"Did Xiang Kang take the wrong medicine? Why do you always fight General Ben's army first without saying a word? Where the hell did General Ben offend him? ”

"The king has arrived!"

Seeing that the Han army was lined up in front of the military camp, clearly wanting to attack his own camp first, when Han Xin stood on the high ground in the camp and hated itchy, there was a sudden shout of Liu Laosan behind him, Han Xin hurriedly turned around, and saw that it was Liu Laosan who led a team of guards and hurriedly walked over, Han Xin hurriedly bowed and asked: "King, the big war is coming, this is the front line of the war, why did you come in person?" ”

"Don't worry, come and see for yourself." Liu Laosan replied casually, and said: "It's not that I don't worry about you, it's not that I don't worry about Xiang Kang's little traitor, I must see with my own eyes what tricks he wants to play, and this king has a bottom in his heart." ”

As he spoke, the Han army had already moved, and under the impetus of the bull and the many Han army soldiers, the mysterious weapon of the Han army, which made Han Xin extremely vigilant and made Liu Laosan suspicious, the counterweight trebuchet invented more than 1,500 years in advance, finally officially appeared in front of the Nanyang Army's soil buns and the Western Chu Army's southern line corps, which were also soil buns!

Because of the abundant manpower, and because of the felling of enough qualified timber in the Xiangcheng area, the counterweight trebuchet used by the Han army on the battlefield of Yexian this time directly exceeded the counterweight trebuchet used in the Puyang and Julu battlefields, reaching an astonishing fifty planes, the huge body and thick throwing arm are daunting, even if it is more than 300 meters away, fifty counterweight trebuchets are lined up in front of the Nanyang military camp, and still immediately let the Nanyang soldiers feel the murderous aura. It also made countless Nanyang soldiers can't help but talk in a low voice......

"What's that? What is it for? ”

"It's like a trebuchet, the kind of trebuchet we used in the siege before? But how can it be so big, how many people do you have to pull it? ”

"It can't be a trebuchet, right? From such a distance, how could a stone thrown by a trebuchet hit our camp? ”

Not only the soldiers of the Nanyang Army, after covering the sun with their hands and trying to look around for a long time, Liu Laosan couldn't help but ask questions, and said to Han Xin: "These are the new trebuchets of the Han thieves who confessed to the Han thief captive?" It looks like it, but with such a large trebuchet, how many soldiers does it take for a thief to pull it? Also, even if the thief could spare manpower, it would be impossible to throw the stone so far, right? ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know." Han Xin shook his head, and said with a somewhat gloomy face: "Your Majesty only hopes that Zhou Bo and Lu Jia are right now, that Han thief captive is exaggerating, and this kind of trebuchet of Han thieves is not as powerful as he boasts." ”

At this time, three thousand Han soldiers had already lined up to protect the counterweight trebuchet team, and there were many Han soldiers around the trebuchet busy preparing, but because of the distance and no telescopes, Liu Laosan and Han Xin could not see what the Han soldiers were making, but they saw from a distance that there was also smoke rising in that area, and it was obvious that the Han soldiers were preparing the legendary incendiary bombs.

Not only that, even at this point, Xiang Kang still has a hard to change nature, and sent a messenger to come forward with a white flag in his hand, came to the outside of the Nanyang military camp, and shouted loudly to the Nanyang army soldiers guarding the camp gate, "Please report to your general Han Xin, just say that he promised our Han King's affairs, and you can take the opportunity to do it, our Han King will definitely fulfill his promise and give him a knighthood, and follow your generals to surrender to our people, and we will definitely not treat them badly!" ”

Before the Han army envoy finished shouting the words of the discord, the angry Nanyang army soldiers had already released arrows one after another, shooting the Han army envoy into the desert and fled, and after the situation was reported to Liu Laosan and Han Xin, Liu Laosan, who was familiar with Xiang Kang's bad temperament, immediately sneered and scolded: "The little traitor raised by the servant girl, the dog can't change the, I want this king to fall into your evil deeds, dream!" The hen crows, the rooster lays eggs, this king believes it, saying that our General Han and you are secretly colluding, but Nai Weng is the first to not believe it! ”

Han Xin was silent, understanding that Liu Laosan's words were actually scolding himself, but he was secretly strange, "What is wrong with Xiang Kang, this traitor?" Why don't you say anything and refuse to let me go? ”

After some preparations, the Han soldiers who were preparing around the trebuchet team suddenly dispersed and retreated, Liu Laosan and Han Xin immediately understood that the main event was finally about to begin, and hurriedly cheered up the spirit of twelve, and watched every move of the Han army's trebuchet team with wide eyes, but what made Liu Laosan and Han Xin strange was that the huge drag team they imagined did not appear, and most of the Han soldiers and soldiers directly retreated to the main formation to rest, and only a small number of Han soldiers were still busy next to the trebuchet, Liu Laosan and Han Xin, who had both used trebuchets on the battlefield, were inevitably even more suspicious, and secretly said together: "What's the matter? Without soldiers dragging ropes, how can a trebuchet throw stones? ”

Or because they were too far away and there were no telescopes, Liu Laosan, Han Xin and others just saw the Han army's flag waving, and fifty huge Han army trebuchets almost threw their arms upward, throwing black and slimy things into the sky, and then those big black things really flew out of the range that ordinary trebuchets would never reach, and smashed into the interior of the Nanyang army camp with smoke and whistling......

At this moment, Liu Laosan and Han Xin's hearts almost stopped beating together, and their eyes widened together, and they kept their eyes on those black and slimy strange things, nervous about those strange things falling from the sky......

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

The sound of those strange things landing on the ground was not very loud, but what made Liu Laosan, Han Xin and all the Nanyang army officers and soldiers unbelievable was that after those strange things landed, they immediately burst out into huge flames, instantly igniting the surrounding camp tents, baggage and various combustibles, and some Nanyang soldiers who couldn't dodge were affected by the flames, and they were immediately set on fire with their hair, beard and clothes, and immediately let out a scream like killing pigs, falling to the ground and rolling on the ground.

Seeing this scene, of course, the officers and men of the Nanyang Army were in an uproar, and the screams came and went, while Liu Laosan and Han Xin were pale, and they immediately understood that the Han prisoner did not lie about at least two points - that is, the new trebuchet of the Han army, which can indeed smash strange fire bombs that can be set on fire! You can also smash it far and even farther!

On the other side, seeing this situation in the middle and high ground of the Xichu military camp far away in the west, Li Ji had to be very happy in addition to his pale face, and said openly: "Thank God, fortunately, the Han thieves hit the camp of the Nanyang Army first, if the Han thieves came to attack our camp first, we would definitely be miserable!" ”

Fortunately, after all, it was the soldiers brought out by Liu Laosan and Han Xin, even if they were frightened and demoralized by the terrifying power of the Han army's incendiary bombs, but after the initial panic, the Nanyang soldiers immediately started to extinguish the fire, and they were not completely panicked because of this. However, what caught the officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Army off guard once again was that not long after they had just started to extinguish the fire, the second round of incendiary bombs of the Han army had already smashed again, and most of the targets were pointed to the Chinese camp of the Nanyang Army!

The sound of the stoneware urn landing is still not very loud, but because the pottery urn is also filled with tung oil, after the ground explosion, the original incendiary bomb of the Han army can burst out a large area of flames, in addition to igniting all the combustibles around, it can also burn the Nanyang soldiers who can't avoid the burns, and burn these unlucky Nanyang soldiers are burning, the ghost cries wolf, and several lucky people of the Nanyang army were directly hit by the incendiary bomb, and suddenly the whole body was on fire, and the skin was burned to the point that the flesh was stinking, and the screams were endless, The most critical camp of the Nanyang Army was also in chaos.

"The thief's trebuchet can control the direction, and if you can smash it wherever you want!"

Han Xin finally screamed, and immediately understood that the Han army wanted to hit their own Chinese army camp with incendiary bombs first, completely hitting and shaking their military morale - this is also a helpless thing, who called Han Xin greedy for command convenience, and established the Chinese army camp at a high place in the camp, such an obvious target was placed in front of him, and the Han army naturally adjusted the previous attack order, giving priority to Han Xin's Chinese army camp, and giving the Nanyang army a dismount first.

On the other side, Liu Laosan's face gradually began to turn blue, and he finally began to regret that he did not listen to Han Xin's contrary advice, did not quickly retreat to avoid the Han army, and chose to stay in Yexian County to fight a decisive battle with the Han army.

Fortunately, after the Han army only threw three rounds of expensive incendiary bombs, it did not continue to waste ammunition and began to install net pockets to modify stone bombs, but even so, after three rounds of incendiary bombs, the originally orderly Nanyang military camp was still completely chaotic, full of fire and smoke, and everywhere were Nanyang soldiers who rushed to extinguish the fire, and the morale of the army was frustrated together, and they were no longer as confident as before.

Liu Laosan and Han Xin also still had hope, that is, they still thought that the confession of the Han prisoners was exaggerated, and it was impossible for the Han army's trebuchets to drop heavy stone projectiles weighing more than 100 catties, let alone directly cause direct damage to the strong fortress they had spent manpower and material resources to build—if this was the case, this battle would definitely have to be fought!

The Han army trebuchet team quickly satisfied Liu Laosan and Han Xin's desire to know the truth, and after the throwing arm was all equipped with net pockets and solid stone bullets, the flag waved, and fifty huge stone bullets weighing about one hundred and fifty pounds flew up in the air, whistling and spinning and smashed into the camp of the Nanyang army, and because the Han army trebuchet riders had accumulated a lot of experience in actual combat, even the first round of stone throwing nearly half smashed into the camp wall of the Nanyang army.

"Boom! Bang! ”

The sound of the boulder landing was far louder than the incendiary bomb, and in the unbelievable eyes of Liu Laosan, Han Xin and others, the walls of the Nanyang Army that the soldiers had worked so hard to build smashed out huge gaps and long cracks, and they landed several feet deeper, and they could still continue to hurt people when they bounced, just like a giant fist of ghosts and gods, smashing huge wounds on the seemingly impregnable Nanyang military barracks.

That's not all, there are stone bullets tumbling and smashing into the crowd of Nanyang soldiers, immediately splashing up the sky-high waves of flesh and blood and countless noisy screams, and there are stone bullets smashed in the Nanyang Army soldiers to build the arrow tower, the original solid arrow tower is like a paper paste and folded in response, squatting on the arrow tower ready to release arrows to resist the enemy's Nanyang Army archers screamed and fell into the dust, broke their tendons and fractures, their heads broke and flowed, and the military tent that was directly hit by the Han army's stone bullets was needless to say, and even the sound was too late to come out, so it disappeared directly into the ground.

In the face of such a terrifying scene, even the soldiers of the Song Army, who had seen advanced weapons such as gunpowder beds and crossbow step armor after a hundred battles more than 1,500 years later, were still frightened, not to mention the Nanyang soldiers who were still on the tail of the Bronze Age.

"It's worthy of Han Xin." Liu Laosan hung his head weakly and said in his heart: "Seeing the slight knowledge, this king should listen to his persuasion and retreat first at any cost." Ye County, it is impossible to hold it. ”

Next, the soldiers of the Nanyang Army guarding the barracks wall can only be described as being in hell, the huge stone bullets are constantly whistling and flying, as long as they can't dodge it slightly, even if they are only slightly hung by the stone bullets, they will immediately be seriously injured and even killed. And even if the soldiers of the Nanyang Army were lucky enough to dodge, the solid wall under their feet would be directly smashed into a huge gap several feet deep, making it difficult to gain a foothold, let alone stand in that position and shoot arrows.

In fact, the most unlucky, or the Nanyang soldiers on the arrow tower sentry tower, in order to improve the bow and arrow firepower, Han Xin let the Nanyang soldiers build a large number of arrow towers behind the wall at any cost, with the wall and the sheep and horse wall to form a dense firepower, but at this time, these Nanyang soldiers and soldiers of the arrow tower have completely become the live target of the Han army's trebuchet, and soon because of tactical needs, it has become the key target of the Han army's trebuchet, as long as it is hit by a boulder, A tall arrow tower can be smashed into a state of sawdust immediately, and the Nanyang soldiers on the upper floor screamed and fell into the camp one after another, either falling to death or being injured, failing to kill an enemy with an arrow, but also causing a lot of casualties to the Nanyang army itself.

The Han army's stone-throwing tactics are not only that, in addition to focusing on the arrow tower near the gate of the Nanyang military camp, the trebuchet of the Han army also tried its best to smash the boulder to the wall on both sides of the Nanyang military camp gate, and gradually smashed the wall in this area to a thousand holes, gaps everywhere, and also harvested away the precious lives of many Nanyang army soldiers who defended the camp gate, without killing or wounding a single soldier, it caused many casualties to the Nanyang army.

Seeing this situation, at the beginning, many Nanyang soldiers were extremely happy, glad that the boulder of the Han army never hit their camp gate, but a military genius is a military genius after all, after a while, Han Xin suddenly woke up and roared: "Not good! The thieves want to weaken our camp gate guards first, and then concentrate their forces on smashing our camp gate, so that the Han thieves can directly enter our camp! ”

There was nothing he could do when he discovered this situation, although Han Xin subconsciously planned to let the Saimen knife cart come forward to facilitate the emergency blocking of the camp gate when the camp gate fell, but before the order was shouted, Han Xin suddenly woke up - even the rammed earth wall could not stop the Han army's boulders, and the wooden Saimen knife cart was no different from toys in front of the Han army's boulders? So Han Xin had no choice but to quickly figure out how to deal with the next situation.

Before Han Xin could come up with an idea, the Han army had already made a move, first the long shield hand covered the bow and crossbow to step forward, set up a temporary fortification at a distance of fifty steps outside the gate of the Nanyang army's camp, opened up a fire point to suppress the remaining defenders on the base, and then, more than 4,000 Han soldiers were divided into two teams and strode forward, to the Nanyang army's bow and arrow range outside the queue to wait for orders, and then, the Han army's trebuchet team only made a slight adjustment, and immediately concentrated its firepower and began to bombard the north gate of the Nanyang army's camp!

It's just a knife to kill a chicken! It's just the first round of throwing, five or six boulders have smashed into the gate of the Nanyang Army's North Camp, and without much effort, the seemingly solid Nanyang Barracks Gate was directly smashed into a sawdust state, and the Nanyang soldiers hiding behind the camp gate of the fortress wall were smashed to the deaths and injuries, flesh and blood flew, and the remnants of the Nanyang Sergeants were scattered, all of them screamed, "The door is broken!" The door is broken! The thieves are coming in! ”

Han Xin closed his eyes in pain, and immediately understood that he no longer had any hope of blocking the attack of the Han army with his fortifications, and whether he could hold on could only depend on the soldiers under his command and whether they could block the crazy attack of the Han army with their flesh and blood.

Liu Laosan's shoulder patting made Han Xin reopen his eyes, and Liu Laosan didn't have any expression, just said lightly: "General, you are right, this king regrets not listening to your advice." But it's useless to regret it now, it's up to you next, try to block this attack of the Han thieves for this king, at least for this king to hold out until it is dark. ”

"The king is at ease." Han Xin clenched his fists and said solemnly: "Your Majesty will do your best." ”

Liu Laosan nodded, and then instructed: "You must take care of yourself, no matter what, you have to go back alive to meet this king, and this king will listen to you about the war in the future, even if you think you should give up Wancheng, this king will not hesitate!" ”

With that, Liu Laosan, who was never in danger, immediately took his guards through the back door and fled back to his camp to prepare to retreat overnight. At the same time, seeing that the situation was not good on the western heights, Li Ji also hurriedly ordered his own soldiers: "Quick, go and contact Han Xin, and tell him to hold on to us until it is completely dark no matter what!" Also, immediately load the food and grass weapons we need into the truck, and prepare dry food torches, the more the better! ”

At the same time, after clearly seeing that the gate of the north camp of the Nanyang Army was successfully smashed open, Xiang Kang first sent someone to order the trebuchet team to change the target and bombard the east gate on the left side of the north camp of the Nanyang Army, and then ordered lightly: "Beat the drums, attack, teach Han Xin how to be a man." ”

The war drums sounded, and the 2,000 Han soldiers who lined up in front immediately shouted and charged, carrying trench bridge cars and flying ladders, and rushed to the middle gate of the north camp of the Nanyang Army that had been opened like a tide. And behind them, he resolutely asked Han Junlong, who was the vanguard, to grind his hands, gritted his teeth, and roared with red eyes, "Quick! Fast! Hurry up for Lao Tzu! We must take down the camp gate for Lao Tzu and open the way for us to enter the army! ”

"General Long, after opening the road to the army, it should be the last general to go first, right?" Zhang Zhong, another Han army general next to him, asked with a smile.

"I didn't say I wouldn't let you go first!" Long He replied angrily, and said: "As long as the road to the army is opened, you go first, whether you can block the counterattack of the Nanyang thief army depends on yours!" ”

Zhang Zhong smiled and didn't speak, just turned his gaze to his direct team, five hundred Han army heavy armor soldiers wearing steel armor and even having steel protection on their faces, they had already waited in line with steel weapons, just waiting for the front team to open the road, and they could immediately stride forward, like a group of humanoid tanks, killing the dense crowd of Nanyang Army that would definitely swarm in.

By the way, whether it is the officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Army or Han Xin himself, they have never really seen the heavy armor soldiers of the Han Army, this special type of troops that should have appeared at least during the Tang Dynasty! A brutal massacre with a huge disparity between strength and weakness is about to appear in front of the military god Han Xin!