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Chapter 269 Earth Burst

Soldiers from Jingzhou carried their loads and carried them on vehicles day and night, transporting soil to fill the moat, and finally completely filled up the moat in the south of Lingxian County, which is about one mile long, five feet wide, and more than one foot deep.On the left and right sides of the moat, there are also two earth mountains that are several feet high and almost flush with the city wall.

At the same time, the siege equipment such as the rear rush car and the well fence has begun to take shape, which is enough to support a large-scale siege operation.

The rushing chariots were the main force in this siege, so Kuai Yueling's crossbowmen climbed the earth hills, climbed the wells, and shot long-range on Lingxian City to contain Liu Jing's army, so as to minimize the enemy's interference with his own rushing chariot formation.

It is very easy to understand the rush car. As the name suggests, there are four wheels on the bottom. The car is made of old wood as the pillar. The front end is sharpened.

With bursts of intense and high-spirited drums, many rushing cars started at the same time.

Liu Jing was at the top of the triple tower, looking down at the approaching vehicles, he couldn't help showing a sneer on his face.

Coming from later generations, he has always planned to build a brick city wall, but due to various reasons, he has never put it into action.

However, this does not mean that Ling County is not strong. In fact, no one pays more attention to city defense than Liu Jing. During the process of repairing the city wall of Ling County, he used an iron awl to chisel the wall more than once to test the strength of the wall. Very satisfied.He believed that even under the impact of the car, the city wall of Ling County would be safe and sound.

Under the arch guard of the well fence, many rushing cars braved the rain of arrows, drove through the "flat" trench, and entered the city of Ling County. The rushing cars could hit the city gate or directly hit the city wall. Most of them.

However, there is a semicircular small city outside the city gate of Ling County, which is as high as the city wall and firmly encloses the city gate of Ling County. This is the Weng City.This means that if you want to hit the city gate, you must first break through the outer urn city.

Only one or two rams tried to destroy the Wengcheng, and most of the rest cooperated with each other to launch a fierce impact on the city wall in the same area.

"Boom..."

The first rushing car hit the city wall head on, making a muffled thunderous sound.

The soldiers of Jingzhou couldn't help looking out and watching, and found that the effect of the impact was far from ideal. Apart from dropping a few liters of soil, there was no damage.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

Afterwards, the cars crashed into the city wall of Ling County one after another, but unfortunately the result was the same, only a little more dirt fell off the city wall.

Although Ling County's city walls were strong and they were not afraid of being hit by cars, there were no absolutes in the world. Of course, Liu Jingjun in the city couldn't just sit on the sidelines. Soon, they launched a round of fierce counterattacks.

"put……"

Liu Jingjun's soldiers took Wu as a unit, and threw huge boulders several feet square from Lingxian City, hitting the car's large frame, frame, wheels... as long as they were hit by the boulders, they would all be broken.

While destroying the chariot, the boulder also exposed the Jingzhou soldiers behind the chariot. Liu Jingjun would not let this opportunity go, and the bow and crossbow struck accordingly.

The soldiers of the Jingzhou army hurriedly fought back, but it was a pity that none of them hit one out of ten. First of all, they were not soldiers specializing in bows and crossbows. Secondly, they were at a disadvantage when attacking the enemy. Of course, they lost to Liu Jingjun.

The boulder is not a one-time expendable product. There is a hole in the middle, and it is tied with a thick rope. Regardless of whether it hits the ram or not, the soldiers of Liu Jingjun on the city can pull the rope to take the boulder back.

If Jingzhou soldiers pay attention to observe at this time, they will find that these huge stones are very common stone mills in daily life.

"put……"

The stone mill was thrown out again, and with the sound of hunting wind, it hit a rushing car.

This time, due to certain psychological preparations, the Jingzhou soldiers who reacted quickly swung their knives and halberds in an attempt to cut off the stone mill rope.

However, most of them were unsuccessful, and very few succeeded. Once Liu Jingjun had the initiative, he voted as he wanted, and accepted as he wanted.Second, facing the falling stone mill like Mount Tai, most of the Jingzhou soldiers would retreat, and this retreat would lose the best time to make a move.

As time passed bit by bit, Kuai Yue's face became more and more ugly. How long has it been?Sixty to seventy percent of the dozens of rush cars have been scrapped.What made him even more helpless was that the city wall of Ling County looked "unscathed".

Judging from the current results, it is tantamount to fantasy to conquer Ling County by rushing cars.

As for the well fence and the earth mountain, they didn't have much effect. Liu Jing built a large number of towers on the city wall, almost three steps to one floor, and five steps to one tower. The number is far beyond that of the well fence.Moreover, there is a triple city tower above the city gate, which is high enough to maintain an advantage over Jinglan and Tushan.

In the end, Jinglan also followed in the footsteps of the car, or was hit by a trebuchet, causing it to fall apart, collapse, or was intensively attacked by rockets, which caused the fire to spread.

Kuai Yue's eyes were full of disappointment. The siege methods such as rushing cars, wells, and earth hills can only serve as harassment at best. Now he can only pin his hopes on the ground.If this method also doesn't work, then you can only attack with ants.

"I hope it won't come to this point..." Kuai Yue said heartily.However, his intuition told him that this step was inevitable.

Digging the tunnel was definitely not a one or two day job. In order not to arouse Liu Jingjun's awareness, in the next few days, Kuai Yue continued to increase the intensity of the siege, and it was no longer limited to rushing cars, wells, and earthy mountains, and also used ladders to climb the city. war.

At the same time, Kuai Yue also opened up a second battlefield on the west side. The western suburbs of Ling County are close to the West Lake, and the terrain is too narrow to gather large troops.Therefore, he did not send people to fill up the moat in the west of the city, but used trench bridges and pontoon bridges to cross the moat, and the ladder was also a simple light ladder.

Kuai Yue didn't expect any breakthrough in the west, as long as he restrained part of Liu Jing's troops, he would be satisfied.

The main battlefield is no longer on the west side, nor on the south side, but underground.

Just as Jingzhou's soldiers and civilians were working day and night, four tunnels were advancing side by side, trying to penetrate into the city from the ground, but Liu Jing in Ling County had already discovered their trick.

This is all thanks to Han Guang's precautions. He has been in the military for more than ten years. He has always been in Xiliang, Guanzhong and other areas with high incidence of war. He has experienced almost countless battles.

Land attack is one of the important means of attacking the city. He has tried this method more than once before, so he is more wary of land attack.

The method of preventing the enemy from digging tunnels is recorded in "Mozi": "Make the pottery poppy, hold more than forty buckets, solidify the thin leather, and put it in the well, so that the ear can listen to the poppy, and the judge will know it." Where the hole is, dig it and meet it." That is to dig a well at a certain distance, put a large bottle in the well, let a person with good hearing lean on the bottle, so as to monitor whether the enemy is digging a tunnel, and even the specific location.

When Han Guang proposed it, Liu Jing agreed without thinking. After all, there is nothing wrong with being careful, and the facts have proved that he was right.

(End of this chapter)