Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Although Jinyang City's offensive and defensive battles were fierce, it was inferior to Yecheng's offensive and defensive battles.

Yecheng, the largest city north of the Yellow River, is located in the center of Jizhou. It was Liu Ye who had nearly 50,000 troops under his command, and he still had some difficulties to encircle Yecheng Tuan Tuan.

The sky was high and clear, and there were no clouds in the sky. Yecheng and the surrounding Xiliang army were exposed to the blue sky without any cover. The golden light of ten thousand meters spread down from the sky, shining golden brilliance on the faces of countless Liangzhou troops, on the armor, and on the swords, reflecting off one after another.

Outside of the three walls of Yecheng, the Liangzhou army of more than 40,000 stood in a square formation per 10,000 people, just four 10,000 people, standing majestic in the wilderness, but there was no movement, like a group of copper People are ordinary, motionless, only a few hundred flags in the four large formations flutter in the wind, which adds a bit of vitality to the Liangzhou army.

Above the head of Yecheng, Yuan Shao frowned, staring at the Liangzhou army formation outside the city. Although the Liangzhou Army did not attack, did not trumpet or blow the trumpet, it was motionless, but it felt like a tiger in the mountains and forest, staring at you closely, as if it did not attack. The gaze of human beings has locked on you.

"Zhengnan, the Liangzhou army is not good."

"Exactly, it seems that this will be a hard fight." The trial was also solemn, but he said firmly: "Please rest assured, the deity will do everything possible to defend Yecheng."

Yuan Shao nodded his head relievedly: "I have no worries with Zhengnan."

"The enemy army is about to attack the city. It's dangerous above the city. Please go down!" The prosecutor suddenly frowned. Seeing the Liangzhou army outside the city, he hurriedly said to Yuan Shao.

"Well, Zhengnan, I beg you for everything." Yuan Shao solemnly instructed the interrogation, then turned and walked down the city head under the guard of hundreds of heavily armed Euphorbias.

I saw that the four Liangzhou army tens of thousands of giants, who seemed to be hesitant, suddenly moved, marching forward slowly, and rushed to a hundred steps in front of Yecheng. Seeing the movements of the Liangzhou army, the Jizhou army above the city suddenly became nervous. Get up, hold the crossbow and shield in his hand.

Standing on the horse, Liu Ye looked like a star Gongyue among the tens of thousands of Liangzhou army guards.

"Fill the river!"

Hearing Liu Ye's orders, tens of thousands of Liangzhou army officers could not hold back, clutching huge woods, sandbags and other things, rushing towards Yecheng. Rushing to the vicinity of the moat, the Liangzhou army immediately threw out the debris in their hands and into the moat.

In order to facilitate defense, large-scale cities in ancient times were destroyed and a ditch was dug around the city wall and poured into the river to naturally form a moat. In the so-called city, "city" refers to the city wall, and "pool" is the moat.

Once faced with a large-scale enemy attack, the city will close its gates and put away the suspension bridge, so that the entire city is impenetrable, so the attacker must fill in the moat to continue the attack.

Tens of thousands of Liangzhou army held huge woods and threw sandbags into the moat. The water level of the moat suddenly rose by a large margin.

The match is frowned: not good! Wouldn't it be bad if the enemy forces filled the moat?

"Archer, archery! Don't let the enemy fill the moat."

With an order for the trial, the Jizhou Army archers on the city’s head immediately fired all arrows. Thousands of arrows fell from the sky and aimed at the Liangzhou Army who was filling the river.

Tuk tuk! The Liangzhou army was not a reckless person. A line of soldiers went to fill the river, but the rest of the soldiers held their shields on top of their heads. Arrows hit the shields, and they suddenly made a sound.

The reviewer's face was cold: "Put the rolling wood, the stone!"

After the Jizhou army on the head of the city heard the order of the prosecution, the two or three together lifted a huge stone, then lifted it up with full strength and threw it down.

boom!

The huge stone smashed on the shield, and the shield was immediately dented. The Liangzhou sergeant holding the shield couldn't support it, and the stone naturally fell.

"Ouch!"

A Liangzhou sergeant's head was smashed with blood and he fell to the ground. The bright red blood dripped on the ground, immediately dyeing the loess red.

The stone and the rolling wood are huge, and once they are thrown down, they cannot be prevented by a shield. The Liangzhou sergeant who filled the river suddenly suffered casualties.

"Continue to fill the river, not back!"

However, even so, the Liangzhou army is still not allowed to retreat. The military order is like a mountain. Before the siege, filling the river is a necessary step. If the moat is not filled, it will naturally be difficult to capture Yecheng. Therefore, despite the casualties, the attack The city still wants to continue. Wouldn't it be a joke to retreat if it encounters a little casualty?

Although the Liangzhou sergeants who filled the river suffered losses, some smart Liangzhou sergeants used waste instead. They threw the rolling logs and rocks thrown by the Jizhou army from the city head into the moat, instead filling the moat. .

"Boost!"

More than 40,000 Liangzhou troops were united and worked together. Tens of thousands of people carried trees and sandbags. The moat gradually rose, but the water level was getting lower and lower.

"Filled, retreat!"

Xu Huang was not afraid of arrows, and led his troops to fill the river. He threw a huge wood out and threw it into the moat. The wide moat outside Yecheng was actually filled up by the Liangzhou army.

After filling the moat, the Liangzhou army slowly retreated with a shield in hand and withdrew from the attack range of the Jizhou army on the city.

Although the Liangzhou Army temporarily retreated, there was no joy on the prosecutor's face, but the frown became tighter. The Liangzhou Army was not retreating, but because it had already filled the moat, it had to retreat temporarily to prepare for the next siege.

In other words, the Liangzhou army is "accumulating power."

"The archer prepares, the short swordsman prepares, the enemy is about to attack the city." The trial said deeply.

Sure enough, as expected, after the Liangzhou sergeant who filled the river retreated, the archer immediately stepped forward, opened the longbow in his hand and aimed it at the top of the city, and opened the bow to shoot.

Whoosh whoosh!

The offensive of the Liangzhou Army’s archers can be described as turbulent, because the Liangzhou Army not only has step archers, but nearly 10,000 Liangzhou cavalry can ride and shoot. At this moment, when attacking Yecheng, the cavalry is naturally useless, but after dismounting, it can transform. For the archer.

Therefore, more than 10,000 archers in the Liangzhou Army aimed at the head of Yecheng City and shot them. Thousands of arrows flew out, as if thousands of golden lights flew out, covering Yecheng city. among them.

"Also shoot!"

Fortunately, the archers in Yecheng relied on the solid city wall to defend against the Liangzhou Army's shooting, and they fought back from time to time, and the firepower was evenly equal for a while.