59. The sky is chilling through Chang'an, and the city is full of basalt armor
"Tamako-chan, the effect seems to be surprisingly good. ()"
On the distant city wall, flames shot into the sky, and from time to time the enemy's wails could be heard. Even though the enemy did not suffer any real battle damage for a while, such a state had a huge impact on morale.
The most important thing is that the enemy can no longer even stand on top of the city.
This was just the result of three volleys fired by the trebuchets.
"Hmph~ It's just a little bit of special seasoning added to it. The reason those guys are what they are now is not because we are so good, it's all because those guys are a bunch of idiots, and they are idiots with little knowledge."
Su Xiaoluoli didn't seem to appreciate Li Shushi's compliment at first glance. She not only snorted lightly, but also turned her head to the side, looking like "I won't accept such a compliment."
Well, as an old married couple, Li Shushi understands that this is not Loli's tsundere, but Loli's coquettishness.
"It's true that the enemy is an idiot, but wouldn't it be super awesome if Tamago-chan can do such powerful things to turn an originally powerful enemy into an idiot? So let's give it a hug, my Tamago-chan is amazing~
"
"Who, who cares about your compliments and hugs? This is a battlefield, don't, don't touch me!"
Well, even though I said no, no, why did I take the initiative to lean in just now? This body is honestly a bit too much!
All in all, with everyone ignoring them, Li Shushi and Su Xiaoluoli hugged each other and enjoyed the annual drama - roasting a living person in a blazing fire.
I always feel that by doing this, I feel like the king of Shang Zhou who held Daji while watching the fire.
The enemy was not helpless against the fire in front of them. After all, similar scenes were not unfamiliar to the Flying Bear Army who had followed Li Shushi in his expedition to the Western Regions. Many of them had experienced the power of those dark kerosene. It was just that
They couldn't think of it for a moment, but when they saw that the straw curtains used to set fire and covered with wet mud not only failed to prevent fire, but also exploded violently when they were splashed by the blazing flames, they
I basically know it in my mind.
However, it would take a certain amount of time to transport fire-extinguishing materials such as sand and soil that were not originally thought of. During this time, they could only watch the Bingzhou Army outside the city carry out their plans in an orderly manner.
When they returned to the city wall, they could only helplessly look at the city that was already in a mess.
All the fortifications outside the city on the west side that hindered the enemy's attack have been destroyed, and even the roots of the city wall have been dug into several increasingly large holes. Although it can be repaired again at night. But this was achieved on the first day.
To such an extent, it made their already low expectations even worse.
Although the Bingzhou Army did not take advantage of the situation to attack the city, and even withdrew the troops originally working under the city, they now have bigger troubles to deal with - although the ground under their feet is no longer raging with flames, the temperature is still definitely not that of ordinary people.
Even to the level that ordinary objects can withstand. When you stand on it, your HP will continue to drop uncontrollably by a small but constant amount. I'm afraid it won't take long for a battle-hardened veteran to die heroically.
It's not like no one thought of using clean water to cool down the place, but as soon as this idea came out, it was blocked by others.
Not all of these soldiers of the Xiliang Army were masons. They knew very well that the most common method when mining huge stones was to use fire to roast the surface of the stone, and then splash it with cold water. Under the action of thermal expansion and contraction,
, cracks will appear in the originally intact stone, and masons can gradually mine the stone along the cracks and carry out further processing.
In other words, in this case, pouring water on the city head can relieve the heat on the city head, but it will seriously damage the durability of the city wall and allow the projectiles fired by the enemy's trebuchet to have a greater effect.
This is truly a real-life version of "self-destructing city walls".
The people in Bingzhou are really cruel.
However, they soon discovered that they had reached this conclusion prematurely, because the people of Bingzhou quickly sent them refreshing "cannonballs" - skin bags filled with clean water.
Although the hit rate was much lower, the projectiles that landed on the city still taught the people of Xiliang a vivid physics lesson. The cracks that continued to spread on the city wall were enough to make everyone who saw it feel frightened.
The battle between the Bingzhou Army and the Xiliang Army on the west wall of Chang'an has not caused any battle damage from the beginning to the present, but the blow to the morale of the Xiliang Army has been unprecedented. As the defender, Li Ying has begun to doubt that if Bingzhou Army
If a person really launches a charge, how long can he and his soldiers sustain it?
Although this is just an idea, the most terrifying thing about scaring people is never the malice of others, but the imagination of scaring yourself - it is difficult for outsiders to know your own psychological bottom line, but you are always moving towards your best.
Poke where you are afraid.
If you are not careful, there will be a snap, and the defense line will collapse.
Of course, after all, they were the elite of the Xiliang Army. It would not be easy for them to collapse with just this kind of fright. If Li Shushi and his Bingzhou Army had not left a very deep impression on their hearts, their spirits would not even be strong.
Suffered such a huge blow.
After all, many of them had seen with their own eyes the enemies across from them in the Western Regions, and their former comrades-in-arms were still able to charge forward bravely despite the hundreds of thousands of Xianbei troops.
At least the people of Xiliang respected such people and could not hold their proud chin high in front of such warriors.
Enduring the hot feeling coming from the wall, enduring the cracked city wall that would collapse without knowing when, their eyes looked firmly at the familiar handsome flag on the opposite side.
Come on horseback!
They respect the enemy on the opposite side, and it is precisely because of this respect that they cannot tolerate themselves appearing in front of the enemy with a humble performance. This is the pride of the Xiliang Army, even if it may be just the last pride.
As for Li Shushi, Ma Teng was actually ready to surrender. But every time he thought of his lovely sons still living under Li Shushi's "devil's claws", he kept encouraging himself: Hold on a little longer, hold on a little longer...
However, he also had to admit that Li Shushi's "incendiary bombs" fired by trebuchets were really effective, especially against wooden camps. If corresponding protective measures were not taken, strategic attack formations could only be placed to deal with them.
This natural attack obviously has no defensive effect at all. Until then...
Tsk tsk, a camp in a sea of fire is many times scarier than a city in a sea of fire.
Then, Ma Teng saw the expression on Li Shushi's face become serious.
"Can we do the test today?"
The craftsmen belonging to Su Xiaoluoli worked in teams of two, and a total of ten people carried five tightly sealed wooden boxes. Each craftsman's face was as serious as Li Shushi. From their carefulness
Judging from the behavior of carrying the wooden box, it must be that the wooden box contains something very scary.
After all, those "incendiary bombs" just now didn't see the opponent looking like a formidable enemy.
"You really want to experiment with these guys now and don't plan to trick them once. This is not like your style."
"Although I don't know what 'my style' you are talking about is. But I only smell a strong sense of malice from you, Tamago-chan."
"Hey~ now my nose suddenly becomes easy to use."
"Um... I'm talking about my lord and mistress. What on earth is this thing? Is it really dangerous?"
Seeing Ma Teng becoming cautious due to his influence, Li Shushi wanted to laugh, but in order to let the other party have a practical understanding of things that had not yet been officially unveiled, he could only continue to control his expression.
"Ah, maybe you don't believe it, but this thing is an enhanced version of the special shells fired just now. According to previous experiments, if this thing explodes around here, it is estimated that you and I will be killed. Of course, these are
Based on the results of some simple experiments and 'theoretical calculations', no one is completely sure of how powerful it actually is."
"This, is this thing really that powerful?!"
"I'm not sure what the upper limit is, but it should at least be several times stronger than those cannonballs that can only burn."
This time, Ma Teng's face turned green. He felt that he might need to re-evaluate the terrifying degree of his new lord - the external evaluations did not reflect the ferocious destructiveness of this crazy couple.
As for the bet?
Forget it, God knows what crazier things Li Shushi can come up with.
Even if Ma Chao and Ma Dai are no longer there, after all, there are still mistress Ma Xiu and mistress Ma Tie, so there is no need to continue to treat yourself badly.
Seeing that Li Shushi was a little hesitant because Ma Teng readily admitted defeat, Su Xiaololi immediately waved to the craftsmen to carry the wooden box away again, and then looked at Li Shushi with a smile on her face, her eyes full of the small pride that her plan had succeeded.
By the way, he made a bet with Ma Teng, why are you so proud of your caviar?
Well, Li Shushi is obviously venting his frustration about not being able to eat caviar.
Ahem, the caviar thing definitely refers to that world-famous delicacy, and it definitely does not mean to refer to a certain cute lolita.
By the way, would anyone believe what he said?
Okay, let's turn our attention back to the battlefield.
The first day's attack was a test for both sides. The battle losses were quite optimistic given the not too aggressive offensive of the Bingzhou Army outside the city. Although the Bingzhou Army was tormented by the Bingzhou Army from morning to night.
It was quite a disaster, but overall, this level of intensity was far from harsh for the Xiliang Army.
They did not fight with their lives when they followed Dong Zhuo.
But just such an attacking rhythm made Li Jue and Guo Bang's eyes twitch, and they both looked embarrassed.
Obviously, they had smelled the atmosphere of conspiracy floating into the city from outside the city.
However, this is just the instinctive intuition of battlefield veterans about the battlefield situation, reminding them that danger is coming and they need to stay away from the source of danger as soon as possible. But now they are trapped in the isolated city, doing the last desperate fight, even if there is real danger, they can only
If you continue to stay in this isolated city, how can you choose to stay away from the danger that is just intuitive?
Not to mention that since entering Chang'an, apart from racking their brains for court calculations, they have been away from the battlefield for a long time. The only reason they have such an intuition for danger is because of the paranoia caused by being played many times by those cunning courtiers. In fact,
If they were really asked to search and deduce the source of the danger, they would most likely blame it on the unstable factors in the city.
That was the variable they were most worried about.
Night falls.
Although the offensive and defensive battle during the day was not very intense, it was extremely torturous for the defenders of Chang'an City. The Bingzhou Army outside the city seemed to need no rest, harassing them one after another.
They, they dare not relax yet, because they don't know which wave or waves the Bingzhou Army will increase its offensive intensity and catch them off guard.
Due to lack of manpower, the sheep and horse walls and the secret doors on the city wall that were originally used to hinder the enemy and delay the enemy's attack could not be effectively used. The former and the moat were even destroyed by the Bingzhou army using various means including trebuchets.
Several roads were opened under each city wall for siege. It can be said that it only took one day for the Bingzhou Army to basically complete the first phase of the siege.
Among them, the Xiliang Army on the west wall was the busiest.
The Bingzhou Army opposite them did not even send out an attack force, but it forced the Xiliang Army to toss up and down countless times. Those "incendiary bombs" that had almost numbed the Xiliang Army not only destroyed the city wall
It turned into a sea of fire, and several artillery shells with poor aiming crossed the city wall, causing a fire behind the city wall - even though all the houses there had been demolished before the war. But the "incendiary bombs"
"The power of "obviously ignores this point.
If the Bingzhou Army takes the opportunity to attack, maybe the Xiliang Army will give up the work of putting out the fire. However, under the "passive" response of the Bingzhou Army, the Xiliang Army still has to divide its troops and organize the people to carry out fire-fighting work. After all, they are also afraid of the uncontrollable fire.
The fire will burn the city of Chang'an to ashes, just like Luoyang, and then the Xiliang army will really have no choice but to surrender or kill themselves.
Li Shushi outside the city also didn't want this situation to happen.
As a result, once night fell, except for the necessary night patrol troops, the Xiliang Army defenders in the west almost all fell asleep in a short time. They needed a good dream to relieve the fatigue accumulated during the day.
Whether it's physical or mental.
"Lord, is it time for us to go out and have some fun?"
At this time, a group of young people with high fighting spirit gathered around Li Shushi. They had just had dinner and rested for a whole day, which also put their spirits in a highly excited stage. The most important thing is that there were noises coming from other directions during the day.
The shouts of killing have aroused their fighting spirit, and now they need a place where they can vent.
And this place is obviously opposite them, those poor people who are destined to be unlucky.
Well, speaking of the art of war, when it comes to siege operations, the emphasis is on "encircling three buildings and one". That is to say, when fighting a siege, the enemy must not be completely surrounded and a way of life must be left for them. This is naturally not because of some bullshit Chinese habit.
Everything you do must make mistakes and leave loopholes, but it is a kind of psychological warfare used to undermine the enemy's fighting spirit.
Although it cannot be said that the method of "surrounding three and one" must be followed in every situation, because it has become a rigid dogma without flexibility, but in any case, if you don't even understand such simple psychological warfare, you still have to pretend to understand and do it.
It would really be a joke to flog it so much. If it didn't make the enemy fight back desperately and hurt both sides, it would definitely be a plot.
Especially on this ancient cold weapon battlefield.
For example, the Bingzhou Army that is currently surrounding Chang'an is not because Li Shushi does not know the principle of surrounding three buildings. It is just because the previous test has confirmed the determination of the defenders to hold on. In addition, they are coming with great momentum. Now,
Even if you adopt the strategy of surrounding three towers and one tower, it will be difficult for the defenders to be fooled.
Not to mention that the fatigue tactics he is adopting now are similar to those of Siege Sanque to a certain extent, that is, using various means to undermine the morale of the defenders and shake their belief in holding on to the city, thereby reducing the possibility of siege warfare.
Huge casualties occurred.
Led by the short but agile Le Jin, Ma Teng's carefully selected elite quietly approached the base of the Chang'an City wall and quickly set up a simple long ladder for climbing.
The enemies on top of the city obviously lacked enough vigilance about this. Not to mention the soldiers patrolling back and forth, even the slightest sound of a sentry standing guard somewhere being shot down did not attract their attention.
Is this just too tiring or is it intentional?
Li Shushi, who was standing at the back, frowned slightly, but had no intention of changing his original plan.
"Lord, with the enemy's lax defense, why don't we try to attack by force?"
"I'm afraid it will be difficult. After all, it won't be long before the other gates will also move, which will definitely affect our side. No matter how fast the defenders sleep, there is no way there will be no reaction to such a big movement. Moreover,
Although their morale will be affected to a certain extent now, it is still very early before collapse, so it is best to be careful."
Regarding Li Shushi's caution, Ma Teng just suggested it and then stopped saying anything. He was only a little impulsive. After all, the main force in this operation to conquer the city was the Ma family brothers and members of the Ma family army. If there was really a chance to win,
The city gate not only brought shame to the Ma family army, but also allowed the two young masters of the Ma family to gain more attention from the Bingzhou army.
But as Li Shushi said, the risk of such an idea is still a bit high. When it comes to his son's achievements and safety, Ma Teng is obviously more inclined to the latter. Even the order given to Ma Jiajun who participated in the operation is
Prioritize protecting the two young masters of the Ma family and prevent them from being concentrated attacks by the enemy.
I really pity the hearts of parents in the world.
Well, especially those controlled by my son.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
"Dong dong dong dong..."
And just as Ma Teng looked at the moving black shadow at the top of the city with a slightly contradictory mood, a series of noisy sounds suddenly appeared from all directions, like bamboo shoots after the rain.
Pan Sen: Suddenly I felt dizzy and nauseous, and my whole body felt bad. (To be continued...)
