After a brief calm, Wu Jun's tsunami-like offensive immediately ushered in. Today, Wu Jun invested more siege troops. The entire Anfeng City was so densely packed that only people could be seen, like locusts and ants, swarming the sky and covering the earth.

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Cao Liang looked at the top of the city and frowned slightly. It was obvious that the Wu army's strength had increased again, and it was not a small number. In terms of scale, it had at least doubled.

Such a huge force is indeed a test for Anfeng City's defense.

Moreover, not only the strength of the Wu army has increased, but heavy equipment such as catapults, crossbows, siege vehicles, and rams have also appeared in the Wu army. The number has obviously increased a lot compared to yesterday, especially catapults and siege vehicles.

This is the first time he appears among Wu Jun.

A siege engine is a large siege vehicle. Inside it is a thick log hung on a beam with a rope or chain. The log has a metal cap at the back end and a metal head at the front end. It is often made into the shape of a sheep's head.

, called a battering ram. When attacking a city, the soldiers in the siege vehicle work together to grab the battering ram and move it backwards and then violently hit the city gate, relying on inertia and kinetic energy to destroy the gate or the latch structure behind the door.

The city gate is often the weakest link in a city and is easily destroyed. The appearance of siege engines is specifically designed to deal with city gates. The heavy siege engines have a structure similar to a pointed roof and can withstand the blow of rolling logs and rocks.

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Experienced defenders would use rockets to attack, but the siege vehicles were quickly upgraded. The wood was covered with iron or copper sheets, and thick mud was poured on the roof.

As a result, even the Rockets have nothing to do with it.

The only thing a siege vehicle needs to guard against is the destruction of the opponent's infantry. However, in a general attack, a certain number of infantry will be equipped around the siege vehicle for protection. It is also very difficult for the enemy to make a sneak attack.

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Wu Jun used large siege vehicles this time, aiming directly at Anfeng's city gate. The huge siege ram hit the city gate, making a deafening roar.

The city gate is usually made of heavy wood, covered with iron sheets, and has more than a dozen door bolts on the top and bottom. After the city gate is closed, thick logs are used as top beams.

However, under the impact of the siege engines, such a heavy city gate was still swaying. The officer guarding the city gate had a pale face and hurriedly reported it to Wang Ji.

Wang Ji's face suddenly became serious. The city gate must not be lost. Once it is lost, the Wu army can march in, and their resistance on the city wall will become meaningless.

Cao Liang suggested that all four gates of Anfeng City be sealed, so as to prevent the city gates from being lost.

However, after closing the city gate, Anfeng City will become a dead city, with no way in or out. The Wei army has no other way except to defend the city. Even if it breaks through, there will be no chance.

Wang Ji thought about it carefully and finally agreed to Cao Liang's suggestion. Sealing the city gate is probably the best way now. If it is not sealed, the city gate will definitely not be able to withstand repeated impacts from siege vehicles.

In other words, closing the city gate is more of an attitude. The defenders who have no retreat can only live and die with the city.

Sealing the city gates was actually very quick. Cao Liang arranged for the group of people waiting to go out to fight to use stones and sandbags to seal the city gates. Thousands of soldiers, each with a stone or a sandbag, were enough to seal all four city gates.

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Wu Jun's main attack was on the north gate. At this moment, due to the violent impact of the siege vehicles, the north gate was already crumbling. Thousands of sandbags and stones blocked it. Even if Wu soldiers smashed the gate,

To no avail.

Bu Zhao failed, so he proposed another plan to Zhuge Ke, using a catapult to throw matchlock balls into Anfeng City.

The catapults used by Wu Jun were not very large in size. Each catapult only had about ten pullers. This kind of catapult could only throw lighter and smaller stones. In a strong city like Anfeng City, this kind of catapult

Catapults generally cannot be destroyed.

However, Bu Zhao had another clever plan. He used oil-soaked straw ropes to form a large straw rope ball. After lighting it, he used a catapult to throw it to the city head or inside the city to launch a fire attack on Anfeng City.

Although the matchlock ball is large, it has little weight and is much lighter than the stone. The catapult can throw it high and directly into Anfeng City.

The purpose of Bu Zhao is to turn Anfeng City into a sea of ​​fire, leaving the Wei army with no place to stand. Are you afraid that they will not surrender by then?

Zhuge Ke's eyes suddenly lit up. Bu Zhao's method was good, and he ordered his men to gather all the catapults immediately, tie grass into ropes, soak them in oil, and then twist them into grass rope balls, ready to light the fire and throw them.

Rice is widely grown in the Huainan area, so there is no shortage of straw. Thousands of Wu soldiers worked together to make ropes out of straw and balls. Soon the Wu soldiers had piles of straw rope balls.

Zhuge Ke ordered the catapult to be pushed to a position not far from the city wall, lit the straw rope ball, and threw it out with the catapult.

Fireballs flew toward Anfeng City with thick smoke, some landed on the top of the city, and some fell directly into the city.

There is no danger if it falls on the top of the city, unless it happens to hit Wei Jun's oil pan. The other places are made of masonry and are fireproof, so the straw rope ball cannot cause a fire.

But what fell into the city was extremely bad. The roofs of this era were all made of wooden structures, and there were many houses, even with roofs made of grass. The most terrifying thing about these houses with grass and wood structures was

fire.

The oil-soaked matchlock ball burned very quickly. Once it hit the ground, it immediately started to roll, causing sparks to fly and catch fire.

If it fell on the roof, it would be more likely to cause a fire. Suddenly, fires were everywhere in the city, and the people in the city fell into panic.

Wang Ji obviously did not expect that Wu Bing would play such a trick. Fire attacks would not be used under normal circumstances. This is not because the enemy is kind, but because the fire attacks are very destructive. The continuous fire attacks may even reduce Anfeng City to ashes.

Sea of ​​fire, even if the city is destroyed, it will only be a ruin.

What Wang Ji didn't know was that Zhuge Ke had already ordered the massacre of the city. Even if he occupied Anfeng City, he would set fire to destroy Anfeng City. Setting fire to it now was regarded as taking action in advance.

Cao Liang personally went to the city to direct two teams of resting men to put out fires everywhere in the city to solve the urgent needs of the people. If necessary, he demolished some houses to create isolation zones to prevent the fire from spreading to the city.
Chapter completed!