And Zhao, he felt the pressure on him suddenly grow larger.

Facing the two siege towers and the attacking army from Shang Yuan city.

They had actually managed to hold their ground.

While he was thinking this, Pan was already steadily walking towards him.

His bronze armor stained with a lot of blood, indicating that this battle had not been easy.

I pan pay my respects to the leader.

H you've worked hard in this city defense battle.

What were the results? This question was hardly a question for the extremely responsible Xiaoan as he must have calculated everything immediately after finishing the fight and a series of data almost came out of his mouth.

When Lu G learned from Xiaopan that their casualties had actually reached over 500, his brows involuntarily raised slightly.

This number was a bit beyond his expectations.

However, when Xiao Pan mentioned that the actual number of the attacking army exceeded 3,000, Lu Gi felt relieved.

It seems Dongan's attack was quite fierce.

Counting the flanking Jang Wei, the total troops strength mobilized for the siege battle reached over 4,000.

Coupled with the two siege towers that were like armored vehicles, it was clear they were intent on taking him down in one go.

However, unfortunately, he was still one step ahead.

Ziao Pan's report continued as Luo Gi walked and listened.

And when he heard that the two siege towers had actually been captured by them before Luo Gi could react, Zhao he had already exclaimed in surprise.

They actually captured the siege towers.

Yes.

Ziaoan maintained his composed demeanor.

At this moment, there was not a hint of arrogance in him.

His calm and steady manner instead made Zhao he feel a pang in his stomach.

The capture of the two siege towers could only indicate one thing.

Lie Qua had retreated.

The retreat was exceptionally hasty.

Only under duress would they choose to preserve their strength and abandon the siege towers.

Otherwise, could the siege weapons of the great Zhao army just be left behind? While Zhao, he was thinking this.

Ziaoan spoke again.

But unfortunately, one of the siege towers have been forcibly destroyed by their crossbows during the siege battle, and the remaining tower had its wheels destroyed by the enemy during their retreat, making it unusable for a short time.

Upon hearing this, he couldn't help but cover his forehead with his hand.

No, this was a bit overwhelming.

The other side had been saying things that exceeded his understanding since just now.

For instance, one of the seemingly indestructible siege towers of the Great Joe army had actually been destroyed.

Just the fact that they had been captured was already shocking enough.

But destroyed? What kind of joke was this? He had truly never seen anything like it.

Luogi was obviously also very interested in the siege towers and gestured for Xiaoan to take him to see.

It turned out that one of them had indeed been destroyed and it was completely wrecked, basically falling apart.

The other one, due to not having sustained much attack, was still intact except for the wheels.

Chapter 285.

A wasteful item.

This is indeed a wasteful item.

Rajic reached out and knocked on the bronze armor plate on top.

His face filled with emotion.

He had to admit that this wasteful item was indeed durable.

Pushed onto the battlefield as an armored vehicle from the cold weapon era, Rajik did not deny that it was a siege weapon.

However, with the same type of siege tower, if he didn't use so many bronze armor plates, he could build 10 siege towers at once and achieve the same effect.

These two siege towers were basically piled up with bronze, which seemed a bit overly ambitious.

To put it bluntly, they were filled with a sense of showoff and ostentation.

As for cost effectiveness, there's really not much to speak of.

After all, with so much bronze, how many weapons and armor could be forged? And how many soldiers could be armed? But if it could be repaired, he wouldn't mind making good use of it.

With this thought in mind, Rajik casually asked if they had tried moving the wheels from the other siege tower over here.

They had tried.

As the commander defending the city, Ziaoan was probably the one who felt the threat of this siege tower the most.

Therefore, after capturing the siege tower, he naturally thought about repairing it.

However, the result was disappointing.

After attaching the wheels from the other siege tower, this siege tower could hardly move and could not be used normally.

After learning about the situation from Xiaoan, Rajik stepped a couple of steps closer to confirm with his own eyes and soon discovered the problem.

The connection points of the wheels were probably missing two components.

One was a bearing and the other was a part that fixed the wheel in place.

Only when fixed could the wheels turn and drag the entire siege tower forward.

But that fixed part was destroyed when the enemy damaged the wheels.

Looking at the situation, to get this siege tower moving, not only the wheels, but also several rows of axles at the bottom, and even the entire chassis would need to be remade.

The enemy's move could truly be described as cutting off the firewood from under the pot.

The layers of bronze armor plates on top were merely wasteful.

The technology and focus were on the chassis, and it was indeed not something that could be repaired just by removing a wheel.

In summary, dragging these two piles of things back to Mingjing City and sending them to the armament research department was the plan.

If they were too large to drag, it would simply dismantle the top layers of bronze armor plates.

After all, they had no technical content.

This wasteful item falling into his hands would definitely not be at risk of being snatched back by Zhao Dongan.

He would first hand it over to Yen for slow research.

If it couldn't be repaired, they could directly melt down these two piles of bronze, which would still be resources.

Thus, the situation in Sea City could be considered temporarily settled.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Guaian and his team were also proceeding quite smoothly.

During this time, the life of Wong Tong, the commander defending Song Han City, was very comfortable.

After Jangi left, he clearly felt that he was safe and sound, and he completely relaxed, giving Guua and his team ample opportunity.

At dawn, seizing the opportunity for a wave of surprise attacks, they easily captured the walls of Song Han City.

Then, as the city gates opened, the city with hardly any garrison troops instantly became lambs to the slaughter.

Gujan leading the infantry ultimately fulfilled his wish by beheading Wong Tong and avenging his fallen brothers.

With this, the entire iron triangle of Zhao Dong Nan's eastern territory fell completely into Rajik's hands.

After this, the entire war seemed to enter a brief halftime break.

The movement of troops, the casualties of soldiers, the consumption and damage of military equipment, these matters would take quite a bit of time to adjust and deal with.

However, with Xiao Pan helping him share the workload, Rajik was not particularly busy during this time.

He even had time to pay attention to the construction of the walls of Jumu City and Bay City.

Given the current situation, unless he personally messed things up, Zhao Dong would have no opportunity to threaten his cities.

The tactical guidelines set from the beginning were proceeding exceptionally smoothly.

Thus, to avoid accidentally messing things up at a critical moment, Rajik absolutely had to keep his composure.

Trucks of supplies and military equipment continued to be transported from the rear, and with a deep breath, Rajik was not in a hurry at all.

After all, the mechanisms of total war and invasion war were completely different.

For some high-ranking players, a total war could last for several years or even longer without being unusual.

So considering the time span, both sides in the total war would only gain the right to call for external assistance in the third month.

And now it had just barely been half a month.

As time passed day by day, the report of the failure of the three 000 strong siege army at Shang Yuan city reached Zhao Dong Nan who was in the royal city of the great Zhao on the second day after the siege battle.

At that time, Zhao Dong Nan was having a meal and upon receiving the news, he immediately overturned the entire table of food onto the ground.

The failure of the siege by the three 0000 troops, the destruction of one siege tower, the capture of another by the enemy, and the disappearance of General Jang Wei made Zhao Dongan feel as if he had been stabbed three times.

If it weren't for the fact that he had been recuperating and his health had improved a lot, this report alone might have caused him to faint on the spot.

However, it wasn't over yet.

2 days later, the news of the fall of Songhan City was completely confirmed.

There was no need for verification with Song Han City fallen.

How could the flanking Jang Wayi escape? He was either captured or dead.

And Zhao Dong Nan felt it was the latter.