What Duke of Luyang thought was not clear about, or whether it was clear or not was meaningless.

What he wanted was not the promise of Duke Luyang, but the 30,000 Duke Luyang could control could attack the field Chu Division of the exhausted Jin and Zheng coalition forces at any time.

Just the word "maybe" is enough for defending the city.

Luyang is the foundation of Duke Luyang and the whole family of Duke Luyang. This determines that the Jin-Zheng coalition forces must be wary of Duke Luyang's attack, and it is impossible to use all their strength to capture Niu Lanyi.

The coalition army had a population of 70,000, and seemed to have the advantage of the number of people, but Niu Lanyi only needed to make the opponent suffer thousands of casualties, and Jin and Zheng had to retreat or siege the city and wait for a decisive battle with the Luyang Gong.

The first day's defense was caught off guard and ignorance of gunpowder, and gained a breath.

It seemed that the Jin-Zheng coalition army had little casualties, and they also knew the weapon that sounded like thunder and fireworks, but for the mob guarding the city, they also gained time to integrate their strength and more important confidence.

For peasants, when attacking, they are certainly in a hurry and are exhausted. But when defending the city, it is the opposite. It seems easy to be able to defend at one time and it seems to be easy, so the next time you will be full of confidence.

Therefore, when the Jin-Zheng coalition forces attacked the city again, the soldiers guarding the city walls were full of confidence.

A musketeer was sorting out his hand cannon, smelling the unique bitterness of the fuse soaked with vinegar and other medicines, and his hands were not shaking.

He has participated in battles. The biggest difference between his previous battles as peasants and soldiers is that this time there is hope.

Shi told them that if they showed courage in the battle, the Mo family could pay them to move to Pei County.

Pei County is there, and this person doesn't know, but he knows that it is a paradise, a paradise like a song.

There is only three hundred people, and everyone is eager to fight for it.

Those who are better than others still have to stay here to continue their lives, but they still have hope, that is, they hope to petition the Duke of Luyang, leave a few Mo people to govern the place, exempt those interest that cannot be paid, and exempt all this from a bright future.

The Mohist school always says that rewards and punishments are clear. The most important thing about reward is to reward what others want, and at the same time they have.

In addition to rewards, there are also strict laws and regulations of the Mo family defending the city, and the arguments such as fifty and twenty deadlocks have not been changed.

Only by having rewards and punishments can we have the confidence to win the reputation of the Mo family in Niu Lanyi and to sell the arms of the Mo family all over the world.

Through the slightly twisted grass under the sunlight, we were watching the movements of the Jin-Zheng coalition forces. This time it seemed that the Jin-Zheng coalition forces were preparing to spread out on one wall.

At the same time, the two wings are also moving towards the north and south, which is deliberately for the city to see, so that all the troops in the city cannot be concentrated on the east wall.

The troops on the north and south wings may be feint attacks, or they may just restrain themselves, but they may also launch raids when necessary.

Therefore, even if this possibility is clearly visible to the city, Shi would not dare to mobilize too many peasant soldiers from the north and south wings to the east wall.

After three days of preparation, the Jin and Zheng coalition forces had many more wooden ladders, rushing cars, shield cars and various siege equipment at this time.

The three armies of Zheng, Han and Wei jointly operated and rushed towards the east wall in a dark way.

Shi also gathered all the cannons and 700 musketeers in the east wall, plus half of the crossbowmen and archers. Today will be the most important day to defend the city. It is impossible for the siege side to fight hard for several days. Even if Duke of Luyang saves his strength and waits for the opportunity, he will not fail to make a decisive move north at any time.

Shi said to the messenger behind him: "Tell the gunners to bombard the Zheng army's army, and don't care about the Wei people with the largest number of people."

The messenger left, Meng Sheng looked at Shi and smiled and said, "Are you trying to force Zheng people away?"

Shi shook his head and said, "It's not that he forced him to leave, but that the coalition forces of the princes always had different intentions. Xuanyi's troops were forced to promote the propaganda in Zheng State for a long time, and the Zheng people were worried about the Three Jins. This time the coalition forces each had different intentions, so the Zheng people would not do their best."

Meng Sheng thought for a moment, and roughly understood what Shi meant, and asked, "The Wei people must use all their strength this time. This battle is not easy to fight today."

Shi said nodded and sighed, "If they could defend today, they would not launch too much offensive. Or they would like to use some tricks, but the giant has already learned and summarized the tricks of tricks. Where can they succeed?"

While speaking, the bronze cannon had already begun the first round of bombardment, avoiding the Wei and Han armies, and bombing in the direction of the Zheng people gathering.

The soldiers of Zheng people continued to fall to the ground and drums kept ringing, but the marching speed slowed down significantly and lag behind the Wei and Han armies.

Gongzi Ji, Zi Ma and others were behind the formation. Seeing that the city was bombarded with only the Zheng people, they also guessed the meaning of defending the city.

The Zheng people are now behind a little bit. The young master understands that the main force of siege today must be himself. If the Wei people attack the city with all their strength and there are signs of breaking the city, the Zheng people may also attack the city with all their strength. However, once the attack on the city is not good, the Zheng people will probably retreat, and even the edge of the city wall will not be close.

"Send the order! Beat the drum quickly and move forward with all your strength!"

With the order, the drums became rapid. The Wei soldiers who were attacking forward listened to the strange sound of the iron ball shells in the air, and were secretly happy that they had not been attacked this time. The Zheng people were really unlucky.

After the archer was in place, he began to shoot at the city wall, and did not launch a counterattack. The only cannon that could compare the range of the bow and arrow was used to suppress the Zheng army.

The wooden dog holes on the city walls and the walls blocked most of the feather arrows, and the concave and winding city walls also made it impossible for the Wei people's archers to cover the entire area.

The sound of arrows shooting into the soil or bricks and stones came from my ears. I was unmoved and hid in the brick-and-stone tower and ordered: "When the enemy is nearly forty steps, you can fire the volley. After the volley, you can fill it freely!"

The musketeers hiding behind the city wall were not panicked either. The battle a few days ago gave them enough confidence and quietly waited for the order.

Muskets are different from archers.

Archers need larger space, broader vision, and flatter city walls.

But the musket can shoot outward from the city wall and some reserved shooting holes, which is much more difficult for the archer.

When the first group of Wei soldiers had already reached about forty steps, the first round of volleys was also issued.

The Wei people in the front row fell down after a stroke. The originally neat formation was instantly loose. They didn't care about the orders behind them. The survivors could no longer bear such casualties and rushed forward with shouting.

The people carrying wooden ladders worked hard to support the wooden ladders by the city walls that were soaked in blood a few days ago. Several people supported the wooden ladders, and the people behind them were going to climb up with shields.

An iron gunpowder thunder fell next to the wooden ladder, and the hissing and burning lead was like a countdown to death. After the loud noise, the Wei soldiers who held the wooden ladder fell to the ground or fled in fear.

The peasant soldiers holding spears on the city wall shouted, using the spears to support the wooden ladders, and dozens of people pushed them down hard, hitting several Wei soldiers hiding behind the shield chariot.

They held various tools in their hands and quickly dug the city walls under the cover of the skinned shield.

Neither the falling wooden ladder nor the screaming soldiers could distract them. They understood that as long as they dug a hole, they would be safe.

No matter it is a flying lead bullet or a gunpowder thunder thrown from above, it will not bend into the hole dug under the city wall.

However, after they dug a few times, the gunpowder jars filled with wooden frames that fell from the sky exploded beside them, igniting the covered animal skins and igniting the soldiers who were digging.

The flames and smoke were like the land of ghosts in the northern border, and it was still able to move. It threw away the tools in its hands and ran away shouting and fled backwards, but was hit by the lead bullet shot from the top of the city.

The most miserable thing is the soldiers who approached the city gate and wanted to break into the city gate.

Mo Zi wrote an article "Preparing the City Gate", which clearly pointed out that there must be concave walls on both sides of the city gate, so that the city gate is in the center of the concave surface, so that one side can attack one side on three sides. No matter how many soldiers approaching the city gate cannot be as many soldiers guarding the city on three sides.

The overall concave city wall also puts the Wei people in front of the city gate under the situation of attacking from three sides.

The two stone-shooting cannons with large calibers but very close range hit the middle of the Sima team of the Wei people holding shields. More than 20 people were hit by a large stone ball of more than 100 kilograms, and instantly lost their combat ability. How could those wooden shields stop the 100 kilograms of stone balls falling from a height of thirty or fifty steps?

In the fortresses on both sides of the city gate, the lightweight shotgun cannon that fired sand and gravel had also ignited the leads.

Facing the Wei soldiers who were hitting the city gate, there were six gates on both sides. The gravel was filled with thick smoke, and the Wei soldiers who were shouting and exerting force. More than ten people covered their faces or bodies, and lie on the ground screaming.

Two wooden-framed gunpowder jars were thrown down, igniting many Wei people's clothes and armor, screaming endlessly.

Every few dozen steps of the wall, the overall concave polygonal structure, and the appropriate gunpowder made the Wei people feel the power of the Mo family's city guarding technique.

Originally, many of the Mohist things were transcendent to the times. Not to mention the "combination love" that can be transformed into equal and fraternal love and "people are nothing but the old and the young and the noble and the humble", even the most concerned art of defending the city is the same.

For example, the concept of "walking the wall". Even though Mo Zi did not clearly point out the concepts of cross firepower and shooting dead corners, as well as the instant firepower of the troops, and the comparison of straight lines and curved edge lengths, its connotation is already available.

For example, the concept of "all the collection of grain and rice will be recorded in the book and returned at a fair price in the future". In the feudal era, the only army that could do this in the later generations was frozen to death and never demolished the houses.

When these concepts that transcend the times meet weapons that adapt to the times, the bursting power is far beyond what the so-called strong army of this era can resist.

The strong army at this time, when the Qin army, which had a high reputation for infantry and military merits, had not yet appeared, the only one who was recognized was the Xihe Wushu. However... this army is not the Xihe Wushu.
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