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Chapter 507
In the east of Yongnian City, the ridges and ridges connected to form a block of farmland were immediately trampled to pieces by countless footprints.

The pack horses in the army transported bags full of dry soil to the east of the city, and threw them on the ground casually.The civilian servants started to uncover the bag, poured dry soil on the muddy ground, or directly covered a few shovels of floating soil on the straw bag, and beat it with a wooden hammer to compact it.

In one night, half of the earthen hills in the east of the city were built up in an instant.

The sky was pale, and the civilian laborers who had worked all night touched the sweat on their foreheads, and they were all exhausted. At this time, Zhao Jun's gang leader carried Chaoshi to the construction site.

When the civilian servants saw the fragrant, bright yellow and thick corn porridge, each of them was full of stomach noises.

At present, some of the civil servants who have eaten their fill have stepped forward to replace and take over the tools. The civil servants who have worked all night are all filled with corn porridge full of corn porridge, plus a small piece of shallot mixed with tofu, a whole piece Sea bowls of wheat cakes with sorghum sandwiched between them, squatting in the mud and throwing off their cheeks, eating and drinking.

What people seek in this life is not three meals a day.Although it is not a new food, the common people still eat happily. At the beginning, Zhao Jun promised to have three full meals a day, and he really meant what he said.

Seeing the scene, the civilian servants are all motivated.

Xu Shiji, who was supervising the construction of the earth mountain, nodded in satisfaction when he saw the civilian servants working in full swing.

In the military family, the method of attacking the city with earth and mountains is called Lin.Yilin siege, although the loss of troops is smaller than that of ants, but it consumes a lot of manpower. If the siege party does not have enough manpower, it is difficult to implement this method of warfare.

In the past, the most feared thing in the expeditions of the labor force was the lack of military supplies. Often the soldiers would not be able to eat enough to eat before the war, let alone increase the civilian service.

For example, the matter of piling up earth mountains is usually done by the auxiliary soldiers in the battalion, which often makes the besieging soldiers exhausted.For Xu Shiji, who is well versed in military strategy, of course he knows that the outcome of a war is definitely not the number of troops put on the table by the two armies. Especially in such a siege victory or defeat, the victory or defeat depends on the morale of the soldiers and the supply of troops. .

But the current scene made Xu Shiji very satisfied. The [-] besieged Zhao army got a full rest. With the grain stored in Liyang warehouse, and with the continuous supply of grain and rice, the [-] civil servants almost became [-] fresh troops. , The construction period of this earth mountain is five or six times faster than expected, and the ground is constantly high.

Near the earth mountain, the wind blows the reed field, and the red tassels on the helmets of Zhao soldiers are mixed with them, swaying, and five thousand Zhao soldiers lie in ambush. Once the Xia army comes to interfere with the repair of the earth mountain, they can go forward to meet the enemy.

"General, dinner is ready."

Xu Shiji nodded, and the soldiers beside him brought him white-faced steamed buns made of fine grains, a small bowl of carved rice, and a bowl of greasy mutton soup.

After the capture of Liyangcang, Zhao Jun's food was also good. Generals like Xu Shiji could buy food, meat and meat. Although the food of ordinary soldiers was simple, they still had three meals to fill their stomachs.

Xu Shiji took the white flour steamed buns, first asked the soldiers if they had eaten them, and after getting an affirmative answer, he ate them himself, and the soldiers finally brought him a pot of greasy drinks.

The scene of work here in full swing had already alarmed Xia Jun who was guarding the city, but after seeing Zhao Jun repairing the earth hills under the city, someone immediately reported Liu Heitai and Ling Jing.

Liu Heikai, after Ling Jing heard about it, came to watch it after dawn. The general guarding the city in the east said: "Our east wall is lower than the north, west, and south of the city. Use the method of attacking the city with earth and mountains to break down my city wall."

"As expected by the king, Zhao Jun is really going to attack the main force of the east wall." Ling Jing pulled out his folding fan and pointed to the sky, then pointed to the ground and said confidently: "But there is nothing to worry about. Since ancient times Since then, there are only two ways to attack a city, one is to fly into the sky, and the other is to enter the ground. Attacking a city on earth and mountains is an act of flying into the sky, as long as we defend it according to the law, we don’t have to worry about it.”

Liu Heitai nodded, and asked the guarding general, "Do you know who General Zhao Jun is?"

The general guarding the city pointed at Zhao Jun's barracks, which was hazy in the early morning mist, and said, "Behind the earthy mountain, there seems to be a big banner with the word Xu. In my opinion, it should be General Zhao Jun Xu Shiji."

Liu Heitai, Ling Jing, all had dignified faces when they heard the words.Liu Heikai said: "Xu Shiji is the No.1 general of the Zhao army, and I may not even be his opponent. You strictly ordered the soldiers not to fight lightly, and they can only defend the city, understand?"

After hearing this, the Dongcheng general quickly agreed, and then said: "The east wall of the Great General's city is low, and the lowly ranks and the soldiers below are sitting like pins and needles every day."

Afterwards, Liu Heitai said: "Don't worry, I will send an additional [-] crossbowmen and [-] archers here to strengthen the defenses on the city wall, and I will have another army stationed in Qimingfang to prepare for any eventuality."

General Xia Jun was overjoyed upon hearing this, and thanked him happily.

Liu Heitai and Ling Jing returned to the General's Mansion immediately.

The sun rose higher and higher, and at noon, the earthen hill two hundred steps away from the city was almost as high as the city wall. Watching the soldiers of Zhao army working hard, the earthen hill increased inch by inch. He will be restless at the moment, if the earth mountain is raised higher, Zhao Jun outside the city will have a clear view of what is true and false in Yongnian City.

Xia Jun's east city guard was terrified that Zhao Jun's soil work was so fast, but Xia Jun's soldiers couldn't help drooling when they saw the food of Zhao Jun's civilian servants.

Since ancient times, it has been a common practice for the defenders to be short of food and grass.Although Liu Heita had reserves in advance, the food and grass in the city were also very tight.

Before the siege, Xia Jun's soldiers had two meals a day, but at the moment Zhao Jun closed the siege, except for the soldiers who ascended the city, they had already reduced to one meal, which was the kind of thick corn that hurt their chests. Civil service is not as good.However, Liu Heita loves soldiers like children, and he eats brown rice with the soldiers, and shares the joys and sorrows. The morale of the soldiers of the Xia army is not weakened after seeing it.

But morale is one thing, and whether they have the strength to fight is another. Looking at the soldiers of the Xia Army who were so hungry that their chests were stuck to their backs, the guard of the East City of the Xia Army thought that before the battle started, his side was already on the verge of death. This one is weaker than the opponent by three points.

At dawn the next day, Zhao Jun's earth mountain was higher than Xia Jun's city wall.

General Xia Jun decided to do something to stop the earth mountain from advancing towards the city wall.Xia Jun's crossbowmen on the northeastern city wall were densely covered, and when the civilian service showed up, it would be a rain of arrows.

After dozens of civil servants were shot by arrows, the recruited civilian servants dared not go up again at the moment.

Zhao Jun also transferred the six-point cannon, which was laid on the earth mountain.In the cannon nest, Zhao Jun installed gravel in it, and slammed it towards Xia Jun's city wall.

But seeing gravel flying, crackling, sifting against the city wall,

Xia Jun on the enemy tower was smashed to the ground, and Zhao Jun's civilian service took the opportunity to push the earth mountain towards the city wall by more than ten steps.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Jun's catapults had such a long range. Xia Jun's defender hurriedly ordered his subordinates to erect the enemy building on the city wall, and made a curtain made of thickly woven hemp rope, and used it to block Zhao Jun's crushed stones from attacking them. The killing of Xia Jun's crossbowmen on the city wall.

Seeing that the stone catapults on the earth hill had lost control over Xia Jun’s soldiers at the top of the city, Xu Shiji thought again and ordered to mix croton arsenic and other poisons with dried cow and horse manure and sulfur into the projectiles and shoot them into the city. Coughing sounded everywhere, eyes were weeping from the smoke, and the defenders had no intention of defending the city.

The general of the Xia army forced the suppression and ordered the soldiers to cover their faces with wet cloths and go up to the city to guard. The situation was a little better.

The earth hill built by Zhao Jun approached Xia Jun's city wall further, as close as 150 steps.Xia Jun's city wall was more than two feet high, while Zhao Jun's earthen mountain was more than three feet high, and Zhao Jun's civilian service built a three-story turret with bricks and stones on the earthen mountain overnight.

The guard's situation was not good, so he reported to Liu Heita and Ling Jing again.

Liu Heikai and Ling Jing came to the east wall of the city and saw that today Zhao Jun's earth mountain is much higher than Xia Jun's city, and it is still widening and deepening.And now the lights on the earth mountain are bright at night, and Zhao Jun's civilian service is still working overnight.

I saw that in the dark night, Zhao Jun transported wood and bricks from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain.A temporary turret, the foundation has been laid
Liu Heikai said: "Mr. Ling said that there is a method of defending the enemy when attacking the city with earth and mountains, and the plan will be safe."

Ling Jing raised his folding fan and said calmly: "It's okay, at the beginning Wei Xiaokuan refused the Qi army in Yubi, and the Qi army also built earth hills to attack the city from a high position. Wei Xiaokuan ordered the soldiers to tie up the wood and raise the city wall, and calmly break it down."

Liu Heikai laughed when he heard this, and said, "Thanks, sir." After speaking, Liu Heikai dispatched [-] Xia soldiers to raise the east wall of the city. The east side of the city wall was raised overnight.

After one night of construction, the east wall of Yongnian City was completed.Seeing that the city wall was once again as high as the earth mountain, the Xia army burst into cheers from top to bottom.

When Xu Shiji saw it in the city, he immediately ordered his soldiers to take the kerosene bombs developed by the craftsman workshop, and fired the kerosene bombs with six-point guns, hitting the wall directly.

This kerosene bomb made a remarkable contribution in the Battle of Yishui in Zhao Xia, and the Xia army at the east wall ran to avoid it.

The kerosene bullets shot out, and the city wall of the Xia army turned into a sea of ​​flames. Three watchtowers were burned down alive, and hundreds of soldiers of the Xia army were either killed or injured.Seeing this scene, Xia Jun's soldiers were all terrified, but Xia Jun's city east guard was also a tough generation, and ordered the soldiers to rebuild the upper city garrison, and those who disobeyed the order would be executed.

When the military order was issued, the soldiers of the Xia army were astonished, and almost all the soldiers of the Xia army who went to the city to guard were as if they were on the execution ground.

Xia Jun didn't know that Zhao Jun's kerosene bombs were also in short supply, and they had already used a lot of them when they attacked Gaoyang City.Xu Shiji saw that Xia Jun's morale could not be shaken, so he immediately ordered the soldiers not to use kerosene bombs again.

As a result, the situation in the east of the city slowed down a bit, and Liu Heitai heaved a sigh of relief. Ling Jing said to Liu Heitai proudly, "

The siege of the city is nothing more than the two methods of flying into the sky and entering the ground. Yongnian City is surrounded by water. I am not afraid of the Zhao army digging holes to attack. A hundred volumes are enough to base it on. "

Ling Jing talked to Liu Heita without shame.

Just at this time, the general Zhang Junli hurried into the city, and suddenly reported to Liu Heita: "General, the Fuyang River outside the city suddenly became shallower, and I finally feel something is wrong, so I came here to report."

Liu Heitai and Ling Jing looked at each other and said, "Not good."

(End of this chapter)