The Qin army had been attacking Zaozao City for ten days and ten nights.
A tense atmosphere lingered in the air above both sides.
The Qin army had lost more than 20,000 men, and the Wei army had lost nearly 15,000 men. This siege was destined to be tragic.
However, after 10 days of exhaustion, the morale and energy of the Wei army in Wild Jujube City were almost depleted.
In the beginning, Meng Ao had indeed adopted the strategy of attacking fiercely. However, he quickly changed it to the strategy of harassing the enemy. Relying on the advantage in numbers, he launched probing attacks almost non-stop.
Every attack was like a gong being struck and broken. It was so aggressive that the Wei army in the city thought it was a general attack and had no choice but to defend with all their might.
However, every time the Wei army was ready, Meng Ao would withdraw his troops.
The cycle repeated itself, using the army to drain the energy of the Wei army, making them unable to sleep well, causing the soldiers of the Wei army to fight with dark circles under their eyes.
After all, the Qin army could feign an attack with you, but you couldn't let your guard down. Otherwise, who knew when the feint would turn into a real attack? When the opportunity was seized, Suanzao City would fall.
This was an open scheme, but there was nothing he could do about it.
"Dong dong dong-"
Loud war drums sounded as the Qin army began to gather and move out!
This time, Boor also joined the ranks of the siege. However, he did not bring his subordinates. Instead, he went alone and randomly found a camp to join.
"Rumble!"
The ground shook as tens of thousands of Qin soldiers carried ladders, pushed ballistae, and all kinds of siege weapons, ready for battle.
Meng Ao ordered the 20 thousand Qin soldiers to attack the north side of Suanzao City.
However, this time, the real direction of attack was the west side where Boor was!
Among them, the most important siege weapons were the 'tower chariot' and the 'catapult.'
As its name suggested, the tower chariot was a very useful siege weapon. It was the same height as the city and had wooden wheels below it. After pushing it to the edge of the city, it was like building a bridge. The attackers could jump directly into the city from the tower chariot.
However, this siege weapon was too cumbersome and inconvenient to carry, so it could only be made with local materials.
However, after spending more than ten days outside the Wild Jujube City, he had forged seven or eight 'tower carts', which should be enough.
As for the catapult, it was a weapon like the ancient Italian cannon. It had extremely destructive power.
The initial structure of the catapult was very simple. It was a huge lever. The long end was a leather case or wooden basket loaded with stones, and the short end was tied with dozens of ropes. When the order was given, dozens of people pulled the ropes at the same time and threw the stones using the lever principle.
However, catapults were not used on a large scale. It was also because they were cumbersome and required a lot of manpower to use or collect large rocks.
The first large-scale use of catapults in the history of the Celestial War should have been more than twenty years later when the famous general of the Qin State, Li Xin, attacked the Chu State. The Chu army secretly prepared a large number of catapults. When the Qin army crossed the river, they suddenly fired at the same time, and countless sharp stones smashed towards the Qin army like dark clouds.
In addition, Xiang Yan, the famous general of the Chu Kingdom at that time, who was also the grandfather of the future Western Chu Overlord Xiang Yu, used the advantage of the vast land and sparse population of the Chu Kingdom to launch a battle method similar to guerrilla tactics.
This caused the two hundred thousand Qin soldiers to be completely defeated. Li Xin was defeated and fled back to the Qin country.
Later on, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, Wang Jian, led 600,000 troops to take down Chu. One could see the power of the catapults at that time.
"Reporting to the general! Everything is ready!"
"In that case, prepare to launch a general attack. We must definitely take down Wild Jujube City in this battle!”
In the middle of the army, the old general Meng Ao, who was wearing a military uniform, looked at the city wall of Wild Jujube City from afar.
The many days of harassing the enemy had already made the Wei army suffer. This was like the story of the wolf. The first time, the second time, people thought that the wolf had really come, but then they realized that they had been deceived.
Even if the 'wolf' really ran over, they wouldn't take it seriously.
"Beat the drum!"
" Thump! Thump! Thump!"
In the army, the war drums sounded like thunder, causing the 200,000 Qin soldiers to surge with fighting spirit.
This time, they had already received the notice in advance. It was no longer a small fight like before. They were going to launch a real attack and take down Wild Jujube City in one go!
There were still more than 80,000 Wei soldiers here. If he could cut off their heads, it would be enough for him to be promoted.
Of course, this number of people was definitely not enough for the 200,000 Qin soldiers.
After all, among the 80,000 Wei troops, some would surrender, some would flee, and there were also brave warriors who could kill several of them. If they were divided up, they would be so slow that they wouldn't even be able to drink a mouthful of soup.
Moreover, the military law of the Qin army was very strict. The heads of children, old people, and women would not be counted as military merits.
If the military law officer found out that someone killed the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled to gain military merit, he would drag you to the scene and hang your head on the flag to deter those who wanted to break the law.'
Finally, after three rounds!
As the commander of an army, Meng Ao drew the long sword at his waist and pointed it in the direction of Suanzao City as he shouted with a murderous aura.
"Soldiers, listen up!"
"Take down Wild Jujube City and make a name for yourself today!”
"All troops, charge!"
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