Although the Korean Zheng people support the matter of entering the prince's decision, they are more concerned about expanding their land and territory.

Joining the prince was to maintain the long-term hegemony of Wei and completely weaken Chu, which was Wei's long-term strategy, but Han and Zheng were not very happy.

If the eastern line of Chu is in the Central Plains, the two countries will definitely exert all their strength, but even if the Luyang Luguan defense line is successful, it is impossible to cede to Jin Zheng, which is the core of Chu State, and it involves the interests of many feudal lords in the Nanyang Basin: they are not willing to let their fief be like the beam of the Duke of Luyang back then, and be in the shadow of the Jin State at any time.

The alliance of princes, if they want to fight in unity, there must be one side as the absolute overlord to take the lead, and Wei State played such a role this time.

Therefore, Shicai should use artillery to delay the deployment of the Wei army, and first give the Zheng people a dismount, so as to turn their heads to resist the offensive of the Wei State.

Under the city, the armored warriors who attacked from the reserved counterattack channel had been wedged into the interior of the routed Zheng army, and although the follow-up Zheng generals wanted to gather their troops, the ragged Zheng army did not listen to orders at all when there was an enemy covering their backs.

More than forty men pursued and killed the scattered Zheng army, just to prevent them from regrouping after the trench.

The drums at the head of the city were loud, and the smoke was rising from the city, and I don't know how many people rushed out.

Zheng Ren hugged his head and ran away, and the generals who were pressing the rear line could not gather at all, and the attendants around him could only dissuade him from retreating quickly, otherwise he might be overwhelmed by the rout.

Reluctantly retreated, the drums at the head of the city changed greatly, and the warriors in armor stopped and returned near the trench.

Before the attack, there was an order that if you rushed to the trench and did not return, the city gate was closed and you could not enter the city. Hearing the change of drums, these armor soldiers who had rushed to kill the rout returned one after another.

Zima, who was watching from a distance, was completely shocked by his own rout, only to see the white smoke near the city wall, and the sound rumbled, and in an instant, more than 800 of his elite armor soldiers were completely dispersed.

All this was only between lightning and flint, Zima shook his head, he couldn't believe what was in front of him, but he could only order to stabilize his position, tell the archers to move forward, and prepare in vain to prevent the counterattack in the city.

At the head of the city, Shi was sure that the first wave of Zheng's attack had been repulsed, and immediately ordered those musketeers to assemble and move.

He was sure that with Zheng Guo's organizational ability at this time, it would be impossible to organize a second attack in the short term, and he might also wait and see what happened on the Wei army's side.

If the Wei people attack fiercely, maybe Zheng Renkai may launch an attack, but if the Wei army also collapses and retreats, the Zheng people will definitely choose to withdraw their troops. Similarly, if the Zheng people collect their troops, the Wei people will not storm it, so they can only go back to discuss countermeasures.

More than 500 men quickly arrived on the east side along the reserved Yongdao, because the distance on the city wall was closer, and the response was timely, at this time the Wei army had just finished reorganizing and was advancing.

Those bronze cannons began to fire slowly, mainly aimed at the shield carts and siege towers and other equipment in front, three shield carts had been destroyed, and a slow-moving siege tower had also been destroyed, which was originally what the Mo family's "rush" did, and at this time it was completely replaced by cannons.

Cannons of different calibers can replace the Mo family's transfer machine, bed crossbow, punch machine, car and other tools for defending the city. And the gunpowder mine can completely replace the "lower grinding car", a sharp weapon for garrisoning ants to attack the city.

Mozi was subject to the technological level of the era, and used tools with a clear division of labor to make various plans to defend the city, and the appearance of gunpowder made his tactics still effective, but replaced some of the original wooden and copper equipment.

The main direction of attack chosen by the Wei people is the east gate of Niuqiyi, and it can be clearly seen that the direction of the Wei people's elite assembly has fallen behind.

According to what Mozi said, if you want to attack the city, you can't be in a hurry, you have to plan it slowly.

And it should be launched on the extensive city walls, so that the defenders in the city are scattered and overwhelmed, and only then will the main elite be taken out and concentrated on a little breakthrough.

It's just that Niu Langyi is too small, and it seems that 70,000 people can conquer it, but they forget the battle of the Yang Kingdom more than a hundred years ago, and the tragic situation of the thirteen-nation alliance army attacking for several months.

After the speed of the artillery bombardment slowed down, the Wei people gradually adapted to the terrifying iron balls that flew from time to time, and although they were still panicked, they still mustered up the courage to move forward.

It's just that every time white smoke and cannons roar from the city, it can be clearly seen that the Wei people's formation is scattered, and many people will subconsciously avoid it to both sides.

It seems that the Wei people have adapted to the panic and reorganized the formation, but they can still see the changes in the Wei people.

Because the Wei people's military formation was retreating as a whole, retreating beyond the maximum attack distance of the iron pill, this led to the Wei people's impact only being divided into waves.

The distance between the archers and elite soldiers in front and the back has been widened, and the time for the Wei people to organize the next attack will inevitably be extended, and at the same time, the timing of the breakthrough that seems to be possible with a little more strength is also higher.

Since the east gate is the main direction of attack of the Wei people, after bringing the five hundred firearms, the density of firearms here is enough.

The reserved corridors in the city allow the defenders to complete the movement faster. The artillery also allowed to buy more time by holding back the enemy's build-up.

When Meng Sheng saw Shi rushing over, his heart was also at ease, and he greeted him and said, "Zheng Ren has retreated?" ”

Shi nodded and said: "The first siege has been repulsed, and the Zheng people will not organize a second siege in a short time." As long as the south can be defended, the Wei people will be repulsed again this time, and they will have no worries today. ”

Meng Sheng said with a little admiration: "You haven't been learning to defend the city with the giant for a long time, but you can learn the essence. As you said, knowing why it is true, you can deduce what it is. ”

Shi shook his head and smiled: "False praise." It's just that they haven't seen gunpowder and the 'walking wall' that the giant said. They are too anxious, so they are destined not to attack. ”

Meng Sheng pondered for a while and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Shi Dao: "Princess Luyang is still there, they don't want to delay time here, and they don't want to choose to besiege the city." But such a city wall, with firearms, and our well-guarded Mo family, how could they be able to attack it in two months? Two months? Do they dare to stay here? ”

"If you camp in peace, use the sheep mound to move forward, fill the trenches, engage in close combat, and then supplement it with ants and digging holes, the city defense of Niu Langyi cannot be defended. It's just that they don't have that much time. ”

"Besides, Niu Qi is still like this, how dare they attack Luyang? The cattle are not down, and Luyang is besieging the city, how can they not worry about the weight behind them being broken? ”

"So, strategically, they can only attack quickly. But tactically, impatience can't attack the bull. They will be defeated. ”

Meng Sheng understood the words tactics and strategy, and had a slight understanding.

As he spoke, the cannon rang out again, a siege tower was hit, sawdust scattered, and the Wei people who pushed it had to retreat.

The Wei archers had already advanced to within a hundred paces and were about to throw at the city wall, and the gunners took advantage of the range advantage to constantly harass the Wei archers.

The musketeers, crossbowmen, and village archers on the walls were hiding behind the battlements, not impatient, and no one chose to shoot from a distance.

From time to time, someone probed to see the chaos of the Wei people after the iron ball flew out, and their confidence in their hearts was stronger.

Defending the city and keeping the order, you can reduce a part of the principal and interest, and under the drive of profit and months of hard training, these people can still be stable.

Looking at the people on the city wall, he said in his heart that these people would definitely not be able to let them fight in the field now, but if they defended the city, they could always use these rabble to resist the offensive of the Three Kingdoms Alliance.

After a few feather arrows, an elite group of Wei people approached the city gate with a shield chariot.

In front of the recessed walls on both sides of the city gate, there were also nearly 1,500 people, which was already the limit, and it was impossible to expand more.

Because for the besieging side, the direction of the attack is a straight line, and only a fixed number of soldiers can be deployed.

For the defenders, this is a polygonal concave and convex surface, and a simple trigonometric hypotenuse can arrange nearly twice as many defenders.

When he was still fifty paces away from the city gate, he ordered the two immovable and extremely large caliber cannons to be prepared for bombardment.

When gunpowder first appeared, it took a detour, and most of them were large-caliber, short-barreled stone cannons, mortars, including strange horn cannons, and so on.

However, the advantage is that it can be arranged inside the city wall, taking advantage of the high parabola, and fixing the direction of the city gate.

With two loud bangs, the heavy stone ball flew into the air, tumbling and falling towards the Wei people, who were already fifty steps closer to the city gate.

Still in the air, many Wei people have already collapsed. A stone ball hit a rushing car, and although the gravitational acceleration of the falling from a high place had resistance and consumed a lot of gunpowder power, it was not something that a wooden structure of the rushing car could withstand.

Seven or eight people flew flesh and blood, and another stone ball fell aside, although it did not hit anyone, but it also shocked the people next to him.

Meng Sheng had already left Shi and went to the tower on the east gate, where he took a strange gunpowder weapon from the side.

On the outside is a wooden frame, which contains about four or five catties of gunpowder in a clay pot, and the wooden frame protects the fragile clay pot inside, which can be thrown by two people together.

More than 100 elite Wei soldiers had already rushed to the vicinity of the city gate, ready to ram the city gate under the cover of another rushing car that was not concentrated.

The Wei troops on both sides had also approached the city wall, and Shi was directing the crossbowmen, archers, and musketeers to prepare.

The perfect concave surface ensured that the Wei army in front of them would be attacked from at least two sides, while the worst ones under the city walls would be attacked from three sides.

Meng Sheng lit the gunpowder jar contained in the wooden frame, and the two of them shouted together, and after the fuse burned to a certain length, they threw it down with all their might.

Rumble......

Thick white smoke came out, purple flames surged, and the high temperature generated by four or five catties of gunpowder instantly ignited the wooden, cowhide-covered rushing car, and more than 20 Wei soldiers ran backwards with their burning bodies, and this terror of burning all over the body also caused panic under the city gate.

Shi was already shouting at the firecrackers on the city wall: "Shoot! ”

There was a thudding sound, from the front, from the side, or from the back, towards the Wei troops who had gathered under the city, and the lead bullets flew wildly, and thick smoke billowed out.

The Wei army, which had been greatly wounded in an instant, was no longer able to attack, and within the shooting angle formed by the concave surface, it had to suffer from the crossbowmen and archers when they fled.

In the white smoke, some of the soldiers defending the city had already shouted excitedly, especially those who followed the fire bolts who were suitable to support the east gate, and they were even more excited. It seems that it is easy to defend the city.

The copper cannons on the rammed earth platform were still bombarding the assembly area of the follow-up Wei army in an orderly manner, causing the overall retreat of the Wei army, and the distance between it and the soldiers in front of it was widened.

If all the ink masters were here, they could have come to a wave of counterattacks and rush into the enemy formation, but unfortunately they didn't.

Shi Ye could only watch as the Wei retreated, leaving behind a terrible corpse and the wounded soldiers who had been hit by lead bullets and wailing.