After paying a huge price, the Qin army finally arrived under the tower of Zicheng.
The loss of troops is secondary, but the loss of arrow towers and other siege equipment is more important. Facing such a strong city, even if there are enough siege equipment, it will take a lot of effort, let alone the current situation.
But in Meng Ao's eyes, this is not a big deal. After all, the day they were waiting for in Heyong City was for these siege equipment. Naturally, the Qin army could not prepare just such a wave.
Since the siege equipment is damaged, just replenish it!
Immediately, Meng Ao ordered: "Send the order, the second echelon attacks the arrow tower and sets off immediately. Pay attention to widening the distance to avoid being destroyed by the Zhao army."
"Yes." The messenger next to him agreed immediately.
Soon, the whimpering horn sounded again, and the neat military formation of the Qin army assembled again.
Siege equipment such as arrow towers and ladders were slowly pushed out from the rear by the Qin army.
But this time, these siege equipment were not arranged in an array like just now. On the contrary, the arrow towers and arrow towers, the arrow towers and the ladders are almost eight feet away from each other.
Yes, under the pressure of Zhao's catapults, the Qin army dispersed all the siege equipment that should have been used intensively.
This, of course, greatly reduced the power of Zhao Jun's catapult. Under the original covering attack, several arrow towers could be destroyed with one strike. With this separation, the number was instantly reduced to one. No matter how fast Zhao Jun reloads, his results will be reduced by more than half.
At the same time, the huge distance is also more conducive to siege equipment making temporary evasive actions without worrying about collision and affecting other equipment.
Obviously, with such a move, the threat of Zhao Jun's catapults will be minimized.
Of course, everything has pros and cons. Although this separate march was helpful in avoiding Zhao Jun's catapults, it also weakened the power of Qin Jun's own siege equipment.
Especially for arrow towers, since the number of people they carry is limited after all, they need to cooperate with each other to complete the uninterrupted suppression of enemy crossbowmen in the area.
Often in combat, two to three arrow towers are needed to compete with the archers on a section of the city wall, and to suppress it, three to four arrow towers are needed.
The most important thing is that the distance between these arrow towers must not be too far. Otherwise, if communication is not smooth, cooperation will definitely not be tacit, which will inevitably increase the difficulty of suppression.
Moreover, once the distance is too far, it is impossible to suppress the same section of the city wall.
Obviously, this is a method of "killing a thousand enemies and damaging yourself eight hundred" with one move.
As for fine-tuning when we get to the tower?
The power of the crossbows on the tower is no less powerful than the catapult! Although adjustments can be made, it is almost inevitable to pay the price with the lives of Qin soldiers.
However, now that the matter has come to this, Meng Ao can only take one step at a time.
In any case, facing the current situation, Qin Jun has taken action again. Let's see how Zhao Jun responds.
On top of the city tower, Lian Po almost immediately saw the siege equipment slowly launched by the Qin army. Naturally, with a quick glance, he understood what the general opposite wanted to do.
As the saying goes, you have a good plan, and I have a wall ladder.
"A group of five vehicles, attack the arrow tower first!" Lian Po gave the order to the artillery camp captain almost without thinking.
"Yes!" The artillery battalion captain also immediately took the order.
Immediately, the captain and the soldiers in charge of surveying and mapping carefully noted down the distribution positions of the Qin army's arrow towers, as well as the marching direction and speed. Without waiting, they put them all together, and sent one to the bottom of the tower after memorizing each one.
Soon, graphic data marking the location of the Qin Army's arrow towers were handed over to the soldiers in the artillery camp below the tower.
Without the slightest hesitation, the catapults in the artillery camp immediately changed their formations. Dozens of catapults, in groups of five, adjusted their positions and began to launch stone projectiles based on the latest position data.
"Bang bang bang..."
As Zhao Jun's artillery battalion roared again! The Qin army just pushed to the front line
Among the group of arrow towers, five more arrow towers collapsed in response.
The broken stones mixed with wooden blocks smashed into the Qin army's formation. Fortunately, there was no one standing on the arrow tower, and the Qin army also deliberately adjusted their positions so that they were not too dense, thus avoiding secondary damage. Even so, dozens of people standing next to the arrow tower were still smashed.
Meng Ao's brows finally frowned. It seemed that even if he distanced himself, he still couldn't stop Zhao Jun's accurate stone bullets.
If we continue at this pace, I'm afraid there won't be much left of my second round of arrow towers until they reach the bottom of the city tower! Even if the Qin army is very well prepared, it cannot withstand such a thing!
Although only five arrow towers were nothing to the Qin army, the possible subsequent problems really made Meng Ao really anxious.
However, at this moment, a small accident on the battlefield reminded Meng Ao.
It turned out that an arrow tower temporarily changed the marching route because there was a collapsed city assault vehicle on the marching route ahead, but it miraculously survived.
Seeing this scene, Meng Ao's eyes lit up instantly: It seems that Zhao Jun's catapult didn't have eyes either!
Immediately, Meng Ao understood that Zhao Jun's catapults were just like bows and arrows. He estimated his marching distance and route while launching and destroying them.
As long as he didn't aim directly, Meng Ao would immediately have a plan to deal with the enemy.
"Send the order." Meng Ao then waved his hand and said: "Arrow Tower Square, immediately gave up the orderly march, and used a meandering march strategy to break the Zhao army's catapult preset, change the marching speed, and avoid the catapult attack."
"Yes." The messenger next to him immediately agreed again.
Soon, Meng Ao's order was conveyed.
Immediately afterwards, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield. The Qin army, which was originally in a tight formation, suddenly seemed to be drunk and acted like a drunken maniac on the battlefield.
Those two trails were not much different from those of Zhao Si.
The array of arrow towers that had been almost going hand in hand instantly turned into a wavy line with bumps and bumps. Not only that, these arrow towers also made S-curves on the battlefield, sometimes turning to the left and sometimes to the right. Even the commander in charge of the arrow tower didn't know that the next moment
In which direction will your arrow tower appear?
What stands out is that he is arbitrary and unpredictable.
How should I put it, even Meng Ao himself didn’t even notice it.
In order to avoid Zhao Jun's catapult, Qin Jun obviously tried his best!
However, such a marching column did restrain the attack of Zhao Jun's catapult.
Even if you can launch at a fixed point and point where to hit, I won't go to the point you want at all. Even I don't know what my route and speed are. How can you help me? what?
No, Zhao Jun's catapult failed for the first time after Qin Jun adjusted his marching method.
Dozens of stone bullets, apart from killing dozens of unlucky Qin troops, did almost no damage to the Qin army's arrow tower.
This is the disadvantage of defending the city, the initiative is never on your side. This is why catapults tend to be more commonly used in attacks. After all, the city is right there. Just adjust the angle and weight and just hit it over and over again!
Watching Meng Ao on the front line make such an accurate judgment in such a short period of time and issue orders decisively. Wang Lu, who had been watching the battle from the high platform of the Chinese army, also breathed a sigh of relief.
On the battlefield, it would be best if you can anticipate the enemy's opportunities. However, as a general, you will always encounter your own unknown territory.
At this time, it is time to show the ability of a general.
In this battle, when faced with the catapult suddenly brought out by Zhao Jun, Meng Ao not only did not panic, but maintained the calmness that a general should have, he also captured the enemy's weaknesses in an extremely short time and then broke through them.
Wang Hao asked himself, even if he was on the front line, he probably couldn't do better.
Obviously, during the battle with Zhao Jun, Meng Ao grew up almost by leaps and bounds. Wang Lu knew: The leader of the next generation of the Qin army
Jiang has finally grown up.
Of course, it was not only Wang Lu who was lamenting, but even Lian Po on the tower of Zhi City had to lament that the Qin army was the Qin army after all. The adaptability on this battlefield alone was not comparable to that of the armies of other countries.
You know, this is not the first time that a modified catapult has appeared.
As early as five years ago, when Zhao Kuo led 5,000 troops to defend Yanyu City alone, he used such a catapult to block the Yan army's attack.
At that time, the Yan army did not change formations as quickly as the Qin army. Even during several days of attacks, he never thought that he could avoid his opponent's attacks by disrupting his own pace.
Of course, if the enemy has changed, Zhao Jun will naturally not stand still.
"Send the order to the artillery camp." Lian Po immediately sent the order: "Abandon the calculation and attack one by one, concentrate the firepower, and block the distance of 300 or 200 steps outside the city."
"Yes." The messenger immediately agreed.
Since there is no way to estimate the enemy's marching route, you must always be close to the Zicheng tower.
Then I will just block a node on the road you must pass, such as the distance of three hundred steps from the city tower.
Of course, a catapult is not a heavy machine gun after all, and even if you change the ammunition quickly, it still takes time. The time it takes to load stone bullets is enough for many arrow towers to cross this dangerous line.
However, because the Qin army's arrow towers move unevenly, as long as they block a line and keep smashing them down, they can still destroy a lot of arrow towers.
This is obviously a helpless compromise.
But for today's situation, it can only be destroyed as much as it can be destroyed.
In this way, under Meng Ao's clever response, one of Zhao Jun's trump cards was completely neutralized in a silent manner.
Of course, this does not mean that Zhao Jun's catapult is useless. Even with the conventional tactics of blockade, the Qin army's losses in arrow towers and other siege equipment were still more than a quarter.
This loss was obviously acceptable to the Qin Army and Zhao Army.
Of course, while the second batch of siege equipment was advancing hard towards the city tower, the Qin army who was already under the city tower was not idle either. Although the number of arrow towers was not enough, the number of ladders was still sufficient!
