Since yesterday afternoon, when the Western Xia army came to the city, Su Jin, Li Chong, Jingtai, Pan Jiang, Wei Songhe, and several middle-level generals deployed in Weizhou, as well as Wang Dynasty Mahan and others, have been standing on the city gate tower and carefully observing.

Batch after wave of soldiers and horses arrived one after another, Jingtai roughly estimated that there was no more than 100,000, everyone was depressed, 100,000 troops were already the number of enemy troops they had always thought they had, that was close to the psychological bottom line, but now it seems that the enemy army is far more than this number, according to Jingtai's estimate, it should be between 120,000 and 30,000.

In this way, the enemy outside the city was three times as many as the defenders in the city, there were originally 20,000 defenders in the city, plus the 15,000 men and horses sent by Han Qi to bring reinforcements from Jingtai, plus the men who could fight from among the people selected from among the people after Li Chong came, together there were only about 40,000, which was 80,000 or 90,000 fewer than the enemy.

Su Jin didn't know the bottom of his heart, and the look on his face was more solemn, Jingtai comforted: "Look at the soldiers and horses of the western thieves did not carry siege equipment, there seem to be thousands of black camels in the camp on the right, which must be used to carry cyclone cannons, but it is impossible to rely on cyclone cannons to attack the city, that thing does not work at all under the strong city defense of Weizhou, it seems that the speed of the western thieves is fast, but the preparation is not sufficient, there are no siege equipment, what can they do to Weizhou?" ”

Su Jin listened to Jingtai's words and felt a little relieved, if there is no siege equipment, it is indeed difficult to break through the strong city defense of Weizhou, and it is what he can't ask for with manpower alone, Weizhou City is well prepared, nearly 600,000 arrows, and there are countless wood and stones collected on Longshan Mountain to prepare for the reconstruction of the house, which will become a sharp weapon against the enemy at this moment.

The city wall in the north has already increased the thick battlements, which used to reach the chest, but now it is almost up to the neck, that is, the Xixia military lord standing behind the battlement wall below can not shoot the defenders on the city with arrows, and Pan Jiang found more than 20 dusty bed crossbows in the armory deployed in the capital, which has improved the long-range shooting ability a lot, this thing has seen its power when he was in Luzhou, and the crossbow arrows pierced the wall and cracked the trees, and it was really a weapon to defend the city.

When he heard that Li Yuanhao might personally sit in charge of the Chinese army to supervise the battle, Su Jin suddenly had an urge to hit Li Yuanhao in the mouth, if Li Yuanhao lost his temper in this battle, I don't know if this invincible Western Xia monarch will go to the city and go into battle in person.

However, by the afternoon, the storm had changed; When Su Jinzheng and Li Chong were taking a break in the temporary headquarters in Beicheng, Jingtai broke in in a hurry, his face changed, and even his voice changed.

"Master Su...... It's not good. ”

Su Jin hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Did the enemy surprise anything? ”

Jingtai said: "Just now I was watching the city, and I saw a team of soldiers and horses coming from Longshan, and something has changed. ”

Su Jin said: "What's the big deal, the number of people is already several times higher than me, what is the difference between more people?" Wait a minute...... You mean from Longshan? ”

"Yes, coming down from Longshan."

"What are they going to Longshan for?"

Jingtai wiped his sweat and sighed: "What else can you do?" Naturally, they were cutting down and taking stones, and they brought back a lot of timber and started making things. ”

Su Jin was shocked and asked, "What do you build?" ”

Jingtai said in a trembling voice: "Cast ...... Stone...... Machine! ”

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Su Jin and the others stood under the city tower and watched the city busy, but they saw that the large sandy land in front of the enemy camp was piled up with hills of wood and stones, and soldiers and horses were constantly transporting wood and stones back from Longshan.

What is even more depressing is that hundreds of craftsmen have begun to hammer and hammer at the same time to build more than a dozen trebuchets, the rough wood is connected by mortise and tenon and iron nails, two are erected high, the bottom of the triangular chassis is pressed with large stones, the middle of the two high masts is set up on a crossbar, the crossbar is connected to a hanging weight, the other into a spoon-shaped stone pocket.

The structure is very simple, just order someone to pull down one end of the spoon, load a large spoon of stones, and then cut the rope, the end of the weight falls, the stone in the spoon can be ejected.

"Didn't you say that thieves don't build trebuchets at all? It is also said that there are very few craftsmen in the Western Xia, and they can only make some tables, chairs and benches, how can this kind of trebuchet be made in the Western Xia? Su Jin asked with a cold breath.

Jingtai pointed to the busy craftsmen under the city and said: "My lord, look at the hairstyles and clothes of those craftsmen, they are simply the dress of the Liao people, it seems that the Liao people and the Western Xia have joined forces, the Liao people are good at making this kind of trebuchet for attacking the city, it must be that the Liao people agreed to the request of the Western thieves and sent domestic craftsmen to help." ”

Su Jin gritted his teeth and scolded: "Liaogou is not willing to be lonely, let's write down this account for them, the question is how to change our playing style after the other party has a siege plane, it must not be able to fight according to the previous deployment, hey!" No matter how you set it up, it's not easy to do. ”

Pan Jiang suddenly said: "My lord, why not lead a team of soldiers and horses out of the city to attack its unpreparedness, shoot all the timber craftsmen, and teach them not to make trebuchets?" ”

Jingtai smiled: "Is Commander Pan joking?" Kill in front of hundreds of thousands of cavalry? Isn't this an egg hitting a stone? ”

Pan Jiang said: "Lord Jing, I also know that it is unlikely to succeed, but we have to give it a try, and we can't just watch the thieves build one after another, if they are all built, we will suffer a big loss." ”

Jingtai sighed wordlessly, agreeing with Pan Jiang's words, but also unable to agree with his proposal; Su Jin waved his hand and said: "This matter is not mentioned, the possibility of success is very small, and you are the commander of the soldiers and horses in the city, how can you go in danger." ”

Wang Dynasty stepped forward and said, "I am willing to give it a try." ”

Su Jin frowned and said, "Don't make trouble, this is not the time to make trouble." ”

Wang Zhengse said: "Son, I'm not causing trouble, I'm serious; Tonight, the thieves will rush to make trebuchets overnight, and I will take a few capable brothers to carry out a surprise attack with kerosene, and I will do it if I can, and I will not be reluctant if I don't have the opportunity to do it, and I will never fight with my life. ”

Su Jin tilted his head and thought about it, and felt that there seemed to be a possibility to achieve it, the skills of the dynasty and others, as long as they did not fall into the encirclement, there was absolutely no problem in returning safely, the problem was that Su Jin understood the dynasty, if he went out to do something, he was afraid that he would never come back if he didn't do anything, and it was more suitable to compare it to Zhao Hu, this kid would definitely follow the order.

"Brother Chao, you have other important things to do, I think Zhao Hu can bring a few people to try this matter, Zhao Hu obeyed the order, and immediately selected more than a dozen skilled martial arts people from my family, and brought the oil tank to try it at night, but there are two things that must be remembered, otherwise I will not agree."

Zhao Hu didn't expect this errand to fall on him, so he stepped forward happily and said: "The prince is interesting enough, if you say two things, I will agree to ten things." ”

Su Jin said: "First, don't force yourself to make meritorious contributions, the western thieves must be very well guarded at night, and you must not forcibly attack; second, if it is discovered, withdraw immediately, and do not entangle with the enemy; If you say yes to these two things, you can go about it. ”

Zhao Hu agreed repeatedly: "Do I dare not listen to the words of the prince?" The prince is afraid that we will be surrounded by thieves and will not be able to rescue, I understand. ”

Su Jin said: "It's good if you understand, if you disobey my orders, don't follow me from now on." ”

Zhao Hu stuck out his tongue and said, "How dare you disobey." "I went to choose people.

Li Zhong said lightly: "Brother Su, this actually doesn't play a role, you should think of more ways to defend the city." ”

Su Jin sighed and said: "Brother Zhaoting, how can I not know this truth, I am in a hurry to go to the doctor, but I want to have some small effect, even if it can delay the time for the West Thief trebuchet to become large, so that we will have more time to come up with a countermeasure." ”

Li Chong patted Su Jin on the shoulder and said: "Brother Su, don't be in a hurry, the wind and waves are coming, this time it must be auspicious, I Li Chong firmly support you, you will definitely lead us to defend the city successfully, I firmly believe this." ”

Su Jin looked at Li Chong's eyes, stretched out his hand to hold with him, and was greatly moved in his heart, or Li Chong understood the problem, he must have seen that his confidence was insufficient, this was to cheer himself up psychologically, so that he could recover his calmness.

Su Jin needs time to sort out the current situation, the big war is about to begin, he needs to be quiet, take care of the key points of this battle, in the face of the biggest big scene since the crossing, Su Jin has no reason not to do his best.