In the first battle of Mulie City, the Hebei Allied Forces briefly stopped, leaving nearly a thousand corpses behind, and retreated to a state of siege.

The Jingning Army relied on solid city defenses and suffered very small casualties. However, the biggest problem exposed in this battle was excessive consumption. After all, Mulie City only had such a small area, and the arrows, crossbows, rolling logs, and stones used to defend the city had been exhausted after one battle.

Use half of it, and you will have to hold on for at least a month. According to this method of consumption, the Hebei Allied Forces' next attack will not have to end, and our own heavy equipment will be exhausted.

Fortunately, Muleocheng was built on a mountain, and there was no shortage of stones. King Jing ordered the participating teams to rest where they were, and ordered all the reserve teams and the common people to immediately dig out the mountains, cut stones, and transport them to the city wall for later use.

The next day, the Hebei Allied Forces did not launch a large-scale attack. They just set up their Pili Chariots and smashed them against the city wall. The defenders at the top of the city dispersed and hid behind the stronger battlements. The Jingning Army's Pili Chariots in the city were also unceremonious.

The ground fought back.

The Hebei Allied Forces' Thunderbolt Cars were equipped with horizontally moving guide rails. Every time they fired three rounds, they moved ten steps laterally, making it impossible to accurately locate the stones shot out of the city. This method really worked. Although the frequency of stone throwing was reduced, its own losses were also reduced.

After the two sides fought like this for three days, half of the archery tower at the west gate of Muleocheng City collapsed, and three of the Hebei Allied Forces' Thunderbolt Chariots were damaged.

On the fourth day, the Hebei Allied Forces suddenly changed their equipment. Except for the archers who were responsible for the upward attack and the heavy shielders who were responsible for defense, the rest of the soldiers dropped their swords and guns and picked up shovels, and they dug in the blind spot in the city within the range of bows and arrows and thunderbolt chariots.

After lifting up the earth, one pole after another rushed to the uplift of the terrain northwest of the west gate to pile up a mountain of earth.

Once the earthen hill is piled up to a height of two people, the soldiers can use the cover of the mountain to avoid bows and arrows, and then slowly advance forward until the earthen hill is as high as the city wall and within an arrow's distance. If that happens, the defenders at the top of the city will be restrained in every possible way.

, as the mountains of earth get closer day by day, the city wall will lose its strong defensive power. However, the defenders at the top of the city seem to be indifferent to the mountains of earth that are getting higher and higher, and only hide behind the battlements and fire cold arrows.

Three days later, the mountain was already higher than the city wall, and the archers of the Hebei coalition army rushed to the top of the mountain to shoot. At the foot of the mountain, the coalition forces rushed towards the west gate again. They were ready to advance together and capture the west gate in one fell swoop.

Just as the stormtroopers of the Hebei Allied Forces approached the city gate, the soldiers and civilians inside and outside the city suddenly felt a huge vibration under their feet, and then bursts of muffled thunder rolled from the depths of the ground. Those with weak legs and feet fell to the ground due to the shock.

However, they saw that the southeast corner of the earth mountain outside the city was sinking in, and half of the loose mountain was swallowed into the cave in an instant. Half of the archers on the top of the mountain who had not had time to set their arrows were swept into the collapsed earth and rocks, along with the nearby attacking troops.

I also fell into a lot of trouble.

It turned out that when King Jing saw the Hebei army building a mountain, he chose the strategy of "making real and imaginary" and urgently ordered the earth and rock engineering soldiers to dig tunnels leading to the foot of Tushan, and then dig deep caves at the stress points at the foot of the mountain. Mulie City secretly hid a group of slaves.

The black gunpowder purchased overseas has never been willing to be used. Now it is put to use. It is piled into a cave. When the Hebei Allied Forces climb the mountain, they fuse it a little. The explosion loosens the soil on the upper level of the cave. The heavy and loose earth mountain is unable to support it. Once it is fired,

Half of it collapsed.

Zhu Zhenyou's strategy of attacking the earth was originally intended to kill two birds with one stone. If the rebels were afraid of the Tushan attack out of the city, it would be in line with his wish for a field battle. If the rebels still defended, waiting for the Tushan to be completed, and being condescending, he could have a panoramic view of the situation in the city, and his side would have an even greater advantage.

. He also knew the countermeasures of sinking the mountain into the earth, so he rode the cavalry around the mountain every day. However, he did not expect that there was a ** in the city. The hole was dug deep and the cavalry could not collapse at all, so he suffered a big blow.

We lost 30% of our archers.

When one plan fails, another one comes up.

The terrain of Mulie City was high and it was impossible to divert water to flood the city, so the Hebei Allied Forces cut off the Hui River upstream to cut off the water source in the city.

The culverts in the city could not draw water, so they had to rely on poor water storage and a few wells to quench their thirst. However, a small amount of water was not enough to meet the drinking needs of the soldiers, civilians, cattle and horses in the city. The Hebei Allied Forces were also ruthless, and the Thunderbolt Trucks were doused with kerosene.

When we moved into the city, there were almost no houses near the city wall that were not burned. The water was already very low, and it was attacked by fire. The little water we had was about to run out.

The defenders immediately took the wells under military control and strictly distributed the water. The soldiers and civilians only received enough water for drinking, and they were not even willing to make soup. After three more days of this, the buckets had reached the bottom of the wells, and what was brought up was already half a bucket of water.

Half a bucket of mud, the water source in the south of the city has been cut off, and the groundwater has also been exhausted.

When the water supply was cut off, King Jing had already called the local township party to inquire about other water sources near Mulie City. One hunter said that there is a small channel of running water at the east end of the mountain, which flows southward into the Hui River.

The city was separated by a ridge, making it inconvenient to move. King Jing quickly ordered his engineers to repair the canal. After four days, the canal was completed, and a clear spring relieved the thirst in the city.

Not long after, a scout from the Hebei Army discovered this channel. When the news reached the main account, Zhu Zhenyou was overjoyed and immediately ordered 10,000 infantry to destroy the channel.

There was only weak resistance from the Jingning Army in the mountain, and the canal was successfully demolished. The Hebei Allied Forces' attacks for days were unsuccessful. This battle was easily won. It was inevitable that they would be elated. When they went down to the bottom of the mountain, they did not go to the stone bridge in the distance, and went straight from the sun-cracked

Crossing the river bed.

Halfway through the march, there was a faint sound of thunder on the left. All the troops looked around and saw thousands of horses galloping between the two rivers. Looking closer, they saw that the waves were rolling in.

The soldiers who destroyed the canal were so frightened that they fled to the banks on both sides. The order of the troops was suddenly chaotic. You pushed me and pushed me without giving in, which further slowed down your escape.

The peak of the flood was faster than a horse, and it was already approaching in an instant. At this moment, the victorious canal-destroying army was no different from the sand, earth and stone tools. Three or four out of ten were swept away without a trace by the torrent in an instant. The remaining ones were frightened and rushed to fight.

Escape.

King Jing received the news of victory and drank a drink with his generals. What they drank was not strong wine, but the clear mountain spring.

When building the canal, King Jing specially ordered the engineers to divide it into two teams to build the canal. One was built in the lower reaches of the creek, and the canal was built in a blatant way, which was shown to the enemy scouts. The other was built in the upper reaches, and the canal was hidden among the bushes and grass nests.

The water supply canal is here.

The Jingning Army spared the scouts and returned to the enemy camp to report. King Jing sent Wan Qiliangzhi and a thousand wolves to secretly sneak along the mountain road to the interception of the Hui River. When the enemy's signal to demolish the canal came, the langjun army

Rushing down from the mountain, they killed the three thousand Hebei troops guarding the embankment and dispersed them. Then they immediately excavated the embankment and the water from the Hui River, which had been stagnant for several days, burst out wildly, like an evil dragon devouring the proud soldiers in front of it.

Zhu Zhenyou's plans failed, and he was unwilling to risk his life to attack the city. He could only tightly surround the three gates. Every morning, he sent people to the city to scold the formation. In the afternoon, he used thunderbolt chariots to smash the weak points of the city wall. At the same time, he built a large number of buildings in the camp area.

Arrow tower.

Yan Yunhai, the lord of Qianjing City, was narrow-minded and couldn't stand Zhu Zhenyou pointing east and west at his head. In addition, he had an old grudge with Zhu Zhenyou. When he saw that the commander had not attacked for several days, he hatched a conspiracy in his heart and immediately wrote a secret letter.

Go to Zhongxuan and falsely accuse Zhu Zhenyou of collaborating with the enemy and neglecting the war.

Zheng Cong was good at engaging in conspiracies and power struggles, but he did not understand military affairs at all. After seeing Yan Yunhai's secret letter, he believed it to be true. He was so angry that he wanted to have Zhu Zhenyou imprisoned, but the court officials who were close friends with Zhu Zhenyou were still suffering.

The disaster was averted after some persuasion, but the Ministry of War issued three consecutive orders to urge the attack.

Zhu Zhenyou knew through his friends in the court that this was Yan Yunhai's fault. In order to protect his own head, he could only use the heads of other armies in exchange. In desperation, the Hebei army had no choice but to take the next step and start a strong attack.
Chapter completed!