When Lu Lan returned to Juancheng and told what happened when he met Liu Yu, Yuan Fu and the powerful elders of Juancheng and others who were present all knew that Juancheng was about to face another fierce battle. ↙eight↙eight↙read↙book,※o◇
These powerful clan elders in Juancheng still had some illusions, hoping that Liu Yu and the Qingzhou Army would be willing to make big things small.
Although these Juancheng powerful men are unwilling to easily participate in the war, at this point, they can only advance and retreat with Yanzhou Governor Yuan Fu.
Otherwise, if the wolf-like Qingzhou Army enters Juancheng, it will be like a mouse falling into a rice vat. They will definitely loot and loot the city. Maybe these Qingzhou soldiers may massacre the city.
You know, there are no soldiers and horses in various states and counties who have not robbed good people. For example, when the reinforcements sent by Pei Dun, the governor of Xuzhou, reached the boundary of Gaoping, they did not even see the shadow of Wang Mishile and other thieves. I first robbed Jiafu and Xifang.
Therefore, now that the matter has come to this, these powerful people in Juancheng have no choice but to cheer up and help the Yanzhou governor to defend the city with food and men.
On this day, various powerful families sent troops to the city wall to assist the state soldiers in defending the city, just as they had done before to defend against the barbarians and bandits of King Shi Le.
The powerful clan elders who climbed up the city wall saw that the Qingzhou Army outside the city was moving quickly and had already controlled the main road leading out of Juancheng.
Seeing this, everyone started talking worriedly.
"These Qingzhou soldiers really have some tricks up their sleeves. They mobilized their troops so quickly and blocked all the important roads in such a short period of time."
"Thankfully, last night, a messenger for help was sent outside overnight."
"Well, when Wang Mi's thieves besieged the city, only these Qingzhou soldiers came to save it. This time the Qingzhou soldiers are besieging the city. I don't know who else can come to save Juancheng."
"I heard that the reinforcements sent by Xuzhou Governor are still in Gaoping. We should have to rely on them this time."
"Hmph, relying on those Xuzhou reinforcements who are indiscriminate between soldiers and bandits will probably drive away tigers and devour wolves."
"These Qingzhou soldiers have already run out of food in the camp. I'm afraid they will be out of food and retreat in less than ten days."
This sentence spoke to the hearts of these powerful men. They felt that as long as they could resist for ten days, Gaoping's reinforcements would have arrived in Juancheng long ago. By then, even if the Qingzhou Army was not afraid of internal and external attacks, they would have withdrawn due to lack of food.
What's more, these powerful people also know that Yuan Fu and Feng Song have contacted several powerful people in Qingzhou to raise troops. If these Qingzhou soldiers don't go back soon, even their hometown in Qingzhou will be turned upside down.
The defenders of Juancheng had sharp-eyed soldiers. From a distance, they saw the Qingzhou Army outside the city making an instrument that looked like a throwing instrument. After receiving the news, the Juancheng Army watched from a distance for a long time and also I didn't understand what the Qingzhou Army was building.
However, in line with the principle of showing leniency to the enemy, Yuan Fu, the governor of Yanzhou, ordered his troops to step up the preparation of materials such as masonry, wood, bat poles, and firewood to defend the city.
The defenders of Juancheng, whether they were state soldiers or various powerful tribes, had already gained rich experience in defending the city from defending Wang Mi and other barbarians, and they quickly moved all kinds of defensive equipment to the city wall. superior.
Early the next morning, the defenders of Juancheng discovered that the Qingzhou Army outside the city began to move forward, approaching not far from the city wall.
Afterwards, the Qingzhou Army began to transport many long and short wooden utensils and began to assemble them on the spot.
By noon, these tools were finally assembled into huge trebuchets.
"Hey, this should be a catapult, but why is there no traction rope?"
A general of the Juancheng garrison guessed the purpose of this instrument, but at this time the trebuchets, also known as stone cannons, were pulled by manpower, but these "stone cannons" of the Qingzhou Army outside the city could not see it. To the traction rope, there is only a huge wooden cage. ⊙√八⊙√八⊙√Read ⊙√ books, 2●3o≥
However, these strange 'stone cannons' did not puzzle the Juancheng army general for a long time. Soon, the Qingzhou army outside the city began to move and load some huge stones, and it seemed that they were about to launch.
As a result, those who had seen the trebuchet among the defenders of Juancheng were even more puzzled and full of doubts.
After learning that the Qingzhou army outside the city was approaching the city wall and seemed about to launch an attack, Yanzhou governor Yuan Fu didn't even bother to eat lunch, so he quickly climbed onto the city wall, preparing to personally supervise the battle to resist the Qingzhou rebels from plundering Juancheng.
In the publicity of this mobilization to defend the city, the Qingzhou Army was portrayed as coveting the wealth of Juancheng. After sneaking into the city in the middle of the night to set fire to the city and the sneak attack failed, they were still unwilling to attack Juancheng brazenly. Therefore, the soldiers and people in Juancheng should all be brave and stop Qingzhou. The undying treachery of the rebel soldiers.
"What are those instruments?"
As soon as Yuan Fu climbed onto the city wall, he saw the Qingzhou military equipment more than a hundred steps outside the city.
A nearby general quickly stepped forward to answer.
"Master Fu, that should be a stone cannon built by thieves."
"Stone cannon?" Yuan Fu once heard that Emperor Wu of Wei used stone cannons when he fought with Yuan Shao in Guandu.
"It is said that dozens of people mobilized the stone cannon to fire the stone pellets, and the sound was like thunder after landing?" Yuan Fu couldn't help but talk about the records he had seen about the stone cannon.
After hearing this, the general explained: "What the Lord Fu said should be the largest stone cannon. The stone cannon as small as the Qingzhou thieves outside the city can project only twenty kilograms of stone pills. If it is heavier, it can reach such a distance." The distance is so far that it can’t be thrown away at all.”
After hearing this, Yuan Fu felt a little relieved. He was very afraid that the Qingzhou thieves outside the city would bring out some artifacts from ancient ruins. After all, he had just heard some rumors about the Qingzhou army's night attack on Hulu, and what about sky fire and thunder. They are all spread with nose and eyes.
Just when Yuan Fu was thinking about other rumors about gods and ghosts, the general next to him suddenly let out a soft cry of surprise.
"Huh? It's so big?!"
"What?"
Yuan Fu said in confusion.
The general quickly directed Yuan Fu to check. It turned out that he was talking about the stone bullets that were about to be launched by the Qingzhou Army outside the city. Those stone bullets looked heavy from a distance, and it was very difficult for a strong man to carry them.
"I'm afraid the stone bullet must weigh a hundred kilograms!" The general murmured in surprise, "How is it possible to throw a hundred kilograms of stone bullets into a stone cannon that is more than a hundred steps away?"
Many Juancheng defenders, like this Yanzhou general, were stunned by the stone bullets prepared by the Qingzhou army outside the city.
Everyone couldn't help but curse in their hearts. These Qingzhou soldiers were either crazy or stupid. No one in the world could throw such a heavy stone cannon.
To throw a hundred kilograms of stone bullets, even if the largest stone cannon is pulled by forty or fifty people, it can only be thrown within a hundred steps at most.
For a moment, the defenders on Juancheng all stared at the dozen or so stone cannons of the Qingzhou Army with their eyes wide open. They were all waiting to see the jokes of these stupid Qingzhou soldiers.
As whistles sounded, the Qingzhou soldiers put the stone bombs into the leather pockets hanging under the throwing pole. Then people climbed to the top from both sides of the stone cannon and placed many stones on the other end of the throwing pole. In that wooden cage.
After the cage was filled with stones, the stone-fillers on both sides climbed down again.
At this time, there was another whistle from the Qingzhou Army. On one side of each stone cannon was a strong man holding a sledgehammer. After hearing the whistle, he suddenly swung the hammer and hit a certain position on the stone cannon.
Many defenders on Juancheng then saw the Qingzhou Army's stone cannon with one end covered with stones suddenly falling, and the throwing rod with stone bullets on the other end rising immediately.
The stone bullet dragged under the throwing rod, pulled by the throwing rod, drew a half arc in the air. When the slender throwing rod was almost vertical to the ground, the huge stone bullet suddenly broke away from the shackles of the leather bag and headed towards The roar came from the direction of Juancheng.
A dozen stone bullets weighing a hundred kilograms easily flew over a hundred steps.
"boom!"
"boom!"
Two huge roars came from the walls of Juancheng, and at the same time there was a stir of dust.
What followed was the screams of soldiers who were hit by rubble.
As for the person who was hit by the stone bullet, he had already been hit in the torso and lost his life on the spot.
The stone bullet that directly hit the city wall defender landed less than five steps away from Yuan Fu, the governor of Yanzhou. If it had strayed a little further to the right, Yuan Fu and the governor of Yanzhou might have died on the spot.
"Quick! Protect the Lord!"
"Master Fu, hurry down to the city and take shelter!"
Several of Yuan Fu's generals reacted quickly. Seeing how powerful the Qingzhou Army's stone cannons were, they all dragged Yuan Fu down the city wall to escape.
"Let go!"
Yuan Fu suddenly yelled loudly, "Although the thief's stone cannon is powerful, hitting it from such a long distance is just luck. I am the commander, how can I back down from the battle?"
After hearing Yuan Fu's words, all his generals also felt admiration.
At this time, there were already some casualties caused by casualties on the walls of Juancheng. Yuan Fu quickly ordered his men to suppress the attack and told the defenders present that it was just the enemy's good luck. As long as they pay attention to dodge, they can always Avoiding large stone bullets weighing more than 100 kilograms.
After finishing all this, Yuan Fu suddenly found that his back was soaked with cold sweat. Although he pretended to be calm, the instinctive fear just now could not deceive him.
The Qingzhou Army just fired fifteen stone bullets, and thirteen of them landed on the open space in front of the city wall. One hit the waist of the city wall and made a dent, and the other one was the one that hit the city wall just now.
Although Yuan Fu has seen the blood on the battlefield, the method of killing a person with a huge stone from a hundred steps away is still too terrifying. He took a glance just now and saw that the chest of the soldier who was hit was as soft as mud. .
With his knowledge, he was so scared, not to mention those ordinary soldiers. Yuan Fu knew that if he had run away just now, the frightened soldiers on the city wall would have lost their military morale.
In order to counterattack, Yuan Fu quickly arranged for the generals to select strong gunmen and found several crossbows in an attempt to counterattack.
But at such a long distance, even if the crossbow can reach the range, its power is very weak.
Soon, another whistle sounded from the Qingzhou Army outside the city. When the second round of whistles sounded, more than a dozen huge stone bullets, mixed with the sound of the wind, flew towards the Juancheng wall.
This time, only one of the fifteen stone bullets hit the middle of the city wall, and the rest all missed. One of them jumped over the city wall, fell into Juancheng, and collapsed a straw shed.
Seeing that this time, only one stone bullet hit, Liu Yu couldn't help but feel disappointed.
This kind of counterweighted trebuchet can throw stone projectiles weighing one hundred kilograms at a maximum distance of three hundred meters, which is nearly two hundred steps.
However, if you build these trebuchets yourself, even if they are thrown at a centered distance, the accuracy is very sad.
After two rounds, even if the target is a behemoth like a city wall, the accuracy of these trebuchets is only less than 10%.
However, unlike Liu Yu who was disappointed by the huge gap, Liu Xun, who was ordered to command these counterweighted trebuchets, was like an excited child. Every time he fired, even if he only hit one, he would cheer.
Just as excited as him were the ordinary Qingzhou Army soldiers. The feeling of being able to hit the enemy with rocks on the head just by watching was not very satisfying.
Therefore, every time the trebuchet is launched, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army will burst into cheers.
After several rounds, unlike the Qingzhou Army whose morale was getting higher and higher, the defenders of Juancheng fell into deep fear.
Even though Yuan Fu, the governor of Yanzhou, led his generals to personally supervise the battle at the top of the city, the morale of the defenders was getting lower and lower.
In fact, every time the cheers of the Qingzhou Army were heard in the distance, the defenders at the top of the city felt that a disaster was imminent, and many people immediately felt the urge to urinate.
Finally, when a city wall collapsed under repeated bombardment, half of it collapsed. Several unlucky defenders nearby fell down, ranging from sprains to broken bones. At this time, the original wall on the city wall collapsed. The densely packed defenders have become sparse.
Fortunately, at this time, the Qingzhou Army outside the city stopped bombarding them.
Yuan Fu looked from a distance and saw that the Qingzhou Army's stone cannons were out of bullets. Taking advantage of this gap, Yuan Fu hurried down to the city to find Zuo Sima Feng Song and others to discuss countermeasures.
There isn't much time left for him. After all, Juancheng's walls are already crumbling in many places, and I'm afraid it won't be able to hold on until tomorrow.
He didn't want Liu Yu to clean his neck and chop off his head.
Not long after Yuan Fu led his generals down the city wall, they met Zuo Sima Feng Song.
Feng Song met many powerful tribesmen who had retreated from the city wall in the city. Hearing that the Qingzhou Army used a powerful stone cannon, he was so frightened that many powerful men led his troops to become deserters.
He was afraid that Yuan Fu was too old and unable to cope, so he hurriedly came to help.
When Feng Song climbed onto the city wall, he was immediately shocked by the Qingzhou Army's powerful stone cannon.
Especially, when the Qingzhou Army brought new stones and started to project them again, Feng Song was even more frightened. With such power, no rammed earth city wall could support it, even one like Luoyang. The greatest city in the world cannot resist it.
Feng Song and Yuan Fu quickly discussed the countermeasures. Since they did not dare to go out of the city to destroy the stone cannons, they could only quickly build a second obstacle behind the several city walls that were about to collapse to prevent the enemy from attacking through the destroyed gaps. enter.
This kind of construction requires a lot of manpower, so Yuan Fu, the governor of Yanzhou, went to the city to find various heroes and emphasized that more troops should be sent to Dingkou, leaving Feng Song to take command and guard the city wall.
With the support of everyone, Yuan Fu dragged his tired body and just got off the city wall when waves of cheers from Qingzhou Army soldiers came from outside.
Then, a dull bombardment came from Juancheng.
Yuan Fu, who had been tortured for a day, was beginning to get used to this, so he didn't pay much attention and wanted to move on.
Suddenly, a burst of wailing and crying came from the city wall.
"It's not good! Someone come quickly!"
"Oops, Feng Sima was hit!" 11
