Zai Fugen, the leader of the Chu army, immediately saw the two behemoths on the inside of the south wall of the Wei camp, and his expression couldn't help but be a little surprised.
After all, according to common sense, the Jinglan vehicle is a type of siege vehicle. As the name suggests, it is naturally used for siege. I have never heard of anyone using it for defense.
It's so high... I'm afraid it's a full three feet high, right? Those Wei people really spared no effort to defend this camp.
Zaifu Gen hummed softly while thinking.
He had to admit that this Wei camp was like a natural moat. He had obviously invested 15,000 infantrymen, but what was the result? So far, no infantryman had successfully climbed the walls of the Wei camp.
The vast majority of the infantry died on that defense line full of spears. Even the infantry who successfully broke through this defense line could not climb the mountain-like camp wall and were killed by the Wei crossbowmen in the Wei camp.
Shot to death.
The Chu army has never suffered such a huge casualty rate since they invaded Wei territory. So far, no city has allowed the Chu army to endure such huge casualties.
In Zaifugen's eyes, this Wei camp was definitely more difficult to attack than Zhaoling City, which had the danger of Luohe River. It was much more difficult.
Because when Chu general Lian Bi attacked Zhaoling, the Chu soldiers under his command built many well-mounted chariots and ladders. Therefore, with the convenience of siege weapons, the Chu army had an absolute advantage in strength and conquered the city in one fell swoop.
There is Zhaoling, which is in danger of Luohe River.
But now, in front of the Wei camp that the Wei people had carefully fortified, the infantry of the Chu army seemed to be useless.
Because in Zaifugen's view, the Chu infantry under his command simply repeated the process of charging and then being shot to death by the Wei soldiers in the Wei camp with crossbow arrows, and they had achieved absolutely nothing.
The heavy casualties paid by these numerous Chu infantrymen only served to contain the Wei soldiers on the walls of the Wei camp: because only the infantry of the Chu army continued to die and were constantly beaten by the troops in the Wei camp.
The Wei soldiers were shot to death, and these Wei soldiers had no time to fight against the 10,000 long archers of the Chu army.
That's all.
But the appearance of the two well-mounted carriages broke this situation.
On the two well-mounted chariots, hundreds of Wei archers were seen trying to launch long-range shots at the 10,000 Chu long archers outside the camp.
This is not good news in Zaifugen's opinion.
After all, when the infantry under his command is useless, the 10,000 longbowmen are the only long-range arms that can effectively kill the Wei soldiers in the Wei camp. If the longbowmen suffered serious losses, then the Chu people want to conquer the Wei army.
Camp, then it is just a dream.
After all, these 10,000 longbowmen are already all under the command of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, and he can no longer provide more longbowmen.
"Swish swish"
The 10,000 long archers started a duel with the nearly 1,000 long archers on the two wells and carriages in the Wei camp. Because the former had an absolute advantage in numbers, even if there were nearly a thousand more long archers in the Wei camp,
The long archers did not hinder the advance of the Chu army at all.
But as he kept shooting, Zai Fugen suddenly noticed that more and more arrows seemed to be shooting at the 10,000 longbowmen under his command.
What's going on? Could it be that the long archers of the Wei army could listen to the sound and shoot arrows?
Zaifu Gen couldn't help but be a little surprised.
As far as he knew, there had been a unit of archers in history who could hear the enemy's movements and shoot accurately. They were called sound archers. They were really the elite of the archers, even if they were invisible
In heavy fog, those elite sound shooters can also identify the enemy's position by sound, allowing them to shoot accurately.
However, that elite force has long been history. So far, in various countries, no archer unit has ever been heard of that can reach the level of those archers in history. The current archer units still rely on their "eyes" to capture the enemy.
The level of identifying the military position is far from being able to identify the position by listening to the sound.
Thinking of this, Zaifu subconsciously squinted his eyes and looked at Wei Ying, hoping to see some clues.
Before he said anything, when he took a closer look, he really saw something strange.
He found that there seemed to be more Wei soldiers on the two well-mounted chariots in the Wei camp than before.
Speaking of which, he also found it funny just now. It was funny that the Wei people actually pushed two unfinished wells to the front line. No, except for the Wei soldiers standing on the top pavilion, the other floors were empty.
a piece of.
But now, in addition to the Wei soldiers standing on the top of the two well-mounted chariots, the second floor from the top to the bottom was also filled with Wei soldiers.
These Wei soldiers were holding machine crossbows. They assisted the Wei soldiers on the camp wall to shoot down the Chu infantry outside the camp who tried to climb the camp wall, so that many of the crossbowmen on the camp wall were replaced by longbowmen and joined in.
Kill the 10,000 Chu long archers.
It’s strange. Could it be that... the Wei people were still building the Jinglan chariot just now?
Thinking of this, Zaifu's heart skipped a beat.
Although he also knew how to build a well car, he had never done such a crazy thing: putting the unfinished car into use urgently, and then continued to build the car while meeting the challenge.
This, how to allocate manpower?
"call"
Just when he was wondering, he suddenly heard a roar that broke through the sky.
Zaifu raised his head subconsciously and saw with confusion a black object "flying" from inside the Wei camp, leaping over the walls of the Wei camp in an arc.
"Bang!"
The sharp whistling sound finally ended with a loud bang.
In the phalanx of 10,000 Chu army long archers, there was an unlucky long archer who was hit in the forehead by a piece of mud coming from the direction of the Wei camp.
The clod of mud, which was as big as an arms length and was frozen hard, flew in the air for a distance of more than twenty feet before finally hitting an unlucky guy, causing his brains to burst out immediately.
The bright red blood mixed with the milky white brains splashed on the faces and bodies of the Chu longbowmen around them, making them pale with fear.
A riprap truck?!... It turns out that the Wei people not only built jinglan trucks, but also riprap trucks?
Zai Fugen's eyes widened in shock.
This made him even more confused. After all, as we all know, trebuchets are generally used to smash city walls and gates. If they are used to kill enemies, the effect is not significant.
Oh, in order to defend the camp, the Wei people really spared no effort...
Zaifu shook his head with a smile on his face. He didn't really care about the appearance of the trebuchet. After all, he had just seen it clearly. The huge piece of mud thrown from the Wei camp only killed one long archer.
, by the way, a longbowman behind him was hit. At best, it was just one death and one injury. It was simply insignificant compared to the longbowman formation of up to ten thousand people.
Such negligible casualties... So what if there were more trebuchets in the Wei camp?
Zaifu Gen didn't care and just continued to order the long archers to shoot arrows to suppress the Wei camp.
In comparison, the number of Chu infantry accidentally killed by these 10,000 longbowmen far exceeded those of those catapults.
But gradually, Zaifugen felt something was wrong. Because he found that more and more mud chunks were thrown out from inside the Wei camp. What did this mean?
This means that the number of stone trebuchets in Wei Camp is increasing dramatically!
Zaifu suddenly felt a little surprised. He was surprised that the Wei people could build more than ten riprap trucks in such a short period of time.
This is definitely not a speed that ordinary soldiers can achieve.
He would never have thought that for this war with Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, Zhao Hongrun had seconded two hundred officials and craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry. This could be said to have seconded half of the personnel in the official office of the Ministry of Industry in Daliang City.
"Whoop!"
"Whoop!"
More and more huge chunks of mud were thrown from the Wei camp towards the position of the 10,000 longbowmen. Although the longbowmen killed by these chunks of mud, the loss was so small that it was almost negligible. But Zai Zai Father Gen could clearly see that the ten thousand long archers under his command were gradually becoming restless and restless.
Thinking about it, anyone who sees the friendly soldiers who were directly smashed to death by the mud, and sees the tragic end of those unlucky guys with their brains shattered, will instinctively feel fear from the bottom of their hearts.
Not to mention, with the gradual improvement of the internal floors of the two well-mounted chariots, more and more crossbowmen boarded the two chariots, shouldering the important task of shooting the Chu army infantry outside the camp. , this freed up the hands of the Wei soldiers on the camp wall.
As a result, more and more crossbowmen descended from the camp wall and were replaced by longbowmen holding strong bows.
During this period, the Chu infantry were not without any achievements. They were also charging forward with all their strength. They were also braved the rain of arrows and forced to climb the camp wall. They gritted their teeth, grasped the blades with both hands, and tried to climb by force. Go up the camp wall.
I believe all the infantrymen of the Chu State were gnashing their teeth at this: The Wei people, who deserved to be punished by a thousand knives, shamelessly built the outside of the camp wall like a mountain of knives.
"Go ahead"
A hundred-man general in the Chu army shouted, taking the lead. Regardless of the pain, he firmly grasped the blades with his fleshy palms and climbed up along the blades.
The blade cut his palm, which was really heartbreaking pain. What's even worse is that the blade he stepped on was not strong enough to bear the weight of his entire body.
There was a click, the blade broke, and the hundred-man general showed a horrified look on his face, and his whole body sank down. The fingers of the hands holding the blade were cut off, and all over his body was injured. He was cut by the countless blades and fell to the bottom of the camp wall, rolling over and over and screaming in agony.
"..."
Nearby, many Chu soldiers who had reached the foot of the camp wall looked at each other with fear.
They cursed in their hearts: As long as they are living people, there is no way they can climb this mountain of swords!
But just when they hesitated to move forward, the 10,000 long archers behind them fired arrows at this section of the Wei camp wall, so that many infantrymen were shot and killed by friendly forces again, and some of them escaped by chance. Those who survived were shot one by one by the Wei soldiers on the Jinglan chariot in the Wei camp.
This is simply like being attacked from both sides.
Finally, a small group of Chu infantry couldn't stand it anymore and fled to the east and west in an attempt to escape from the battlefield.
Seeing this, Gong Yuan quickly issued an order: Let these Chu deserters escape from the battlefield!
He believed that as long as someone took the lead to escape, more and more Chu infantry would then flee the battlefield.
And when most of the Chu infantry are focused on escaping to save their lives, then the 10,000 Chu long archers outside the camp alone, even if they shoot for ten days and ten nights, will not be enough to shake the camp! (