Anyway, Zhang Xiu must not be underestimated.

Ma Yuan suspected that Zhang Xiu was the plan to repair the plank road openly and secretly cross Chencang. They stick to the important road of Jieting. A city is a huge profit.

There is no need to make changes because of some of Zhang Xiu's actions.

Do more and make more mistakes, do less and make less mistakes.

So the horse soldiers on the city wall south of Jieting City watched Qu Yi lead the army to open mountains and cut down forests on the Nanshan Mountain, build many forts, set up about fifty catapults, and craftsmen keep opening the mountains, taking out stones, and piled up together.

The soldiers pointed and said a little every day, without any worries.

Even they knew that catapults were not that far away. Isn’t it “kicked by a donkey in the brain” to cast a turret on that mountain?

Jieting City is not big, there are already many catapults with fifty orders.

That morning.

Qu Yi received Zhang Xiu's order and planned to start [fire].

A piece of fortress was repaired on the Nanshan Mountain. Some of Qu Yi's ten thousand elite soldiers did not move, and many of them followed the craftsmen to open the mountain to get stones.

A small number of soldiers were responsible for manipulating the catapult cart.

"Fire the cannon." Under the banner of the "Qu" character, Qu Yi looked stern and waved his right hand and ordered.

A catapult is also called [stone cannon cart].

"Swoosh swosh swosh swosh!" With Qu Yi's order, the soldiers began to manipulate. A small leverage principle, the huge stone flew towards Jieting City like a meteor.

This is an unintentional disaster.

Ma Yuan was a little worried, so Zhang Xiu sent a lot of soldiers to the south wall when he was doing something on the south wall, and there were also many tents standing next to the wall.

The horse soldiers were chatting with each other and basking in the sun. The weather was very good today, and the sun shone on their bodies warmly.

When the stone flew out, they did not react. The soldiers watched in surprise as the stone grew from small points until it hit them.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

"Bang bang bang bang!" But only a few stones hit the soldiers, and more stones hit the city walls.

The city walls of the Han Dynasty were all rammed earth structures. This kind of earth city was very strong, but it was definitely not withstand smashing. After irregular stones fell, pits were left on the city wall.

If this continues, the city walls may be cracked.

Of course, many stones also fell into the camp tent near the city wall. This part has stronger lethality. The soldiers on the city wall still have time to react and avoid.

The soldiers who were resting in the tent really caused trouble from the sky. Some soldiers, without knowing what had happened, went to see the King of Hell.

For a moment, in the southern part of Jieting City, the soldiers ran away in a mess.

Ma Yuanben rested in the big tent. After hearing the news, he immediately hurriedly brought a few personal soldiers to the south of the city to watch.

Seeing the stones falling from the sky, Ma Yuan's face turned pale. This really subverts the perception. Can a catapult car really hit so far?

At the same time, the generals also received the news and hurriedly gathered to Ma Yuan's side. Everyone looked at the "meteor shower" falling from the sky together.

"General, this won't work. The soldiers can hide, but the city wall can't hold on." A general said solemnly with a dark face.

All the generals nodded together and this problem must be solved.

Ma Yuan exhaled and fell into thinking. There are two ways to solve this situation.

First, they sent elite troops to raid Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses on the Nanshan Mountain. However, there were only 20,000 soldiers in their city. Going up the mountain to attack the other party's camp was simply seeking death.

"Send craftsmen immediately to calculate the distance projected by the other party's trencher, and build another southern city wall." Ma Yuan immediately ordered.

"No." The generals immediately agreed and began to act.

If this continues, the city wall will not be able to hold on sooner or later. However, it will take a certain amount of time to build a city wall, plus a lot of troops.

Ma Yuan made the decision, but everyone knows that this time it may be difficult.

They can't defend with all their might, so Zhang Xiu has an opportunity to take advantage of it.

It was also as they expected.

Zhang Xiu was wearing a black armor and a big red embroidery robe at the camp gate. He stood with a sword while standing. Dian Wei was in a row.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!!!!" The drum sounds in the army shook and rang through the sky. Soon after, General Fan Chou led five thousand elite soldiers to kill him.

Cooperate with some well trucks and ladder trucks.

Under the banner of the "Fan" character, Fan Chou held a golden horse whip and ordered: "Siege the city."

"promise."

The horn hand in the army played the horn, and the soldiers pushed the cart, archers, shields, and knives and axes, each lined up and headed towards Jieting City in an orderly manner.

On the other side is the [Pili Car] constantly shooting out stones and destroying the city walls. On the east side is Fan Chou leading 5,000 elite soldiers to attack Jieting City.

The horse is attacked from both sides.

This is a very serious matter.

When Ma Teng sent people to build Jieting City and stockpiled enough food for one or two years, the purpose of Jieting City was to block the eastern troops from entering the Longyou counties, protect the connection between Han Sui and Ma Teng's territory, so that Han Sui could rush to help Ma Teng without any scruples.

It also has certain ingredients to protect Guo Si's Lieliu City.

Ma Yuan received the order to defend Jieting City to the death without any reinforcements.

If there are many reinforcements sent, Jicheng will be unstable. If there are few reinforcements sent, it may be eaten by Zhao Yun, Pang De and others.

Jieting City can be said to be "with troops and food inside, but no reinforcements outside."

If the normal way of opening the war is normal, 20,000 soldiers can definitely defend the city, but Zhang Xiu did not play according to common sense.

A catapult was set up on the Nanshan Mountain, and the city walls and soldiers were suppressed and attacked.

The people in the city began to feel panic.

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree.

Zhang Xiu on the opposite side is famous all over the world and is almost invincible. They now have no advantage of geographical advantages, so how can people's hearts not be shaken?

Time is not as good as place, and place is not as good as people. Once people lose their hearts, it is very terrible.

In the east of Jieting City, in front of the city gate tower, Ma Yuan stood with his sword, looking at the Fan Chou army ahead, listening to the harsh and noisy drums and horns. He turned his head and looked at the soldiers around him, and many of them showed fear.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Although the Xiliang soldiers are not afraid of death, who is willing to die if they can survive? I am afraid I can't defend this battle."

But Ma Yuan was also a man. He immediately pulled out the sword at his waist, raised his arms and shouted: "Everyone, we still have 20,000 elite soldiers and a city. Follow me to fight against Zhang Xiu."

"kill!!!!!"

Ma Yuan was quite prestigious in the army, and the soldiers were aroused by fierceness. For a moment, their morale recovered. They roared hard and started to fight.

"Swoosh swosh swosh swosh!~!!!!" The archers took action first, and they shot and killed the troops on the ground that were approaching Zhang Xiu.

"Puchi, puchi."

"Ah, ah."

The sound of arrows entering the flesh and the screams of Zhang Xiu's soldiers came one after another.

But no one retreated.

Like Zhang Xiu's invincible world, his subordinates inherited Dong Zhuo's legacy. After the military reforms he carried out, the army was not only strong, but also had a strong military discipline. Unless the soldiers were defeated, the soldiers would definitely not be able to retreat and would not dare to retreat.

"Kill!!!" Soon, the archers on the well car fought back at Jieting City, and soon a large number of archers on the ground were ready and shot arrows into the city.

The two sides went back and forth, arrows were like rain. But they no longer fell. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Xiu's soldiers pushed the siege ladder truck and arrived under the city wall, and put the ladder on the city wall. The swords and axes who had already prepared began to climb the ladder and try to climb the city.

Of course, the horse soldiers on the city were prepared. The powerful men picked up the stones and smashed the logs hard.

As long as he hits Zhang Xiu's sword and axe driver in front, the one behind him will fall down.

For a time, the two sides fought fiercely, and the corpse and blood were seas, and the smell of fishy smell soared into the sky, and it lasted for a long time.

Zhang Xiu and Dian Weili were together, like two sculptures. There was no movement on Zhang Xiu's face, but only his expressionless face.

One general succeeds and thousands of bones are woven.

The siege was the most tragic and had to be done.

But since you have fought, you should move forward.

This battle. From the morning to the evening, Zhang Xiu only heard the sound of Jin and retreated his troops. Fan Chou and the army that participated in the siege rotation were all killed and injured.

That night, Zhang Xiu personally took Dian Wei to visit and pay tribute to the injured soldiers, and ordered the slaughter of pigs and sheep, so that the soldiers could have a good meal.

Zhang Xiu is already familiar with the matter of buying people's hearts.

The next morning, Zhang Xiu's army made dinner at the third day and began to attack the city at dawn. It was still Fan Chou who led his troops to attack the vanguard, and the army's offensive continued.

Qu Yi, on the Nanshan Mountain, also led his trench troops to launch firepower covering the south of Jieting City day and night.

In this case, although Ma Yuan raised a wall inside the city wall again, it had no effect on the overall situation.

Zhang Xiu was cruel and ruthless, and urged the generals to attack Jieting for fifteen days. After paying the price of 2,000 people being killed in battle and more than 10,000 people being injured, Jieting City was already exhausted.

During these fifteen days, Ma Yuan would personally lead his personal soldiers to patrol the city wall every night. But tonight, Ma Yuan did not appear rarely.

Inside the Central Army's tent.

The fire illuminates the big tent, but it cannot illuminate people's hearts.

Ma Yuan sat with the generals under his command, his face turned ashen and a breath of despair was spreading. The few generals even began to wander.

People are instinctively greedy for life and fear of death, and very few people know that they cannot do it.
Chapter completed!