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Chapter 397 Siege (1)

Unlike Liu Qi, Cai Mao was the one who had really experienced Liu Jingjun's flying stone chariots. Whether it was his navy or Kuai Yue's infantry, they had suffered a lot.

Cai Mao knew very well that if they left it alone, the Jiangling city defense they had painstakingly managed for more than a year would be destroyed.

In the absence of countermeasures, the most effective countermeasure is to recruit daredevils with a lot of money and go out of the city to destroy the flying stone cart.

But the problem is that Liu Jingjun has too many flying stone carts. In the west and north directions, there are more than one hundred flying stone carts. In the east, that is, the frontal battlefield, there are more than two hundred flying stone carts. Under the heavy protection of Liu Jingjun, destroying hundreds of flying stone carts is simply an impossible task.

What's more, in order to cooperate with Zhang Yun's rescue operation in Yiling, Cai Mao had sent [-] elites to raid Liu Jingjun's Jinan camp. As a result, the opponent was well prepared, and the [-] elites were ambushed, and only a few hundred escaped in the end.

You must know that Jiangling has only 1 troops in total, and nearly a quarter of its troops were lost in the First World War. Now that there are less than [-] soldiers in the city, how can Cai Mao have the confidence to take risks.If a few thousand more troops were lost, even if all of Liu Jingjun's flying stone chariots were destroyed by then, Jiangling would not be able to be defended.

Cai Mao weighed again and again, and finally gave up his plan to attack. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, he only left a small number of soldiers in the city, and most of the rest of them temporarily took refuge in the city.

Cai Mao's decision was very decisive. Not long after the soldiers retreated from the city wall, Liu Jingjun's flying stone chariot outside the city began to roar...

In an instant, stone bullets ranging from several kilograms to tens of kilograms were ejected from the flying stone carts, accompanied by a frightening howling sound, and shot towards Jiangling City with the momentum of thunder.

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

The stone bombs fell on the top of Jiangling city densely, and the gate tower was the first to bear the brunt because of its huge target. The stone bombs, like a rain of meteorites, smashed the carved beams and painted buildings, and the majestic gate tower was riddled with holes and dilapidated.

However, the number of slab houses in the city gate is heavy, large and strong, and it cannot be completely destroyed in a short time.But the numerous oars in the city are different, they can't stop the rain of stone bullets all over the sky.

Cai Hao and Liu Qi stood a hundred steps away, looking at the buildings and oars that they had painstakingly built, which collapsed and turned into ruins before they could function, and their hearts were full of blood.

Facing the attack of flying stone carts, the wooden city gate towers and sculls are vulnerable to a single blow. Even the earthy horse faces and female walls are not thick enough to withstand continuous attacks.

It is still difficult to preserve civil buildings, let alone flesh and blood. The defenders who stayed in the city could only shrink their bodies behind the parapet and silently pray that they would not be hit by flying stones.

Zhuge Liang and Liu Jing stood shoulder to shoulder on the cloud chariot, and sighed: "The flying stone chariot is really a blessing for the attacker, but a great misfortune for the defender."

This is not the first time he has seen such a scene of flying stones destroying the city. Last year when Liu Jingjun attacked Linyuan, the prefecture of Wuling, he used hundreds of flying stone carts to attack the city, but Zhuge Liang was still very shocked.

The flying stone cart was born in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but due to its poor practicality, it has not been paid attention to for hundreds of years.A few years ago, when Liu Jing was developing the paddle pole, he tinkered with the flying stone cart by the way and improved it, making it a qualitative leap in practicability.

"Mozi Beicheng Gate" says: "Where the method of guarding the siege is, the thickness of the city is high; the trenches are deep and wide; the buildings are torn up and repaired; the defense is sharp."

Along with the city wall and moat, the towers are one of the most important city defense facilities. Every time they inflict huge damage on the besiegers, they can be called a nightmare for the besiegers, but now they are extremely fragile in front of the flying stone carts.

Liu Jing is also very satisfied with the effect of the flying stone cart, but he thinks that the flying stone cart still has a lot of room for improvement. Currently, the lightest flying stone cart has a range of only about a hundred steps, while the heavy flying stone cart has a range of even more. Only dozens of steps away.

And it is extremely manpower-intensive. This time when attacking Jiangling, Liu Jingjun used about 2 flying stone carts, and the number of operators alone was as high as [-].

In fact, this is not a fatal flaw. The existing flying stone carts can fully meet the needs. However, Liu Jing is a modern person, and his knowledge is far superior to that of the ancients.

Because of Liu Jing's persistence, the range and power of the Flying Stone Car have now been greatly improved compared to the beginning.

During the siege of Jiangling for more than two months, Liu Jing mobilized tens of thousands of people to quarry and store a large amount of stone bombs. Therefore, the roar of flying stone carts lasted from sunrise to sunset until nightfall. Early in the morning, it roared again.

In two days, Liu Jingjun shot tens of thousands of stone bullets at Jiangling City. The majestic and majestic city gates and towers have long since disappeared, and there are no more buildings and oars. Great destruction, the city above and below the city, is full of rocks, and there is almost no place to stand.

As the saying goes, "Under the overthrow of the nest, there will be eggs." Nearly 500 Jiangling defenders were killed or injured in two days. This is because Cai Mao withdrew the main force into the city in advance, otherwise the casualties would be even greater.

Seeing that the fortifications of Jiangling City were completely destroyed, Liu Jing immediately ordered a full-scale attack on the city. Thousands of crossbowmen immediately climbed to the earth mountain, condescending, and rained rain on the top of the city, suppressing the defenders.

The earth hill built by Liu Jingjun is slightly higher than the city wall, but lower than the city gate tower and the tower. However, the gate tower and the tower in Jiangling have been destroyed. Although Cai Mao and Liu Qi urgently built a batch of towers last night, they can For the huge Jiangling, it is just a drop in the bucket.

After successfully suppressing the defenders on Jiangling City, Liu Jingjun's attacking troops began to march down the city, with ladders, wells, crashes, and Linchong (siege towers)... advancing all at once.

"This, what is this thing?!" Liu Qi watched dozens of people rushing forward, and immediately stood on the spot, which was exactly the same as the reaction of Wuling prefect Liu Rui back then.

Liu Qi has been in charge of Jiangling for more than a year, he thinks he is no longer the young master who knew nothing about military affairs in Xiangyang City, but he knows nothing about what is in front of him, and his heart is full of fear.

Cai Hao was also shocked. At first, he thought it was an enlarged version of the well fence and watchtower. It was not until they rolled over the filled moat and reached the bottom of the city that he realized that this was not a well fence or watchtower at all. It is a battle tool that can directly climb the city wall.

Cai Hao couldn't help shivering. He suppressed his fear and shouted: "Quick! Fire the rocket, fire the rocket... burn it..."

The defenders on the city woke up one after another, lit their arrows wrapped in grease cloth, and shot at Lin Chong who terrified them.

Although Lin Chong was big and slow, he was covered with raw cowhide and was not afraid of rockets. Seeing this, the Jiangling defenders all showed despair on their faces.

(End of this chapter)