The long night finally passed, and the sun slowly rose over the horizon. The blood-like morning sun is reflected on the Inner Yellow City, which seems to indicate that the blood is about to flow here.

After a night of recuperation, the Yellow Turban sergeants have fully recovered from yesterday's exhaustion. Five huge phalanxes of 1,000 people erected huge shields, covering thousands of soldiers with sandbags and slowly approaching the outermost moat.

The arrows shot from the city wall were limited in force, and they fell on the shield array, which did not pose any threat to the Yellow Turban Army, only dozens of unlucky ghosts were injured by the arrows that penetrated through the gaps in the shield, and they all hurt the flesh and skin, and it was not even necessary to withdraw them for treatment.

The Han army's upward firing wasted a large number of arrows, but did not achieve the desired results, and they immediately stopped this senseless attack.

Soon, the first shallow ditch that had been dug out was quickly filled, and the yellow torrent rushed to the second ditch without stopping. They had already sent their spearheads to measure that the second ditch was not deep, and if this one was filled in again, the archers would be able to get closer to the walls and fire at the head of the city to cover the besieging forces to fill the last ditch. The deep ditch was built on the basis of the original moat, it was deep and wide, and it was also introduced into the water of Huangze, which was a difficult problem that really threatened the Yellow Turban Army.

A Yellow Turban leader shouted and instructed his men to throw sandbags into the ditch, watching as the water in the second ditch rose and was gradually being filled. Suddenly, a long arrow flashed into the chest of the Yellow Turban leader.

Nan Ying clapped his hands and said, "The Divine Arrow Marquis really deserves his reputation!" Good archery! ”

Cao Xing slowly retracted his bow and said regretfully: "It's a pity! Except for the last general, who has the ability to shoot arrows so accurately, the soldiers can't do it! After all, it's still a little farther! If it's a hoarded shot, it will definitely be like just now, and it's just a waste of arrows! ”

Nanying smiled mysteriously and said, "You're right! So you can take a break for a while! ”

Cao Xing was stunned and said, "What? So how to stop the enemy army from filling the ditch? ”

Nanying gestured to Gao Feng, who nodded, turned around and walked to the inside of the city wall, and waved the flag with small flags in both hands.

As soon as the flag came out, the sound of "rattling" immediately sounded not far from the city, and it seemed that many heavy objects were being dragged towards the city wall.

Cao Xing's curiosity rose, and he also came to the inside of the city wall to look, and suddenly his body trembled, and he opened his mouth and said, "My mother! So much! There were only two of them yesterday! Where did the others come from? ”

About twenty catapults, several feet high, were rumbling and propelled by hundreds of soldiers to gather towards the city walls. Many soldiers drove carts to unload countless bowl-sized pieces of gravel into the clearing.

"Don't be surprised!" Nan Ying patted Cao Xing on the shoulder, "These are all tricks that Ma Junhou was extremely proficient in when he was a child!" How is it surprising that there are craftsmen all over the city who are at his disposal to build these catapults? ”

A relaxed smile flashed across his face: "Originally, I was worried that the thieves would divide their troops to attack the city from the east gate and the north gate, so that the deployment of our army would be a little difficult!" Unexpectedly, they thought they were smart, and they just chose the north gate to attack! The idea is good, because a clenched fist is the most powerful, but there are always some surprises! ”

"For example!" Nan Ying pointed to the huge war equipment, "These things of Ma Junhou are the best weapons for covering strikes!" If the enemy army is small, it will be a waste of resources! After all, these stones are also very laborious to collect! ”

"Cover the blow?" Cao Xuan suddenly felt that his always flexible brain was a little difficult to use today, "What does that mean?" ”

"It is to use a large number of long-range strike forces to carry out intensive attacks on regional targets in order to maximize the damage to the enemy!" Nanying turned his head and smiled.

"But there's a problem!" After all, Cao Xing was an expert in shooting, and quickly thought of a key question, "My lord! Although the catapult kills a lot, it can't be aimed at all, so how can it accurately kill the enemy? ”

"Do you know why Ma Junhou had to build two catapults yesterday? And why did he have to dig those ditches that didn't have much of a deterrent effect? ”

Cao Xuan shook his head blankly.

Nan Ying nodded: "Then, let's use the facts to answer your doubts!" ”

The high wind command flag waved rapidly, and the banners were conveyed to the catapult troops under the city.

The wooden cage at the front end of the throwing rod is neatly placed with more than a dozen or even dozens of pieces of gravel, and the semi-circular cage mouth ensures that the gravel will not change its orientation arbitrarily after flying out of the wooden cage, otherwise even the Nanying and others on the front city wall may be temporarily reoriented to the stones and affect the pond fish.

Finally, hundreds of soldiers shouted trumpets and pulled the projectile levers of twenty catapults, and the scalp-numbing sound of "Titicaca" sounded continuously.

The clear sky seemed to darken slightly, and all the soldiers on the castle tower felt the air flow overhead at the same time, but in fact, not even the lowest flying stone had touched the edge of the castle watchtower. The angle and range of the shot have already undergone Ma Jun's most accurate measurements and a large number of experiments.

After a short flight, nearly a thousand flying stones tumbling towards the sky gradually widened the distance between each other, weaving into a large black net, and raindrops smashed into the Yellow Turban sergeant who was desperately filling in the second ditch.

Countless pieces of rubble fell like a meteor shower by virtue of their own weight and the power of long-range projectiles, smashing the ground with bursts of tremors, and the earthy yellow smoke and dust quickly spread, completely enveloping a section of ditch that was more than 100 steps long.

Yan Li, who was in the distance, opened his eyes wide in disbelief and was shocked. When the smoke cleared, he saw the scene before him, and he couldn't help but let out a wild cry, and almost fell off his horse.

Within the coverage of the attack, almost none of the more than 700 Yellow Turban sergeants were spared, and their flesh and blood were lying on the ground. Unlike the penetrating wounds of the rain of arrows, the power of the rubble was beyond everyone's imagination, as long as it was directly hit above the waist, the fragile body of the Yellow Turban soldier without any armor was unsuspensefully broken and broken, and the soldiers did not even have time to spit out a large mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, and they were crushed to the ground like a rag. Only a handful of lucky ones were moaning and rolling in pools of blood.

When everyone was in the midst of a nightmare that they couldn't wake up, the catapult in the city turned a little and swung the scythe of death again.

Nearly 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers have completely dispersed, whether they are the fortifications carrying sandbags or the shield soldiers covering with shields, all of them are crying and fleeing for their lives. Under the continuous blow of the rain of stones, the shield has become a joke, and any wooden shield that is hit head-on will be torn apart in a refreshing tearing sound, and then with the slightest strand of wooden thorns will sink into the body of the shield owner, and there will never be a trace of life again.

More than a dozen rounds of long-range firing in a row finally stopped, and the catapults that Ma Jun hurriedly made were not the best products painstakingly made by the Eagle's Nest after all, and in the continuous launch, they were helplessly broken, bent, disintegrated and even directly disintegrated. In fact, even if they were still undamaged, the improvised stones were gone.

This is the first indirect actual combat of the Eagle's Nest long-range troops, although the number of operators, the scale and the quality of the equipment, can not be compared with the real Eagle's Nest long-range troops, but it is understandable, this is a perfect defensive battle! It's the newborn cry of a new class of troops that has never been seen before!

Looking at the cheering Han soldiers beside him, Nan Ying pursed his lips, what do these mouse-eyed guys know! In such a backward era, if you can have a large number of catapults, ensure their mobility to a certain extent, and provide sufficient ammunition, you will be a well-deserved god of war in this era!

In the big tent of the Yellow Turban Army, a general said to Yan Li's back with a trembling voice: "Daqu Shuai! Our army, in the first wave of attacks alone, nearly five thousand brothers were killed on the spot, and almost two thousand wounded! ”

Seeing Yan Li's body trembling slightly, he couldn't help but panic in his heart: "Da Qu Shuai, don't be angry!" If it really doesn't work, our army will simply withdraw! ”

Yan Li turned around like a turn, but his face showed a strange look of ecstasy, how could there be a trace of anger? He yelled, "Fart! When did Ben get angry? Also, Ben is thinking about how to take the city! If anyone dares to say anything about retreating, he will be killed! ”

A general outside the tent hurriedly entered, it was Yan Li's henchman general, he was stunned when he heard this: "Daqu Shuai vowed to capture this city, and the general will fully understand!" But why is Da Qu Shuai so excited? The last general wanted to come and persuade him! Because you are not healed, you must not be angry! ”

Yan Li smiled, smiling like a cunning fox: "Tell me, why is Ben going to be angry?" ”

The general was surprised: "But our army's attack was blocked, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.........

Yan Li waved his hand and said, "Ben will ask you, have you ever seen those catapults used by the Han army today?" ”

The general said bitterly: "Of course the catapult general has seen it, but the catapult used by the Han army today is extremely powerful, killing people is like crushing ants!" Don't say you've seen such catapults, you won't even hear of them! ”

Yan Li clapped his hands and said, "Exactly!" So in this way, Ben will take this city even more! ”

He seemed to say to himself: "I said that Yin Nan ate the bear-hearted leopard's gall, and he dared to use his mantis arm as a car!" Now I finally understand, it turns out that there are masters in this Neihuang County! Hum! That kid has these catapults to rely on, no wonder he is so fearless! ”

The general suddenly understood, and blurted out: "It turns out that Da Qu Shuai fought this idea!" ”

Yan Li's face showed greed: "Not bad! If you can control such talents under your command, you can build a huge number of catapults! Tell me, is there anything else in the world that we can't conquer? ”

He lowered his head, paced back and forth in the tent a few times, and suddenly looked up and said, "If Ben Jiang expected it to be true, those catapults should have run out of stones, and now they are a pile of waste!" Without further ado, we must not wait for them to get another stone! Our army must immediately capture Neihuangcheng at all costs! ”

PS: Haha, it's a pleasure to use your work time to write a novel! All right! Bai Xue admits that there is something wrong with this, but there is a party that cannot be postponed at night, so she has to do it!

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