"How can such a huge thing be destroyed?" Of course Zhao Wei wanted to destroy Liu Zhang's well, but how could it be so easy?
"Prefect Zhao, the well is afraid of fire, so you can shoot it with rockets!"
"Yeah, why did I forget!"
After being reminded by Gan Ning, Zhao Wei suddenly realized.
These things are all made of wood. As long as one piece of wood catches fire, the entire well will be destroyed!
"Quick, prepare rockets! Destroy the well!"
Unfortunately, the soldiers and governors on the city were suppressed by the arrows shot from the well. Zhao Wei shouted several times but no one paid attention.
The pontoon bridge on the moat is getting better and better. If this continues, the enemy will jump over!
Finally, at this critical moment, reinforcements from the city rushed over, and more than 3,000 people rushed to the top of the city, immediately forming a counterattack with firepower.
However, since the well gate is higher than the city wall, Liu Zhang's army can be condescending, so the defenders can only suppress it, and the damage to Liu Zhang's army is not very great.
"General Gan, hurry up and prepare rockets to burn Liu Zhang and these thieves to death!"
Zhao Wei quickly shouted to Gan Ning beside him that if Jinglan was allowed to wreak havoc on the edge of the city wall, the casualties would be unacceptable.
Gan Ning took the order and left, and not long after, the brazier and arrows were carried to the wall.
With the Rockets around, Zhao Wei's confidence immediately increased.
"Soldiers, fire rockets quickly to burn these traitors to death!"
The soldiers guarding the city were not just a mob, Zhao Wei had been training during these times.
Their movements were very fast, and the flaming arrows were quickly pulled into the bowstring.
"put!"
With an order, more than a thousand rockets were shot out at the same time, with only one target, the well in front of them!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Zhao Wei originally thought that the rockets would all be inserted into the well, and then a fire would quickly ignite. However, the actual situation was very different from this.
None of the rockets shot into the skeleton of the well. Instead, they seemed to hit the wall, and then they all fell to the ground.
In this gap, another shower of arrows was fired from the well, and countless soldiers defending the city were shot to the ground.
"Why! Why on earth is this?"
Zhao Wei couldn't understand the scene he saw before him. It was obviously a wooden well, why did all the bows and arrows bounce away?
"Prefect Zhao, there's something wrong with this well. It seems like something is wrapping it up!"
After Zhao Wei heard Gan Ning's reminder, he poked his head out again despite the arrows and found some clues.
There seemed to be a layer of something like animal skin on the outside of Jinglan's skeleton. After the arrows hit it, they didn't leave a trace and all bounced to the ground.
"General Gan, what should we do?"
Zhao Wei was worried. Although the two wells would not cause the loss of Jiangzhou City, the casualties of the defenders would definitely increase.
Once they can't solve the problem of two wells, Liu Zhang will arrange three, four, five or even countless wells!
Sooner or later, the Jinglan outside Jiangzhou City will completely collapse the defenders.
"Prefect Zhao, there is definitely nothing we can do about the fire attack. There are at most hundreds of people in the two wells. Let's let them go for now!"
"You can let the soldiers focus on attacking the soldiers who built the moat. As long as Liu Zhang's soldiers can't cross the moat, Jiangzhou City will naturally be able to sit back and relax!"
Zhao Wei nodded melancholy. What Gan Ning said was true. The number of soldiers that could ride on the two wells was limited, and the number of bows and arrows they could carry must also be limited.
Over time, the effectiveness of the well barrier will be greatly reduced.
From the time Zhao Wei first ascended the tower to now, the frequency and density of attacks on Jinglan have dropped a lot. It is obvious that the arrows are somewhat insufficient.
"Soldiers, ignore the archers on the well fence. They have no bows and arrows! Focus on attacking the soldiers on the moat and drive them back!"
Zhao Wei gave an order, and thousands of soldiers began to turn their spearheads and attack Liu Zhang who was building a pontoon bridge.
The effect was very significant. The soldiers in the city's infrastructure were unprepared. As the dense rain of arrows swept in, the soldiers began to flee in panic, leaving many corpses lying beside the moat.
The battle lasted for a period of time. As the arrows on the well ran out, Liu Zhang's army began to retreat slowly, and today's siege battle came to an end.
Gan Ning accompanied Zhao Wei on inspection at the city gate when he suddenly heard a cordial call.
"Xingba!"
"Brother Shen! Brother Lou!"
Gan Ning's face lit up, he didn't expect it to be his best friends Shen Mi and Lou Fa.
"Greetings to Governor Zhao!"
Shen Mi and Lou Fa quickly stepped forward, nodded to Gan Ning, and immediately paid homage to Zhao Wei, the lord of Jiangzhou.
"General Shen, General Lou, thank you for your hard work!"
Although Shen Mi and Lou Fa are not direct descendants of Zhao Wei, they can still be regarded as generals under his command.
Now to fight against Liu Zhang's invasion, Zhao Wei still needs to rely more on the two of them.
"Prefect Zhao, I heard from the brothers from the other three sects that Liu Zhang has arranged two wells outside each city wall. If this continues, it won't take long before there will be three and four wells. By then, Jiangzhou City will be in danger... .”
Although the well lantern did not actually cause much damage, the visual shock still made Shen Mi and Lou Fa fearful.
"Hey! How could I not know that during the previous battle, General Gan proposed to use rockets to burn it, but Liu Zhang, the traitor, must have been prepared for it. I don't know, he made a layer of something to block the well railing, so that our rockets would not be able to fire it. No room for improvement!"
Zhao Wei was worried to death. After finally getting the news that Liu Zhang was about to run out of food, he had to face the huge threat of Jinglan again.
Gan Ning glanced at everyone and made suggestions to Zhao Wei again.
"Prefect Zhao, why don't you send your elite soldiers and generals out of the city to make a surprise attack and destroy the well outside the city in one fell swoop?"
"Liu Zhang's army is currently short of food and grass, so it will definitely not last long. As long as these wells are destroyed, Liu Zhang will see that there is no hope of breaking the city, and he will definitely retreat!"
Gan Ning's strategy was definitely the most effective solution at the moment. Unexpectedly, Zhao Wei shook his head firmly and rejected Gan Ning's suggestion without hesitation.
"No, no! You absolutely can't leave the city!"
"Xingba, you don't know how treacherous Liu Zhang is. As long as we leave the city, we will definitely fall into this traitor's scheme."
"If you keep persisting, Liu Zhang will definitely run out of food and retreat in ten days at most!"
The lessons learned from Jia Long and Ren Qi were still in front of them. How could Zhao Wei have the courage to go out of the city to fight? Even if Liu Zhang retreated, Zhao Wei had no intention of pursuing him. He never considered how to deal with Liu Zhang's replenishment of food and grass and another attack.
Shen Mi and Lou Fa looked at each other, with deep disappointment in their eyes.
Zhao Wei was so frightened by Liu Zhang that he didn't even understand the principle that if you defend for a long time, you will lose.
The changes in the expressions of these two people were all caught in the eyes of Gan Ning.
"General Gan, please inspect the city defense again. I will go back to my home to rest for a while."