"Beat the drums and attack the city." Zhang Jiao said angrily.
Chi You was not only his adopted son, but he also trained Chi You as the future leader of the Yellow Turbans.
In Zhang Jiao's view, Chi You not only had the best military power in the world, but was also good at commanding troops, and even handled the Yellow Turban government affairs. He was capable of both civil and military skills, and was both wise and courageous.
But now that Chi You was wounded by an enemy general's hidden arrow, how could Zhang Jiao not be angry. Therefore, the siege was directly ordered.
However, Zhang Jiao was worthy of being Zhang Jiao. Being able to develop the Yellow Turban to the extent it is today, he was certainly not a mediocre person, so he quickly calmed down his restless mood.
Almost 99% of the Yellow Turban Army were from poor backgrounds, and they still had some courage, but their professional level in commanding troops was far inferior to that of the Han Army.
However, this was the situation in original history. Now, due to the existence of several balances, there are also top generals in the Yellow Turban Army, although the number is very small. The two most famous among them are Zhang Jiao's two adopted sons, Zhang Dingbian and Chi You.
However, now that Zhang Ding was facing Huangfu Song on the battlefield in Yanzhou in the Central Plains, it was naturally impossible to rush over immediately to help Zhang Jue lead the army to attack the city. Therefore, Zhang Jiao had to let Chi You, who had just bandaged up and rushed to Zhang Jiao's side, continue to work.
The current Yellow Turbans are not like the Yellow Turbans in the original history. The siege equipment only has some simple ladders. There are two high-ranking generals, Chi You and Zhang Dingbian, and Li Zicheng, a momentary hero. Naturally, it is impossible not to pay attention to siege. Construction and storage of equipment.
As early as the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Jiao took the opportunity to rob some government craftsmen at the suggestion of several people. He also harassed private craftsmen and specially crafted ordnance for the Yellow Turbans in a secret place.
Although due to time and the large number of Yellow Turbans, the Yellow Turban Army's armor and equipment are still far inferior to those of the Han Army. Only the hundreds of thousands of elites specially trained by Zhang Jiao can even see the soldiers' armor and weapons. However, Zhang Jiao had a lot of siege equipment in reserve, and the Yellow Turbans also looted some of them when they attacked the government offices of various states.
The Yellow Turbans were well prepared for this siege, with chariots and ladders available, and there were even a large number of wells and catapults being slowly pushed forward in the distance.
Chi You raised his head and looked at the fortified city in front of him, murderous intent flashed through his heart, and he said loudly, "Catapult troops, prepare for the first wave of attack."
In an instant, more than a hundred catapults advanced slowly under the escort of 20,000 yellow scarves. They did not start throwing stone projectiles until they were within sufficient attack distance. In an instant, under the control of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers, thousands of stone bullets flew towards Yecheng.
Many people think that the catapult was invented by Liu Ye during the Battle of Guandu. In fact, this is not the case. Liu Ye did not invent the catapult at all. Liu Ye just made some improvements to the catapult.
In fact, catapults have been used as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. The structure of the original catapult was very simple. It was a huge lever, with stones loaded in leather sheaths or wooden baskets at the long end, and dozens of ropes tied to the short end. , when the order is given, dozens of people pull the rope at the same time, using the principle of leverage to throw the rocks. A single projectile can shoot out dozens of kilograms of flying rocks at once. The quality is different, and it can shoot distances ranging from hundreds of meters. It can be called a cannon that leads the age of weapons.
The first large-scale use of catapults in the history of Chinese wars should have been during the Warring States Period when Qin general Li Xin attacked Chu. At that time, the Chu army secretly prepared a large number of catapults. When the Qin army crossed the river, they suddenly launched them at the same time. Countless sharp stones smashed into the Qin army like a dark cloud. The 200,000 Qin army was completely defeated. Li Xin himself was defeated and committed suicide. Later, Wang Jian, one of the four generals of the Warring States Period, led an army of 600,000 to conquer Chu. This shows the power of the catapult at that time.
In fact, even though the Yellow Turbans have more than a hundred catapults that can fire thousands of stone projectiles at a time, the lethality of the catapults is extremely limited. After all, with the current level of technology, how accurate can this catapult be, and how many people can it hit when it really hits the Han army?
But the real purpose of the catapult is to suppress the enemy's morale and assist one's own siege operations. Think about it, if rocks are constantly flying towards you from the sky on the battlefield, even though the chance of hitting you is very small, it is not scary. Especially when someone is hit with blood, how can the surrounding soldiers not be frightened after seeing it?
However, fortunately, the Han side also had some catapults. Although there were only less than twenty, they also caused a lot of losses to the catapult troops of the Yellow Turban Army by taking advantage of their commanding position.
It is a pity that after all, the Yellow Turbans' numerical advantage is too obvious, and the Han army cannot change the overall situation no matter how convenient the location is.
After Chi You saw the initial achievements of the catapult troops, he also began to carry out the second step of action.
Following Chi You's order, tens of thousands of yellow scarves began to carry the ladders, push them onto the charging carts, and rush towards the city wall and gate one after another. Later, the Jinglan troops of the Yellow Turban Army were ready to move and were ready to attack.
The casualties suffered by ordinary Yellow Turban troops in the past few days were not meaningless. In addition to the loss of a lot of manpower in Yecheng, the moat under Yecheng was naturally filled in early, but it facilitated the attack of the Yellow Turban army today.
"Send the order, when the Yellow Turban Moth Thieves approach, roll wood and thunder stones from near, and throw bows and arrows from far away."
Facing the Yellow Turban Army's attack, Lu Zhi remained calm and issued orders one after another calmly.
Siege battles are always the most brutal. When the Yellow Turbans approached, countless rolling logs and thunderstones were thrown at their heads. The Han archers on the city fired thousands of arrows. For a time, countless Yellow Turbans soldiers roared in pain. The sound, or the sound of unwilling trumpeting.
But after the ladder was erected, the yellow scarf soldiers climbing on the ladder were even worse. There were still many ways to deal with the ladder in a siege.
Some Han officers and soldiers used push poles to push down the ladder, but the Yellow Turban Army on top suffered a disaster. It was a trivial matter that they were turned into a puddle of flesh.
Some Han officers and soldiers also poured a basin of kerosene on the ladder, and then shot it with a rocket. Unlucky soldiers would even be burned alive.
Of course, the worst thing was the Yellow Turban soldiers who were poured with golden juice, which is boiled feces and urine, also known as "golden juice". Gold juice was commonly used in ancient city defenses. Not only could it burn enemies to death, but it also made the feces dirty and the wounds rotten, making it difficult to heal.
If the Yellow Turban morale that was poured with golden juice did not die on the spot, it would definitely not be luck, it would only be despair. Because once someone is poured with gold juice, not only will they have to bear the pain of burns all the time, but wounds infected by gold juice are almost difficult to treat with ancient medical conditions.
