So what if I traveled through time? I'll continue to roll in another place

The city wall has been reinforced, but Rong County itself is a small city. The foundation of the city wall is not too deep, and the wall is not too high and thick. The part that can be reinforced is very limited. The military and civilians of Zhao Dynasty have made the best preparations.

Pei Ji ordered the entire army to count the number of people and begin preparations for battle, and Zhou Yao also organized craftsmen to start making repeating crossbows.

Liangdu County is the seat of Jianzhou Prefecture, with high city walls and strong defenses.

At that time, Liangdu was lost because the governor Ye Zhiyong was weak-willed and surrendered after being besieged for several days. Therefore, the defense equipment of Liangdu City is still there, and now it is just right to guard against Zhao Dynasty's own people.

"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu says: The best military operation is to attack the enemy's plans, the next best is to attack their alliances, the next best is to attack their troops, and the worst is to attack their cities.

Attacking a city is really the worst option.

But after weighing the pros and cons, Pei Ji decided to attack first. On the one hand, he could not wait for Hakdi to come to his rescue; on the other hand, the city wall of Rong County could not withstand several attacks, so it would be better for him to seize the initiative.

No matter how hard this bone is to chew, he will try it himself.

In ancient times, sieges were mostly carried out by siege, water attack, fire attack, earth attack, or ambushing spies to coordinate internal and external attacks.

This time, Pei Ji wanted to launch a night attack with fire, so he set the time of the attack at midnight.

In the evening, Pei Ji called the generals together to discuss the battle plan. He analyzed: "The enemy has a large number of troops and the city walls are high and strong. We cannot fight head-on. I plan to attack the enemy camp at night and break through the city from the northwest corner of Liangdu to catch them off guard."

The generals all agreed. Pei Ji then said, "Zhuo Zhi, you lead 5,000 soldiers to go around to the high ground, shoot rockets into the city to create chaos, and use the smoke to cover the army's attack.

Pang Haichang, you lead 10,000 soldiers with siege chariots to attack the city gate. He Yingrui, you lead 5,000 soldiers with ladders to attack the city...

The rest of you will follow me to attack the city from the west gate of Liangdu. Attacking the city is not easy, and we must not retreat. This operation must succeed and not fail!" Pei Ji arranged the tasks of the generals one by one.

"Yes! I obey your command!" All the generals under his command came out to salute.

Shou Junwu did not receive the mission, and regardless of his injuries, he immediately stepped out and asked, "General, I have not received the order yet."

Pei Ji said confidently: "General Shou is injured, so I order you to guard the city of Rong County and be prepared for martial law."

what?

He has already arrived in Liangdu, but they don't even let him go to fight!

Shou Junwu couldn't believe it.

Although the Wuge people had taken the remains of Shou Junchou's family back to the city, the wooden rack on which the heads were hung was still there. He looked at the rack every day and wished he could hang Sutun Anda there to comfort his brother's spirit.

"General Shou, military orders are as heavy as mountains. Attacking a city is important, but defending it is equally important. We must not be careless!" Pei Ji's orders could not be questioned.

Shou Junwu thought of Pei Ji's words before, and he immediately saluted and said, "Yes, I obey your command!"

Pei Ji nodded and said, "Zhuo Zhi, you can lead the team out from the side door first, and then use the beacon horn as the order."

"Yes!" Zhuo Zhi took the order and went out of the tent to check the troops.

As night fell and the stars twinkled, Zhuo Zhi and his five thousand soldiers quietly reached the heights of the northwest corner of Liangdu.

At midnight, horns sounded over Rong County City and the beacon of attack was lit. Zhuo Zhi immediately ordered the soldiers to fire rockets, which rained down into the city, causing chaos.

At the same time, the tobacco smoke prepared in advance was also ignited. Because of the moisture in the grass, it would emit choking smoke, which could be used to smoke out the defenders in the city.

For a moment, the Uge defenders in the city were in panic and ran around.

At the same time, Pang Haichang led 10,000 soldiers pushing siege chariots and launched a fierce attack on the city gate. Together with He Yingrui's 5,000 siege soldiers and Pei Ji's 20,000 central infantry and 10,000 cavalry, they charged towards Liangdu.

Shou Junwu stood on the top of Rong County, anxiously looking into the distance. He prayed in his heart that Pei Ji could successfully capture Liangdu and avenge his brother.

Although the Zhao Dynasty soldiers were very brave, Wuge was not completely defenseless and had the advantage of defending the city. The siege troops were soon met with a fierce counterattack by the Wuge defenders.

General Wuge Getai ordered his soldiers to use bows and arrows, catapults, hot oil and other weapons to counterattack the siege troops round by round, causing huge casualties to the siege troops.

At the same time, Getai also sent people to counterattack Zhuozhi's troops with arrows and stones. A large number of stones fell from the sky, and the rocket launch cover was greatly affected.

The arrows and hot oil from the city walls attacked fiercely, and climbing the ladders to attack the city walls was a task that almost no one could accomplish.

The siege vehicle downstairs was pushed to the city gate under the cover of the army, and it hit the sturdy city gate with difficulty.

The sound of the city gates hitting each other was like drumbeats from hell, which greatly stimulated the counterattack of the Uge defenders. Stones, arrows, and hot oil poured down countlessly, and corpses piled up like mountains beside the Zhao Dynasty siege vehicles.

Zhou Yao was also on the wall of Rong County watching the battle with Shou Junwu. The battle was extremely brutal and the shouts of killing were deafening.

The defenders at the city gate put up a fierce resistance, which slowed down the siege. Pei Ji's soldiers dismounted and rushed to the chariot, shouting, "Brothers, charge! We must take this city today!"

Hearing the commander's order, the soldiers fought even harder and attacked like a tide. Finally, the city gate was about to collapse under the huge impact.

At this moment, an arrow hit Pei Ji's arm. He groaned, but did not stop. He continued to push the chariot in blood and attack the city gate with the soldiers.

Finally, after repeated impacts, the west gate of Liangdu City was breached. The defenders in the city suddenly charged out and killed many exhausted siege soldiers at the city gate in a short period of time.

The Wuge army poured out of Liangdu and engaged in close combat with the soldiers outside the city. Pei Ji wielded his long sword, slashing left and right like a god of war.

Shou Junwu was extremely excited when he saw that the city gate had been broken. He wanted to lead the soldiers defending the city to rush towards Liangdu. He must not lose the advantage that the army had fought so hard to gain.

Zhou Yao had a bad feeling in his heart. Although the battle situation seemed to be fifty-fifty, the Zhao Dynasty soldiers were already exhausted after repeated attacks.

Wuge's cavalry had just begun to charge. If Zhao Dynasty still had tens of thousands of cavalry participating in the battle, they could continue to attack the city. If they continue with their current strength, the battle will be disastrous.

Pei Ji had of course thought of this, and he had already arranged for Zhuo Zhi to lead 5,000 archers back to the battlefield to cover the retreat.

Several rounds of arrows drove back the pursuit of the Wuge cavalry. Pei Ji sounded the call for the troops to retreat to Rong County.

Although the west gate of Liangdu was breached in this battle, the Zhao Dynasty army also suffered heavy losses. The 5,000 ladder attacking troops led by He Yingrui were almost wiped out, and most of the siege vehicle troops led by Pang Haichang were also killed or wounded. He himself was also seriously injured and was carried back by the soldiers.

Shou Junwu was angry that he did not participate in the battle. The battle was almost won, how could he give up halfway!

Pei Ji ordered the army to rest, Shou Junwu rushed towards the commander-in-chief's tent, Zhou Yao saw him and followed him into the tent.

"General, today the city gates have been broken. We must fight our way in. How can we retreat?" Shou Junwu was anxious. He didn't care that Pei Ji was recovering from his injuries and went straight to the point.

Pei Ji looked at the wound being bandaged and said nothing.

"General, if we continue to fight like today, these tens of thousands of people are definitely not enough. In any case, we need to ask Prince Jin to allocate another 50,000 troops." Zhou Yao said calmly.

"Lord Zhou's words make sense." Shou Junwu also agreed. Of course, the more troops fighting, the better. What he hated most was that he had no soldiers. Otherwise, he would rush in today and kill them all.

If we can only ask Chu Yuanming for people to fight little by little each time, and fail to form an overwhelming advantage, then isn't that like the gourd baby saving his grandfather, giving away lives one by one? Zhou Yao looked at Pei Ji worriedly.

Attacking Liangdu will definitely be a tough battle.