Boom again?

Ouyang was so strict that many generals had angry expressions on their faces.

Zheng Yuanyun is simply acting rogue.

He relied on the sufficient supplies of Iai City, so he just ignored it and used trebuchets to bombard it indiscriminately. No matter what strategy you had, just use artillery shells to blast them back.

If you want to fight like this, unless you really want to kill people, it is almost impossible to touch the wall of Iai Castle.

Zheng Yuanyun seemed to have also stolen Ouyang Lixing's arrangement in Tianyuan City and divided the trebuchet troops into groups to achieve a continuous attack mode.

It just so happened that he didn't have a lot of troops, but he had a lot of trebuchets. What Zheng Yuanyun was doing right now was to command the soldiers, regardless of their own consumption. After shooting this trebuchet, he moved to the side and continued to operate another one. It also started to work.

It has reached the same level of offensive as Tianyuan City did at that time.

However, among all the people, except Zheng Yuanyun who was not in a hurry, Ouyang Lixing was also not in a hurry.

If the other party wants to bomb, then bomb.

Ouyang Lixing acted as if he didn't see it, and the offensive on the flank was blocked again. He waved his hand again, and dozens of siege towers were pushed to the front from the Chinese army's formation.

When he saw the siege tower, Zheng Yuanyun's expression finally changed.

This... is a siege tower?

From the top of the city, he could see that the dozens of siege towers that Ouyang Lixing pushed to the front were obviously deliberately modified. Not only were the towers thicker, giving people a sense of stability, but also on the top of each siege tower.

, it is no longer a watchtower in the traditional sense, but a large platform is built on the top of the tower, with a trebuchet placed on each platform.

The role of the siege tower was originally to serve the archers, using the elevated tower body to even out the range disadvantage compared to the archers at the city head, but now a trebuchet is installed?

Of course, it’s not like no one has thought about this installation method before, but it’s just not practical.

First of all, the repulsive force produced by a trebuchet when it fires is far beyond that of a bow and arrow. If it is mounted on a siege tower, generally speaking, it can only fire one or two shots. After that, due to the repulsive force,

Either the trebuchet will be knocked off the top of the tower, or the entire siege tower will be knocked down.

Secondly, the main function of the siege tower is to transport troops and hide the soldiers in the tower. The entire siege tower will be covered with a layer of wet cowhide. In addition to increasing the defense, it can also play a role in fire prevention. As for the inside of the tower,

Archers serve for the advancement of the siege tower and are used to harass the opponent's offensive during the advancement process.

If the trebuchet is set up on the top of the tower like this, then the entire siege tower must be built extremely large. In this case, the flexibility will be greatly lost, and due to the powerful recoil of the trebuchet, even if it is launched

After one shot, the entire siege tower was not knocked down, but it was normal for the tower to fall back due to the shock.

A siege tower used for charging does not advance but retreats during the advancement process. The more it attacks, the further it is shaken. What is the use of it?

The trebuchet set up on the top of the tower can barely smooth out the range gap with the trebuchet on the top of the garrison, but at most it is at the same level.

In other words, when I can't hit you, you can't hit me, but when you can hit me, I can also hit you.

If you want to use a trebuchet to counter the trebuchet, Ouyang Lixing will have to push the siege tower into the opponent's range, so that you can engage in counterattack.

But he only had dozens of these weird siege towers, and what he had to face were hundreds of them that had been prepared at the top of Iai City. The two sides were not even of the same magnitude in terms of numbers.

It is estimated that before Ouyang Lixing could give the order to fire, the siege towers that entered the attack range of Iihe City would be hit by a volley of stones. It would be considered good if he could only defend ten of his pitiful dozens.

Ten trebuchet shells hit the head of Iai Castle?

What's the difference between that and tickling?

Moreover, there is a high probability that you can only make one attack and be overwhelmed by the opponent's offensive.

Can such a big city be destroyed with only ten cannonballs?

Of course not.

It's not easy to say whether ten rounds, or even a hundred rounds, can blast a gap in the solid wall of Iai City.

So Zheng Yuanyun doesn't quite understand what Ouyang Lixing's operation is?

However, what shocked him was that Ouyang Lixing had indeed revealed these dozens of siege towers, but it was obvious that he did not intend to push these siege towers forward to attack Iihe City, but only to reveal them.

Just for a brief moment, he stood at the forefront of the formation.

What is this for?

Zheng Yuanyun frowned slightly. He thought about it again and again, but still couldn't figure out the purpose of Ouyang Lixing's actions.

Could it be that Ouyang Lixing had already prepared these siege towers before coming to Juhe City, but now he saw that they were of no use and was unwilling to do so, so he launched them for display?

Isn't that too childish?

Shaking his head, although he couldn't figure out Ouyang Lixing's purpose, what was visible to the naked eye was that the other party still could not pose any threat to Iihe City.

With sufficient material reserves, Zheng Yuanyun will not be stingy with resources at all. No matter what his strategy is, he will just bombard them with one shot.

Ouyang was determined not to move, and he was also happy to save the soldiers' physical strength. Originally, he was using the procrastination technique. As long as he could delay the reinforcements, the victory of this battle would be in his pocket.

If you want to delay, let’s delay.

Therefore, after the slightest contact between the two sides, not a single soldier died, only stones were thrown on the ground, and then fell into a state of silence.

Not long after, messenger soldiers came from the left and right sides of the city gate to report back. Ouyang Lixing's troops had already arrived. However, under Zheng Yuanyun's prior arrangements, the gates on both sides also implemented arrogant and brutal strategies. In short,

It doesn't matter who you are, as long as you dare to cross the thunder pool even half a step, you will just throw stones and fire a volley to block the road.

This strategy was undoubtedly very successful. Apart from not killing Ouyang Lixing's soldiers, the effect was very obvious. This round, Ihe City was defended impregnably.

Then there is the rear city gate.

Ouyang Lixing probably gave an order. If the gates on the left and right sides still cannot be breached, then go around the rear gate.

However, in the direction of the city gate here, Zheng Yuanyun deployed heavily armored cavalry.

Ouyang Lixing's troops of more than 300,000 people bypassed the city gate, but before they could get close to the city gate, they saw the heavy cavalry already in charge roaring towards them like a torrent of steel. They were so frightened that they quickly retreated and pulled, but at least they did not let go.

The heavy cavalry collided head-on, but also lost a small part of its troops.
Chapter completed!