Before Meng Ao could react, Zhao Jun's catapult gave him another surprise.
While his own catapult phalanx was still wailing, Zhao Jun's stone bullets hit the Qin army again.
"So fast?" Meng Ao's heart suddenly tightened.
Turning his head to look at the shadow of Zhao Jun's stone bullets in front, he saw that his own soldiers were still struggling to carry the stone bullets, and Meng Ao frowned even more unconsciously.
It was clear that Zhao Jun's stone bullet was almost fired together with his own stone bullet. How come Zhao Jun's stone bullet had already reached his head before his own stone bullet could be transported to the carriage?
Obviously, Lian Po would not tell him the reason, and the stone bullets fired by Zhao Jun in the air would not stop their flight because of Meng Ao's doubts.
Amidst the loud bangs and bangs, several catapults in front of the Qin army's formation were destroyed by Zhao Jun's stone bombs before they had time to load their ammunition.
Being hit one after another by Zhao Jun's stone bullets, no one knew that something was wrong. Not only the speed of launch, but also the accuracy was far ahead. Meng Ao knew that the Qin army had completely lost in the catapult category.
However, the good thing is that Meng Ao never thought that Zhi City could be captured with a catapult.
The reason is very simple. Catapults have always been an accessory for sieges. What really depends on breaking the city is the fearless Qin soldiers on the front line.
Immediately, Meng Ao ordered: "Withdraw all the catapults, and then expand them along the entire attack line. Order the front troops to accelerate the advance."
It should be said that Meng Ao's response was also very timely and wise.
The current situation is that Zhao Jun's catapult can hit him, but his own catapult cannot threaten Zhao Jun at all.
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Since you can't beat him, then he won't fight at all! Of course, the catapults that were finally created cannot be wasted. I will scatter them all directly to the vast battle front. No matter how accurate you are, if you want to destroy all my catapults, it will still take a while!
This time is enough for me to deliver the main force and siege equipment to the tower.
However, it is really difficult to move the heavy catapult.
In the process of moving, the third round of Zhao Jun's catapult attack has arrived. They are still in groups of three to five, and each group is responsible for knocking out one catapult. It is still so accurate and powerful.
Seeing this situation, Meng Ao ignored it! Again, as long as the main force and siege equipment can be safely delivered to the city, even if all these catapults are wiped out, they will not hesitate.
Faced with the Qin Army's change of formation, how could the Zhao Army's artillery battalion be so stupid as to continue to fight against the "air" that no longer threatened.
Soon the scouts on the tower passed the situation to the artillery camp, and then the artillery camp also began to change its formation. A small number of catapults continued to destroy the Qin army's moving catapults, but the main catapults aimed at the target. Target the siege equipment of the Qin army that is approaching quickly.
Standing on the city tower, you can now clearly see the outline of the arrow tower. It seems that the Qin army in the arrow tower has drawn the bow string, and the cold light is facing the Zhao army on the city wall!
Zhao Jun's catapult roared immediately!
A few stone bullets drew a graceful curve in the air, and then smashed into the Qin Army's marching formation. They immediately smashed dozens of Qin Army soldiers to the point of dripping juices, and splashed dust and gravel.
It even made the nearby Qin army officers and soldiers look disgraced.
However, its power only goes so far. Even one of the stone bullets was thrown right between the two sets of siege equipment, but it did not cause any damage to the siege equipment.
Of course, this was just a test firing by Zhao Jun. However, this difference in accuracy is also related to the march of the Qin army.
But how could the soldiers of the Qin Army know this? The soldiers of the Qin army were obviously not surprised by these inaccurate trebuchets, and those who were killed could only blame their own bad luck. After casually patting the dust on their bodies, the soldiers of the Qin army continued to advance to the beat of the drums.
Obviously, Zhao Jun's test firing did not cause much damage to the Qin Army, and it did not even affect the speed of the army in the slightest.
Only General Meng Ao, who was in the formation, had his eyebrows furrowed. Obviously, his troop division tactics failed to attract Zhao Jun's attention. In other words, the road leading to the tower may not be so smooth.
"Instruct the front troops to speed up and advance." Meng Ao immediately issued the order again.
"Yes." The messenger next to him immediately agreed.
Accelerating the sprint may be the only way that Meng Ao can think of at this time to reduce the losses of the Qin army and reach the tower.
However, Meng Ao still underestimated the combat power of Zhao Jun's catapult.
In just a moment, the Qin Army had just received Meng Ao's order and began to accelerate. The Zhao Army had already completed its adjustments, and dozens of stone bullets immediately attacked the Qin Army's main phalanx again.
But this time, they were obviously prepared.
"Bang bang bang..."
The stone bullet accurately hit the Qin army
The advancing arrow towers and ramming vehicles were shattered to pieces with one blow, and the Qin army officers and soldiers among them also fell to the ground with the broken arrow towers, and followed them. Lose your life.
Suddenly, the entire Qin army's marching queue was stunned.
Before the soldiers of the Qin army could react, another round of stone bullets continued to break through the air.
Only then did the soldiers of the Qin Army understand how correct their General Meng's order was.
"Keep going!" At this moment, Meng Ao's general order was conveyed again.
The soldiers suddenly realized that stopping would only make them targets for Zhao Jun. The only solution was to continue to move forward and stick to the city wall.
After understanding this, the soldiers of the Qin Army no longer cared about the stone bullets above their heads, and worked hard to push the arrow towers and city ramming vehicles forward.
Zhao Jun, who had already tasted the sweetness, was not idle either. Round after round of stone bullets crazily hit the Qin Army's main force and siege equipment!
The captain who serves as the vanguard is even more aware that it is useless to retreat at this time. Not only is the military law of the Qin army intolerable, but the billowing dust and smoke and wailing from behind have already informed the outcome. The only choice is to move forward, get close to the city wall as soon as possible, and follow It is possible to avoid bad luck by keeping the walls together.
"Quick, quick, quick!" the captain kept urging, and even divided a team of people to cooperate with "pushing forward and pushing" the equipment.
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 to order to station on the arrow tower and guard the front of the arrow tower.
A small number of Xiang's soldiers also quickly went downstairs, which can reduce the weight of the arrow tower a little, that is, as long as they can speed up a little, even if the position of the arrow tower deviates slightly, it is worth it.
No matter what, we must keep as many of these arrow towers as possible.
You know, these arrow towers are the most important equipment for suppressing the crossbowmen on the city tower. Without the suppression of the arrow towers, the crossbowmen on the city tower can turn everyone under the city into hedgehogs. Then what else is there to fight?
Unfortunately, although the Qin Army's pioneer captain 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 Qin Army's camp all the time!
Therefore, except for a few arrow towers that moved faster on both sides of the school captain, nearly half of the other arrow towers were destroyed by Zhao Jun's catapults in the process.
Among the only remaining arrow towers, two were pushed too close to the city wall because they were too eager.
This is a bit disrespectful to the Zhao army officers and soldiers on the city wall.
Seeing the arrow tower that was almost within reach, Zhao Jun's soldiers suddenly had a smile on their lips.
Without saying a word, the captain on duty immediately led the soldiers and smashed the hot oil in the clay pots originally prepared for the infantry on the two arrow towers!
"Clang, bang!" The clay pots burst instantly on the arrow tower;
"Hi..." The hot oil in the pottery pot splashed out, and flowed straight down the arrow tower to the soldiers of the Qin Army below, burning the Qin Army who were waiting to go upstairs. The archers howled like ghosts and wolves for a while!
However, the nightmare of the Qin army's archers has just begun. Torches and rockets...
It has been ignited in the hands of Zhao Jun!
With a "swish" sound, the torch and rocket drew an arc in the air and landed on the arrow tower. With the sound of "crack", flames shot up into the sky, and the Qin troops who entered the arrow tower and inside it were engulfed by the flames in an instant.
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.
Seeing the "Fire Men" running around like headless flies, the Qin Army Pioneer Colonel had no choice but to order his archers again to execute these Fire Men directly! On the one hand, it alleviates their pain, and on the other hand, it prevents them from causing more damage to their own formation.
Just when the archers of the Qin Army had no choice but to take arrows and kill their comrades in accordance with the order, the sound of "咻咻咻" piercing the air resounded in their ears. Zhao Jun's first round of arrow rain had already covered them, and due to the arrow tower's After being burned down, Qin's soldiers retreated unconsciously and huddled together, just in time to kill Zhao's archers!
After a rain of arrows, the Qin Army's vanguard legion had suffered heavy losses. However, something even more desperate happened. Before the Qin Army could prepare a defense, the second round of arrow rain came again!
"Protect!" the Qin Army's pioneer captain shouted!
After all, the Qin army was worthy of being an elite division. Even under such circumstances, it still maintained strict discipline. As the general's order was issued, the shield soldiers formed formations one after another to protect the Qin army. At this time, there were a total of 5,000 elites in the entire Pioneer Battalion, and more than 1,000 people had fallen.
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If the siege equipment lost along the way is added, the Qin army's losses would be even greater.
On the other hand, Zhao Jun's side had almost no losses except for dozens of unlucky guys who were crushed to death by stone bullets.
He thought that this battle would be difficult to fight, but Meng Ao also didn’t expect that this battle would be so difficult to fight!
But no matter how difficult it is to fight, the battle must continue.
"Pass the order..."
