The catapult was running non-stop, and countless stones, big, small, round, square, and irregular, were all thrown at Ye City.

The catapults of the Jin army were very distinctive. They were not just large lever catapults, specialized in throwing huge rocks into the city.

At the same time, the Jin army also assembled many small catapults. They were called carts, but in fact they were just leather bags that could be used to catapult stones. The principle of catapults was also the same. They all used the lever principle to send stones to high altitudes.

Compared with their giant brothers, this kind of catapult has a smaller range and is not high enough. This is due to the size of the catapult.

However, this kind of catapult is easy to use and can be easily operated by only two people, and there are many of them.

Even though the stones thrown are only small stones, which may not seem that powerful, in fact, such small stones are enough to deliver a fatal attack.

Just think about hail. No matter how big the hail is, it is much smaller than the stones on the catapult. But even if you are just hit by the hail, it is very likely to hurt people's lives.

Wang Mi often saw such news on TV news in his previous life.

Therefore, when many generals objected to him favoring the smaller one among the two catapults of different sizes, he still resolutely did so.

Moreover, these improved small catapults were personally sent to the Yecheng battlefield.

At this moment, even General Liu Yu had to admit that Wang Shilang's method was indeed the best!

These small catapults are really easy to use!

Countless small stones jumped up in the air like a flock of birds, covering the sky in Yecheng. This caused great harm to the Qin soldiers who were hiding behind the city wall and eager to go into battle to kill the enemy.

Many soldiers died here before they could rush out of the city gate. Although many others were not dead, they were at least injured.

Qin soldiers who were beaten with stones and bleeding all over their bodies were often at a disadvantage during the fight even if they charged out.

Countless small stones seemed to have stretched a net in the sky of Yecheng, brutally attacking the forces in the city.

Of course, this kind of attack was indiscriminate. Due to the fierce fighting, many people in Yecheng were injured by stones.

This further weakened Di Qin's strength.

Could the people still wandering around the streets and alleys in the city still be ordinary villagers at this time?

It is correct to say that they are villagers, but their identity has changed now. It should be said that they are Qin soldiers!

Most of these poor people were temporarily captured by Zhang Hao to replenish his army. They were originally just the most ordinary people in the city.

These people had no interest in fighting, had no experience, and their martial arts skills were almost zero. Now, they were brutally attacked before they even went into battle. It was really pitiful.

As a result, the truth and falsehood of the news from Wang Mi's side can be discerned.

Although it is said that there are still 10,000 troops, there are actually not that many soldiers and horses in the city at all.

Among the so-called ten thousand people, about half were strong men captured temporarily. Not only were these people not to be feared, Di Qin even had to be on guard against them and not turn against them in the face of battle.

It was agreed that the top and bottom would coordinate the operation. Of course, not only was there a protective net of stone formations in the sky, but the Jin army below the city was also busy and did not stop for a moment.

As for the focus of their attack, it was not about killing Qin soldiers but how to capture the city faster.

Like Xiangyang, Yecheng's city wall is also a mud structure wrapped in bluestone bricks. This structure is still difficult to destroy directly with the current Jin army's artillery.

The hole that was blown through was just a coincidence and has no further reference.

Although Di Qin did not fight well in this battle, objectively speaking, their preparations were quite sufficient.

This is mainly because before the Jin people arrived, the Xianbei people had been trapped outside the city for many days. For such a long time, Ye City was in danger of being destroyed.

As a result, the defenders of Yecheng, including Zhang Hao and Fu Pi, all realized that this time they were about to face a tough battle.

During the confrontation, Fu Pi on the one hand sent Yang Baihua to Jingkou for help, and on the other hand strengthened the defense of Yecheng.

Reinforcing the city walls, forging weapons, and training soldiers, almost everything was not left behind, so now it seems that Yecheng's hardware is very complete.

It is not easy to break through directly from the front.

For example, generally speaking, the weakest part of a city wall is the city gate. No matter how strong the city gates of this era are claimed to be, in the final analysis they are all made of wood.

As long as it is a wooden city gate, it is always easy to conquer.

But now, there are also difficulties for the attacking Jin army.

The city gates of Yecheng were originally made of particularly strong and thick wood, not to mention that there were huge bolts placed behind the gates.

Ordinary large wooden piles cannot penetrate the city gate at all.

So, is there nothing the Jin army can do?

of course not!

That giant divine crossbow has the absolute power to attack a city.

In Xiangyang, the Jin army did this.

A divine crossbow passed through the door. What else could stop the Jin army from attacking?

Why don't you use such an artifact quickly?

yes!

I really want to use it, but the question is, is it useful?

No!

Really do not have!

Why not?

Have you forgotten?

This time the Jin army was conducting a long-distance attack, and the environment here in Yecheng was not comparable to that in Xiangyang.

It was too far away from Jingkou, the base camp of the Jin army. In order to get to Yecheng as soon as possible, Wang Mi could only streamline his team as much as possible.

Naturally, you can't take action when it comes to personnel. In this era, wars still rely on heads. Victory with fewer people has always been a minority in all kinds of battles.

Of course, those new weapons that Wang Mi carefully crafted cannot be taken with him, so he can only sacrifice some of the bulky traditional weapons and cannot accompany him.

Since he lacked heavy crossbows for siege, Liu Yu had no choice but to choose other methods.

And this method comes from underground.

In a place firmly occupied by the Jin army not far from the city wall, a group of Jin soldiers were digging tunnels into the city.

The soldiers were attacking the city and digging soil at the same time. Liu Yu had only one idea, which was to hollow out Yecheng from all aspects.

Let Yecheng lose the power to resist, in all aspects.

Therefore, under Liu Yu's various offensives, veteran Zhang Hao was already tired of coping and gradually felt that he was alone.

Now another tip came in, saying that enemy troops were about to appear at the South City Gate.

It was like a bolt from the blue, and the beating made the old general dizzy.

However, he had no other choice but to take it one step at a time.

At this time, Zhang Hao truly understood what it means to be outnumbered and trapped in the vast sea of ​​​​people.

If Yecheng is now in the hands of the Jin army, then the people in the city will stand by their side as a matter of course.

Help with the defense, and even volunteer to form a death squad and go out of the city to fight to the death.

Unfortunately, the people who occupy this city now are Di people.

Most of the people in the city are Han people, and these Han people will never sincerely help the Di people.

Even if they offered sincerity, Zhang Hao couldn't believe it, because gullibility on the battlefield is the most deadly.

In the past, the Di people were always very powerful and invincible. When the original residents of a city surrendered to their feet, they would not have thought that they would also be at a disadvantage.

Therefore, in the chaotic and fierce battle situation, amid countless fighting and shouting, veteran Zhang Hao felt desolate and sad for the first time.

Perhaps it was his fate to be buried here.

After all, everyone else is dead.

He deserves to die here.

Yecheng is actually a nice place.

The attacks outside the city were still fierce. Ever since Wang Mi added firearms to Liu Yu and the others, Liu Yu was uncharacteristic and no longer used them so extravagantly.

It seems that the moment of embarrassment just now brought a great psychological shadow to him.

Liu Yu no longer dared to fight uneconomical wars.

The firearms brought all the way from Jingkou were not many, so we could only use them sparingly.

Although he had to save money, the effectiveness of the war could not be weakened at all, so Liu Yu improved the efficiency of using traditional cold weapons.

Especially useful weapons like catapults are used with great joy.

With the support of catapults, the Jin army's battle formation was getting closer and closer to the city wall of Yecheng.

As long as we can reach the base of Ye City Wall and meet up with the group digging the tunnel, we can move on to the next step.

That is the official capture of the city!

right!

do not doubt!
To be continued...