Chapter 1631 Decisive Battle in the Valley of Homes Thirteen
The rebels were very anxious, and Yang Kuo knew that Ding Kui was waiting for reinforcements.
Unfortunately, the number of archers that could be deployed was limited, and any further advance by the infantry would increase casualties, so a simple defense setup was added next to the platform.
The defenders kept a close watch and fired rockets when they found wooden products, which actually delayed the progress of the project.
"The construction of the earthen platform must be completed as soon as possible! Collect the heavy armor and fine armor of the troops behind and hand them over to the engineering troops for use." Yang Kuo ordered, risking a counterattack by the defenders.
This time he made the right bet, Ding Kui did not fight back, and the platform was built before noon.
"The enemy is carrying materials for the trebuchet." Quan Sihai chewed dried meat while observing the enemy's situation.
Large trebuchets are difficult to move and are basically assembled on the battlefield. The shadow of the trebuchet that Ding Kui saw is actually a large component.
A heavy trebuchet is twenty to thirty meters long and has a counterweight of tens of thousands of kilograms. It requires a squadron of soldiers to operate. Even so, the range is slightly inferior to that of a powerful crossbow.
"We can only put down thirty trebuchets. Well, let the crossbowmen retreat while our trebuchets enter."
Ding Kui gave the order, and Xu Bin led the crossbowmen to retreat one hundred and fifty meters, leaving the original position to the trebuchets.
The base of the trebuchet had been installed before this, and the defenders' trebuchets were assembled faster, although there were twenty more trebuchets.
The rebels were at a disadvantage because they did not have a powerful crossbow. They had to assemble the trebuchet with the crossbow arrows in hand. Not only was it slow, but people would also die.
"Ding Fen." Ding Kui pulled out a command arrow.
"exist!"
"Instruct Commander Dou to cooperate with the trebuchet attack."
"Yes!" Ding Fen jumped off the podium with the command arrow in hand.
The whole world cheered up: It’s coming!
By this time, the sun had passed overhead and was beginning to set in the west, and the rebel trebuchets were almost completely assembled.
"Raise the battle flag and order the trebuchet troops to act according to the plan!" Ding Kui threw out another trump card.
The whole world raised the battle flag in person.
The officer in charge of commanding the trebuchet unit jumped on a weight box and shouted at the top of his lungs: "First salvo, fire!"
Fifty heavily armored men raised their sledgehammers high and smashed the wooden wedges of the slot together.
Boom boom boom!
Fifty large rocks were thrown into the air and flew quickly towards the rebel position.
Dou Xiaoqi stood on the bunker, holding his head high, following the movement of the stone with his eyes, and shouted: "The second battalion keeps an eye on the left, the third battalion keeps an eye on the right!"
He got the tips earlier than the trebuchet troops.
The flying stones gradually divided into two groups and shot towards the top of the rebel platform.
"It seems a bit high." Yang Kuo looked at the two rocks in surprise, and followed the flight path towards the impact point.
According to his estimate, the stones would fall seven or eight meters above the soil platforms on both sides, which was indeed too high.
Although hitting the mountain wall and then falling down is still lethal, it is not as good as falling directly.
"No way, who directed it?" Ni Chong rubbed his eyes, then picked up the telescope and looked, "It's too much!"
Ao Yu tilted his head and murmured to himself: "If I remember correctly, the shot is pretty accurate."
"It's okay." Ding Kui agreed.
Dong-dong-dong, rocks hit the mountain wall one after another, bringing with them a puff of smoke.
"Why is it so dusty?" Yang Kuo was even more confused, "Is it possible? No! Run! The troops on the platform must withdraw quickly!"
The people next to me were stunned. The mountain wall suddenly shook, huffed, and then collapsed.
The mountain wall is like a piece of glass that has been smashed into pieces by stones. The fragments fall down the vertical mountain wall and throw up a cloud of smoke.
"Too insidious!" Ao Yu stretched out his hand to cover his face.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Ding Kui was unhappy, "Don't you have a share?"
"I was forced."
"..."
Liu Yu and Quan Sihai remembered that Ding Kui and Ao Yu had visited Lixiang Valley at night. That night was quite busy for them.
If a sixth-level warrior could participate in the battle, fifty stone bullets would be easily intercepted. In fact, Ding Kui could not guarantee that his foreshadowing would be used, but Yang Kuo inadvertently helped him.
Whoosh, whoosh, a bunch of crossbow arrows flew over and hit a place where the stone bullets landed slightly lower. With a crash, another mountain wall collapsed.
Dou Xiaoqi had secretly ordered from Ding Kui that wherever the trebuchet hit the mountain wall, the special forces team would shoot down a few meters, which would achieve a similar effect.
At this time, the rebel's trebuchet position suffered a disaster. Entire fragments of the mountain wall fell down, covering most of the position.
Half of the troops responsible for operating the trebuchets did not have time to escape, and more than a thousand people were lost in battle in an instant.
Yang Kuo was so angry that he was shaking all over.
Without asking, you can guess that it was the other party's trick. In the promised duel, Ding Kui actually played dirty tricks. He chose the location, and he didn't set up a trap. Instead, he was set up by the other party.
"All troops leave the foot of the mountain. You, you, go check the nearby mountain walls to see if there are any that have been damaged or loosened." He quickly arranged for level six combatants to check.
Don’t tell me, it’s true!
"I was discovered." Ao Yu covered his face with his hands.
The dragon is not that insidious. Setting up traps at the duel place in advance is not at all in line with the style of the dragon clan.
"Soldiers never tire of deceit. They don't need trebuchets and they won't be ambushed." Ding Kui had no psychological burden at all.
"My lord set up ambush one after another, even if it were his subordinates, they wouldn't be able to defuse it." Liu Yu was sincerely convinced.
The thirty trebuchets that the rebels had just prepared were destroyed. Even if they could salvage a few, they would not be able to fight with their opponents. They could easily kill them with a few volleys.
After the defenders' trebuchets hit the mountain wall, they then turned to target the enemy on the battlefield. The stone bullets changed from whole boulders to gravel. One shot was a piece of stone, which could bury people even if they could not kill them.
"Withdraw the troops and rest!" Yang Kuo said bitterly.
How to fight this battle?
The long-range troops cannot be defeated, the troops cannot be fully deployed, and the losses will be too high for a hard attack!
"Each ministry left its security personnel behind, while others rested and recuperated on the spot." Quansihai resumed command.
He could see that the enemy would be unable to organize an effective attack in a short period of time.
"Where is Mr. Fei?" Ding Kui looked back to see where the reinforcements were.
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Qiao Meng took a swig of water, then patted the dust on his armor.
"Hurry up and replenish weapons and ordnance. We will reach Lixiang Valley in three hours of urgent march."
The 80th Division was very lucky to encounter a transport team more than 30 miles southeast of Qingda City.
They came with empty hands and even abandoned their tired horses halfway, leaving only twenty horses for the scouts to use as a warning.
In wartime, military supplies found must be turned in. Wherever the troops with registered numbers discard the supplies, it will be recorded. The local government is responsible for recovering it. Under normal circumstances, it will not be lost.
Qiao Meng's best plan was to have a few hours left to replenish weapons. This way, the 80th Division did not have to go to Qingda City to resupply before rushing to the battlefield. The time saved to rest would speed up their deployment to the battle.
At this time, Qiao Meng was still worried that the rebels would not resist the beating and were defeated by Ding Kui before they arrived.
There is also a unit resting and recuperating less than twenty miles away from the 80th Division.