Chapter 149 Building a city with earth, the situation changes suddenly
Chapter 149 Building a city with soil, sudden changes in the situation
The huge ladder creaked to the side of the city and dropped to the springboard at the top.
But before the soldiers could rush forward, the earthen jars filled with kerosene had already been smashed onto the springboard, and then flames burst into flames.
No one can charge on such a springboard.
After a while, the flames grew stronger and stronger, and gradually spread to the entire ladder.
A little further behind it, a smashed manhole was overturned, and the soldiers were trying to drag out their companions who were trapped underneath.
This well was knocked down by a stone bullet thrown by a catapult on the city wall - the same catapult was naturally higher on the city wall than under the city wall and could shoot farther, so the stone bullets were more powerful.
"It seems that this wave of attacks is very unfavorable..." Cheng Peng stared at the city gate - in fact, there was no need to look at it, the conversation in the player channel was enough to explain the problem.
"Damn it! These bastards actually blocked the city gate! Won't they come out on their own?"
"Are they determined to fight a protracted war with us? Damn it! Time is not wasted like this!"
"Yes! The longer we delay, the lower the merits we will get! If we haven't captured Yuanwu by the time Mr. Yuan arrives..."
"Don't say such bad things! We are here to fight, not to make soy sauce!"
"Damn it! Even if it is a city wall, I will break it open to show you!"
Even though they were noisy, they reluctantly retreated.
Although the rush car is protected by cowhide, its durability is limited after all. Once the durability is exhausted, they will have to face the rolling stones thrown from the tower.
Therefore, this attack was in vain.
"This time, it is already the fifteenth time we have attacked the city..." Yue Yi frowned, staring at the small but extremely strong city, "When the technical levels of the two sides are the same, the defender of the city will
The advantages are simply too great!”
This is a matter of course.
Unless modern firearms are available to assist, siege has always been a very difficult task.
From ancient times to the present, several thick books can be written about the methods of city attack and defense, but no matter which book, there is no method that can reverse the geographical advantage.
Today is September 8th. In the past three days, they have used many methods to attack the city. It can be said that they have racked their brains, but they have failed again and again in front of the high and thick walls of Yuanwu County and the fierce defenders.
Digging tunnels, shooting rockets, ladders, shafts, ramming cars, catapults... various tricks have been cracked one after another. There is no need to go into details about the specific processes. In short, they have sacrificed a lot of manpower and material resources in these three days, in addition to losing soldiers and generals.
Other than that, nothing was gained.
Obviously, the opponent also has masters in mechanisms and tactics, and their level is not lower than them!
This can be seen from the accuracy of the catapults of both sides. The accuracy of the opponent's catapult is obviously higher than theirs.
Ming Jin withdraws the troops.
Yue Yi and Xu Tu began to discuss how to attack the city.
"I think it's better to throw in dead pigs and sheep." Xu Tu said, "Don't Mongolians just like to do this? It will definitely be effective."
"Don't talk about this method! How many days do you think it will take from the time when the pigs and sheep are thrown to the outbreak of the plague?" Yue Yi retorted unceremoniously, "Do you believe that kind of legendary story? Are you really a person who has been in society for so many years?
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"But do you have any other ideas?"
"Yes! We can make a lot of Kongming lanterns and set them on fire!"
"Isn't this a replica of the time when the bombing balloons burned the United States? The bombing was completely in vain - are you so sure that those Kongming lanterns will just fall over Yuanwu County?"
"Of course, we can measure the wind direction, wind speed, and burning time..."
"Come on! You weren't even born when I was engaged in technology! Don't say that this was just the era of mechanism technology in the late Han Dynasty. Even in modern times, it is impossible to have such precise control capabilities! Do you think every Kongming lantern is equipped with a microcomputer?
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"Then what can you do!"
"Throw away the pigs and sheep that died of disease."
"Bah! Can't you come up with some ideas to avoid being so damaged!"
"How can you be any better than me if you set fire to the city?"
"At least I won't cause a plague! I bet if you do that, even our own army will be infected with the plague!"
"Impossible! We just block the four gates, kill everyone in the city, and then burn the ground to white. All plagues will be solved."
"...You are simply inhumane!"
"Everyone with humanity has entered the Martyrs Memorial Hall!"
Seeing that the two military advisors were getting more and more quarrelsome, and there was a strong possibility of rolling up their sleeves and starting a fight, Cheng Peng quickly went to break up the fight.
"Actually... I remember that there seems to be no way..."
When he opened his mouth, Xu Tu and Yue Yi were stunned.
"You...you have any idea?"
The two people asked at the same time.
Cheng Peng touched his nose and nodded.
"What can I do?"
The two people asked at the same time.
Cheng Peng pointed at Yuanwu County and said: "The most troublesome thing about Yuanwu County is not the sufficient equipment or the strong defenders. In fact, the biggest problem is that its city walls are very high and condescending. Our siege equipment is at a great disadvantage.
Right?"
"That's right!"
"Then... let's just create height!" Cheng Peng said, making a few empty gestures with his left hand in Yuanwu County, "We can build platforms on both sides with earth and build two high platforms - spend more time
, build it higher than the original Wu County seat, I think it shouldn’t be difficult..."
The two military advisors looked at me and I looked at you. After a while, they came back to their senses.
"Why didn't I think of that?"
"Yeah... Such a simple method, why didn't I think of it? This is what Lu Meng did when he attacked Maicheng in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms..."
Cheng Peng smiled and said nothing.
This tactic of building a platform outside the city in order to gain a high altitude is actually not uncommon in history. However, this tactic has nothing to do with the creation of mechanisms. Players' current understanding of "siege" is still limited.
From the perspective of "siege equipment", almost no one has considered the super-realistic method of building a platform with earth, not even the two military strategists.
But to Cheng Peng, it was just a certain method that existed in history, and it was no different from siege equipment or anything like that.
After the plan was finalized, the generals no longer hesitated and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to build the city.
To build a higher earth platform than that of Yuanwu County, there is no technical difficulty - many players know how to build civil engineering, and many have even developed related skills - the only difficulty lies in time.
Even if it is just an earthen platform, it will indeed take quite a long time to build it higher than the towering Yuanwu County, and to build two of them!
As Yuan Shao's army gave up attacking the city and began to build a high platform, Cao's army felt uneasy.
Cheng Peng's plan is definitely simple and clear and can be seen through at a glance. As long as you have a little knowledge of city attack and defense, you can understand what is going on on the busy construction site - even if you don't understand it at first, watching the two earthen platforms move rapidly
As you increase your height, you can figure it out clearly.
Cao's troops in Yuanwu County are not fools. Of course they know that when the earthen platform is built, Yuanwu County will be captured. At this time, they don't care about problems such as "the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered", and they hurriedly
Kaicheng launched a battle and then attacked Yuan Shao's army.
So under the leadership of Cheng Peng, Yuan Shaojun gave them a head-on blow with a neat military appearance and abundant troops. Even Le Jin, one of the "Five Good Generals", died under Cheng Peng's gun.
In this way, a few days passed.
On the night of September 12th, Cheng Peng, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly awakened by the electronic butler.
"Master, your friend Xu Tu is looking for you in an emergency." the housekeeper shouted and handed him the phone.
"Hurry! Hurry! Get online quickly!" Xu Tu's voice was a little frightened, "Something happened!"
He was obviously very anxious and hung up the communication without even having time to say a few more words.
Cheng Peng quickly got up and ran to the game cabin.
"What is going to happen?" He secretly wondered, "The two earthen platforms are almost completed, Yuanwu County is within easy reach, several attacks by Cao's army have been repelled, and Xiahou Dun suffered under my gun
I was seriously injured, and even my usual single-handed sword "Qilin Ya" became my trophy. Li Dian and Le Jin fought hard to save this guy who didn't turn into a one-eyed dragon, but at the cost of leaving Le Jin who was cut off and was killed by me.
He was stabbed to death by a gun. Xia Houyuan and Li Dian also came to the rescue, but they were also repulsed by me. However, after all, Xia Houyuan was much more powerful than Xiahou Dun. He retreated immediately when the opportunity came, so he did not suffer heavy losses..."
"In this case, it can be said that everything has been decided. Why would there be any surprises?"
It didn't take him long to log in and go online. The place where he went online was the Chinese army's tent.
When he opened his eyes, Cheng Peng was stunned.
The generals looked embarrassed, their clothes and armor were scattered, and several of them were even in a weak state. It was obvious that they had just been killed.
"What's going on?" he asked coldly.
"Guan Yu! Zhang Fei!" Yue Yi, who was in a weak state, said with a bitter smile, "Guan Yu suddenly appeared, led an army to attack Yanjin, and beheaded Yan Liang. We immediately sent troops back to help, but Zhang Fei rushed out again to attack at night - Xia Houyuan
, Xiahou Dun also came to attack with his own troops and horses, and encircled several places, and the camp was about to be unable to be saved!"
"Guan Yu? Isn't he fighting with Sun Jian?"
"The specific situation is still unclear, but the Qinglong Yanyue Sword is definitely right!" Yue Yi was about to say something, but his face changed again, becoming even more ugly, "The latest news, Guan Yu defeated our reinforcements and rushed to the camp.
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Cheng Peng frowned and walked out of the tent without saying a word.
"Why panic!" He spent general points to open the system channel and shouted as a general, "When the soldiers come, we will block it, and when the water comes, the soil will cover us! Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xia Houyuan, Xiahou Dun, aren't we worried that they won't dare to fight?
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"Since they are going to die together today, let's just do something big and catch them all in one go!"
"Give me the order to attack with the whole army. First follow me and kill the red-faced man with a long beard!"
