Even though it was just a casual chat with Lan Yu, it had a very big effect.
The seven people who were a little afraid of Timur's army just now, now the fear in their hearts has completely disappeared.
Because Lan Yu expressed something to them through this incident, that is, Timur was not invincible. At least he had failed once before the Ming Dynasty.
The originally low morale was not only completely restored, but also skyrocketed to its peak.
Timur didn't know the change in morale on the other side, but he looked at the unusually tall Jiayu with concern and calmness.
Contrary to Timur's calmness, his generals were shocked by the majesty of Jiayuguan. It was not that these generals had never encountered cities and city walls during their campaigns. In the conquest of Central Asia, Asia Minor, the Delhi Dynasty
When I was waiting for my country, I also experienced many sieges.
But they have never seen a military city like Jiayuguan that is completely used for fighting. Even Angola, known as the fortress, is home to ordinary people. Moreover, the walls of Jiayuguan are also unusually high. These Timur generals
I have never seen such a tall and majestic city wall.
You can tell with your toes that the higher the city wall, the more difficult it is to attack it.
Rashid was keenly aware of the changes in the expressions of the other generals and understood that this matter was not good for the army. So he suddenly knelt down in front of Timur and happily complimented, "The great Sultan must have received the oracle of God, and he must have received the oracle in advance.
We have prepared enough siege vehicles and stone-shooting vehicles. With these sharp weapons, we will definitely be able to smash through the city walls of the Ming army, occupy their territory, and make all the Ming people join our way."
The generals felt relieved when they heard that His Majesty the Sultan had prepared a large number of siege vehicles and stone-moving vehicles. No matter how tall and strong the city wall is, facing these two siege weapons, it will fall sooner or later.
Timur noticed the changes in the expressions of the generals, and with a slight thought, he realized that these people had never seen the Ming Dynasty's city gates, and were just shocked by the majesty of Jiayuguan. But Rashid's words just dispelled their worries.
concern.
Timur also burst out laughing and pointed at Jiayuguan arrogantly and said, "That's right. Since I have seen this Jiayuguan a long time ago, why didn't I make preparations in advance?"
"Generals, prepare to attack and capture this city!"
Timur's army camped in front of Jiayuguan. After resting for a day, they began to attack Jiayuguan early one morning.
Woo~woo~woo~
The low sound of the horn at Jiayu Pass instantly woke up the entire city.
Lan Yu is getting stronger and stronger when he is old. He gets up from the bed like a carp. Several soldiers are there.
Methodically, he put on his armor, mounted his prepared war horse, and galloped all the way to the city tower.
"what's the situation?"
"Master, Timur's camp has begun to mobilize troops and horses, and I'm afraid it's about to start an attack."
Lan Yu held up the telescope and looked towards Timur's camp, then nodded subconsciously and said with great agreement, "Timur's army has come from afar, and the shorter the delay, the better it is for them. Of course, they will not wait to attack."
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"Master, look, what is that?"
A deputy general pointed at a dozen tall wooden structures in Timur's army, and some were shorter, which were slowly moving towards this direction under the push of infantry.
Lan Yu saw this thing for the first time and couldn't understand it for a while.
The Ming dynasty sieges only had ladders and ramming vehicles. Although such tall things seemed to be able to be pushed in front of the city wall, relying on the advantage of being almost the same height as the city wall, the siege soldiers could climb onto the siege vehicles and jump directly onto the city wall, but
This thing only needs to be poured with two basins of fire oil to completely destroy it.
Who can rush to the city wall with the raging fire? I'm afraid they will be burned to death before they even get close to the city wall. Moreover, the wooden siege vehicles will also be ignited by kerosene and will soon turn into a pile of burning wooden shelves.
"This thing seems to be used to attack cities. Look, there are archers on it."
"Sir, do you want to destroy it by firing a cannon? These things made of wood will definitely not be able to stop the cannon." The deputy general suggested.
But Lan Yu waved her hand and said without any signs of anxiety, "No, it's not too late to test the Timur people's methods first."
The trebuchet stopped after getting close to a certain distance, and the Timurid people quickly moved in heavy boulders. The trebuchet used by Timur was not a simple one, but the king of trebuchets, with a counterweight.
Catapult. This large trebuchet can be said to be far superior to other types of trebuchets in terms of range and stone throwing weight. At the same time, it requires minimal manpower during operation.
This kind of trebuchet has a triangular support made of wooden beams on both sides, and a horizontal bar in the middle is used as a fulcrum. The biggest difference from ordinary trebuchets is that the beam used to eject stones has been lengthened. In this way
Once thrown, the stone will have a higher height and faster speed. In front of it is a huge wooden box to place the required counterweight.
The advantage of this weighted trebuchet is that it does not require too many people to control and launch.
When doing this, you only need to place the launched stones on the beam first, then tie the beam with ropes, and then continuously add stones to the counterweight box to increase the counterweight.
Just imagine, one stone after another is put into the box, and the elasticity of the trebuchet beam is constantly increasing. As long as the trebuchet can hold up, no matter how strong the force is, it can be obtained through the counterweight box. This avoids the previous problems.
The disadvantage of the trebuchet is that it requires manpower to pull, so the counterweight trebuchet can launch very heavy boulders.
As the siege vehicle slowly approached, the archers standing on the siege vehicle took the lead in opening their bows and shooting arrows.
Boo~hoo~hoo
Hearing the whistle of the bowstring, the captain below immediately reminded loudly, "It's a bow and arrow, avoid it!"
The soldiers of the Ming army hurriedly hid behind the wooden planks, curling up as much as possible to avoid being hurt by arrows.
However, Lan Yu saw the other party's details at this moment and sneered, "They don't even know how to project, so they just shoot directly. Who gave them the confidence?"
Facing the people hiding behind the city wall, of course the projectiles would have the greatest damage, but the opponent would not even do this.
The Ming army had rich experience in fighting against the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. On the walls of the border gates, there were wooden boards specially designed to withstand arrows. These wooden boards were exquisitely designed and could not only block arrows shot from the front, but also withstand missiles fired from the sky.
Down arrows.
"Send the order, open fire, and kill those archers for me!" Lan Yu ordered without hesitation.
Bang~bang~bang~
A burst of firecrackers sounded one after another. The archers on the siege vehicle were closest to the city wall. Almost everyone was hit four or five times at the same time. They died instantly and fell straight from the siege vehicle. Even just
Even those archers who had not yet entered the range of the bow and arrow were not spared and were directly strangled by the intensive firepower.
Lan Yu's 300,000-strong army will not all be equipped with firearms, but judging from the current situation, even the 30,000 firearms soldiers under his command are enough to withstand Timur's attack.
Timur was still overjoyed when he saw the siege vehicle successfully entering the shooting range. He felt that the Ming Dynasty was nothing more than that. He would soon be able to walk into the city from the city gate in a generous manner, unlike the last time he came.
After a quick glance, he still had to face repeated interrogations by the Ming army.
But when he saw that the arrows fired by the archers did not stir up any commotion in the Ming army, he knew that the attack just now had no effect.
But the next moment, he saw the archers falling down from the siege truck like pieces of wood. Because the distance was too far, he didn't know what happened. He only heard a cry.
There was a strange noise, and then the archers fell down one by one.
"What's going on?" Timur was furious.
Rashid listened carefully for a moment and reported to Timur, "Your Majesty, the great Sultan, the wise men should use firearms."
"Firearms? What kind of firearms have such power?" Killing all the archers on the siege vehicle in an instant. Is this what firearms can do?
It’s not that the Timur Empire didn’t have firearms, but the power of their firearms was very embarrassing. The range was about the same as that of bows and arrows, but the power was not as good as bows and arrows. They couldn’t be used once it rained. There were too many disadvantages.
This is also the reason why Timur's army did not use firearms at all.
"Perhaps, maybe it's because Akito has a lot of firearms." Rashad didn't know what was going on, so he could only make a guess based on his knowledge of firearms.
Although firearms have many disadvantages, they are still very powerful once used intensively. If there are enough firearms, it is not impossible to kill those archers at once.
Timur also understood this, but he was too lazy to find out whether the weapon used by Mingren was a firearm.
Just ask loudly, "Is the trebuchet ready?"
"Your Majesty, the great Sultan, is ready." Rashid replied quickly.
"Then launch it immediately and let these Ming people have a taste of its power!"
"yes."
Duh~
The sharp scimitar struck the rope all at once. Not only did the rope break, the scimitar also cut into the wooden pillar.
Dong~dong~dong~
Lan Yu saw the black dots flying towards them one after another, and yelled, "Oh my god, it's a catapult. Hurry and hide!"
Huge boulders hit the wall battlements, and the battlements made of solid stone instantly fell into pieces. The debris flew and injured the Ming army soldiers, and there was a cry of pain.
"Damn it, fire the cannon, fire the cannon! Knock out those catapults for me!" Lan Yu saw that the flying rocks had passed by, and quickly stood up and ordered angrily.
Although the counterweight trebuchet is powerful and does not require many people to operate, it is troublesome to assemble and takes a long time.
But the Ming army's cannons would no longer give it a chance to show off their power. As the hiss of burning fuses sounded, the cannons roared. The trebuchets in the distance seemed to have been hit by giants with invisible war hammers.
, instantly shattered a large piece, and even broke in half. After suffering successive blows, all Timur's trebuchets turned into a pile of broken wood, along with siege engines.