The platform is so high that it is comparable to a city wall.
There are so many high platforms, standing in a forest, dozens of them.
On each high platform, several artillery pieces were set up, aiming in the direction of the city head.
See this scene.
The generals of the Yue Kingdom were simply stunned.
Damn it.
What is the operation of riding a horse?
Is there anyone else playing like this?
It's just a siege, brother!
Can't we attack it in a down-to-earth manner?
What are you doing with all these frivolous operations?
But Zhao Xiaole would talk nonsense to him. The only materials used to build the platform were the stones on the ground.
It is the soil left behind when trenches were dug.
Zhao Xiaole used them all to build a fort.
Of course the soldiers are willing.
Compared with attacking a city with your life, digging trenches is an easy job.
The enemy's artillery fired.
The soldiers retreated into the trenches.
When there is a pit wall as a cover, the shells will not hit anyone.
After the enemy was finished fighting, the soldiers continued to stand up and dig trenches.
I dig, I dig, I am an expert at digging.
As a result, after the Vietnamese attacks failed several times, the soldiers became more and more courageous.
The fear of the Vietnamese and the war has also been reduced a lot.
Some people even sang songs while digging trenches.
Wait until Gaotaicheng is built.
Zhao Xiaole directly ordered the gunfire.
We should keep firing cannonballs at the city wall from morning till night.
It doesn't matter whether you hit someone or not, just break a brick on the city wall, or let an extra layer of dust accumulate under the city wall, it's all fine.
I have artillery and muskets, so why should I fight with you on bayonets?
Directly covered by firepower.
Run out of ammunition?
It doesn't matter, I have plenty of money, can I use the money to smash you to death?
As a result, both sides began a round of firefight.
The whole day, the sound of cannons did not stop.
At night, in addition to continuing to bombard the city wall, Zhao Xiaole's excavation team also started work again.
For safety reasons.
This time, dig a little deeper.
Some even dug tunnels until they were dug.
Some excavation teams dug tunnels directly under the city wall to see if they could dig directly through the city wall.
It also saves you the trouble of attacking the city.
But there is a mountain below the city wall, and the stone is very hard.
Extremely difficult to dig out.
After trying several times.
I had no choice but to give up.
When it dawned again, although the number of high platforms had not increased, the area of the high platforms had obviously widened.
There is no way, there is too much dirt and stone, there must be a place to put it.
This also led to an increase in the number of artillery pieces above.
As for the city wall of Jiayuguan, there have long been dug trenches.
The Yue people in the city had no choice.
They couldn't get out at all.
As soon as they came out, they were faced with the firepower of the musketeers.
And charging in the ravine is no different from committing suicide.
They could only stay in the city and let Zhao Xiaole continue to advance and build more high platforms.
In addition, they just continued to bombard them with artillery.
Fortunately, the city wall of Jiayuguan is strong enough and has been bombarded by hundreds of artillery for so long.
Still motionless.
Although Naku and others felt aggrieved, they were not worried.
However, being bombarded by Zhao Xiaole's artillery every day makes me mentally tense all the time, and I don't dare to relax at all.
This is the most tiring thing.
…
And in the north of Yuquan Mountain.
There is a secret road. This location is just close to Jiayuguan. If someone passes by here.
It will follow the Yuquan Mountains, cross Jiayuguan and the capital, and reach the south of the Jingyang Dynasty.
At the beginning, a large amount of grain was smuggled over little by little by wheelbarrow along this path from the south.
But the road was too rough and difficult to travel.
It is difficult for the cavalry to pass through here.
If an infantry group suddenly breaks out from here, whether it is to the north or south of Jiayuguan, it will definitely be a surprise force sent from heaven, making it difficult to guard against.
Therefore, after Zalkucha took five thousand Yue people and never returned.
Bayar ordered people to block the road and sent two thousand soldiers to guard it.
Some places on the road are very narrow and cannot be crossed by one man. Two thousand people are enough to guard them.
Moreover, they also set up beacon towers and sentries on the top of the mountain.
From this location, you can also directly overlook the path.
If there is any enemy situation, it can be discovered immediately.
Next to the beacon tower, several thatched houses were built, which are the houses where the sentries who guard the place live.
There are five sentries in total, one is the captain, and the other four have to take turns once a day. Their job is to keep looking at the trail.
The sentries all thought this job was silly.
They have been looking at this location for more than a month.
But there is nothing except birds passing by.
Therefore, when on duty, it is inevitable to doze off or lose focus.
I just occasionally glanced at the trail after waking up.
Look, there's still no one there.
Didn't you tell me earlier?
People blocked the road there too.
The road is also blocked on our side.
How could someone from Jingyang still come here?
Thinking of this, the sentry couldn't help but yawned.
He threw the spear aside, leaned against the pillar of the observation pavilion, and dozed off.
Inside the house, the sounds of the other four people drinking, joking and gambling could be heard from time to time.
The sentry felt annoyed for a while.
At this time, the sky had just darkened.
It's cold in the mountains and forests, and it's still autumn in the north.
Sentinels cannot avoid wearing clothes tightly.
He fell asleep faintly.
Even when the door of the thatched cottage opened behind him, he didn't even notice it.
It was the captain who came out. He lost money to the other three people in gambling and felt unhappy, so he excused himself to come out to pee.
But after seeing the sentinel asleep, he couldn't help but come over and shout twice, and slapped him awake.
"What are you doing? Do you know that this is an important post? What should you do if the enemy comes to attack you?"
The sentry was startled. When he woke up, he found that it was the captain, so he smiled and said: "Captain, it's you. How can there be an enemy sneak attack in this barren mountain? Don't be kidding!"
When the captain heard this, he felt even more unhappy. He opened his hand and hit the soldier on the head, "What? My words are useless now?"
The sentry immediately surrendered and said, "No, no, no, your words will certainly work. It was just a small mistake."
The captain snorted, walked to the lookout pavilion, faced the deep mountains and the deep night, and peed.
After shaking, he pulled up his trousers, turned around and educated the sentry again: "Listen, this is an important position. If you discover the enemy's situation, you must..."
At this point, his words stopped because he noticed something on his head and just took a brief look.