Crossing the Battle of the Three Kingdoms

What Yuan Shao and the others were afraid of was the mysterious weapon. Now that they had discussed a solution, their confidence could not help but increase. They were no longer pessimistic about tomorrow's battle to defend the city.

With a solution, Jushou said goodbye and left, preparing to take a good rest and face the battle tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Xu Shu's army started to besiege the city on all sides, preparing to attack.

When Yuan Shao heard the news, he went to the city tower to supervise the battle in person to boost morale.

When Yuan Shao arrived, he found a strange thing, that is, the east, west and south gates, the Li army only besieged but did not attack, but the north gate was indeed slowly advancing.

Only the ancient siege is a three-miss-one strategy, because this can increase the chance of success, unless the siege party has too few troops and needs to make a single bet.

But Xu Shu obviously didn't have this kind of situation, so he had the confidence to break through and win the city.

When Yuan Shao came to the north gate and saw Li Jun pushing the catapult, he immediately understood that the secret weapon was the catapult.

The catapults only have a range of [-] to [-], which is farther than the archers, which means that they can only be beaten and have no power to fight back. Fortunately, they have a way to deal with it.

When Li Jun's various ministries arrived at the designated positions, they began to beat the drums, and the army of Shenwu artillery began to load and ignite to launch.

Seeing the Shenwu Cannon flying from the sky, Yuan Shao hurriedly led the army down the tower to hide, but these left behind troops were all second- and third-rate troops, and their reaction was not so fast at all.

Under Yuan Shao's order, some still hadn't had time to evacuate, so what greeted them was the sound of violent explosions.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

……

The towers in the north were full of gunpowder smoke and loud noises one after another. If Yuan Shao hadn't made the army retreat, they would have suffered heavy losses at this time.

Seeing that the expected situation did not appear on the tower, Zhang Liao, the commander of the Shenwu Cannon, quickly stopped the attack and went to report the news to Xu Shu in person.

Zhang Liao used to serve under Xu Shu's command, but after the establishment of the Shenji Camp, Li Huiyi recalled him to lead the Shenji Camp, and returning to Qingzhou this time is also considered a revisit.

Chapter 617 Decisive Battle (19)

Zhang Liao flew up to Xu Shu who was watching the battle, clasped his fists and said, "Master Xu, it seems that there is no Yuan army stationed in this city tower. If we attack the city after bombarding it as before, the effect may not be satisfactory."

"Wei Jiang thinks that it is better to let the siege army attack the city during the bombardment, and stop the bombardment when they are about to reach the tower."

Xu Shu's original plan was very conventional, that is, after the shelling, when Yuan Jun was in chaos, he would take the city in one fell swoop.

This is also the favorite tactic of the small island nations of later generations, and Xu Shu, who also learned about it from Li Huiyi, did not expect Yuan Shao to be able to prevent it early.

"Okay, General Zhang is going to prepare, I will give the order." Xu Shuruo thought about it, and immediately agreed to Zhang Liao's suggestion. When the bombardment was ordered, the siege army began to advance.

Xu Shu agreed, and Zhang Liao left immediately, began to direct the Shenwu Cannon, and continued to bombard the tower.

At this time, Yuan Shao heard that the shelling stopped, thinking that Li Jun had started to attack the city, he immediately led his troops to the tower, thinking that the shelling had begun before they went to the city.

With a loud noise, Yuan Jun stopped without waiting for an order, not daring to take half a step forward. Yuan Shao also had a look of fear, and secretly scolded Xu Shu for being cunning.

Yuan Shao led the army away from the city tower again, but this time he was a little smarter. He left the watchman and asked him to go to the city to watch immediately when the shelling stopped, so as not to let Li Jun attack the tower.

Although the guards who stayed behind were unwilling, the order was hard to disobey, so they could only complain in their hearts and wait under the tower.

Unbeknownst to the observers, Li Jun was quietly advancing towards the city wall at this time.

Under the cover of artillery fire, Li Jun's siege troops came to the bottom of the city tower without any hindrance. The ladders and carts and other objects also arrived one after another, waiting for the shelling to stop.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao immediately stopped shelling. You know, these ammunition are as important as his lifeblood, so he would rather waste too much.

As soon as Zhang Liao stopped, the siege army quickly set up a ladder, and before Yuan Jun could react, they quickly climbed up.

And the rushing car immediately began to hit the city gate early. Yuan Jun behind the gate didn't react at all, and only panicked against the city gate under the violent impact of the rushing car.

As soon as there was movement at the city gate, the guards left behind knew what had happened without having to look, and rushed to report it.

Hundreds of meters away from the city gate, Yuan Shao heard that the shelling had stopped and waited anxiously. At this time, he saw the sentry guards rushing forward. Needless to say, he knew the situation, so he hurriedly led his troops to the city tower.

But when Yuan Shao led the army to arrive, many people from Li Jun had already climbed the tower, and the two sides immediately fought together.

Yuan Jun and the remaining troops were not enough to look at Li Jun, but within half an hour, the situation at the North Gate turned to Li Jun.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao, who was in command, knew that the situation was over, so he hurriedly led his troops and retreated to the important place of the treasury. Yuan Shao had already discussed with Jushou the plan of defeat, so he was not panicked.

Outside the treasury, Jushou saw Yuan Shao leading the army coming, his face showed shock on the spot, and Jushou admired Li Jun's strength very much.

But it didn't reach the strength to win a door in just a few hours of siege.

Ju Shou met Yuan Shao with an ugly face, and said, "Master, has Li Jun entered the city yet?"

Seeing Jushou's disbelief, Yuan Shao nodded helplessly and said, "Yes, sir, get ready to break through, you might not be able to get out if it's too late."

Seeing Yuan Shao's own admission, Jushou had no choice but to accept this fact, and hurriedly commanded his troops to fight towards the east gate with the items he had counted earlier.

Li Jun outside the east gate, facing Yuan Shao's breakout, did not entangle to death, but fought for a while, and then let them go.

As soon as Yuan Shao broke through the siege, Yuan Jun, who was remaining in the city, saw that the overall situation had been settled, and he was not resisting anymore, so he put down his weapons and surrendered.

It was determined by the First World War, Xu Shu led his troops into the city, and began to release the list to calm the people and take over Langye.

As for the people of Langya, seeing that Li Jun behaved well and would not disturb the people for no reason, they also began to leave their homes one after another to inquire about the situation.

The people in the city could hear the loud noise just now, thinking it was the wrath of the gods, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe.

Now that the matter is over, human curiosity naturally occupies my heart, and I start to figure out what's going on.

However, Li Jun's military regulations were strict, and these people couldn't find any news at all. However, some clever people began to imagine out of thin air, boasting that Li Jun was a magic soldier who came down to earth, and just now the loud noise was to use immortal techniques to seize the city gate.

And people always have a little faith in the answers given by someone about unknown things, and for a while, various versions of legends began to spread in the city.

And starting from Langye, it began to spread to various places, but these are all things to come.

Closer to home, Xu Shu took down Langye and established law and order in the city, then began to serve celebration wine and have fun with the army.

The siege this time was simpler than Xu Shu imagined, and it could be said to be effortless. All of this should naturally be attributed to Shenjiying.

In the lobby of the prefect's mansion, Xu Shu held up the cup in his hand and said to Zhang Liao: "General Zhang, I respect you. You are the first to attack the city. I will write it down in the credit book. When Xuzhou is captured, I will hand it over to you." Discuss the merits and rewards together with the lord."

Zhang Liao replied: "Your Majesty Xu, you are being polite. This cup is yet to be honored to you. The benefits of the Shenji Camp are all created by the lord. The general is only a leader, and I dare not take credit for it."

The two drank it all in one gulp, and Xu Shu continued, "It's all up to you to take down Langye with such a small casualty in this battle. I hope that the next one will be like today. Come and have a drink together."

In this battle, the Li army only lost less than 1000 people, which can be said to have set a precedent for the least loss in a siege. You must know that in ancient times, sieges were filled with human lives.

Because the defenders occupy the city, they can easily kill and injure the attacking army, so the casualty ratio of both sides is often several times, and it is very rare if they can be evened out.