people behind. The lord has to fight and make a quick decision."

Yuan Yao was still on the edge of excitement, and after hearing Pang Tong's words, he still didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "I have sent soldiers to stay behind everywhere along the way, as long as these scattered Yue people , may not be able to do anything to the rear of our army."

Li Ji was also a little worried, and said: "What if these Yue people unite? We are a guest army, firstly, we are not familiar with the terrain, and secondly, the people are not attached to us. We are here alone. I am afraid that if we make a mistake, the whole army may be wiped out."

At the same time, Qin Qiong got up and persuaded: "My lord, I am grateful for your love for the soldiers. It's just that people will die in war. I think that the military commander is right. We should take advantage of the panic of the enemy and attack the city to avoid Long nights and many dreams."

Even after Li Ji spoke up, Yuan Yao's original joy gradually faded, and he had to think carefully.

Just like what Qin Qiong said, the reason why he only used thunder chariots to attack the city instead of sending soldiers forward was to preserve his own strength.

At the very least, he didn't want his soldiers to die before the city wall was clearly damaged.

He has less than 6 soldiers and horses in his hands, but the total number of soldiers in Jiaozhou is [-] to [-].

Moreover, there are still many Yue people scattered everywhere. Once these people unite, even if he has a strong army, he is likely to fail because of the small number of soldiers.

However, Li Ji's words made Yuan Yao quickly give up his original plan.

Just like what Li Ji said, steady and steady fighting can certainly minimize casualties, but it is also very possible to give Jiaozhou time to prepare. He came alone, except for the thunderstorm, Da Shixie and others were caught off guard. It is really no better way out.

(End of this chapter)

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