Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

So for Zhou Fen, Kuang Liang respected him quite a bit, not to mention that Zhou Fen was always clean and honest, and everyone in Qi State admired him, even King Jian of Qi respected him a lot.

It is precisely because of these reputations and the support of people's hearts that even when Hou Sheng's power was the strongest, Hou Sheng did not dare to act rashly against Zhou Fen.

Kuang Liang stared at the Zhao army camp in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Qing, I have fought with Zhao people many times. When Zhao army fought like a tiger descending a mountain, everyone was brave and brave, and everyone fought for the first place. When fighting, they were like a pack of wolves. The cooperation is perfect, and the main generals such as Lian Po and Pang Nuan are the first-class famous generals today, so it is really hard to resist."

Zhou Fen nodded silently.

Although Kuang Liang's words also meant to excuse himself, Zhou Fen also knew that what he said was indeed the truth.

Since Zhao State defeated Qin State in the peak duel in the Battle of Changping, Zhao Jun has swept the world without a single defeat in the past ten years, which is enough to show the excellence of Zhao Jun.

Zhou Fen let out a long breath, and said: "It's okay, this time we will only defend and not attack, as long as we don't fight Zhao Jun in the field, then Zhao Jun's might can't be displayed."

Kuang Liang frowned and said, "If that's the case, how should Zhao Jun's thunderbolt be dealt with? As far as Gaowan's city wall is concerned, even if Zhou Qing has ordered people to strengthen it, it may not be enough to resist Zhaojun's thunderstorm."

Ever since Zhentianlei appeared on the battlefield, it has greatly shocked other countries.

Its power is obvious. The originally tall city wall that gave everyone a sense of security is so vulnerable in front of Zhen Tianlei, which makes all the monarchs except Zhao Dan feel uncomfortable sleeping and eating.

So ever since they learned about the power of Zhentianlei, the intelligence agencies of various countries have made Zhentianlei their top priority for investigation.

If you can get the secret recipe for making Zhentianlei, it will definitely be a great thing that people dream of.

It's a pity that Zhao Guo's secrecy for Zhentianlei is also the highest level, so now that Zhentianlei has appeared for so long, the countries still have no idea how to make Zhentianlei.

As the war progressed, their understanding of Zhentianlei gradually increased.

Zhao Guo launched training in order to make Zhao Jun's officers better use Zhentianlei, so the use of Zhentianlei will naturally be leaked out.

Due to the power problem, Zhentianlei is not enough to break through the walls of super big cities like Linzi and Xinzheng!

As soon as this news came out, several monarchs undoubtedly let out a long sigh of relief.

But even so, the problem is still not solved.

After all, a country does not only have its capital. The thunderbolt cannot destroy the capital, but it can destroy other cities besides the capital.

This is the big trouble Zhou Fen is facing at this moment.

Zhou Fen snorted, and said to Kuang Liang: "Didn't the people of Qin sent a method on how to deal with the thunder? You just have to try the above method."

Kuang Liang said with some concern: "But Zhou Qing, the methods of the people of Qin may not be reliable."

Zhou Feng sighed a long time, and said: "At this point, do we have any other choice? Just make preparations. No matter what, we must block Li Mu under the Gaowan city Otherwise, once Li Mu captures Gao Wan and marches into Linzi, the king's heart will change again! Go ahead and prepare well, this battle is related to the life and death of Da Qi, so there must be no negligence!"

Chapter 9: Li Mu's New Idea (Second Update)

On the third day after besieging Gaowan City, Zhao Jun began a tentative siege.

The sound of thunderous drums kept echoing in everyone's ears. Li Mu stood on top of the tall chariot, watching his subordinates rushing towards Gaowan City like a tide.

Siege is actually a very boring and long thing.

First of all, find a way to get rid of various obstacles outside the city, such as moats and the like.

Secondly, it is necessary to get some heavy siege equipment, such as turrets, and of course the most indispensable is the trebuchet.

After all these things are ready, the siege party will start to fill them with human lives.

From the beginning of the battle to the breaking of the city, this is the stage when the siege party suffered the most casualties.

But after the city is broken, the death rate of the defenders will rise sharply.

In this era, looting and killing after entering the city has almost become a customary habit, the only difference is the degree of looting and killing.

As a veteran general, Li Mu is of course well aware of this.

So Li Mu didn't like the feeling of siege very much.

Even though this kind of situation has long been commonplace, when Li Mu saw his soldiers fell one by one on the charging road, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

If there wasn't this damn city wall, then the soldiers under Li Mu's command wouldn't have suffered so many casualties in vain.

This phase of the siege lasted a full ten days.

During these ten days, Zhao Jun paid a huge price, and finally filled the moat outside Gaowan City under the rain of arrows from Qi Jun.

From this day on, the war entered a new stage.

Ladders, rushing cars, and other weapons that need to be used at close range have finally begun to show their power.

In front of Li Mu, many catapults were showing their power, one after another huge boulders were thrown into the sky by the catapults, and then bombarded towards Gaowan City in the distance.

Li Mu looked at these trebuchets silently, and a bold idea suddenly appeared in his heart.

"What if you can put the Thunderbolt into the trebuchet and then throw it into Gaowan City?"

After the day's fighting was over, Li Mu called the general accompanying the army and explained his thoughts to the master.

After listening to Li Mu's thoughts, the master craftsman looked at Li Mu with a strange look.

Li Mu shrugged his shoulders: "Why, can such an idea not be realized?"

The master shook his head, hesitated for a while before saying: "Actually, the governor doesn't know about it. The method that the governor said is already under development by the general."

Li Mu was overjoyed and said, "When will it be developed?"

The master coughed and said, "It's confidential, so I can't go into details. But what I can tell the governor is that after discussing this with the master and all the masters, the conclusion is that it will not be successful for the time being."

What Li Mu didn't know was that what Zhao Guoren was actually researching now was not what he thought, but a more familiar weapon and artillery for later generations.

"Truth is only within the range of the cannon." This was put forward by Duke Otto von Bismarck, the first Chancellor of the German Empire and known as the "Iron Chancellor" in his famous iron speech.

In the era of hot weapons, cannons are undoubtedly the king of positional warfare, and it is impossible for Zhao Dan, as a traverser, not to know this.

Therefore, Zhao Guo has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in this area since the appearance of gunpowder.

It's just limited by the level of knowledge, and the research on artillery is still in a very early stage. Not even a prototype has been built, and the time to put it into the battlefield is even more difficult to expect.

Of course Li Mu didn't know this, he said a little puzzled: "Isn't it just a tool to throw Zhentianlei into the city, is it so troublesome?"

In Li Mu's eyes, this Thunderbolt seems to be no different from a stone.

The master paused for a moment and said: "If the governor wants to throw Zhentianlei into the city, it is not difficult. You only need to adjust the length of the lead wire a little bit. It's just that the landing point of the catapult and the detonation Time and time are really difficult to coordinate accurately, and if Zhentianlei is used in this way, it may be difficult to blow up the walls of Gaowan City."

Li Mu thought for a while, but still insisted on his own opinion: "No, it's better to try. You go to prepare, I hope to see a preliminary plan within three days. If you are not at ease, you can let those prisoners who accompanied the army Go try to operate the trebuchet."

Everyone is precious in the war years, so almost every country will bring a large number of criminals when they go to war. As long as these criminals can make meritorious service in the war, they can be exonerated or even promoted.