Sima Fan was silent for a long time, suddenly stood up, threw the wine pot in his hand out, then bowed deeply to Li Rui, and said, "Listen to you, it's better to read ten years of reading. I know what to do!"

Li Rui said: "If you know, go back and wash your face, have a good sleep, and throw these bad things behind you! I will see you appear in front of me tomorrow, and I will beat you into a pig's head!"

Sima Fan said, "I'll wash my face now!" After that, he walked towards his tent with great strides, and walked so hard that he was so depressed that he was just now.

Li Rui looked at his back and shook his head, murmured: "The only one in the Sima family is still like a little... I hope this can be gritted and I will not learn from those idiots to numb themselves by drinking and drinking medicine. If this is the case, I can't even find a sign that can gather people's hearts!"

He shook his head all the way and took his personal soldiers to inspect the camps of various units. Wherever he went, whether it was the Jingzhou soldiers, the Wuhuan soldiers or the powerful local armed forces in Nanyang, they all cast admiration for him. This young lieutenant defeated Wancheng one day and broke Jiyang overnight. When he was in Luoyang, he even made more strange plans to help the Jin army win successive victories. In their eyes, he was a rising star! Although he was not very conspicuous now, he had already shined with dazzling brilliance. In time, he would surely bloom in the sky of Northern China and become a respected existence for thousands of people!

The army always respects the strong. Such a boss who can continue to win victory will naturally be worshipped by the soldiers without reservation.

Li Rui was quite satisfied with the morale of the army. Since the battle came to Nanyang, the army won one after another. Victory was always the most motivating, and everyone was full of fighting spirit. Especially the Jingzhou soldiers, they were all ready to start fighting earlier, because they could go down the river to the Han River and return to their hometown!

They haven't been home for some years!

Several water trucks were built by a small river, which slowly rotated under the driving force of the water flow. The power of the water flow was transmitted to the huge millstone through a series of quite complex transmission mechanisms, which drove the millstone to rotate day and night, grinding the wheat into powder. This water mill is one of the busiest units in the army at present, and it processes wheat day and night. The ground flour has to be sifted and sifted out, and then it can be kneaded, fermented, and made into pasta. As for bran, it will not be wasted, and it is much better to feed the horse directly than gnawing on the grass.

As the water mill was put into operation, the army's main food rations changed from millet rice to noodles, pancakes or steamed buns. This type of food was found in the Han Dynasty, but for various reasons, it has not been promoted. After all, it was not easy for ordinary people to make a pair of millet. But now, for the Jin army, this type of pasta is no longer a strange thing, and they can eat it almost every meal!

Many people said: The pasta made from wheat seems to be much better than corn rice!

He eats well, lives well, and wins battles one after another. He can't be too strong to be impressed.

Some soldiers asked Li Rui directly: "Person Li, when will we launch an attack?"

Li Rui asked: "Why, are you impatient to wait?"

The soldiers said, "I have been impatient for a long time!"

Li Rui smiled and said, "Wait a little longer, and after making complete preparations, you will launch an attack immediately. At that time, you will fight hard for me. Whether my life can be saved depends on you!"

Everyone laughed. Someone asked: "Person Li, if you conquer Rangcheng, would you still give us a celebration banquet?"

Li Rui was determined: "Yes! When Wang Ru is broken, I will make a water mat for you to eat!"

Everyone was curious: "What is a water mat?"

Li Rui said: "It's just a flowing mat, with twenty-four dishes on it, including chicken, duck, fish, meat, and fresh vegetables and bacteria. It's all available, so you can swallow it with your tongue!"

The soldiers exclaimed in surprise. For these soldiers who were satisfied with filling their stomachs, it was impossible to imagine that they could eat twenty-four dishes in a meal! The most important thing is that this was made by Li Zheng himself. The dishes made by Li Zheng Zheng are famously delicious. They can taste them without regrets. If they can win this battle, the bravest sergeant in the battle can taste twenty-four dishes in one breath!

This has to be a life-threatening one!

Everyone's eyes were filled with green light, like a group of hungry wolves.

Li Rui did not ask them to wait too long, and ordered the three armies to prepare for war early the next morning. After the soldiers of the three armies finished their battle, he ordered the six wooden cannons to be transported to the edge of Xiaotuanhe River to prepare for the annoying broken ships. The two giant trenchers slowly moved forward under the drag of a large group of camels, moving to a place only three hundred meters away from the Rangcheng city wall.

The Rangcheng defenders suddenly became nervous and pulled out the crossbow and shot a powerful crossbow arrow at this side. Unfortunately, their accurate heads were a little short of their heads and they shot several arrows in a row but failed to hit them.

Several sergeants walked into the huge pair of wheels of the catapult, acting as hamsters, and kept moving. As they walked, the pair of wheels kept turning, the counterweight slowly lifted up, and the thick and long cantilevers were lowered little by little...

When the cantilever was placed to the lowest point, the strongman carried a 90-pound mud ball into the net bag. Everything was about to stop. The catapult suddenly fired, and only two loud noises were heard. The two 90-pound mud balls were thrown out, pulling out a graceful parabola and soaring into the sky, then whistling down from a high place, smashing heavily into the city!

It directly triggered a small-scale earthquake!

Li Rui stood in the nest cart and observed the landing point of the mud ball. Seeing that the mud ball hit directly into the city, he shouted: "It's past! Try changing to a mud ball weighing 120 kilograms!"

With the efforts of the artificial hamster, the cantilever was lowered again, and the strongman put a 120-pound mud ball into the net bag.

There were two more thunderous sounds, and these two huge mud balls were thrown out and smashed into the city. Although it was a mud ball, its lethality was not small at all. It directly smashed a corner of a mansion!

Li Rui shouted: "It's over yet! Change to a 150-pound mud ball!"

The cantilever is lowered again...

After adjusting seven or eight times in a row, the mud group finally hit the ridge tower at the city gate. With just one blow, the ridge tower was smashed to pieces, and the more than 20 rebel soldiers stationed inside were all turned into meat mud!

Li Rui was satisfied and said, "It's almost done, try changing to a stone ball weighing 200 kilograms!"

Four strongmen lifted the 200-pound stone ball and put it into the net bag. The trencher adjusted the angle, aimed at the city wall, and fired suddenly!

The heavy stone ball fell from the sky with a thunderous force, unbiased and straight to the city wall!

The rammed earth city wall obviously could not withstand such a terrible attack. There was only a loud bang, and the hit city wall fell straight down, and the soil was flying around, revealing a huge gap of more than two meters wide!

The Jin army cheered loudly, and the morale was so high that it was beyond replenishment.

Li Rui waved his fist hard: "Yes, just do it like this, continue firing!"

The two catapults replaced the stone balls weighing 200 kilograms and shot them at the city wall. The stone balls were beaten out one by one, hitting the city wall with the power of destroying mountains and mountains, and the entire city was shocked. In the terrifying rumbling, this unlucky city wall shook violently, cracked and collapsed. The rebels in the city were extremely shocked and rushed to escape from the city wall!

If they don’t run away, they will be smashed into meat pies!

Seeing that the time had come, Li Rui shouted: "Siege the city!"

The soldiers of Jingzhou took the lead and rushed towards the city wall that had been smashed with more than a dozen gaps. They were not subject to any resistance because the rebel soldiers on the city wall had run away. They rushed into the city without any effort and fought with the rebels in the city. The sound of killing in Rangcheng was shocked!

Pei Wei was stunned: "This... is the attack now?"

Li Rui said: "The city wall is almost demolished, and it is a bit difficult to attack it!"

Pei Wei looked at the two giant catapults with an almost admiring look and murmured: "It's simply a magical weapon! With such a magical weapon in hand, it's easy to capture the city and the land!"

Li Rui poured a bucket of cold water over and said, "Stop dreaming, this thing cannot follow the army. It will take more than ten or twenty days just to assemble it!"

Pei Wei said: "Compared with the fact that you have to be trapped for a year or two to break the city, and it may not even be possible to break the city. What is it worth to spend more than ten or twenty days assemble it?"

Li Rui thought about it and thought that this guy was quite reasonable. The time it took to siege was famous for a long time. In many cases, it was necessary to use up the long-lasting siege to slaughter the city to starve to death and die of thirst, and to wipe out the enemy's fighting spirit and courage little by little to finally break the city. The time it took to take was too long. In contrast, it was nothing to spend twenty days manufacturing and assembling such a powerful giant catapult!

However, he was not in the mood to discuss this with Pei Wei. After the Jingzhou soldiers attacked the city, he immediately ordered the two giant catapults to move to the south and fired amazingly powerful stone bombs at the southern section of the city wall. This forced the rebels to leave a considerable amount of troops to stare at the south, and there was no way to concentrate all their efforts against the Jingzhou army swarming into the city. Their fate was thus destined.
Chapter completed!