The smoke of gunpowder was everywhere outside the southern city, and the sound of cannons roared like a thunderstorm. The siege of the city had retreated to the first line of defense, watching the messy scene of bricks, limes and soil splashing on the city walls.

The shelling stopped after a while. There was a brief tranquility outside the city wall, but there was a lot of noise inside the city wall. "Get the weapons! Line up..." The shouts of generals, gongs and drums, and a large number of Northern Han troops were on standby at the entrance of Shangcheng, and many guarding equipment were also rushed to the top of the city.

However, at this time, the Zhou army did not flock to the city as usual as the original tactics.

On the Zhou army camp, Guo Shao rode a horse and personally came to the front and ordered loudly: "Transfer the order and stop siege on the whole line!"

Gao Yanqiu stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the Jiannan Army has determined to sacrifice its life for the country, and has not shaken its morale."

Guo Shao said seriously: "The less the soldiers are afraid of death, the more I am afraid of them!"

...After a while, sporadic rangers ran towards the city wall and ran on the messy battlefield. The soldiers of the Northern Han army didn't know what the Zhou army's rangers were doing. The cavalry attacked the city, and there were still so many people?

The Northern Han defenders on the city first fired the crossbows, and the crossbows were more than 200 steps away! However, the crossbows were bulky and not many, and the sparse gun arrows had no choice but to deal with the high-speed rangers. The catapults in the city also fired cannons one after another, and they still couldn't take the sporadic rangers. "Dongdongdongdong..." Stones hit the mud, and didn't even hit a single person.

The group of rangers were even far and near, and within dozens of steps of approaching the city wall, bows and arrows also greeted them, and arrows shot into the armor of Zhou cavalry. Suddenly, a horse neighed, and a Zhou cavalry's horse was shot and injured. The people on it fell down, rolling in dust.

But not long after, the rangers retreated.

A general rushed to the banner of the Jiannan Army Central Army, turned over and got off the horse and knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "Report to your Majesty, the last general has been found out by orders. There are 18 cannon pits in about fifty steps, six within a hundred steps, and two within a hundred steps!"

"Okay." Guo Shao waved.

At this time, forty or fifty generals gathered from all sides, and saluted the emperor who was riding on the tall dark horse. Guo Shao nodded and said directly: "In Nancheng for more than a day, he set off more than 1,500 guns in total, and only more than 20 mistakes within fifty steps. It takes about 75 guns to be shot out of fifty steps. After shooting by mistake, he may not be able to damage his own equipment and horses..."

Guo Shao's tone was not strong, but he was calm, clear-mouthed, and his eyes were bright. At this important time, he usually kept a clear mind and state, and his emotions were calm but sharp.

The generals widened their eyes and listened. Since Guo Shao spoke faster, not everyone would understand the meaning for a while; but Guo Shao could do as long as they understood that they were not commanding blindly, as long as they believed it.

He continued: "Therefore, I decided to stop the method of ants siege. This method suffered too much loss and could not effectively consume the enemy. Change the attack tactics and could not rely on hopes to rush to the city at once. As long as the Northern Han army feels the threat, they will continue to mobilize personnel to defend and consume. Let General Gao assign various command responsibilities in detail."

...In the afternoon, outside a two or three hundred steps wide wall near the Nancheng city, the Zhou army concentrated more than 200 artillery pieces; the fortifications in other places were still there, but the artillery and military supplies were given to the key attack areas.

A large number of soldiers pushing the wheelbarrows rushed towards the city wall in a sparse arrangement, and the carriage was loaded with soil! The people who pushed the carriage were soldiers, not the strong people, because the soldiers had armor and had good defense against bows and arrows. There were also many archers, swords, shields, and large armies accompanied the wheelbarrows, and a large group of people slowly spreading towards the city wall like a tide.

The military generals of the Northern Han Dynasty observed and built soil to attack the city?

The flags swayed on the top of the city, and the soldiers of the Northern Han army rushed to the city wall, carrying crossbows, big pots, oil barrels, and some strong men rolled up on the carriage with stones. There were much more people on the city wall than before, and there were crowds.

Unexpectedly, the Zhou soldiers who were pushing the cart stopped at about a hundred steps. Then they heard the sound of drums in the open ground outside the city. After a while, the sound of cannons "Boom! Boom..." sounded, and rows of white smoke emerged in the cannon volley.

The general on duty in the Northern Han Army shouted in a deep voice: "Oh no! Being trapped!"

The Zhou army's artillery was probably quite accurate. They would adjust the angle when they were not fired on the right track. Heavy rolling stones whistled from the air!

The Zhou army's catapults that had attacked within 200 steps also fired one after another. Some gunpowder packs tied with stones (increasing weight) flew towards the city. A pack of gunpowder suddenly caught fire in the air, and a "boom" exploded! The sparkling fire was even more dazzling than the fireworks. Moreover, the rolling stones were still flying with the ignition of gunpowder, and a fire and thick smoke arc was drawn in the air, like a rainbow! The defenders were so bright that they looked up at the sky and were stunned, but only a stone was left on the city wall. After a sound, they were finished.

Another medicine bag fell on the city wall, and the leads in the bamboo tube were still burning "hissing". Everyone was shocked to see it and avoided it. After a moment, it exploded with a "boom", as if a ball of fire suddenly set off on the wall, and the smoke was very strong.

When another medicine bag came up, a soldier picked up the scoop and scooped a scoop of "gold juice" and poured it on the medicine bag, and there was no movement.

However, those hundred-pound rolling stones roared and hit the female wall. The soil and rocks on the bricks were flying, which was very powerful! The dense crowd caused a catastrophic ending, and screams rang everywhere. "Bang!" Suddenly, a rolling stone violently smashed the iron pot, and even the stove and firewood below flew up. The "gold juice" in the iron pot splashed, and the soldiers around covered their faces, screaming "wow" and a foul stench spread.

The rolling stones fired by the cannon were very heavy, and they flew down from mid-air, as if invincible! With a "boom", the floor tiles on the city wall were directly shattered, and stones and soil splashed like arrows! If the personnel were too dense, there were several people injured by gravel alone. Even the hard soil below would be broken into a big pit! What the soldiers of the Northern Han army feared the most was this thing, and the formation alone was very scary.

"Boom boom boom..." The fire and white smoke in the wilderness flashed in rows. After each volley, terrifying stones would fly down from a high place whistling and rapid! A hundred pounds of things fell from mid-air, with a very strong force. If they happened to hit the female wall, the female wall would burst and collapse directly!

The city walls were howling, and many people retreated along the ramps of the upper city, and the arms were damaged.

Amid the sound of cannons, a large area of ​​Zhou soldiers under the city continued to advance. Several huge cloud vehicles behind were slowly being pushed closer, one of which was slowly approaching the city wall within a hundred steps. It was a large chariot as high as four feet!

The huge cloud car is like a tower, with many thick wooden wheels installed under it, and oil dripping on the wooden shaft, which requires dozens of people to push it. It moves very slowly and has almost no maneuver, making it easy to become a large target and be damaged. It is also troublesome to build and consumes a lot of manpower. However, it is still a relatively strong piece of weapons when siegeing the city. The three-layer arrow tower above is higher than the city wall, and when it is close, it can be sieged in reverse! And the defense status on the city wall can be clearly observed on it.

Three rows of bows and arrows stretched out the arrow holes, and shot arrows onto the city wall "swoosh...". The smoke filled the city wall, and the smoke was like a faint cloud, and the black arrows in the "cloud" flew around. The huge shouts penetrated the gun smoke, as if they were rushing into the sky.

The rockets sloped from the city wall and were nailed into the thick wooden board above the clouds, and the oil cloth on the arrows was still on fire. However, a thick layer of mud was pasted on the wooden board in front of the cloud car, and the rocket was useless to it. The city wall was also in a mess and there was no attack.

After a long time, a group of burning fireballs flew out of the city, and black smoke and burning objects thrown by the castle cart were drawn out of the air. Most of the burning objects thrown by the castle cart fell to the ground, but they were all near the cloud cart, obviously coming for this thing. The second time, many fireballs flew out, and a fireball wrapped in an oil cloth hit the top of the cloud cart, and suddenly it cracked "bang" and the black oil spread out, and the fire became stronger. Soon, another fireball hit the cloud cart.

A soldier ran out of the arrow tower with a bucket of water, stood outside, scooped water and poured it on top. Unexpectedly, a "boom" sound of fire and boiling oil splashed. The soldier immediately threw away the things in his hand, holding his head and screaming heart-wrenchingly.

The archers on the archer tower ran down the stairs quickly, and everyone shouted that the cloud car was pushed back by the people below, and the flames and black smoke above spread, with a very large formation.

However, the Northern Han soldiers on the city wall withdrew most of them to hide, but the catapults inside the city wall were still shooting stones outside the city.

Zhou Jun crowded a large crowd of people to the city wall about fifty steps, and inserted flagpoles along a line! It seemed to be marking the approximate distance. At this time, a blue flag swayed from left to right, and the sound of cannons behind quickly subsided.

Groups of soldiers pushed the soil down to the corner of the wall, and there was not much soil, but the Zhou army's earth transport trucks continued to dig holes and took soil a hundred steps away. Some people even carried wood and pounded the earth under the corner of the wall!

From time to time, stones from catapults hit people, but compared with the endless crowd, the casualties were very small, and it was completely impossible to stop Zhou's army from working under the city.

Finally, there was a noise on the city wall, and more soldiers of the Northern Han army were driven to the city again, and new equipment was also transported to the city. The movement was observed by the cloud carriage with more than 200 steps. The gold was clamoring in unison in the rear. The generals riding horse shouted loudly among the people, "Go away! Go back! Go on fire..." The crowd under the city wall threw down the wheelbarrow and various things, turned around and ran away.
Chapter completed!