The Great Sui army and horses arrived at Runzhou City and set up camps more than ten miles outside the city.

This is the first battle of the Great Sui Dynasty in attacking the Wei Kingdom. It is crucial. If you cannot lose, you must win.

For Wei, it is impossible to win or lose. Therefore, the entire Runzhou City is ready, and a large number of scouts spying on the news of the Sui army, and they dare not let go of any details.

After the scout's investigation was reported to Guo Jia, Guo Jia communicated with Zhang Liao and Xu Huang again.

Guo Jia said: "From the intelligence, the Sui army did not divide its troops into marching, but had a clear goal, which was Runzhou City."

"Fengxiao, should we notify Cao Ren to attack from the east when the Sui army attacked Runzhou City?" Zhang Liao said.

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Of course! Report the situation to Your Highness Wen. Your Highness Wen is a general who commands the army and is in charge of the rear. He is responsible for the dispatch of troops. However, we must explain the situation and wait until the Sui army fights us and let Cao Ren sneak attack in an urgent way. We must not let the Sui army investigate our intentions, otherwise it would not be a sneak attack."

"Don't worry, I will write it clearly." Zhang Liao said with a smile.

Guo Jia did not dare to relax at all, but said, "Next, it depends on how the Sui army will attack the city. Since ancient times, how will the Sui army attack the city?"

The unknown is the most terrifying thing, and Guo Jia is most worried about the secret weapon of the Sui State.

At this time, the Sui army camp.

The soldiers are setting up camps and deploying defenses to the entire camp.

The 300,000 troops are huge, and the military camps are continuous for several miles, which is spectacular.

After setting up the barracks, the soldiers began to assemble trenchers and other equipment.

For transportation, the trencher is a semi-finished product. After being transported by warships, it will be assembled here.

If Guo Jia was here, he would have been surprised by the number of trenchers, how many! There were hundreds of them.

Although the catapult is a long-range attacking device, it can only shoot blindly from a long distance due to inconvenient transportation, and the effect is not good. Therefore, ordinary troops will not set too many numbers, and their purpose is only for long-range attack suppression.

Compared with the catapult, it is not as good as a crossbow. It is directly installed on a carriage. Although the range is slightly inferior to that of the catapult, it is amazing and has great lethality.

The Sui army equipped so many trenchers, so naturally it was not throwing stones.

Yang Shuang was in Yangzhou and did not go out with the Sui army. Shi Wansui, who was the general manager of the army, summoned various generals to formulate combat plans. In fact, the so-called plan was to allocate tasks, leaving 100,000 troops to guard the camp, and other troops would attack the city tomorrow and attack the two city gates in the east and north. Among them, the north gate was the main target of the attack, and 80% of the troops were placed in the north gate.

Time will soon come to the second day.

It is the spring season now, and it is neither lukewarm nor hot. If you wait for another two or three months, it will be unbearable for the heat and it is inconvenient to march at all. So you must make some achievements during these three months.

It is absolutely impossible to destroy Wei. The foundation of Wei is there, but some achievements, such as occupying the northern part of the Wei River, can still be achieved.

Before dawn, the soldiers woke up to eat and prepare. After the sun rose, the army drove.

The 200,000 army was like a torrent of steel, approaching the city of Runzhou, the troops were divided into two groups. The reason why they chose to attack the two city gates was to form a contrast, rather than to break through the east city gate.

This move is to make the Sui army in Runzhou City understand one truth when it is attacked, that is, the North City Gate has fierce attacks, heavy casualties, and the East City Gate is very relaxed.

What will the Wei army in the city think then?

Why do you guard the East City Gate and we guard the North City Gate?

Don't underestimate people's hearts.

Soon, the Sui army approached Runzhou City.

Shi Wansui, Han Qinhu, Yang Lin and others looked at Runzhou City and saw that the city was towering, with tall and thick walls. There were dense soldiers standing on it, equipped with various weapons, catapults, crossbows, etc., which could be said to be well-equipped. And the flags that drifted in the wind proved that Runzhou City was a difficult bone to gnaw.

"Dongdong..."

At Shi Wansui's order, the commander quickly passed the order, and the drum sounded. The soldiers stopped hearing the sound and stopped in an orderly manner.

Han Qinhu led his troops forward to challenge the battle and directly entered the range of shooting.

"Children of Wei, you violated our Great Sui Dynasty regardless of morality. After being defeated by us, you did not repent and assassinated His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Jin! Today, we are attacking Wei State for the dignity of the Great Sui Dynasty. If you go out of the city to surrender and abandon the darkness and turn to the light, you can keep you safe! We will only kill the thief of Cao!" Han Qinhu stepped forward and shouted.

Zhang Liao stood on the city and immediately replied: "Thiefs of the Sui Kingdom, you dare to invade our Great Wei territory, so be prepared to die here. If you have any tricks, take it out as soon as possible! Our Great Wei Erlang, absolutely not frown!"

"Okay! Then let's see the real tricks from your hands!" Han Qinhu sneered and led the people to evacuate directly.

There was no competition between the two sides, so there was no need to. The pre-war call was a signal of war between the two sides.

So, under the gaze of the soldiers in Runzhou City, the Sui army's catapult was pushed to the front and entered the range.

Zhang Liao and Guo Jia frowned at the dense crowd of trespasses.

"Fengxiao, the Sui army has prepared so many catapults. What the hell is it? Could it be that we want to use catapults to break through our city?" Zhang Liao couldn't help asking.

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "I can't figure it out, so just wait and see what's going on."

After saying that, both of them felt uneasy.

And as the Great Sui trencher was ready, the soldiers began to operate!

The catapult used by the Dasui Dynasty is a gravity catapult, which uses the principle of leverage. One end is filled with heavy objects and the other end is filled with stone bombs to be fired.

Before launching, you must first use a winch and pulley to pull down one end of the rock bullet, and the other end with the heavy object will also rise at this time. After putting the rock bullet, release or cut off the rope to let one end of the heavy object fall, and the stone bullet will also be thrown out as the situation.

According to the distance, it is divided into short-range, medium-range and long-range. The corresponding scale of the trenchers is naturally different. A long-range gravity trencher requires throwing a stone bullet of 1,200 kilograms of stone bullets out of 200 meters. The heavy hammer used in such a stone thrower requires ten tons, and only transportation and control requires hundreds of people.

This kind of stone thrower is definitely the most terrifying long-range attack method in ancient times.

The stone thrower used by the Dasui Dynasty is naturally not so big. It is larger than the short-range stone thrower and smaller than the medium-range stone thrower. However, because it is not a stone bullet, but an iron ball filled with explosives, the weight is lighter than the stone bullet, and the throwing distance is relatively far, exceeding the distance throwing by the medium-range stone thrower.

At this moment, with the drumming sounds, the stone-pier was ready, and black iron balls were placed on the stone-piercing machine and the leads were ignited.

"throw!"

With a command, the soldiers let go of the tight rope, dribbled the heavy hammer, and threw the black iron ball out and smashed it towards Runzhou City.

At the same time, a command sounded from the Runzhou city wall: "Do not, avoid!"

The Wei army immediately looked for cover, such as relying on one wall or hiding under the construction of the work. They were still hiding according to their past experience.

Of course, in addition to the soldiers who were evading, the Wei army was also launching their stone throwing machines.

They throw from a high point, and the power of the stone thrower cannot be underestimated.

At this moment, the two sides launched a long-range attack.

In terms of scale, it is naturally the larger Sui army. There are too many black iron balls thrown, densely packed, some hitting outside Runzhou City, some hitting the city wall, some hitting the passage on the city wall, and some hitting the city.

No matter where it hit, the black iron balls cracked after the collision, and there were small iron balls inside, and the ignited leads had already ignited the leads of these small iron balls.

Some iron balls rolled to Wei Jun's feet. Wei Jun was surprised at what this iron ball was and even kicked it with his feet. Some Wei Jun actually reached out to touch it.

But then, something horrible happened.

The small iron ball exploded.

Boom boom boom boom boom...

In an instant, the explosion sounded through the northern city gate.

The first thing that happened was the soldiers near the Iron Ball, who were directly injured by the bomb, and the whole scene became very terrifying and bloody.

The explosions one after another scared the Wei army and had no idea what had happened.

Moreover, the Sui army's catapult did not stop and threw it wildly.

Hundreds of stone throwers threw several rounds and thousands of iron balls, and each large iron ball was placed with five or six small iron balls, so you can imagine the power!

In addition, the bed crossbow also began to fire crossbow arrows, and explosives were tied in front of the crossbow arrows. When the crossbow arrows shot into the city, they did not hurt the Wei army, but after the explosion, they immediately affected the people around them.

A moment later, the Dongcheng Gate was in chaos, with serious casualties.

Guo Jia and Zhang Liao were already stunned.

Just now, a few iron balls rolled down near them and then exploded. Fortunately, there was a bunker in front of them and dodged, but the guards around them were not so lucky. They were shot directly by the splashed iron sheets inside and killed them!

This time, in order to fight against the Sui army, 70,000 troops were stationed in the East City Gate, so there were people here. Gunpowder exploded in a crowd with such a high density, and the damage can be imagined.

Moreover, the damage from the explosion is second, and the most terrifying thing is fear.

The Wei army was already scared.

At this time, outside the city, the Sui army was still attacking from a long range and constantly suppressing the Wei army.

Taking advantage of the fear of the Wei army, the Sui army's cross-bridge began to push.

Because there is a moat outside Runzhou City, although this moat is only more than 20 meters, it also prevents the Sui army's palace. Therefore, the horizontal bridge is a moving bridge. Although it is made of wood and has wheels installed, hundreds of people are required to push it.

After facing the chaotic situation on their own side, Guo Jia and Zhang Liao immediately went to fight to appease the soldiers.

Zhang Liao climbed up to the city wall. When he saw the Sui army pushing the cross bridge and about to build it on the moat, Zhang Liao hurriedly ordered people to beat the drums and send orders to ask the Wei army to fight back!

Although most of the Wei army were frightened by the explosion, some soldiers were furious, attacking with their teeth and constantly firing crossbows and bows, trying to stop the crossbows and arrows from moving.

He even wrapped oil cloth around the bow and arrow, ignited it and shot it at the cross bridge, trying to burn it.

However, the Wei army's counterattack seemed pale in front of the constantly exploding iron balls.

Soon, the Sui army had three cross-bridges built on the moat, where they could cross the moat and attack directly.

However, the Sui army did not send a large army to attack immediately. Han Qinhu gave the order and immediately sent out dead soldiers. Under the escort of the shield hands, these dead soldiers pushed the trolley full of explosives to the city gate.

Gunpowder cannot blow up the city wall several meters wide, but it can blow up the city gate. Once the city gate is blown up, it is like opening the Wei army's heart.

Zhang Liao discovered the intention of the Sui army and ordered the soldiers to stop it quickly, constantly firing bows and arrows and crossbows, and even poured down the hot oil, and the rolling wood.

However, the Sui army's shield hands held up their shields and protected the dead soldiers and trolleys tightly. Even if they were killed when attacked, there would be a steady stream of people to make up for it, so the Wei army could not stop it at all.
To be continued...