Before nightfall, many people were trapped in it and could not see the number of Northern Wei cavalry who arrived first. The dark atmosphere and the thick smell of dust were like the prelude to a sandstorm.
Many generals in the cavalry immediately noticed that the atmosphere here was a bit strange. They smelled the thick smell of blood in the rushing river ahead, and looked at Zhongli City, which was still calm at this time. Their lazy faces gradually became
Get serious.
There must be a big problem in this.
In a war like this, problems mean life and death for many people.
Chariots and carriages arrived one after another from the rear of the cavalry.
These chariots and carriages were towing military supplies, with ordnance accounting for the vast majority, and not much food and grass.
Because there were no decent battles along the way, and no large groups of Southern Dynasty troops were found, these chariots and carriages did not deliberately maintain their formations, and gradually stopped in a large open space behind the cavalry.
The first infantry unit from behind, which arrived after a long time, filled all the gaps between the carriages and horses, and then a large number of large ordnance and heavily armored sergeants arrived.
A large number of ordnances that were as tall as ladders but thicker brought a strong sense of oppression to the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty below.
In particular, there are several fully equipped "mountain jumping vehicles". This is a new type of catapult that was put into use on the battlefield for the first time by Wang Yuanying's Seiko Workshop in Zhongshan. This type of catapult is different from most of the previous catapult-type catapults in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
It uses a winch to lift heavy objects. At the moment when the slingshot throws the object, the weight at one end also drops sharply, which brings a more powerful projectile ability. The heavy stone projected by the ordinary catapult is only eighty or ninety kilograms, and it can be shot for about a hundred steps, but
This new type of catapult put into the battlefield by this workshop in the Northern Wei Dynasty has more than doubled the range, and can project heavy stones of more than 150 kilograms.
The only flaw of this kind of catapult is that it is huge, and after some winches are disassembled, it is difficult for ordinary sergeants to reset it. Therefore, it has been used as a fixed ordnance in the defense of some important cities in the Northern Wei Dynasty. For such a long journey, each catapult needs at least
More than 250 sergeants can move forward using rolling logs and horses towing them.
For such a large army, war horses and enough manpower are not a problem. The difficulty lies only in the terrain.
This kind of huge ordnance can only choose to march on flat terrain, and it is impossible to cross steep terrain. Even in some valley and hilly areas where ordinary cavalry can walk on the flat ground, you must be extremely careful when towing this huge ordnance.
Prevent it from overturning.
If it were toppled over and smashed down, not only would some sergeants die, but the lives of some ordinary sergeants would be incomparable to the value of such a giant ordnance.
When these huge weapons, brought along with the army during the long journey, arrived, they were like showing the miracles of the Northern Wei Dynasty. When their huge bodies blocked the last rays of light in the western sky, their huge shadows shrouded the heads of many sergeants, chariots and horses.
When they were on board, Xi Ruyu, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Wei Dynasty, who was on the extremely wide and heavy chariot, asked the military advisor beside him, "How do you plan to start?"
"Break the city wall and lay the floating structures at the same time."
The military advisor looked at the Zhongli North Wall, which was gradually shrouded in darkness, and at the Southern Dynasty people who were still standing like javelins. His voice was slightly cold and he said: "Their morale is pretty good now. I want to break their morale directly first."
, use ordnance to directly blast through the north wall, smash their city wall, kill some people, and make them lose the advantage of the city wall. I will see if they still have morale."
Xi Ruyu was sure that his military advisor was what he thought, and he was even more sure that there was nothing wrong with his mentality at this time.
"Then let's begin."
He nodded extremely simply and said.
Several stern but not loud military orders sounded, followed by more military orders like a tide.
The main force of the Northern Wei army had not yet completely stopped, but the more than 30,000 vanguard troops in front who had been silent for a long time seemed to be whipped by many invisible whips and all moved into action.
Along with countless shouts, a large area became vacant, making way for the main army in the rear.
The sound waves and the breath of the army's movement seemed to have formed a substance, and the heat in the air beat the entire Zhongli City in waves. Seeing this kind of scene that could only be recorded in history books appeared so realistically in front of me,
All the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty were in a daze.
"This wall cannot be defended."
A woman's voice sounded calmly at this moment.
Lin Yi turned around and looked at Bai Yuelu who spoke out at this time.
Bai Yuelu walked directly to Lin Yi and stood side by side with him.
She had a completely different stance from all the Southern Dynasty people here, but looking at the more than 100,000 Northern Wei army, she knew very well that if a miracle didn't happen, this would probably be the last time she spent with Lin Yi.
She looked at the movements of the Northern Wei army in the darkness and said slowly: "Some ordnance can directly attack the north wall where we are at the edge of Jiangxin Continent. In more than an hour at most, this wall should be destroyed in many places.
."
Many Southern Dynasty soldiers on the city wall looked at her with suspicion, but Lin Yi had no doubt at all.
He nodded slowly and said: "But it is impossible for us to prevent their weapons from being transported to Jiangxinzhou."
"Any commander who is capable of commanding such a large army has more battle experience than us. They will not make mistakes in these links. It is not just a matter of pontoons. They should be equipped with ships with heavy loads."
Bai Yuelu looked at Lin Yi calmly and said: "Since you regard me as your military advisor, I have the responsibility to remind you. In addition to the time they spent using ordnance to attack the city, you should have nearly two hours left here.
In the two hours, you should try your best to build some defense lines behind the north wall, so that after the north wall is damaged, their heavy cavalry and heavy armor assault will not be flat."
This sentence is her inner voice.
It was difficult for Lin Yi to understand her mood at this time, but as a Northern Wei person, even if she decided to assist Lin Yi as the Tiece Army's military advisor from the beginning, it was particularly heavy for her to say these words now.
Lin Yi knew very well what kind of impact the large influx of heavy cavalry and heavy-armored sergeants would have on the sergeants in the city. He nodded, turned to look at Wang Chaozong and other generals, and said: "We need to directly
Abandon the north wall, but don’t let the Northern Wei people outside see it."
"good."
Wang Chaozong nodded directly and walked back.
He and Lin Yi didn't even have an in-depth conversation, but it was like this on the battlefield. Being able to face death calmly together meant that they were the same kind of people, just like best friends who had known each other for many years.
"I'll take Xue Jiu and the others there too."
Qi Zhuji also walked towards the bottom of the city wall. He thought that he might not be as good as Chaozong when it came to large battle formations and dispatching troops, but when it came to cleverness, small tricks, and insidious ambush, he felt that sometimes he would think even more.