"Woo-woo-woo-woo-"

As the horn sounded, the first thing the Qin army dispatched was not the tower cart, but hundreds of carts filled with sand, gravel and earth. Because if you want to attack Daliang, you must first fill in the Fangcheng River outside Daliang City.

The Fangcheng River in Daliang City is the river that introduces the chasm, and at this time the river has been blocked by the Qin army, and the water level has dropped by half. Hundreds of Qin soldiers pushed the vehicle towards Daliang City. At the same time, the Qin army also launched twenty trebuchets and twenty bed crossbows, following behind the Qin soldiers who filled in the moat, approaching in the direction of the city wall.

The main formation of the Qin army was four hundred steps away from the city wall of the girder, although it was not within the range of the trebuchet and bed crossbow, but it was not far away, so after the Qin soldiers who filled the moat attacked, they advanced less than a hundred steps, and the trebuchets and bed crossbows on the city wall began to launch one after another, and the stones and crossbow guns fired at the same time, striking at the Qin army.

Although the carts were equipped with baffles to shield the arrows and protect the soldiers in the carts, they did not have much resistance to the bed crossbows, which could shoot through the baffles very lightly and then through the soldiers' bodies. Huge rocks fell from the air, hitting both people and vehicles, and the soldiers who were hit were smashed into pulp, and the vehicles immediately disintegrated. So as the defenders' strikes unfolded, Qin soldiers and vehicles continued to be killed and knocked down.

However, when the Qin army's bed crossbow and trebuchet entered their own firing range, and launched a counterattack on Daliang City, the crossbow guns and stones flew wildly for a while.

Although the number of ranged weapons of the Qin army was much smaller than that of the defenders, the ranged weapons of the defenders were scattered across the city walls, while the Qin army could be concentrated and used against a point. Although there were walls to use as cover, casualties began to occur on the Great Beam City. The soldiers standing at the entrance of the battlements were pierced through their bodies by crossbow guns, and some stones were smashed on the city wall, causing the city wall to tremble, and some stones fell on the city wall, killing the soldiers or the equipment defending the city. Some stones went directly over the city walls and fell into the city of Daliang, destroying the houses and roads. However, the people of Daliang City had already evacuated away from the city walls, so there were no casualties.

Gao Yuan also immediately ordered to transfer another thirty bed crossbows and thirty trebuchets to the city wall, and distributed them in the section of the city wall attacked by the Qin army, preparing to attack the Qin army. In fact, the defenders only have more than forty percent of the long-range weapons on the city wall, because the wall of the girder is so vast that even if all the long-range weapons are arranged on the city head, it is very sparse, and although the girder city wall is very wide, it is still very narrow for bed crossbows and trebuchets, and it is very troublesome to move on the city wall.

Once the war began, the walls would be covered with arrows, crossbows, stones, cauldrons, crashes, carts, and other defensive equipment, so bed crossbows and trebuchets could not move freely on the walls.

Therefore, the plateau only arranged a small number of long-range strike weapons on the city wall to maintain the most basic long-range strike, while the rest of the long-range strike weapons were reserved as reserve forces, and after judging the main attack direction of the Qin army, they were transferred to the city wall for centralized use.

However, the bed crossbow and trebuchet are both large and heavy equipment, and although they are equipped with wheels, it is not easy to move them up the city wall, so although the order of the plateau is issued, it will take a certain amount of time for all these long-range strike weapons to be transported to the city wall to be in place.

At this time, outside the city walls, dozens of soldiers of the Qin army had been killed, dozens of carts were smashed or overturned, and sand, gravel and soil were scattered all over the ground. The rest of the Qin army was still pushing the carts, constantly closing the distance between them and the city wall.

As the Qin army approached, the bows and crossbows of the city wall were fired in unison, and for a while, arrows rained down, shooting at the vehicles and soldiers of the Qin army. Although each cart had a baffle on it, many soldiers were shot by arrows and fell to the ground. However, most of the soldiers braved the rain of arrows, pushed the vehicle to the moat, dumped the sand, gravel and dirt in the moat, and then quickly dragged the vehicle away.

Truckloads of earth were poured into the moat, and more than a dozen passages were gradually filled in the moat, and of course, some Qin soldiers who were shot by the Fangcheng River fell in the moat and became part of the moat.

The entire landfill lasted for more than an hour, and the Qin army sent two batches of landfill troops in a row, basically filling in the east main gate and a section of the moat at the east left gate of Daliang City, which also means that the main attack direction of the Qin army is this section of the city wall.

The soldiers who waited for the landfill all returned to the Qin army's main position, and although some dead soldiers were also brought back, dozens of corpses and overturned vehicles were still left on the ground.

Wang Jian watched from the high car, very satisfied with the landfill work just now, glanced at Han Teng beside him, and said, "General Han, are you ready?" ”

Han Teng said: "Don't worry, the general, the last general is completely ready, just wait for the general's order, and you can attack." ”

Wang Jian nodded and said, "Okay, you guys can attack." ”

Han Teng immediately said: "I didn't give the order." Then he immediately mounted his chariot and drove towards the phalanx on the left.

"Woo-woo-woo-woo-"

As the horn in the Qin army's array sounded again, the twelve tower carts in the left phalanx were slowly pushed out of the array and approached the Daliang city wall. Behind each tower cart, there were also four hundred Qin troops, with six siege ladders, advancing with the bed crossbow, and the Qin army's trebuchets, bed crossbows and other weapons also started one after another, launching a heavy attack on the head of the city.

However, at this time, most of the bed crossbows and trebuchets newly transferred to the city wall were in place, so the defenders' striking strength was obviously much stronger than before, and they were trebuchets, divided into three batches, a group of trebuchets projected small stones, mainly against the attacking soldiers; A group of trebuchets projected large boulders, aiming at the bed crossbows and trebuchets behind the Qin army; Others are projecting the latest weapon - fireballs.

This new type of weapon was used several times when the coalition forces attacked the positions of the Qin army, and they all achieved very good results, and it was even more powerful when used in the defense of the city. One by one, the fireballs were projected by the trebuchet and fell into the array of the Qin army, either dissolving on their own, or bouncing and rolling on the ground, and a few fireballs hit the tower cart, fortunately, the surface of the tower cart was covered with raw cowhide, and before the battle, it was specially watered, so it did not spread on the flames, but the soldiers who followed the tower cart did not have such good luck, some were hit by the fireballs, and some were hit by the fireweed matches that emitted after the fireballs disintegrated, although the Qin army was disciplined and well-trained, But they couldn't withstand such a blow, and many Qin soldiers' clothes were set on fire, screaming and rolling on the ground. It also disrupted the queue of the Qin army a lot.

There were also some fireballs that hit the bed crossbows and trebuchets behind the Qin army, and immediately burned these weapons, and there were two fireballs that crossed the queue of the Qin army because of the excessive force of the projectile, and bounced and rolled all the way to the main formation of the Qin army, but fortunately, dozens of spear and shield men hurriedly came out of the queue and used shield spears to block the fireballs. Fortunately, at this time, the momentum of the fireball's advance had been exhausted, and it was finally blocked by the Qin army, it was just a false alarm, but a few soldiers were burned.

Wang Jian frowned slightly, and said, "Is this the fireball used by the coalition forces?" During this period of time, Wang Jian heard a report from the Shijun that when the coalition army attacked the camp, it used a new type of weapon, which was thrown with a trebuchet, and the whole body was full of flames, which was very powerful, and the Qin army also called this weapon a fireball. Only now do I see it with my own eyes.

Li Xindao, who was beside him: "Yes, the last general has seen it with his own eyes in a fortress, and it is indeed this kind of fireball." Moreover, the last general once observed a fireball that had not yet burned out, framed with bamboo strips, built-in hay and firewood, and projected with a trebuchet, and some of the fireballs fell to the ground and disintegrated, and within a few steps, there were flames; There are also fireballs that can bounce and roll forward after they hit the ground, and the fire spreads everywhere they fall, which is very powerful. ”

Wang Jian also smiled bitterly, the new weapons and equipment of the army are really endless, first the new horse furniture, and now the fireball, so what will be in the future? If these weapons were all designed by Gao Yuan, then his abilities would be too terrifying.

After pondering for a while, Wang Jian said: "Call a few craftsmen to come to the formation, let them take a look at this fireball, and then imitate it, since the defenders can use it, then we can also use it, even if it is too late to make it now, and it can't be used when attacking the girder, but it can still be used in the future battles against other countries." ”

Li Xin hurriedly said: "Yes, General, the last general will go to handle it immediately." With that, he turned to leave.

Wang Jian looked back at the direction of the battlefield again, despite the fierce blows of the defenders, the Qin army was still advancing in front of Daliang City, and although the battlefield had been smoked at this time, it could still be seen very clearly that the most important twelve tower carts had not lost any of them, and they were still standing in the queue of the Qin army. Wang Jian was a little relieved at this time, and then passed down the order to let the follow-up army prepare to attack.

At this time, the attacking Qin army had advanced to within 100 steps of the Daliang city wall, and basically entered the dead end of the trebuchet's attack. Although the Qin army had already suffered more than two or three hundred casualties at this time, Bi Jing was well-trained, and immediately readjusted the formation, and followed the tower cart, still advancing steadily.

And the appearance of the Qin army also made the generals of the plateau and the coalition army who watched the battle on the city wall also admired, because if it was changed to other armies, after suffering such a blow, I am afraid that the formation would have been in chaos a long time ago, and the Qin army was still able to maintain the formation until now, which also reflected the su zhì of the soldiers of a hundred battles. In the past hundred years, the Qin army has been the strongest army in the world, and it is not unreasonable.