The fiefdom increases by 1 soldier in 1 second, and the empress kneels down and begs not to rebel

The moment of application.

The Yan army finally arrived at the outskirts of Nan Ze City, and as the distance shortened, Qin Ze ordered the army to slow down. After all, the times now were different from the past, and with the equipment of artillery, there was no need to rush to attack the city.

What's more, Nanze City is extraordinary. It is the old capital and the largest city in this land except Jinling.

This is a huge city.

The reason why they entered Jinling City so easily was that Jin Jianren was too arrogant. He led a large army out of Jinling and chose to fight in Huichang. When the news of the defeat reached Jinling, there were not many soldiers in Jinling City. Jin Fengluan was worried about something going wrong, so he fled back to Nanze with the remaining soldiers in panic.

But now it is different. Nanze is the last hiding place of the Jin family. Although it is the old capital, it also has a large population of millions of people and nearly 200 markets. Correspondingly, its city defense is one level higher than that of Anyang County, which is known as "impregnable".

At this moment, Qin Ze had dismounted and boarded the ladder truck. The ladder truck was several meters high and was moving slowly. After reaching the highest level, Qin Ze took out a binoculars and looked forward.

The view here is wider, and as far as the eye can see, the area outside Nan Ze City is now vast and open, without any buildings at all.

But even so, Qin Ze could still see some signs of hasty demolition. It was obvious that the Jin family had carried out a "fortification and clearing of the countryside" outside the city.

This move will leave the attackers no place to hide. As long as they move towards the city wall, they will be met with continuous long-range shooting from the wall.

If there is no corresponding defensive equipment at this time, you will become a sitting duck and suffer heavy casualties.

There are four main gates in the outer wall of Nan Ze City, namely the east, south, west and north, and the one he is coming to now is the east gate. From here, Qin Ze can already see many Qian soldiers faintly visible on the outermost Sheep and Horse Wall, but the battlements are too high to see them clearly, and this is also where the city defense on the Sheep and Horse Wall lies.

In addition, there are four towering watchtowers embedded in the Sheep-Horse Wall on the east side. The Sheep-Horse Wall is 20 to 30 meters high and more than ten miles long. There are more than a dozen arrow towers slightly lower than the watchtowers. In addition, the horse path in the middle of the Sheep-Horse Wall is three or four meters wide, which can accommodate not only a large number of soldiers but even war horses can gallop through it.

The four towering watchtowers are seven or eight meters higher than the sheep-horse wall. In addition to serving as a lookout, each floor of the watchtower is a small troop storage where archers can conduct long-range shooting through arrow windows.

The defensive fortifications of the Sheep and Horse Wall alone are enough to make any soldiers who want to attack the city retreat, not to mention that outside the Sheep and Horse Wall there is a moat that surrounds the entire Nan Ze City, which is seven or eight meters deep and several dozen meters wide.

But this is only the outermost wall of this giant city. In fact, Qin Ze can't see the east gate at all at this moment, because behind the Yangma Wall is Waiweng City.

As the place where the Jin family made their fortune, the four words "keep the enemy out" were implemented throughout this giant city from the beginning of its construction.

Behind the Yangma Wall is the empty Yangma City. There are no buildings there and it is not used on weekdays. It is only filled with soldiers to defend against the enemy in times of war. The Outer Weng City is inside the Yangma City. It is a semicircular raised city with a huge and spacious place inside.

It is like an open cloth bag. If the attackers break through the moat and the sheep-horse wall and enter the outer city, the archers on the wall will be able to shoot continuously from top to bottom.

In this pocket formation, only those who survive can see the gate of the main city wall.

In fact, this was Qin Ze's first time to come to Nanze. Before this, he had been in Jinling or fighting everywhere, but he had never been to Nanze, the birthplace of the Jin family. This time, after seeing the towering city walls, he couldn't help but feel emotional.

If the city was attacked using ordinary means, let alone an army of hundreds of thousands of people, even an army of millions would probably take months to capture it. No, it might even take a year.

When dealing with large cities, the most common strategy is to lay siege, surround the entire city and cut off all supplies within the city. This way, the city can be captured with the least casualties. However, Nan Ze is a truly giant city, and laying siege is almost impossible. The city of Nan Ze is probably self-sufficient, so laying siege is useless.

Therefore, even if the Jin family does not have many troops in the city, they can still hold out for a long time. Their reliance is not on the troops, but on the city itself.

"What a hard turtle shell..." Qin Ze shook his head.

As soon as he finished speaking, Dian Wei leaned over and said:

"My lord, looking at this situation, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort for us to get in."

Qin Ze glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "No matter how hard the tortoise shell is, it can't withstand rounds of artillery fire."

"To attack the four main gates at the same time, it would take countless troops. It is not cost-effective to send more troops at this time. We only need to attack one of them."

"No matter how hard the shell is, if we can break a hole and get in, we can kill the turtle inside!"

As he spoke, he shouted to the messenger beside him:

"Pass the order down. Once you are within range, set up your formation and aim all your artillery at the Sheep and Horse Wall. Fire!"

"Blast the watchtower and arrow tower! And the Qian troops on the Sheep and Horse Wall, blow them all back. When they can no longer shoot, we will move forward and cross the river!"

"Yes!" After the words fell, the messenger left immediately.

It's two o'clock in the morning.

The Yan army finally arrived at the shelling position, and Qin Ze, who was on the ladder vehicle, was surprised to find that the bridge over the moat outside the Yangma Wall had not been destroyed.

This was really unexpected. Qin Ze thought it was a trap at first, but then he suddenly had a guess that made him a little unbelievable.

That is, the Jin family might still be thinking of using the city defense to deal a severe blow to their side, and then thinking of leaving the city and crossing the bridge to chase them?

Perhaps feigning defeat could really lure the enemy out of their hole, but it would also mean sacrificing some lives, not to mention that this was just a guess, so Qin Ze decided to use artillery to clear the way.

Immediately, thousands of chariots carrying artillery were arranged in an orderly formation, and the soldiers loaded ammunition into them. During this period, they were not attacked by anyone from within the city.

This is certainly not because they are soft-hearted, but because Qin Ze knows that they do not have better or stronger long-range weapons than his.

Although this turtle shell is hard enough, it can only passively take the beating at this moment.

When the ammunition was loaded, the main gunner shouted loudly:

"put!"

"Bang bang bang!"

In an instant, the deafening sound was like a continuous fall of thunder, which almost broke people's eardrums. The air was filled with gunpowder smoke, and the ground was covered with clouds of smoke and dust due to the recoil caused by the artillery bombardment!

In the smoke, in the first round, hundreds of large-caliber artillery shells went straight towards the Sheep and Horse Wall!