As the saying goes, you have a good plan, and I have a wall ladder.
Perhaps when Cao Jun thought about using siege crossbows to deal with heavy armored cavalry, they thought about what countermeasures they could take. This kind of shield vehicle must also be within their consideration range.
The shield chariot was blocked as soon as it entered Cao Jun's military fortress. The dug pit and antlers completely blocked the path of the shield chariot.
Wang Xuan cursed and ordered people to withdraw decisively. He still didn't believe it. Do you really think I have nothing to do with you?
For five consecutive days, Wang Xuan did not launch an attack again, until the sixth day...
Small trebuchets were pushed up under the escort of heavy armored infantry. Xiahou Dun watched from a distance and frowned. He didn't think Wang Xuan thought that he could defeat them with just a small trebuchet.
A well-designed military fortress, but he didn't think Wang Xuan would do anything in vain.
Indeed, the real killing move is not the so-called small catapult, but the stone clay pots that are pushed up.
The top of the clay pot is very small and is plugged with cotton cloth, but because the pot is too tight, you can still smell a pungent smell.
You say that water and fire are ruthless, but Wang Xuan doesn't believe it. When he gets angry, how can Cao Jun resist?
As for oil, it happened to be a coincidence that there happened to be this thing in Sichuan. Oil was produced when well salt was mined. Some time ago, Wang Xuan happened to see it when he was looking through the bamboo slips discarded by aristocratic families.
In fact, petroleum has been used by people for a long time. More than 1,000 BC, ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon, ancient India, etc. had begun to collect natural asphalt for construction, anti-corrosion, bonding, decoration, and medicine.
The "Book of Han" written by Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty also recorded: "The slaves of Gao have water to burn."
Therefore, in the past few days, he arranged for people to bring over a lot of crude oil. In order to further improve the power of the homemade burning pot, Wang Xuan also conducted a rough refinement.
Petroleum crude oil does not have a fixed boiling point. The crude oil is heated to separate its components with different boiling points. This is the most primitive crude refining method.
Even so, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and asphalt can be separated.
For Wang Xuan, gasoline, kerosene, etc. are all the same now. All he wants is to burn down the enemy camp.
We just need to separate diesel and asphalt. Diesel is not ignitable at room temperature...
Light the soaked cotton cloth on the pot, put the pot in the pocket of the small counterweight catapult, and give the order, "Put it down!"
The lit clay pot roared towards Cao Jun's position. Xiahou Dun saw the burning fuse on the clay pot at a glance, but for a moment he couldn't figure out what the use of this thing was.
There is too little flame!
Just as he was thinking about it, the clay pot smashed to the ground, and all kinds of gasoline and kerosene inside burst out. Suddenly, a huge fireball exploded, and the area within dozens of meters suddenly turned into a purgatory.
The fire was raging and the heat wave was surging.
Dozens of small catapults, although they are small, the technical content is not low at all. In addition, the clay pot itself is also light, and the range can reach five to six hundred meters. At this time, a quarter of Cao Jun's army formation
They all entered the coverage area and threw them wildly, without giving Cao Jun a chance to react. The front part of the fortress was completely covered by flames.
Xiahou Dun just watched and gritted his teeth. He wanted to rush up and smash the catapults several times, but the rude man standing at the front of the array holding a pair of halberds immediately made him regain his senses.
It’s not that our army is too incompetent, there are actually Gundams somewhere!
Listening to the screams coming from the area covered by the sea of fire ahead, Xiahou Dun sighed, fortunately, the screams only lasted for a short while, and those who did not escape were burned to death. Except for the bursts of burning smell, it hit his eyes.
All that was left was the sky-high flames and thick black smoke. Of course, the heat waves were inevitable.
Xiahou Dun could not sit back and wait for death. As the old saying goes, when water comes, earth will cover it, and when fire comes, water will extinguish it!
As long as what is being burned is not food, it is not that scary in Xiahou Dun's eyes. He called the military advisors Xin Ping and Xin Pi who were accompanying the army. They were obviously well prepared. They immediately started casting spells when they arrived. After a while, everything was like that.
It went smoothly, the clouds came and the rain fell. The two of them were very tired after controlling such heavy rain. They were a little out of breath after finishing, but this did not stop them from feeling proud.
When this kind of military fortress was originally designed, the group of Yuan Shao's men who carried the coffin to the south worked hard. Now looking at the results of their efforts and watching Wang Xuan being blocked continuously, this kind of spiritual satisfaction makes him feel happy.
The two of them were extremely proud, satisfied, and happy. Along with the pleasure of revenge, they both had smiles on their lips.
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Xiahou Dun looked at the two of them from time to time, and the pleasure of revenge on the faces of Xin Ping and Xin Pi brothers gradually solidified, and slowly turned into frowns. His hands on his waist were involuntarily put down, and his fists were clenched, big and small.
Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his expression gradually changed...
"Why isn't this fire extinguished?" Xiahou Dun couldn't help it and asked, staring at the two of them.
Xin Ping, Xin Pi: You ask me, who the hell am I asking, how do I know?
Well, the two of them could only talk about this in their hearts. They were also confused. After a while, Xin Ping held back a sentence, "There is a cloud in the "Book of Changes", there is fire in the water, and the fire rises and the water falls..."
"What the hell am I asking you to do to put out the fire like this! Why the hell are you trying to talk to me!" Xiahou Dun's face suddenly became very ferocious, he grabbed Xin Ping's neck and shouted.
"General Yuan rang, calm down, General Yuan rang, calm down!" Seeing his brother's face turning purple, Xin Pi quickly hugged Xiahou Dun's arm and shouted loudly.
Only then did Xiahou Dun come to his senses and put down his hand bitterly. Seeing that Wang Xuan was really pushing him in if he continued like this, he was really anxious now and his move was a little unmeasured, but...who cares about that?
He was just a bereaved dog who escaped from Yuan Shao. He was Cao Cao's brother, so he didn't take them seriously at all.
The Xin brothers looked at each other and could only sigh secretly. It was impossible to hold grudges. After all, although both of them were named Xin, they were not Simba after all, and they did not have the lives of the protagonists.
Seeing Wang Xuanjun's artillery fire extending forward little by little, and there was no room for further fighting here, Xiahou Dun stamped his feet fiercely, "Withdraw the troops!"
Seeing that Xiahou Dun withdrew his troops, Wang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this idiot was deceived, otherwise, this battle would not have ended so easily.
After all, this kind of coverage attack requires an astonishing amount of gasoline bombs, and within Duanqi, Wang Xuan obviously did not have such a large production, and what he just threw out was all the inventory during this period.