The first thousand three hundred and eighty-six chapters began to siege
Chapter 1386 The siege begins
Yuan Shu's men took a light boat to cross the river from the upstream beach overnight, and then began to spread out to investigate the situation of the Amu Darya River defense line.
Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses surrounded Bakrat City tightly. Although they did not want to stop the other party from sending scouts to report the news, the other party did not seem to have such intention at all, and no one was sent out to ask for help.
The entire Daxia province has now been divided into two battlefields. One is the Daxia army on the Amu Darya line of defense against hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops, and the other is the city of Bakrat besieged by Zhao Yun with hundreds of thousands of cavalry. These two
The local province of Daxia is on the defensive. As long as any place collapses, the province of Daxia will fall instantly.
When Zhao Yun besieged Bakrat City, the 30,000 troops led by Yan Liang also hurriedly advanced towards Bakrat City.
"General Yan Liang, the troops and horses are moving a bit slowly now. General Zilong has already surrounded Bakrat. We must hurry up and rush over."
Zhou Yu also knew that Zhao Yun had now besieged Bakrat City, but he was still some distance away from there. If he didn't speed up, he might miss the opportunity.
"I also want to leave quickly, but the convoy carrying Nightmare is moving too slowly."
Yan Liang also knew the current situation, but the nightmare trebuchet was going to kill him this time. Not only did it require special trucks to be transported, but some places were not passable and bridges and roads needed to be paved. Otherwise, how could they do this?
slow.
"In this way, you leave 5,000 Polu troops and 5,000 Shesheng troops to guard the nightmare, while the remaining troops speed up. Leave everything aside, and I will fight to the gates of Bakrat within five days."
Hearing Yan Liang's question, Zhou Yu also felt helpless. Although the nightmare was unparalleled in power, it had both advantages and disadvantages. The nightmare's requirements on the road were too harsh, which was also the main factor restricting it.
"It seems like this is the only way it can be now."
Yan Liang nodded. Since this is the situation now, it is not a problem for 30,000 people to guard such an iron lump, and the road ahead knows what it will look like. If it is always like this, wait until they arrive on the battlefield and say
Maybe the daylily is too cold.
"Well, let's divide the troops."
Zhou Yu nodded, directly closed the curtain of the carriage, closed his eyes and rested inside. Although he was still very young, he had been fighting continuously. He had basically not rested much since he set out for the grassland. Now he only felt that he was on the carriage.
All can fall asleep.
"Okay, I'll make arrangements."
Yan Liang directly ordered his troops to be divided into two groups. One group consisted of 5,000 Polu troops and 5,000 Sound-shooting troops to protect the Nightmare Trebuchet and food and grass. The other group advanced lightly, past the follow-up troops, and began to rush towards Bakrat City.
"General Zilong and General Yan Liang have abandoned their nightmare trebuchets and are speeding towards us. They are expected to arrive within five days."
Huang Zhong came to Zhao Yun with Yan Liang's telegram.
"Five days? Let's do it for two days first and let the other party see our strength."
Hearing that Yan Liang and the others still had five days to arrive, Zhao Yun also nodded. He had left so long before the other party, so how could he ask them for a time to arrive.
"No, I'll make arrangements right away."
After receiving Zhao Yun's order, hundreds of thousands of cavalry came out of the camp and formed an array under Bakrat City. At the same time, trebuchets were also moved out and assembled under the city wall.
"Prince."
Helmata glanced at Vespit who had just entered the city and saluted him directly.
"What is that thing on the other side? Is it the rumored trebuchet."
Vespit glanced at the trebuchets assembled under the city, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.
"It should be the Chinese siege equipment trebuchet."
Helmata nodded to Vespit. Although he had never seen a Chinese trebuchet, he could guess that these should be those things.
"In that case, take out all the things made by Roman craftsmen."
Vespit had already heard about China, and as Baqi Mu traveled far and wide, he naturally recruited some capable people and strangers, among whom he also bought a large number of unsuccessful craftsmen from Rome.
There are people here who can make Roman shooting crossbows and ballistae. Recently, Baqi Mu even brought a Roman master, and he also made the most powerful trebuchet for Bakrat City so far. Wild ass trebuchet.
The wild donkey-type trebuchet is very powerful and can throw projectiles weighing 40 to 50 kilograms to a distance of 300 to 400 meters. If it is placed high on the city wall, it will definitely be a huge opponent of the Chinese army's trebuchet.
"yes."
Hearing Vespit's order, Hermata also nodded. Those things were made to serve them. Now that the enemy has drawn their guns, it's time for them to show off themselves.
"Lift the curtain."
Following Helmata's order, the guys covered with curtains on the city wall appeared one after another. The smallest one was the shooting crossbow, then the slightly larger ballista, and finally there were about a dozen big guys. This is the new Rome. The wild ass trebuchet built by the master.
If Yuan Wei saw the trebuchet on the city wall here, he would definitely be depressed, because the opponent's trebuchet is exactly the same as his Scholar No. 1.
If I have to make a distinction, it would be that the Chinese trebuchets are larger and higher, which can provide greater kinetic energy to the projectiles, allowing the projectiles to fly farther and hit harder.
"Every unit is ready, the shooting crossbows are loaded, the ballistas are loaded, the stones are thrown and the shot is shot, and the shooting is covering."
Some blond-haired and blue-eyed Westerners appeared on the city wall. These people were the craftsmen brought by Baqi Mu from the Roman Empire. These people were now incorporated into the army and were responsible for controlling the weapons used to defend the city.
Under the control of these people, large or small projectiles were placed on the bullet bags of ballistas and trebuchets, and then after some adjustments, they flew directly towards the trebuchet positions outside the city.
"No, it's the enemy's defense equipment. The cavalry is sent out to protect our own trebuchets with soft shields."
Seeing the stone bullets flying from the top of the opponent's city, Zhao Yun couldn't help but change color on his face. Although along the way, he also encountered attacks by enemy city defense weapons, but one as fierce as Bakrat City's First time meeting.
"Snapped."
"Snapped."
"Snapped."
A series of stone bullets hit the ground, and three or four trebuchets were smashed to pieces in an instant. The soldiers and horses nearby who were responsible for assembling the trebuchets were also instantly wounded and bruised.
"Okay, just do this, smash them for me, smash all their trebuchets."
Vespit set up an awning with his hands and smiled slightly when he saw his side's results. The opponent only had twenty or thirty trebuchets. This attack destroyed almost one-tenth of their combat power. After hitting it a few more times, the opponent's trebuchets were destroyed.
The siege equipment will be completely destroyed by himself.
"Keep smashing, smash all the opponent's trebuchets."
Helmata also nodded. He originally thought it would be difficult to hit from such a long distance, but he didn't expect that he could hit three or four of them directly. This was God helping him.
After hearing Helmata's order, the soldiers and craftsmen on the city wall also started to load their ammunition as quickly as possible, in order to attack the enemy as quickly as possible.
Zhao Yun's reaction was not unpleasant. After his order was issued, Ying Yang's army moved quickly, dismounted one after another, and then took soft shields from behind to form a shield wall to block all their own enemies behind them.
With the protection of the Yingyang Army, the soldiers responsible for assembling the trebuchets were relieved. They usually bullied others, but this was the first time that they were beaten to a bloody head by someone so far away.
"put."
Following Helmata's order, the second wave of stone bullets flew towards the Chinese army under the city again.
"Peng."
"Peng."
"Peng."
Stone bullets fell from the sky, but they were basically blocked by the shields of the Yingyang Army, and they were soft shields specially used to deal with trebuchet stone bullets, which immediately stunned the Kushan Army on the city wall.
"what happened/"
Seeing that the second wave of trebuchets did not have the desired effect, Vespit could not help but frown. He did not expect that the enemy would react so quickly and be ready with a wave of stone bombs.
"The enemy reacts too quickly. It's not like the shotgun can't cause too much damage to the opponent, but it may be difficult to kill the trebuchet behind the shield."
Helmata saluted directly to Vespit. This result was something he had not foreseen, but now it seemed that it might be difficult to break through the shield's defense and hurt the trebuchet behind it.
"Do you have any countermeasures?"
After hearing Herbart's words, Vespit couldn't help but feel depressed.
"I'll ask Master Whidley."
To be honest, Hermata didn't have any good method right now. He could only ask the Roman master Whidley.
"good."
Helmata came directly to the rear, saw the Roman master Whidley in a robe, and directly asked about the current situation.
"This is very simple. I thought of this situation when I designed the trebuchet, so I also specially designed a second type of ammunition, heavy ammunition. This type of ammunition weighs fifty kilograms. The whole body is polished with stones. Once it flies,
But it cannot be resisted by human beings."
In response to the current situation, Huideli had already thought of countermeasures. It was not impossible to use a shield to withstand shotguns, so he also created the Kushan Empire heavy bomb, which was the same as the Chinese heavy bomb.
"Okay, then change the equipment and use heavy ammunition. We must break through the enemy's defense line."
Hearing that Whidley had already prepared a countermeasure, Hermata nodded and directly ordered the soldiers to reload with heavy ammunition and attack the Chinese army under the city wall.
