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Chapter 159 Ye City Offensive and Defensive Battle

at the same time.

Outside Yecheng.

Zhang He's camp.

Zhang He's [-] army Chen Bing was outside the city of Ye, and now the siege equipment was almost ready.

Ladders, simple siege engines, catapults, crash cars
Zhang Yun sent General Shi Tian Feng to find him, and the two discussed how to capture Yecheng next.

After capturing Ye City, even if they have a foothold, when the eldest son Yuan Tan comes, there will be a place to preside over the overall situation, right?

"Military division, you can see that our siege equipment is almost ready."

"Early tomorrow morning, I will prepare to attack the city."

"I still can't make up my mind whether to attack only one side, or to attack from all sides." Zhang Yun asked Tian Feng, the military adviser.

Now, Yecheng has been surrounded.

Zhang Yun's soldiers and horses were all around from east to west, north to south, and [-] troops surrounded the city of Ye.

Tian Feng pondered for a moment, and said to Zhang He: "Junyi, we don't have enough siege equipment now. If it is used for one side siege, it is barely enough, but if it is for four-sided siege, once these siege equipment are scattered, I am afraid that it will be difficult for all sides to attack the city." Put pressure on."

"Cao Mengde's support may arrive at any time. If we delay for a few more days to build siege equipment, if Cao Mengde arrives, our previous efforts will be wasted."

"My opinion is to concentrate superior forces and storm the front."

"Since the enemy's strength is insufficient, then we can give them the greatest pressure by attacking the front without stopping."

"Our army has sufficient strength and can be divided into three waves. The three waves attack alternately and repair in turn. However, the enemy's strength is insufficient and cannot alternately defend."

"It won't be long before they become tired teachers, and Yecheng will be fine."

Tian Feng's suggestion is very correct. Although they have a lot of troops, they don't have enough siege equipment.

Without siege equipment, no matter how many troops they have, they will not be able to touch the enemy on the city wall.

Therefore, for the current plan, it is better to fight with wheels and storm the front wall.

Zhang He followed Tian Feng's suggestion and divided his 5000 troops into three waves, one with [-] people, attacking Yecheng in turn.

There were 5000 people in the first wave, and a total of 5000 people in the third wave. Where did the remaining 5000 people go?

The remaining 5000 people were used by Zhang Yun as scouts and set up checkpoints around Yecheng, always on guard against Cao's reinforcements coming.

The next morning.

Zhang He's army and the siege equipment lined up under the city wall.

Yuan Jun was all wearing khaki armor, standing at the front were Yuan Jun's sword and shield soldiers.

They stood in front of them with round shields in one hand, while pushing the siege vehicles towards the city wall.

Behind the siege vehicle, there are a large number of Yuan Jun soldiers carrying ladders.

And the ones at the end are the archers and the catapults.

"Catapult ready!"

"Put stones!"

"Hit me on the city wall!"

Following the order of the messenger, Yuan Jun's catapult took the lead in attacking the city wall.

In this era, the catapult can be said to be the strongest long-range weapon.

In an instant, countless boulders were thrown towards the city wall of Ye City.

Su Ming was directing on the city wall at the moment, he knew that Yuan Jun's catapults were rushing to attack, which was covering for the siege vehicles below.

The catapult suppressed fire so that the siege engine below could reach the city wall.

"My lord, it's time for us to fight back!"

"We are on the city, condescending, our catapults can shoot farther than theirs." Tai Shici shouted towards Su Ming.

However, Su Ming lowered his hands and said in a deep voice, "No counterattack is allowed. Without my order, the catapult is not allowed to counterattack."

"Everyone hides under the city wall and avoids the boulders."

Zhang He used a catapult to throw stones on the top of the city wall. In fact, this was just loud thunder and little rain.

It looks like a huge force, but in fact, the casualties caused are not large.

First of all, in this era, the accuracy of the catapult is particularly poor.

Basically, it relies on the cluster effect to kill and injure the enemy with a large number of stones.

A large number of stones either did not hit the city wall, or they were smashed, and they hit the inside of the city wall.

Only a very small number of stones fell on the city wall, and the city wall was protected by wall stacks. They all hid under the wall stacks, and it was difficult for these stones to hit them.

On the contrary, if Su Ming and the others used catapults to smash down from top to bottom, condescending, it would be able to cause great damage to Yuan Jun.

However, Su Ming gave an order not to fight back.

Why wasn't Su Ming allowed to fight back?

That's because Su Ming's goal is not to kill these Yuan Jun soldiers, but to destroy Yuan Jun's siege equipment as soon as possible.

Zhang Xi's troops were sufficient, and it was harmless to him to kill his thousand or eight hundred soldiers with catapults.

Su Ming deeply understands one thing, that is, the key factor for whether Zhang Xi can capture the city wall is the siege equipment.

After all, people can't fly with wings. After the siege equipment was destroyed, Zhang He couldn't touch the people on the city wall even though he had too many troops.

As long as Su Ming can destroy Zhang Xi's siege equipment, even if he wants to continue building the siege equipment, he will have to delay for a day or two.

The reason why Su Ming didn't allow the catapult to fight back, instead used the catapult to hit them condescendingly.

It was because Su Ming was waiting.

What is Su Ming waiting for? He is waiting for these siege machines to approach. After these siege machines get close to the city wall, he can concentrate his firepower and destroy these siege machines in large numbers.

It's just that there is a war now, so there is not so much time for Su Ming to explain.

Therefore, the soldiers on the city wall didn't understand why the general didn't let us fight back!
However, on the battlefield, military orders fell like mountains.

Su Ming said that no counterattack is allowed, so the soldiers on the city wall can only hide behind the wall.

At this time, the sound of "rumbling, rumbling" came from my ear.

These sounds are the sound of the siege equipment approaching under the city.

"General, can we fight or not!" A small school principal shouted at Su Ming with a solemn expression.

Su Ming directed to the small principal: "Report the location!"

"General, the enemy army is three hundred feet away from us!"

"General, the enemy army is two hundred feet away from us!"

"General, the enemy army is a hundred feet away from us!" The small colonel stuck his head out of the city wall, constantly observing the enemy's position, and reporting at any time.

When he heard Baizhang, Su Ming knew that he could do it.

One hundred feet, or three hundred steps.

The enemy's siege equipment is all large objects. Even if the accuracy of the catapult is poor, it should be able to hit it at a distance of [-] steps.

"The catapult is ready!"

"Three hit one, aim for me!"

"Give me priority in attacking the enemy's siege vehicles, and crash these large siege vehicles!" Su Ming gave the order.

(End of this chapter)