The Prodigal Son of the Empire

More importantly, all the places below have lost contact, and various situations show that they have already suffered a crisis, and have even been destroyed!

Because of the huge area, although there are soldiers left behind in various places, the number is limited.

Even the entire Fengcheng only has 5000 people!

If the enemy came, the consequences would be unimaginable, it would be a disaster at all.

This means that what they did in the early stage has become useless!

Shang Mou's face was so gloomy that he suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Who can tell me where this army comes from?"

People looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to figure it out at all.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince advanced all the way ahead, Zhao Jun was beaten and retreated steadily, how could he have spare strength?

And this army is coming from the rear, what is the rear?

Is it the country of Yan?

It is absolutely impossible for Zhao Jun to go around!

Where did that come from, I can't figure it out at all!

"It is said that this army has barbarian cavalry. Could it be that the barbarian was invited by Zhao Guo?"

"It shouldn't be possible!"

One person said: "How can Hu people help Zhao Guo? It's unrealistic!"

"That's really beyond my comprehension."

"It doesn't matter where it came from, what matters is how we do it?"

Shang Mou said coldly: "It is said that this army has a large number of people and has already come to Fengcheng. The goal is very clear, and it is coming for us!"

"But here, we only have 5000 people, how can we resist?"

All the people were silent.

Everyone understands this truth.

"Do you want to ask His Royal Highness for support?"

"Now is the critical period of fighting with Zhao Guo, how can we support?"

"If you go back again, isn't that a chance for Zhao Guo to breathe?"

"Maybe the situation isn't that bad, and it's just our guess now. How could Zhao Guo have troops around him? Even if he did, where could he get around?"

Listen to everyone's discussion.

Shang Mou said: "No matter what, give up other places first, concentrate the troops in Fengcheng, if possible, destroy this army!"

"Everyone, we are left behind, and it is difficult to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds. This is also a great opportunity..."

"Report!"

At this moment, soldiers came rushing from outside.

"Reporting to General Shang, I found that a large army has already appeared in the area of ​​Fengcheng, and You County and Yu County have all fallen!"

"what?"

Everyone present was shocked.

"How come so quickly?"

"It's cavalry, it's all cavalry!"

"damn it!"

Shang Mou's face changed drastically, and he was busy organizing his personnel to prepare to defend the city.

"By the way, bring those Zhao officials who haven't been killed, and find me some people in Fengcheng, and drag them to the top of the city!"

"Do you want?"

"Take these people as hostages and let them cast a trap..."

While the Yan army was preparing, Wang Kang had already led his army to Fengcheng.

His army soldiers are all equipped with war horses, and they are all good grassland horses with excellent endurance and strong mobility.

It should have been able to arrive faster, but was delayed due to some things on the way.

Now that Fengcheng is occupied by the enemy and guarded by soldiers, it is very likely that they will face a siege, which requires siege equipment.

However, his army was traveling lightly and had no siege equipment at all.

So Wang Kang stayed there for a few days after clearing out the Yan soldiers in Youxian County outside Fengcheng, and built a simple siege machine, a catapult!

Trebuchet is a relatively conventional siege equipment used in ancient cold weapon warfare, and there are many types.

A large trebuchet, capable of throwing boulders with a diameter of more than one meter, and equipped with wheels, is huge in size and needs to be operated by more than 200 people at the same time.

What Wang Kang did was relatively simple, just a small trebuchet.

There is a fixed horizontal shaft between the two pillars of the frame of the trebuchet, and a lever perpendicular to the shaft is arranged on it, which can rotate freely around the shaft.

Use human power to jerk one side, pull the long arm back to the level, release it suddenly, and use this elastic force to achieve the purpose of throwing...

When he was in You County, Wang Kang also conscripted the local people and made some simple gunpowder bags. He built a trebuchet just to throw the gunpowder bags...

This is the big killer he prepared for the Yan army!

Time is running out, otherwise he can prepare more...

Fengcheng is worthy of being a county city, with tall, generous walls and a long city wall.

Wang Kang arranged to push the trebuchets under the city wall and line them up!

In fact, there are only five.

All operations are mainly completed by the dark guards, assisted by soldiers.

The most familiar with gunpowder is the hidden guard, and improper operation may be dangerous.

This is Wang Kang's first siege battle, but there is not much pressure.