Wang Meng attacked the east gate, Wang Jian attacked the north gate, and Wu Qi attacked the west gate. It was a very standard way of surrounding three gates. Leave the south gate behind and only attack the north and east gates, leaving a glimmer of hope for the defenders in the city.
The defenders will not fight to the death.
Following Wang Meng's order, tens of thousands of Jin troops left the camp, pushing catapults, manholes, crossbows, rams and other siege equipment, and began to surround the three gates in the north and southeast.
"Informing the military advisor, several generals have been prepared. The catapults and wells are in place and ready to attack the city at any time." Soldiers reported.
"good."
Wang Meng nodded, then pulled out the long sword from his waist, pointed to the sky and shouted: "Attack the city."
"promise."
After receiving the order, the soldiers immediately waved the battle flag, then the war drums sounded, and tens of thousands of Jin troops roared.
"Kill, kill, kill..."
"Ding, the second effect of Wang Meng's Wang Fu skill is activated. When he personally leads the army in battle, he will increase his command by 1 to 4 points. The current commander will be +3, the basic command will be 98, and Wang Meng's command will rise to 101."
"ah……"
Many Shu army defenders were burned to ashes. They couldn't bear the pain and jumped from the tower. Rather than being burned to death by the flames in pain, it was better to give yourself a happy one.
Therefore, as long as a large number of catapults are not clearly concentrated together, it will be difficult for the Shu army's catapults to actually attack the Jin army's catapults in a short period of time.
Nearly four hundred jars of fierce fire oil fell on the tower. In an instant, a large area of the tower was ignited by the fire oil.
After Wang Meng's order was given, the soldiers immediately loaded the catapult and loaded a jar of kerosene onto the catapult.
This is why the road to Shu is difficult. The large siege equipment of the Jin army cannot be transported directly from Si and Yong prefectures to Yizhou. Instead, the Jin army brought craftsmen to Yizhou and built them on the spot.
Due to the tense battle situation in Sizhou, Wang Meng was unwilling to wait for more time for craftsmen to build more equipment, so he started the war directly.
But if the fire oil is projected, the fire oil scattered in all directions is likely to burn a large area of enemies at once. Moreover, the chaos caused by the fire oil projected on the city wall will be even greater.
But after advancing to a certain distance, the defenders on the city tower took the lead in attacking. Flying rocks, kerosene, and rockets flew from the sky, but they did not cause many casualties to the Jin soldiers because they all hid behind the equipment to avoid the attack.
Boom...boom...boom...
However, if it's just a small-scale splash damage, it's okay. If someone is hit in the front by kerosene and his whole body is on fire, even if he is lucky enough to be saved, he will probably spend the rest of his life in pain.
.In a situation like this, it would be happier to die on the spot than to save him.
When the comrades around saw it, they immediately poured the sand and soil from their backs directly onto the soldiers, and also used the sand and soil to extinguish the fire.
"Boom...boom...boom..."
For this Yizhou war, all resources will be provided to Yizhou first. It is inconvenient to transport siege equipment to Yizhou from outside. But in comparison, transporting kerosene is not as troublesome as those large equipment. And this time
Among the strategic materials prepared by the Jin army, kerosene accounted for an important part.
There were more than 130 catapults, each projecting three jars of fire oil, which amounted to nearly 400 jars in one round.
Otherwise, if the Jin army had used thousands of trebuchets to blast directly on the Jingbei battlefield, the scene would have been even more lively than now.
As soon as the order to attack was given, one hundred and fifty catapults and sixty wells at the east gate were pushed by soldiers and kept approaching the tower.
Therefore, Wang Meng had enough confidence to continue blasting with kerosene round after round. Before the formal confrontation between the two armies, he first used his money power to severely torture the Shu army!
It can be said that the Jin army has not officially attacked the city, but it has already caused nearly a thousand casualties to the Shu army!
"Catapults! Crossbows cover! Siege troops open the way!"
"Keep blasting!" Wang Meng ordered expressionlessly.
The unlucky soldiers were affected by the kerosene and their bodies were ignited by flames, but they could not put them out and could only roll on the ground in pain.
Flying stones and kerosene continued to fall, but because the Jin army's catapults were scattered across the ground, only a few were damaged. Although the Shu army's catapults could obviously throw farther distances due to their height advantage, they could throw stones
Due to the limited technological level of ancient times, things like cars were unable to achieve precise strikes.
If it is just for pure killing, using a catapult to throw kerosene is more effective than using a catapult to throw flying stones. The probability of a catapult throwing a flying stone to hit it directly is not high. Even if it hits, it will only hit one or two.
personal.
As for the other defenders, under the command of East Gate guard Han Zeng, they also used various means to put out the fire.
As for the fire oil dropped by the Shu army, Jin soldiers in groups of three or five quickly extinguished it with sand and earth, one by one.
After paying the price of having more than a dozen catapults destroyed, the Shu army on the city tower also fell within the siege range of the Jin army's catapults.
The East Gate, which Wang Meng was in charge of, was the first to launch an attack on Chengdu City.
When Wang Meng saw this, he made a decisive decision and shouted: "Order the troops to throw chariot stones and throw fire oil."
Kerosene is already a very common means of siege in city sieges. The defenders have already prepared a large amount of sand and stones on the city wall, ready to put out fires at any time. It would be very difficult to rely on kerosene alone.
It is difficult to capture a strong city.
After ten rounds of bombing, Wang Meng began to speak slowly.
If you want to truly attack a fortified city, the first step is to fill in its moat! However, Wang Meng obviously has no intention of actually filling in the moat!
A large number of long and thick planks were pushed out by groups of soldiers, and they were quickly put on the moat, and a dozen simple "bridges" were built as quickly as possible for the brothers behind who were preparing to charge.
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Then, a large number of soldiers successively laid a thick layer of sand on top of these thick planks. As a result, even if the enemies on the city wall wanted to use kerosene to burn these simple bridges, they would have no chance of success.
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After these simple bridges were successfully laid, the next step was the most brutal knife-to-knife, flesh-to-flesh fight!
"Jing Lan steps forward to suppress us! Tell General Xiong Yan that if the drums keep beating, even if the last one is killed in the battle, he will never retreat!"
"No!" The general didn't doubt him, and immediately went down to deliver Wang Meng's order!
They had already experienced this kind of high-intensity siege battle once in Fucheng. This time, Wang Meng issued a similar order again, and the soldiers below did not hesitate!
