Over by Chongshan Town, they had already begun to move, while here in the capital, the siege of the Capital City also opened its curtain.
On April twenty-fifth, after the Great Liang Army had besieged the city for twenty days, they had produced a large number of siege engines.
Early that morning, waves of drumbeats rang out from the Great Liang Army's camp.
Immediately afterward, large numbers of soldiers pushed scaling ladders, moat bridges, nest carts, catapults, stationary crossbows, and many other siege engines out of the camp.
The army formed ranks, leaving one side open while surrounding three, and launched their attack from the west, north, and south sides of the Capital City.
Bugles sounded in unison, and the drums resounded.
Tens of thousands of soldiers surged toward the city walls like ants.
The catapults fired. Stones the size of washbasins, wrapped in straw rope and doused with fire oil, fell into the city with flames and shrieking whistles.
At the same time, large numbers of crossbow bolts were mixed among them, sharp sounds of tearing through the air ringing out one after another.
The moment the bugle of battle had just sounded, the Great Liang Army outside the city displayed extremely professional siege techniques.
The counterattack from inside the city was just as formidable. A large number of stationary crossbows fired, and the densely packed crossbow bolts shaded the sky and sun, making one's scalp prickle at the sight.
Although the Da Rong imperial court had been corrupt for many years, although the Imperial Guard had already been wiped out, and although the emperor's imperial personal guard inside the city could no longer truly be considered elite, the capital was still the capital.
This place still possessed Da Rong's best defensive facilities. The stationary crossbows alone numbered more