Chapter 177: The Battle of Wuguan (3)
"What's that?!"
Hao Jun, who had already arrived at Wuguan, stood on the city tower, looking at the behemoth that was gradually advancing under the South Gate Pass, and couldn't help but exclaim, and the Wang Ba Chen Zhi and others standing beside him were also stunned.
And behind that thing, Chu Yi rode his horse and laughed: "The terrain of the south gate of Wuguan is so flat, and you dare to claim the majesty of the world, and it is juxtaposed with Tianyun Ziyou?" I, Chu Junyao, was the first to disagree, and after several months of production, I drove out these 100 return cannons, and it was time for the world to know the invincible way of my southern Xinjiang. ”
"Command all the armies to give me all my strength today and move forward! I want to break the martial arts in one battle! Exhausted in one go! I want Tianwu...... Decided by the First World War! ”
Xi Zhicai on the back side was holding a Yunqing fan, looking at Chu Yi, who was pointing the country and domineering, and couldn't help but feel a little enthusiastic.
It seems that Zhao Yun and other generals who watched Chu Yi's experience of making return cannons were also full of awe and awe.
The Huihui cannon is a heavy trebuchet, because it was created by the Huihui people, so it was named Huihui cannon.
The Huihui cannon was created in the 13th century A.D. and shone in the historical Battle of Xiangyang in the Song and Yuan dynasties.
At that time, Xiangyang City was the first strong city in the world, the Yuan army besieged the city for five years, and still had no choice but to Xiangyang, and then the Yuan army transported back and forth artillery, and the first battle and conquered Fancheng, and made the return artillery to conquer Xiangyang.
The power of the return cannon can be imagined.
In this era of the Heavenly Continent, there were also trebuchets, but because they were difficult to transport, easy to destroy, and their effects were not too perverted, they were not widely used.
However, the trebuchet of this era was made on a different principle from the return cannon. In this era, the trebuchet was only based on torsion, while the return cannon was made using the lever principle to generate throwing force, and the power of the two was not the same.
The latter is improved on the basis of the torsion trebuchet, innovated, more powerful, more advanced, ordinary trebuchet can only put dozens of catties of stones at most, and the maximum weight of the return cannon has reached several hundred kilograms.
In the battle of Xiangyang in the Song and Yuan dynasties, the stone shells used by the Yuan soldiers weighed 150 kilograms, and this was not the maximum weight that the artillery could throw, but the stones were too large and the soldiers were not convenient to carry, so the weight of the stone bullets was controlled within the range of 150 kilograms.
"What kind of trebuchet is this? How big is it? ”
Hao Jun's face became extremely solemn, and before he could rest and lead the army to help, he went to the city to observe, but he didn't want to let his mood fall into the valley in an instant.
Chen Zhi looked at the boulder pushed by the Southern Xinjiang Army in astonishment: "Such a heavy boulder, I'm afraid it weighs three or five hundred catties, can this trebuchet shoot over?" ”
Wang Ba looked worried: "If you can vote over, then you will suffer!" ”
"Stop!"
Hua Rong commanded the soldiers to stop the return cannon at a distance of 300 meters from Wuguan City, with a distance of ten meters between each one, thousands of meters in length and width, facing the south gate of Wuguan.
Hua Rong hesitated for a moment, and then urged the horse to return to the formation and asked Chu Yi: "Lord, are you sure that this time the return cannon will be placed there, if you don't put it a little forward, it can really shoot at the city pass?" ”
"I tried it in Heavenly Desolate City, and this distance is just right! The crossbowmen of the Tianwu Army couldn't shoot us, but the return cannon could shoot steadily up to the city pass. Chu Yi spoke confidently.
Xi Zhicai instructed: "Later, we will suppress the city pass first, and when the city gate pass is broken, you will push the return cannon forward and bombard the heavenly warriors in the pass for 100 meters."
Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Gao Lan, Lin Chong, each of you four led 5,000 elites to wear strong and stubborn, and when the Tianwu army had no time to take care of it and trampled on each other, they quickly filled the moat and rushed open the city gate. ”
"Yes." The four of them stepped forward and led away with a loud voice.
"Put!!"
Hua Rong looked at Wuguan from afar and commanded loudly.
Whew-chirp! Whew-chirp! ——
Hundreds of pounds of boulders were thrown up and flew into the sky, and all the soldiers in southern Xinjiang couldn't help but look at it, many soldiers looked at the huge black shadow, and they all shrank their necks unnaturally, and some of them even retreated.
Obviously, they were worried that it was superfluous, and the boulders were just smashed in the direction of Wuguan, and did not attack them.
"Abandon the arrow tower and hide under the female wall!"
At this moment, Wang Ba's eyes widened, and he used all his strength to knock away a flying boulder with the Decepticon Axe, his arms trembled, and he used his body to protect Hao Jun from the arrow tower while evacuating, and at the same time, he ordered the soldiers to give up suppression and hide under the female wall.
Whew-chirp-boom!
Thundered!
Not long after Wang Ba escorted Hao Jun down the arrow tower, the arrow tower had been smashed into pieces by the boulder, fortunately, the first goal of the return cannon was to suppress the city pass, and it did not advance, and it was slightly safe under the female wall and behind the city pass.
The main general was still so flustered, and the soldiers were even more pale and helpless, except for a few people who obeyed the order and hid under the women's wall, most of them abandoned their weapons and fled.
At this time, Hua Rong had already preliminarily suppressed the city pass, and Zhao Yun and the others filled the moat extremely quickly, and pushed the city cart to the city gate, but they encountered some feather arrows.
Hua Rong ordered the soldiers to advance the return cannon 100 meters and shoot into the city pass, completely disrupting the defensive rhythm of the Tianwu Army.
In one turn, hundreds of boulders fell from the sky, like the sky and the earth cracked, smashing the towering arrow tower, smashing the solid city wall into a crack, and smashing the soldiers of Tianwu into a pile of flesh and blood.
The boulder fell to the ground, embedded in a few feet, it can be seen that its power is fierce, the soldiers did not dare to move forward, seeing that Zhao Yunsi will break through the city gate all the way unhindered, Wang Ba was furious, shouted loudly, like the wind and waves: "All of them will come forward for me to repair the city wall, and the archers will shoot arrows for me under the city!" Whoever dares to retreat will be killed! ”
However, as soon as the words fell, several boulders were smashed towards Wang Ba, it turned out that after several times of use, the southern Xinjiang soldiers also touched the doorway, and could accurately adjust the distance.
"The Southern Xinjiang Army has this thing, and the Wuguan is like a fictitious one, unless someone can lead the troops to destroy this thing, otherwise the Southern Xinjiang army will enter, how can we get through the enemy."
Feng Zhen saw that the soldiers were in chaos and embarrassed to fight, so he suggested to Hao Jun: "Now that our army's combat strength is not as good as that of southern Xinjiang, it is better to retreat to Zhongshan County and make plans again." ”
Hao Jun's face was gloomy, he gritted his teeth and said: "If you retreat without a fight, if you abandon the military pass, where can you stop the people in southern Xinjiang?" Who will dare to fight the people of southern Xinjiang at that time? ”
Chen Zhi also persuaded: "If you don't retreat, when the chaotic battle starts, if our army loses too many soldiers and horses, how can we resist the southern Xinjiang army?" It's better to retreat to Zhongshan County and make plans again. ”
"Report to the lord, General Yuan Highway and his soldiers have just opened the north gate and left! said that he was ordered by the lord to go to recover Yuan Shao! "The primary school of Beimenguan arrived and reported loudly.
Hao Jun's expression turned pale when he heard this, and he spit it out, his originally thin face became much older, and he muttered: "I think I treat his brother well, but I didn't expect to raise two jackals!" The reason why I raised an army to attack the wilderness, although it was mainly caused by the emperor's order, but I still wanted to avenge it, and now his brother is so decisive! ”