Echeng, geographically known as "Wuchang" in later generations, is still using its original name like Xiakou, which is also known as "Hankou" in later generations.

The city wall of Hubei is far inferior to that of later generations, and Xiakou is still just a small port. The three towns of Wuhan have experienced the establishment of the capital in the Eastern Wu Dynasty, the population of Runan moved into the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the great construction of Xiakou in the Southern Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, the establishment of Jiedu envoys in the mid-Tang Dynasty, and the establishment of Yue Fei in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Guard... After a series of reinforcements, it became the centerpiece of the three towns.

At present, Echeng has not even carried out a wave of reinforcements as the capital of Soochow. Although it is the seat of Jiangxia, it is only stronger than ordinary county towns, but from the perspective of state towns... it is below average.

Jiangxia's most important barrier to the east is still the former Miangou...

If Miankou is lost, Hubei City will be undefeated. Except for the city tower, the city wall is only five or six steps wide. Moreover, Gongkou City’s sharp weapons can be transported directly to Miankou by water, and can be reached by land within ten miles.

Under the E city wall!

"Dad! How can I go back to Nanjun at this time? I..." Huang She retorted excitedly after hearing Huang Zu's arrangement.

"Shut up! I regret that I should have let Mi Heng go. Look, now... you have learned to talk back?" Huang Zu said angrily.

"Here comes, put down his military talisman! Escort him to Xiling!" Huang Zu gave the order directly.

Huang Zu forcibly sent Huang She away. Within a day, he received news that Sun Ce was leading his army.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were not prepared to go through the city gate and directly transported sixty Baigong cannons to the southwest of Hubei City.

Hubei City has an excellent geographical location, with the Yangtze River and Mian River on its lap, the mountains and lakes in the back, Lufei on the left, and Fanhan on the right. It is not only adjacent to the remnants of Mufu Mountain in the east, but also close to the Mian River... which is the lower reaches of the Han River.

Dig a moat.

However, the current city of Hubei is not yet "in the garrison of Jiangdong". It is easy to bypass the mountain roads and intermittent semi-natural moats and reach the bottom of the city...

Facing the city wall that was only five feet high and five or six paces wide, Zhou Yu chose a location. Instead of going through the city gate, he chose a location where it was easy to quarry stones for ammunition and avoided the city tower. He directly set up camp in front of the camp.

He opened up Bai Gongpao's stance, as if he was going to break through the wall and attack.

Huang Zu also didn't expect that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu didn't even want to go to the city gate. Above the city gate was the city tower. The city wall in the city tower area could be wider to make it easier to defend.

However, when attacking a city, it usually revolves around "climbing the wall" and "breaking down the door." It is usually a two-pronged approach. If one side can succeed, then both the attacking side will see hope.

Especially "breaking the door". After all, even if you successfully climb the wall, it will only make the ratio of offensive and defensive casualties closer. Successful climbing the wall ten times may not necessarily mean you can finally stand firm once.

And if the door is broken, as long as it is not blocked in time, it will be a long-term passage!

But when Sun Ce and Zhou Yu arrived, they didn't even look at the city gate, and they didn't intend to build wells or ladders on the spot. Instead, they dug into the mountains and took out rocks...

This is also the method of siege that Bai Tu recommends - avoid climbing buildings to avoid causing too much damage to the enemy and ourselves. We must directly demolish the wall!

As a cold weapon, the Baigong Artillery was a counterweighted catapult. It was much more powerful than the primary artillery used during the war between the Song and Yuan Dynasties in history. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, both sides also had artillery in use, but the effect was not good. In the end, it was still used as a cold weapon.

"Return to the gun" has the final word effect.

However, it is obviously unwise to ignore the development of firearms because of this. The "future" has proved that although the Huihui artillery is better than the rudimentary artillery in all aspects, but... the Huihui artillery is basically the limit of the cold weapon catapult.

And the development of artillery has just begun.

Since France experimented with artillery during the Anglo-French War, artillery has been developing day by day driven by industrial civilization.

In the battle between the Ming Dynasty and Hou Jin Dynasty, artillery must be present in major battles. Whether it was the "imported" Fran machine cannon or the powerful self-produced general cannon, they were never absent in the later stages of the battle between Ming Dynasty and Hou Jin Dynasty. Later Jin Dynasty reversed its decline.

It was also from the capture of a group of craftsmen such as Liu Han, the support of artillery casting, and the surrender of Kong Youde that the number of artillery possessions gradually surpassed that of the Ming Dynasty...

It is a pity that the Qing Dynasty after the Peace also relied on red cannons to quell chaos and fight against Tsarist Russia, but... compared to the West, it gradually adapted to the "weak chickens pecking each other" in firearms, slacked in development, and even took the initiative to suppress it, and ultimately ended in humiliation.

The way started the modern history of the Chinese nation.

And now, because Bai Tu strongly advocates the "wall-breaking" siege mode, both the generals leading the troops in terms of tactics and Gongkou City in terms of technology are trying their best to develop in the direction that Bai Tu advocates...

Blast furnace ironmaking has taken shape, reverberatory furnace copper smelting is still under trial, and the steel filling method was applied on a small scale last month!

Although it still needs accumulation when applied to war applications, and the initial artillery is not as good as returning artillery. When there is already a "Bai Gong Cannon", it will take longer for artillery to have practical significance, but... Baitu has been able to

Looking forward to the emergence of the Mercy wall-breaking cannon.

As for the current E city...

Even though the city wall of Chengji World is taller and stronger due to the existence of the battle armor, and it also has the defense bonus of the people, but it seems that the scale of E City today can be slowly "knocked open" with the Baigong Cannon!

In the evening of the day when the camp was set up, Sun Ce, who had collected enough stone bullets, first focused on firing at the city wall in front of him for a while.

Huge stone bullets hit the city wall. Although there was a light golden people's barrier that relieved a lot of the force, the defenders above still felt a little "vibration" under their feet.

And I don’t know if it was an illusion, but it was just the first round, which lasted for a quarter of an hour. It seemed that... at the end, the tremors of the city wall were more obvious than at the beginning!

Sun Ce had no intention of attacking. After smashing it, he pushed the Baigong cannon back and arranged a vigil for the entire army to rest...

Early the next morning, we continued to collect stones - this is also the disadvantage of catapults compared to artillery. Stone bullets need to be heavy to be powerful, and transportation is extremely inconvenient, so we rely heavily on collecting stone bullet materials in situ.

In comparison, the original solid bullets or shotgun shells of artillery, although the cost is higher, but... at least transporting fist-sized solid iron bullets is much easier than transporting stone bullets.

After being bombarded again at noon and evening, Huang Zu finally couldn't stand it anymore. At midnight, he sent troops to attack from the south gate and west gate at the same time, hoping to attack Sun Ce's army in the southwest at night!

However, Zhou Yu had long expected that in this case, the E city defender would definitely seek a night attack to repel the enemy, and given Huang Zu's temperament, he could not endure it for more than a few days, so he had already arranged batches of scouts...

Seeing that the sneak attack turned into an open battle, Huang Zu still wanted to rely on the physical strength of the soldiers to attack forcefully - he also knew in his heart that tonight was the last chance, and Sun Ce would not let down his vigilance in the future!

At least now, the defenders of Echeng have rested during the day, while most of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's armies have just been interrupted from rest and hastily entered a state of war.

And... at least for a night attack, it is mainly a frontal attack. Neither side can set up military formations in the dark. Even if they prepare in advance, they will not be able to notify the entire army, making it easier to blow up the camp.

However, Huang Zu obviously underestimated the huge gap between the two sides from generals to soldiers. It was also a night battle, and there was no real-time command. The grassroots officers below Du Bo could only fight independently, and the other side obviously did not get enough rest.

...But it was still Sun Cejun who won the victory!

Huang Zu's sneak attack was not enough to cause Sun Ce's army to blow up the camp. Especially some of the soldiers who were affected by the "heroic appearance" defended against the night attack, creating the effect of charging into the formation.

Huang Zu's vanguards Chen Jiu and Deng Long were both killed by Sun Ce. They then chased Huang Zu all the way back to the west gate of E city, only to be forced back by the defenders on the tower with bows and arrows!

Although Huang Zu saved his life, Echeng not only lost troops and generals, but also suffered a further decline in morale...

Ever since the two major defeats at Miangkou, the morale of Jiang Xia's soldiers had been at a low level. "Fortunately" Huang Zu had always had experience in dealing with military defeats, so he reluctantly appeased him.

However, after this night attack, Huang Zu was no longer able to organize another attack - the overall morale had been determined, and now the defenders of E City would probably collapse if they left the city.

All he could do seemed to be lazily shooting out some weak and disorganized arrows when Sun Ce pushed the Baigong cannon into the range. However... the sixty Baigong cannons were still there four days later.

There are fifty-one!

Most of them are their own problems... After too much use, the detailed parts were damaged. Although it can still be used after being dismantled and put together, it still reduced the number of three - the arm shaft is too easy to damage, so you should bring some extra spares in the future... Zhou Yu

Note it down.

If you can't rush forward, relying only on arrows will not be able to effectively destroy these big guys.

Although Huang Yueying did not appear again, she sent the design drawing of a city defense catapult to Huang Zu through the Huang family's generals.

It's just that... with the current situation in Hubei City, it's too late to build, and it's very difficult to go out of the city to collect materials.

Perhaps it was precisely because she understood that her uncle's defeat could no longer be prevented that Huang Yueying did not want to see her uncle...

As Huang Chengyan said, since Huang Zu has chosen his own path, he must pay for it himself!

On the fourth day, a corner of the city wall of Hubei collapsed...

Sun Ce took the lead and rushed forward in his "Yingzi".

Although there were only three people wide at the bottom, it was too late to block the cracks in the collapsed city wall. Even...because the morale of the city wall collapsed after the city wall collapsed, the arrows fired by the defenders on the city wall seemed a little sparse.

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On the contrary, Sun Ce had many generals under his command, especially those leading the charge now. Most of them were soldiers from Wu County, and many of them had served for Sun Jian.

On the one hand, he wanted to avenge his old master, and on the other hand, he was inspired by Sun Ce's "heroic appearance", which made him more and more powerful!

Sun Ce's horse (a) took the lead and ran through the gap to kill. Although the defenders overflowed to defend, it was difficult for Sun Ce to defeat him. Within five steps, the defenders could hardly get close, and the battle line was pushed back.

A gap in the city wall.

The green-armored young general behind him also cheered up and took advantage of Sun Ce to suppress the gap defenders with almost one person's power. He leapt and drilled into the city first!

It can be seen that this young general has very young facial features. He is a bit more immature than Ding Feng when he first went to the battlefield in Qu'a, but he is already wearing a gilt armor.

Seeing someone coming to kill, the defenders in the city who had gathered at the gap immediately became confused and pushed over. No one bothered to block the heavy objects.

"Hahaha, good job!" Sun Ce laughed and boasted about this young general. At the same time, his fighting spirit surged. Twenty-eight riders rushed out of the surroundings, completely breaking the gap in the city wall.

defense.
Chapter completed!