In fact, as early as when the Jizhou army set off from Jixian County, Li Mu, Zhao Yun, Xu Shu and his party learned the news. According to the information obtained, the Liangzhou army has already deployed a defensive position.

This time, the Jizhou army came to forcibly attack Huojiacheng, but did not surround Huojiacheng. The Jizhou army only concentrated its forces and attacked the east gate of Huojia City with all its might. After Li Mu learned of this news, he concentrated 14,000 of the 20,000 infantry in the city at the east gate of Huojia City.

Outside the four gates of the city of Phogard, there are moats; Beyond the moat was a flat clearing. Since the Jizhou army wanted to forcibly capture the city of Huojia, therefore, the Jizhou army dispatched four army formations at one time and attacked the eastern wall of the city at the same time. The number of people in each army formation of the Jizhou Army was 3,000.

Accompanied by the earth-shattering horns and war drums, the four siege formations of the Jizhou Army marched in unison and pressed towards Huojia City. At this time, the morale of the Jizhou army was still high.

The Jizhou army outside the city was getting closer and closer, from 500 steps away, to 300 steps. The siege army of the Jizhou army is all used in ...... Shieldmen guard ladders and chariot troops.

At this time, the siege soldiers of the Jizhou army did not hold up the big shield in their hands, because no matter what kind of powerful bow and crossbow they were, they did not have such a long range. Even if it's ...... With such a range, the lethality of a bow and crossbow must be greatly reduced, perhaps...... When the arrows came, even the most ordinary armor could not penetrate it. Li Mu's face sank like water, and his expression was full of solemnity looking at the outside of Huojia City, and a pair of ancient well-free eyes were full of strong killing intent that could not be dissolved.

"Herald!"

When the siege army of Jizhou came to about 300 steps outside Huojia City, Li Mu sneered again and again, and said in a bloodthirsty voice on his face: "Order the stone cart army formation, and the Jizhou army formation outside the city...... Throws boulders. ”

It turned out that long before Li Mu came to Huojia City, Zhao Yun had already been at the four gates of Huojia City...... Four more walls were built. In addition, Zhao Yun assembled a stone cart on these four city walls.

The effective striking distance of the Liangzhou army's stone cart is 460 paces, and its distance is far beyond the range of the bow and crossbow. These stone-moving carts have undergone countless experiments, so the soldiers defending the city of Huojia City are not worried that the boulders thrown by these stone-sending carts will hit themselves.

With Li Mu's order, the flag soldiers understood and shook the flag in their hands. In just an instant, dozens of wheel-type stone-throwing vehicles of the Liangzhou Army were facing the Jizhou Army outside the city at the same time...... Boulders were ejected.

Seeing that there were countless black dots flying from the sky above Huojia City, the siege soldiers of the Jizhou army were immediately a little stunned, and the marching speed of the entire siege army array was also a little slow. After all, in their opinion, there can be no bow and crossbow in this world...... There will be such a range.

It was the siege soldiers of the Jizhou army...... When he was still in surprise and stunned, the roaring boulders all fell into the Jizhou army formation with lightning speed.

At this time, the shield soldiers of the Jizhou army completely forgot about ...... You should raise the shield in your hand and block it as much as you can, perhaps, you can really block the boulder falling from the sky. However, in fact, it is...... Even if the shield soldiers of the Jizhou army raised their shields before the boulder fell, it would be useless.

As the boulder fell, the Jizhou army outside Huojia City suddenly ...... There was a heart-rending, ghost-crying wolf howl, which was really a little terrible and a little miserable.

In fact, some of the soldiers in the Jizhou army formation were smashed into meat sauce by the boulders that fell from the sky before they could react. The rest of the panicked soldiers of the Jizhou army scattered and fled, and it was inevitable that there would be a situation of stampede on each other.

Some soldiers of the Jizhou army, although they were hit by boulders, did not lose their lives and died immediately. But these soldiers of the Jizhou army did not see any hope of survival, because they were either crushed to death by the boulders that followed, or trampled to death by their own comrades.

Just over half an hour later, the four siege formations of the Jizhou Army ...... A total of 12,000 people, it was already in a state of close annihilation. It is true that only half of the soldiers of the Jizhou army were directly stoned to death; However, the remaining soldiers of the Jizhou army were either trampled on by their own comrades, or became disabled people with missing arms and legs, and naturally lost their combat effectiveness.

The stone cart of the Liangzhou Army is not only ...... slaughtered the soldiers of the Jizhou army; It's even more ...... The siege equipment of the Jizhou army was destroyed. Is...... In more than half an hour, the Jizhou army lost 12,000 men.

Seeing such a tragic situation outside Huojia City, Yuan Shao was shocked, surprised, hated, angry, and afraid. Wen Chou, Lu Yi, Gao Ran and other generals of the Jizhou Army were also surprised, they have been in battle for a long time, have experienced too many battlefield battles, and have also seen many measures to defend the city; However, they didn't expect that the Liangzhou army would have such an unpredictable way to defend the city.

How did those boulders come from the city...... The people who flew to their own military formation, Yuan Shao, Wen Chou, Liyi, Gao Ran and others, were really puzzled!

"Lord...... The Liangzhou Army's measures to defend the city are really unheard of! At present, our army has already suffered heavy losses, and at this time, it is not appropriate to force the army to march again! The subordinates thought ...... The lord should withdraw his troops and return to the city! ”

Just when Yuan Shao, Wen Chou and his party were thinking about how to organize a new round of offensive with a surprised face, Guo Tu beside Yuan Shao said with a frightened look on his face and a look full of panic. At this time, Guo Tu's voice was trembling. The siege measures of the Liangzhou army are really miraculous, and they can't guess at all!

"At the beginning, the person who urged Benhou to attack Jiacheng was you Guo Tu! Now, the person who suggested that Ben Hou withdraw his troops is also you Guo Tu! This time, if I listened to your advice again...... Where should Ben Hou's face go? ”

Yuan Shao, who was scorched by anger, was already controlled by hatred, how could he easily swallow this breath. Yuan Shao stared at Guo Tu with a look of hatred and anger, and scolded in a deep voice, and then roared in a deep voice with murderous intent: "Pass on the order of the Marquis of Ben, and start the siege army again, and capture the city of Houjia at all costs!" Those who are brave and hesitant to move forward, and those who do not carry out the order will be immediately killed! ”

Hearing the rebuke of his own father-in-law, Guo Tu was speechless with a ashamed face, and Xu You and Xin Ping were also ashamed, and they didn't dare to persuade each other. Wen Chou, Gao Ran, and Ko Yi also did not dare to persuade each other.

Under Yuan Shao's strong order, the Jizhou army organized four more army formations and marched towards Huojia City.

(End of chapter)