On March 30, 268 AD, the Jin army besieged in the city took nearly two months and paid the heavy price of more than 6,000 people killed and more than 8,000 people injured, and finally basically cleaned up the barrier walls outside the two cities of Mei County and Anguo, preparing for the establishment of the large army.

So on the 30th day, the Jin army all dispatched and began to launch a full-scale attack on the three walls of the eastern, northern and western parts of the county town of Mei County (the southern city of Mei County was close to the Wei River, and to attack this wall, we must first enter the Wei River with a navy. However, the width of the Wei River was not enough, and the whole process was within the effective range of the bows and arrows of the two cities. Attacking the southern city of Mei County and the northern city of Anguo City was suicide).

"Hey! Hey! Hoo!" "Huh! Hey! Hoo!"

The Jin army has not been busy demolishing the barrier walls in the past two months. They have also built a large number of tall catapults and siege towers in the rear. At this moment, after the obstacles in front have been basically cleared, these big guys finally came in handy.

During this attack, the Jin army invested a total of 70,000 troops in the three gates of Ji County. For a moment, there were many figures and flags. The sound of war drums collided and intertwined in the air, which made the soldiers walking there feel the ground shaking.

"Report to General, the enemy's catapult has entered the range of our catapult!"

At this moment, on the north gate of Ji County, the guard of Shu Han was the son of the general Jiang Wei, who was only eighteen years old. After receiving the report from the soldiers under his command, he smiled slightly: "I'm finally here. I'm sending orders, eighty catapults on the north wall, and volleys!"

"promise!"

With Jiang Su's order, eighty bright fireballs suddenly and neatly appeared in the air above the head of Mei County. When these fireballs were moving forward in the air, they pulled out eighty black smoke belts. In a blink of an eye, these eighty huge fireballs fell heavily on the ground 270 to 300 steps north of the city wall. While throwing a large amount of dust on the ground, they also made a huge terrifying sound.

"The first round of volleys destroyed an enemy catapult and fell into the crowd with thirty-five bullets. Nearly twenty-three bullets were missing. The rest of the rock bullets were far away."

"According to the results of the previous round of shooting, adjust the weight and the launch angle!"

"promise!"

"All of them are there, the second round of volleys, let it go!"

"Wow~~~!"

Soon, the soldiers of Shu Han quickly completed the second round of catapult launch. The results of this round were much better than the previous round. When eighty stone bombs landed again, Jiang Su on the city tower clearly saw that the opponent's tall catapult was hit directly by seven. The remaining more than seventy stone bombs also fell into the dense crowd, causing great damage to the opponent's soldiers.

"Why is the opponent's catapult so far?" Seeing that the original orderly formation began to gradually scatter due to the accurate strike of a large number of stone bullets, Yuan Qing, the commander of the Jin army's northern line, was helpless: "Order the front army to run, use cloud ladders, and ants to attack the city!"

Using cloud ladder ant to siege is the least technical way in ancient siege combat, but it is also the most effective way.

On this day, Yuan Qing had 20,000 soldiers under his command. What about Jiang Su's side on the city tower? There were only 3,000 people.

Although most of the seventy trenchers under the city were controlled by the military and civilians, after excluding a certain number of full-time archers, there were only more than 2,000 tiger infantry soldiers who were actually used for fighting. So Guan Yi said that the most annoying thing was this kind of ants with no technical content siege.

"Report to the Major General, the enemy infantry carried the ladder to attack our city walls, and had already entered the range of our bow and arrows."

"Archer, shoot!"

Countless bows and arrows shot down from the city wall, but they only slightly slowed down the speed of the endless crowd.

Although countless comrades were hit by bows and arrows, the soldiers of Jin army in white and black armor were still running forward desperately. On the one hand, they have indeed been fed up with the cowards of the cement piles set up by Shu Han outside the city in the past two months. On the other hand, they are: the rows of personal guards sent by Sima Wang in the rear are all supervising the battle with huge axes!

It's approaching! I've finally got close to the city wall I've been thinking about day and night. But why is this city wall a little different?

You said that the city wall is as high as ten battles, but after all, it has given you too much time to build it, so we have recognized this. But why is this city wall not a flat wall, but with irregular protruding polygons everywhere?

...

Li Shisan was from Donghai, Xuzhou. He used to be a military farmer. More than three years ago, due to the defeat of Yang'an Pass, Luoyang's central army suffered serious losses. He had to recruit a large number of local soldiers to enter Luoyang again. Because Li Shisan was more than eight feet tall and was able to be considered a good sword technique, he was selected to enter the central army.

Over the past three years, he has lived a good life in Luoyang: his military pay is more than three times more than before, and he doesn't have to bear any taxes. Not only does he exempt himself from taxes, but his wife and children are also exempt from calculation and vocation. It can be said that the past three years have been the most pleasant time in his life for more than 20 years.

Because he cherishes his current life very much, Li Shisan works very hard on the training ground of the Central Army. After three years, he has become a senior and has been in charge of nine brothers under his command.

When Li Shisan was full of expectations and thought whether his position could rise further, good news came: the small invaders in Western Shu invaded again, and the Luoyang Central Army needed to enter Guanzhong to fight. This was tantamount to a chance to get promoted and make a fortune for Li Shisan.

As a result, three months have passed since he came to Chang'an at the end of December last year and he has not won a single battle. Li Shisan was very depressed for a while.

Today! I was finally able to appear! So as soon as the war started, Li Shisan was particularly excited. His steps were fast, and he rushed to the front of the army with his own soldiers.

In order to pursue greater damage, the Han army on the city greeted the crowds, whether it was stone bullets or bows and arrows. Because of this, Li Shisan's troops, who were rushing to the front of the army, were not attacked. Therefore, when his troops arrived at the city of Mei County, all ten people were required and all were injured.

After coming to the city and nervously glanced at the nearby city wall, Li Shisan yelled: "Here, the walls here are straight. Wang Laoshuan, Ma Dawei, erect the ladder!"

"Good!"

The place where Li Shisan chose the vertical ladder was the oblique side of a prominent bastion. Compared with the sharp protrusions everywhere on the horizontal city wall, this oblique side looked particularly smooth. Therefore, Li Shisan and others naturally chose the place where they climbed the wall.

The same ten-war ladder quickly stood up with the joint efforts of several soldiers. However, the ladder had just stood up, and before Li Shisan could step on, the entire ladder slid a large part towards the rear!

"What's going on? Did you run last night? You can't even hold a ladder?"

"It's not our problem!" The man named Ma Dachao didn't give him any face at all: "The problem is above!"

"above?"

"Yes, there is a weird thing on the wall above, which can actually slide! The ladder leans up and with a little force, the ladder begins to slide back. You also know that this ladder lasts ten times and is troublesome to work. The top is actually sliding, how can we make it stable!"

Yes, Sima Guan Da was locked up in Mei County for nothing during this time, so he strengthened the city defense in various ways. He installed steel pulleys on the outer sides of the warheads of all the city walls...

Because I was idle during this period, and Dong Zhuo laid the foundation of the wall of Mei County very firmly back then. So anyway, I was idle, so Guan Yi ordered his soldiers to keep increasing the wall. As a result, the wall of Mei County is now as high as ten battles! (23.1 meters)

If the Jin army wanted to attack the city, of course, it would have to build a ladder for more than ten battles. When such a long ladder was carried, the speed of the relevant soldiers was climbing on the turtle. Many Jin soldiers along the way were shot to death. Even the Jin soldiers who came to the city had difficulty erecting the ladder after erecting it up, they felt very difficult to stabilize the ladder.

Luoyang Central Army has training subjects for siege warfare. However, the city wall for training is generally four or five meters high. After the ladder is erected, people usually need to send people to support the ladder. Even if it is needed, two people are usually enough. But now, there is no way to help the ladder without four people.

Moreover, the shameless Grand Sima also added ball pulleys to the battlement of the city wall...

Just as Li Shisan and others were still looking for a place to build a ladder to find a place, as more and more Jin soldiers crowded under the city wall, the Shu Han archers on the city wall finally ended their long-range diffusing and focused their attention under the city wall.
Chapter completed!