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Chapter 104 It is easy to break the Luoyang army, but it is difficult to break the Yangcheng army 【Subscription】

"Catapults! They use catapults!"

Inside the handsome tent, Pei Renji recognized this thing immediately.

Such a boulder, falling from the sky, can only be done by a catapult.

"It's nonsense! I have been in the battlefield for a long time, and I know the power of the catapult. This place is already 250 steps away. How can the catapult reach such a huge boulder?!"

Li Mi's face was pale, his beard trembled with anger, and his eyes were burning with anger.

Pei Renji gave a wry smile, and then more and more stones fell from the sky, hitting Li Mi hard in the face.

"My lord, this place is dangerous, let's retreat quickly!" Pei Renji and the other soldiers knelt on the ground earnestly, begging for orders.

Reluctantly, Li Mi ordered the entire army to retreat, leaving the range of the catapult.

……

Upstairs in Yangcheng City.

Xu Mu showed regret.

"It's a pity...it didn't kill Li Mi..."

Otherwise, he could send Sun Ying into Luoyang tomorrow to compete with Wang Shichong for power.

Zhang Xutuo was behind him, commanding the new-style catapult transported from Yangcheng.

The range of this catapult can reach [-] paces.

Suddenly, hundreds of big rocks fell from the sky and hit Li Mi's camp. He believed that Li Mi would not dare to get too close to Yangcheng in a short time.

"The ancients said that if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his weapon. Sincerely don't deceive me!" Zhang Xutuo smiled heartily when he saw Li Mi's army retreating in a hurry.

This time in the battle of defending the city, he once again saw the power of Naluoshizi's science and technology that the lord said.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xutuo looked at more than a dozen large... instruments hanging high on the tower.

"My lord, Langya Pai has done a great job defending the city this time!"

Xu Mu nodded, this thing is also a new type of defense equipment that he ordered the research institute to make.

It is a weapon for defending the city developed by the later Song Dynasty, which is specially designed to prevent the enemy from climbing the ladder.

It adopts the structure just now, with a log roller hanging on it, and the roller is full of spikes made of steel.

As long as there is an enemy climbing the ladder, the soldiers on the tower, with the cooperation of the two, can manipulate the mace and throw it towards the ladder.

Roll straight down!

The enemy is either dead or maimed!

The key point is that this thing can be used indefinitely. After it rolls down, you can use a rope to pull it up with a lever structure to prevent the next enemy attack.

Because of this thing, in the past three days, no one from the Wagang Army has climbed the city wall!

And... so far, no one in Yangcheng has died.

"I have three powerful weapons for defending the city. If Li Mi can take Yangcheng, there will be ghosts."

Xu Mu is very satisfied with the current defensive results, but because of the small number of soldiers, he can't take the initiative to attack, so he can only use the catapult to disgust the opponent.

As for the third sharp weapon he mentioned, it was naturally the inner city wall.

The dilapidated outer city wall of Yangcheng is the appearance he created for the world.

If Li Mi chooses to attack from the city gate, after the army enters the city, they will find the inner city wall made of cement and become a turtle in an urn!

……

that night.

The three days Li Mi said had already arrived.

Yangcheng remained motionless.

Unscathed.

The world... was shocked again!
Li Mi's reputation has been ruined, and the anti-kings all over the world are even more distracted.

An army of 13 can't take down a Yangcheng!
It's not that Li Mi is incompetent, but... Gongsun Ying of Yangcheng is too strong!

A thought emerged in the hearts of countless anti-kings, could it be... Da Sui's luck is still alive?
……

At midnight, Xu Mu, who was in a light sleep, was awakened by the sound of swords and soldiers close at hand, and quickly got up and boarded the inner city wall.

Only then did I realize... Li Mi actually chose to attack at night!
Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Yangcheng army, they broke through the city gate and entered Yangcheng.

An hour later.

"Pfft!"

On the inner city wall, Zhang Xutuo unloaded the blood-stained iron pagoda, knelt down on one knee, and looked ashamed: "The last general is incompetent, and failed to see through the enemy's night attack tricks, which caused...caused..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xutuo didn't know what to say.

"How's the battle going?" Xu Mu frowned.

In fact, he also knew that Zhang Xutuo could not be blamed for this.

In this era, almost all people suffer from night blindness due to malnutrition.

After nightfall, let alone attacking the city, even marching is quite difficult.

It is good not to fall behind and not to kill each other.

Few generals would frantically choose night raids, let alone night raids and sieges.

Zhang Xutuo was careless for a while, but Li Mi caught the opening and broke into Yangcheng.

Hearing Xu Mu's question, Zhang Xutuo lowered his head even more: "The more than four thousand people who poured into the city were all beheaded. gone."

Only then did Xu Mu feel relieved, and turned to ask about the injuries: "How about the casualties of our army?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Xutuo was even more ashamed: "I... Our army has not suffered any casualties!"

Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he asked the soldiers not to remove their armor at critical moments during the war, and thanks to Lao Zhang's timely response, Li Mi's attack was extinguished.

Of course, the most important thing is the inner city wall he advocated.

Zhang Xutuo prostrated himself on the ground. This time, if the lord hadn't been far-sighted and prepared the inner city wall, and didn't let the soldiers remove their armor, Yangcheng might have changed hands!

Although the lord did not blame him, he still hated himself.

Why didn't he guard against Li Mi's night attack?
Li Mi has never talked about martial ethics, and he likes to play tricks secretly.

Two years ago, he set up an ambush and almost killed him.

"Li Mi!"

Zhang Xutuo gripped the divine arm bow tightly, and the veteran in his fifties gritted his teeth.

……

"It is easy to defeat Luoyang army, but it is difficult to defeat Yangcheng army!"

In the Wagang Army camp, Li Mi let out a long sigh after listening to the report of Pei Xingyan, who had been severely injured.

This time, Pei Xingyan got an arrow in the back.

The injury was extremely serious and he bled profusely. After he fled back and reported the situation in Yangcheng, he fell into a coma.

This time, Li Mi put all his eggs in one basket, and even risked his troops, risking trampling on and killing each other, and launched a night attack. Who would have thought...

Inside Yangcheng, there is also the inner city wall, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is impenetrable!
Aizi was injured, Pei Renji was not in a good condition at the moment, and said with a wry smile: "My lord, it is really unwise to fight Yangcheng fiercely. With this time, my subordinates feel that... Luoyang has already been captured."

Qin Shubao and Pei Xingyan have been in Yangcheng one after another. Pei Renji no longer recommends smashing Yangcheng.

Li Mi's eyes flickered. This was the best chance, but he failed to capture Yangcheng. In his heart, he had already started to retreat.

After half an hour.

Gritting his teeth tightly, Li Mi said in a deep voice: "Order the whole army, change the slogan again, punish Luoyang first, and then destroy Yangcheng!"

A group of generals including Pei Renji showed joy and bowed down, "My lord is wise!"

……

Li Mi besieged Yangcheng for three days and turned directly to Luoyang.

Luoyang was shocked, Wang Shichong erected a wall to clear the country, and the people outside the city fled one after another.

He Ruozhuang was also among them. After receiving Xu Mu's order, Fan Zhu abandoned He Ruozhuang and temporarily stopped the transportation of goods between Yangcheng and Luoyang.

Wang Shichong is now Alexander.

He rectified his troops, and this time, together with reinforcements received from all over the country, there were a total of 20 troops.

But facing Li Mi with 13 people, he felt apprehensive...

He fought against Li Mi no less than thirty times.

It's almost September [-]st.

Li Mi won nine times, and he could only win once.

Moreover, Li Mi continued to besiege Yangcheng, and even said that "it is easy to break the army of Luoyang, but it is difficult to break the army of Yangcheng".

Isn't it slapping him in the face?

The implication is that he is not as good as Sun Ying.

Enraged, Wang Shichong ordered the whole army to fight a beautiful blocking battle outside Luoyang City!
……

Xianweiju.

Changsun Wuji was also beaten in the face.

Li Shimin was staring at him, teasingly said: "After returning to Chang'an, Guanyin servant girl remember to make an appointment for me!"

Changsun Wuji sighed softly, and said with a wry smile, "I would like to admit defeat."

Afterwards, he looked at Li Jing complainingly, "Didn't the pharmacist say that Yangcheng would be destroyed in three days?"

Li Jing ate the delicious food on the table calmly, and said lightly: "The last general said that if ordinary people guard Yangcheng, Yangcheng will be destroyed. If Sun Ying guards it, it must be a peerless general!"

Changsun Wuji: "..."

He stared fiercely at this hindsight, and snorted coldly: "Then according to what the pharmacist saw, how many soldiers and horses does the pharmacist have to break Yangcheng?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin became interested and looked at Li Jing.

Only then did Li Jing put down the leg of lamb in his hand, wiped the oil stains on his hands with a cloth, pondered for a while, his dark eyes were full of boundless confidence.

"Give the last general one hundred thousand soldiers and horses is enough!"

Li Shimin was very surprised and hurriedly asked: "Can it be broken in three days?"

Li Jing immediately added: "After three years of siege, the city will be destroyed!"

Li Shimin: "..."

Changsun Wuji: "..."

To tell the truth, Li Shimin knew that Li Jing was a good general. Yang Su, the famous founding general of the Sui Dynasty, once said that Li Jing learned from Han Qinhu, and the future famous generals in the world must be led by him.

But... even Li Jing said that, Li Shimin immediately understood the horror of Sun Ying.

"Such a general has fallen into Hongnong Yang's family. Could it be that God has not blessed my Li family?" Li Shimin said with a wry smile.

After some discussions, the three also got enough information in Luoyang, and planned to return to Chang'an before the arrival of the Wagang Army.

But on the way back, Li Shimin was always preoccupied.

……

Yangcheng.

Xu Mu received a letter from Fan Zhu.

It almost exploded.

"What the hell is Li Shimin? Changsun Wuji? Pharmacist Li?"

He just missed it.

If these three are solved, Li Tang will be in serious trouble, and half of the solution will be solved.

Fan Zhu has been in charge of intelligence collection. In Luoyang City, the guests who come and go from south to north, and the things discussed in the restaurant will be recorded separately by his order, and will be passed on to Xu Mu every seven days.

This time, in the records, Fan Zhu found three guests who were suspected to be from Chang'an.

They talked eloquently and were very interested in the battle situation in Yangcheng.

He didn't even notice that there were people in the restaurant doing intelligence gathering work just like them.

Missing three big fish, Xu Mu, a human trafficker, felt that he had missed a hundred million.

Heartbroken, he decided... to make an overall rectification of the intelligence collection work.

Never miss such a big fish again!
(End of this chapter)