Fortunately, this fashion was only at midnight, and there were not many pedestrians on the streets in the city. Otherwise, people like Tian Bao and Su Chong galloping on the streets would definitely cause trouble.

About a quarter of an hour later, Tian Tabu and Su Chong finally arrived at the east gate.

He turned over and dismounted, threw the reins in his hands to the nearby soldiers, and Tian Tao and Su Chong stepped up to the tower.

At this time, on the city tower, the commander of the East Gate, Ju Sheng, and his soldiers were ready to defend the city. They were standing by the wall, staring at the Wei warships on the river outside the city.

Suddenly he heard footsteps coming from behind him. He turned around subconsciously and saw Tian Tao and Su Chong walking towards him with anxious expressions.

He quickly raised his hands and fists and saluted: "Ling Ju of the East Gate is promoted to pay homage to the right prime minister and to pay homage to the lord Ling Yin!"

"No need to be polite."

Tian Bao waved his hand and walked quickly to the wall, holding his hand on the wall and looking towards the river outside the city.

At this time, half of the sky was bright, and Tian Bao could clearly see that there were more than thirty warships moored on the Zishui River outside the city. Among them, twelve warships were extremely huge, as if they were twelve tigers.

Lying in the river.

And on these warships, the flags with the word "Wei" were clearly hung.

"It is indeed a warship from the Wei State... Strange, why did the warship from the Wei State appear under our Linzi City? Could it be that they came from Jishui?... The Wei army arrived at the Linzi City, but Boxing has not yet been sent.

Warning news, it seems that Boxing River Port has been captured by the Wei army..."

Frowning his brows, Tian Bao turned around and glanced at the city gate tower behind him. Where the city gate tower should have been, now there was only a ruin that had mostly collapsed.

"What's going on? Is it caused by the Wei army's attack outside the city?" Tian Tao asked.

Ju Sheng, the commander of the East Gate, nodded, pointed to a stone bullet not far away that was similar in size to a millstone that he ordered his soldiers to dig out from the ruins, and told Tian Tao exactly what he had experienced just now.

As soon as Tian Tao looked at the stone bomb, he knew that it must be the trebuchet of the Wei army. The problem was that there was no trebuchet of the Wei army outside the city...

"Is it installed on the ship?"

Muttering to himself, Tian Bao carefully looked at the Wei warships on the river in the distance, and actually saw that these warships were carrying huge trebuchets.

It must be said that installing a trebuchet on a warship was a very rare attempt in this world.

Although Tian Tabu had once heard that the Huling navy of the Wei State, which was training in the Weishan Lake area, had such a trebuchet on their warships, Tian Tabu did not take it seriously at that time.

It’s no wonder, after all, water warfare in this era is still stuck in the era of "shooting with bows and crossbows" and "boarding ships with swords", similar to the tactics used by the Wei army in Huling to defeat the warships of Xiong Li, Lord Diyang, at Weishan Lake.

The "God's Will Warfare" method of attacking the opposing warship from afar with a trebuchet, whether it succeeds or fails depends entirely on God's will. In this era, it can only be regarded as a heresy in water warfare.

But now, watching a dozen Wei warships on the Zi River, all aiming their trebuchets at Linzi City, Tian Bao finally gradually realized that such warships equipped with trebuchets,

How terrible is it.

One is its power, and the other is its maneuverability.

These warships are capable of destroying city walls!

Of course, although the Wei warships outside the city have the ability to destroy the city wall, this does not mean that these warships can destroy the city wall of Linzi in a short time. After all, the hit rate of such a powerful war weapon as a trebuchet is not only

Not high, and the low ground is pitiful.

Thank God!

Perhaps noticing that the morale of the defensive soldiers on the city was a little unstable, Tian Tao said in a deep voice: "Don't panic. Even if the Wei warships outside the city are equipped with trebuchets, it is impossible for this kind of siege weapon to be used twice."

I am Linzi!" At this point, he said firmly: "This is Linzi! It is the capital of my Daqi! She is not that fragile!"

After hearing this, the morale of the soldiers on the tower improved slightly.

However, at this moment, there were only a few strange whistling sounds, and more than a dozen stone bullets the size of millstones fell from the sky. Three of them hit the Linzi city wall, causing a small piece of the city wall to collapse.

"ah"

A scream.

It turned out that two soldiers were caught off guard and happened to be standing on the collapsed area. They felt their feet were empty and fell to their death on the spot under the city.

"Your Excellency, be careful!"

The left and right people hurriedly protected Tian Bao, but Tian Bao pushed the crowd away with all his strength, stuck his head out on the wall and took a few glances at the two soldiers who fell to death under the city. Then he stared closely at the Wei warship on the river outside the city, holding his hands

He clenched his fists tightly.

An hour later, the news that "Wei troops were approaching the city" gradually spread wildly in the city, causing the Qi subjects in the city to panic. Although Linzi ordered Su Chong to send troops to calm the people as much as possible, they still could not stop the panic.

"Damn it! How did Wei's army arrive at my Linzi City?!"

In the palace of King Qi, King Lu Bai of Qi was furious about this.

When he learned that Wei's army was approaching the city, Qi King Lu Bai's first reaction was panic, and then he was angry. After all, it was extremely humiliating to be beaten to the capital by a country's army!

I remember that when Han and Qi were at war, the Qi State fell to the entire Julu County, but even so, the Korean army still failed to cross the Jishui River. But now, the Wei State's warships actually reached Zishui River and were blocked in the river.

The situation at Qi Ren's doorstep is worse and more urgent than before.

It has to be said that as the youngest son of the late king Lu Xi, the current monarch of Qi, Lu Bai, is indeed very courageous. After thinking for a moment, he actually came to the east city gate in person to inspect the battle situation.

At that time, Shangqing Gao Xi, scholar-bureaucrat Uncle Bao, Guan Zhong, Lian Chen and others had arrived at the east gate one after another. Even the left prime minister Zhao Zhao, who had been ill these days, also came to the tower in disguise.

"What are the Wei troops doing outside the city?"

Shang Qing Gao Xi frowned and said.

Because as he saw, the Wei army on the Zi River outside the city did not disembark at all. Their attack on Linzi City seemed to be just content with throwing a few stone bombs from the ship's trebuchet.

"Could it be that they want to wait until the city wall here is destroyed before taking any action?" scholar-official Uncle Bao guessed.

After saying that, he saw Qi Wang Lu Bai ascending the tower and quickly bowed and saluted.

"Your Majesty." All the ministers on the city wall saluted.

"Your Majesty, please excuse me." King Lu Bai of Qi waved his hand, ignored the persuasion of others, walked to the wall, looked at the many Wei warships outside the city, and asked: "Why did the warships of Wei suddenly appear in our Linzi City?

outside?"

Hearing this, all the ministers nearby were silent.

After a while, Tian Tao whispered: "If I guessed correctly, this Wei fleet is probably the Huling navy that was originally stationed in Weishan Lake... As for how this navy suddenly appeared in Linzi,

Outside the city, I thought it was going down the Jishui River..."

King Lu Bai of Qi glanced at Tian Tao and moved his lips slightly, as if he wanted to say something. However, after frowning, he changed his words and said: "Right Minister, as you can see, can I hold Linzi?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Tian Tao said quickly: "There are still thousands of soldiers in the city, and I have sent an order to the Northern Navy and the Flying Bear Army to come to the rescue immediately. Linzi will be safe."

"Hmm."

King Lu Bai of Qi nodded, then looked at the Wei warships outside the city, and suddenly asked: "Did the Wei army send anyone to negotiate?"

"No." Tian Tao shook his head and said, "However, I have sent the East Gate Order to negotiate with the Wei army outside the city."

Hearing Tian Tao's words, King Qi Lu Bai couldn't help but feel a little surprised, while the expressions of Gao Xi, Uncle Bao, Guan Zhong and others beside him changed slightly.

The Wei army never sent anyone to negotiate, which was not a good sign.

They originally thought that the purpose of this Wei army's surprise attack on Linzi was to force the Qi State to withdraw from the "Chu, Qi, Lu, and Yue Four Kingdoms Conquer Wei", which could be understood as a threat of force. But now, listening to Tian Bao's intention, the Wei army outside the city actually took it seriously.

Planning to capture Linzi?

Just when everyone on the tower of Linzi's east gate was in shock and confusion, Ju Sheng, the commander of the east gate who had been sent by Tian Bao to negotiate with the Wei army outside the city, was approaching the warships.

Of course, the few people in his group could not hide it from the eyes of many Wei soldiers on the warship. Someone immediately reported this matter to the general on the flagship, Li Huo: "General, there are several people from Qi who used the banner of Linzi to attack our fleet.

near."

"oh?"

Li Huo walked to the bow of the boat and took a look. When he saw the Qi people coming to the river bank, holding up their empty hands and carrying no weapons, he signaled: "Send a stern boat over and take those few people away."

Bring Qi people here."

"yes!"

After a while, Dongmen Ling Ju Sheng was brought to Li Huo's flagship.

After seeing Li Huo, Ju Sheng clasped his fists in a somewhat restrained manner and said, "I am Ju Sheng, the commander of the East Gate of Linzi, and I have come to negotiate with your army on the order of the right prime minister of our country... I dare to ask your army why.

A sneak attack on me in Linzi?"

Hearing this, Li Huo laughed loudly, pointed at Ju Sheng and laughed at the Wei soldier who was standing by: "This kid actually asked me why I wanted to sneak attack on him in Linzi?"

The nearby Wei soldiers burst into laughter, making Ju Sheng even more frightened.

At this time, Li Huo sneered and said: "Boy, you don't know that our Wei Dynasty has already declared war on your Qi State? As a general of the Wei Dynasty, I led the army to attack the enemy's capital. Is there anything wrong?

?”

Only then did Ju Sheng realize that he had asked a stupid question, and he no longer dared to make his own claims. He followed the instructions of Right Minister Tian Tao and said: "General, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding. In fact, I, Da Qi, have never thought about it.

I have been an enemy of your country..."

"Hmph!" Li Huo snorted coldly, interrupting Ju Sheng's words: "Boy, don't talk nonsense here. It's not just that you are secretly helping South Korea. A while ago, you responded to Chu State's order and made Tian Dan

, Tian Wu and others sent troops to join forces to attack our great Wei... but they dared to

You said you have never thought of being an enemy of the Wei Dynasty?" At this point, he touched his beard and said in a deep voice: "You can stop attacking Linzi if you want me to, as long as the King of Qi declares to the world that he will surrender to the Wei Dynasty and help me.

The Wei Dynasty conquered Chu and Han, and I, the Wei Dynasty, can forget the blame, otherwise..."
To be continued...