The young master couldn't believe the defeat of the Wei army. The city that he thought could be taken down in one go was far more difficult to capture than it seemed.

The loss this time should not be large, and there were no soldiers in the city who came out to fight back. He judged that there were not many people in the city.

He sighed and said to himself: "The Mo family guards the city, and there are some tricks. I just don't know who is guarding the city inside?"

"Mozi will not come, and even bird Huali will not come..."

He originally only knew these two Mo family figures, but as the battle of Shangqiu was spread as a legend, he knew more even though Gongzi Dao had a noble status and had no intersection with the Mo family, which was mostly in the market.

Considering that Gong Zaoye captured the King of Chu, the one with the most famous one was Shangqiu Shoemaker.

In fact, the ranking of the Mohist school is not high now, but his reputation in external publicity is probably second only to three or five people.

At this time, the Zheng people also sent people to say that the weapons on the defending city were terrifying, and the Zheng people had already retreated in the first wave of offensives.

The young master heard the Zheng people's description, and it was a wave of white smoke that caused the elite siege to flee. He didn't know how many people in the city were using those weapons.

Although the Koreans don’t know the specific situation, they won’t be smooth.

What the young master's attack most annoyed was that it completely disrupted his previous experience in siege. With the existence of those things in the city that can launch iron balls, the subsequent troops cannot be arranged too close to the city wall, so they cannot quickly support them.

Otherwise, if the long-term array is exposed to the bombardment of the iron balls, morale will soon fall to the bottom of the valley. However, the military formation is adjourned, which can only impact in waves. It is necessary to seize the opportunity very keenly before sending troops to pry open a city wall.

Now that the momentum is intimidating, the siege in an impatient situation has no results. The soldiers are shocked and can only order the troops to withdraw.

As soon as the Wei people retreated, the Zheng people did not want to attack again, so they hurriedly retreated. The Han people were one step slowing down and were dissatisfied.

After counting the number of people, the Zheng people lost more than 400 people, the Wei people lost more than 600 people, and the Korean people lost about 200 people, only the Korean army lost less.

But the losses were all the elite warriors, and Zheng Wei was quite in pain.

The deterrence brought by those strange weapons has made the morale of the army unstable, and it is impossible to organize an attack again today.

The three countries set up camp to be wary and discuss countermeasures.

Zima, Qiang and Gongzi met and were about to tell the war today, and they all looked bitter.

Qiang Qiang said in his first words: "The Mo family is good at defending, and everyone in the world knows it. If you attack the Mo family, you must prepare in advance. I thought I could go down in one go, but now it seems that there is a big problem with this city wall that looks like a star. The Mo family's weapons even more shocked the soldiers."

"Why... bypass Niu Lan and go straight to Lu Pass?"

The young master shook his head and said, "As Niu Lan, even if the Mo family has arrived in Niu Lan, how can it be that Lu Pass? Haven't you heard the article "Lu Question" passed down by the Mo family? The buses between Mo Di and Lu Yang are good, and Lu Yang must also be strictly guarded."

"Niu Lan cannot get down, and it will be siege Luyang for at least several months before it can be captured. All the food and grass needed must pass through Niu Lan, how can it be done?"

He understood that if he wanted to enter the prince's decree, he had to first conquer Niu Lanyi, which was related to the future hegemony of Wei.

But the little Niu Lanyi was far from what he thought before.

Zheng Zima also worried, "It's just that we can't go down in one go, so many soldiers are damaged in attacking this way. But if we siege the city slowly, we are afraid that the Luyang Gongshen will be tired and invite us to fight..."

Gongzi Ji was also full of anger. He thought that this time he was famous all over the world, but he didn't expect that he had encountered such a difficult situation just after entering Chu. He could not help but look at the abilities of the Mo family a little higher.

With the help of small cities, you can resist tens of thousands of troops. The organizational ability shown in this is really terrifying.

The new weapons are also scary enough. Many soldiers who escaped were covered in blood, some of them were swollen by gunpowder, and those who were lucky enough to die were also covered in blood by lead bullets.

Both Zheng and Wei suffered losses. Zima believed that the city had sufficient garrison power and might not be able to be captured in a short period of time.

Now that the crossbow has not been equipped on a large scale, the military reforms and arms races in various countries have not yet begun. After all, this is the third year of the Warring States Period.

Those firearms can replace crossbows, and the effect may not be better for the time being, but they are enough to defend the city.

Gongzi Ji recalled the attack and thought for a while: "In my opinion, there are not many soldiers guarding the city."

"The defenders in the city first bombarded my army with those strange iron balls, forced me to retreat and line up, and then attack."

"I'm afraid there are not many elite troops defending the city. First, defend the Zheng Division on the north side, and then defend our Wei Division."

After Zima thought about it, he also said: "It may be possible."

Qiang Qiang said: "Since this is the case, it may not be impossible to break through. Today, I don't know their means, so the formation is chaotic."

"Tomorrow, the three armies will attack at the same time, so that they cannot take care of each other's heads and tails, and even if they are good at defending, they cannot take into account both sides."

"If we use Yangdi Tushan and other means, it will not be possible for half a month. After half a month, if the Luyang Gongshen invites the battle, and the city goes out of the city to fight back, the victory or defeat is difficult to calculate."

His analysis was pretty good. Today, Niu Lanyi's defenders caught them off guard and took advantage of the advantages of those weapons they had never seen before, staggering the time difference, forming a local situation of using more to defend less.

As Qiang said, the best way to break the city is to launch the troops in full and attack everywhere.

However, such a plan made the young master veto it.

"We are waiting to come to the prince's decisive world. If we want to enter the prince's decisive world, we must first defeat Duke Luyang. We are not trying to break Niu Lan, but we only want to defeat Duke Luyang to capture Luyang Lu Pass."

"If it is fully launched and the attack is not reduced, the losses will be great. Besides, if it cannot be captured tomorrow, what will happen next? If the Duke of Luyang raids the army and the soldiers are scattered around the city, how can they resist?"

"Even if he doesn't come, he will siege around and suffer huge losses and his morale will plummet. How can he fight against the Luyang bus in the future?"

The young master beaten torture and shook his head. This was really beyond the combat method at this time. In the past, those small towns often went down in one fell swoop, and the people in the city did not care whether they were from Chu or Jin.

In the past, they often carried food and grass, formed three armies to win in one fell swoop.

However, the Mo family, who was good at defending the city, began to join the disputes between the princes, and this situation became a bit difficult. Shangqiu failed in the battle between Chu State, and even if the King of Chu was not attacked by the Mo family at night, the Mo family would still be defeated if the Three Jins sent troops to Chu State.

After today's battle, Gongzi Ji understood what confidence was for the Mohist school to spread the "Central Plains Suppression" everywhere before the New Year.

The small Niu Lanyi can be guarded like this. If the idea of ​​rescuing war in the Central Plains can be really implemented, Song Zheng Weilu and other countries are sandwiched between powerful countries. As long as the Mohist family can defend it, they can hold on until reinforcements arrive.

You must show enough ability to make the previous talk of Mi Binghui a joke.

Although Gongzi Ji did not know Niu Lanyi's specific defense system, he still noticed part of Niu Lanyi's city defense system after years of war.

If cannons had already become circulated in various countries at this time, then Niu Lanyi was easy to attack.

If Niu Lanyi's city defense is built in accordance with the original castle, it is easy to attack even if the attacking party does not have cannons.

The current situation is that the Three Kingdoms coalition forces have no artillery, no stone throwing machine, and Niu Lanyi does not have a low inclined wall for the inclined surface to be protected against artillery bombardment, but the walls are raised to highlight the concave surfaces and the stairs walls.

Today's attack, the young master attack had already vaguely discovered the effects of those strange concave surfaces, but he could do nothing. He thought that it would be easy if there was something guarding the city that could fire iron balls. He could blast at the city wall and open the gap and rush in.

But now, you either rely on excavation or pile up the earth. However, if there are cannons attacking the diggers on the earth, the speed will be slow; if there are gunpowder and thunder thrown when you get close to excavation, people will be shocked.

The whole Niu Lanyi was like a hedgehog curled up together, unable to get out of his mouth.

While the commanders were at a loss to discuss countermeasures, the coalition soldiers who could temporarily rest were also talking about today's siege.

In the Zheng army camp, the soldiers who participated in the siege and retreated from the city spread fear and war-weariness with their injuries and experiences.

When Zichan was in power, Zheng State had a village school that discussed national affairs. Although it has been destroyed, the economically developed Zheng State still retained the tradition of municipal affairs.

Zheng State is very close to Song State, and the city and city of Zheng State is also the infiltration direction of the Mo family. Most of the Zheng soldiers were convinced that the Mo people who helped the Chu people guard the city were bound to be the Mo people, because they had heard of gunpowder.

A soldier who survived the attack told the tragic situation he had experienced under the concave city wall with lingering fear, and gritted his teeth and said, "I was holding a shield at that time, thinking that I had no response when I walked thirty steps to the city wall, and might have gone down in one fell swoop."

"Who thought, at this moment, a sound like thunder came. I turned around and saw that the head of my accomplice was broken and blood splattered on me. Although I was holding a shield, the dark iron lump was under my feet. With a bang, the lightning trembled, and the shield of my partner next to me was blown away... At that time, I could only run away... just thinking about staying away from there!"

He was not ashamed of running away. The Zheng people were dissatisfied with the war with Chu. Otherwise, they would not have chosen to not cooperate non-violently in the decisive battle against Chu a year later on the normal historical line. They refused to fight and fled before they even fought, and were unwilling to fight.

The tradition of political discussion in the township schools and the promotion and agitation of the Mohist families in the big city and the people of Juxian made the Zheng people quite disgusted with this expedition.

A soldier from the capital of Zheng State next to him also said, "The Mo family is right. What benefits does the prince have to enter Chu this time? He still has to go to war with the people of Chu, but in the end they are the princes and nobles who benefit. Now the Mo family helps defend the city and we are going to die. This is really..."

"Besides, if you want to fight, you shouldn't hit Chu State. The Koreans have killed our king. It would be great if they were like the Song people. They should be neutral and no one should fight."

Another person hurriedly said, "Prudent! Ziyang is in power, but he is strict, he is serious in punishment and law. He is always hard to say much..."

He was full of complaints, but it was not long before he went to the battle at this time, otherwise he was afraid that the poem "Boss Mahjong" would be sung all over the Zhengren camp.

While the soldiers were spreading panic, some people looked at the distance with a strange look and found a carriage coming out of Niu Lanyi and heading towards the camp.
Chapter completed!