That's right, Zhao Kuo has already prepared large, medium and small wooden boxes for all catapults, which correspond to the three distances of enemies: far, medium and near.
So far, the most powerful long-distance wooden box has not yet appeared. If it is replaced with the largest and heaviest box, the catapult can even directly smash huge rocks into the front army camp when the Yan army just formed a formation.
The reason why Zhao Kuo waited for the Yan army to reach the mid-to-long distance before decisively giving the order to shoot was to hide a hand of cards so that he could give the Yan army a surprise when Li Mu returned to encircle and annihilate the Yan army. On the other hand, Zhao Kuo still wanted to We must keep all the Yan army's siege equipment at once as much as possible!
Only when the Yan army is fully running, there is no way to turn back. Sure enough, with
The sound of "buzzing" sounded again behind the city tower, and bursts of bangs suddenly sounded outside the south gate.
"Bang bang bang" sound of equipment collapsing. In the Yan Army's forward formation, screams and calls for help instantly rang out.
On top of the city tower, almost all the Zhao army officers and soldiers, including Sun Gu, could not help but open their mouths!
When did our catapult become so powerful? This is a perfect hit! Just as they were marveling, another round of stone bullets appeared in the sky above the tower. Compared with the previous two times, the stone bullets this time were obviously more numerous and denser.
That's right, Zhao Kuo's artillery battalion finally started their salvo mode after some corrections! Immediately, one stone bullet after another crazily hit the Yan army's siege equipment!
Not only were the instruments destroyed, but the broken stones were mixed with sharp wood chips, and almost all the surrounding Yan troops were swallowed up in them.
Almost at the same time that every siege equipment was destroyed, the Yan army, which ranged from dozens to hundreds, were all stunned on the spot!
The captain who was in the vanguard looked back when he heard the wailing, but all he saw was a cloud of smoke and blood and a cloud of blood. The loss of the Yan army was huge!
The captain understood that retreating at this time would only make him a target. Even if he did not die under Zhao Jun's stone bullets, he would probably die under the general's sharp blade.
If you retreat without hearing the sound of gold, you will be killed! At the foot of Anping City, Yin Jian, the beheaded captain, was not far away. Gritting his teeth, the captain quickly made up his mind: Only by moving forward, approaching the city wall as quickly as possible, and getting close to the city wall could he avoid misfortune.
"Quick, quick, quick!" Captain Du kept urging, and even divided a team of people to cooperate.
"Pull forward and push back" the instruments. However, the length of the pull rope is limited after all, and there are even fewer places where the equipment can push. No matter how much manpower there is, there is a limit, so the speed cannot be increased.
In desperation, the captain had no choice but to order the archers who had already boarded the arrow tower and were setting up their bows to quickly go downstairs in order to reduce the weight of the arrow tower and speed up the process.
They would rather expose their troops to the rain of Zhao army's arrows and lose the upper hand, but also want to save the last few arrow towers.
Otherwise, all the siege equipment would have been destroyed before anyone could reach the city wall. What would be the point of fighting? Unfortunately, although the pioneer captain of the Yan Army tried his best to make timely adjustments, it would take time for the army to adjust its actions, and Zhao Jun's stone bullets kept hitting the Yan Army's camp all the time!
So except for a few arrow towers on both sides of the captain, which luckily escaped due to the captain's timely adjustment, the rest of the arrow towers were quickly destroyed.
Of course, in terms of absolute strength, luck is often not worth mentioning. Soon the few remaining arrow towers could not be retained in the end.
It's not that the catapults in the city are making great achievements again. After all, they have already advanced under the city wall. Even if the catapults want to make great achievements again, it will still take time to adjust.
Unfortunately, the captain, who was frightened by the catapult, was obviously a little panicked. You must know that the arrow tower is different from the city assault vehicle. It does not need to be close to the city wall. Instead, it needs to be separated by ten or twenty meters to ensure the shooting distance.
Because of the distance of more than ten or twenty meters, the arrow tower did not have good fire prevention measures like a city ramming vehicle.
However, in order to avoid the stone bullet attack, the captain actually pushed the two arrow towers that had luckily escaped the disaster by more than ten meters, almost hitting Zhao Kuo in the face. .
This is a bit disrespectful to Zhao Kuo and Sun Gu on the city wall. On top of the city tower, Zhao Kuo glanced at Sun Gu, as if to say: What are you waiting for?
Immediately, Sun Gu understood the idea, and without waiting for the Yan army's crossbowmen to board the arrow tower again, he immediately ordered to put the hot oil originally used to deal with the infantry in clay pots and smash it on the arrow tower!
Because the distance was so close, the pottery pot was already thrown onto the arrow tower without any effort.
Just listen
With the sound of "Clang, Cang!", the clay pots exploded on the arrow tower; what followed was
The sound of "Zi la..." was the hot oil in the clay pot splashing out, causing the waiting archers of the Yan Army to howl like ghosts!
However, Yan Jun's archer nightmare has just begun. Torches and rockets have been ignited in Zhao Jun's hands!
With a "swish" sound, the torch and rocket drew an arc in the air and landed on the arrow tower. along with
With a "crack" sound, flames shot up into the sky. In an instant, the Yan troops who entered the arrow tower and inside were engulfed by the flames.
The firemen rushed out of the arrow tower one by one, trying to seek help from their former comrades. But on the battlefield, there was no water for him to put out the fire mixed with grease. His former comrades stayed away from him as much as possible, for fear that they might be contaminated by it.
Wails and calls for help echoed through the front army again. Looking at people running around like a headless fly
The "Burning Men", the pioneer captain of the Yan Army had no choice but to order his archers again to directly execute these Burning Men!
On the one hand, it alleviates their pain, and on the other hand, it prevents their wails from further reducing the already almost condensed morale. Of course, more importantly, they are afraid that these living people will disrupt their formation.
Just when the archers of the Yan army had no choice but to shoot their comrades with arrows,
The sound of "咻廻咻" piercing the air resounded in the ears. Zhao Jun's first round of arrow rain had already covered them, and the murderer was always killed.
The soldiers of Yan Army, who had just been sighing for the archers on the arrow tower, now became the object of others' sighs and heartache.
Due to the burning of the arrow tower, the soldiers of the Yan army had no choice but to retreat backwards, while the Yan army in the rear continued to advance for no apparent reason. So inevitably, the two parties huddled together, but they happened to be attacked again. Zhao Jun's archers have a chance to kill!
After a rain of arrows, the Yan Army's vanguard legion had suffered heavy losses. However, something even more desperate happened. Before the Yan Army could prepare its defense, the second round of arrow rain came again!
"Protect!" The captain of the vanguard of the Yan army shouted! As the general's order was issued, the shield soldiers formed formations one after another to protect the Yan army.
At this time, the entire vanguard battalion had a total of 20,000 elites. Before they even touched the walls of Yanyu City, they had already lost thousands of troops.
The captain hid behind his shield and listened carefully to the sounds around him. In addition to the jingling of Zhao Jun's bows and arrows, there was the constant wailing of his own Yan army. However, there was no sound of gold as expected.
In other words, their leader, General Qing Qin, wants them to continue fighting without any heavy siege equipment!
Even the large ladder is gone. How to climb the tower and fight again? Oh, that's wrong, there are still some, at least the flying ladders and bamboo ladders carried by humans, because the target is small, a lot of them have been preserved under the intensive firepower of the catapults.
And the top of Yanyu City is not as unreachable as Handan City. Whether it is a flying ladder or a bamboo ladder, it is still possible to get up.
However, just relying on this thing to attack will only cost your life to consume the enemy's defense supplies. It will not have the slightest damage to Zhao Jun's soldiers!
It's almost not much different from dying. How could General Qing Qin, who was in the middle army and had seen the battlefield in his eyes, not know?
However, Qing Qin also had his own thoughts: It is very simple. This first attack can be said to be the time when morale is at its highest. If he hurriedly retreats without even touching the city wall, there will be no need to fight the subsequent battles.
Therefore, even if he is going to die, even if he has to pay a huge price, Qing Qin must let the following army see the scene of his team ascending to the top of Yanyu City.
Helpless, it is said that kindness does not control the army. Even though he was extremely unwilling in his heart, Qing Qin could only grit his teeth, reject Ming Jin's suggestion, and quietly wait for his former army to make a decision.
The “right” response. Although the captain of the former army did not quite understand the intention of General Qing Qin, military orders were military orders. If there was no order to retreat, they were orders to attack.
The captain, who understood this, immediately pushed away the guards on the left and right, raised the sword in his hand, and continued to order to his soldiers: "Attack!" The soldiers hesitated a little -
"attack"? Shouldn't it be a retreat? ! In the current situation, not only have all the siege equipment been lost, but even the vigor of the attack has been wiped out by Zhao Jun's showers of arrows. Shouldn't it be time to retreat to the main formation and take a short rest before attacking?
However, the captain's general order has been issued, so there is nothing more to say, just charge hard and kill! After a brief period of confusion, the officers and soldiers of the Yan army continued to muster up their courage and marched towards the city wall.
There are no large siege ladders, there are flying ladders and bamboo ladders carried by humans. You can still climb up the city wall by setting it up!
It’s just that compared to bulky ladders, flying ladders and bamboo ladders are much lighter. They only need five or six people to lift them up. Although they are light, they naturally have many problems.
First of all, the hanging angle is much steeper than that of a ladder, which is not conducive to the attacker's climbing, but more conducive to the defender's shooting down the enemy.
Secondly, a thin ladder is easily destroyed by the enemy and cannot carry too much load, so not too many people can climb the ladder at the same time, which will also create gaps for attacks.
But there is no other way, let alone a flying ladder, even if it is a human ladder, you have to get on it yourself after the general gives the order!
