Yang Rui chatted with Guo Jia for a while longer, but he still could not figure out Jia Xu's true intentions.
Not long after, Zhang Ji sent his troops to ask for food. Yang Rui ordered his troops to pile up a hundred thousand catties of food from the east gate of Tong Pass, fulfilling his promise to Jia Xu.
During the storyline window, Yang Rui had supplied more than twenty million catties of food. A mere hundred thousand catties was only a small part of it. Just as Jia Xu said, it was enough to keep Liu Xie from starving.
As for food, Zhang Ji's troops had a lot of food, and this amount was not enough for them to eat for a day or two.
Yang Rui could not overfund the enemy. Zhang Ji's troops would naturally worry about the provisions they needed. The Yongzhou region to the east of Tongguan had already entered Zhang Ji's traditional sphere of influence, so it was not impossible for them to obtain some provisions.
At this time, Li Jue and Guo Si's troops reorganized and launched another attack on Tong Pass.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Creak! Creak!
"…"
Li Jue and Guo Si's troops were indeed the valiant Western Liang Army. In just less than half a day, the direct subordinates left by Dong Zhuo had already built siege weapons that looked like battery-powered chariots.
However, they could only be described as battering rams. Although they looked similar in appearance, their specific structure was much different.
The siege weapons that Li Jue and Guo Si's troops used were layered like Yang Rui's battering rams. However, there were only two layers, and the overall size was much smaller than normal battering rams.
Especially when compared to the tall walls of Tong Pass, Yang Rui could not imagine what these siege weapons could do.
Li Jue and Guo Si's subordinates did not plan to hide the purpose of these machines. Not long after they pushed them onto the battlefield, less than 20 of them went straight to the city gates on the west side of Tongguan. Obviously, they were used to attack the city gates.
If they were facing ordinary defenders, these siege weapons might be able to block long-range attacks. However, the defenders of Tong Pass were Yang Rui's troops, so these siege weapons were destined to be useless.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
"…"
Before the siege weapons of Li Jue and Guo Si's troops could reach Tong Pass, they could already hear the sharp noises of arrows piercing through the air coming from the top of the city wall. Compared to ordinary bows and arrows, these arrows were much thicker and stronger.
This was also a weapon that Yang Rui had added during the plot window. It was also a large "foot crossbow" from the Mohist inheritance. Although it was slightly inferior to the Sky Blasting Crossbow in size and power, it was enough to deal with the "chariot" in front of him.
"Pu!"
"Pu!"
"Pfff …"
"…"
The crossbow bolts were not very dense, but their accuracy was very high. They quickly rushed towards the 'charging car' that was' crawling 'at the speed of a turtle, making a series of piercing sounds.
The simple siege vehicles sent out by Li Jue and Guo Si's troops were destroyed. In front of the javelin-like bolts of the foot crossbows, the siege vehicles were so vulnerable that they were pierced through one after another.
The soldiers hidden within were unable to escape. One after another, the 'charging carts' lost their power and soon all came to a stop. The 'charging carts' themselves, on the other hand, had been destroyed beyond recognition.
The powerful 'foot crossbows' on the city wall of Tong Pass also had a very cool name. They were called Sky Paving Crossbows, and they were specially designed for the defense of the city wall. Earlier, when Jiao Wen was making the Sky Blasting Crossbows, he had made more than twenty of them. At this moment, their power was instantly unleashed.
Based on the name of the Sky Paving Crossbows and their performance, it was not hard to infer that if the number of such crossbows was increased, they would be able to cover the sky when they were fired. Any siege would be in vain.
The attack of the simple siege vehicles was completely crushed, and they did not even touch the gate of Tong Pass. The attack of Li Jue and Guo Si's troops was no different from the previous attack. There was not much suspense in the following battle.
In comparison, after losing the siege weapons and having less faith than before, the attack of Li Jue and Guo Si's troops this time was even less effective than when they chased after them at the beginning.
From the beginning to the end, not a single soldier was able to scale the walls of Tong Pass. This once again highlighted the importance of morale and mental fortitude.
This time, Li Jue and Guo Si's troops lost nearly 20000 soldiers and contributed a large number of plot points to Yang Rui.
However, the entire attack this time took less time than before. After knowing that they would not be able to take down Tong Pass, Li Jue and Guo Si's troops retreated.
However, the two troops did not retreat just like that. Instead, they set up camps far away and prepared to camp there.
As for Zhang Ji's troops to the east of Tong Pass, they did not retreat after receiving the 100,000 catties of grain from Yang Rui. They even sent scouts to the vicinity of Tong Pass to investigate the situation. It seemed that they had the intention of interfering.
However, Zhang Ji was destined to be disappointed. The scouts to the east of Tong Pass could only hear the roars from the west. However, there were no results even after waiting for so long.
When the sounds on the other side of Tong Pass gradually died down, the entire Tong Pass seemed to have returned to silence, as if nothing had happened.
At this point, Zhang Ji's scouts understood that Li Jue and Guo Si's troops probably did not have any results. It was impossible for Zhang Ji to interfere.
Zhang Ji was also mentally unbalanced. In fact, he didn't think too much about it. If Li Jue and Guo Si had successfully taken Tong Pass, he would have had no choice but to continue running away. It was almost impossible for him to intervene if both sides were to suffer heavy losses.
Regardless of what thoughts he had, not only did Li Jue and Guo Si's troops camp to the west of Tong Pass, even Zhang Ji's troops, who were supposed to escort Liu Xie to Luoyang, did not leave. Instead, they camped thirty li east of Tong Pass.
Even so, even if the three Xiliang troops on both sides of Tong Pass worked together, Yang Rui would not be afraid. Of course, such a situation would not occur. The troops on both sides of Tong Pass were like fire and water.
Most importantly, the storyline of the current region had almost come to a halt because the various families had stopped at Tong Pass. This was naturally something Yang Rui did not wish to see.
Currently, there were only two game months left until the ban on soldiers in the six provinces was lifted. After this, Yang Rui had important plans.
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