Shouchun, early morning, Mao time.

A burst of low and powerful horn sounds, from the Qin army camp outside Shouchun City, the sharp whistle sounded together, accompanied by the roar of the team members, and when the sergeants rushed out, the sound of the combat boots on the ground, the sound of the fine drum horn and the sound of the bangzi sounded together, the whole earth was trembling slightly, even the battlements of the city wall, the dust and dirt, as if shaken by these loud noises, have detached from the original battlements, and fell down the city.

Liu Yu was dressed in black armor, with a beast-faced chain of armor on his chest, and slowly walked out of the city tower, more than ten shield-holding guards were tightly guarding his side, and the two eleven or twelve-year-old boys, with some fine fluff just growing on the corners of their mouths, were six or seven points similar to Liu Yu, and they were Liu Yu's two new apprentices, Zhu Lingshi and Zhu Chaoshi.

Today, it is the first time that these two Zhu family teenagers have followed Liu Yu, the newly recognized master, to fight, but it is such an important battle to defend the city.

Liu Yu looked at the Qin army outside the city, which was arrayed like dark clouds, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he sneered: "Sure enough, it's still here, Xuan Shuai is right, today, it is the Qin army desperately attacking the city, the most critical wave of offensive." Ling Shi, Chao Shi, you have also been reading military books all these years, what do you think of the situation outside the city? ”

Zhu Lingshi hooked the corners of his mouth and said: "Liang Cheng seems to have personally attacked the city, his handsome banner has been listed in the Chinese army array, and the general under his banner should be Liang Cheng." This time, Beicheng is the direction of their main attack, should we tell General Xu and let him personally sit here? ”

Zhu Chaoshi shook his head: "Big brother, are we so unambitious, Liang Cheng attacked this northern city, can't the master defend it?" In my opinion, this is a good opportunity for our Zhu brothers to make contributions. Master, our father is a general of the Jin Dynasty, and when we reach our generation, we must also serve the country loyally and make great contributions, so as to live up to the name of our Zhu family. ”

Liu Yu waved his hand: "It's useless to say this, you are still too young and have not been in battle, this general's banner may not be Liang Ben's own person, just like last year's battle of Xiangyang, Liang Cheng let his younger brother Liang Yun wear his clothes and armor, and even the war horse was dyed the same color, which is to confuse us, this time whether the flag is Liang Ben himself, it's really hard to say." But you are right about one thing, where Liang Cheng is, is where their Qin army will attack. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yu's face was solemn, and he pointed to the black pressure on the opposite side, and the army of no less than 50,000 said: "Since the invasion of Qin and Qin, the prefectures and counties have reinforced their troops, and there are thousands of them every day, and their army is fighting more and more, only about 300,000 when they were dispatched, and now there are no less than 500,000. ”

"The terrain of the east and west gates is not conducive to the deployment of the army, and I expect that it is unlikely to be the direction of Di Qin's main attack, so Liang Cheng is either here or in Nancheng, and General Xu personally sits in Nancheng, so I am completely responsible for this. Regardless of whether Liang Cheng is here or not, we must guard the north gate and not let a single Qin soldier enter. ”

Zhu Lingshi and Zhu Chaoshi said in unison: "No." ”

Liu Yu's brows gradually furrowed, and his gaze fell on the Qin soldiers who were pushing a large number of catapults forward, and said: "It seems that the Qin army is going to use a large number of long-range weapons to destroy the defensive weapons of our city head first, in order to cover the infantry attack, pass my general order, only two hundred people will be left at the city head to monitor, and all the crossbow arrows defending the city will be hidden, and they are not allowed to be fired, waiting for my order." ”

"Lingshi, Chaoshi, you lead the men and horses down to the city, watch the banner of my city head, according to what we have been practicing these days, what kind of flag I raise, what kind of support will you give, understand?"

Zhu Lingshi and Zhu Chaoshi glanced at each other, and said in unison: "Master, you are the boss, it is dangerous here, please go down to the city." ”

Liu Yu shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, just because I am the boss, I have to see the enemy's movements with my own eyes here, you guys go down quickly, remember, listen to my orders!" ”

When a large number of defenders at the head of the city followed Zhu Lingshi and Zhu Chaoshi down the city wall, Liu Yu slowly put on his silver mask, behind the ghost face, a pair of bright eyes, looking at the Qin army's large array five miles away.

More than 100 catapults have been placed in place, about 400 steps away from the city wall, more than 2,000 sergeants, standing behind these catapults, countless stones are loaded on the board carts, placed on one side of these catapults, all the strength arms above the nest place, has been placed a few catties to a dozen catties of stones, just wait for an order, will be ten thousand stones.

Liu Yu sneered: "It's still the same old thing, do you think that just relying on these catapults can break the Shouchun City Wall?" Daydreaming! Curtain! ”

A hurried horn sounded at the head of the city in the north city, sounded three times in a row, from the battlement of the female wall, stretched out hundreds of long bamboo poles at once, six or seven feet long, on each bamboo pole, hung a cloth more than one zhang long, three or four layers thick, it looked like a few thick quilts, the entire city wall and the battlements of the north city, were tightly covered in this quilt.

A rapid banging sound sounded from the Qin army's position, and more than 50,000 troops erupted into a thunderous cheer: "Wind, wind, wind!" ”

Almost at the same time, the arms of more than a hundred catapults hung down heavily, and with the sergeants who pulled the front arms, with the cooperation of shouting the trumpet, countless flying stones were overwhelming, and smashed directly into the Shouchun city wall in the distance.

The sound of "pop" and "pop" is endless, as if it is the sound of hitting the defeated revolution with a heavy fist, ninety percent of the stones, directly smashed on these cloths, unloaded most of the power, and finally when it hit the city wall, it was already soft and weak, just knocked down a few layers of dust on the city wall, and it fell under the city, and many stones rolled into the moat about three zhang outside the city, and the sound of "plopping" and "plopping" was endless, and there were bursts of splash.

Occasionally, a few stones crossed these cloths and smashed into the head of Shouchun City, some buildings, arrow towers were hit, and several guard towers collapsed, and there were more than a dozen of these thick cloths, which also fell to the ground with these stones and city towers, but soon a new bamboo pole with cloth was stretched out behind them, and the bombardment lasted for more than a dozen rounds, and the stones under Shouchun City were half a foot high, and the thick cloth layer still perfectly wrapped the entire city wall, and even a little wall was not exposed.