Casualties brought tremendous pressure in an instant.
If the stone bullets hit the city wall, it would at best make the soldiers nervous.
At this moment, the hearts of the defenders on this section of the city wall were in their throats, like frightened beasts. If anything went wrong, they would riot or flee.
As a general, Wang Kuang naturally would not sit back and watch this happen. He immediately formed a supervising team with his own troops and issued strict orders to the troops.
"good!"
New Second Army Operational Group.
The observer using the telescope to observe the ballistic trajectory shouted loudly.
Just before his sight, beautiful bright red flowers bloomed on the city wall.
"Hold the No. 2 machine at Wangshan and reload the cluster bombs!"
"Plan No. 1 was lifted up for a moment, and the stone bullet was tested."
"Plan No. 3 is raised for two minutes and a stone bullet is fired!"
The observer hands press the results emitted by each machine and give the data decisively.
And the manipulators trust their colleagues 100%.
Pull rope, winch, a group of twenty people operate a trebuchet,
Even so, the frequency of trebuchet attacks is still impressive.
But fortunately, the three armies were synchronized and all three city walls were attacked, which was enough to make the Pyongyang defenders restless.
"General! Our crossbows can't reach them!"
On the city wall, Wang Kuang was naturally also trying to crack the new army's offensive.
The city defense crossbows were fired one after another, but the distance of the trebuchets did not allow the crossbow operators to judge at all. The fired crossbow bolts flew to no one's know where they went after they left the effective range.
Some people are lucky, and the crossbow arrows fly over the heads of the members of the operating team.
But at such a long distance, the crossbow operators could no longer see the movement of the crossbow arrows, and naturally could not make effective adjustments.
"The crossbowmen continue to shoot, and they must not stop without orders!"
There was no way, not being able to shoot Wang Kuang would not stop the crossbowmen. It could only depend on luck. As long as one arrow hit, both the morale and the offensive of the new army would benefit one's side.
The city of Pyongyang is rich in supplies, and Wang Kuang can afford it for the time being. He doesn't believe that the Han army can carry sufficient supplies of food and equipment as well as all kinds of equipment!
The crossbowmen fired arrow after arrow.
For a while, it really put pressure on the operation team.
As a last resort.
The spotter changed the firing plan.
Start giving priority to taking care of the city defense crossbows on the city wall.
"Unit No. 1"
"Unit Three"
The exchange of shots from both sides is back and forth.
This scene did not end until the operation team's trebuchet reached the ultimate fracture point.
The operational teams outside the three city walls received orders to return collectively.
When they saw the trebuchet stopped, the Pyongyang City defenders breathed a sigh of relief.
Just judging from the blooming blood flowers on various sections of the city walls.
Today's New Army offensive achieved the desired results.
The morale of the New Army is booming, while Pyongyang's morale is sluggish.
After a round of offensive, our side achieved no results and instead suffered more casualties.
General Wang Kuang could only reward him again.
But after this round of offensive, he began to feel a little less confident.
This was only a small-scale action by the Han army, but it had already thrown the defenders into chaos. What would happen if the entire Han army pressed forward?
The New Army's offensive went smoothly, and the same was true for the tigers and eagles attacking the two armies in the right direction of Beiping.
His attention shifted back to the border counties of Han Dynasty.
On the day the New Army set out from Liaoning.
Tigers and eagles attacked the two armies, and they also divided into two groups and marched towards the border county at the same time.
Unlike the resistance in Pyongyang city.
Under the intensive cultivation of Zhang Qi, the large-scale action of weaving nets in the border counties can be said to have won the hearts of the people in Liao.
When the banner of the Marquis of Liao appeared in each county, the people in each county rushed to greet him as if they were welcoming the king's army.
This made the Huben Army and the Eagle Attack Army's operations to regain the border counties go smoothly.
The roads were led by the common people, and although the county magistrates were willing to resist, their various actions were notified by the people and weaved nets, so they could not gain any advantage.
Even if they were to defend the city, it would be difficult to hold the city gates as the people in the county responded to each other internally and externally.
Only a month or two.
Tigers and eagles attacked the two armies, and each captured their target counties.
The two counties of Yuyang and Guangyang were captured. Ten thousand new troops were left in each of the two counties to guard them, and then the two armies continued to move forward.
Shanggu, Daijun, Yanmen, Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang and other counties were all in Zhang Qi's early territory.
But as the battle lines lengthened.
The tiger, the eagle, and the two armies can only send out one army to recover, while the other army is to watch and help each other, responsible for blocking possible attacks from the Han Dynasty.
But this possibility is not high.
Under the deterrence of millions of Taiping troops, most of the Han army's troops were confronting the Taiping troops.
As the border counties were lost one after another.
Chang'an court has become a pot of porridge.
There were civil servants and military generals who advocated that matters in border counties should be dealt with first.
There are also ministers who advocate the elimination of rebellions in various places first.
There are even some who want to negotiate peace with Zhang Qi and give up their interests to stabilize his offensive pace.
In the past, the scene where the main war faction was dominated by one family no longer exists.
Liu Che's right to speak was restricted.
This made him very angry.
As an emperor who was used to being domineering, he was now being checked and balanced in various ways.
The main cause of this outcome was the division of military power.
In the past, Liu Che relied on young generals such as Wei Qing, Gongsun, and Yu Linlang, and Liu Che could be said to have all the military power in the world in his hands.
But as the young generals he trained fell one after another.
Now the only one Liu Che can rely on is Yu Linlang.
If the world does not change, Liu Che still has time to let the Yulin Langs gradually take control of the world's military power, but there is nothing he can do.
The situation is changing rapidly.
As soon as the border counties were pacified, rebels appeared in the hinterland of Han Dynasty.
At first, Liu Che actually didn't take the rebels seriously.
Because there are bandits like this almost every year, but without exception they are dealt with by the magistrates and governors of various counties.
But this time the Taiping Army was not.
They are organized, have chances, and even have no shortage of civil servants, counselors, and generals.
They were extremely fast and broke out everywhere in Han Dynasty almost at the same time.
One branch, two branches, three branches. They can be found almost everywhere in Han Dynasty, with millions of followers.
The situation was completely beyond Liu Che's control.
He had no choice but to recall the Yulin Army from the border counties, but it was still not enough.
Helplessly, military power began to be decentralized,
Various military ministers groups began to regain control of military power.
Now that Liu Che had fewer cards and the ministers had more cards, the two emperors Wen and Jing were once again confused about their stable situation at the card table.
"Your Majesty, I still believe that stabilizing the Marquis of Liao first and giving priority to solving the rebellion in Qingzhou are important matters for the court."
"Nonsense! Although the rebel army is powerful, at the end of the day they are just some illiterate ant people! If the Marquis of Liao is able to control the border counties and waits for his army to show its sharp edge, how will we respond? !”
"Don't forget, this Marquis of Liao was the master who from the beginning defeated ten thousand with a thousand cavalry, attacked a hundred thousand with ten thousand cavalry, and captured two kings alive!"
"Not to mention that the Luotuan clan of the Xiongnu has also been completely wiped out by him. Do you not know the importance of the Luutang clan? That is the clan of the Xiongnu chanyus in the past!"
"I don't want to kill the budding princes who have such a dazzling record, but I want to take care of the ants. You guys have such deep intentions!"
"enough!"
On the throne, Liu Che shouted loudly.
(End of chapter)
