Chapter 262 New tactics

Wei has two of the most famous war generals, one is Tuoba Qian, who has died in the battle, and the other is Tuoba Yi stationed in Youzhou.

They are all relatives of Tuoba ki, and they are the most loyal to Tuoba ki.

If the imperial flag in the Jin army had not been found, Tuoba Yi would have really sent troops to steal the camp, and when he knew that the Jin emperor was also in the camp, he immediately gave up this unwise idea, and at the same time, a trace of sadness also hit his heart.

Under normal circumstances, it is very difficult to conquer a strong city with twice the strength of the defenders, but it is not easy to say because of the emperor of the Jin Dynasty.

Now Zhuo County is also besieged by the Jin Legion, and there are only thousands of defenders there. It is only a matter of time to be defeated by the Jin army, so it seems so far away to point to Feng Zhen and lead troops from Dai County to help.

However, Tuobayi is not very worried, because he already knows Tuoba Kui's plan to surround Wei and save Zhao, and the success of this plan can be said to be largely dependent on whether he can defend Youzhou.

It was out of this thought that Tuobayi ignored Lu Qiang's challenge the next day and waited for the Jin army to attack the city.

Lu Qiang, who was commanding the battle in the rear, saw this scene and immediately guessed Tuoba Yi's thoughts and couldn't help laughing. Since you think so much about our army attacking the city, I will fulfill you.

He ordered his men to shoot out the flag, and then saw Shi Yanzu lead 10,000 troops to slowly press on it, but the army soon stopped outside the range of the crossbows in the city, and then set up the Jin army's catapult.

Tuobayi Station looked far away. When I saw the small catapult of the Jin army and the stones ready to be loaded, I couldn't help laughing. With such a strong wall, aren't your stones shooting up like scratching?

However, Tuobayi heard that the Jin army's trebe had a long range. In order not to hurt the soldiers, he ordered the soldiers to hide behind the wall, and he came to the highest observation tower at the top of the city in order to observe the movement of the Jin army and adjust the focus of defense at any time.

As soon as he stepped upstairs, the deputy general beside him suddenly said, "General, it doesn't seem to be right. Look, the Jin army did not project like a stone."

As the voice of the vice general looked away, Tuobayi also found that the stone-like thing in the net pocket of the Jin army had been ignited.

Seeing this situation, Tuobayi couldn't help frowning. He kind of understood what the Jin army meant.

"Hmm! Do you think the fire attack can break the city?

The head of the city has long been equipped with a large water tank for extinguishing the fire. After seeing the actions of the Jin army, Tuobayi once again ordered people to drive away the people in the city and send more water to the head of the city to extinguish the fireballs of the Jin army.

In fact, Shi Yanzu did not know how useful the fireballs assigned to him by the emperor could play.

Seeing that all the catapults were loaded, they gave an order and ordered the catapults to launch, and then saw 100 fireballs flying towards the city with beautiful arcs.

Generally, the first round of projection of catapults is mainly based on verification. Of course, the Jin army's catapults are no exception, but they are not worried that the fireball will not hit the city, but that the fireball will shoot too far and will have no effect on the defenders.

So when the second round was launched, almost all the fireballs fell on the city.

As the fireball falls, the gunpowder in the fireball is also dropped. This most primitive gunpowder may not be powerful, but it can also be ignited.

A fireball falls, that is, with a "popping" sound, and then Mars rises in a large area around it, followed by the second and third...

Soon, the city fell into a thick smoke and fire.

Tuobayi opened his mouth and couldn't believe what happened in the city, breaking his head, and didn't figure out why the fire hit so fast?

And the soldiers hiding behind the wall have jumped up and slapped the spark splashed on their bodies. In the thick smoke of fire, some people still took into account the movement of the Jin army in the city.

When Yanzu saw a fire at the head of the city, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and immediately waved his army to attack it. While the defenders were busy fighting the fire, he seized the time to build a bridge on the moat.

Below is the Jin army's ants moving and busy paving the bridge, and in the air is the fireball launched by the catapult that continues to destroy the will of the defenders.

At this time, even Tuobayi could not stand at the head of the city, and the heat emitted by the blazing fire had almost cooked him.

"So big fire, the Jin army can't attack, can it?"

Tuobayi can only keep comforting himself like this.

With such a big fire, the water stored in those tanks can't play any role. Under the long-range attack of the Jin army, even the fire extinguishers dare not go forward. Who is not afraid of being hit by the fireball and become a fireman!

The truth is the same. Isn't it looking for death with such a big fire? However, this does not prevent the soldiers of the Jin army from doing anything else.

After the moat was paved, thousands of soldiers with digging tools flocked up and began to dig up the gate.

A very strange scene. The head of the city is a fire, and the shadow of the defenders has not been seen for a long time. Below is the Jin soldiers digging the gate like a thief hole.

The sound of "jingle" has told Tuoba Yi what Jinjun is doing.

Tuobayi now doesn't know what words to use to describe his mood. How can the siege be fought like this? Are you talking about the Jin army rogue? But they are also attacking the city with dignity. What is incomprehensible is why the fire is so fast? That one is out of control.

"General, let's get out of another city gate and disperse the Jin army outside! Otherwise, looking at this situation, they will soon dig down the city gate."

The words of the deputy general are also what Tuobayi thought. As the chief general of the army, he obviously thinks further.

"In this case, the Jin army will definitely focus on guarding our army from killing through other city gates. The emperor of the Jin Dynasty is in the army, so the iron horse of the Jin army opposite will not be less than 20,000. Although the number is not as large as our army, the Jin emperor has many tricks. Who dares to say that he will not use other ways to offset the shortage of cavalry?"

"General, don't hesitate any more"

The vice general listened to the sound of digging the city getting closer and closer, and couldn't help reminding him anxiously.

Tuobayi had no choice but to send two tens of thousands of cavalry to kill through the two gates, and then converge in front of the gate.

It can be said that the Tuoba instrument is the most secure method.

The number of Jin cavalry is not large, and of course Lu Qiang will not fight hard with the Wei army. As soon as the news of the Wei army came out of the city, he ordered the army to retreat quickly, and then separated the catapults left and right to aim at the iron horse of the Wei army that came quickly.

The cavalry is vertical and horizontal, with the bow and crossbow first, but the range of the Wei army's bow and crossbow is obviously not as good as that of the Jin army's improved catapult, so when the Wei army's iron horse first appeared, the catapult on the Jin army's side showed its power again.

It's just that the Wei army was too fast. The Jin soldiers only fired a round of fireball and had to leave the catapult to escape quickly to avoid losing their lives under the iron hoof.

But this round of launch has caused great damage to the Wei army.

After the fireballs fell, they quickly caught fire, and most of the fireballs fell on the cavalry on horseback. When the cavalry beat the flames desperately, many of them fell on the horse and were trampled into mud by the running horse.

And after seeing the fire, the war horse was also frightened and bumped around regardless of the master's order.

Seeing this, Lu Qiang made the flag come out, and 20,000 cavalry came out and inserted into the panicked Wei army like two sharp knives.

10,000 iron riders are Lu Qiang's most elite Panther's army, and the other 10,000 are composed of cavalry under Wen Chumao and Shi Yanzu. Although they are not as elite as the Panther's army, it is more than enough to fight the falling dog behind the Panther's army.

Originally, before the Jin army entered, the Wei army had already messed up its position, and with the entry of the two Jin army's iron riders, the whole team began to disperse in a moment.

At this time, the fire at the head of the city had not been extinguished. Tuobayi did not hear the sound of digging the city again in the city. He felt a little relieved. You should know that the sound of digging the wall was like digging his heart.

Just as he was relieved, the scouts crawled to find him.

Report.. Report to the general, the big deal is not good, and our army outside the city has been defeated. Now the Jin army is chasing and killing our army. Please send reinforcements as soon as possible."

"What?"

Hearing this news, Tuobayi almost lost his breath and quickly walked to another wall. He stepped on the wall and looked around. The scene under the city couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

A cavalryman in crimson armor with a leopard's head stabbing chest under the city was killing his soldiers crazily. The cavalry acted neatly and with extraordinary skills. During the charge, they cut down the already scattered cavalry one after another.

Tuoba Yi had known that Lu Qiang had a black panther's own army, but he did not expect this iron horse to be elite.

"C Close, Close the City Gate"

These words seem to be as heavy as Mount Tai, and Tuobayi himself doesn't know how to say them.

"General, our people are still outside"

"Let the Jin army chase their buttocks in, and we will all be finished"

Before Tuoba Yi's words fell, another soldier stumbled over.

"General, general, the Jin army has begun to dig the city again"

Hearing the news, Tuoba Yi's heart suddenly sank. He knew that the emperor of the Jin Dynasty was going to attack in at one fell swoop!

What should I do? There are less than 30,000 horses in the city. In such a street battle as the city, the cavalry has little use at all. That is to say, once the Jin army digs through the city gate, if he does not escape, he will only be eliminated.

At this time, Tuobayi's decisive side finally showed.

"Call everyone and we will kill them"

With Tuobayi's decision, there was a loud "boom" sound, and then came the shocking cheers of the Jin army.

It turned out that after the Jin soldiers dug almost the bricks and stones around the gate, tied the gate with ropes, and then pulled it with dozens of horses to collapse the gate.

To be honest, Lu Qiang didn't expect such a result, which has to be said to be the power of technology!

Then Lu Qiang gave an order, Wen Chumao led 20,000 soldiers, followed Shi Yanzu and killed the collapsed city gate.

At this time, Tuobayi was no longer able to gather all the troops. She had to escape from the other city gate and gather people while fleeing in order to take as many troops as possible.

In this way, the important town of Youzhou was conquered by Lu Qiang's army in an incredible time.