Outside Yangzhai City, Zhang Xiu set up more than 30 catapults, lined up on the edge of the moat, and the soldiers were very skillful in completing the filling of stones, and then threw the boulders in the catapults into Yangzhai City.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......"

The boulder flew over the wide moat and flew mercilessly towards Yangzhai City, or flew over the city wall, fell into the city, or directly hit the city wall, making a muffled sound.

After all, the accuracy of the catapult was a little poor, and it could not hit the target that Zhang Xiu was going to attack, otherwise, Yang Xiu on the city tower would suffer a catastrophe.

For a time, the stone chips on the city wall of Yangzhai City flew wildly, and in the face of Zhang Xiu's army's attack, the defenders in the city seemed powerless, so they could only hide under the city wall and let Zhang Xiu's army attack.

The catapult attacked several times in a row, and Zhang Xiu saw that the defenders in the city did not resist at all, and they were suppressed by his attack and could not raise their heads, so he immediately ordered the infantry to rush forward with the ladder.

The infantry carrying the ladder came to the edge of the moat, and directly erected the ladder on the moat, one by one, side by side, at the same time, some infantry behind rushed up with some wooden planks, spread the planks on the top of the ladder, and in just a moment, a simple bridge was erected for the army to pass through.

Yang Xiu in Yangzhai City, after seeing this scene under the city, secretly thought in the letter: "It's a disaster! If all the enemy forces come under the city walls and launch a fierce attack, our army may not be able to resist the ......"

However, Yang Xiu didn't have much to do, although Yangzhai City was the county seat of Yingchuan County, the defensive strength in the city was limited. And there are also weapons and armor in the arsenal. The package is not very complete. There was no equipment to defend the city, and it was impossible to carry out an effective counterattack against the enemy army, so it had to rely on manpower.

The soldiers and civilians in Yangzhai City are all united in their hearts and swear to defend their homes, and Yang Xiu also hopes to borrow this powerful manpower to defend Yangzhai City.

Outside the city, Zhang Xiu's army was speeding through the bridge that had just been erected, and groups of infantry with shields were the first to cross the moat. In the distance from the moat to the gate, they lined up in an orderly line, holding shields aloft, and in an instant formed a wall of shields.

At the same time, a group of people pushing siege engines in Zhang Xiu's army slowly passed the bridge, and then under the cover of the group of shield soldiers, they approached the city gate step by step. Behind this group of people, thousands of soldiers carrying ladders swarmed like a tide, and soon filled the distance from the moat to the city wall.

"Whoosh ......"

The catapult stopped the attack. Instead, the archers who had just crossed the moat leaned behind the shieldmen. He kept shooting arrows at the city walls, trying to suppress the defenders on the walls with a strong rain of arrows.

In the face of the enemy's large-scale attack, the defenders in the city seemed to be a little powerless, the army and the civilian were mixed, and there seemed to be a lot of people, but there were very few people who could really fight and fight.

Yang Xiu knew very well in his heart that the defenders in the city were just a rabble, and they were not vulnerable at all, if they couldn't even hold the city walls, then they would be completely defeated.

However, in the face of such a powerful army, Yang Xiu was also powerless, and if he resisted stubbornly, more people might die.

If you fight hard, the garrison in the city is not enough to fight against Zhang Xiu's army, so you can only outwit it.

Yang Xiu turned around, glanced at the urn city behind him, and suddenly had an idea, and he came up with a plan, ready to give Zhang Xiu another blow, so that Zhang Xiu would retreat.

So, Yang Xiu summoned his subordinates and asked them to fetch water first, sprinkle all the water on the ground in the urn city, and then let people take out all the fierce fire oil in the arsenal and concentrate it on the wall of the urn city.

Yang Xiu organized people to resist here, and when the time was ripe, he adopted the strategy of retreating into advance and introduced Zhang Xiu's army into the city.

Although Zhang Xiu's siege force had crossed the moat, it was very difficult to advance, because the distance from the moat to the city wall was frozen on the ground, and because it was so slippery, people would staggered when they walked on it, and if they did not rely on weapons to support their bodies, they would fall.

People are like this, let alone siege vehicles, the bulky siege vehicles have been skidding on the ice, and the group of soldiers have tried their best to push the siege vehicles to a distance of half a meter, and those soldiers carrying ladders are even more cautious, and the soldiers who were originally elated have no temper here.

I have to say that Yang Xiu's method is still very effective, at least it can buy some time for the defenders in the city, and according to Yang Xiu's calculations, there should be reinforcements arriving today, as long as he can hold today's attack and prevent Yangzhai City from being broken by the enemy, he may fight back and expel Zhang Xiu from the Yingchuan boundary.

"Lord Taishou, the enemy army is already very close to us, do you want to release the arrows?" A subordinate official beside Yang Xiu asked when he saw the appearance of the enemy outside the city.

Yang Xiu said: "Wait a little longer, wait for the enemy to get closer!" ”

Due to the ice surface, the army advanced very slowly, and Zhang Xiu, who was on the other side of the moat, was very anxious, and kept scolding there, I don't know who came up with this bad move.

In desperation, Zhang Xiu had no choice but to continue to give orders for the archers to continue to shoot and temporarily provide help to the siege troops, so as not to suffer from the fierce attack of the enemy.

However, in the following time, the reaction of the defenders was beyond Zhang Xiu's expectations, and the defenders did not take the slightest counterattack, but just cowered behind the city wall, and everyone did not know what Lu Dao was doing.

And the archers' continuous shooting also slowed down their shooting speed.

Archery is not only a technical work, but also a physical work, if there is no strong strength, it is impossible to continue shooting, after all, people's physical strength is limited, the average person can shoot three to five times in a row, the arm will not be able to stand it, and Zhang Xiu's army, it is just the majority of ordinary people, they have shot seven to nine times in a row, each shot, the arm strength will be weakened once, so that by now, the arrows are shot a little scattered, and very weak, has lost the original edge. At this moment, the besieging troops were only a few dozen steps away from the city gate.

Yang Xiu had been observing the situation of the enemy army, and after seeing such a situation, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Yang Xiu's mouth, and he immediately ordered: "It's now, release the arrow!" ”

With Yang Xiu's order, the soldiers who were waiting in the city shot arrows at the enemy troops outside the city, and some strong men with superior arm strength even held huge stones and smashed the huge stones against the shields guarding the siege troops with their amazing strength.

The boulder fell from the sky, and the force was a thousand pounds, and even if the shield soldier held the shield to defend it, his arm would be crushed by this great force.

Arrows and boulders fell, and the enemy troops outside the city were crying wolves and screaming endlessly. Even if those archers had the heart to fight back, they didn't have much strength, and the arrows they shot were like the end of a strong crossbow, and they didn't have much strength anymore, they were easily blocked, and some soldiers' arms couldn't even pull the bowstring.

"Whoosh Whoosh ......"

The arrows were still flying chaotically, but it was completely different from the previous situation, this time, the defenders occupied the position of the main attack, and Zhang Xiujun, who was in charge of the siege, was very passive.

Zhang Xiu, who was far away on the other side of the moat, saw it and immediately realized Yang Xiu's conspiracy, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of those archers and the replacement of a group of archers.

The archers quickly switched positions, and the newly rushed archers, who were a fresh force, easily pulled the bowstring, and shot the arrows on the bowstring one after another, and organized a dense rain of arrows again, suppressing the defenders and unable to raise their heads.

And Zhang Xiu urged the siege troops to speed up, and issued a heavy reward, the first to climb a thousand gold, and the one who obtained Yang Xiu's head was rewarded with two thousand gold.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, this is not false at all. Under such a heavy reward, the courage of the soldiers also increased dramatically, and the besieging troops moved forward, although they were struggling, but they worked hard.

Finally, the siege troops arrived at the city gate, and a group of soldiers pushed the heavy siege vehicle to the city gate, and began to violently hit the city gate with the crashing wood in the siege vehicle.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The violent impact sound was stronger than a sound, like a huge stone falling on the psychological side of the defenders in the city, even if the defenders kept throwing boulders to smash the siege vehicles, but this group of soldiers was tempted by the heavy reward, they were not afraid of death, no one retreated, and no one took a step back in the face of the arrows that kept shooting from the city tower, as well as the falling boulders. One person died, and another was immediately filled, with a steady stream of soldiers.

Faced with such a situation, Yang Xiu was also very anxious, because he didn't want to give up, after all, the strategy of retreating as advance was a last resort, once this strategy was adopted, it was equivalent to giving up the first line of defense, or even giving up the first line of defense to the enemy.

Yang Xiu frowned and instructed his subordinates: "Go and get the fierce fire oil!" ”

After a while, the fierce fire oil was sent to the city wall, and a jar of pottery jar filled with fierce fire oil was placed on the side of the soldiers of the city wall, with Yang Xiu's order, the fierce fire oil was thrown down, and the crisp sound of crackling continued to sound under the city wall, and the fierce fire oil also continued to flow on the ice, and the pungent smell made the defenders under the city wall shocked.

Immediately afterwards, a lit torch was thrown from the city wall, and the spark directly touched the fierce fire oil that had been sprinkled all over the ground before, and the flames burned rapidly, and spread to the surroundings with lightning speed, only in an instant, the city wall became a sea of fire, and those soldiers who were besieging the city were swallowed in the sea of fire by the raging fire dragons, and let out a miserable cry. (To be continued......)