With Wang Bo's order, the second wave of large-scale offensive of the rebels resumed. The commanders of the other three battalions received orders and had to order their teams to launch a second round of attacks on Licheng, of course, even the West Battalion was no exception, although they were frightened by the pro-guard army, but under the direct threat of death from above, they still had to attack the west gate of Licheng, it is better to die later than to die now.

The second wave of the rebels attacked far less violently than the first, perhaps because the first wave of the offensive did not achieve much, and some were discouraged, that is to say, it declined again. Or because the unitary time is in winter, the sky has begun to darken, and the body's physiological response has become sluggish, in short, it is not as aggressive as before.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and the rebels' offensive against the East City Gate has not slowed down, but has become more fierce!

"Lord Wang, look, what is that?" A county commander said to Yang Jun, because in his eyes, there were two giant machines in the back of the rebels, which he had never seen before.

"That?" Yang Jun didn't see it at all, because he hadn't seen much trebuchet either.

Since the Northern Dynasties, all parts of northern China have basically been under the control of nomads, and they are generally not very good at defending cities, so the enemy army rarely uses trebuchets to attack cities. Except, of course, for the Mongols, a people who make good use of trebuchets.

Chinese trebuchets first appeared in the Warring States Period, using manpower to pull the tips attached to the crossbar far away from the catapults, and throw stone projectiles, divided into single pins and multiple pins. Under normal circumstances, a large trebuchet needs hundreds of people to operate at the same time, of course, it is much easier to use war horses, but it is difficult to control.

"It looks a bit like a trebuchet, but it's that simple, right?" Yang Yan said uncertainly

"Trebuchet? What's that? The commander muttered, "Lord Wang be careful" said and pounced on Yang Jun, and at this moment, a large stone came from the sky and smashed the city wall in front of the place where Yang Yong was standing just now. The walls of the city were shaken.

"Ahh ~”

There were several shouts from below the city.

Yang Yan stood up and patted the dust on his body.

"Lord Wang, are you okay?" The county commander said worriedly.

"It's okay, don't worry." Yang Jun gave him a reassuring look, he was just recalling the situation of various weapons in the military theory class in his previous life, including the weapons of the cold weapon era, so he was distracted.

"The rebels really use trebuchets, which are very powerful, but one of their weaknesses is that they are slow to move, and they require a lot of manpower to control, and they can't be used frequently, otherwise their service life will be greatly reduced."

"We are lucky that a medium-sized and large trebuchet like the rebels has a range of about 120 to 150 zhang (360 to 460 meters), just like it was just now." Yang Jun introduced information about trebuchets to the commander of that county.

"As you saw just now, the trebuchet is very powerful, so that the soldiers are ready, and when they see the rebels throwing stones, they quickly dodge, and it is useless to hide in the arrow tower, even the arrow tower will be destroyed. It seems that we are very passive in this battle! Yang Jian worried, the rebels came up with such a siege weapon, although it was only two planes, but it made their condescending sometimes disappear.

"It seems that it is necessary to engage in hand-to-hand combat, and tell the soldiers to prepare for hand-to-hand combat." Yang Yin commanded

"Yes, lord." The commander also saw the power of the trebuchet and knew that Yang was right

"Waste, can you hit it at such a distance? Push a little and you'll die! Could their bows and arrows be able to shoot at them?! What a bunch of rubbish! Tell them to push me forward a little bit, smash the battlements of arrows in the city, and smash those Sui dogs to death! Wang Bo was very angry when he saw that the stones thrown by the trebuchet did not fall on the city wall, but on the heads of his own people.

It's hard for him to get such a big rock back, I don't know how much effort he has to spend.

The trebuchet slowly advanced and stopped out of range of the archers of Licheng.

"Stretch, load the stone."

"Put!"

As the conductor's voice ended, the stones whistled towards the head of Licheng.

"Hide!"

"Bang!"

The defenders of the city were ordered to hide when they saw the stones flying. However, this stone did not hit the city wall, after all, it was the first time that the rebels used this kind of siege weapon, and it was normal to be unskilled.

Almost all the stones that came afterwards could be smashed on the city, and the soldiers defending the city kept hiding, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

"Chong, Sui Bing is scared, go on! The wealth of Licheng is beckoning to us! ”

"Rush! Rush! Rush! Kill~" Inspired by the trebuchet, the rebels rekindled their fighting spirit and rushed towards the city wall in waves.

The whistling of stones and the shouts of the rebels seemed to dominate the battle at the East Gate.

"Wowhaha, I said, let you go to hell to defend the city!" Wang Bo laughed insolently

"Lord Wang, what should we do, we can't even stick our heads out, how can we fight this battle?" A conductor said anxiously

"Don't worry, when the rebels attack the wall, the trebuchet will stop, and then it's time to see what each is really capable of. Rest assured, there is an opportunity to fight back. Yang Xuan said that unless Wang Bo ignores his own people and does not stop throwing stones when the rebels attack the city wall, then it can be declared that Wang Bo has nothing to fear.

Sure enough, the imposing rebels soon reached the top of the East Gate with siege engines, and the trebuchets died down at the same time.

"Right now, the whole army will attack me! Beat these rebels back to me! Yang Yan roared angrily, and he was already holding back a breath of anger that the soldiers defending the city roared out like a flood, venting the resentment in their hearts to the fullest.

The rebels who came in a hurry were scattered by the angry army, and the two openings that were opened were immediately closed again, and the rebels trapped inside were being ruthlessly strangled, although the rebels were also resisting, but in the face of the anger of nearly 10,000 people, sooner or later they would be burned to slag.

"Trebuchet, trebuchet. Smash me! Smash me! Wang Bo couldn't help but be annoyed and angry when he saw that the gap that was finally opened, and only one of them was taken back by the Sui army.

"Marshal, there are still our people on the city wall!" A general said

"I can't care so much, I'll let those Sui dogs bury them with them, they should be able to rest in peace." Wang Bo said indifferently

But it didn't feel very good to the ears of the people around me.

"Then if we were in this situation, would we also be used as a victim by the marshal?"

Wang Bo didn't know that his words made his subordinates distance themselves from him, and laid the foundation for failure!

"Loading stones! Put"

"Smack~

"Smack~

……

"What's going on?" Instead of being thrown, the sound was heard, and the little leader commanding the trebuchet asked.

"Report, the tendon is broken, I'm afraid the law is stone-thrown." One of the operators said

"What, why don't you die, the tendons are broken, and you can't throw stones yet, do you want everyone to die together?" The little leader was very angry, the trebuchet made them spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build two cars, and now they were all scrapped, he could fully imagine what Wang Bo would do when he heard the news.

The most important part of a trebuchet is the stretch, and of course the spring is the best. However, it is obvious that there will be no springs in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and it is difficult to manufacture even a good stretch, so it is already good that the rebels can find a few stretches that can be used.

Just now, they threw stones endlessly, which brought huge pressure to the stretch, so it is normal for the stretch to break this time. No matter who gets this kind of big killer, they will not be willing to let go if they don't enjoy it once.

"Look, Lord Wang, it's very strange, why hasn't the rebels' trebuchet moved?" A county commander said that it was strange that he had just led someone to clear the rebels from the city wall and regain control of the wall.

"There is nothing strange about it, if you wait for the rebels' catapult to be quiet, then it means two things." Yang Jun guessed

"One is that the rebels' trebuchets are broken; The second is that the rebels have no stones, but the latter should not appear, but it is difficult to guarantee. ”

"Wait and see what happens, and I believe they won't give up like this. Ordered the soldiers to be on guard. ”

"Yes, lord." The commander replied respectfully

"What? What did you say? The trebuchet is broken, and you actually say it's broken?! What use do I want you? Sure enough, Wang Bo was furious when he heard the news that the trebuchet was broken, and the siege weapon that he had spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build was scrapped after only one time, can he not be angry.

"Pull it out and cut it!" Wang Boqing said violently

"Spare your life, handsome, spare your life!" Although the little leader had expected that the ending would not be very good, he did not expect Wang Bo to kill him, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Spare you? Guy who has more than enough success and more than failure, what's the use of keeping you? Drag it out, cut it! With a wave of his hand, two guards came and pulled the little leader up and dragged him out.

"Spare your life, spare your life, spare your life, go around~"

"Bang~

Before the word "life" was spoken, a "click" was heard, and the head fell to the ground. The rest of the tent felt a chill run down their necks.

"Keep the siege! I don't believe it, you can't take Licheng without trebuchets! ”

"Order everyone to attack, not to retreat, those who retreat will kill ~ no ~ pardon!" Wang Bo said word by word with a hideous face

"Attack, attack, retreat, slash!" Once again, the rebels' massive human flesh offensive began.

"Lord, you see, the rebels have begun to attack the city again, but the trebuchet is still not moving." The commander of the county said happily.

Glad? That's right, it's joy. Without the threat of trebuchets, there is no fear of him coming with real knives and guns.

"Well, get ready. This wave of offensive will be more violent, the sky is about to get dark, and it is estimated that the rebels will withdraw this time, but we don't have much equipment to defend the city, not much~" Yang Mian muttered.