The south gate of Xiling City is actually close to the riverside. Outside the south gate is a ferry crossing, which is only about a hundred steps from the ferry crossing to the city gate.

At the ferry, there was only one checkpoint of the Shu army, and there were not many people to guard it. The sudden attack of the Wei army scared almost all these Shu soldiers. In front of them were the Wei army that was forcing them over, and behind them were the fire blocking the road. These Shu army had no way to escape and were soon submerged in the surging crowd of the Wei army.

When the Wei army launched an attack, the attack of the catapult car had just stopped. The fire under the city was not extinguished yet, and the fire barrier in front of him was still burning.

However, all this was planned. All the actions of the Wei army were actually carefully calculated in advance. From the attack of the catapult cart, all the offensive rhythms were firmly grasped in the hands of the Wei army.

After Lei Ding led Pingjiang Camp to land, he did not cross the fire barrier, but waited in front of the fire barrier. During this period, it was enough for Pingjiang Camp to line up. They prepared the ladders, flying claws, and ropes for the siege. After the fire was extinguished, they immediately launched an attack on Xiling City.

The reason why the fierce oil used in the fierce oil fire bomb is called fierce oil is that it has extremely strong explosiveness. The flames generated after the explosion are even more than ten feet high.

Such a strong and violent combustion requires enough tinder oil to support it. The capacity of a fierce oil fire bomb is limited after all. The stronger the flame, the shorter the duration.

If the fire is to maintain a long burn, the Wei army must continuously shoot more fierce fire bombs at Xiling City. As long as the fire bomb's offense stops, the fire will immediately decay and can only continue to burn for a short period of time, and then it will gradually fade.

Now Lei Ding is waiting for this time. As long as the fire in front is reduced immediately, he will lead Pingjiang Camp to launch an attack with all his might.

Of course, Lei Ding would not wait until the fire was completely extinguished. As the fire gradually diminished, he immediately ordered Pingjiang Camp to launch an attack.

He wanted to take down Xiling City in one fell swoop while the Shu army was unprepared.

But the Shu army seemed to react faster than him. After the Wei army's catapult car stopped attacking, Jiang Wei had already sent people to the top of the city to see the situation. Although he could see the situation outside the city by opening a crack in the door, his vision was not wide, and it was far better to climb high and look out of the distance, and the situation outside the city was clear.

As long as the Wei army no longer fires fire bombs, there is nothing to be afraid of. After all, there are no fire-induced objects around the burning fires, and they will not spread anymore, and the fire can only get smaller and smaller. At this time, there will be no danger of entering the city.

When the Shu army sentries climbed the city, they saw that it was a dark place. The Wei army had already gathered at least tens of thousands of people, and they could not stand on the shore. Many people were still soaked in the water. Even the warships behind were full of Wei soldiers. They were shaking flags and shouting, and the war drums were rumbling, and they had already set up an attacking stance.

The sentry quickly reported to Jiang Wei. When Jiang Wei heard this, he was secretly frightened. He did not find the Wei army's camp on the other side of Xiling. Therefore, this time the Wei army attack was not a traditional crossing river landing operation, but a long-range force of warships was used to directly send the infantry participating in the battle from Jiangling to Xiling.

Such a long-distance water delivery is almost an unprecedented miracle. You must also know that even the Wu navy did not have such ability in its heyday.

In addition, most of the soldiers of the Wei army came from the north and were not used to taking a boat. Many soldiers would have the possibility of seasickness after boarding the boat. Therefore, Jiang Wei was very puzzled how the Wei army could achieve such long-distance infantry delivery, and how did they overcome the problem of seasickness?

Even if these infantry are specially selected to avoid seasickness, an infantry unit with tens of thousands of people who want to enter the battlefield is not just ten thousand people. It involves too many problems in all aspects, such as logistics supply, weapons and equipment, siege equipment, etc., which must be solved one by one. Any problem in any link will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the army.

Jiang Wei couldn't understand how the Wei army could solve so many problems.

But now Jiang Wei can't think too much about it. No matter how the Wei army achieved it, they now appeared alive under Xiling City, under his nose, and were about to launch an attack on the city.

Jiang Wei immediately ordered all the troops to bypass the fire barrier and immediately climb the city, and at all costs, they should also prevent the Wei army from siegeing the city.

Judging from the current visual situation, the Wei army is about to invest more than 10,000 infantrymen, which is roughly the same as the Xiling defenders. The Shu army has the advantage of city defense, so Jiang Wei does not have to worry at all. After all, under the same force, the defender of the city will definitely be better than the siege.

Moreover, from the current situation, the Wei army's infantry's attack is likely to use the method of ants attacking the city, and their greatest support force comes from the five stone-cat battleships on the river.

Jiang Wei has studied these military configurations of the Wei army, especially the Wei army's stone-catted battleship. Jiang Wei has witnessed its power with his own eyes and naturally has more attention to it.

Each battleship is equipped with ten chain catapults. The chain catapults are very different from the ordinary catapults used by the Wei army infantry. They can shoot fierce oil fire bombs or ordinary stone bombs, but these stone bombs are smaller than ordinary stone bombs, and their power is still much different.

The stone bullets used in ordinary stone casters are about the size of a human head, and each stone bullet weighs at least a hundred kilograms. The stone bullets used in chain stone casters are obviously smaller, and the weight is only about one-third of the large stone bullets.

Such a stone bullet can attack ordinary targets, but it is a bit difficult to attack the thick and strong city walls.

This time, the Wei army did not use ordinary catapults, so Jiang Wei secretly let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the Wei army did not bring the catapults, otherwise Xiling City would be difficult to defend.

Of course, it was not that the Wei army did not want to bring it, but was restricted by conditions. It was indeed difficult to transport those huge catapults by warships.

However, the biggest advantage of the chain catapult car is its rate of fire. Since these catapult cars can hang ten bullets at one time, greatly increasing the rate of fire. This weapon is also extremely threatening when fighting in siege, which requires Jiang Wei to take it seriously.

It is not easy to fight this battle and defend Xiling City!
Chapter completed!