The siege tower is more than three feet high, even higher than the city wall. Standing on the top of the tower, the crossbowman can suppress and shoot at the city head. The huge wooden wheel rotates on the ground, leaving deep tracks.
The siege tower that was slowly pushed over made a "creak" sound.
In front of the siege tower, the horse pit has been filled, the horse has been destroyed, and the bamboo sticks have been cleared. Before the huge war machinery is put into use, shield vehicles need to be used to cover the obstacles outside the city.
They were all filled in. The Xiliang soldiers were outnumbered, and after suffering more than a hundred casualties, they cleared a large attack channel, reaching the edge of the trench.
According to the agreement between Chen Cheng and the Xiliang princes, the war machinery was built by Chen Cheng's men, and the catapults were also operated by Chen Cheng's men. However, filling in trenches and pushing siege towers still required the men of other princes.
It was done. Han Sui and others didn't take it seriously. With the cover of shield chariots and siege towers, how many people could be killed by filling in trenches?
Although the shield cart was crude and often fell apart during use, it was simple and practical and could well defend against long-range attacks at the top of the city. Han Suihe sent Song Jian and others to see the shields built by Chen Chengjun
Equipment such as carts, ladders and siege towers are all regrettable in my heart. If there were so many equipment last year, how could they be blocked under Chencang City for more than eighty days?
The siege tower is a little more complicated, but it's not that complicated. It's just a few pieces of wood nailed together, and you can take a look at it. The shield car is even simpler, just two wheels and some wooden boards. It's that simple.
Why didn’t they think of something like that?
Duan Yan stood at the top of the city and watched the huge monster stop at the edge of the ditch. He was shocked and lucky at the same time. He was shocked that such a huge instrument could actually move on the ground. Although the speed was very slow, it still
He moved closer to the city wall with a firm attitude. Fortunately, this huge war machine moved slowly enough, and there were not many of them. To be more precise, there was only one, which allowed him to calmly mobilize the army.
response.
Hundreds of crossbowmen have already taken up their positions on the top of the city, and dozens of large iron cauldrons have been set up. The flames in the iron cauldron are blazing, and the wooden barrels beside them contain grease produced near Gaonu.
Duan Xuan gave an order, and the strong archers clustered their arrows in a wooden barrel, then stretched them over the flames in the iron pot. After the fat began to burn, they shot the arrows out.
Although last night's raid failed, Duan Yan firmly believed that the idea of using flames to deal with those war machines was not wrong.
The fire arrow flew out, streaking traces of flames in the air. "Bounce", the arrow crossed a distance of fifty or sixty steps and was nailed to the siege tower. The black grease produced near Gaonu was essentially the result of a simple process.
Distilled petroleum will not burn out when exposed to water. Local people rely on mountains and rivers and often use this oil as fuel, and also sell it to other places to earn some money.
The defenders on the top of the city fired rockets, and the crossbowmen on the siege tower also fired back. Amidst the sound of bow strings vibrating, arrows and crossbow bolts flew out of the shooting holes and landed on the top of the city. Xiliang
Although it is barren, there are still thousands of crossbows. The top of the siege tower is not very wide and can only accommodate twenty people at most.
The arrows criss-crossed in mid-air, making a "swish, swish, swish" sound. At a distance of sixty or seventy steps, the power of the arrows was greatly reduced. It is true that the saying "a powerful crossbow cannot pierce Lu Guan" is true. At this distance
Shooting at each other on the ground, even if the shielding effect of battlements and wooden boards is ignored, ordinary bows and arrows cannot cause too much damage, unless a large yellow crossbow or a bed crossbow is used.
Chen Cheng didn't expect this siege tower to play any role. It was just built to provide some cover for the soldiers filling the trenches nearby. Because many prisoners of war were captured last night and samples of grease were also obtained, so
The Xiliang army already knew that the city had the ability to attack by fire. After the siege tower was hit by a rocket and began to burn, the people behind sent barrels filled with sand and water up to extinguish the flames.
The crossbowmen on the top of the city were pouring out firepower, and the crossbowmen of the Xiliang Army also spread out on the edge of Haogou, trying to suppress the enemies on the top of the city. However, they did not have a siege tower to cover them. From time to time, some people were
After being shot, it would make a muffled sound or scream, and then be dragged down by friendly forces behind it.
Because the defenders on the top of the city were protected by battlements and hanging houses, their casualties were far less than those of the attackers. After shooting for a while, a few people on top of the city were shot to death or wounded, but many people below the city were shot down.
.But the Xiliang princes did not take the casualties of dozens or hundreds of soldiers into consideration at all.
Seeing the arrows flying across the sky, Chen Cheng felt a little nervous, but since he had already made up his mind to use a catapult to break down the city wall, there was no need to do anything extra. He walked back and forth on the catapult position,
Check the combat readiness of each artillery vehicle and help adjust the shooting angle and counterweight.
After a while, a large section of the trench had been filled in, and more and more rockets were fired at the siege tower. Many people were shot to death and wounded near the tall war machinery, and there were many people on the ground.
Everything turned a suspicious red color. I saw that many places on the siege tower were on fire. Sprinkling water and throwing sand no longer worked. Finally, the sound of gold was heard from behind.
Hearing the sound of the gong, the crossbowmen whose morale had been greatly reduced after being shot at the city seemed to have received an amnesty. They turned around and ran wildly in the direction of their own army formation. The soldiers above and below the siege tower also retreated, holding up their shields and slowing down.
The huge torch was slowly evacuated.
Seeing that the Xiliang bandits had retreated, cheers rang out from the top of the city. One of the generals laughed loudly and said: "The people of Xiliang are very poor!"
Duan Xuan's expression was still not good. He had burned one of the enemy's siege machines. This was of course a good thing, but the long-armed wooden frames at the back had been unfolded, and there were dozens of people busy beside each machine.
. If you squint your eyes, you can still see that those people moved a lot of stones to the side of the equipment.
He had vague bad feelings in his heart, and then these bad feelings soon became reality.
Hearing the ridicule from the top of the city, Zhang Heng abandoned his soldiers and horses, ran to the edge of the catapult position, and said anxiously: "Mr. Chen, will this thing work?"
Chen Cheng snorted and said, "How can a man say no? General Zhang, just watch and it will be fine."
He turned around and said to the eager people: "Follow the grouping order and launch one by one!"
Following the orders of the gunners on the catapult position, the "Xiangyang Cannon" that had completed preparations for firing was put into actual combat for the first time, roaring against the city wall. The sound of "woo, woo" was only a hundred times, not too loud.
Kilograms of rocks cut through the sky one by one, and then hit Chencang's direction.
People of this era never imagined that there would be such a terrible weapon that could throw hundreds of pounds of stones two hundred steps away. Even though nearly half of the stones hit the open space in front of the city wall, there was still half
Stones fell into the city. More than a hundred kilograms of stones fell from the air, penetrated the roof beams, smashed through the tiles and walls, and left a trail of blood on the ground. When the stones fell to the ground, the people around them even
You can clearly feel the vibration of the ground.
There was also a stone that happened to hit the city wall, which immediately destroyed a city battlement and smashed the defenders behind the battlements into meat. This was not over yet. The bricks and stones flew away, causing secondary damage, sweeping across the city.
They attracted more than a dozen soldiers nearby, bringing with them the screams of ghosts and wolves.
Duan Yan looked at the messy city head in shock, his body trembling slightly.
The enemy's wooden frames are so terrifying!
On the catapult position, Chen Cheng adjusted the shooting direction and counterweight according to the test firing situation just now, and then ordered the ten groups of artillery carts to fire another round. This time, the hit rate was improved, and the ten pieces were roughly polished.
Only three of the stones fell outside the city wall, and the rest were smashed into the city wall.
Chen Cheng didn't have high requirements for these heavy equipment, and he didn't need them to hit the city wall. As long as he could throw stones into the city, he would win. As far as he knew, no matter how strong the soldiers were, no matter how solid the armor was, they couldn't stop him.
More than 100 kilograms of rocks fell from a height of 20 meters.
Even hiding in a house is useless. Without steel bars and concrete, no house can withstand such a terrible weapon. He even doubts that if it is not specially reinforced, those with seventy-year property rights, or those with forty-year property rights
The house will also be unable to bear it.
Even if Chen Cheng himself is wearing the strongest armor available, he can only withstand a few more stone-throwing attacks. Unless the thickness of the armor is increased tenfold, but in that case, even if it is not crushed by the weight of the armor itself,
, it is estimated that they can't move very much. If you want to resist this kind of attack, it is impossible to have manpower, and you will probably have to use tanks. There are constant wailing and screaming on the top of the city, and the morale of the Xiliang thieves has been high just now.
It will soon disappear.
This terrible attack cannot be resisted by human power. If the hit rate were not so impressive, the soldiers on the city would have collapsed. Even so, every time a stone hit the city wall, it would cause a panic among the defenders.
Phew. When the stone hits the city wall hard, the city wall several feet long will tremble, as if the earth is shaking.
Watching the stone bullets falling one after another on the city wall or in the city, Duan Yan's face turned livid. He shouted loudly: "Those stones can't hit us, hide behind the horses!"
Before he finished speaking, a stone bullet hit the city tower. With a "crack" sound, a hole was smashed out of the wooden attic. The stone bullet blasted through the wooden board, continued to castrate, and hit the streets in the city. "Boom"
"With the sound, the stone bullet bounced off the ground, rolled along the street for more than twenty meters, and finally hit a dismounting stone, and then exhausted its kinetic energy.
The defenders on the top of the city howled like ghosts and wolves again. Fortunately, the well-trained soldiers were still able to hold back the fear in their hearts. They hid behind the battlements and trembled, praying to the gods and gods not to let stones fall on their heads.
But those rural warriors who were recruited couldn't bear such a blow, jumped up and screamed, and ran towards the city.
Duan Yan shouted with a livid face: "Anyone who leaves his post without authorization will be killed! Anyone who disobeys orders will be killed!"
Under his strict order, the soldiers around him rushed forward despite their fear, hacking and slashing, and chopped dozens of village warriors to the ground. A young and strong man with a beard shouted something indiscriminately towards the bottom of the city.
He ran away, but was caught by Duan Yan's soldiers and pinned to the city wall on the spot.
"Don't, don't kill me!"
The sharp ring-headed sword was raised by the soldier, and he was about to chop it down. Xiang Yong finally came to his senses and howled: "Don't kill me, general, I know I was wrong, don't kill me!"
The soldier hesitated for a moment and looked towards Duan Xuan, only to see his general's face was ashen and murderous. The soldier then turned around and raised the Huanshou sword. When he saw the blade, he was about to drop it. Xiang Yong stood under him.
As soon as it got hot, his pants suddenly got wet. He closed his eyes in despair, waiting for the last moment to come.
However, the wind suddenly roared nearby, and then the city was shaken, and screams suddenly sounded around. Xiang Yong waited with his eyes closed for a long time, but he didn't wait until the knife hit his neck, so he opened his eyes.
When I came, I saw a pool of flesh and blood and armor fragments in front of me.
He was stunned for a moment, then shouted and ran towards the city.
