He Lian and the others were stunned when they saw it. They had never imagined that their brave and invincible Xianbei warriors would be defeated so quickly! They could not even climb the wall of Pingchengwu Fort.
When counting the battle losses, more than 1,500 Xianbei people died in the battle, and more than 500 Xianbei soldiers suffered injuries ranging from minor to severe. In other words, the casualties of the Xianbei people in just one wave of attacks exceeded 2,000!
Tuoba Sheng, who was defeated, said in horror: "Great Khan! Great Khan! This evil gate of Wubao not only has many crossbow arrows, but it is also impossible to stop them! All my men are dead!"
Tuoba Sheng himself was also shot by several crossbow arrows, but he was wearing a set of iron armor. These crossbow arrows only caused some skin trauma to him, but the mental trauma was very serious, but he was already healed like this. Several others
The tribal leader who attacked Wubao with him died directly in battle.
The tribal leaders watching the battle here did not laugh at Tuoba Sheng, because they could not find a way to deal with this strange Wubao. If they attacked Wubao, they would not be much better than Tuoba Ye.
He Lian said angrily: "Who else is willing to fight!"
But this time everyone was silent. They couldn't find a tactic to deal with this kind of Wubao. Forcibly attacking the city would only cause heavy casualties to their tribesmen. And without young and strong tribesmen on the grassland, their tribes would only be destroyed.
Annexed by other powerful tribes.
Luri looked at Pingchengwu Castle again, pondered for a moment and said: "If we want to avoid being attacked from both sides by the enemy, we have to build a mound of earth outside the range of the enemy's crossbows to block the enemy's crossbows. We have 100,000 people, even if each enemy has 100,000 people.
Individuals can build a high mountain by collecting a piece of soil, and then continue to advance towards the fort. As long as the height of our mound exceeds the enemy's fort, the lethality of their crossbows will be greatly reduced, and we can still be condescending.
Attack the enemy!"
As soon as the idea of Luri's deduction came out, the tribe leaders around him said with a smile: "Lord Luri is indeed the number one think tank of the Great Khan. There are many ways."
"With this method, it won't be a problem to break through the Han people's Wubao. Master Luri is really the most intelligent general in Xianbei!"
Listening to these tribal leaders who have been flattering Luri's deduction, Helian said angrily: "Okay, stop flattering here! Now that there is a way, why don't we do it right away! The soldiers who just escaped from the battlefield, let
They went to dig soil, while other soldiers weaved some baskets and straw bags, and at the same time arranged for the second group of soldiers to pretend to attack. Even if they could not kill the Han people, they would not be able to rest. I wanted to see if the Han people in Wubao could persist.
how long!"
Pingcheng Wubao!
Zhao Rong and the others repelled more than 20,000 Xianbei soldiers in one battle. The soldiers on the Wubao were extremely excited. They did not expect that the Wubao would be so powerful. They repelled tens of thousands of people without many casualties.
Zhao Rong said even more excitedly: "We alone are enough to repel these 100,000 Xianbei cavalry!"
Now he even begins to imagine that he will defeat 100,000 Xianbei people, become famous all over the world, and become the world's number one general!
Qian Yu said calmly: "Don't think too much. We were able to repel the Xianbei just now. In addition to the fact that Wubao can attack the enemy from both sides, we have more crossbows, but we shot 40,000 crossbows in one battle."
Zhao Rong said nonchalantly: "What are you afraid of? We still have more than 700,000 crossbow arrows and we can't use them all!"
But Qian Yu pointed at the Xianbei army rushing over not far away and said: "I'm afraid these crossbows won't be able to last for five days! Today, tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry went towards Mayi, obviously wanting to
If we prevent Commander Qu from coming to support us, we will have to hold on longer before we can wait for reinforcements."
The sound of killing around Wubao once again shook the sky, and countless Xianbei soldiers rushed towards Pingcheng Wubao.
Zhao Rong saw the Xianbei soldiers rushing over and cursed: "These Xianbei people are desperate for their lives. It is almost dark, but they still want to fight. Do they want to fight at night?"
Ancient people were generally malnourished, so they basically suffered from night blindness, which was mainly caused by a lack of vitamin A. Foods rich in vitamin A are mainly animal liver and animal meat, which are not affordable for ordinary families, "meat eaters"
"Everyone should have heard of this allusion.
In the Han Dynasty, only small powerful men could have meat for a few days. In the grasslands, only handsome men and tribal leaders were eligible to eat meat. Ordinary herdsmen and slaves could only eat goat's milk, cheese, highland barley, wild grass, and wild vegetables.
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Of course, some people will wonder how the Xianbei people are short of meat when snowstorms on the grassland freeze to death a large number of cattle and sheep every year.
But the real situation is that whenever there is such a white disaster, in order to save food, the tribe will drive away a group of old, weak, sick and children, and the first batch of people to die are the low-level herders like them.
Even those who survived had to find ways to find food everywhere and wait for the remaining cattle and sheep to flourish again. This process may take several years, so in this era, the lives of the people at the bottom of either side were very poor.
Only the instructor would say that the common people do not have a motherland, because the country is not yours, the Han Dynasty belongs to the noble clan, and Xianbei belongs to the tribal leaders.
Therefore, the physical fitness of these herdsmen is worse than that of the Han people. In this era, there is a saying that one Han is equal to the Wuhu. This is not only the strength of weapons and equipment, but also the strength of physical fitness. Especially in the Western Han Dynasty, there were many good families and they were well-nourished.
, the tall, seven-foot man probably came from this period.
But even Han people generally have night blindness, let alone the barbarians of this era. If they really have to fight at night, they might blow up the camp themselves. As a general, you basically have to avoid fighting at night, so Zhao Rong is so strange.
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Qian Yu was surprised and said: "They don't look like they are going to attack the city!"
At this time, they discovered that although the Xianbei people shouted to kill loudly, they were generally 100 steps away. At this distance, the crossbows were not very lethal, and their hits depended entirely on faith. Zhao Rong asked the soldiers to shoot a few arrows, but basically
They were all avoided by the Xianbei people.
"What do they want to dare? They are afraid of our crossbows and dare not approach, but why do they continue to attack the city?" Zhao Rong was also confused about these Xianbei people!
But these Xianbei people shouted to kill for an hour, and did not retreat until it was completely dark.
Zhao Rong thought that the day's battle was over.
But he was naive. This wave of Xianbei people retreated, but the next wave of Xianbei people continued to shout for death. In order to let the soldiers see more clearly, they bought a lot of wood and lit dozens of fires.
Below, the surroundings are as bright as day.
Only then did Zhao Rong and Qian Yu react and said: "The Xianbei people want to consume our energy!"
Zhao Rong thought for a while and said: "Supervisor, you take 1,500 people to rest first, and we will change shifts in the middle of the night. If the Xianbei people dare to attack, I will wake you up!"
Qian Yu nodded. He knew this was the best way. The battle was still going on and they couldn't hold on for a few days without rest.
But neither Zhao Rong nor Qian Yu noticed that Xianbei people kept throwing clods of earth within 100 steps of Wubao.
Zhao Rong discovered this situation, but he didn't know what the Xianbei people were doing. He waited until dawn the next day.
Only then did the two of them discover that there was a mound not far from their fort.
"They are building a hill to attack the city!" Zhao Rong said in surprise.
Qian Yu immediately said: "We can't let them continue digging. There are 100,000 of them, and the distance of 100 steps will soon be filled in by them."
Zhao Rong shouted: "The soldiers on the left listened to the order and aimed at the mound in front to launch an attack."
Thousands of soldiers adjusted the crossbow arrows at a 45-degree angle, and then continuously fired them at the mound.
"Boohoo!"
Not only does the projectile have the longest range, but due to the acceleration of gravity, the crossbow is also very lethal. Of course, the only drawback is that the hit rate depends entirely on faith.
But Zhao Rong is not short of these crossbow arrows, he just wants to interfere with the progress of the Xianbei people's earth fortification.
"Puff, puff, puff!" Crossbow arrows rained down one after another. The Xianbei soldiers were working hard to build up the soil, but the crossbow arrows suddenly fell from the sky, killing a group of them directly. The soldiers who took out the arrows turned around and ran away in fright.
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Xiaoshuai Luri shouted on his white horse: "Don't run around, everyone. I ordered the shield soldiers to raise to the sky, and everyone hide under the shield."
These shields are specially made to withstand the crossbow arrows fired from Wubao. Each one is as huge as a door panel. When all these shields are lifted up, the sky above is completely covered.
With a place to hide, the Xianbei people who were holding the soil fled under these shields.
Even if the crossbow arrows on the Wubao were filled with shields, they could not reach the Xianbei people under the shields.
Luri Baima saw that this method was effective and shouted: "Send someone to get some wood, and we will build a shed on the mound to resist the Han crossbow arrows."
Soon a huge shed appeared on the mound, and a road made of the shed even appeared behind it to protect the soldiers who were building the soil.
Zhao Rong directed his soldiers to fire several rounds of crossbow arrows, but these crossbow arrows were all inserted into the sheds on the mound, but few Xianbei warriors were injured.
He soon realized that this method could no longer stop the Xianbei people.
"Call Sun Qing up to me!" Zhao Rong said to the messenger.
In addition to placing a large number of crossbows in this fort, Xu Wei also built 30 trebuchets and placed them here, and his grandson was the military commander of the trebuchets.
Soon Sun Qing climbed up the city wall. Zhao Rong pointed to the mound not far away and said: "Use stone cannons to help me smash the sheds on the mound and kill those Xianbei people who are building up the earth.
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Sun Qing said with a smile: "It's finally our turn for Shi Pao Qu to show off our power. Old Zhao, just watch it. I guarantee that in less than one stick of incense, I'll smash the mound for you."
After that, he looked at the general direction of the mound and calculated the location of Wubao. Then he went down the city wall and came to the stone cannon station in the center of Wubao. The attack range of the stone cannon exceeded 300 steps. Zhao Rong thought that the placement
In the center of Wubao, stone cannons can be easily mobilized to support various directions.
Sun Qing shouted: "Change all the attack directions of the stone cannons to the north and carry out all the largest stone bombs. I will give the Xianbei people an unforgettable nightmare."
Then he took out a wooden board and calculated which gear the stone cannon should be adjusted to.
This board is an artillery treasure. What types of stone bullets are recorded on it? What is the attack range at which gear?
Xu Wei, a modern man, naturally knows the importance of standardization, although he does not know how modern artillery calculates ballistic trajectories.
But stone cannons are obviously the same as artillery. The more standard the various parts of the cannonball, the easier it is to calculate the impact point.
Although Xu Wei didn't know the specific formula, in this world he simply used the big data experiment method.
Memorize the scale, fire hundreds of shells at each gear, and fire hundreds of shells with different weights, and then use this method to calculate the approximate landing point of the shells.
Carve these data on a wooden board, and artillery can accurately attack the enemy based on these data.
"Switch the gear to the third level and load 100 kilograms of stone bullets." Sun Qing said.
"Adjust the gear to the third level and load 100 kilograms of stone bullets." Following Sun Qing's instructions, the soldiers adjusted the gear and loaded the stone bullets.
"put!"
"Click!" The long rope being pulled was cut off by the soldiers, and 30 times weighing 100 kilograms flew out instantly.
"Boohoo!"
The sharp cry attracted the attention of the Xianbei people.
Luri Baima discovered that along with these sharp sounds, dozens of boulders were shot out of the dock.
He said in horror: "Everyone, be careful of the stone cannon!"
"Boom, boom, boom!" But as soon as he finished speaking, all 30 stone cannons hit the mound. The shed on the mound was instantly shattered into pieces and smashed into a ball. He himself was even smashed into pieces by a stone cannon.
meat pie.
"Ryuri Hakuba is dead!"
"Ryuri Hakuba is dead!"
This wave fell from the sky, and the attack directly stunned the Xianbei people. When they saw Chengluri's white horse being smashed to death, they fled back in panic.
Sun Qing climbed up the city wall and looked at his results. He found that most of the live ammunition had hit the mound. He shouted to his men: "Add the scale up by two points."
His soldiers immediately adjusted the scale, prepared stone bullets, and were in the firing position again.
"put!"
"Boohoo!"
"Boom boom boom!"
The second batch of stone bullets hit quickly, and the stone bullets basically hit the mound, directly destroying the weak mound.
When Luri came to the front line during the game, it was when the second batch of live ammunition hit the mound. He was shocked to see with his own eyes that the mound built by more than 100,000 people was easily collapsed by stone bullets.
"Why do the Han people have stone cannons in Wubao? Is this Thunder Lord a madman?"
The stone cannons of this era basically had no accuracy, and the probability of hitting them was about the same as winning the lottery. They could only hit a dozen huge and immovable objects like city walls.
In other words, stone cannons can only deal with city walls, not moving armies. Therefore, stone cannons will not be placed on the border of the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, they will be snatched away by the Xianbei people and used to attack cities. Wouldn't it be a cocoon for themselves?
The Xianbei people would like to have this kind of weapon for attacking the city, but even in Tan Shihuai's time, the Xianbei people did not make stone cannons, and the Xianbei people who are now divided are even less capable of this.
Therefore, Lüri had heard of weapons such as stone cannons, but had never seen them before, because no one would use stone cannons to attack cavalry.