The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 661 The battle to destroy the country
So many siege engines, especially medium and large ones, really surprised McCarran.

How did the Han people create so many siege engines in such a short period of time?
Even though the Han army advanced rapidly, he did not have time to build up strong defenses and clear the fields.

However, as a strategic point in the north, a certain degree of cleanup is routinely carried out around the city of Balkh.

"Is the Han army really here to destroy the country?" McAllen muttered as he looked at the forest of catapults and crossbow carts under the city and suddenly realized something.

Thousands of medium and large siege machines are simply a waste of resources to attack the city of Balkh, which is only guarded by 20,000 soldiers. The enemy's goal is definitely not limited to this.

You know, even when the Kushans once mobilized the entire country's army to attack Sindhu, the number of these medium and large siege weapons they carried was only two or three hundred.

The Han army was able to prepare and assemble siege equipment of such a scale in a short period of time. Such mobilization capabilities and war potential were simply unheard of.

At this moment, McCarran deeply felt how wise General Hussein's previous strategy of defending to the death was.

I also slowly pieced together the information I received during this period and understood the full picture of the entire battle.

The Han army had long been aware of their own change of generals, and may have even been the one who orchestrated the matter, luring Singh into a massive attack, and then taking the opportunity to set up an ambush and annihilate the main force of the defenders, and then quickly moved south and easily captured the northern border of Kushan.

But looking at the catapults and crossbows that were far beyond the range of bows and crossbows, McAllen fell into self-doubt again.

"How is this going?"

Is the other party just putting it out for viewing, preparing to persuade people to surrender?
However, under McAllen's puzzled gaze, Gao Lan had already ordered the catapults and crossbow carts to load them with boulders and crossbow arrows.

"put!"

Accompanied by Gao Lan's order.

Under McAllen's incredulous gaze, countless boulders and crossbow arrows actually smashed towards the city wall.

It hit the city wall directly from an unimaginable distance.

Continuous collision sounds and screams continued to ring around me.

Gao Lan watched this scene from afar and smiled faintly.

Sir, times have changed!
When the Mohists increased the power of the catapult to the level of the Huihui cannon, which was originally only to appear more than a thousand years later, sieges were no longer as difficult as before.

The catapults, which originally played a more suppressive and deterrent role, can now cause considerable damage to the city walls.

McAllen watched helplessly as a huge rock smashed through the thick wall at the rear, nailing the entire brick and the defenders into the houses behind.

Countless stone bullets whistled, and the city wall beneath his feet shook violently.

"Is this still a catapult?" McAllen muttered to himself in disbelief.

Gao Lan was watching this scene with great excitement.

This specially made counterweight catapult was more powerful and more accurate than he had imagined.

Judging from the situation, he can take the city before Yuan Shao arrives.

However, Xun Chen on the side said calmly: "Pay attention to the rhythm, this play has not yet been finished."

Upon hearing this, Gao Lan immediately suppressed his excitement and nodded with a little depression.

Xun Chen smiled slightly and looked far away in the direction of the Kushan capital.

It won’t be long before that stubborn king hears the news from the north. I wonder what’s going on with Cao Mengde and Liu Xuande.

Cao Cao, facing the Kushan army that was like a turtle shrinking in its shell and had no way to attack it, deeply felt Singh's helplessness.

Hussein, this veteran general not only has outstanding abilities, but is also unique in defense. Especially when paired with the extremely agile mountain soldiers and the dangerous terrain, he is truly impeccable.

Even he couldn't do anything about it.

Even if Cao Cao no longer hid and stationed his army diagonally behind Hussein's camp, the enemy still held on.

The two sides were deadlocked again.

But this also achieved Yuan Shao's original goal and tied down one group of troops.

Similarly, after receiving the news, Liu Bei and the other three kings, who had just slightly stabilized the situation in the south, also began to prepare for the Northern Expedition.

At that time, the capital of the Kushan Empire was Fulusha.

The golden cup in Bo Diaoguo's hand fell to the ground with a clang, and the wine flowed like a blood-red stream on the marble floor.

He didn't care at all, but stared at the messenger and said sternly: "How dare you lie about military intelligence! Someone come!"

Upon hearing this, the messenger immediately fell to the ground, his forehead pressed against the cold ground: "Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. General Singh... has died in battle."

"The Han army has taken over the northern border and has sent hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege the city of Balkh. There are only about 10,000 defenders left in the city, and it is about to be broken!"

There were sudden gasps in the hall.

Bo Diao turned around suddenly, his eyes swept across the ministers, and finally landed on Dipper: "Is this the strategy of exchanging generals you mentioned? This is the opportunity to break the deadlock you mentioned!"

Upon hearing this, Dipper felt his legs go weak and he immediately fell to the ground. He said in fear, "Your Highness, I am also devoted to the country! I did not expect this result from the plan proposed by my retainer!"

"Where is that retainer? Call him over!" Bo Diao said in a cold tone.

Dipper slumped on the ground, cold sweat soaking his luxurious brocade robe, and stammered, "Your Majesty... that guest suddenly... suddenly disappeared three days ago."

Bodiao's temples were throbbing and he kicked over the bronze lampstand beside him, causing flames to spread all over the Persian carpet.

"What a 'devoted to the country'!" He drew the scimitar from his waist and stabbed it into Dipper's abdomen again and again until he screamed and died.

Then, still unsatisfied, he held up a knife and said to the guards on both sides: "Drag this guy's body out and feed it to the dogs!"

Looking at Bo Tiao, who was holding a scimitar and half of his body was covered in blood, all the ministers in the hall were startled and lowered their heads.

Faced with such a tyrant, they dared not say a word.

Among all the ministers, only Zalwan spoke tremblingly: "Your Highness, calm down! The most urgent task is to dispatch troops to help Balkh City."

"If Balkh is captured and the northern border is completely lost, the enemy will be able to march straight south and the capital will also be under their attack. We will be in danger!"

You know, the city of Balkh is the key to the northern border and is also the closest to Fulusha among the four surrounding borders.

Because the Kushans originated from the north.

The distance between Balkh City and Fulusha is only a thousand miles, and the cavalry can arrive there in less than five days by rapid march.

Bodiao turned towards Zalwan holding the blood-stained scimitar. Blood drops from the blade dripped onto the ground, spreading dark red flowers on the pure white marble.

"Mobilize troops? What will we use to mobilize troops?"

"There are only a hundred thousand troops in the capital right now. The Han people in the south will definitely head north when they hear the news. The Han people in the east have already blocked Hussein's way, and Surya in the west has evil ambitions."

"At this time, where can I mobilize troops? Does the king still need them?"

(End of this chapter)