Liu Meng and others could not stop the soldiers from fleeing. Compared with those stone bullets falling from the sky, human flesh and blood was too fragile. If they were bumped a little bit, they would be missing arms or legs, or even lose their lives.

All gone.

If the enemy uses weapons such as bows and arrows, they can also use shields to protect them, but with such a large stone bullet and such a fast speed, the shield is not much more effective than a piece of paper. If you stay on the top of the city, if you don't

If luck hits you, you will die.

In this case, it seems that there is no point in holding on to the city. It can only increase casualties, so Liu Meng ordered most of the Huns to temporarily evacuate the city, leaving only a handful of people to observe on the city.

When did the Wei army stop attacking with catapults and switch to attacking with men, so that the soldiers in the lower city could return to the top of the city to defend.

Because the catapult attack was only a prelude to siege the city, and the real attack on the city had to be done by people, Liu Meng believed that the Wei army would soon stop using catapults.

But this was just Liu Meng's idea. Cao Liang did not regard the catapult as an auxiliary means from the beginning, but as the main method of attack.

For this siege, the Wei army made long-term preparations. Not only did they spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build these fifty giant catapults, but they also mobilized a large number of masons to make a large number of stone bullets.

A skilled mason can make five to six stone bullets in one day, and hundreds of masons can produce an astonishing number of stone bullets in half a year.

This time, the Wei army had hundreds of vehicles transporting stone bullets, and these vehicles were not just for one trip. After they transported the stone bullets to the Wei army camp south of Jiuyuan, they returned to Jinyang and went back and forth.

He ran back and forth, constantly transporting stone bullets.

Since there was sufficient ammunition, Cao Liang had no intention of saving at all. From the beginning, he prepared to carry out a saturation attack on Jiuyuan City and smashed Jiuyuan City to pieces with stone bullets.

Most of the city walls in this era were built with rammed earth. They used highly viscous soil mixed with rice husk, wheat straw and lime, and were rammed layer by layer. Most of them were built with a layer of bricks on the outside of the city wall. This layer of bricks on the surface

, it can only play a beautiful role and will not help the sturdiness of the city.

In the past, the stones thrown by human-pulled catapults were light in weight, had short range, and had limited power. They could only cause damage to the defenders and defense facilities on the city, but could not completely destroy the structure of the city wall.

But the counterweighted catapult used by Cao Liang was different. Not only did the stone projectiles have sufficient weight, but they also had a long range and strong destructive power. Just a few bombardments had already destroyed the surface structure of the city wall. If the Wei army continued to use catapults,

If we attack, it will only be a matter of time before the city wall collapses.

Cao Liang knew that if infantry was used to attack the city, the Wei army would inevitably pay a heavy price in casualties. Due to the huge disparity in enemy strength, even if the Wei army was lucky enough to attack the city, it would be counterattacked by the Huns.

, when the follow-on troops are unsustainable, it is a big problem whether the vanguard troops who attack the city can hold on to the victory.

Therefore, if you can use catapults to attack, you can greatly reduce the casualties of infantry. Why not use such a method that has the best of both worlds?

Anyway, the Wei army had plenty of ammunition, and Cao Liang didn't care whether it was wasted or not. He didn't believe it. If tens of thousands of stone bullets were piled up like this, they wouldn't be able to destroy an earthen city.

The Wei army used catapults to bombard the city indiscriminately for a whole day. The entire city wall had been hit by countless stone bullets and was already riddled with holes.

The outer brick layer of the city wall was completely destroyed at this moment, exposing the soil layer inside. Under the violent bombardment of stone bullets, the entire city wall was in dilapidated condition and was crumbling.

It was getting late, and the Wei army retreated slowly with the sound of gold.

At this time, the Huns dared to show their heads. Due to the continuous attacks from catapults, dust was flying in the sky, covering the entire city. The dust choked the Huns and they couldn't stop coughing. They climbed up to the top of the city with lingering fear and found Wei Jun.

It was already gone, so I was secretly relieved.

Liu Bao also climbed to the top of the city. All the buildings, including the city gate tower, had been destroyed by catapults. Even the crenellations on the city wall were not intact. There were everywhere on the entire city.

They were all complete or broken stone bullets, rolling to the ground.

The passages on the entire city wall were also smashed and bumpy, the defensive facilities were almost completely destroyed, and the entire city was in a mess.

This was nothing. Liu Bao stood on the edge of the city head, leaned down and looked down. He couldn't help but sucked in a breath of cold air. My God, this city wall has been hit by countless stone bullets. It has already been

It became riddled with holes.

The catapults of the Wei army were too powerful. I had never heard of catapults being so powerful before.

Liu Bao had seen the catapults of the Wei army in the past. They were much smaller than the catapults of the Pingbei Army under the city now. The stone projectiles thrown were small in size and not so powerful. If this attack method was followed, Jiuyuan City would be destroyed.

The city wall could not hold on for more than a few days.

"Will the Wei people continue to use catapults to attack the city tomorrow?" Liu Jiao asked with lingering fear.

Liu Meng was speechless. He originally thought that the Wei army would only use catapults to attack the front line. After attacking for a while, they would send infantry troops to attack the city. Now it seems that he was completely wrong. Not only did the Wei army not send out infantry troops,

, just using catapults, they bombed indiscriminately for a whole day, not only completely destroying the city wall of Jiuyuan, but also causing many casualties to the soldiers in the city.

As for whether the Wei army will continue to use catapults to attack tomorrow, only genius knows.

However, Liu Bao took a closer look at the stone bullets scattered on the top of the city and said with certainty: "The Wei people have used catapults to attack for a day. They will definitely be weak tomorrow and will not use catapults again."

Liu Jiao asked doubtfully: "Why are you so sure?"

Liu Bao laughed and said: "Look at these stone bullets, they are all the same size and round. Such stone bullets must be carved by hand by highly skilled craftsmen. They cannot be collected casually from the mountains.

The Wei people smashed at least several thousand stone bullets today. With such well-made stone bullets, they must have a limited inventory. If they use up all of them today, there will definitely be nothing available tomorrow. Therefore, I believe that the Wei people will attack tomorrow.
Chapter completed!