"Can this thing be aimed? And what's the attack range? Can it hit the catapults under the city?"
If you can, attack the catapult once and see."
After the crossbow cart was set up, Lu Meng naturally wanted to test its power.
"Okay, Marshal Lu, just take a look!"
Regarding Lu Meng's suspicion, Pengcheng's reinforcements were filled with dissatisfaction.
But since he is a commander, debating will definitely not work, so he can only rely on facts.
You know, when Huang Yueying made this crossbow cart, didn't Taiwei Jia Xu, Prime Minister Lu Su and others not believe it? What happened in the end? Weren't they dumbfounded and cheering?
After some fiddling, the angle of the ballista was finally corrected by Pengcheng reinforcements.
At this moment, Zhang Liao, who was under Luoyang City, also discovered the movement at the top of the city.
"Who knows what the Chu people are doing?"
Seeing what Lu Meng and a group of people were doing there, Zhang Liao really wanted to throw a huge boulder at them.
However, huge rocks also need to be collected. After several days of continuous bombing, the Xiliang army had already used up all the huge rocks.
Now, we are waiting for the shipment of huge rocks for subsequent mining.
It was rare to see Lu Meng appear on the city wall, and Zhang Liao felt uneasy in his heart.
This guy has never appeared on the top of the city since my commander's catapult bombing?
Why did this happen so suddenly?
"Commander, the villain knows what they are installing.
Judging from its shape, it looks like an extra-large ballista!"
???
What are you talking about? Ballista? Are you kidding me? In this day and age, do ballistas still exist? Aren’t those things that exist in legends in history books?
Zhang Liao did not believe anything his subordinates said.
Just kidding, I’m not ignorant, how could I not know what a ballista is?
However, in today's era, where are the crossbows? Even the individual hand-held crossbows are probably rare, right?
But just when Zhang Liao was still doubting, a loud noise suddenly came from the top of Luoyang City.
"Bang!"
The crossbow was fired.
You know, this is a crossbow arrow fired by a heavy-duty crossbow vehicle.
Its size even exceeds the length of a horse.
The crossbow arrows roared with a roar that tore through the air, and suddenly crashed into the body of a catapult.
"Crack! Click!"
"Boom!"
The catapult hit by the crossbow arrow was overwhelmed and collapsed and was damaged.
this......
Look at the destruction caused by the crossbow bolts.
Zhang Liao was stunned.
Damn it, are you sure you're not kidding me? Is this a crossbow? Is this the range that a crossbow arrow can reach? How powerful can it be?
This, I'm afraid it's the person you want to hit. Even if you have the ability to reach heaven, you can still kill him with one arrow?
Not only Zhang Liao was shocked, but Lu Meng who was on the wall of Luoyang was also shocked.
It’s actually true? It’s actually true?
Facing the destructive power caused by the ballista in front of him, Lu Meng simply could not believe that this toy was actually created by Mrs. Huang.
"Um, that's not right, brothers, we seem to be aiming at the catapult on the left, right? Why are we targeting the right?"
Just when Lu Meng was surprised, the conversation from Pengcheng's reinforcements pulled him back.
Fortunately, fortunately, this ballista still has flaws, it is not the kind that can hit wherever you point it.
You know, I just thought that this ballista could hit wherever I pointed.
If that were the case, it would be too scary.
...
Isn’t that right? Why should I be thankful that the ballista is defective? This ballista is ours?
Obviously, Lu Meng had been shocked by the power of the ballista.
Indeed, anyone facing such a terrifying killing machine would probably be like Lu Meng, unable to believe it at all.
"Commander, although this ballista is extremely powerful, its accuracy is horribly limited.
Moreover, the arrows for this ballista also need to be specially made. I’m afraid it won’t take long even if Pengcheng transports these?”
Despite Lu Meng's self-doubt, Huang Zhong, who was relatively experienced and steady, discovered the key issue.
Although this ballista is indeed powerful, it is terrible that it cannot achieve the crushing effect.
"Hahaha! It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter.
General Huang Zhong, we know the flaws of the ballista, but does Zhang Liao know about it? Do the people of Xiliang know about it?
They don't know!
As long as we set up all the crossbow vehicles brought this time, I think they will still dare to be so arrogant?
Even if we shoot against their catapults, we won't suffer any loss!
Now, I'm afraid they only have about fifty catapults at their disposal, right?
As long as we can destroy half of their catapults, even if all the ballistae are destroyed, we will still make a lot of money!"
With the crossbow chariot, Lu Meng's confidence in guarding Luoyang was restored again.
Just kidding, Pengcheng shipped thirty of these to me.
Even if I exchange them one for one, if I exchange all your catapults, I will make a lot of money, okay?
If the Xiliang army only has a dozen or even twenty catapults left, it will not be able to pose a threat to the Luoyang city wall at all.
Ballistas are rare, so aren't catapults rare?
I don't believe it. After destroying all these catapults, the Xiliang people can still gather such a large number of catapults in a short time.
Without this trick, if you rely solely on numbers to attack the city, I will not be afraid of you, not to mention your 200,000 troops, even 400,000!
Damn it! Where did the Chu State get this thing?
Zhang Liao was very angry when he discovered the astonishing destructive power of the ballista.
Why was it that the Chu State was able to create such a lost thing?
"Send the order to the transport team to speed up. Before sunset today, I will see the huge stone delivered!"
Fortunately, although your crossbow is extremely powerful, it only has one, so I won’t panic.
Hum hum, when our army's huge boulders arrive and a round of boulders rain down, I don't believe they can't hit you.
As for why the catapults were not allowed to retreat to temporarily avoid the ballistae at the head of Luoyang City?
Is this necessary? You must know that filling this kind of heavy-duty crossbow is also very time-consuming.
Although Zhang Liao had never seen it with his own eyes, he had read many ancient books.
In his opinion, the Chu army's ballistae is probably just a relic from ancient times.
What's more, a big thing like a catapult can't be moved after it's set up.
This back and forth would probably take several days, which was intolerable for Zhang Liao who was eager to conquer Luoyang.
But just when Zhang Liao thought that the ballista at the top of Luoyang City was still within the tolerance range, something happened that almost caused him to collapse.
Damn it? Are you sure you're not kidding me?
How much is this? How many ballistas are installed at the same time? I'm afraid it's not much less than our catapults, right?
this......
Can the commander of Luoyang City still attack it?
Zhang Liao suddenly realized that his previous confidence began to waver.