When Zhang Xuan led the Wuhuan cavalry and the foreign troops to Rangcheng, Wang Ru's army also arrived at Xinye. With a fierce attack, he defeated Xinye, who had just surrendered to Sima Fan. His movements were so fast that Sima Fan and

Li Rui didn't even have time to send troops for support.

Naturally, Wang Ru would not stop here. After taking Xinye, his army stayed there to rest and rest, apparently waiting.

When the Jin army launched an attack on Rangcheng and smashed their heads in front of the strong city wall, bleeding and bleeding, and exhausted, he continued northward and destroyed the Jin army in one fell swoop!

In the age of cold weapons, attacking a city can be said to be a nightmare for every army, especially a city that is small but has extremely strong fortifications, and the defenders are fighting for their lives with the belief that they will die. It is even more of a nightmare.

A nightmare. Geng Gong of the Eastern Han Dynasty led 300 men to fight with the Northern Xiongnu army in Shule, and held the position for more than half a year; Zhu Ran of the Eastern Wu Dynasty defended Jiangling with 5,000 troops, overpowering Cao Wei's tens of thousands of troops, and defended it for six months.

Even the generals of Cao Wei were autistic and could not defeat them... If you look back from God's perspective, there are more jaw-dropping battles. For example, General Mao Dezu of the Liu Song Dynasty defended the Hulao Army with 5,000 troops against the overwhelming troops of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

, defended for nearly a year; Chen Xian led a thousand men to defend Xuanhu against the Northern Wei's 70,000 troops, and held for more than 40 days, allowing the Northern Wei to return without success; Zang Zhi led 3,000 men to defend the Northern Wei's 100,000-strong army, allowing the Northern Wei to return without success;

The Northern Wei Dynasty left tens of thousands of corpses and suffered countless casualties under Xuyi City. Chang Yizhi defended Zhongli with 3,000 troops for more than half a year, and nailed the Northern Wei Dynasty's 300,000-strong army under Zhongli City. Finally, Wei Rui's major counterattack came, allowing

Zhongli City became the cemetery of countless Northern Wei soldiers...

You see, in the era of cold weapons, it was really difficult to conquer a city. A single army in a city risked its life to fight. No matter how powerful your generals are, and your advisers are like rain, even if you want to bite them off, you will have to knock off a few of them.

Daya. Therefore, those outstanding generals, including Sun Tzu, Wu Qi, Bai Qi, Han Xin, and Zhuge Liang, all strive to destroy the enemy's main force and fighting will in the field, and try not to drag the battle into the city's attack and defense. Sun Tzu even bluntly said to attack the enemy forcefully.

It is a foolish thing to build a city that is heavily defended by the army.

Wang Ru already knew the field capabilities of this Jin army. Although it had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, Wang Ru still sent someone to send a message to Shi Le for the sake of caution, inviting his sworn brother to join him to annihilate this army.

At the same time, he sent people to secretly sneak into Rangcheng, telling Wang Chang who was guarding the city that he was in Xinye and could come for reinforcements at any time, and asked him to defend to the death and let the Jin army bleed dry in the brutal siege battle...

When the Jin army suffered a bloody blow at the gate of Rangcheng and became discouraged, it was their time to die!

The plan was perfect, but it was a pity that we met a guy who didn't play by common sense at all.

After learning that Sima Yue had died, Li Rui accelerated the progress of the project. With the efforts of him and hundreds of craftsmen, two giant trebuchets were erected in just twenty days, standing like giant towers on the plain.

Above. It was so majestic and spectacular that when the rebels saw it on the city wall, they were frightened and started talking about it.

The trebuchet ammunition is also ready. There are clay balls made of clay that become as hard as stone after being dried by fire, and stone balls made of stone quarried from unknown places. The materials of these ammunition are different.

But they have one common feature, that is, they are big, scary big! Generally, the ammunition that can be thrown by a trebuchet weighs only about 100 kilograms, but these two big guys are better. The smallest ammunition weighs 90 kilograms, and the largest one weighs 90 kilograms.

Weighing three hundred kilograms, it looks scary!

In addition, the Jin army also built several toad carts, which were specially used to cover the infantry digging the city wall. The nest carts were also indispensable. They were built higher than the city wall. Standing on them, you can clearly see the rebels in the city.

Wearing a bikini or Balenciaga? When attacking a city, the attacking side likes to make a large number of nest carts, and then let the crossbowmen stand on them and rain arrows down on the city wall defenders. However, Li Rui didn't have this time, so he only made four

A nest car was placed at the four gates to observe the situation in the city.

The remaining wood was used to build a ladder. This thing is indispensable. Without it, it is impossible to climb the city.

Eight wooden cannons were also built, six of which had slender barrels and iron sheets inside, similar to cannons; the remaining two had short and thick barrels. Only he himself probably knew how to use them.

Everything was ready, and Sima Fan also ran over from Wancheng and brought two thousand troops with him.

Sima Fan has been staying in Wancheng these days, dealing with Nanyang's tycoons. At first, Nanyang's tycoons didn't treat him very much. At most, they just sent people to send some money, grain, horses and other things over for fun.

The prince with only a few thousand troops was really worthless when the Jin Dynasty building was about to collapse. But no one expected that this small army was so powerful and could capture Wancheng in one day.

Jiyang was attacked by the rebels at night. Not only did he stay calm, he annihilated the enemy who attacked at night and then defeated Jiyang. Such ferocious fighting power scared Nanyang Haoqiang! They realized that this force

The army is not easy to mess with. They can push the rebels to the ground and violently hammer them, and they can eradicate all the powerful people in Nanyang one by one. If you don't want to die, you'd better have a good relationship with them! So, the powerful people in Nanyang who were originally cold-hearted

Suddenly they became enthusiastic and rushed to Wancheng to visit him and send him more money, silk and food.

And seeing the elite troops of the imperial court crossing the Funiu Mountains and entering the Nanyang Basin one after another, the attitude of these powerful gangs became even more enthusiastic, and they even offered to send troops to help the King of Xiangyang defeat the rebels. So they all pieced together,

Two thousand people were gathered together and followed Sima Fan to Rangcheng to prepare for the war.

If a powerful person in a place is willing to send troops to help you fight, it means that the other party has recognized you. No matter what the reasons are, it means that it has recognized you and is willing to cooperate with you. This is a great thing. However, Sima Fan

His expression was gloomy and he looked very depressed. Even if Li Rui personally invited him to visit the giant trebuchet he had finally built, it could not cheer him up.

Li Rui wondered: "What's wrong with you? Even this kind of mechanical monster that can make men's blood boil can't heal the hammer that life has dealt you?"

Sima Fan sat next to the trebuchet and said in a dull voice: "Li Rui, tell me, what is the meaning of all this we are doing?"

Li Rui was confused: "Okay, why do you ask?"

Sima Fan took out a wine flask, took a big sip into his mouth, and said dejectedly: "My father and uncle were young and energetic, and they did things without thinking. But after all, they wanted to do something for the country, and one of them was accused of treason."

He was charged with the crime of having his head in a different place. He was betrayed by the Forbidden Army and fell into the hands of Zhang Fang and was roasted alive! I left Xiangyang and came to Luoyang with these four thousand Jingzhou soldiers. I also wanted to do something for this country, but...

Several years have passed, and the world has become worse and worse!"

Li Rui sat down next to him, biting a grass bone, with a look of relief on his face: "Oh, you still know that with your efforts, the world is getting worse and worse? It's really an amazing progress, it's gratifying

Congratulations, congratulations!"

Sima Fan smiled bitterly: "You don't need to be weird. I'm not a fool. How could I not know what's going on in this world? Now that the Taiwei is dead, the emperor has decreed to remove the Taiwei's title and demote him to the county king. It's clear that he wants to

In the aftermath of the fall, those of us who have followed the Taiwei are afraid that none of us will end up well..." He shook his head in great distress: "It shouldn't be like this... With the death of the Taiwei, the biggest disagreement in the court has disappeared.

The escaped Imperial Army should return to Luoyang, and Luoyang's defense force, which was originally extremely empty, will become sufficient again. This is the right way, and it shouldn't be like this!"

Li Rui rolled his eyes: "The emperor is a fool, what can be done?"

Sima Fan glanced at him: "Aren't you afraid of being wiped out by the Nine Clan if you speak rudely like this?"

Li Rui sneered: "The emperor still has the leisure to destroy our nine tribes? I'm afraid he can't protect himself now, right?"

Sima Fan said: "I don't know if he can't protect himself, but I'm afraid he will be in big trouble... I have followed Taiwei for several years, and the emperor will never let me go. What we did in Nanyang

, it is very likely that it will disappear with the arrival of an imperial edict..."

He took a deep sip of wine and murmured: "What's the point? No matter how hard you try, you can't make this world and this country better, so what's the point?"

Li Rui looked at him and said sharply: "Are you going to give up?"

Sima Fan said: "I just feel that all this is meaningless... Now I just want to go back to Xiangyang and live one day at a time!"

Li Rui's expression became grim and he said: "Sima Fan, listen, these barbarians who are rampaging and killing countless people in the Central Plains were let in by your Sima family!"

Sima Fan's body trembled slightly.

Li Rui continued: "Those brave and capable Imperial Guards are the ones your Sima family has fought for for power and profit!"

Sima Fan couldn't even hold the wine bottle steady.

But Li Rui hadn't finished his words yet: "Also, it's also because of what your ancestors did that destroyed the values ​​of the entire nation. It's you who made the emperor no longer sacred, the barbarians no longer fearful, and the powerful officials no longer patient! It's you.

Pushing this land into the abyss of eternal destruction! The debts you owe are too many, why do you want to hide and be a coward and refuse to acknowledge your debts? "

Sima Fan was trembling all over and his mind was buzzing: "Is it really... is it really because of our Sima family that things have become like this?"

Li Rui said: "If it's not you, who else could it be? Remember, you have to pay back the debt. If you can't pay it back, let your son pay it back. If your son can't pay it off, let your son pay it back."
Chapter completed!