The first thousand three hundred and eighty-eighth chapters catch big fish
Chapter 1388 Catching Big Fish
Seeing that the battle was in a stalemate, Zhao Yun couldn't help but frowned from behind. This was the first time he encountered a city that could compete with his own long-range weapons. Now, if the enemy's long-range weapons cannot be destroyed, they will definitely affect his next attack.
Caused a lot of trouble.
"promise."
Zhao Yun's order was quickly conveyed to the trebuchet positions ahead.
"All of them are here, reload with ammunition, form a group of two, conduct fire calibration first, and give me priority to shoot down the opponent's trebuchet on the city wall."
The captain received Zhao Yun's order and directly ordered the trebuchet troops to abandon heavy bombs and give priority to shooting with heavy bombs.
After more than twenty trebuchets were reloaded with heavy bombs, they directly knocked the mechanism and smashed about a hundred kilograms of stone bombs into Bakrat City.
"Interception net, raise."
When Whidley saw the opponent's heavy bombs coming, he directly ordered the interception net to be raised.
Interception nets were raised one after another, covering the entire city wall, intercepting all the heavy bombs fired by the Chinese army.
"The position has been confirmed."
"School shooting completed."
"Fire the net-breaking bombs and heavy bombs together, let go."
Hearing this, the trebuchets formed groups of two, fired one net-breaking shell and one heavy shell towards the city wall.
The high-speed rotating net-breaking bombs are simply terrifying. The sharp blades can cut everything. Those intercepting nets are like paper when faced with the net-breaking bombs, and are torn directly.
After the interception net was torn apart, heavy bombs followed, directly smashing the trebuchet behind it into pieces.
The Chinese army's trebuchets hit very accurately, and four or five trebuchets were instantly paralyzed.
"No, we can't do this anymore. The enemy actually has such a weapon."
Huideli glanced at the net-breaking bullets that landed on the city wall, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes. He had never seen such a weapon before, and it simply subverted his knowledge.
"What should we do now?"
Helmata also saw the vicious net-breaking bullets, which were full of sharp blades. To be honest, anyone who encountered such a weapon would be in danger.
"The current situation is very difficult to block the opponent's attack unless there is a cover."
Huideli glanced at the Chinese trebuchet in the distance. He was still somewhat yearning for it now. He really wanted to communicate with the other party's craftsmen.
"Then fight hard, fight back, fight back for me."
After hearing Huideli's words, Helmata couldn't care about anything else. Since she couldn't resist, she shouldn't fight her hardest. She was no match for him anyway.
"General, since we can't defeat them, we might as well concentrate our firepower now and knock out the enemy's trebuchets one by one."
Whidley was stunned when he heard Helmata's order. Since he couldn't defeat him anymore, he might as well concentrate his firepower and knock off as many as he could.
"You take charge."
Helmata directly handed over the command task to Whidley, and then came to the side of Prince Vespit.
"All follow my command, target the southwest, upper left corner, and place it."
Upon hearing Whidley's order, the remaining trebuchets all began to turn and aimed at the trebuchet in the upper left corner of the southwest. Then a dozen heavy rounds flew out, like red-flamed meteors streaking across the sky.
"Peng."
"Peng."
"Peng."
A series of heavy bombs fell from the sky, and the side of the trebuchet that hit it trembled. Even with the interception net, it was difficult to cope with the enemy's saturation attack. In the end, dozens of Yingyang soldiers were killed, and the trebuchet was also smashed by the opponent.
Smashed.
"Ignore the other party and continue attacking."
Seeing another trebuchet being destroyed, the captain couldn't help but feel distressed, but this was not a sad time, what they had to do was to put out all the enemy's counterattacks.
Heavy bombs soared into the sky, flying across the sky, destroying the trebuchets on the city wall one after another.
The final result was that eight trebuchets on the Chinese side were damaged, and all the trebuchets on the Bakrat city wall were destroyed. Without the threat of the trebuchets, the Chinese trebuchets had the absolute upper hand, and shotguns flew out one after another.
, even if the opponent has a soft shield to deal with it, the casualties will still be considerable.
"Okay, retreat."
Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhao Yun directly ordered the soldiers to withdraw. He did not want to attack the city yet. The ammunition for the trebuchets needed special polishing, so he could only temporarily suspend his troops and wait for the arrival of enemy reinforcements.
"Your Majesty the Prince, the Chinese have withdrawn their troops."
Helmata glanced at the Chinese army leaving and reported directly to Vespit.
"Well, tell the soldiers to collect the wounded. I also saw that the opponent's trebuchets are very fierce, but our own are not bad either. We must gather the power of the whole city and rebuild the trebuchets. This is the key to whether we can withstand the opponent's attack. Understand
?"
Vespit glanced into the distance, in the direction where the Chinese people were leaving. At this moment, he finally realized the ferocity of the Chinese people. In terms of long-range weapons alone, he was indeed no opponent, but it didn't matter if he was not an opponent, as long as they understood their shortcomings.
, try your best to make up for it, and you will definitely not always fall behind the enemy.
"Yes, I will organize it right away."
Helmata saluted again.
"I'll leave this to you, thank you for your hard work."
Vespit nodded and directly descended from the city wall under the protection of his personal guards.
The order was issued, and Whidley became the chief architect. All the resources in the city were at his disposal. Countless craftsmen became his subordinates, and new trebuchet parts began to appear on the school grounds in the city.
The design drawings have been put down, and Whidley has nothing to do now. His eyes are focused on the net-breaking bombs placed in front of him.
He ordered people to use a big ax to break through the defense of the net-breaking bomb, and began to carefully study this important weapon of the Chinese people. He believed that as long as he could understand the structure of the net-breaking bomb, he would definitely be able to recreate the net-breaking bomb.
After all, the trebuchet is a precision instrument, and successfully manufacturing it cannot be accomplished overnight. It also requires a lot of time to assemble and debug before it can be truly put into actual combat.
And not only these, the stone bullets required for the trebuchet also need to be finely polished, otherwise it will not only affect the range of the stone bullets, but also the accuracy of the trebuchet.
Just when the city of Bakrat was entering a city-wide wave, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong were in a daze in the camp.
"Brother Han Sheng, hasn't the enemy sent anyone out to ask for help?"
Zhao Yun looked at Kan Yu in front of him, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.
"No, the city gates around Bakrat were not opened at all, and no one left the city. I don't know what the other party was thinking."
Huang Zhong was also depressed. If it were another city, he would have sent people out to ask for help, but Bakrat didn't seem to be afraid of his siege at all, and no one came out at all.
"The enemy may be aware of their situation, and sending people out now is likely to shake the Amu Darya defense line. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of His Majesty's troops on the opposite side. If there is no problem, it is likely that there will be more than just Bakrat.
, but the entire Daxia Province will fall."
Hearing that there was no response from the other party, Zhao Yun couldn't help but frowned. Now that he thought about it, the enemy must have seen these things, so he hoped to use Bakrat's solid defense to hold him back. As long as he could hold back the Chinese army in Daxia Province,
Then the Kushan Empire will have time to reorganize its strength.
"What should we do now?"
Huang Zhong glanced at Zhao Yun. What the other party said made sense. Bakrat had soldiers and walls. If he really wanted to resist his attack of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, no matter what he said, he could delay it for a while. If he mobilized the Amu Darya defense line now,
Once the main force crosses the river, it will be a disaster for both Daxia Province and the Kushan Empire.
"Haha, if you want to be a tortoise and block us with a turtle shell, I will do the opposite. If you don't send someone to ask for help, I will do it for you. Immediately arrange for some Kushan people to go to the Amu Darya defense line.
Spread the message that Bakrat City is under siege and in danger,
I want to see how the other party will respond. After all, Bakrat is the capital of the Bactria province, and Vespit is the governor and the prince of the Kushan Empire. I believe no one dares to let the other party have an accident."
Although the people of Bakrat City may not want others to know their plight, there are some things that they cannot hope for. Since you don’t send people to ask for help, well, then I will mercifully pass on this news to you.
"Wonderful."
Huang Zhong's eyes lit up when he heard Zhao Yun's thoughts. Zhao Yun's method was very clever. He did the opposite. I believe that no one would have thought that the news of the siege of Bakrat City was conveyed by himself.
"Since you agree, let's arrange for people to implement it immediately."
"promise."
Huang Zhong clasped his fists and went to carry out Zhao Yun's order.
Soon at night, several Kushan prisoners quietly found their way out of the empty defense camp of the Chinese army and rushed towards the Amu Darya defense line.
"General."
A school captain appeared in front of Huang Zhong.
"have they gone?"
Huang Zhong stood on the wall of the camp, looking at the bright moonlight, and rushed to the captain next to him to ask.
"Well, I picked out a few thorns from the captured scouts, and then relaxed my vigilance. They have now left the camp, and their direction is towards the Amu Darya River."
The captain nodded. Everything was going as they imagined. The Amu Darya defense line now has the largest number of troops from the other side. If they want to rescue Bakrat, that is the only place they can go.
"Alright, send out scouts to closely monitor the movements along the Amu Darya River. Once the enemy makes any changes, they must report it as soon as possible."
Huang Zhong smiled slightly. Now that the bait has been put down, it depends on whether the big fish on the Amu Darya defense line will take the bait.
"promise."
The captain immediately clasped his fists, then arranged for his troops to leave the camp, followed slowly towards the Amu Darya River.
The Amu Darya River was either close or far from Bakrat. The fleeing Kushan army traveled day and night and arrived here in two days.
"who?"
The garrison troops of Burquet City saw several Kushan troops appearing in front of them. After two days and two nights of non-stop running, these people were no different from beggars.
"We are scouts from Bakrat City. We need to see General Everard for something. Hurry, hurry."
Several scouts looked pale and directly reported their identities, and at the same time asked to see Everard, the commander-in-chief of the Mengshan Army.
