The system takes me through the world

Chapter 149 Breaking Luoyang in Three Days

Li Yuan nodded, and said: "What Xiaogong said makes sense. If you do this, it will be the foundation of Qin's unification of the world. Let's do it, Xiaogong obeys orders!"

Li Xiaogong immediately stood up, knelt down and saluted: "I obey the order."

"I named you the governor of Xinzhou, and took my personal letter to go south to Xiejiabao in Bashu to discuss the situation in Bashu with Xie Hui."

"As ordered!"

After Li Xiaogong sat down again, Li Yuan let out a long sigh and said, "Yuanji, your task is to guard Tongguan, and at the same time try not to conflict with the east side. What we lack at the moment is time! Wait for enough time to break Ye Ke!"

Speaking of this, he sighed again, and said: "I, the Li Clan, is one of the four big clans today. Now the Dugu Clan has no successors, and the Yuwen Clan is about to be defeated by Luoyang and Li Mi. Trapped in Lingnan, right now I am the only Li Clan in full bloom."

"But I never expected that this Ye Ke would be so good. Everyone gritted their teeth and be patient for now, not to conflict with Ye Ke to avoid causing damage!"

"Obey, Your Majesty!" Everyone bowed in unison and said sadly.

At this time, the Li family is very sober, knowing that under the current situation, they must not have a direct confrontation with Ye Ke. Even if they encounter grievances in the future, they can only knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs. Otherwise, how can they face Ye Ke's iron fist? And Xia Jun Jingqi's edge?The world has always been respected by the strong, and knowing that they are not as good as others, they can only endure the humiliation and bear the burden.

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Under the city of Luoyang, Xia Jun camped.

"Duke Xia, now our Xia army has [-] iron cavalry and [-] infantry have arrived at the city of Luoyang for seven days." General Li Jing said to Ye Ke: "The soldiers have been repaired, and their fighting spirit is high. Both the food and the siege equipment have been followed. The canals are continuously transported to the city, so everything is ready, we only need to wait for the order from Duke Xia, and we can attack the city."

Liu Heita, commander of the Suwei army, said: "My lord, in the past few days, the temples outside the city of Luoyang that had been in close contact with the Jingnian Temple have been cleaned up by our army. Seven thousand beheaded and countless military funds have been obtained."

Xu Shiji stepped forward and said: "According to the information, Li Mi and Yu Wenhuaji are standing still and waiting for the situation to change. Our army will attack the city without any worries."

Gao Shiqi, who was in charge of leading the division along the way, also said: "The last general will be stationed in Yanshi, don't dare to take it lightly, and make sure to keep an eye on Li Mi and Yu Wenhuaji."

Ye Ke nodded, and said: "In this case, according to the requirements of the Code of Practice, install five thousand trebuchets densely, and I still don't believe that Luoyang City cannot be smashed!"

From the second day onwards, one after another trebuchets were transported to the prepared position, densely packed, but there were neatly arranged there. Seen from a height, it was really magnificent.

"Thousands of trebuchets launch stones together?" Wang Shichong was inexplicably horrified on the city wall, his eyes widened. "I heard that this is how Ye Ke attacked Youzhou. He smashed down the city wall. Wouldn't he do it again?"

"I don't think so." Yang Gongqing shook his head, "With Xia Jun's strength, it is not difficult to assemble thousands of trebuchets, but it is definitely a matter of thinking about the stones needed for more than a thousand trebuchets to launch together." Scalp-numbing numbers."

"It takes about [-] to [-] breaths for a trebuchet to launch once. That is to say, a trebuchet can launch nearly a thousand stones a day and a night, and a thousand is a million stones. If multiple stones are fired at one time , which requires more stones.

Luoyang is located on a plain, where can I find so many stones?I'm afraid it would not be enough to empty out the entire Beiman Mountain! "

Wang Shichong breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "That's good, that's good!"

But he was still uneasy, you know, after fighting with Li Mi for a long time, in fact, his strength has become exhausted, and the territory he controlled by Wang Shichong is almost an isolated city of Luoyang.

If Ye Ke really captured Luoyang in a battle, then he would die without a place to bury him.

The camp of the Xia Army, the camp of Ye Ke's commander.

There were only a few people inside, besides Ye Ke, they were Li Jing, Liu Heita and Xu Shiji, the three of them were Ye Ke's most confidant forces.

At this time, the three of them sat together, watching Ye Ke draw a schematic diagram of the siege on the paper.

After Ye Ke introduced them, he continued, "Generals, we have already determined the location of the trebuchet. It is in the northeast corner of the city. Do you have any questions?"

Li Jing stared at the picture, pondering for a long time: "Duke Xia, the general wants to ask, how to ensure that the trebuchet behind can also throw stones on the city wall?"

Ye Ke smiled, that's true. Five thousand trebuchets are deployed in formation, which is a large area. Even after his careful arrangement, the attack position is arranged in the northeast corner of the city, making full use of the terrain and attacking one corner from three sides. But the farthest trebuchet was nearly [-] steps away from the siege, and ordinary trebuchets couldn't hit that far.

"Don't worry, pharmacist, this is the trebuchet designed by the craftsmen of Leshou City. Instead of throwing stones, it throws hollow pottery. There are firelighters inside. It is light in weight and can hit far." Ye Ke took it from the side. A clay pot the size of a fist was brought to Li Jing: "This kind of pottery will shatter when it hits the ground, and the enemy can no longer use it, and the firelight inside can spontaneously ignite."

"Well, good thing, good thing." Li Jing was overjoyed, and patted his thigh: "My lord, with such a sharp weapon, I guarantee that within three days, Luoyang will be conquered!"

Ye Ke laughed loudly: "With you General Li in command, Commander Xu full of wit, and Commander Liu battle-tested, why should I worry? So I just need to do a good job in your logistics and make sure you eat well and sleep well. , when the time comes for the army to attack the city, I will just step forward!"

Li Jing hurriedly said: "Duke Xia, you are the lord, just in case..."

Ye Ke waved his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "Pharmacist, if the two armies confront each other, no one in the world can stop me!"

When he spoke, he was full of strong self-confidence. When everyone saw him, they all felt admiration.

Wang Shichong of Luoyang City did not think that Xia Jun could launch five thousand trebuchets at the same time. First, so many trebuchets could not be deployed in a limited position, and the trebuchets behind were too far away from the city wall, and might exceed the range. The second is that so many trebuchets require a lot of stones, and Xia Jun couldn't get so many stones in just a few days. .
But the facts were beyond his understanding. Ye Ke used thousands of wise master craftsmen behind him to solve these two problems very well, that is, to replace solid stones with hollow clay pots.It was easily thrown into Wancheng from four or five hundred steps away, but the firelight inside could play a role in burning, burning down the protective measures prepared by the Luoyang defenders.

However, the thousands of catapults under the city of Youzhou cannot be compared with the battle scene of [-] catapults.

So when Ye Ke gave the order to siege the city, stones and clay pots poured over the city like hailstones. After those pots were broken, they burst into flames, which completely stunned the defenders of Luoyang and defeated Wang Shichong. Confidence.

Three days later, Emperor Taizhu, Wang Shichong, Duan Da, Yuan Wendu and others bound their hands and surrendered to Ye Ke.

Luoyang City belongs to Ye Ke.

The heroes from all parties who received the news lost their voices instantly.

Ye Ke's strength once again shocked the whole world.

　The siege of the city has already been written by those who attacked Youzhou, so I won’t repeat it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)