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Squeak...... "The lever bracket of the giant trebuchet rubbed against the bearing and made a piercing scream, and the counterweight box in front fell, driving the thick bracket to draw an arc, and the thick hemp rope pulled the tail of the sling, and quickly lifted it into the air, "Whew!" "A large boulder flew like wings towards the tall wall in the distance.

The walls trembled, long cracks appeared, and dirt sprinkled like a waterfall along the cracks.

The Tang Army's long-range attacks were day and night, and in the past, they projected polished round stone bullets, which could not be supplied, so they simply found large stones that came in handy.

There were countless cracks in the city wall, but it didn't collapse, and the Kang people did spend a lot of effort to build the city wall.

The dense trebuchets continued to fire, the brackets rose and fell, the soldiers of the engineering battalion were busy like ants, and the whole wilderness was in a spectacular hustle and bustle.

The siege of the city is mainly carried out by catapults, in addition to destroying the city wall, from time to time it can also be smashed to death and burned to death some Kang Guo soldiers, the process is slow, but it is constantly consuming the opponent's troops. If Kang Guo/Jun retreated from the wall, then the Tang soldiers would come forward to attack the city.

Catapults also played tricks, either attacking intensively, or attacking at night, or attacking the Kang people in many places.

Around the city, the Tang army set up more than 10 lookouts at the level of the city, and the staff officers held binoculars to observe the movements of the enemy troops at the head of the city at all times, and immediately reported the situation as soon as there was a situation, and the army constantly adjusted the attack posture.

The enemy retreated and I advanced, the enemy was less and we were more, the Tang army attacked everywhere, and the Kangguo people coped with it very hard.

Fortunately, the morale was strong, and the Kang people held the city to the death.

After a week of attacking, the Tang army did not succeed.

Another day passed, the sunset was full, and the Tang Army's catapult firing also stopped one after another, and those tall and heavy instruments were erected in the afterglow of the setting sun, forming black shadows, and some levers were still rotating...... At this time, if you have seen the oil extractor on the oil well, you will definitely think of the scene on the oil well at sunset.

It was full of poetic pictures, and there were really painters who painted it, but most of them didn't want to appreciate it, they were busy packing up their equipment and maintaining their equipment, and getting ready for the night.

At night, they used fuel oil and coal to light a blazing flame in front of the camp to prevent night attacks.

Wei Xi sat under the tent and watched the battle, stood up and snorted coldly to express his dissatisfaction.

He gathered 170,000 people to besiege the city, although the momentum was huge, but the daily consumption was equally huge.

And the number of casualties in the army is rising, which makes his heart ache even more.

The ancient siege technology is really speechless, most of the time it is "ant-attached" siege city, the soldiers climb the ladder from under the city, one after another, like ants in a string on the long ladder, when they go up, they encounter the bow and arrow on the city, the stone and wood cannon bottle ash gold juice continue to blow, and there are many casualties.

Wei Xi had already increased the cover of bows and arrows, and used more than 300 catapult machines to inflict heavy damage on the defenders.

However, it is not possible to break away from the old siege technology, there is no river here, and water attack cannot be carried out.

Wei Xi's subordinates had many slaves, and they dug tunnels, but found that the place was in an oasis with abundant groundwater.

"It seems that gunpowder must come in handy soon!"

Now in the Tang Dynasty, the firecrackers used for the New Year are not gunpowder, but the sound of sealing the bamboo and throwing it into the fire is called firecrackers.

According to the historical process, black powder did not officially appear until the late Tang Dynasty, and in 808 AD, the Tang Dynasty alchemist Qing Xuzi wrote the "Taishang Shengzu Jindan Secret" in which the "Fu Huo Alum Method" is the world's earliest gunpowder record, and its perfect use did not begin until the Song Dynasty.

Wei Xi entrusted the Military Intelligence Department to carry out the research and development of black powder, but the far water could not save the near fire.

There is indeed a fifth column in the city, but it is not a climate, the Lits are still very united, and all the city gates are blocked by mud and stones, and there is a curfew at night, and the fifth column is small in number, and it is difficult to shake the opponent's defense.

The current battle situation can only continue the kind of brain-dead ant-attached siege, and Wei Xi's previous fire attack method has little effect when attacking the spacious city head of Kangguo.

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The Kangguo people relied on the strong city, the army was abundant, the morale was strong, the materials were sufficient, and their ruling class was determined to resist, even if a ruthless person like Wei Xi could not quickly get off the city.

He used almost all the methods to give full play to the tactics, but in the end, he could not break away from the limitations of the siege technology at that time, and could not take the city.

The siege is stalemate, and there is no progress!

If you can't take the capital of Kangguo, then everything will be over, this heroic city under the sun seems to be indestructible, and the Tang army that does not die tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands may not be able to defeat this city!

"What should I do?"

Wei Xi convened the senior officers to discuss what to do?

Cheng Boxi advocated: "The siege of the city is never easy to gnaw, it is advisable to prepare for a long time, if you fight, you will retreat and stop, the chips that were invested before are all in vain, and the dead brothers are also dead in vain!" ”

His words won the agreement of everyone, and he must fight and persevere, and be prepared for a protracted war.

Many of the generals present have fought big battles, and they have seen the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood, and no matter how many people die, they will also fight the Western Expedition, how can they choke on a city and not fight!

Parrott is a Turgish, they have never fought a strong city, proposed: "Persimmon should be eaten softly, this city is so strong, it can be surrounded but not fought, first hit what can be defeated, not only consume the strength of the Kang people, but also our side can obtain real profits!" ”

This is something to do and something not to do, and everyone thinks it's good.

besieged the city for a long time, weakened the strength of Kang Guo, captured other cities, and the good news was frequent, and the court, the army, and the people were all explained.

The army has been occupied, the army and the horse army have taken the initiative, and Zhaowu has completely done it to attack and defend by my heart.

Jiang Zhi pointed out: "The Eight Kingdoms of Zhaowu (went to a stone country) do not fight with our army in the field, purely defend the city, clearly want to consume the strength of our army, we will plan and break each one, when they are broken more countries, the morale of the Kang people will sink more and more, and our victory is in our hands!" ”

Everyone called "Good!" ”

Lou Shide reminded: "It's almost winter, we must be ready for winter!" ”

As soon as you say a word, we will discuss a general direction, and then a staff officer will report the reconnaissance and intelligence of the Zhaowu Eight Kingdoms as follows.

The stone country is in front, and there are Cao (Isht Khan), Kang (Salmahan), and Mi (Pianzhi Kent) in the southwest direction, which are distributed in an arc.

Kang went west to the country of Ho, An (Bukhara), Bi, etc., and further west to Huoxun (Charmi) in the Amu Darya River.

"According to the intelligence, He Guo is close to Dekang Country, its cities are not repaired, and the armor is not neat, and it is the easiest to fight!" Jiang Zhi said.

"Then hit He Guo first!" Wei Xi said with a final word.