Hearing this, Nie Chen immediately became energetic and asked,
"Can you use a trebuchet? Do you know how to aim?"
"Do you still need to aim the trebuchet? Don't they all hit in the general direction?"
Da Zhuang said in surprise.
"Of course not. We need to set the parabola based on the angle... Forget it, I'll go by myself. Before the opponent knows we have a trebuchet, hit their trebuchets. If the opponent doesn't have the trebuchet, our casualties will be higher. Greatly reduced.”
Nie Chen stood up, observed the location of the opponent's trebuchet, then marked the inner wall, and hurriedly ran down the wall.
Weng Qiuchan held a bow and arrow in her hand and turned to look at Nie Chen blankly.
Her father is dead, and this man is now her support, and he can always bring surprises to her.
As soon as Nie Chen ran down the city wall, he saw Li Yuanjun hurriedly running from a house.
"There are too many wounded and we don't have enough manpower!"
Because the war started, the residents near the city wall ran to the inner city to take refuge. Li Yuanjun led the medical team to station here to rescue the wounded nearby.
"If you don't have enough manpower, ask Qi Huan to bring all the doctors in the city and ask him to find someone for you. There are tens of thousands of people in the city. Isn't that enough for you?"
"But I don't know where Qi Huan is?"
"Send someone to find it!"
After Nie Chen finished speaking, he hurried towards the trebuchet.
Seeing this, Li Yuanjun gritted her teeth. She originally wanted to borrow some for the soldiers. After all, they were her own people so she could use them with confidence and not be afraid of blood and wounds. But looking at the situation now, it would be difficult to defend the city. It should not be possible. I'll lend it to her.
Nie Chen came to the trebuchet under the city wall, and then compared it with the marks above and began to calibrate it one by one.
There are eight trebuchets outside the city and ten in the city, but the opponent's trebuchets can be hit directly without aiming. He really has to aim at the opponent's trebuchet to hit them.
He knew the distance and angle well, and he also knew the counterweight of his trebuchet. The only uncertain factor was the weight of the stone bullet. He could only do everything well and leave the rest to God's will.
"This is the angle, don't move anymore, prepare the stone bullets, and follow my orders!"
"As you command!"
After the explanation, Nie Chen hurriedly walked towards the city wall, when suddenly a big stone flew over his head.
Nie Chen quickly lowered his head to avoid it, and the big stone hit a trebuchet without missing a beat.
One of our own trebuchets was immediately smashed to pieces, and one of the three soldiers on the side was killed and two wounded.
Mad, how could it be such a coincidence!
"Hurry and carry it down to save people!"
Nie Chen cursed secretly while recalibrating a trebuchet to replace the target of the trebuchet just now.
After doing it, Nie Chen climbed onto the city wall again, and then shouted,
"put!"
Whoosh whoosh!
The nine stone bullets hit the enemy camp outside the city in a beautiful parabola.
Under Nie Chen's gaze, the stone bullets hit hard. Six of the opponent's eight trebuchets were smashed on the spot. The other three stone bullets hit the opponent's waiting military formation, killing many people. Few people.
"good!"
Nie Chen was in high spirits. Six of the nine stone bullets hit the target. On a trebuchet with almost zero accuracy, it was already a miracle.
There are only two trebuchets left on the opposite side, which are no longer a threat.
Liu Hu jumped greatly at this sudden turn of events, and the horses under him were frightened and neighed.
"Damn it, there's a trebuchet on the opposite side?!"
Liu Hu was shocked and cursed angrily,
"Quick, go back, pull the trebuchet back, and the whole army retreats a hundred steps!"
"As you command!"
The thousand men in front were still charging, but the army of more than ten thousand in the back began to retreat.
Many soldiers who were charging couldn't help but panic when they saw their flag moving back.
But the coach did not call back the troops, and they had to continue charging.
Behind the city wall, the trebuchet changed its range and hit the army outside the city.
Under the attack of trebuchets, city-breaking crossbows and bows and arrows, there were almost indiscriminate attacks from the base of the wall to a range of 300 steps outside the city.
This time, most of the battalion was killed or injured before they could even get close to the base of the city wall. The county guard had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
Nie Chen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that all the opponent's troops had retreated back to their camp, and cheers erupted from the city wall.
Nie Chen left Wang Hao to guard the city wall, replaced the soldiers guarding the city, and let the others go down to rest.
When walking towards the city wall, Nie Chen said to Qi Huan,
"Send someone to secretly explore the location of the food and grass in the governor's camp. If possible, I will take the cavalry to steal the camp at night and burn their food and grass."
"okay, I get it."
Qi Huan was about to turn around, but turned his head and said to Nie Chen,
"Lord, if it is feasible, there is no need for you to lead the cavalry to burn it yourself. I have my own way.
You are our boss now, don't put yourself at risk.
We Shadow Guards are still somewhat useful. "
"Okay, I'm not saying you're useless, it's just that you have to pay attention to your safety."
Nie Chen waved his hands and smiled.
Before it got dark, the county town opened its gates, and some soldiers brought the newly recruited young men to the outside of the city to carry the bodies and dispose of them.
Every time there is a war, there must be a truce every once in a while to dispose of the corpses. Otherwise, if the corpses are kept for a long time, the stench will fill the sky and cause a plague.
The plague is a demon, but it does not distinguish between friend and foe, and no one dares to release it.
The county guard also sent people with white flags to collect the corpses, but Wang Hao ordered them to shoot them back with broken military crossbows.
There are already few supplies in the city, so we need to take advantage of the time to clean up the battlefield to collect some stone bullets and arrows.
Recycling.
After a siege battle, Nie Chen did not take any time off. He first went to Li Yuanjun to visit the injured soldiers, and then went to the warehouse to check the grain, grass and military supplies. After finding that the problems were not serious, he He took Weng Qiuchan and others back to the county government office.
In the main hall of the county government, there was the coffin of the head of the family. People sat on both sides and began to discuss the next war.
Qi Huanxianhui reports,
"Lord, today we are recruiting soldiers in the city. A total of more than 2,000 people have signed up. Our Qingshui County has a population of only tens of thousands, mostly old, young, women and children. Most of the men have their own work to do. We can recruit 2,000 people. , it’s already the limit.”
Nie Chen nodded and said,
"That's okay. It's good to have two thousand people. Take the time to train these days. At least you must be able to wield a sword and use a repeating crossbow, and be able to read the general's flag."
"Understood, I will send someone to do this."
Lin Guang nodded and said.
Da Zhuang frowned and said,
"Lord, what should I do if the enemy takes the opportunity to attack Qingfeng Village?"
Nie Chen chuckled lightly and said,
"There are only more than 10,000 of them. There are more than 3,000 people in Qingfeng Village now. Although they are all workers, there are also 500 defenders. If they work together, they can defend it."
