to the Huainan East Road area.

Therefore, both Guo Xu himself and the counselors who followed Guo Xu and were personally selected by Lu Zhongtian reached a high degree of consensus, which was to capture Yingtian Mansion in one fell swoop and fight a beautiful siege.

Everyone was still full of confidence in the combat operation to capture Yingtian Mansion. Everyone regarded the religious bandits as a mob and thought they were vulnerable. They led an army of 50,000 well-equipped and well-trained Imperial Guards, and even carried

With a large number of siege equipment, there is no possibility of losing this battle. In fact, many people think that this is a great contribution to Guo Xu in vain for the entire counter-insurgency operation. Because no matter whether he is a soldier

In terms of the quality of the horses' equipment and the supply of supplies, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court had no reason to fail.

In the early morning three days ago, the siege operation officially started. It started with the bombardment of three hundred catapults. Under the cover of the catapults, tens of thousands of forbidden troops carried a large amount of earth, stone and sandbags in carts, and forcibly attacked Yingtian Mansion.

The moat, which is more than five feet wide, has filled in more than a dozen passages to facilitate the army to attack the city.

After that, more than fifty Yunxiao chariots loaded with nearly 5,000 forbidden troops attacked the city. The Yunxiao chariot was a new siege weapon unique to the Zhou army. It was a behemoth that was three feet tall and equipped with eighteen huge wheels.

The interior of the rectangular roller coaster is a layer of platforms connected by stairs. When such a siege vehicle approaches the city wall, the suspension bridge lowered from the top can be built on the city wall, and the soldiers hiding inside can climb up the ladder.

From the top, rush directly along the suspension bridge to the city wall. Each of these vehicles can hide a hundred soldiers. Once it is close to the city wall, not only can these hundreds of people quickly climb the city to fight, but it is also equivalent to setting up a passage connecting the lower and upper walls of the city.

This was the latest siege weapon of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It was originally an extremely confidential siege weapon, but at this moment, Guo Xu first brought more than fifty of them. That was also the entire number owned by the Forbidden Army.

In addition, tens of thousands of forbidden troops charged on the side of the ladder carrying hundreds of ladders, and five giant assault vehicles drove towards the west gate of Yingtian Mansion, preparing to smash the gate. In addition, five thousand archers headed towards the city.

Archery suppression, new siege methods and traditional siege methods are combined to form a three-dimensional siege method that combines old and new, and combines far and near.

In addition to the 10,000 reserve troops, Guo Xu mobilized more than 30,000 forbidden troops. His goal was very clear, which was to break through Yingtian Mansion in one go and seize the city. He would not be sloppy.

However, the facts gave Guo Xu a slap in the face. The battle of Yingtianfu, which he thought he could successfully capture, encountered fierce resistance from the religious bandits. Under the personal supervision of Shenggong Hai Dongqing, the 20,000-strong defenders on the city wall

The Skitarii and tens of thousands of religious bandits were extremely brave, shouting the slogan of the Holy Father's greatness, and used endless methods.

Nearly six thousand skitarii equipped with bows and arrows shot arrows from a high position, causing huge casualties before the Forbidden Army reached the city wall. Thousands of Forbidden Army soldiers were shot and killed on the way to charge. Facing the siege vehicles of Yunxiao, the defenders

Fang did not let his opponent take advantage. When the Yunxiao siege vehicle approached the city wall, the religious bandits at the top of the city threw bottles of kerosene into the huge upper exit of the Yunxiao siege vehicle. This was the case for more than twenty Yunxiao siege vehicles.

It was burned near the city wall. While the raging fire claimed the lives of the imperial guards, it also burned the extremely precious roller coaster.

The Skitarii on the city wall tightly clamped down on the city wall, preventing the officers and soldiers from having the slightest chance to board the city. Moreover, they had obviously made careful preparations. The city had abundant supplies, a large number of archers, and several missiles installed on the city wall.

The crossbows were originally all crossbows owned by the Zhou army, and they effectively became a weapon to prevent the officers and soldiers from attacking.

The first siege lasted for more than an hour, and finally ended with the religious bandits repelling the attack of the officers and soldiers. Due to the large number of casualties and insufficient estimation of the situation, Guo Xu had to order a halt to the attack and make another plan.

Good strategy.

In the next three days, Guo Xu launched nine sieges, but none of them succeeded. The most likely one was the attack two nights ago. At one time, part of the city wall had been captured, but the opponent did not know where he came from.
Chapter completed!