Since the goal is to deplete Liaodong City's thunderbolts, the feint attacks will not be limited to the east and north gates.
The Shenwei Army soldiers were also deployed at the four gates of Liaodong City, launching feint attacks on Liaodong City from time to time.
The panicked defenders of Liaodong City, without thinking twice, immediately ordered catapults to hurl thunderbolts.
The thunderbolts that struck Liaodong City were a weakened version of those that had spread from Dongning City.
Even so, the explosion in the snow still created craters.
Wei Jun also knew that such a thunderbolt, if it exploded within the team, would still have a great destructive power.
Therefore, the feints near the four city gates remained outside the firing range and did not approach Liaodong City.
The harassment operations on the first day only briefly ceased in the afternoon.
The soldiers guarding Liaodong City breathed a sigh of relief and rested against the battlements.
Some of the garrison soldiers took out their dry rations and ate them slowly, amidst the snowflakes.
From morning until now, the army of Prince Xin outside the city has not stopped attacking, leaving them no time to eat.
The brief moment of peace finally allowed them to rest properly and eat some dry rations to replenish their energy.
In the palace of the Prince of Liao.
Prince Li Tong of Liao stood in the courtyard, listening quietly with his ear tilted to the side.
After listening for a long time, Li Tong finally confirmed that the explosions had stopped.
"It's getting dark, looks like we should take a break!"
Li Tong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This day has been so tiring!"
"Your Highness,"
Song Ming rubbed his stiff cheeks and said, "With the war raging, the soldiers will also get tired and slack off."
I suggest that Your Highness take advantage of the current calm and go up to the city to reward the soldiers guarding the city.
This will also give the soldiers defending Liaodong City more morale to do so!
"Huh? Uptown?"
Upon hearing this, Li Tong was stunned. He quickly said, "The city wall is so dangerous. You want me to go up to the city wall?"
What if Prince Xin's army suddenly attacks the city?
"Your Highness, morale is of utmost importance!"
Song Ming couldn't help but remind them, "If we discourage the soldiers, I'm afraid Liaodong City really won't be able to hold out!"
"Yes, Your Highness! For the sake of Liaodong City, Your Highness should also go up to the city walls to comfort the soldiers guarding the city!"
"Your Highness, please come up to the city!"
Inside the room, a group of generals and officials from the royal palace all spoke up to persuade him.
Li Tong was stunned as she looked at the people in the room.
Is it really that important to go to the city to comfort the soldiers?
In a daze, Li Tong recalled Song Ming's words: only by comforting the soldiers could Liaodong City be defended.
If the soldiers lose heart, Liaodong City may fall.
It seems we should go and offer them some thanks!
Thinking it over, Li Tong nodded and said, "I've already made it clear that you need to protect my safety!"
"Your Highness, please rest assured!"
A general patted his chest and assured him.
After much persuasion, Prince Li Tong of Liao finally agreed to go and comfort the soldiers.
After arriving at the West Gate, Li Tong looked at the dilapidated city wall, the scattered stone and wood chips around it, and the broken limbs on the ground. His face gradually turned pale.
The congealed dark red bloodstains, in particular, caused young Li Tong's chest and abdomen to churn, and she almost vomited!
Upon seeing this, Song Ming immediately grabbed Li Tong's arm and pinched it tightly.
He knew that if Li Tong were to vomit at this moment, it would undoubtedly be a huge blow to morale!
"Soldiers, His Highness the Prince of Liao has come to see you!"
Looking at the soldiers guarding the city around him, Song Ming said, "My lords, you have worked hard!"
His Highness has ordered an extra meal tonight, paid for by the Prince's Mansion!
I've already told the cook to prepare the meal: pork and cabbage stew with glass noodles!
Soldiers, keep up the good work and defend our homeland!
The soldiers guarding the city were all excited to hear about the extra meal.
You should know that they ate nothing but dry rations all day, without even a hot meal, let alone meat.
Upon hearing the name "pork and cabbage stew with glass noodles," everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness!"
Some of the soldiers guarding the city knelt down on the city wall, moved to tears by gratitude towards King Li Tong of Liao.
Li Tong frowned, looked at Song Ming beside her, and questioned, "Song Ming, what are you doing?"
My Liao Prince's mansion doesn't have much pork or cabbage left, how can I let them eat it..."
Before she could finish speaking, Song Ming covered Li Tong's mouth.
Song Ming didn't bother to explain and pulled Li Tong forward.
However, after traveling a short distance, a series of shrill screams suddenly came from the distant horizon.
"What happened?"
Li Tong asked the question.
The soldiers guarding the city wall panicked, and an alert soldier shouted, "Take cover! Take cover!"
"gun?"
Li Tong was stunned for a moment before she saw countless black dots in the sky.
Before he could react, a general tackled Li Tong and Song Ming to the ground.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
At that moment, a deafening explosion rang out nearby.
Several cannonballs struck the city gate that had just been sealed off, instantly blasting it open again.
Some cannonballs exploded on the city wall, and the rapidly spinning fragments flew around, slicing off the bodies of the defending soldiers and instantly severing off an arm.
Blood splattered everywhere, covering the ground.
Even Li Tong's face was stained with sticky blood.
He reached out and wiped the blood from his face, instantly turning deathly pale.
At this moment, Li Tong was completely stunned.
"Your Highness, retreat immediately!"
The general beside him gave a reminder, pulled up the panicked Li Tong, and hurried towards the city.
Even after descending the city wall, Li Tong was still somewhat shaken.
Especially on the city wall behind them, the continuous explosions were still going on.
Even as darkness fell, the snow still made it clearly visible.
Li Tong even saw a soldier fly into the air during the explosion and crash heavily onto an open space inside the city.
Even though they were far apart, Li Tong could feel a slight pain in her body.
"Your Highness, let's return to the Prince's residence first!"
Song Ming was also a little scared and spoke up to remind him.
None of them expected that this trip to the city to offer condolences would result in a bombing raid by Prince Xin's army.
These soldiers of Prince Xin's army don't even rest at night. Don't they feel tired?
...
I really don't know!
Continuous combat and bombing are tactics that the Dongning army has always used!
This tactic was used in several major battles against the grassland bandits!
By bombing continuously and intermittently, the enemy forces are made tired and complacent, and then the enemy is defeated!
This set of tactics has been used to a more refined and sophisticated degree since the advent of artillery.
Especially some enemy soldiers who had never experienced artillery bombardment were terrified and couldn't sleep all night.
The Dongning army, on the other hand, was different. They usually trained amidst the sounds of artillery fire, so they naturally got used to it!
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