Defensive battles are actually not easy to fight.
The tower is so tall and big that you can't run or move if you stay in place. This is a target. The barbarians could jump around freely under the city, but he and the other soldiers could only stand on the city tower to face the enemy.
When the barbarians threw stones and arrows at them, they had no choice but to stand and be beaten.
They wanted to destroy the enemy's trebuchet and bed crossbow, but it was too difficult.
They can only throw stones into the crowd of barbarians. How many people they can hit depends on their luck.
Hitting someone with a trebuchet, the accuracy depends on the sky.
The bed crossbow is more lethal and more accurate, but due to the limited location of the city tower, dozens of heavy city defense weapons cannot be packed in one go. Therefore, if he and the barbarian used the bed crossbow to shoot at each other, it would definitely be He's at a disadvantage here.
Now there are only ten crossbows on the tower.
Staring at the large weapon that his opponent was continuing to move forward, he couldn't help but smile.
The barbarians were really merciful when they attacked the city before. Does he have to thank his enemy for being able to survive to this day?
The other soldiers looked into the distance, their courage and lack of hesitation were suddenly suppressed a lot.
The atmosphere became dull again.
But they have no choice.
Chang Wuchang saw that the barbarian was still going forward. He gritted his teeth, stared at the dark head in front of him and gave the order: "Get ready for crossbows and trebuchets!"
The soldiers in charge of these two weapons loaded stones for those who loaded them, and arrows for those who loaded arrows.
With his "shoot", ten crossbows and ten trebuchets on the tower were launched at the same time, and more than two hundred arrows and ten stones larger than basketballs were thrown out.
The barbarians were already within the range of the crossbow and trebuchet. The arrows and stones were thrown out and directly hit the barbarians.
There are many Hu people, and the North Gate is only three miles away from the Hulu River. Now that the ice on the Hulu River has broken, the Hu people cannot stand on the ice, because now the Hu people are crowded in front of the Hulu River to the North Gate. on this trench.
Although it's not a crowded place, there are definitely a lot of people meeting each other.
Therefore, these arrows and stones were very lethal. After falling into the crowd of barbarians, they immediately took away more than fifty people.
Others were injured.
The hit hit, Chang Wuchang calmly asked the soldiers to continue firing.
After experiencing a small commotion, the Hu people immediately calmed down. They had no intention of continuing to move forward, because their position was now within the range of the trebuchet and crossbow.
Now Dasheng took action first, and they immediately prepared to fight back.
Today, in order to ensure that they can break through the border town, the five major tribes used half of their wealth and troops to attack the city. In their view, the border town is already within their grasp.
Just kidding, even if there are 100,000 troops in a small border town, they have 200,000 troops here!
Coupled with so many heavy siege equipment, if they can't take down the border city, they deserve to starve to death.
As for the five trebuchets whose levers were broken due to the disconnection of the planks, this naturally made them heartbroken.
But it doesn't matter, they still have thirty trebuchets.
This is enough to smash the towers of the border town to pieces.
The Hu people quickly loaded all the trebuchets and bed crossbows with weapons. Thirty trebuchets and thirty bed crossbows had already surrounded the border town!
However, before the leader of the Hu people could give the order to shoot stones and arrows at the tower, something happened that shocked the Hu people.
The wooden shaft in the middle of the trebuchet winch suddenly broke!
And this is not just the case with one trebuchet, but all 30 trebuchets.
Because the trebuchet is relatively tall, it cannot throw the stone farthest by human power, so a winch is needed to throw the stone.
Now that the wooden shaft of the winch is broken, these thirty trebuchets have become waste.
There are also bed crossbows. The bed crossbows need axles to shoot arrows, but now the axles of thirty bed crossbows have suddenly broken!
what's the situation?
What's happening here? !
The Hu people went crazy. Not only more than a dozen leaders rushed forward to check the situation, but many ordinary Hu people also rushed over.
So good, how could these weapons break?
Why is it broken? !
These weapons are broken, what are they using to grab supplies? !
Chang Wuchang stood on the tower and saw that the barbarians were about to fight back. While telling Li Qiao to get down quickly, he shouted harder and asked the soldiers to continue throwing stones and shooting arrows. While the barbarians were crowded together, he had to take more precautions. If some barbarians leave, your death today will not be in vain!
But after just two minutes, he couldn't help but put his hands on the city wall and leaned out his upper body. He wanted to know what happened to him.
what's the situation?
Aren’t the barbarians ready to fight back?
Why are they suddenly rushing towards the trebuchet and bed crossbow?
Instead of busy attacking the tower, I went to see the trebuchet and crossbow. This...
A bold guess that made him ecstatic instantly occupied his head. He was so excited that his big hands holding the city wall trembled slightly, and he took a breath of air.
At this time, Deputy Commander Wu beside him stammered: "Chang, Sir Chang, is the Hu man broken? The trebuchet! The crossbow! Is it broken?"
As soon as these words came out, Chang Wuchang immediately exhaled the breath he had just taken.
He read that right.
He was right.
He couldn't bear to move his eyes, but replied with a trembling tone: "It should be, it should be. God has helped us again."
"God has come to our aid again!"
When he said the latter sentence, his whole body was already full of strength. He turned around and looked at the people behind him with wild eyes: "Brothers, did you see it? The enemy's trebuchet and bed crossbow are broken, broken!"
After he finished speaking, he did not look at the reactions of the soldiers, but looked at Li Qiao. Seeing Li Qiao standing in the corner, looking into the distance in shock, he rushed towards Li Qiao with a single stride.
"Brother Li! God is watching us today. God is helping us again. God is on our side!"
"What's going on?!"
Li Qiao's eyes widened and his mouth opened. He stretched out his arms and pointed at the barbarian in the distance. His delicate face was full of disbelief: "Sir, how could it suddenly break?"
"Hahaha, it must be because the Hu people are unhappy!"
Chang Wuchang had already rushed to Li Qiao. He was dancing excitedly, waving his hands randomly in the air, and his facial features were a little distorted by the surprise of being saved from a desperate situation.
He laughed, as if he was crazy: "The Hu people must have a mole inside themselves. Our spies can only find out a little bit of information, let alone tampering with their trebuchets and crossbows. I just found out today." You know these barbarians hide so many powerful siege weapons!"
It has nothing to do with him anyway.
The Hu people were also very strict with spies and intelligence, which was no different from Dasheng's side. The information his spies conveyed to him was very limited.
Today, the Hu people transported these trebuchets and crossbows to the gate of the border city with great fanfare, which shows that the Hu people themselves did not know that there was something wrong with these heavy siege weapons.
It was not the hands of his spies.
Most barbarians don't know either.
Apart from the fact that the Hu people have a mole themselves, is there a third explanation?
No!
I originally thought that I would have to go down below to meet my ancestors today, but who knew that the barbarians themselves would bite dogs!
Hahaha!
"That's it..."
Li Qiao stared at Chang Wuchang, who was happily spinning around in circles with his hands waving wildly. He blinked his eyes, looking astonished.
Very good, that was the reason he originally thought.
But now Chang Wuchang has spoken out first, saving him the trouble of deliberately guiding her.
But soon he frowned again: "The Hu people sent out so many people this time, they should be trying to take over the border town in one go. At this moment, how could they find a spy?"
"Ha! Brother, you are so naive."
Chang Wuchang chuckled: "There must be someone among the Hu people who wants to seize power. The Hu people are so powerful this time that they seem to eat us alive. But if they fail to capture the border town, do you think there will be another wave of people standing by?" Come out and reprimand the leader this time?”
"The struggle for power among the Hu people is quite serious."
As he spoke, he lightly patted Li Qiao's shoulder, raised his eyebrows at Li Qiao, and said with a "you know" look: "Brother, brother, I won't say much more, you can figure it out yourself." Bar."
What a simple truth.
Ordinary people in the Hu people did not have enough to eat. It was a time when the people were in dire straits. Some people wanted to change the dynasty, so they tampered with these most important weapons.
Afterwards, these people will definitely question the leader this time, and then use public opinion to kill the leader this time, and they will take over the power of the tribe.
This routine is too common.
Hey!
Internal fighting, barbarians fighting among themselves, fighting well! He is determined to offer incense to these ambitious people who want to rise to power tonight, and wishes them and the leader this time to die together!
Li Qiao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth as he looked at Chang Wuchang who looked delighted.
very good.
There is no need for him to explain, Chang Wuchang has already given the perfect answer.
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