Chapter 596: The battle is fierce
Yuan Shao's trebuchet in front of him was the first to strike with an order, and stone projectiles the size of a human head were thrown out and flew towards the west gate of Plains City.
However, the scene of stone bombardment that was full of expectations was not seen.
Because most of the stone bullets fell outside the city wall, they did not hit the middle city or leap over.
"Damn, it's too far, stop the projectile and move the position forward!"
As long as anyone with eyes understands that this is a position that is too far away, and it is too conservative when arranging the formation.
So under the movement of Lux Lux, one after another trebuchets were pushed, rubbing the mud and sand on the ground to move forward slowly.
"Use Wengcheng's trebuchet, strike at Yuan Jun, and smash me hard."
The trebuchets of the Yuan army outside the city made a small joke, but the Xu Ding Department in the plain city did not, and they also began to counterattack under the command of the observers in the city, and one after another the trebuchets threw the boulders out.
The roaring boulder smashed down, smashing the charging Yuan Jun into a bloody corpse.
The Yuan army that charged on both wings fell one by one, and in the face of the boulder attack, Yuan Jun was frightened and trembled, but he could only run forward.
Their order was to siege the city, carry the ladder and climb up, and capture the city, which was their death order.
If you can't attack it, everyone will be punished, and if you retreat, the Warlord will mercilessly wave the butcher's knife and cut it down.
War is like this, bloody, without a trace of sympathy and pity.
"Shoot the arrows!" At the head of the city, Zhang Fei and Zhu Ling commanded the crossbowmen, so that the soldiers in the city would tilt their arrows away.
Compared to the boulder, this rain of arrows caused more damage.
More Yuan troops fell.
Yuan Jun, who rushed to the city like a moth to a fire, immediately set up a ladder and leaned against the city wall, then bit the knife and climbed up with the sword.
The lieutenants of the fourth lieutenant army in the city commanded their subordinates to shoot arrows, and commanded the soldiers to pour oil and stones, throw wood, and beat the Yuan army that wanted to rush to the city.
"Debugging, quick! Stone ......"
Yuan Shao's generals looked at the soldiers who kept falling from the wings, as well as the soldiers who kept falling down under the city, and they were also secretly anxious, urging the trebuchet operators to quickly load the stone bullets to suppress and deter the fourth lieutenant army in the city.
With a burst of urging, the troops in charge of the trebuchets finally sent the first stone bullet to be loaded.
Whistling stone projectiles flew from under the city to the city walls, smashing into the adobe bricks outside the city walls, and some flew into the city and smashed into pergolas or thatched houses.
More often than not, it smashed on the street, smashing a big hole deeply.
"Good! Haha just hit me, smash me, smash to death, smash the city wall! ”
Although none of the trebuchets in the first wave smashed on the city wall and did not cause substantial damage to the fourth captain's army, the effect of hitting the wall also aroused the approval of Yuan Shao's army.
aroused their fighting spirit, and one by one they helped to reload and project.
Yuan Shao and his subordinates saw that the trebuchet was not afraid to shoot stone bullets, and countless stone bullets bombarded the West City Gate, and they also felt a sense of heroism and pride in their hearts.
This trebuchet is powerful, and it deserves to be the first siege weapon.
According to this method of play, it will not take long to smash down the city wall and knock over the fourth lieutenant army on the city wall.
I have to say that Yuan Shaobu had a plan for the arrangement of troops, the trebuchet was in the front, the main bombardment of the gate of the city tower to attack the front, and the concentrated stone bombardment at the same point.
Yuan Shao's side got the technical information of the trebuchet, and he was busy with it.
After making it, I also watched the trebuchet strike scene, and knew that the most basic principle of the trebuchet is projectile, and I also understood that the trebuchet was not well prepared.
The probability is too great, and the best effect can only be achieved by relying purely on a large area of coverage and blowing.
That's why Yuan Shao and others gathered all the trebuchets together, put them in front, and concentrated on bombarding the city gate tower.
Seeing the trebuchet wielding its might, round after round of bombardment of the city gate, Yuan Shao and others were extremely satisfied.
"As long as the soldiers on both wings of our flanks continue to contain the first defense of the city, and the trebuchets continue to bombard, we will soon be able to capture the West City Gate." Xu Yu said.
Yuan Shao said: "Very good, then dispatch the troops to hit the city, hit the city gate, and the city and the city will go all out." ”
As long as Yuan Shao does not make character mistakes and mistakes, he still has a strong sense of the overall situation.
In order to avoid long nights and dreams, a team was sent to attack the castle cave.
This force stood by behind the trebuchet, and immediately received the order to carry the siege wood and rush to the cave under the cover of the shieldmen on both wings.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Seeing that Yuan Shao had finally sent the key troops to break the city, the fourth lieutenant in the city immediately dispatched several teams of archers to block the attack.
However, the shooting effect of the archers was not very good, and the shield bearers of Yuan Jun raised their shields one after another, and only a dozen or so wrestlers who rushed forward were hit, and then more wrestlers relayed to carry the battering ram.
"Crossbow, fire, break my ......"
The archer's lethality is limited, but the breakthrough power of the bed crossbow is definitely enough.
The four crossbows were aimed at each other, and the four arrows were fired one after another.
The sharp diamond-shaped armor-piercing arrow, with a heavy blow, instantly pierced the shield and pierced through it, and the penetrating power directly shocked a group of people.
The four sharp arrows scattered the entire charging team, and the long crashing wood fell to the ground, so angry that the generals of the Yuan army who supervised the battle behind scolded their mothers.
"Attack, go on, make sure I rush to the door." A commander commanded.
Then another team of wrestlers rushed over to carry the crashing wood, and more shield soldiers provided maintenance on the front and left sides, and added two more layers to increase the defense.
In this way, after the crossbow arrows were fired, they could only penetrate the shield soldiers on the first layer and crush the outermost column.
The wrestlers inside are still unscathed.
Finally, after paying a great price, Yuan Jun still rushed to the bottom of the city cave, and then rushed to the city gate amid the shouts of a commanding general.
The archers and crossbowmen in the city continued to disrupt and shoot, but the effect was much worse, and they had to command people to throw stones and Raymond south.
At this time, heavy attacks are often more effective than other mission-heavy attacks.
"Pour oil on the fire!"
With a bang, a pot of hot oil spilled down, followed by a rocket, igniting a piece.
Yuan Shao under the city cave suddenly let out a terrible howl.
The collision with the city failed, and Yuan Jun had to give up this conventional style of play and continued to rely on trebuchets to output.
"Strengthen the two wings, give me a fierce attack, you must kill the city, and the two wings break through and take the city wall in one fell swoop."
Since the attack on Chengdong failed, Xu You, Feng Ji and others had no choice but to suggest that Yuan Shao shift the direction of the main attack to the two wings and change the way and direction of the breakthrough.
The fighting between the two sides continued to be fierce, and the fighting became more and more ferocious, and the number of casualties continued to increase.
The trebuchets on both sides attacked each other, and the stone projectiles flew around and around the city.