The last three kingdoms

Chapter 424 Start Siege

However, Sima Wang still has considerable confidence in the defense of Chang'an City. In this era of cold weapons, a city is the best barrier. It is by no means an easy task to break through a well-defended city. In a big city like Chang'an, the walls are unparalleled, and Sima Wang wanted to see how Liu broke the city.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the Shu army stopped advancing and set up camp five miles away from Chang'an City. It was obvious that the Shu army was not in a hurry to attack.

The camps of the Shu army were quite simple and rudimentary, and could even be described as hastily built. There were no high moats or deep trenches, and even the barracks were randomly made of a few thin wooden sticks. The tents on the roof are even more disorganized and randomly set up. Not only is the layout not rigorous, but even the most basic order is not visible.

This kind of camp made Hu Shi feel itchy in his heart. As long as he led an army to attack, he could easily penetrate the camp of the Shu army and give them a serious blow.Hu Shi asked Sima Wang to fight: "Commander, the Shu army is too deceitful. They are so arrogant in the city of Chang'an. The last general is willing to lead a team to fight out of the city tonight and teach them a lesson!"

Seeing the calm expression on his face, Sima said indifferently: "If you go out of the city, I'm afraid you'll fall right into Liu Yin's arms. People who don't know how to fight will definitely not be able to set up such a bad camp. In order to lure us out of the city, Liu Yin, It can be described as painstaking, using all means. When the former attacked the surrounding counties of Chang'an, he deliberately left a lot of loopholes, trying to lure us out of the city. This time he attacked the city of Chang'an, and repeated the old trick. However, his The methods are too rough, who am I, Sima Wang, to be fooled by him? At this moment, Liu Yin is probably hiding elite soldiers behind the camp, waiting for us to take the bait."

Hu Shi said with shame on his face: "It's still the governor who is wise and saw through Liu Yin's tricks, otherwise we will suffer a lot."

Sima Wang smiled lightly and said: "Liu Yin's repeated tricks to lure us out of the city just prove that Liu Yin has no confidence in the siege battle. As long as we can't hold on, he has nothing to do. Considering the fortification of Chang'an City, Liu Yin's wish to break through the city is nothing short of wishful thinking. According to our military order, no one is allowed to leave the city without permission, and anyone who violates the order will be beheaded for public display."

Hu Shi bowed his hands and promised, at this moment, he had already given up the idea of ​​going to war, and followed Sima Wang's order closely.

As night fell, thousands of stars were shining brightly in the city, Sima Wang showed a scornful smile, no matter how provocative Liu Yin was, he would not take it lightly, for Sima Wang now, defending Chang'an City is the top priority .

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Of course, Liu Yin did not expect Sima Wang to go out of the city to attack. Now Sima Wang, after three defeats, has become as cowardly as a mouse, and he has retreated into Chang'an city and dare not come out again.The reason why Liu Yin did not set up a strong camp and erect a strong village was that besides luring him out of the city, the most important thing was to reduce the labor intensity of the Shu army a little, keep the Shu army's physical strength in a state of abundance, and lay a solid foundation for tomorrow's siege operations. With a good foundation, Sima Wang would not go out of the city to launch a sneak attack anyway, so why would he bother to build a large camp regardless of the strength of his troops.

Nothing happened all night, even Liu Yin slept soundly in the handsome tent, and when he woke up, it was already light.

Liu Yin was not in a hurry, and ordered the five armies to bury the pot and cook food. After eating and drinking, they formed a formation and prepared to attack the city.Liu Yin set the main attack position on the first day at the South Gate. Yang'an Camp, Wudang Zuo Camp, and Wudang Right Camp of the former army took the lead in attacking Chang'an City. The other three sides temporarily stood still and surrounded without fighting.

The Shu army used all available weapons and equipment, such as catapults, bed crossbows, rushing vehicles, siege vehicles, ladders, etc. As soon as the battle started, the entire southern city wall of Chang'an fell into a rain of arrows.

The rain of arrows filled the sky with rocks, and flew towards the top of Chang'an city roaringly. Those huge arrows had an astonishing destructive power, and could destroy any object in front of them in an instant. , Whether it is a giant shield or a thick wall, it will be easily pierced by these giant arrows. The power of the giant bed crossbow arrows is simply unparalleled.

The only thing that is more powerful than the giant arrows on the bed crossbow is the catapult, but unlike the giant arrow that is specially projected towards the city, the main target of the catapult is the thick city wall.

Stone bullets the size of a human head roared and smashed towards the city wall of Chang'an City. After each stone bullet hit the city wall, it would give the Wei army on the top of the city a strong sense of vibration, comparable to a magnitude [-] earthquake.

If it were an ordinary small city, under the attack of these catapults, the walls would collapse quickly, but Chang'an City is worthy of being the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, and the strength of the walls is beyond people's expectations. The big stones hit the wall, and the city wall did not collapse, it could only hurt its fur.

Sima Wang personally went to the front line of the city to command, although there were guards in front of him constantly, persuading him to leave this dangerous place, but Sima Wang remained unmoved and insisted on fighting desperately on the top of the city.

In the first wave of attacks, the Shu army only used long-range attack weapons, and even the archers and crossbowmen did not use them.The Wei army was also tit-for-tat, using bed crossbows and catapults with the same range to fight back.

The city of Chang'an was well-prepared, and there was no shortage of heavy weapons such as bed crossbows and catapults. After the Wei army launched a long-range strike, Sima Wang ordered an immediate counterattack, using huge arrows to destroy the bed crossbows and catapults of the Shu army as much as possible. After all, only these weapons can cause certain damage to the city wall at a long distance.

The long-range attack was just the prelude to the attack, and soon the Shu army invested in the siege troops, using siege vehicles and ladders, and launched a fierce attack on the city wall of Chang'an.

Under the command of Zhang Le, the soldiers of Yang'an Camp launched the first round of attack waves.The soldiers of the Wei army rushed forward carrying the ladder and holding the shield.

Chang'an City has a wide and deep moat. This moat is the first barrier of Chang'an City. The moat is filled with water and ripples.

The Shu army also has experience in attacking such a moat. Each Shu soldier will carry a sandbag on his shoulders. When he reaches the edge of the moat, he will throw the sandbag into the river. But thousands of sandbags were thrown into the river, and a channel was quickly filled.

(End of this chapter)