Eight hundred and twentieth eight chapters sound east and west
The small red flag next to the catapult is raised once, which is a signal that the catapult is installed.
The catapults of the Ming Dynasty were all made from local materials. If any army wanted to use them, in addition to bringing a large number of craftsmen, they also needed to cut down nearby wood to build them on the spot, so it took a long time. And every move
It has to be disassembled and installed once every time, which is quite troublesome to use. Moreover, the service life of the catapult is not long. Generally, after being thrown more than a dozen times, the catapult will fall apart and be scrapped.
In order to overcome this shortcoming, the Runing Army made the core components of the catapult out of fine steel, which greatly increased its service life. It also made the catapult detachable and easy to transport, as long as it was used in battle.
By preparing some necessary wood in advance, the trebuchet can be installed quickly.
Seeing that all the little red flags were raised, the Chinese army fired a trumpet. The soldier next to the catapult immediately took a big wooden hammer and knocked it down hard. As soon as the pin was released, the catapult's arm suddenly hit
Turning forward, he threw the tens of thousands of enemies ignited in the throwing frame far away.
“Bang bang bang—!”
More than ten thousand enemies were thrown behind the earthen wall. Some of the weak ten thousand enemies were immediately blown forward, and a fire dragon rushed forward. The rest also began to turn around, passing through the flame vents to the surroundings.
Breathed out deadly flames.
There were panicked shouts and screams. The peasant soldiers were knocked unconscious by the sudden weapon. At this time, the officers could not control the troops at all. The peasant soldiers who were not hit were all howling like ghosts.
Run behind.
Just one throw completely destroyed the fighting will of the peasant army, which caught Wu Shigong and others who were observing the effect of the throw a little unprepared. The soldiers of the Runing Army who were responsible for the throw did not know the result of their victory. They pulled the catapult into place according to the procedure.
Then place the oil tank and prepare for the second throw.
As the oil tanks fell, the earth wall turned into a sea of fire. But at this time, the sea of fire could only burn the corpses on the ground, and the peasant soldiers who were ambushing behind the earth wall had long since disappeared.
Wu Shigong and others, who had seen the battle situation long ago, finally woke up from their surprise. They finally gave the order: there was no need to throw the third time.
"Butcher Wu, there are still endless new tricks. King Chuang! According to my opinion, we still have to fight seriously. Our rebel army is still so weak in attacking and defending the city! The ground is dug like this
It's like a rotten vegetable field. Our cavalry on three sides can't charge forward, they just get beaten everywhere." Luo Rucai, who was watching the battle, was outspoken. He directly raised objections to Li Zicheng.
"That's it! Let's take a look again!" Li Zicheng said calmly.
In fact, Li Zicheng is also holding a ball of fire in his chest. The Runing Army suddenly sent out troops, suddenly marched suddenly, suddenly switched to defense, and then suddenly attacked, completely disrupting the rhythm of the Li and Luo coalition forces, making
The carefully arranged ambush circle in Zhuxian Town was of no use.
In addition, before the war, Luo Rucai allowed Li Zicheng's troops to fight on the grounds of "breaking into the camp and defending it well". Instead, Luo Rucai's own troops stayed at the rear to watch the battle today. And now Luo Rucai was making sarcastic remarks again, which made Li Zicheng so angry that smoke came out of his nostrils.
At this moment, a fast horse galloped over. Before the horse could stop, the rider shouted loudly: "King Chuang! General Luo! The official dogs from General He are also attacking."
Li Zicheng's eyelids couldn't help but twitch a few times, but he still concealed his emotions and smiled at Luo Rucai: "It seems that Butcher Wu is in a hurry. Kaifeng City must be uncomfortable. As long as we hold on for a few more days, Kaifeng will
The city cannot escape from the hands of our brothers. Lao Luo! You should be more patient. If you enter Kaifeng, you will pick the territory first."
"That's not what you are saying. King Chuang! Then I will have the children prepare. After Butcher Wu rushes through these ditches and walls, let my camp come up!" Luo Rucai was also a little embarrassed and took the initiative to express his position to Li Zicheng.
Showed a good idea.
"Perhaps they won't be needed." Li Zicheng smiled and comforted, "It took Butcher Wu a whole day to build these trench walls. There are still many trench walls behind. I will arrange for the people to dig a few more trench walls in the evening.
It won't be a problem to block him for three or five days. Besides, Butcher Wu should have used all his methods, so the boys won't suffer the same loss again in the future."
Seeing the huge power of ten thousand enemies, the officers of the Runing Army who were watching the battle could not recover for a moment. Xue Yongli shook his head and said with a smile: "This thing is really easy to use. It can defeat the civilian thieves in one or two blows."
Run away. Uncle! How many good things do you still have that you haven’t brought out?"
"Who knows!" Seeing such results, Wu Shigong was also elated, "The great craftsmen of the Workshop Department have invented many strange things, and our Runing Army has also used several of them. As long as they are used, those inventions
All the great craftsmen have gained both fame and fortune, and even the royalties are so lenient that Yang Goudan’s craftsmen are so jealous that they are howling.”
Liang Hui on the side also smiled and said: "It's time to buy some catapults like this from the Artillery Association. Once this thing is hit, it will create a line much better than a solid bullet."
Wu Shigong nodded and said: "Each one has his own strengths, but artillery is more useful. The range of this catapult is too close, and the Shaanxi thieves suffered the loss of being unprepared, so they don't need too much equipment. But after thinking about it, it's
Instead of making the enemy of ten thousand smaller, allowing soldiers to throw it out with their hands, filling it with gunpowder and iron pieces, then falling into the enemy and exploding, such a thing should be much easier to use!"
After Xue Yongli heard this, he immediately said to Chi Ming and the others: "Did you remember it?"
Chi Ming, Huang Ding and the others nodded quickly, took out their notebooks from their pockets and wrote down Wu Shigong's ideas. What Wu Shigong described was the hand grenade used in modern times. As long as they have an idea, the craftsmen of the Workshop Department will write it down.
Working hard motivated by fame and money.
"Should the fight begin at Rusong's place?" Xue Yongli asked again.
Wu Shigong nodded and said: "The fighting should start at his place at the same time as ours. But the Shaanxi thieves would never have imagined that the feast we served them was not here!"
"Hahaha--!"
"Where are you now?" Zug asked his own soldier as he wiped the sweat from his head with a towel.
"We have passed Weishi County and are almost at Zhuangtou." the soldier replied.
"Keep walking at a brisk pace and don't let the horse run. We must pay attention to the time for feeding and resting the horse. Once we encounter the enemy, we will have no time to stop." Although such an order has been issued several times, Chu
The order came from the mother-in-law's mouth again, and she ordered again.
It has been two days since Zug led more than 9,000 cavalrymen in Pegasus Town. In order to move their large-scale this time, the Runing Army equipped them with all the pack horses in the army, so that they all have one man and two horses.
The military operation of the Runing Army this time was to attack the east and west, attract the main force of the Li and Luo coalition forces with fierce attacks from the center and right, and then let Pegasus Town maneuver in a wide range to the left, rushing through the weak points of the peasant army, until
Insert it at the foot of Kaifeng City.
This large-scale maneuver could not only threaten the retreat of the Li and Luo coalition forces, making it difficult for them to block the Runing Army's attack from the front, but also allow the soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng City to see the reinforcements and inspire their courage to persist. Of course,
, the main purpose is to make Kaifeng City give up its crazy embankment digging plan and save the lives of nearly one million soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng City.
For this reason, Pegasus Town's actions were cautious at first, and the speed was not the fastest. They wanted to delay the discovery of the peasant army. However, as soon as they encountered the peasant army, Pegasus Town would immediately speed up and take advantage of the opportunity.
Before the blocking force of the peasant army could react, they rushed to Kaifeng City as quickly as possible.
"Sir! There are bandits riding in front of us!" A spy came on flying horse to report.
Yang Rusong put the helmet on his head, then pulled off his mask, waved his riding crop and shouted: "Start charging!"
Those few rangers were quickly driven away by Pegasus Town. But after the thousands of horses galloped for seven or eight miles, a large camp of peasant soldiers suddenly appeared in front of Pegasus Town. But in this camp, there were not many peasant soldiers.
The soldiers, looking from a distance, are all old, weak, women and children, obviously all family members of the peasant army.
The leading cavalry immediately reined in the reins. Those old, weak, women and children had no fighting ability at all, and without orders, the Runing Army's cavalry did not know what to do.
"Charge over!" Zug ordered without hesitation. It was impossible for the current Pegasus Town to capture these people, nor could they be stopped by this camp. In order to complete the mission, Zug ruthlessly issued this massacre order.
When the family members of the peasant soldiers in the camp saw the arrival of Pegasus Town, they immediately began to bomb the camp. The chickens were flying, the children were crying, and the women were screaming, but the iron hooves were rolling, flooding the entire camp like a torrent.
Several young veterans of the peasant army guarding the camp still wanted to resist, but they were killed mercilessly by the Runing army. As for the unarmed old, weak, women and children, the cavalry simply kicked them with their horses' hooves.
The entire camp was horrific, and the ground quickly turned into a bloody mess. The sight of this horrific sight made the Runing Army's cavalry a little worried, and many of the cavalry began to take the initiative to avoid those who were escaping.
However, the width occupied by more than 10,000 horses was too large, and there were not many people to get out of the way. As if they were treading a bloody road, the camp suddenly turned into a bloody hell.
It wasn't until they rushed through the camp that the soldiers of Pegasus Town realized that they and their horses had turned dark red. Many of the soldiers had expressions of defeat, and many couldn't help but vomited.
Zug looked back at the camp, his mouth moved a few times and wanted to explain a few words, but in the end, he didn't say anything, he just sighed: "Hey——!"