Chapter 159 Attack and Defense of Yecheng

Author: Zimu Feiyang

Chapter 159 Attack and Defense of Yecheng

at the same time.

Outside Yecheng.

Zhang He camp.

Zhang He's 50,000-strong army is outside Yecheng. Now, the siege equipment is almost complete.

Ladders, simple siege engines, catapults, rams

Zhang He 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, they will have a place to take charge of the overall situation.

"Military advisor, you see our siege equipment is almost ready."

"I will prepare to attack the city early tomorrow morning."

"I'm still undecided whether to attack only one side or besiege on all sides." Zhang He asked the military advisor Tian Feng.

Now, Yecheng has been surrounded.

Zhang He's troops were all around from east to west, south to north, and 50,000 troops surrounded Yecheng.

Tian Feng pondered for a moment and said to Zhang He: "Jun Yi, our current siege equipment is not enough. If it is used to siege the city on one side, it is barely enough, but if it is a siege on all sides, once these siege equipment are dispersed, I am afraid that all sides will be destroyed." It’s hard to put pressure on.”

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

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

"Since the enemy's troops are insufficient, then if we continuously attack the front, we will be able to put the greatest pressure on them."

"Our army has enough troops and can be divided into three waves. The three waves attack alternately and take turns to repair. However, the enemy's troops are insufficient and cannot defend alternately."

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

Tian Feng's suggestion is very correct. Although they have many troops, they do not have enough siege equipment.

Without siege equipment, no matter how many troops they had, they could not touch the enemy troops on the wall.

Therefore, for the current plan, it is better to engage in wheel warfare and storm the front wall.

Zhang He followed Tian Feng's suggestion and divided his 50,000-strong army into three waves, with each wave containing 15,000 men, and attacked Yecheng in turn.

There were 5,000 people in one wave, and a total of 45,000 people in the three waves. Where did the remaining 5,000 people go?

The remaining 5,000 people were used as scouts by Zhang He and set up checkpoints around Yecheng, always on guard against reinforcements from Cao's army.

Early the next morning.

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

Yuan Jun is all wearing khaki armor, and standing at the front is Yuan Jun's sword and shield soldier.

They held a round shield in front of them with one hand and pushed the siege vehicle towards the city wall at the same time.

Behind the siege vehicles were a large number of Yuan soldiers carrying ladders.

The ones photographed at the back are the archers and catapults.

"Sling ready!"

"Load rocks!"

"Smash it against the city wall!"

Following the order from the messenger, Yuan Jun's catapult took the lead in launching an attack on the city wall.

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

In an instant, countless boulders hit the city wall of Yecheng.

Su Ming was taking command on the city wall at the moment. He knew that Yuan Jun's catapults were attacking as a cover for the siege vehicles below.

The catapults used fire suppression to allow the siege engines below to reach the city wall.

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

"We are on the city, from a high position, and our catapults can shoot farther than theirs." Taishi Ci shouted towards Su Ming.

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

"Everyone just needs to hide under the city wall and avoid the boulders."

Zhang He used a catapult to throw stones at the top of the city wall. In fact, the sound of thunder was loud and the raindrops were light.

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

First of all, in this era, the accuracy of catapults was particularly poor.

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

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

Only a few stones fell on the city wall, which 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 others used slings to hit them from above and from a high position, they would be able to cause great damage to Yuan's army.

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

Why isn'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 quickly as possible.

Zhang He's troops were sufficient, and it was a harmless thing for him to kill 1,800 of his soldiers with slings.

Su Ming understood something deeply, that is, the key factor in Zhang He's ability to capture the city wall was the siege equipment.

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

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

The reason why Su Ming didn't let the catapults counterattack was to use the catapults to hit them from a high position.

It's because Su Ming is waiting.

What was Su Ming waiting for? He was waiting for these siege machines to approach. After these siege machines approached the city wall, he concentrated his firepower and destroyed a large number of these siege machines.

However, there is a war now and there is not 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 a mountain.

Su Ming said no counterattack was allowed, so the soldiers on the city wall could only hide behind the wall stacks.

At this time, a sound of "boom, boom, boom" came from my ears.

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

"General, are we going to fight?" A small school commander shouted towards Su Ming with a solemn expression.

Su Ming directed towards the primary school: "Report your location!"

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

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

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

When Su Ming heard about one hundred feet, he knew that he could take action.

One hundred feet, that is, three hundred steps.

The enemy's siege equipment are all large objects. Even if the accuracy of the catapult is poor, it should be able to hit it from a distance of 300 steps.

"Prepare the catapult!"

"Hit one of three, aim for me and hit!"

"Prioritize me to attack the enemy's siege vehicles and ram these large siege vehicles!" Su Ming gave the order.
Chapter completed!