Firearms cannot be thrown very far by manpower. Only catapults can throw them to the optimal distance.
Moreover, catapults move very slowly and are inconvenient to transport. Therefore, catapults are not built and shipped. They are built on site during tough battles.
It was precisely because the catapult moved very slowly that Su Zhong wanted to show weakness to the enemy, deliberately making the enemy think that his Zhou army would not be able to hold the pass.
Only when the grassland felt that Zhou had suffered heavy casualties would he change from a feint attack to a main attack.
Only by allowing the grassland to truly begin a large-scale attack can Zhou State be able to kill and injure the enemy to the greatest extent possible.
Only by using firearms to kill the grassland people to the greatest extent can the Zhou army have a greater chance of winning when they go out to fight.
This time Zhou State not only wanted to eliminate half of the main force in the grassland, but also expanded its territory beyond the pass. Naturally, it had to make maximum use of firearms.
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Just after Su Zhong had arranged the catapults and firearms, looking from a distance, the grassland finally began a large-scale siege.
When the enemy attacked, Su Zhong did not immediately give the order to fire, but continued to fire arrows sparsely, creating an illusion of weakness on the grassland.
Only in this way can the grassland be convinced and attack the city with confidence.
The third prince of Wanyan Khan was riding a horse and looking far into the distance. He looked at the catapults on the city wall with some doubts: "The Zhou Kingdom is obviously the one defending the city. Are they planning to use siege equipment like catapults to defend the city?"
Really? It’s really ridiculous. It seems that Zhou’s city defense equipment is really going to be exhausted, and everyone is starting to be hungry now.”
The fourth prince smiled and said: "If you ask me to say that these people in the Central Plains are always gentle, courteous and thrifty every day, they are not like us grassland people who rely on our fists to talk. Although we are feigning attacks these days, it is still difficult for these people in the Central Plains to be industrious.
Parry."
The third prince smiled and said: "Yes, Agula was familiar with the art of war. He also said that the people of the Central Plains are extremely smart and orderly advance and retreat. This kind of wisdom is unmatched by other people on the battlefield. Could it be that their cleverness is to use siege equipment
Is it used as a defense tool?"
The fourth prince smiled and said: "That's right! Agula brags about the Central Plains every day, but in fact it is nothing more than that. This battle seems to be God blessing our grassland, and the Zhou Kingdom is already in my grassland's pocket!"
The third prince smiled and said: "I can't wait to go and claim credit from my father Khan!"
Fortunately, Su Zhong didn't know what they were thinking, otherwise he would have despised them fiercely. These two guys really knew what others taught them, and they didn't know what others didn't teach them.
The catapult is a good siege weapon, but it can also be used to defend the city, and the effect is pretty good.
It can be said to be both offensive and defensive!
It is difficult to transport large stones up the city wall, so the probability of using them is relatively small, but it does not mean that they are not used.
But things are different now. Zhou Guo no longer has to dislike the heavy weight of the catapult. This kind of firearm is made like a can. One person can hold two of them, and its lethality is much greater than throwing a big stone.
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Finally, when the front row of prairie people rushed under the city wall, Su Zhong finally waved his hand: "Let go!"
At this moment, the long fuse of the thunderbolt on the catapult was ignited, and then it was thrown out.
At the same time, the soldiers guarding the city wall also lit the thunderbolts in their hands and threw them straight down.
Their thunderbolts were not powerful enough, and it was wishful thinking to blow open the city wall. No matter how many thunderbolts they used, they could not blow open the city walls made of green bricks made of tung oil and glutinous rice juice.
The prairie people who were desperately squeezing under the city wall on the ground seemed to hear something, and they all raised their heads to see what kind of thing flying above their heads could be thrown so far.
But they soon found out, because when they finally squeezed under the city wall and wanted to capture the flag first and become a powerful person, a pile of dark jars above their heads were thrown down from above.
Immediately afterwards, there was a roar in their ears, and the shields they held above their heads to protect themselves from the golden juice rolling wood were pierced by something unknown and hit all over their bodies...
And there was a roaring sound in the distance, and the grassland army that was desperately charging under the city wall suddenly exploded, dust flew up, and wailings continued.
This caused the grassland army that was charging towards Zhou State to panic.
Firearms, firearms that roar and explode!
And now, Zhou State also has firearms that are only available in Chu State!
The ones who were most frightened were the high-ranking generals and the third and fourth princes.
In order to maintain the morale of this half of the main force, the news that the army led by Wanyan Khan was repulsed by the Chu State with firearms and shocked the world was naturally not disclosed, and these news were banned early on.
But the underground soldiers don’t know, they know!
These people are not as self-aware as the Zhou people. They have never really seen Chu's firearms, and they don't know the difference between Zhou's firearms and Chu's firearms. All their information about firearms comes from hearsay.
Once these people see firearms on the battlefield, they can't help but think of the Chu State's firearms that caused a large number of casualties to the Khan and shocked their grasslands to the heavens. They think that all firearms in the world will be like the Chu State's firearms.
At this moment, the third prince and the fourth prince were panicked. They never thought that the Zhou Kingdom could also develop firearms that could restrain the prairie people in such a way!
But before they could think too much, the firearms thrown in this round caused the battlefield to burst into flames, spreading from east to west like a fire dragon, and everywhere it went was a sea of fire.
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After a round of kerosene, there was another thunderous thunder that split the sky and covered the earth.
From a safe position on the city tower, Su Zhong looked at the grand scene under the city wall and couldn't help but laugh: "I never imagined that these unruly wolf cubs would be where they are today!"
After saying that, Su Zhong drew out his sword and said loudly: "Throw down all the thunder that was transported from the capital this time! After today, there will never be such an opportunity again!"
But when Su Zhong saw that some Thunderbolts exploded in half in the air, and some even disappeared without the sound of explosion until they hit the ground, he sighed again. The defective Thunderbolts from their Zhou Kingdom were so bad.
If there are too many, how can it surpass Chu in terms of power?
The third prince looked at the dilemma of the prairie army surrounded by a sea of fire in the distance, then looked at the fourth prince, and murmured: "Didn't you say this is an opportunity? Where is the opportunity?"
The fourth prince also broke out in cold sweat: "I...I didn't expect Zhou Guo to have mastered firearms..."
The third prince gritted his teeth and said: "Evacuate all the troops, retreat quickly! Don't confront the Zhou army head-on!"
Having said this, the third prince looked at the fourth prince again and gritted his teeth and said, "I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"