Gongzi couldn't believe the defeat of the Wei army, and the city that he thought could be taken down with a single drum turned out to be far more difficult to capture than it seemed.

This time the loss should not be large, and there are no soldiers in the city who came out to fight back, and he judged that there are not many people in the city.

sighed and said secretly: "The Mo family guards the city, and there are some doorways. But I don't know who is guarding the city inside. ”

"Mo Zhai will not come, and the bird will not come to ......"

Originally, he only knew about these two Mo family figures, but with the battle of Shangqiu being widely spread into legends, even if Gongzi was noble, he also knew more about the Mo family, who had little intersection with the Mo family, who had a large number of characters in the market.

Considering that Gongzaoye had captured the king of Chu, the remaining one with a greater reputation was the shoemaker of Shangqiu.

In fact, Shi Shi's ranking within the Mo family is not high, but his reputation in external propaganda is only second only to three or five people.

At this time, the Zheng people also sent people to say that the weapons of the defending side were terrifying, and the first wave of Zheng people's offensive had retreated.

Gongzi inquired about the description of the Zheng people, and it was also a puff of white smoke that led to the rout of the siege elite, and he didn't know how many people in the city used those weapons.

Although the Koreans don't know the specific situation, it won't go well.

The most annoying thing about Childe's attack is that he has completely disrupted his previous experience in attacking the city, and under the existence of those things that can shoot iron pellets in the city, the follow-up troops can't be too close to the city wall to line up, so they can't support quickly.

Otherwise, the long-term array will be exposed to the bombardment of those iron pellets, and the morale will soon fall to the bottom. However, the postponement of the army formation led to the only wave of impact, and it was necessary to grasp the timing with great sensitivity before it was possible to send troops to pry open a city wall.

Now that the momentum has been intimidated, the impatient siege of the city has no results, and the soldiers are shocked, so they can only order the troops to be withdrawn.

As soon as the Wei people retreated, the Zheng people didn't want to attack anymore and hurriedly retreated, and the Han people were a step slower and dissatisfied.

The number of people was counted, and the Zheng people lost more than 400 people, the Wei people lost more than 600 people, and the Han people lost about 200 people, and only the Han army lost less.

It's just that the losses are all elite warriors, and Zheng Wei is quite painful.

And the deterrence brought by those strange weapons made the army even more unstable, and it was impossible to organize an offensive today no matter what.

Each of the three countries set up camp to prepare for it and discuss countermeasures.

Zima, Qiang and Gongzi met each other, preparing to complain about today's war, and their faces were bitter.

Qiang said first: "The Mo family is good at guarding, and the world knows it." To attack the defense of the Mo family, you must prepare in advance. I thought of going down with a drum, but now it seems that there is something wrong with this star-like city wall. The weapons of the Mo family made the soldiers even more frightened. ”

"If not...... Bypass the cow and go straight to Luguan? ”

Gongzi shook his head and said: "Niu Qi is still like this, the Mo family has reached Niu Qi, how can it not pass Lu Guan?" Haven't you ever heard of the Mo family's "Lu Wen", Mo Zhai and Luyang have good buses, and Luyang will also strictly abide by them. ”

"The bull can't go down, and it will take months to besiege Luyang, to say the least, it will take several months. All the grain and grass needed have to go through the oxen barns, how can it be done? ”

He understood that if he wanted to enter the prince's kingdom, he must first break through the Niu Yi, which was related to the future hegemony of the Wei State.

But the small Niu Langyi is far from being as able to go down in one drum as previously thought.

Zheng Zima was also worried: "It's just that you can't go down in one go, and the attacking soldiers will suffer a lot of losses." But if the siege of the city is slow, and I am afraid that the marshal of Luyang will treat me and invite me to fight......"

Gongzi was also angry, he thought that this time he would be famous in the world, but he would have encountered such a tricky situation just after entering Chu Di, and he couldn't help but think a little higher about the ability of the Mo family.

With the help of a small city, it can resist tens of thousands of troops, and the organizational skills shown in this are really terrifying.

The effect of those new weapons was also terrifying enough, many of the soldiers who escaped were covered in blood, some were swollen from the gunpowder, and those who were lucky enough to not die were also blurred by the lead bullets.

Both Zheng and Wei suffered losses, and Zima believed that the garrison in the city was sufficient, and he was afraid that it would not be able to capture it in a short time.

Nowadays, crossbows have not yet been assembled on a large scale, and the military transformation and arms race of various countries have not yet begun, after all, this is only the third year of the opening of the Warring States.

Those firearms can be used instead of crossbows, which may not be better for the time being, but they are enough to defend the city.

Gongzi recalled the situation of the attack, thought for a while, and said: "In my opinion, there are not many soldiers guarding in the city. ”

"The defenders of the city first bombarded my army formation with those strange iron balls, forcing me to stand back and line up, and then attacked."

"I'm afraid that there are not many elites defending the city, so I will defend the Zheng division on the north side first, and then defend my Wei division."

After thinking about it, Zima also said, "Maybe it's possible." ”

Qiang said: "Even if this is the case, it may not be impossible to break through." Today, I don't know their means, so the formation is chaotic. ”

"Tomorrow in the distance, the three armies will attack at the same time. Let them not take care of each other, even if they are good at defense, they can't take care of three sides. ”

"If you use means such as sheep's nest and soil mountain, you can't do it without half a month. Half a month later, if the commander of Luyang is invited to fight, the city will go out of the city to counterattack, and the victory or defeat will be difficult to calculate. ”

His analysis was good, today's defenders of Niu Langyi just caught them off guard, taking advantage of the fact that they had never seen those weapons, staggering the time difference, and forming a situation of more defense and less defense.

As Qiang said, the best way to break the city is to fully deploy the troops and attack in all directions.

However, such a strategy was vetoed by Childe.

"I'm here to make a decision for the prince. If you want to enter the prince's determination, you must first break the Duke of Luyang. We are not here to break through the Niu Guan, we are only to defeat the Duke of Luyang and capture Luyang Luguan. ”

"If it is fully launched, if it cannot be attacked, the losses will be great. Besides, if you can't take it tomorrow, what will you do the day after tomorrow? If the commander of Luyang attacks and the soldiers scatter around the city, how can he resist? ”

"Even if he doesn't come, he will besiege him everywhere, the losses will be great, and his morale will plummet, how can he fight with Luyang Bus in the future?"

Childe shook his head in distress, this was really beyond the way of fighting at this time. In the past, when attacking the city, those small towns were often taken down in one fell swoop, and the people in the city did not care whether they were Chu or Jin.

Moreover, in the past, most of them carried grain and grass, and the three armies lined up to win a decisive victory in one fell swoop.

However, the Mo family, who were good at defending the city, began to join the princes' disputes, and the situation became a bit tricky. Shangqiu failed in the first battle of Chu, and even if the king of Chu was not attacked by the Mo family at night, under the Mo family's stubborn defense, the three Jin Dynasty troops to the Chu State would still be defeated.

In today's battle, Gongzi only understood what the confidence of the Mo family to spread the "Central Plains Soldiers" everywhere a year ago.

If the idea of killing soldiers in the Central Plains can really be implemented, Song Zheng Weilu and other countries are sandwiched between strong countries, and the Mo family can hold on until reinforcements arrive.

You have to show enough ability to make the aforementioned Soldier Killer Club not a joke.

Although Gongzi did not know the specific defense system of Niu Qiyi, he was still aware of part of the city defense system of Niu Qi after years of fighting.

If the cannon has already appeared and circulated in various countries at this time, then Niu Langyi is easy to attack.

If the city defense of Niulangyi is built according to the situation of the original fortress in a step-by-step manner, it is easy to attack even if the attacking side does not have artillery.

The current situation is that the Triple Alliance forces have no artillery and no stone throwers, and Niu Langyi does not have a sloped wall with a low surface to defend against shelling, but has raised the wall to highlight the concave surface and row wall.

Today's attack, Gongzi has vaguely noticed the effect of those strange concave surfaces, but he is helpless. He thought that if there was something that the defender could shoot iron pellets on, it would be easy, and he would be able to slam open the gap at the gate of the city wall and rush in.

But now, it's either digging or piling up mountains. But if there are cannons attacking the diggers on the earth and mountains, the speed will be slow; Near the excavation there is a gunpowder mine throwing, and the people will be frightened.

The whole Niu Langyi is like a hedgehog curled up together, and there is no way to swallow it.

While the commanders were at a loss to discuss countermeasures, the non-commissioned officers of the coalition army, who could rest for the time being, were also talking about today's siege.

In Zheng's camp, the soldiers who participated in the siege and retreated spread fear and war weariness with their injuries and sights.

When Zichan was in power, Zheng Guo had a village school to discuss national politics, and now although it has been destroyed, Zheng Guo, which is economically developed, still retains the tradition of discussing politics in the market.

Zheng Guo was very close to the Song State, and Zheng Guo's city was also the direction of the Mo family's infiltration, and Zheng people were convinced that it must be the Mo people who helped the Chu people to defend the city, because they had heard of gunpowder.

A soldier who had survived the attack recounted the tragic situation he had experienced under the concave wall, gritting his teeth: "I was holding my shield at the time, thinking that I had not yet reacted when I had reached the head of the city thirty paces of the wall, or I could go down in one fell swoop. ”

"Who would have thought, at this moment, a sound like thunder came. I turned my head to see that the heads of my accomplices had been shattered, and blood had splattered all over me. Although I was holding the shield, the black iron bump was under my feet, and with a bang, the thunder shook, and the shield of the partner next to me was blown open...... At that time, I had to run...... Just want to stay away from there! ”

He was not ashamed of running away, the Zheng people were already dissatisfied with the war against Chu, otherwise they would not have chosen non-violent non-cooperation in the decisive battle against Chu a year later on the normal historical line, and refused to fight and fled directly before the battle, and did not want to fight at all.

The tradition of discussing politics in the township school and the propaganda and agitation of the Mo family in the big city made Zheng people quite disgusted with this expedition.

A soldier from the capital of Zheng Guo next to him also said: "The Mo family is right, this time the prince is set to enter Chu, what is the benefit to us?" However, he still had to go to war with the Chu people, but in the end, it was those princes and nobles who benefited. Now that the Mo family is helping to defend the city, we are going to die, this is really ......"

"Besides, if you want to fight, you shouldn't fight Chu State. The Koreans have killed our monarch. If you were like the Song people, you should be neutral and no one will fight. ”

The other hurriedly said, "Be careful! Ziyang is in power, but it is harsh, heavy punishment and heavy law, it is always difficult to say much......"

is full of complaints, but fortunately, it is not too long to go on the expedition at this time, otherwise I am afraid that the poem "Bustard Feather" will be sung all over the Zhengren camp.

While the soldiers were spreading panic, someone looked rather strangely into the distance and noticed a wagon coming out of the cow and heading towards the camp.

On the top of the carriage, there was a flag hanging, which was a little strange, but many Zheng people in the capital of Zheng Guoguo recognized the flags of the Mo family.