There was silence on the entire battlefield, and then, there was a burst of cheers from the rebel camp.
Luo Chenglong's body began to tremble, and a terrible crack had opened on the city wall under his feet.
More than a dozen green bricks finally couldn't withstand the terrifying impact, and turned into rubble with a crisp sound.
Then, as the city bricks cracked, the blue-gray stones inside the city wall appeared in front of the rebels.
"Hurry! Hurry, kill those trebuchets!"
Luo Chenglong was breathing heavily. If they reacted slower, a few more rounds of volleys would probably be the end of Jinsuoguan.
The stone the size of a millstone weighs hundreds of kilograms. After being launched by the trebuchet, its terrifying power frightened everyone.
Even the city wall made of blue bricks is already overwhelmed at this time.
"Mom, keep aiming at their trebuchets!"
Luo Beichuan's teeth clenched, and there are still more than sixty trebuchets left.
But now, the city wall of Jinsuoguan can no longer withstand several bombardments.
If the bombardment continued like this, even if they were able to completely eliminate these trebuchets in the end, the city wall of Jinsuoguan would have collapsed long ago.
The huge grandstand in the Han army's camp is indeed very conspicuous from the city wall, but based on distance estimates, it is at least two miles away from their position.
This kind of trebuchet made of pure steel, according to their experiments in the general prison, can only reach a distance of 800 steps at most.
But at this time, they are condescending after all. If they adjust the shooting angle to the highest level, they might really have a chance to cause them some trouble!
Even if you can't kill those damn bastards, at least you can attract some firepower!
As long as they can project gunpowder bombs near the stands, I believe they will never dare to attack the city wall so brazenly again!
Two miles away, this is also the best position to observe the battlefield. No matter how far the distance is, it will be difficult to see clearly. After all, human vision is limited.
If they were further away, they wouldn't be able to command the army as well as they do now.
Of course, what's more important is that this distance is a distance that no long-range weapon can reach in this day and age.
Today, Luo Beichuan is preparing to challenge this distance.
If you succeed, the whole city will live; if you fail, the whole city will die...
"Bring me the hammer!"
Luo Beichuan gritted his teeth hard.
Someone immediately handed over a hammer. Luo Beichuan directly picked up the sledgehammer and hit the limit rod hard.
"哐————"
When the trebuchet was being made in the director's office, he followed the whole process. Of course he understood that when the trebuchet was being made, it was actually farther away.
However, after exceeding that distance, there is no way to ensure the accuracy, so when they were making it, they directly blocked the distance of the limit rod.
Now it seems that this mechanism to ensure accuracy is really superfluous, after using violence to push the limit lever to the limit.
Luo Beichuan gritted his teeth, then took out a gunpowder bomb from the iron box next to him, and estimated the length of the fuse of the gunpowder bomb based on the distance of two miles.
With everyone watching, he lit the fuse directly, and then hit the activator with a hammer.
"Woo——"
The dark gunpowder shells, accompanied by a burst of wind, headed straight for the rebel camp below the city.
"You must win, you must win!"
Seeing that the direction he was aiming at was Zhang Yuchong, he was praying with all his heart.
At this time, this is the only way to stop the rebel attack.
However, the development of things always has its own set of rules, and many times it does not depend on human will at all.
Although he had adjusted the limit lever to the limit, and although they were now condescending, the gunpowder still did not land on the stands as they expected.
"boom--"
One thousand five hundred steps!
This distance has attracted everyone's attention, but it is still of no use...
"How to do how to do!"
Luo Beichuan began to become irritable. There were still five hundred steps to go.
"boom--"
"boom--"
"boom--"
The enemy's trebuchets began to explode again, and stones the size of millstones kept hitting the city wall.
Although the accuracy of these trebuchets was somewhat poor, some stones fell into the crowd of rebels, directly killing a large number of their own people.
There were also some stones that crossed the city wall and flew far away, but after all, there were still a few that hit the spot where cracks had just occurred.
The huge cracks on the city wall frightened everyone. Once the city wall collapsed, they would surely die.
These people under the city are no longer soldiers of the Han Dynasty. They are just a group of rebels. They have no moral principles.
They have wasted too much time and sacrificed too many manpower in this city. In addition, the people in the city helped to defend the city. After the city is broken, a bloody massacre will definitely be inevitable...
"How to do how to do?"
Luo Beichuan was so anxious that his head was covered with sweat, but now, the distance of five hundred steps was like a divine punishment.
"Calm down! Stay calm, there must be another way! There must be another way before it's too late!"
Although the entire city wall was now locked in a deadly battle, Zhang Yuchong still tried his best to keep his tone calmer.
Anxiety cannot solve the problem, and fear cannot solve any problem. What they need now is how to make up the five hundred steps!
"Send the order. After the city is destroyed, I must keep these trebuchets. As well as those who operate the trebuchets, I am not allowed to kill any of them!"
Looking at the big hole that had just emerged in front of the stands, Liu Xuan's face was full of disbelief.
"It must be at least 1,500 steps from the city wall to here, right?"
Liu Xun looked at the crater and murmured to himself.
"Yes, absolutely yes! What do you think your kid is doing? He doesn't want to kill us, does he?"
If it were something else, Liu Piguang might not have a say yet, but on the matter of the trebuchet, he really was the one with the most say among the four princes and kings.
After all, these trebuchets were all made by his people.
This thing was the weapon that Qin Shihuang used to destroy the six kingdoms. After the conflict between Chu and Han, the shape of this trebuchet was changed a lot, and its range became even more terrifying.
From the original three hundred steps, it has now been increased to five hundred steps. Moreover, the longer the projection arm, the farther the objects thrown can be thrown.
In order to drive out these big guys, he plundered countless good wood from his treasury.
"I think, how about we move back a little bit?"
Jiaodong King Liu Xiongqu said with some anxiety.
