About two days later, the heavy supplies of grain and grass transported from Liangzhou outside Lucheng finally arrived.
"Including the Xiqiang people, as well as many Liang troops, Dong Wen converted their cavalry into infantry to attack the city." Yin Hu, who had collected the information, spoke seriously.
"In addition, this time Dong Wen transferred a lot of trebuchets from several major counties on the front line of Liangzhou, about twenty. There were also five ladder trucks and a lot of heavy crossbow carts."
Xu Mu frowned. He could see that Dong Wen was going crazy and invested almost half of his family's wealth in the battle to attack Lucheng.
Outside of Lucheng, several large counties on a stretch of about 200 miles should have all allocated supplies.
However, there are not many defensive materials in Lucheng. After the capture of Lucheng, the two materials were combined into one, and even there were more than ten catapults.
"Chief Commander, Dong Wen, a traitor, also understands that the deep winter will be covered by heavy snow, so he must make a quick decision. Before the weather is unfavorable, he must seize the two border cities as soon as possible and remove our bridgehead in Shuzhou."
Xu Mu's eyes paused, then he turned to look at Yin Liuxia, and suddenly realized that this brave man had a lot of knowledge about war.
"Yin Hu, is there anything else?"
"Chief Commander, I have some information. For example, after switching from cavalry to foot, the Liang people mainly used spear and shield soldiers. They used a medium-sized side shield that can support the ground. Its ability to prevent arrows is excellent.
, I estimate that the marching siege phalanx will soon reach the city gates."
Lucheng is located in the Gobi Desert and has no moat. Previously, Xu Mu ordered people to quickly dig a dark trench along the city wall and bury many traps.
This time, Dong Wen's attack on the family was extremely powerful.
Even he did not expect that there would be so much siege baggage delivered by the people of Liangzhou.
"Yin Hu, pass the order and have each battalion prepare immediately. If everything is correct, the Liang people should be attacking the city."
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"Xu Mu, the commoner thief, acted against the will of the people and gods. He took away the territory of Liang people and killed my Liangzhou military advisor! Now, I have a hundred thousand Liangzhou soldiers approaching the city. I will kill the Shu dogs as soon as the city gate is broken!"
Dong Wen, who was wearing golden armor, did not wear a helmet, but tied a piece of white linen for condolences, in order to break open Lucheng and pay homage to the military advisor Sima Xiu.
He made good use of the principle that mourning soldiers must win. Lianghu Sima Xiu, regardless of military or political affairs, was deeply loved by many soldiers.
Clang.
Dong Wen drew out his golden sword and pointed angrily at Lucheng in front of him, "I, one hundred thousand men of Liangzhou, will conquer Shu and kill the enemy at this moment!"
woo woo woo woo.
Following Dong Wen's voice, the horn trombones of the siege suddenly sounded. Accompanying it, there were also war drums. The sound of the drums was like thunder, boosting the morale of the attack.
"Gun and shield formation, push towards the enemy city!"
"call."
Under the gray sky, dozens of Liangzhou gun and shield formations began to march towards Lucheng.
The covering catapults threw the first round of stones from outside the city.
"avoid--"
On the top of the city, a row of Shuzhou defenders quickly bent down and buried their heads behind the parapet. They just hoped that they would be lucky and that the huge rocks falling from the sky would not fall on their heads.
Boom, boom.
The whole Lucheng was crumbling.
"Stone camp, fire back!"
The catapults deployed in the city were not to be outdone. Under the order of an old soldier general, they also threw huge boulders into the sky outside the city.
The smoke of gunfire curls up, and the war continues.
In the dense phalanx of Liang people outside the city, some were stoned, and soon someone started screaming in agony.
The function of Liang Ren's side shield is only to withstand flying arrows. It does not provide perfect protection against stone throws. Anyway, this type of medium-sized side shield is mostly made of wood due to its weight. At most, the shield surface is covered with a layer of iron.
, and then trace the pattern of the tiger and the Kui awakening the lion.
"Chief helmsman, you can't go any further."
Xu Mu wanted to take a few more steps, but Yin Hu next to him hurriedly warned him.
"I know." Xu Mu nodded. As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he really needs to be careful.
At this time, the Liang people outside the city were marching to attack the phalanx, getting closer and closer to the city gate. Until they were on top of the city, after avoiding the stone-throwing defenders, they began to roar and draw their bows.
The flying arrows, covering the sky and the sun, were thrown outside the city.
"Fire back at the defenders!"
Just waiting to enter the shooting range, bang, bang, bang, one after another, the Liang people stood on the ground with shields. The Liangzhou step bows behind them began to twist the arrows and pluck the strings, and also fired countless flying arrows towards the city guard.
military.
"Yin Hu, notify the slinging camp and add kerosene to the ammunition pockets."
"Don't worry, chief helmsman."
Up and down the city, the two sides fired several rounds, each suffering casualties.
hold head high--
The stones thrown from the city, carrying burning kerosene, dragged out a long tail of light in the gloomy sky.
boom.
The kerosene hurled stones one by one, fell with a crash, and rolled out more than a hundred steps with inertia, igniting a large fire. Many of the nearby Liang people's phalanx were caught by the fire, and screams could not be heard.
"Don't retreat, regroup and attack Lucheng! The rear army, push out the bamboo curtain cart to block the Shu people's flying arrows!"
Without the restraint of the attacking soldiers, the siege equipment at the rear will not rush forward hastily.
"Reweight the crossbow!"
More than twenty heavy crossbows mounted on the city wall began to be loaded with giant arrows, and under the control of several defenders, they turned in the direction of their aim.
hold head high--
One by one, the iron arrows of the heavy crossbow just followed the position of the bamboo curtain cart and shot out quickly.
The bamboo-curtain chariots that blocked the arrows fell over in a short time.
"Fire arrows enter the formation!"
"call."
The foot bows at the top of the city lit the arrowheads wrapped in oilcloth, and then plucked the strings in unison. Fire arrows, like meteor showers, fell into the phalanx of the attacking Liang army one by one amid the smoke.
Under the successive fire attacks, the Liang army's formation, which was still some distance away from the city wall, began to suffer high battle losses.
"Be careful of Liangren's stones!"
"avoid!"
Liang Ren, who was roaring above his head, was throwing stones. This time, they were obviously covered in fire oil. Every time they fell, they started a large fire.
Not only that, Xu Mu also smelled a rotten smell in it.
"My lord, Liang Ren threw a lot of beast corpses!"
Xu Mu gritted his teeth. Wherever he looked, he noticed that this round of enemy troops throwing stones followed by many rotting dead horses and sheep that fell into the city. In an instant, a pungent smell filled the air.
If the cleaning is not done in time, the plague will spread throughout the city within two or three days.
"Cover your face! In addition, inform the people in the city that if you pick up an animal carcass, throw it into the fire and burn it immediately to prevent the spread of plague!"
Xu Mu has determined that the little crybaby outside the city has almost become a lunatic. Previously, Sima Xiu might have been on hand to come up with a plan to curb Dong Wen's devilish thoughts.
But now, Dong Wen has no worries at all.
"Yin Hu, how are the conditions of the other three city gates?"
"The information sent back says that the Liang people are only feigning an attack, and the real direction of attack is towards the North City Gate."
But even so, Xu Mu would not easily deploy troops from other city gates. The task of attacking fortresses was either empty or real, and he was afraid that if one of the city gates was empty, it would lead to a strong attack.