Hu Shide's "Flying Fish Army" under the jurisdiction of three battalions of Green Flag and two battalions of Hongqi, each battalion of 1,200 people. The two battalions of Hongqi were completely lost in the battle of Jiahekou, and the remaining retreated to the Lingwu garrison. W★w★Wく.

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CoM Wuhai City is controlled by three battalions of Green Flag. Hu Shide is a famous general in Shuofang's city defense. In addition, Wuhai City is tall and deep, with a complete defense facility. The defenders in the city are quite dissatisfied with this upcoming cruel siege battle.

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"Let him come and try our best." Veteran Chef Hu said, waving the spatula.

"Thousands of bad soldiers still want to eat Wuhai City, and choke to death the grass-eating sheep." The archer laughed with a smile on his hips.

"If Yang Hao can enter the city, I will write my surname upside down." A new recruit named Tian shouted in a sharp voice.

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However, the defeat at Jiahekou greatly damaged the morale of the "Flying Fish Army", especially the morale of middle and senior officers. The record of two thousand people returning to 600 people is almost the worst record since the establishment of the Feiyu Army. The honor of the army comes from the battlefield. Only in the rain of guns and arrows, can an army be proved whether it is an iron army or a tofu army.

The Feiyu Army is an elite soldier who has become famous in actual combat. He lost to the unknown Xining Army. This ugly thing is too much, and this cowardly anger is too fierce. The whole army is filled with a strong sense of revenge.

The boat also believed that this was a morale of the army, and the torrent of anger was unstoppable. An army surrounded by anger and eager to revenge would be able to exert its strength exponentially. Hu Shide was not as optimistic as him, and the defeat in Jiahekou was inevitable. The Xining Army was not long after its establishment, but its achievements were brilliant. He had fought against Tiande, Zhenwu, Xia Sui, Hedong, Uighurs, Khitan, and Shi Wei, and basically maintained a record of victory.

When the Xining army defeated the Tiger Guard of the Tianlang Army in the Battle of Poyang Valley, Hu Shide began to seriously study this newly rising brigade of the Serbian army. This is a new army from the inside out, with vigorous vitality from the top and bottom. They are strict military disciplines but not rigid, well-equipped, practical and not luxurious, with extremely high tactical literacy. Several generals of the commander-in-chief were all powerful generals who were proven by the battlefield to be able to fight.

Hu Shide was the only senior general in Shuofang Army who noticed that the organizational structure of the Xining Army was different from other senior generals in the Tang Army. Although he still did not understand the positive impact of this new organization on the improvement of combat power, he firmly believed that this was an army that would be best not to encounter on the battlefield. Hu Shide told his views that Lou Chuan and a few senior generals in the army. He could not let too many people know his concerns, and doing so could be regarded as a shake of the morale of the army.

After Wang Chong'an flatly rejected Yang Hao's request for peace, Hu Shide expected that a fierce battle was inevitable, so he stepped up the construction of city defense fortifications. Wuhai City was square, two miles long in the southeast, north and south, and the city wall was nearly four meters high and ten feet thick. It was originally built as a rammed earth plate, but later it was covered with a layer of bricks on the outer layer. Grassland people are generally good at fighting in field but not siege cities. Such city walls are already relatively advanced in border areas.

A trench of 17 meters wide and 5.5 meters deep was dug outside the city wall. There was clay at the bottom of the trench, and sharpened bamboo swords and wooden stakes were laid to poke and kill the enemies who fell into the trench.

A sheep and horse wall was built with a wooden fence on the inside of the trench to protect the city wall. The so-called sheep and horse wall was originally a fortification for sheltering the people who came to refuge from the suburbs and sheep, horse, and cattle as their property. This low wall is very useful to prevent enemy soldiers from filling the trenches, and at the same time it also plays an inappropriate role in repelling the enemy's charge and blocking the enemy's large siege weapons close to the city wall.

In addition to the arrow towers on the four gates, there is also a concave and concave guardrail for shooting, called the female wall. Every two or three hundred steps, there are watchtowers for observing and monitoring the enemy's actions and shooting at the enemy. Eight turrets were arranged on both sides of the city gate and four stone throwers were set up to increase the overall defense ability of the city wall.

In addition, there are also large tall buildings called corner towers in the four corners of the city wall, as well as war sheds that complement each other, used to snipe and kill enemies in the city. The city defense facilities of Wuhai City are typical and complete, and the Feiyu Army is full of confidence in this city defense system.

The Xining Army was responsible for the main attack missions of the Hu Camp and Feng Ya Camp. Yu Chongchong served as the ruling general of the city and had the right to control other units. In addition to a guard of the central army, most of the Liehuo Camp was used to guard the enemy in the southwest. The Weiyuan Camp was stationed as the general reserve team in the west of the city, which could support the main siege and assist the Liehuo Camp in the southwest.

The total force of the siege was 7,800, and the Feiyu Army, the defending city, and a unit of the Shuofang Front Army, had a total of 5,000. According to common sense, the siege was actually at a disadvantage in terms of force.

But Hu Shide dared not be afraid of the fierce battle that was about to come, which was related to the Flying Fish Army and his own life, death, honor and disgrace. He led the battalion leaders to patrol the combat readiness for two consecutive days, and did not delay when encountering problems. In the east gate, when he saw the sharp knives on the two door-squeezing knives parked on the roadside, he couldn't help but sigh: "Although Shuofang has been fighting for many years, you can see that the knives here are rusted. Wuhai City has not had a big battle, and this scene cannot be played in your and my hands."

Deputy General Min Lan laughed and said, "Seven thousand people versus five thousand people, and it is Wuhai City with strong city defense. I think Yang Hao is probably confused. Why can he break the city? Ha, can they all fly in with their ribs and wings?"

Everyone laughed loudly. Seeing Hu Shide's face, the boat also hurriedly signaled the generals to calm down. Min Lan did not know how to restrain herself and was still laughing: "The general is too cautious. I think Yang Hao is not three heads and six arms, so where do you come from?"

"Come here!" Hu Shide suddenly shouted like a thunderous blow, and his fingers almost hit Min Lan's nose. He was so angry that he trembled all over: "Catch this Qingyan Langba... for me."

The iron-armored guard rushed forward and grabbed Min Lan, and everyone was stunned for a moment. Min Lan was Hu Shide's nephew, like a father and son. Unexpectedly, his casual words made Hu Shide so thunderous. The boat hurriedly stopped the iron-armored guard and pleaded with Hu Shide: "Min Lan underestimates the enemy and speaks aloofly, and his crimes should be punished. However, the war is imminent, and it is the time to use people. Please ask the general to make a fuss and make meritorious service."

All the generals also pleaded for Min Lan. Hu Shide breathed a sigh of relief and said with pain: "The evil defeat at Jiahekou is not far away. You don't know how to wake up, but you still make such ridiculous words. You really don't know how to die..." The war is approaching, and it is ominous to spit out the word "death". Hu Shide swallowed the word "death" behind it again.

Hu Shide took a deep breath: "You have all crawled through the dead. What are the consequences of underestimating the enemy? Do you still use me to say that the Feiyu Army has experienced a crushing defeat like Jiahekou since its establishment? The Xining Army is the strongest opponent our army has encountered in life! Can you still laugh, can we still afford to lose?"

The generals said silently, Min Lan's face turned red, and she finally shouted: "Flying Fish Army can't stand such a cowardly aura. I... Even if I throw this head away, I will never let the battle flag be shamed!"

The generals followed suit, and his excited emotions infected the soldiers who were repairing fortifications. The sound of requesting war spread out one after another, and the majestic and mighty voice resounded throughout the world. Hu Shide felt a feeling of unprecedented emotion. He was filled with tears and was so excited that he could not speak for a moment, so he could only bow to the soldiers to greet them...

At this moment, a rocket flew from the sky. The siege began!

Yu Chongchong fully exerted the power of the improved longbow rocket. This longbow, which has been repeatedly improved by the Ordnance Department, has a slightly larger appearance than the original bow, and has also improved the user's arm strength requirements. Its range has been increased by nearly a hundred feet, and its accuracy has not decreased but increased. The turtle oil bag bound on the rocket's shaft has been greatly improved. Not only can the rocket keep the fire from flying in the air and landing, but the arrow has been used to hit the ground, and the turtle oil in the medicine bag can splash out after the arrow hits the ground. The splashed turtle oil can instantly ignite a raging fire. People within three or five feet of radius will be injured when they encounter it.

Hu Shide suffered this loss. In the first wave of rocket attacks, he was ignited with splashing stubble on his body. The guards rushed to save the fire, but fortunately they were not injured, but the trouble of taking off his clothes and removing armor still made him feel very embarrassed.

The Xining Army is good at using fire attack, which is not news. Hu Shide has carefully studied the longbow formation and the rockets specially equipped for them. This rocket structure seems to be no different from ordinary rockets, but its power is several times that of ordinary rockets. He has also had the idea of ​​imitating rockets and even creating a longbow army, but because it consumes too much, the rocket and longbow technologies cannot be understood, he finally gave up.

In order to prevent Wuhai City from turning into a sea of ​​fire under the attack of the rocket, he demolished all the flammable things in the city these days, burned them, or buried them into the ground. Within the range of possible attacks of the rocket, he demolished six vertical, six horizontal and twelve fire protection channels in order to prevent a fire from being exhausted and the rest. What is amazing is that on the night before the siege, there was a light rain in Wuhai City, and inside and outside the city, everything and people became wet.

"This is God blessing me!" Hu Shide thought so.

However, after the three waves of the Xining Army's Rockets, Hu Shide woke up and was far from enough. Wuhai City still turned into a sea of ​​fire, with thick smoke everywhere, and a suffocating burnt smell everywhere. The longbow and rockets showed his unparalleled superiority. Hu Shide had to think that if there were three waves of Rockets, the defensive will of the entire Wuhai City might be defeated.

When his life was hanging on the line, the attack came to an abrupt end.

After successfully blasting the morale of the city defense force with rockets, the Xining army began to attack all the attacks. Jingqi Camp attacked the north gate, Hujian Camp attacked the west gate, Fengyi Camp attacked the east gate, and the third battalion attacked at the same time. However, the strength was very different. The Hujian Camp and Jingqi Camp were real attacks, while Fengyi Camp only feinted the attack outside the east gate. The Hujian Camp was equipped with six huge rushing vehicles, Jingqi Camp was equipped with four, but Fengyi Camp did not have any.

This kind of rushing car is about twelve meters high, six meters wide and seven meters long. The height of the car is roughly the same as the height of the city wall of Wuhai City. Hu Shide scolded Yang Hao for being planned for a long time. These rushing car are simply built specifically for Wuhai City, and the actual situation is indeed the case.

Zuogongguan once conducted field measurements on the height and thickness of the city walls of several major enemies of the Xining Army, Hedong, Shuofang, Zhenwu and Xiasui. The General Staff Department formulated different response strategies based on this, and the Ordnance Department developed targeted siege weapons based on this. The city walls of each city in Shuofang are four zhang high and ten zhang high. Therefore, the rushing vehicles manufactured by the Ordnance Department are four zhang high, which is less short of shortcomings and more waste.

The rusher uses its own height to directly attack the city from the chariot, and can also be used to approach the city wall, destroy the female wall, and attack the defending enemies on the city wall. In addition to being equipped with various long weapons, the chariot is also equipped with heavy weapons such as strong crossbows and stone cannons. As weapons that directly attack the city wall, in addition to destroying the striking wood of the chariot, it is also equipped with "sky bridges" that can be turned out from the upper part or front of the car to climb the city wall. Therefore, it is undoubtedly a very dangerous thing to let the chariot approach the city wall.
Chapter completed!