Wei Ba immediately noticed that Sima Yi was different. After the arrival of the army, he did not immediately attack, but methodically prepared siege equipment, right under their noses, the Wei army went up the mountain to cut down trees, to build thunderbolts, ladders, nest cars and other large equipment, a wide variety of different functions. Not to mention anything else, the hot scene alone was enough to make the people in the city feel the atmosphere of the battlefield approaching day by day.

If someone else is replaced, I am afraid that I will be suppressed by Sima Yi in terms of momentum. It's a pity that Sima Yi never thought that when it came to the production of these instruments, Wei Ba dared to call him the second, and no one on this shijie dared to call him the first. Although he was born in agricultural machinery, in order to increase food production, for the sake of living people, and now he has changed to ordnance to kill people, for different purposes, but he is equally outstanding.

While Sima Yi was building ordnance outside the city, Wei Ba was also building ordnance in the city. Sima Yi wanted to use this scene to put pressure on the soldiers in the city, but unexpectedly gave him plenty of time to prepare. When the corresponding equipment was brought in from Shangluo County, his production speed increased significantly, and Sima Yi produced one thunderbolt in the same time that he was enough to produce two thunderbolts. And with a water turbine that is not as large as the Weishui workshop, but still not to be underestimated, the speed at which he produces stone bullets every day is something that Sima Yi could not have imagined.

If Sima Yi knew this, he would definitely regret that he was too stable, and he should have launched an attack earlier, using the tactics of the sea of people to drown Wei Ba directly, so as not to give him so many opportunities to prepare.

It's a pity that he didn't know that he was building siege equipment while waiting for the will of Emperor Bixia.

About ten days later, Sima Yi received the emperor's edict, Cao Rui had personally rushed to Wancheng to take the town, and the urgently conscripted army was also in place, and I heard that Wei Ba was guarding Wuguan. Cao Rui sent Sima Yi another 20,000 men, as well as a large amount of grain and grass, as well as the warships he needed. Everything is ready to stop. Sima Yi is ready to attack the city.

Sima Yi did not simply attack the city head-on, his first step was to let the warship go against the Dan water, pose to go ashore from behind Wuguan, and attack Wuguan on both sides. This trick is very vicious. No matter how effective it can be tactically, it is only from the idea of cutting back and blocking reinforcements. It is enough to create a serious psychological deterrent to the defenders. Without reinforcements, the enemy is on both sides, which no one wants to face.

Seeing the Wei warship carrying heavily armed soldiers heading towards the upper reaches of the Dan River, the officers and soldiers of the Shu Han Army on the city wall all showed nervous expressions on their faces.

Wei Ba and Deng Zhi stood side by side on the city wall, looking relaxed.

"I only knew that Sima Yi was a scholar, but I didn't expect him to be a stupid scholar." Wei Ba said with a look of disdain.

Deng Zhi readily agreed: "Yes, I only know that he is stupid." But I didn't expect him to be so stupid. ”

Wei Ba looked surprised: "General, where did you start with this?" ”

Deng Zhi stroked his beard, squinted his eyes at the soldiers next to him, and deliberately raised his voice: "Gentlemen, what do you think. When it comes to the art of boating, are the northerners stronger, or are we southerners stronger? ”

After Hu Zun's 4,000 people were pitted in the First World War, Deng Zhi's prestige in the hearts of the soldiers soared sharply, and now no one regards him as an old man who doesn't know how to fight. They were originally worried about the Wei army seizing the back through Danshui, but after hearing Deng Zhi's words, they suddenly realized that they were loud and loud.

"Needless to say, northerners are good at riding horses, and southerners are good at boats. When it comes to playing with boats, these northerners can't even compare to our southern children. ”

Deng Zhi hahadaxiao, squinting at Wei Ba and said: "Look, this is a well-known truth, but Sima Yi doesn't know it. He still wants to compete with us in a water war, isn't it the old man who hangs himself - he is impatient? ”

Wei Ba's funny daxiao: "The general's words are reasonable, and his words are reasonable." ”

The generals also echoed daxiao, and the tense atmosphere just now was suddenly swept away.

Of course, this is a scene deliberately played by Wei Ba and Deng Zhi. Of course, Sima Yi is not stupid, and Deng Zhi is different from others. Perhaps because Deng Yu, the ancestor of the Deng family, was a scholar who led the troops, he attached great importance to Sima Yi as an opponent, and did not despise him because of his defeat in Fangling.

Knowing that the Wei army had warships appearing, Deng Zhi thought of this problem. Because the Jingxiang Theater borders on the State of Wu and faces each other across the Han River, there are warships and naval forces in the Jingxiang Theater that are proficient in water warfare, which Deng Zhi, a native of Nanyang, knows very well. Of course, he also knew that these warships could not only be used to transport military rations and reduce manpower consumption, but if these warships were used to go up the Danshui River and go around the back of Wuguan, what kind of impact and substantial damage would be caused to the psychology of the defenders of Wuguan.

The Shu Han army did not have warships, and even the few ships that transported the materials were collected civilian ships, and if you want to rely on those few civilian ships to fight against the warships of the Wei army, it is tantamount to blocking the car with a mantis arm and shaking the tree. Whether it is Wei Ba or Deng Zhi, it is not so romantic. How to deal with these warships, after receiving the news, they began to prepare.

Now it will be up to us to see if these measures will work.

The three-story Wei warship in the cabin traveled against the north shore, going upstream, and erected huge wooden shields on the side facing Wuguan City, like an extra city wall, and countless Wei soldiers stood behind the wooden shields, holding their weapons tightly, looking at Wuguan City on the shore. If the Shu Han army launches a bow and crossbow to attack, this distance ordinary bow and arrow cannot cause effective damage, only the use of a strong crossbow, and the power of the strong crossbow is enough, but the rate of fire is greatly affected, and it is impossible to cause too much damage to the warship. If a large number of strong crossbows were transferred to the north in order to ensure the effectiveness of the attack, the defensive ability on the frontal wall would be seriously lacking, and it would not be able to resist the main force of the Wei army in land warfare.

These warships are both virtual and real. If the Shu Han army blocks, they are a false move to attract firepower, if the Shu Han army does not block and allows them to go up, then they will become a real move, and they can land on the shore and stand behind Wuguan.

On the battlefield, the most difficult thing to deal with is this kind of virtual and real tactics, which makes people have to guard against it, but it is difficult to make up their minds to defend against it.

Just when the warship sailed through the side of Wuguan City, to the east of Wuguan City, the main force of the Wei army also began to prepare to attack the city. Three squares of 5,000 people were laid out outside the moat of Wuguan City in a zigzag shape, and Sima Yi's command platform was set up behind the middle phalanx. After a few days of operation, his command platform was very tall, almost about a foot higher than the city wall. At the back of the command platform, there is also a nest cart about seven or eight feet high, and someone stands on it to watch and monitor every move on the city.

Sima Yi was dressed in military uniform, sitting on the command platform, half-squinting his eyes, looking at the city in the distance. He saw Deng Zhi's battle flag, but he didn't see Wei Ba's battle flag, and he didn't know if Wei Ba was in the city. The city was quiet, and he didn't pay much attention to the ships he had arranged, which made him more curious about his opponents.

He wanted to know how the other party would crack his strange attack.

"Order, fill the moat, and the archers come forward to take cover."

"Whoa!" The herald walked to the command platform, waved the colorful flag in his hand, and passed Sima Yi's order. The generals of the front army, who received the order, ordered the drums to be beaten, and the 1,000 archers at the forefront of the queue approached the moat with neat steps, stood in three rows, drew their bows and arrows, and prepared for cover.

Behind them, two hundred and fifty men approached the moat step by step, pushing five huge trench filling carts. The length of the cart is about the width of the moat, and the long wooden frame is used to make a support, and if you push the cart into the moat, you can build a strong pontoon bridge over the moat, which is enough for the warriors to easily pass through the moat.

Those who besiege the city must fill the moat, and the defenders of the city certainly cannot make it easy for them. As soon as the archers of the Wei army approached the moat, the archers at the head of the city began to fire, and the sharp weapons fired by the strong bows and crossbows roared out, rushing straight at the crossbowmen and the unprotected people.

The walls were about three feet and five feet high, a height sufficient to give the defenders a dozen more paces more than the attacking side in the same situation. The outside of the moat is within effective range of more than ten paces, and if the attacker wants the arrow to effectively kill the enemy at the head of the city, it must get as close to the moat as possible before crossing the moat, which is also exposed to the range of the defender's crossbow. Although there is a shield to cover, it is at a disadvantage after all. As for the people who had no cover, the casualties were even worse. If you want to push a trench filling truck into position, it is normal to lose more than a dozen casualties, and in serious cases, even a hundred people die seventy-seven, eighty-eight, and may not be able to complete the task.

However, no matter how heavy the casualties of the people were, they did not dare to retreat casually, and behind them were the warlords with sharp blades, and as long as there were those who escaped, they would be immediately cut in front of the battle. Compared to the armoured warriors, the casualties of these civilians in the early stages of the siege were even more shocking.

The rain of arrows poured down from the city, and one by one the people were hit by arrows, screaming and falling to the ground, but the rest of the people did not dare to slack off, so they could only bite the bullet and use all their strength to push the trench filling cart to continue to move forward. As long as they go to the battlefield, there is only one hope: to complete the mission as soon as possible. The shorter the time, the greater their hope of survival, and the longer the delay, the smaller the chance of survival.

Desperate people shouted a terrible trumpet and pushed the trench carts as they approached the moat.

Wei Ba glanced at those innocent people and said to Deng Zhi: "General Deng, I'll leave it to you here, I'll go pack those warships." ”

Deng Zhi didn't look back, all his attention was on the Wei army battle array under the city. If the last battle with Hu Zun was an appetizer, today's battle with Sima Yi is a feast. If he can hold the Wuguan Pass and defeat Sima Yi, he will become famous in one fell swoop, and become a famous general in the Shu Han army, and the road to the general may be shortened by ten years.

"Go ahead, leave it to me here, I won't let Sima Yi get his wish."

Wei Ba smiled slightly, he knew that Deng Zhi's battle value had exploded at the moment, and he was in no mood to deal with him. He turned around and descended the city wall, mounted a limited number of war horses, and hurried to the position of blocking the Wei warships. When Deng Zhi was carrying Sima Yi head-on, he had to keep Deng Zhi's back road from losing.

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Lao Zhuang is very strange, at the end of the month, when everyone began to shout, weishenme everyone was silent? There are only 4 monthly passes in one morning, which really makes Lao Zhuang embarrassed.

There are still a few days left, but it can't be lost. Lao Zhuang is riveting, to be on the list for the first time in history, everyone, ask for a monthly pass, hurry up, and give Lao Zhuang a monthly pass. (To be continued.) )