Under Huguan Pass.
After a brief stop to repair each other, the two sides fought again.
The sound of war drums roared, and Cao soldiers outside the city separated and pushed out shield cars.
Although Jia Qu has cleared most of the villages outside the pass, so that Cao's army cannot find ready-made wooden boards and wood materials to make shield trucks, they have their own solutions.
Huguan Pass is surrounded by mountains, and there are always trees in the depths of the forest. Although the distance is a little longer, over the period of time, the labor and auxiliary soldiers of the Cao army have also cut down a lot of trees. The Cao army slightly processed the trees and tied them together, and they became rough shield chariots or large shields. Although the style of these large shields is not very good, they also have the effect of shield defense.
This rough shield chariot tied with thick wood is not allowed to shoot through unless it is hit by a stone bullet or burned by fire. Even if it is hit by a crossbow, the power will often be greatly reduced, and it has no lethality to the soldiers hiding behind it.
Cao's army followed the shield car and slowly came, which looked like a pattern of later generations of step-changing steps, but the shield car could not fire.
On the front several shield cars, I was also specially carefully crafted. In addition to installing two more pairs of wheels, the original four-wheeled shield cars turned into eight-wheeled vehicles, making it easier to push, I also put some thoughts on the protection of the outer layer, wrapped in a layer of thick cowhide, covered with mud and splashed with water, and even if the rocket was stuck on it, it would not burn.
Of course, other shield chariots are basically rough. Some are like simply tied together trees, even the wheels are decorations, and they can't even turn around. They can only be carried by the soldiers behind them...
Jia Qu stood on Huguan Pass and looked down. Such shields were arranged in line, covering the entire battle line. Compared to the last time when Cao's army siege on a large scale, there were much more people and siege equipment this time. It seemed that Cao's army was determined to attack the city.
Seeing this situation, the defenders above Huguan Pass couldn't help but become nervous, and the guards standing next to Jia Qu were a little heavy.
Jia Qu ordered the use of a catapult to smash the long-range wave first...
Both sides had catapults, but the problem was that Cao's army could not see the arrangement of Jia Qu's catapults. However, on the contrary, the placement of catapults in the Cao's position can be seen in the pass. In the light and dark situations, the loss rate of Cao's catapults would obviously be much higher than that in the Huguan Pass.
Jia Qu also has problems here. After all, the stone bullet is not as endless as in the game. One is consumed, one less is needed. At this moment, some stones in the city have to be demolished to act as stone bullets. This kind of stone bullet with edges has also greatly reduced the accuracy of the stone bumper again.
On the contrary, the catapult of Cao Jun did not pursue accuracy so much. Anyway, Huguan Pass is so big, just throw it over, no matter where you hit it, you will make a profit...
Therefore, it is difficult to say who is taking advantage of the two sides when the ultra-long-range catapults are hit by each other. It can only be said that from the perspective of the combat loss rate, the Cao army will suffer greater losses.
When we arrived at the medium and long-distance range, before there was no shield car, Cao's army was basically breathless on the pass.
The condescending shooting of crossbows and powerful crossbows is undoubtedly a nightmare for any assembly battle formation. Cao's army could hardly restrain the crossbows on the city, and could only fight for losses. That's right, use human lives to avoid losses. After all, crossbows and catapults are the same. They have a certain number of uses. If they are used too much, they will either have problems here or something broken there. So far, only 50% or 60% of the crossbows can still be used normally. The rest are either broken or repaired.
In addition, there are also losses of crossbow arrows and crossbow arrows, which are also very large on both sides.
There is still a certain amount of stock on Huguan Pass, and Cao's army has almost reached the bottom.
On the battlefield, there are almost all arrows and crossbows from both sides, and they are everywhere...
What? Collect it and continue to use it?
No.
Most arrows and crossbow arrows are made of wooden arrows. When the high-speed impact is hit, many of the arrows that do not hit people will break. However, because the arrows that hit people need to be taken, they must be broken first before taking them, so they cannot be used either. From ancient times to the present, as soon as the war starts, money will go out like flowing water.
At the same time, not only money, but also blood and life.
At this time, the Cao army soldiers attacking Huguan Pass, Le Jin arrested a total of 2,500 regular soldiers and 3,000 auxiliary soldiers, as well as a large number of labor and ordinary people arrested from the surrounding areas.
The most important method is the two hundred elite soldiers standing by behind the array...
Jia Qu did implement the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, but he was inevitably a little smart. Perhaps these big clever is used to confronting the governments in Shandong and have not been able to adapt and adjust. But no matter what, these big clever clever clever has now become cannon fodder being pushed in front.
The Cao army's attack method is still the same as the old pattern, and there are not many changes.
The auxiliary soldiers and laborers pushed the large shield and the shield chariot forward. Behind the shield chariot, there were light armored archers who were following up as cover. Behind the shield chariot were various cities, from simple ladders to the city chariot, and those elite heavy infantry wearing iron armor and double armor were at the end of the hidden array.
When the stone bombs roared out of the city, no matter how far they were on the city, they looked up at the flight trajectory of the stone bombs...
"boom!"
When the stone bullet hit the shield cart, it seemed to have stopped in the senses of everyone. Then the shield cart was split into pieces, and screams flew up with wooden blocks, wood chips and gravels. Cao Jun, who was hit by the stones, lay down on the ground with hard labor, some rolled in blood, while others died quietly.
Most of the shield cars hit by stone bullets cannot escape the fragmentation result, but most of the rock bullets cannot be hit head-on. Even if some rock bullets bounce off the ground, they will hit the shield cars twice or three times, and the kinetic energy will be greatly attenuated, which will not cause the shield cars to be completely damaged.
The hit rate of the catapult cart is low, and after the stone bullets were changed to a stone, everything was left to God to shake the dice. However, even if they failed to hit the shield cart, the stone bullets rolled and jumped on the ground, as long as the Cao army soldiers were touched, they would at least have broken bones and tendons.
Going forward a little, you enter the killing range of the crossbow truck.
As the crossbow chariot roared, the thick crossbow gun roared down.
This time the hit rate is much higher than the catapult car, and basically you can score five or six out of ten shots...
Among the six hit crossbow guns, four of them broke through and scattered the two shields, and they also hurt some Cao's soldiers behind the big shields. The other two crossbow guns collapsed the shield of a shield, revealing a large gap, losing the effect of covering.
However, the free stage of crossbow trucks on the city was the only one. Because Cao's army moved forward frantically, it soon entered the range of the last short-range bow and arrow. The archers from both sides began to greet each other. With the short greetings of different accents, but the same tone, the arrows of both sides interlaced, flew high with sharp whistling sounds, and then turned around and went down.
The arrows have similar standards, but the effects on both sides are different.
Although many battlements on Huguan Pass were damaged during the initial process of smashing each other with stone bullets, many of them were intact, and even the damaged battlements were not pierced by crossbows. Therefore, the soldiers on Jia Qu's side on Huguan Pass only need to hide behind the battlements in time to avoid most of the damage, while most of the archers on Cao's side were not so lucky.
Although there is a shield car as a protection, there is a certain height difference between the shield car and the city wall, and this height difference is destined to only a small number of archers who are closer to the shield car can be protected. Even if the archers who are farther away hide behind the shield car, they are still exposed. So after the greetings between the two sides of the interaction of arrows and crossbows, a series of screams sounded.
Especially those laborers who push the shield and lift the shield are even worse. They don’t even have armor on their bodies, they are just real skin and flesh to fight against arrows and crossbows. When the arrows fall, they don’t even have the qualifications to hide behind the shield cart. They can only watch the arrows and crossbows fall and penetrate their bodies. Some of them are unlucky, and they are hit by seven or eight arrows on their bodies, and they are directly nailed to the shield cart.
More than a dozen thick wooden shields that had lost their labor force, fell to the ground weakly, but soon another group of labor force was driven up and helped up the big shields in the rain of arrows.
During the war, the lives of these people were not even as important as the large shield pieced together by a few pieces of wood.
Le Jin's general's order flag had been moved to eight or nine hundred steps away from the Huguan Pass city gate.
This is actually a dangerous distance. If the catapult is slightly better, it may be possible to hit it. Unfortunately, the small wind storm round stone bullets in the early stage of Huguan have basically been exhausted. Although the weight of the stones used now does not decrease, the accuracy and range have been greatly reduced...
But no matter how you say it, there are still risks, but Le Jin doesn't care.
He even hoped that Jia Qu, who was guarding the city, could send someone to attack him, so that he could seize some opportunities, rather than almost using flesh and blood to pie the loss of Huguan Pass like now.
That's right, it's just for flesh and blood, and it may not be able to be moved.
There were some dark clouds in the sky, floating slightly, but the cold wind was always there, blowing in no small way.
I could have eaten some mixed grain cakes before, but...
Le Jin's face seemed to be covered with ice and snow, and it was so cold.
Beside him, several drummers beat the war drums to the earth, but Le Jin's heart did not feel passionate.
Huguan is stronger and harder than he imagined.
A lot of blue bricks on the outer wall of Huguan Pass were broken and fell off by stone bombs, but what was exposed under the blue bricks was not loess at all.
Le Jin had sent someone to dig a hole on the wall where the blue bricks were smashed, but he couldn't dig it in at all. According to the soldiers' returns, although the blue bricks on the outer layer of Huguan Pass fell off, there was still a layer inside that was unknown, which looked like a stone but not a stone, and some iron bars penetrated it...
Who the hell heard that digging a city wall requires sawing iron bars?!
Le Jin knew that those were the secrets of the new building of the cavalry that had been sent back by spies in Tongguan. What Cole Jin did not expect was that the newly built wall not only exists in Tongguan, but also in Huguan!
Have known...
It would be useless if I had known it, so I should come or come!
Looking at the battle situation ahead, the Junhou, who was beside Lejin, muttered: "The crossbow in Huguan is really sharp... I'm afraid our army has suffered a lot of casualties..."
Le Jin was silent.
Le Jin's eyes remained among the elite soldiers and soldiers behind the wooden shield.
Of course, Le Jin didn't expect these 500 elite soldiers to conquer Huguan Pass in one fell swoop, but it should be no problem to bury the gunpowder in it under Huguan City?
Now, I have to wait a little longer.
Let's live for a while.
After using the tincture oil or gold juice in the pot...
When you see too many dead people, everything will become numb.
The wooden shield car continued to move forward, mainly composed of ten carefully constructed shield carts by Cao's soldiers. Behind the side of the large shield cart was a simple shield tied with thick wood, densely covered with layers of people behind them, pushing them closer and closer to the city wall.
Those armourless cannon fodders were shaking like living dead people at the command of Cao's army in the rear, catching up from the rear, carrying various tools in their hands...
He said that these people were afraid of death, but when facing such a tragic situation, he still rushed up, saying that these people were not afraid of death, but when they were injured, they all screamed and ran out.
『Nuo oil, gold juice preparation!』
Jia Qu issued an order in an orderly manner. Jia Qu believed that these shield chariots and wooden shields were very threatening. Only by destroying these shield chariots could the Cao army soldiers behind them be left to hide and become targets of movement.
On the city wall, there is a whole row of large pots of boiled golden juice. The smell spreads over the entire city, causing the soldiers around to lose their sense of smell.
Grease oil can be used to deal with people, but it is mainly to burn siege equipment, while gold juice is completely targeted at people.
The power of gold juice is much greater than that of ordinary boiling water, because gold juice is sticky. When the boiling water is stained, it will fall off after being shaken. It may be just red and swollen, but the golden juice cannot be shaken off even if it is stained. The more important thing is to add additional magic attack effect...
Human beings are undoubtedly smart, especially when dealing with human beings themselves, and they are willing to spend time thinking about it. Only human beings understand the weaknesses of human beings best. From pouring gold juice on the head of war in ancient times to poisoning the sea in later generations, they are actually all for better eliminating human beings themselves.
The one used to hang a golden juice cauldron is a moving crossbar that can push the crossbar to move within a certain range. Then, when you see the ladder coming up there, the most people are you able to move the cauldron over, and then pull the rope tied to the cauldron, and then "Thank you all the money" with a clamor.
Of course, you can also use an artificial spoon to pour it, but no matter in quantity or quality, it is obviously not as good as moving the crossbar and pouring the entire cauldron into a spectacular scene.
The power of the golden juice is quite terrifying. Even if some soldiers of the Cao army react faster and use shields to cover it, as long as the exposed skin is slightly contaminated and not treated in time, it will form ulcers that cannot be treated in this era until death. Unless it is immediately treated with the determination of a hero to cut off his arm and cut off the entire scald area to be effectively cleaned and bandaged, once the toxins erode into the body, they will basically be waiting to die.
Le Jin stood on the high platform behind, looking at the battle situation on the other side of the city wall, and when he saw the launch of the stone bomb from the Huguan Guards, he saw it. Some of the stone bombs that flew far away, and even jumped around not far in front of the high platform under his feet.
The soldiers died one by one, and the wooden shield chariot ignited by tinder oil became a huge torch.
The smell of blood and rotten smell, burnt fragrance and hormone secretion are intertwined.
"Master..." The confidant beside Le Jin couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted, "Do you want to reorganize the queue..."
Le Jin shook his head, "Continue, beat the drum!"
The war drums roared again, encouraging the remaining courage.
Cao's army once again pushed the remaining large shield chariots and continued to move forward, and the gold juice and turbid oil on the city were also consumed in waves of attacks...
"That's the moment!" Le Jin raised his arms and shouted, "The armored soldiers quickly stepped forward to cover the landfill gunpowder!"
The elite armored soldiers who had been on display on the back line finally started to move at this moment. Under the big shield, they covered the Cao army soldiers carrying gunpowder and walked straight to the city!
Le Jin clenched his fists tightly and widened his eyes. Logically speaking, he should be a veteran on the battlefield. Not only did he not take his life seriously, but he also did not take the lives of others seriously. But at this moment, Le Jin was like he was on the battlefield for the first time, and he only heard the bumps and heartbeats in his chest and the sound of war drums mixed together.
It's almost rushed over!
Naturally, I noticed this team of elite soldiers on Huguan Pass, and the arrows roared down.
Many elite soldiers were shot, but did not cause much damage.
Two layers of heavy armor are indeed an almost impossible task for bows and arrows.
The ammunition of the catapult and crossbow chariots was also consumed. One or two crossbow guns, even if one or two elite armored soldiers were taken away, they could not stop the other armored soldiers from moving.
After using up the stock of gold juice, even if there is still some, boiling will take a process...
It is definitely too late to pull it out.
Grease oil is very effective against large siege equipment, but it often fails to effectively kill when facing small and fast-moving elite soldiers.
The armored soldier who was splashed by tinder oil retreated and rolled around the sand. As long as he was not stained with open flames, he would be done as soon as he went down and took off his armor.
Seeing the elite soldiers escorting the gunpowder soldiers into the city gate of Huguan Pass, Le Jin couldn't help but raise his arms and shout, ordering the central army to gather and standby immediately, and he immediately got off the platform and put on the second layer of outer armor with the help of the guards.
Le Jin felt that as long as gunpowder could open the city gate of Huguan Pass, he would naturally have the opportunity to attack directly and grab Huguan!
Chapter completed!