In fact, it can be said that it is a string of artillery, but it does not exceed ten at best.
The inventory was limited, and Wang Mi was reluctant to spend so many artillery pieces in such a small encounter.
Moreover, the purpose of throwing these artillery pieces was to cause the Qin soldiers to rebel, rather than purely to kill the enemy.
What is gratifying is that although the number of artillery is not large, it has achieved the effect Wang Mi wanted.
As the artillery fell to the ground, the Qin army's battle formation was instantly in chaos.
It’s not a small mess, it’s a big mess!
Not to mention the people who were killed and injured in the bombing, these people have now been reduced to meat mats and are stepped on by their colleagues.
The soldiers were fleeing in all directions, panicking and trying to find a way out. They kept pushing and crowding each other.
But there are people everywhere, where is the way out?
In such a chaotic situation, even if there is a strong general here and every method is used, it will be difficult to maintain the situation.
Wang Mi didn't have too high aspirations, so he allowed this wave of Qin soldiers to chaos. He quickly rushed to the predetermined location with his troops and horses.
A place to lay an ambush!
He had already chosen it.
Just the day before, when Wang Mi was stationed not far away with his troops, he sent people several times to investigate the situation.
He drew a simple map of the mountains and rivers near Yecheng and gave it to him. If he wanted to make a sudden attack on the Qin soldiers in the city, of course it would be better to find a suitable bunker first.
The so-called sneak attack is all about speed. It must be fast, only if it is fast, it will not break!
However, the number of soldiers and horses led by Wang Mi was still considerable. He planned to find a suitable bunker for his brothers first and divide his troops to advance.
Since repelling the wave of Qin soldiers, the Jin army has faced much less suffering. The Qin soldiers who appeared in front of the team again either surrendered on their own, or they retreated after not receiving many attacks.
go.
This means morale is gone.
When fighting, most of the time you are fighting with a sense of energy. With this energy, you can turn defeat into victory even in the most difficult situation.
And once this energy dissipates, even if the situation is favorable, it is likely to collapse at the first touch.
This is the situation in Yecheng now.
Why is there such a situation?
The reasons can be roughly divided into two aspects.
One is that the new weapons of the Jin army are so powerful that the Qin army cannot parry them.
The second is that the group of dragons has no leader.
Although Zhang Hao is still there, Fu Pi and Yang Baihua have been killed one after another. Among the soldiers who have left the city, there is not even a general who can take command on the spot.
If there are no generals, can it still be called a battle formation?
That's just a bunch of rabble.
That is to say, Qin Bing has strong personal martial arts skills and certain military qualities, and has not completely collapsed yet.
If it were any other soldier, he might have raised the white flag and surrendered long ago!
Faced with this situation, what did the Di and Qin generals in the city think?
They can't control much. It's already a headache and a pain in the butt.
After Fu Pi died, half an hour later, they remembered that there was no general leading the troops in the battle formation outside the city, and they hurriedly transferred Fu Zuan out of the city.
Don't worry about whether Fu Pi is dead or alive. You can't care about that much. Who knows where he is now?
It's better to stabilize the situation as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, by the time they discovered it, it was already too late.
late!
The situation outside the city was already so chaotic that not even a hand could be found. Moreover, if Fu Zuan left, it would be equivalent to abandoning the rest and reorganization work in the city.
In the final analysis, the generals in the city suffered too many losses, and the generals of the Qin army were exhausted.
Others were anxious and worried. For the Jin army who were still fighting fiercely outside the city, Fu Zuan's arrival was not a good thing.
Although Fu Zuan's appeal is not as good as that of Zhang Hao and Fu Pi, he can still be regarded as a general and a member of the Di Qin clan.
Seeing him, the soldiers' hearts became much more stable.
The situation gradually stabilized somewhat.
However, objectively speaking, the current situation in Yecheng is no longer in the hands of the Qin soldiers. There are beacons and battles everywhere.
The gourd was pressed, and the gourd was raised again.
The situation outside the city has stabilized a little, but the order inside the city is in chaos. Fu Zuan had just left, and the group of repair craftsmen became disobedient.
Although Fu Zuan left a guard behind and urged the craftsmen to work hard, as soon as Fu Zuan left, the already absent-minded craftsmen immediately realized that the Qin soldiers were already at a disadvantage.
What are you waiting for?
Of course I have to find a way to fight back!
Some people are working hard, while others are just pretending to be serious.
It was those people standing on the bamboo ladder. They were extremely excited now. They were repairing the city wall (just pretending) and waiting for opportunities to move. From time to time, their eyes would look in the direction of the military station where weapons were stored.
There are still a lot of soldiers guarding there, and there are also a lot of people walking back and forth. With just a few dozen of them, there is no chance of winning.
Find a way!
Suddenly, the craftsman who first proposed the idea had an idea in his mind.
Got it!
He quickly moved from the ladder to the platform.
At this time, the structure of this bamboo ladder used for engineering is not a single ladder, but ladders and ladders connected together, with bamboo rafts tied in the middle.
On the one hand, it is convenient for craftsmen to move around on it and change the location of work. On the other hand, it can also enhance the stability of the bamboo ladder.
After all, such bamboo ladders are usually made very high, and are often made of several bamboos tied together.
Without the bamboo rafts connected by the arrows, the bamboo ladder would easily sway and would not be stable at all.
At this time, the clever craftsman got together among the other brothers. Under the bamboo raft, Fu Pi was not there. The city was in chaos, and the supervision of them was much laxer.
So a few people actually got together and started discussing in low voices.
"Ah Liu, I think it's time to take action!"
"How to do it?"
"Ahua, I advise you not to be brave!"
The strong man talking to Ah Liu looked older, with a loyal and honest look on his face.
Of course he also wants to get out of his current predicament, but he doesn't want to take risks.
If you don't take the risk, you can still be a dog for a while now. If you take the risk, it is very likely to be gone immediately.
Ah Liu is his best friend, and he also knows that Ah Liu has always been the most ambitious and capable person among several people.
He didn't want Ah Liu to harm himself because of his frivolous behavior.
However, Ah Liu is not someone who backs down easily.
He had already thought of a solution and planned to carry it out alone.
The brothers around him all jumped out to persuade him, but he still went his own way. He even persuaded everyone in turn: "Don't be afraid, I'm just saying hello to you. I can handle this matter by myself."
"you alone?"
"How can this be!"
The brothers were immediately anxious. They were all natives of Yecheng. Since their birth, the city has been devastated by war.
They all held their breath and tried to break free from Di Qin's control.
The brothers have long made a vow to live and die together and to share wealth and wealth. How can we let Ah Liu take risks alone now?
Ah Liu was also very pleased to see his brothers thinking about him like this.
"Don't you think I'm going to die?"
"Isn't it?" The brothers were dumbfounded.
"Look at the current situation. As long as you get off this bamboo raft, you will definitely die!"
What the brothers said is true. Although there is chaos in the city right now, no one knows where Fu Zuan or Fu Pi has gone.
However, the facts should not be ignored.
The fact is that although the situation in Yecheng is chaotic, it is not serious enough to get out of control.
After all, there were at least 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city. With so many soldiers watching in the city, the unarmed people couldn't make trouble even if they wanted to.
Not to mention that there is no possibility of mischief near the heavily guarded northern city wall.
Ah Liu was not afraid and even comforted everyone.
"Brothers, you are overthinking. I am not going down to fight with them. I am going to investigate the situation."
"I'll leave the errands here to you. Let's set a secret signal. Once I send the signal, you will act together."
It turned out that Ahua was just there to check the situation, and Ahua finally felt relieved, but soon he became worried again.
By this time, the new manager had noticed them and looked displeased.
Fortunately, the brothers were quite clever. Some were planning and others were cooperating with the work. Generally speaking, the project did not stop. This was able to temporarily blind the eyes of the person in charge.
"But we have too few manpower, how can we act?"
According to the current situation, if you want to organize a meaningful action, you will need hundreds of people.
But look at them, let alone hundreds of people, now they can't even gather dozens of people.
"Don't worry, although there are not enough manpower now, it doesn't mean there won't be help soon."
"When I go down, I'll have a way to gather people. Don't worry about this. You can just act according to the situation."
"Hello!"
"You guys, what are you talking about?"
"Hurry up and work!" the steward shouted, and looking at him, he seemed to want to climb up and teach the craftsmen a lesson.
How to let him come up?
Several craftsmen apologized quickly, and some of them were so good at acting that they even knelt down on the spot and kowtowed a few times.
This can be regarded as dispelling the manager's anger.
Raw materials are being transported up one can after another. In fact, there are more craftsmen doing support work below than there are people working at high altitudes.
Ah Liu glanced down for a few times, then summoned up the courage to say to the steward: "Master Jun, there is an ingredient that I need to prepare myself. Do you think it's okay?"
Ah Liu lifted the iron bucket and shook it a few times. The two were several feet away from each other, and the person in charge could not see what was in the opaque iron bucket.
"You are not allowed to come down!"
"Ask them to bring you whatever you need!"
Not going down?
How can I cause trouble if I don’t go down?
"Master Jun Mingjian, only the small ones can prepare such raw materials. If there is a shortage of such raw materials, the city wall will easily become unreliable. Please do me a favor, Master Jun."
"If Master Jun is worried, you can keep an eye on the little one. The little one will never dare to run away or be lazy."
The man in charge didn't say anything, and seemed to have loosened his attitude. Several brothers hurriedly helped out, and tried their best to show off, even taking a shovel to tear down the greasy wall and rebuild it again!
He is just a craftsman, just a person. It seems that there is no problem in letting him come down. Besides, what could go wrong?
He’s just a little mason!
So, Ah Liu got down from the bamboo ladder smoothly.
And what he calls the raw material that only he can prepare is none other than glue!
Glue was not so convenient to use in ancient times. Until the Ming Dynasty, glue made from fish bladders was a very important tribute.
It needs to be specially made, sealed, and transported from the south to the capital.
It can be seen that it does require special personnel to make it, and people who do not master this technology must not do it blindly.
Ah Liu was not lying. The hole in the city wall did need to be fixed with glue. If time was not so tight, of course, one could continue to plaster the wall with yellow mud slowly.
But now, time is too late.
So Ah Liu came up with the idea of mixing glue into the mud to reinforce it.
This is an emergency method that is not commonly used, but it is not impossible to use. In addition, among this group of craftsmen, Ah Liu is indeed the one with the best craftsmanship.
He can master and use everything that a mason should master, and there is nothing to say about his craftsmanship.
When he just came down, Ah Liu returned to the workshop obediently, picked out all the required raw materials, and put them into iron buckets.
Why is he so honest?
Could it be that Ah Liu suddenly lost his temper?
no no!
Of course it’s impossible!
A person who is not even afraid of death and is determined to cause trouble has no chance of being cowardly.
Ah Liu didn't take action because there were Qin soldiers following behind him.
If you want to stretch your legs, you have to see if there is any space.
This time, what he has to do is a big thing, it must be done, and it must be successful the first time!
Therefore, it is impossible to use your brain.
It won't work if you don't stabilize.
After getting all the tools, the Qin soldiers responsible for the escort were very curious when they saw Ah Liu coming to the door.
"Why did you come out?"
"Wouldn't it be more convenient to do it in your workshop?"
This is a workshop where ordinary masons live. All kinds of raw materials and tools are the most complete. Of course, the Qin soldiers will think that it is most convenient to stay here.
The problem is, it's convenient for them, but not for Ah Liu.
"No need, no need."
"The military men don't know something. Although this glue is thick, it dries easily. It's best to take it to the city wall. While I'm working on it, it's best to hand it over to the masters on the bamboo ladder."
"It's not troublesome. You don't need to make too much glue."
It seemed to make sense. The Qin soldiers thought for a moment and finally let Ah Liu walk in the front and they followed behind.
Ah Liu came prepared, and of course he would not waste the opportunity. Just along the way, his relationship with the few guard soldiers has improved.
Although the Qin soldiers still had a straight face and had no intention of letting Ah Liu go and work under the city wall, they had already determined that Ah Liu was a smart and diligent craftsman.
The Qin soldiers thought Ah Liu was a good man, but Ah Liu thought they were stupid.
Ever since Fu Zuan left, until now, Ah Liu can be sure that these people's brains are not very good, and they are probably only good at fighting.
Ah Liu was careful to test, and now he knew that the situation outside the city was very tense, and General Fu Pi was missing!