Chapter 559

Although the attack and defense of Jinyang city is very tragic, but compared with the offensive and defensive war of Yecheng, it is a little inferior.

Yecheng, the largest city to the north of the Yellow River, is located in the center of Jizhou. Liu Ye has nearly 50000 troops under his command, but he still has some difficulties in encircling Yecheng.

The sky was clear and cloudless. Yecheng and more than 40000 Xiliang troops around were exposed to the blue sky. The golden light from the sky, shining on the face of countless Liangzhou army, armor, and weapons, reflected together.

Outside the three walls of Yecheng, more than 40000 Liangzhou troops formed a square array for every 10000 people, which happened to be the four ten thousand people's formation. Standing majestically in the wilderness, however, there was no movement, as if they were a group of bronze men. Only a few hundred banners among the four formations fluttered in the wind, which added a trace of vitality to the Liangzhou military array.

Above the head of Yecheng, yuan shaomei locked his head and watched the Liangzhou military formation outside the city. Although the Liangzhou army did not attack, did not beat drums and trumpets, it was so motionless, but there was a sense of momentum. It was like a tiger in the mountain forest, staring at you closely. It seemed that it was not attacking, but the eyes of choosing people and biting had already locked on you.

"Zhengnan, the Liangzhou army is not good at coming."

"That's right. It looks like it's going to be a tough fight." The match also looked dignified, but firmly said: "please rest assured that the Lord will spare no effort to defend Yecheng."

Yuan Shao nodded at ease: "there is Zhengnan, I have no worries."

"The enemy is going to attack the city. It's dangerous above the city. Please go down!" Suddenly, the judge frowned and saw that the Liangzhou military array outside the city had some action, so he quickly told yuan shaodao.

"Well, Zhengnan, it's up to you." Yuan Shao solemnly ordered the trial, then turned around and walked down the city under the protection of hundreds of armed Euphorbia soldiers.

The four Liangzhou army's ten thousand people's formation seemed like a hesitant giant suddenly made a move. It moved forward slowly and ran to more than a hundred paces in front of Yecheng. Seeing the action of Liangzhou army, the Jizhou army on the head of the city was suddenly nervous, holding the crossbow and shield in his hand.

Liu Ye stands on top of his horse and stands out among the tens of thousands of Liangzhou troops.

"Fill the river!"

Hearing Liu Ye's order, tens of thousands of Liangzhou army officers and men couldn't help but rush towards Yecheng with huge wood and sandbags in their hands. Rushed to the moat nearby, Liangzhou army immediately threw out the debris in his hands and threw it into the moat.

In order to facilitate defense, the ancient large-scale cities were destroyed around the city walls. A ditch was dug out and poured into the river water, which naturally formed a moat. The word "city" refers to the city wall, and the "pool" is the moat.

Once the city is attacked by the enemy, the gate of the city will be closed and the suspension bridge will be closed. As a result, there is no hole to enter the whole city. Then the attacking party must fill up and level the moat before continuing to attack.

Tens of thousands of Liangzhou army holding giant wood, sandbags into the moat, the moat water level suddenly rose a large section.

Matching is a frown: not good! If the enemy had filled the moat, wouldn't it be bad?

"Archer, Archer! Don't let the enemy fill up the moat. "

At the order of the trial and match, the archers of Jizhou army on the head of the city immediately launched thousands of arrows, and thousands of arrows suddenly fell from the sky and aimed at the Liangzhou army which was filling the river.

Good luck! However, the Liangzhou army was not reckless. A line of soldiers went to fill the river, while the rest of the soldiers put their shields on their heads and hit them with arrows on top of their heads.

Match face cold: "put rolling wood, stone!"

After the Jizhou army on the head of the city heard the order of the trial, two or three people lifted a huge stone together, then lifted it up with full strength and threw it down.

Bang!

When the huge stone fell on the shield, it immediately sank in. The Liangzhou soldiers holding the shield could not support it, and the stone fell down naturally.

"Ouch

A Liangzhou sergeant was hit head and blood, fell to the ground, bright red blood dripping on the ground, immediately dyed the Loess red.

Stone and rolling wood are huge in size. Once thrown down, they can't be prevented by shields at all. The soldiers of Liangzhou who filled the river suddenly suffered casualties.

"Continue to fill the river, do not retreat!"

However, even so, the Liangzhou army is still not allowed to retreat. Military orders are like mountains. Before the siege, river filling is a necessary step. If the moat is not filled up, it will be difficult to capture Yecheng. Therefore, although there are casualties, the siege still needs to continue. If there are a few casualties, it is not a joke to withdraw?

Although the Liangzhou soldiers who filled the river suffered losses, some intelligent Liangzhou soldiers and soldiers used waste instead, throwing the rolling wood and stone thrown from the head of the city by the Jizhou army into the moat, instead filling up the moat.

"Speed up!"

More than 40000 Liangzhou troops worked together, tens of thousands of people carried trees and sandbags. The moat gradually rose, but the water level was getting lower and lower."Fill up and level, retreat!"

Xu Huang did not fear the arrow. He personally led his troops to fill the river. He threw a huge wood out and threw it into the moat. The broad moat outside Yecheng was filled by Liangzhou army.

After filling the moat, Liangzhou army retreated slowly with shield in hand, and withdrew from the attack range of Jizhou army on the city.

Although the Liangzhou army retreated for the time being, the face of the match was not happy at all, but the eyebrows were even tighter. The Liangzhou army did not retreat, but because the moat had been filled, it had to retreat temporarily to prepare for the next siege.

In other words, the Liangzhou army is "accumulating strength".

"Archers ready, daggers ready, the enemy is going to attack the city." A deep way to judge and match.

As expected, after the Liangzhou Sergeant retreated, the archer immediately stepped forward, opened his long bow and aimed at the top of the city.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The attack of Liangzhou army's archers can be described as surging, because there are not only step archers in Liangzhou army, but nearly 10000 Liangzhou cavalry can ride and shoot. When attacking Yecheng at the moment, cavalry is useless, but they can be transformed into archers after dismounting.

Therefore, more than 10000 archers in Liangzhou army aimed at the head of Yecheng city and shot them. Thousands of arrows flew out, as if thousands of golden lights were flying out, enveloping Yecheng.

"Shoot back!"

Fortunately, the archers in Yecheng rely on the strong walls to defend the Liangzhou army's shooting, and sometimes fight back, but the firepower is not divided.