With Liu Yu's first attack, the Beifu Army formation, which had been standing still like a mountain, suddenly scattered into hundreds of small squares, and then changed from horizontal formation to column, forming a torrent of steel, following Liu Yu closely. Yu and others rushed behind the leading team members and rushed onto the embankment on the shore.
Fu Rong stationed his horse on a small slope outside Shouchun City, and was directing his men to retreat into the temporary camp fence set up several hundred steps offshore. As soon as his order was given, it would be repeated by dozens or hundreds of messengers speaking different languages, and then they would quickly turn to the armies of various tribes. After a while, these armies would be seen noisy. The troops of the Di tribe retreated noisily, with the troops of the Di tribe trailing behind, covered by strong bow and shield formations. Behind these tens of thousands of Di troops were hundreds of thousands of troops of all ethnic groups who were retreating across the board, at varying speeds and in varying order. It's not too good, and thanks to the leaders and chiefs of each tribe who have been in battle for a long time, they will not collapse at this time.
Next to Fu Rong was the brave general Mao Dang. He frowned and whispered: "Mr. Yang Ping, isn't our retreat a bit too hasty? We should let the foreign troops behind retreat first, and after they have finished, If our Di troops withdraw again, chaos will easily arise."
A sneer appeared at the corner of Fu Rong's lips: "This is how I want to lure the Jin army to attack! We saw the chaos, and they also saw it. See Xie Xuan playing the harp on the mountain, using the sound of the harp as a signal, he will attack across the board, as long as When they rush onto the pontoon, hehe, they will know how stupid they are!"
Before he finished speaking, the Jin army had already begun to attack across the board. Mao Dang exclaimed: "Here we come, the Jin army is charging!"
A cold light flashed in Fu Rong's eyes, and he raised his right arm high, with his five fingers together, and his palm was like a knife, and he cut it off fiercely: "The Jin army will not be able to cross the river so quickly, guard against their stone throws." car!"
At the same time, more than 200 catapults of the Jin army had been transported fifty steps to the river. The slingers were hurriedly removing the wheels from under the catapults, and then quickly fixing the catapults to prevent them from hurling stones. Shaking and sideways movement occur during the process. A slight difference in angle here may cause a stone to hit the person's head, making it impossible to cry.
In just one cup of hot tea, more than 200 catapults were already in place. A large cart was parked next to each cart, which was piled with large and small stones. The largest one looked about Seven or eight kilograms, and the small ones are pieces of pebbles. There are no mountains beside Feishui River. The trees used to build trebuchets can transport large logs from behind, but these thrown stones cannot be obtained nearby. On the west bank of Feishui River, All the cobblestones were plundered by Jin army craftsmen. This move puzzled the Qin people yesterday. Only now did they understand that its purpose was for today's stone throwing storm.
In the Beifu Army's Central Army, on the front military commander's platform, Liu Laozhi watched the catapults by the river being prepared one after another, their arms hanging down one after another, and the catapults were already piled with large and small stones. He nodded and said in a deep voice to Liu Jingxuan beside him: "Order, throw stones!"
The command flag in Liu Jingxuan's hand was raised high, and this time it spun three and a half times in the air before falling suddenly.
As his command flag fell fiercely, the weights hanging on the front ends of the more than 200 catapults in front also fell almost simultaneously. The front end of the force arm hit the ground hard, and the rear end containing stones The force arm drew a huge arc and flew into the sky. The large and small stones contained in the sling trough also escaped from the sling trough one after another, crossed the Feishui River, and headed towards the Qin army fifty steps away by the river. fly in the array.
The sky was filled with large and small stones flying. Since more than 200 catapults were concentrated on this ten-mile-wide front, there was one almost thirty steps away, which exceeded the safe distance between catapults. , many of the stones thrown came into close contact with each other in the air. About two-thirds of the stones were thrown across the river, and the other third of the stones were either not strong enough, or they were in close contact with each other in the air. Other stones hit each other, and with the sound of "plop" and "plop", they fell into the Feishui. White water columns shot up into the sky, and even many fish in the river jumped in fright. Some of them jumped in fright. Some simply jumped directly to the two banks. Looking from a distance, on the opposite bank, there was a piece of white fish belly.
But there were still many stones falling into the Qin army's camp. Following the orders from the Qin camp, thousands of large wooden rafts tied together with arm-thick wood stood up one after another, like giant umbrellas. The ground was supported on the heads of the 30,000 archers in the front row, forming huge sky nets to protect the safety of the archers, while the shield soldiers were like pillars, with their hands raised , carrying those wooden rafts, holding up a sky for themselves and the archers.
The sound of "crackling" was endless, and from time to time, heavier stones were hit, making the several shield bearers holding the wooden raft unable to stand. They vomited blood and fell to the ground. As long as one person fell, this piece of A piece of the upright raft will collapse, exposing the dozen or so archers under the raft, and then a barrage of rocks will follow. If these dozen archers don't roll over to other rafts in time, If you get down in the row, you will be beaten to pieces by these stones and die.
Waves of cheers erupted from the Jin army. When each catapult volley fired, the soldiers of the adjacent Jin army always raised their long spears in their hands and roared: "Wind! Wind! Wind! Strong wind! Strong wind!" Strong wind!"
The Jin army's stone attack was indeed like a violent storm, pouring continuously towards the opposite side. The wooden rafts were constantly being knocked down and crooked, and the dying screams of the people in the opposite camp who were hit, and the cries of the injured were heard. The rolling and groaning sounds were clearly transmitted here, making the slingers of the Jin army even more excited. Regardless of the severe cold in early spring, they sweated profusely and made firing movements again and again.
Qin Fang, on the high slope, Fu Rong was smiling, looking at the shield array in front of him that was being beaten and shaking, but basically most of the shields were held high, nodded slightly, and looked to the other side with a gloomy expression. Mao Dang said: "General Mao, do you see that the Jin army's catapults cannot break our wooden shield array?"
There was no smile on Mao Dang's face. He shook his head and said: "But, now we only get beaten and don't attack. After all, it's not a solution. After all, human power will be difficult to defeat these mechanical forces. After a long time, The shoulders of the sergeants who carry the wooden platoon will always be sore, and they are afraid that they cannot carry it for another half an hour."
