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The sky gradually darkened, and the refugees who filled the moat retreated with baskets.

"General, they have completely filled up the moat. If they attack the city tomorrow, the well fence can be pushed to the edge of the city wall. At that time, the army can rush directly to the tower through the well fence. If we can't think of a solution The defense will face unprecedented pressure!" General Huang Zhuang said to Chen Xian.

Chen Xian sighed: "I'm afraid it's not just as simple as a well fence. Back then, I followed Commander Tan in the Northern Expedition and saw a device used by the Qianjun to climb the city wall. It was a kind of siege ladder that was different from the siege ladder. It can be lifted and retracted freely, and the pedals are very wide, so the siege soldiers can easily climb the city wall with it!"

What Chen Xian was talking about was the lifting and lowering siege ladder. The bottom of the ladder is like a well curb, which is driven by a wheeled structure. The telescopic wooden ladder is tilted on it. It can be stretched all the way to the top of the city wall, but the bottom reaches the ground, because its pedals are very wide and long, and three to four soldiers can be placed side by side at the same time. This ability to project troops is completely unmatched by other siege equipment.

General Huang Zhuang showed fear: "General, what should we do? With the current siege force of the Gan army, we are already struggling to defend. If the Qian army uses such siege weapons again, it will be difficult for us to resist!"

Chen Xian looked at him, and comforted him: "Don't worry, I've been thinking about how to restrain this siege weapon these years, and I've thought of several ways! In this way, you organize some people to find a batch of small clay pots in the city. , the kind with a lid, after you find it, fill the small jar with kerosene, seal it with the lid so that no oil leaks, and then Chen Ye quietly carries it under the wall, don't carry too much, if the enemy fires kerosene again bombs, too many will be burned, and it’s a waste of effort!”

Huang Zhuangjiang's eyes lit up, "Understood, the general wants to use kerosene to deal with the enemy's well rails and siege ladders, both of which are made of wood, and kerosene is indeed their nemesis, so let's prepare for it!" "

Early the next morning, the Gan army began to attack the city.

After the siege began, the dry army did not throw stone bombs and kerosene bombs this time. The people in the siege battalion rushed to the front with the ladders, and the siege soldiers followed behind. After the siege ladders were erected, they quickly started climb.

In the rear, the well fences of the dry army were pushed over. There were at most 30 well fences in a row, and a large number of siege infantry and archers followed behind.

The battle began, and the two sides clashed again on the city wall. Arrows flew wildly, and stones and stones kept falling from the city wall.

The well rails of the Qianjun stopped in the distance, and the archers climbed up the well rails, and the well rails continued to be pushed forward, but they did not approach the city wall, but stopped ten feet away.

"Arrow"

With a loud cry, the archers on the fence began to shoot arrows at the defenders on the top of the city.

The defenders had boards tied to their backs, and they turned around quickly, only to feel vibrations coming from their backs, and to hear the whistling sound of arrows flying and hitting the boards.

After a while, the wooden boards carried by every defending soldier were filled with arrows, and the soldiers who were full of arrows were quickly replaced by other soldiers, and some people took down the arrows on the wooden boards for centralized storage.

After shooting the arrows for a while, the general of the archers and archers of the dry army noticed the abnormality. He saw that the defenders were collecting arrows with wooden boards, and immediately ordered: "Stop shooting arrows!"

The archers stopped shooting.

"Come here, report the situation to the general as soon as possible!" The archer general ordered.

"promise!"

The messenger rushed over and reported to Su Ji: "General Qi, the enemy soldiers carry wooden planks on their backs to fight. Once our army shoots arrows, they turn around and face our archers. All the arrows hit the wooden planks. They collected arrows and used them to shoot our soldiers!"

After hearing this, Su Ji was about to give an order, when he suddenly remembered something, turned around and clasped his fists to Zhao Junsheng and said, "Your Majesty, this Chen Xian is really extraordinary, he even thought of this way to restrain our archers, and he can also collect our arrows to respond Come and shoot our generals, it's really abominable! Your Majesty, please allow me to order an all-out attack from the north gate!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and nodded, "Yes!"

Chapter 1014 The plan was interrupted

On the fourth day of the siege, the day's fighting was over, and the dry army retreated like a tide, taking away all the siege equipment.

The defenders turned around and sat down against the parapet like deflated balls, all looking sluggish and exhausted, regardless of whether there were blood stains or corpses underneath.

General Huang Zhuang wiped his bloody sword, put it back into its sheath, and walked to Chen Xian. Seeing that he was still staring at the backs of the soldiers of the Confederate Army who were going away, he asked, "General, the army has gone far away. , what are you still looking at?"

Chen Xian asked: "Old Huang, don't you think their attack today is strange?"

"Strange? Why is it so strange?" Huang Zhuangjiang was puzzled, "Didn't they fight like this a few days ago?"

Chen Xian shook his head: "No, their attack today seems to be a bit reserved. They have the kind of powerful kerosene bombs but they don't use them. They just smashed a few rounds of stone bombs; their well curbs can obviously be pushed to the edge of the city wall Launched a fierce attack, but just stopped at the moat just like a few days ago, and it seems that they are not sending as many troops today as they did a few days ago, and the number of times is not as good!"

"Hiss, what you said is really the case. Why did the enemy army do this? Maybe they fought too hard a few days ago, and the surrendered soldiers couldn't hold on, so they wanted to take a break?"

Chen Xian turned his head to look at General Huang Zhuang: "They are still worried that the captives will not be able to hold on? Will the Gan army care about the life and death of these captives? Do you believe this reason?"

"The general said why did the army do this?" General Huang Zhuang asked.

Chen Xian narrowed his eyes, "If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Gan Jun must have some intentions for doing this, but I can't figure it out for a while! By the way, is there anything unusual outside the other three city gates these days?"

General Huang Zhuang shook his head: "No, there is still no army outside the south gate, and the army outside the other two city gates are just feigning attacks every day, and there is no threat!"

Chen Xian stretched out his hand and rubbed the center of his eyebrows, "I always feel uneasy in my heart!"

In the middle of the night, both the soldiers outside the city and the defenders inside the city were sleeping soundly. Suddenly, the wind blew up in the sky. The wind was not strong at first, but as time went by, the wind became stronger and stronger. Also faster and faster.

The strong wind blows up many unsecured tents in the dry army camp, especially the tents in the Congjun camp are set up casually without any reinforcement measures. The tents that were not strong were uprooted, and many allied soldiers who were sleeping soundly felt chilly suddenly. When they opened their eyes, their heads were empty, and there was nothing left.

The officers woke up startled, and ran out of the tent to see that the strong wind blew the tent and the clothes of the soldiers flying everywhere. Looking at the posture, there might be a sign of rain.

The generals and officers responded quickly and in a timely manner. After a burst of horns sounded, all the soldiers and generals of the Confederate Army woke up and assembled quickly.

When Su Ji arrived, the menacing soldiers and generals had all assembled, and everyone was standing in the open space being ravaged by the strong wind.

"Not much nonsense, it looks like there are signs of rain, the general ordered everyone to immediately reinforce the tents, stables, and barns, and bring back the tents that have been blown away by the strong wind and re-fix them. , act quickly, hurry up, hurry up!"

Following Su Ji's order, all the auxiliary soldiers and generals started to act nervously, and the camp became noisy and busy.

Many lights were blown out by the strong wind, and the soldiers had to light fires for the convenience of movement, but soon the sky began to rain, and it continued to rain.

Only a few of the camps that were blown away by the strong wind were firmly secured before the heavy rain fell. Although most of the other tents had been recovered, they were too late to secure. Set up the tent again, and waited for the tent to be firmly secured. These soldiers had already become soaked chickens, shivering each and every one of them.

Zhao Junsheng woke up when the wind was blowing, but he didn't give any instructions. It is natural for the generals and schools to appease the soldiers and order them to set up their tents again. He didn't send someone to inquire about the situation until the heavy rain came down. .

Soon, Yang Lie, Li Bao, Su Ji, Nie Feihu and others braved the heavy rain and came to report to Zhao Junsheng the situation in the camp to deal with the heavy wind and heavy rain.

"Your Majesty, the tents in the cavalry camp have been set up relatively firmly, and no one has been blown away by the strong wind. The stables and barns are also safe and sound. All the animals are still there, and the soldiers are sleeping soundly!"

After Yang Lie's report, Li Bao, Nie Feihu and others successively reported that the infantry of the Gan Army and the camp of the Dragon Guard Army were in good condition. Everything was normal. The heavy wind and heavy rain outside did not affect the soldiers at all. The soldiers slept more soundly.

Su Ji reported: "Your Majesty, hundreds of tents in the Xie Congjun camp were blown away, and most of them hadn't been re-established firmly before the heavy rain came. Tou, these are all my negligence, I apologize to Your Majesty!"

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng said with a serious face: "It is normal that the combat quality of the Association Army cannot be improved for the time being. After all, the time for reorganization is too short, but military appearance, style, and military discipline can be rectified through strict measures. They can be corrected in a short time. Let them have an earth-shaking change! You have neglected this point. If you did not do well, I will reprimand you in front of all the ministers and generals today. You can’t let them go just because they are the Confederate Army. , They are also our country’s army now, even if they surrendered and were reorganized for a short time, they can’t be treated differently in these aspects, understand?”

Su Ji lowered his head and cupped his fists and said: "Your Majesty's reprimand is right, I accept it humbly, and I will not make such mistakes again in the future!"

"That's good!"

Zhao Junsheng glanced at the ministers again and swept them away, "By the way, how is the situation in the warehouse of grain and grass materials? Have you suffered any losses?"

Li Song, the quartermaster, came out to report: "Your Majesty, everything is normal in the warehouses for food and supplies, as well as the sheep pens and cowsheds. The wind and rain have become a little bit heavier, but neither the warehouses nor the livestock have been affected!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "That's good! It's summer now, and the heavy rain shouldn't last too long. It might stop in the next hour at most, and it won't affect tomorrow's siege. Su Ji, your Can Bian attack the city on time tomorrow?"

"Return to Your Majesty, there is no problem with the subject!"

"Okay, let's all go back and rest!"

Zhao Junsheng and all the ministers and generals were wrong. They all miscalculated the time of this rain. It continued to fall from late at night until the next morning.

Because of the rain, the ground in the camp was no longer suitable for the cavalry and infantry to carry out normal drills, but the assembly horn sounded normally for the morning exercises, and the soldiers could only assemble urgently in the rain.