I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 183 Offense and Defense
In late February of the 19th year of Xuanjia.

The fifth day of the siege.

Just as Wang Yang walked out of the house that was originally a residential house in bright light armor, he saw that there were already many people outside the fence in the distance.

There are also many people around the large siege equipment such as trebuchets are tinkling and repairing.

At the gate of Daying, Xue Julin, Liu Taiqing, Li Zichun, Zhao Chengjun and other generals gathered together to discuss how to proceed with today's siege.

Wang Yang looked at the crowd and asked, "Should we still attack and climb the city wall today?"

The siege of the city in the past few days was fierce, which Wang Yang had never seen before.It is inevitable that there is some sadness in my heart.This is not fear, but something indescribable.

Li Zichun said: "Now the moat has been filled in several places, and there are many places where the city can be climbed. The defenders should not be so concentrated."

But Liu Taiqing shook his head and said, "What are you thinking? There are now [-] soldiers in a city as big as Shouzhou, and the defenders still have insufficient troops?"

Li Zichun didn't say a word when he was refuted, but frowned.

In fact, the terrain of Shouzhou City is not very dangerous.Although it claims to be guarding the Huaihe River, it did not build the city on the banks of the Huaihe River. There is still a large flat open land from the Huaihe River to the northwest, and the city is close to Feishui, a tributary of the Huaihe River, with a water gate in the north.

The three sides are relatively flat ground, which is actually conducive to the attacking party's offensive formation, and in addition, it will also receive threats from the water.

So it's not really dangerous.

However, the city walls of Shouzhou are very tall, and the moat is wide enough. The rebels drove out tens of thousands of civilians and auxiliary soldiers to fill up several sections of the moat in the first two days, so that they could launch an ant-attached attack on the city.

Early in the morning, Li Tuizhi, who was in charge of overseeing the siege of the city today, led his own soldiers to appear only one mile outside the city, commanding the various ministries to attack the city.

The ladder was erected on the city wall, and people with burning bodies kept falling down, black smoke billowed from the burning city, and arrows and stones rained down in the air, constantly killing and wounding the soldiers on both sides of the attack and defense.

The sound of cries, screams, and fighting can be heard endlessly.

Soldiers continued to line up neatly to climb the city under the ladder, and wounded soldiers were carried by civilian husbands to retreat.

It's like wave after wave, beating against a solid dam, and then being blocked by the dam and returning to the river and sea.

After the repairs were completed, the trebuchet was pushed up, and when it was about [-] steps below the city, stones were projected onto the city wall one by one.

The longbowmen also started shooting at the top of the city.

But in crossbow shooting, the crossbowman on the top of the city is obviously the more dominant side.

There are also trebuchets in the city, constantly adjusting their direction under the command of the city head, and launching a confrontation with the rebels.

A ladder under the city had been burned by the flames, and the fire could not be extinguished. People waiting to climb the city in and around the carriages had no choice but to turn around and run.

But after running back not too far, he mounted the supervising team head-on, whipped them head-on, and then drew out a knife to intimidate the soldiers who wanted to escape, "Dare to be a deserter? Go back and attack the city!"

"You gang of dogs kill talent!"

Under the threat of the supervisory team and the rewards offered by the generals, the rebels continued to climb up like ants.

The generals shouted under the protection of the tree shields of the relatives dozens of steps away: "The first one to climb the city wall will be rewarded with [-] yuan. This life will not be spent. If you can still be a general, you will be rich and prosperous all your life." today"

The glory and wealth have not yet been seen, but the fire oil is poured on first, followed by a rocket, which burns a large area.
And it was not without warriors among the rebels. A rebel soldier climbed up the city wall regardless, and then jumped off the top of the wall with a defender in his arms.There are also those who are covered in fire and jump directly into the cold moat
Lei Bo, Fang Guoxing and other generals were standing on the watchtower at the top of the main city, and they kept sighing, "Menghuo oil is so useful!"
"I don't know how much kerosene is left in the city?" Lei Bo asked suddenly.

Fang Guoxing made a rough calculation and said, "Within half a month, it's enough."

"Hahahaha, good! Let alone half a month, in ten days, Lord Hou's army will arrive no matter what."

The defenders on the top of the city are quite imposing.

And the generals under the city looked at the setback in the siege ahead, and they turned around anxiously.

"Continuing the attack like this is not an option, you have to think of an idea."

"Any ideas? Flooding or fire attack?"

"Acupoint attack."

After the word Liu Taiqing was uttered, everyone stopped talking.

The method of flooding has always been a common method for attacking cities.

But flooding requires a lot of earth work, which is extremely time-consuming. Although the Huaihe River and Feishui River are nearby, how can there be time for them to be flooded?Moreover, the terrain of Shouzhou City is already high, and it is obvious that the flooding does not conform to the actual situation.

However, if the acupoint attack can dig the tunnel into the city of Shouzhou, then maybe there is still a chance to break through the city.
"But the moat is full of water, how to dig a tunnel?" Zhao Chengjun asked.

So everyone looked at Liu Taiqing again.

"I have observed in the past few days. The weather is still cold, and the water level of Feishui is lower than that of the moat. If the water gate of the moat is dug, the water will naturally flow into Feishui."

Xue Julin looked at it for a while, then nodded and said: "That's true. The water level of Feishui is very low, and the water village over there blocks it. If you don't look carefully, you may think that the two rivers are connected."

Xue Julin is good at field battles, but he is not as good as Liu Taiqing when it comes to city defense.So he immediately agreed to Liu Taiqing's plan.

"The only worry now is that I don't have enough time."

Liu Taiqing said: "Whether the imperial reinforcements come from Yingzhou or Haozhou, they have to cross the river. As long as we deploy along the river, we can block the imperial reinforcements to the east of Feishui River and north of Huaihe River."

"Okay, since that's the case, the siege of the city is fully entrusted to Governor Liu, and I will lead the army to deploy defenses along the river. We must take Shouzhou as soon as possible!"

Xue Julin said very solemnly.

Liu Taiqing didn't speak, but nodded solemnly.

And the movements under the city were not hidden from the defenders. Lei Bo knew what to do when he saw that the rebels were repairing the camps and fortifications.

What time is it, do you still have time to repair fortifications?Doesn't this mean that he wants to dig a tunnel?

So tunnels were also dug on the side of the city wall in the city and a tile vat was placed on duty, so that as long as the rebels dug the tunnel into the city, there would be movement in the tile vat.

After measuring the distance of the tunnel, a group of rebel soldiers were about to break out of the ground when they found a ray of light shining in from the soil layer in front of them.

When they were about to rush out, a few spears came in directly, and the rebels in the front were directly killed. Just as they were about to rush forward, they saw another bucket of kerosene poured down at the entrance of the cave, and then a torch was thrown in. Instantly a fire broke out at the entrance of the cave.

The few soldiers in the front screamed heart-piercingly as they were burned.

On the other hand, the officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation and stuffed firewood at the entrance of the king's cave. There was kerosene underneath, and this addition of firewood made the fire even more prosperous.

The officers and soldiers under the city also put the iron bellows at the entrance of the cave to blow the wind inside.

How could the soldiers in the tunnel bear the fireworks?The ones behind were able to get out by running fast, and many soldiers were directly smoked to death in the tunnel.

And the precious time is passing by little by little.

(End of this chapter)