Chapter 307: High-altitude throwing
Before Sima Yi met Ma Yan, he always thought that he was proficient in the art of war and good at strategy.
It wasn't until the Battle of Stone Pavilion that he was deeply aware of his inadequacy.
It is worthy of Ma Yan.
In the battle of life and death, Liu Chan really arranged Ma Jian here, and it seems that this place is really impregnable.
The street pavilion must be taken!
Sima Yi has always regarded Ma Jian as his important imaginary enemy,
Before leaving Luoyang this time, he had already thought about how to deal with the various situations of Ma Tan guarding the street pavilion and formulated countermeasures.
This time, he was not in a hurry, discussed with Zhang He, and then began to take action.
In the next few days, Zhang He launched several tentative attacks on the street pavilion.
Wang Ping and Ding Feng commanded the Han army to deal with it calmly, and the battle between the two sides was not fierce.
The cold made the Wei army outside the city unable to exert its due combat effectiveness.
Zhang Hejun's offensive has always been in a state of coping with official business, which makes the Han army permeate a strong sense of self-confidence.
But that's it.
"Don't be underestimated."
As commanders, Wang Ping and Ding Feng did not have the slightest carelessness.
Raising the binoculars, Wang Ping saw from his line of sight that Zhang Hejun had climbed a large number of mountains and was cutting down trees to prepare for the manufacture of siege equipment.
If the Wei army wants to rescue Longyou, it must break through the street pavilion,
The battle after that will definitely be hard.
After another three days, early in the morning, Wang Ping led the generals to the city to observe, and saw that the progress of the Wei army was not fast, Wang Ping couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
Something is wrong.
It's already snowing lightly, and looking at the sky, there may be heavy snow today.
If the mountain is closed by heavy snow, the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable the situation will be for the Wei army.
When Kui Huan attacked the street pavilion, he used water to attack it but it didn't work.
Now that the weather is freezing, Wei Jun can't play many tricks, and he really can't think of what kind of tricks they can play in addition to filling them with human lives.
Ding Feng pondered for a moment and said:
"Why don't I lead my troops out tonight to attack the enemy's camp and find out their reality?"
Wang Ping was still hesitating, and someone in the Wei army had already galloped out on horseback, and shouted at the city:
"Where is Wang Ping, the general of Shu?"
Wang Ping frowned and did not answer.
Ding Feng beckoned, and the sergeant beside him handed him the compound bow.
After the battle against Soochow, Ding Feng had not used this compound bow for a long time.
He slowly raised the compound bow and sneered:
"Did the thief freeze Zhang He to death?
Why did you send this nobody, you out to call for battle? ”
When the Wei cavalry saw the longbow in Ding Feng's hand, he subconsciously made the war horse retreat slightly, and shouted:
"Our general is going to break the city today, and if you don't want to die, it's better to surrender obediently!"
Heh, how could Wei Jun's persuasion to surrender be as uncreative as Wu Jun's?
Ding Feng did not hesitate to bend his bow and release the arrow,
That Wei cavalryman never expected Ding Feng to be so rude, let alone that the range of this bow would be so far.
He hurriedly dodged, but Ding Feng's archery skills combined with a stable compound bow could not be dodged at all.
Burst!
An arrow pierced the man's shoulder, causing him to let out a terrible scream.
"This arrow is a lesson for you,
If you dare to speak wildly, the next arrow will directly kill you! ”
Seeing that Ding Feng was skilled in archery, the generals of the Han army also cheered neatly, gloating as they watched the Wei cavalry flee with his tail between his legs.
Ding Feng put away the compound bow and asked his guards to put it away.
If it weren't for the morale boost, he wouldn't have bothered to use such magic weapons on this nobody.
"Zhang He dares to release cruel words today, it seems that he is going to attack, and the generals must not be careless." Wang Ping said worriedly.
Ding Feng snorted coldly:
"Even if they come, these thieves and sergeants are all raised by their parents, so I don't believe they still have three heads and six ......."
As he spoke, Ding Feng sensed a hint of crisis.
He subconsciously raised his head, only to see that on the opposite mountain, there was actually a boulder roaring towards the city!
"Ah......h
Ding Feng hurriedly dodged, and Wang Ping also hurriedly dodged to the side.
The boulder struck the top of the street pavilion like an iron fist, and the ice splashed so hard that everyone could barely stand.
Before Wang Ping and Ding Feng could react to what was going on, large pieces of stones flew over like raindrops, and everyone in the street pavilion who smashed them screamed again and again!
"There's a catapult on the mountain!"
It turned out that after Sima Yi arrived, he immediately ordered the sergeant to go up the mountain and build a catapult on the mountain.
Theoretically, it is not impossible for the Wei army to arrange this catapult at the foot of the mountain, but the power of the Wei army's trebuchet is far less than that of the counterweight trebuchet (the flying stone weighs 12 catties, is the machine, and it is 200 steps, which is about 3 kilograms of a stone, and flies more than 270 meters, from the Han "Fan Li Art of War"), such a trebuchet is a little difficult to destroy the ice-covered street pavilion city.
Sima Yi happened to know that the street pavilion was built near the mountain, and he could use a trebuchet to launch stones directly from the nearby mountain.
Despite the lack of distance, the weight of the stones has risen dramatically, allowing heavier stones to be thrown into the city as falling objects from a height.
In five or six days, they had built more than a dozen catapults.
They pushed the catapult to the top of the mountain and fired stone projectiles condescendingly, which immediately dealt a huge blow to the Han army!
Theoretically, the Han army did not pay many casualties, but the psychological shock caused by the enemy's occupation of high ground and condescending projectiles can be imagined.
It's like a god descending from heaven!
The people in the city immediately panicked, not knowing what to do.
Sima Yi laughed, he waved the order flag again, and another round of stone bullets was fired in a volley,
The fault of the street pavilion built on the mountain was exposed at this time,
The nearby mountains provided the Wei army with a large number of stone projectiles, and thirty soldiers operated a trebuchet
Under the blow of the boulder falling from the sky, the generals of the Han army dared to garrison the city and fled one after another.
And with the two rounds of strikes, the accuracy of the Wei army's stone throwing has also improved,
They began to correct the angle of the trebuchet,
The third round of stone projectiles flew, and no matter how brave the Han soldiers were, they did not dare to continue to garrison the city.
Wang Ping and Ding Feng were also forced to retreat quickly, and all the guards at the head of the city disappeared in a moment.
"Hahahaha, hahahaha, Wang Zijun, I see how much skill you still have!"
Zhang He looked up to the sky and laughed, seeing that this trebuchet was so powerful, his heart that had been hanging finally fell back.
Or Sima Yi was prepared.
He was very important until the street pavilion, and the Han army had to be heavily guarded nine times out of ten, and this time he brought hundreds of skilled craftsmen in Guanzhong, and even the horses recognized by the Guanzhong Ma family also brought them.
Ma Jun heard Sima Yi say that a trebuchet with a longer launch distance appeared on the battlefield in Xinye, and he was immediately fascinated.
He's been working on improving trebuchets along the way, and he's been wondering how the kind of trebuchet that doesn't need to be dragged by dozens of people can fire stone projectiles.
Although he never thought it through, he made some improvements to the angle of gravity of the trebuchet.
Ma Jun has the same stuttering problem as Deng Ai, although he was quite famous before, but his business scope is in manufacturing equipment, and no one has recruited him to be an official.
This time, Sima Yi made a wish, and also said that the Fufeng Ma clan was a big family, which met the requirements of the Nine Grades Official Law.
As long as he makes a contribution, he can at least be promoted to a county magistrate this time.
Ma Jun was grateful to Dade and actively used his brains for Sima Yi, in addition to this high-altitude projectile, he also made a lot of lime bombs very creatively.
The Wei army wrapped a large amount of lime in paper and threw it towards the street pavilion, and the lime in the sky exploded over the street pavilion, spreading like snowfall, choking Wang Ping and Ding Feng out of breath.
"Such a small city, and dare to stop my Great Wei Heavenly Soldiers,
What kind of god of war, today I will take the head of Er! ”
Zhang He shouted loudly and ordered the whole army to seize the siege.
"Don't panic!"
Ding Feng held a sapper shovel in his hand and forcibly stabilized his body.
He knew that the trebuchet would not be able to be activated when the enemy army was attacking the city, and this was the last chance.
Facing the surging Wei soldiers, Ding Feng shouted loudly and was the first to jump onto the city.
"Sons, I'm here,
If I die, I will be the first to die, and even if the boulder comes again, I will not retreat! ”
The stone bullet strike just now has frightened many Han soldiers to the point of being helpless.
Ding Feng held a fire axe in his hand and struggled to slash over a few Wei soldiers who rushed to the city, which slightly boosted the morale of the Han army.
Seeing that Ding Feng was so brave, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Okay, I don't know if I'm alive or dead, I dare to defend it again!"
Zhang He dispelled the idea of letting the troops attack the city, he raised the command flag, waved it a few times, and shouted at the top of his voice:
"Hair stone, smash this guy to death!"
Before Zhang He waved the order flag, a large number of stones would fall from the sky.
But at this time, Zhang He waved the order flag, and no one on the mountain responded.
He was a little surprised for a moment, and waved the flag again,
The trebuchet on the mountain clumsily began to respond, and everyone pulled the wooden tips together,
After the loud noise like a thunderbolt sounded, another huge boulder rose into the air.
Zhang He turned his head and looked in the direction of the street pavilion city,
Ding Feng saw that the trebuchet on the hillside began to start again, and his heart also rose to his throat.
Soon, however, he realized that something seemed wrong with the trebuchet this time......
Call!
More than a dozen stone projectiles flew out, and they actually smashed into the camp of the Wei army!
"Bastard, what are you doing!"
Fortunately, because the weight of the stone is too large, the target is not too high.
When they saw the stones flying over, the Wei army dodged again and again.
But the stone bounced and rolled on the frozen hard ground, and the Wei army still smashed it on its back.
Especially after the war horse was frightened, they fled one after another, colliding with the sergeants who were dodging left and right, and immediately paid a lot of casualties.
"Bastard, where are you going to fight again!"
Sima Yi was fine just now, looking like a master,
At this time, when he saw that the stone bullet actually began to smash his own people, he suddenly lost his cool.
"Quick, go up the hill and see what's going on on the mountain!"
Under Sima Yi's order, the Wei army began to climb the mountain in a panic.
But as soon as they went up the mountain, a dense rain of arrows came from nowhere.
Immediately afterwards, the banner of the Han army with white characters on a red background was erected all over the mountains, hunting in the cold wind!
"Sima Yi, right, my family's trick to join the army...... Uh, what a plan! ”