Chapter 5 Siege Equipment

"Hey, hey, hey, hey----" thousands of people, shouting neatly trumpets. dragged siege equipment as small as two stories and as large as four or five stories in size. And Zhang Xuan's department, under the leadership of Cao Zongyu, lined up in front of these siege equipment, and when they were in Kaifeng City, there was a possibility of attacking.

And Luo Dai followed with his subordinates, as well as the only remaining cavalry in Xiao Yuan's camp, probably adding up to more than 1,000 horsemen, which was very exciting.

To the south of the Yellow River embankment and to the north of Kaifeng City, this narrow strip of land ten miles wide is firmly controlled in hand.

And Xiao Yuan's battalion is divided into two parts, which are protected on the left and right of these siege equipment, and the rest of the miscellaneous soldiers are in the back, ready to replace at any time.

Yuan Shizhong, Zhang Xuan and other generals of Xiao Yuan's camp followed behind the siege equipment, riding towards each other, while on both sides were several carts pulled by pack horses, on which were set up with two big drums, and dozens of big drums were waving drumsticks and hitting them heavily in dozens of shirtless men.

"Knock, knock, knock."

This beat coincides with the trumpet of the folk man pulling the siege equipment, forming a sinking and magnificent music. Low as thunder, full of masculine breath. Cover the entire battlefield.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Xuan also had some enthusiasm, and said: "This camp is ten miles away from Kaifeng City, which is a little too far. ”

Yuan Shizhong said: "No way? That's all there is to it. ”

Zhang Xuan also knew that the limit range of some artillery in Kaifeng City was about seven or eight miles, of course, seven or eight miles away, the target of this cannon, no, there was no accuracy at all, but the camp of Xiao Yuan's camp stretched for several miles, no matter how it deviated, it could also hit, so it could only retreat to ten miles away.

This is also why the camp, Cao Ying, Xiao Yuan Ying, all set up camps far away, attacking the city every day, and running back and forth.

It's like now.

Zhang Xuan looked at the shirtless and shouting people in front of the book, as if they were slender men on the Yellow River, trying to pull things that were dozens of times larger than their bodies.

For example, the goose cart.

The goose cart is also known as the cave.

This is a very practical siege equipment, and its main role is to dig the city wall, and it is transported the most over the camp. The goose cart is not too tall, about a little higher than a human, and there is a top floor like a tiled house, and two slopes on it, so that the rolling stones and wood can easily bounce off. And the mud on it makes it not easy to catch fire, and it can protect the soldiers below.

As soon as the soldiers approached the walls, they began to dig holes desperately.

Dig up the walls.

This kind of siege equipment is very simple to build, and it can even be transformed with ordinary carts, so Zhang Xuan has built the most like breaking into the camp, and at a glance, it seems that he can't count how many cars, but he feels that his eyes are full.

But

Other siege machines are not as easy to craft as this one. For example, ladders.

The ladder is not the long ladder of the kind on TV, if there is a modern reference, because it is a fire engine.

The ladder is divided into two layers, the next layer has no bottom, which is used to protect the soldiers, and the soldiers are under the ladder and work hard to push the cart. And the second level is the long ladder. However, it is also due to the difference in the height of the city walls.

If the walls are low, the ladder doesn't need to be too high at all, and the second level can be flush with the walls. It's like a gimbal, directly docking with the city. However, under normal circumstances, the city walls are above two zhang, so you need to drive a long ladder.

However, the long ladder at this time is also different from the ordinary ladder.

Ladder on the second floor. There is a bracket underneath, a ladder and a bracket, and a wooden cart underneath to form a right-angled triangle, which is the most stable shape and therefore not easily overturned.

And the ladder created by Zhang Xuan this time is different.

No, Zhang Xuan wants to come up with some new tricks, but the Kaifeng city wall is too high.

Four feet and five feet, what is the concept. is nearly fifteen meters. Coupled with the female wall at the head of the city, the hanging household is about fifteen meters or less.

What is the concept of fifteen meters tall?

The state stipulates that the net height of residential floors shall not be less than two meters and five, and even if the first floor is calculated as three meters, it is still as high as five floors. Coupled with the width of several zhang wide, it is a solid foundation soil in all aspects, and this Kaifeng city wall is not a city wall at all, it is a soil mountain.

The ladder is not improved, and it is difficult to extend the ladder to a height of fifteen meters.

Therefore, the upper layer of the ladder is a folding ladder, in the folded state, the ladder is only two or three zhang high, as long as it is under the city, the ladder is unfolded, in order to reach the height of five zhang.

However, even so, the ladder is powerful. There are also siege engines that are more powerful than ladders.

That's the Lu bus.

Zhang Xuan prefers to call him Yuntai.

Lu Gongche is Zhang Xuan's "Jade Belt Edition" by Fu Zonglong, there is a special explanation, Fu Zonglong saw this thing when he was in the southwest to quell the turmoil. Because of the Southwest Rebellion, Guiyang was besieged for a period of time, and the natives used this thing when they attacked the city. Therefore, Fu Zonglong has a special impression.

However, Zhang Xuan was sure that the Lv bus that Fu Zonglong had seen was definitely different from the Lv bus built by Zhang Xuan.

After all, how can the Guiyang city wall be compared with the Kaifeng city wall.

Even if Zhang Xuan stepped up construction, this Lu bus would only be built.

In Zhang Xuan's view, the Lu bus is not a car. It is a mobile fortress.

It is about five stories high, each floor is one zhang high, there are long hooks, iron thorns, and hardwood on one side of the city wall. The entire Lu bus can probably carry hundreds of soldiers, and as long as it is close to the city wall, it can form a stable passage to the city. The besieging side can pass through this endless stream of uphill cities.

However, the Lu bus is not without its drawbacks.

The downside is that it's too big.

It's like a moving wooden tower, and to erect a wooden tower fifteen meters high, the territory must be large enough, otherwise it will fall down as soon as the wind blows, let alone move. Even if the target is too large, it will be attacked by concentrated fire at the head of the city, especially artillery.

No matter how bad the accuracy of the artillery is, it will not be much worse to fight such a big guy.

"Artillery." Zhang Xuan looked at the head of the city, although the distance was still far away, Zhang Xuan couldn't see the artillery at the head of the city clearly, but he knew that above the head of the city, there must be a dense array of artillery.

Among the siege equipment of the brigade, there are also a lot of artillery, and each artillery is pulled by a gun carriage, but this artillery truck is sandwiched with these siege equipment, which is not conspicuous at all. It's easy to lose sight of the past.

Zhang Xuan felt a bit bitter in his heart.

The development of the times has changed a lot of things, if on the occasion of the Song and Yuan dynasties, Zhang Xuan built this set of siege equipment, and attacked any city, he would have some certainty. But at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the large-scale use of artillery neutralized the role of these siege equipment.

Although artillery is the first priority in the siege, artillery is also the first in defending the city.

It's just that Zhang Xuan had a little toothache as soon as he saw the walls of Kaifeng City. Zhang Xuan felt that even if the 75 cannons of the Anti-Japanese War were brought over, they might not be able to blast open the Kaifeng city wall. As for the cannons in his hands now, even if they are newly created, and even the legendary Hongyi cannons may not be able to blast through the Kaifeng city wall.

"Sure enough, it's a siege." Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart.

is also why the camp is so brave and fierce, and when he sees Kaifeng, he actually feels worried. From fighting other places, everyone is vying to be the first, and when the city is opened, even if it is as brave as Liu Zongmin, there is no intention of taking the lead.

Yan Li Zhai is among them.

Most of the attacks on the camp under Kaifeng City were routine. Therefore, Li Zicheng has no intention of going to the town.

"Report." A scout stepped forward and said, "Tell King Chuang, Xiao Yuan's camp is in battle." ”

"Oh," Li Zicheng said, "I heard that they have built a lot of siege equipment during this period of time. How many are there, exactly? ”

The scout said: "In Xiao Yuan's camp, there is a Lu bus, seven ladders, countless goose cars, countless cave cars, and more than 100 artillery cars, and other subordinates have not looked closely. ”

"It's also a book." Li Zicheng said: "What do you think, what is the result of Xiao Yuanying's battle? ”

"I'm sure I'll be gone." Niu Jinxing said: "If Kaifeng City is so easy to capture, three months ago, I broke into the camp and captured it, do you still use his Xiao Yuan camp?" ”

For a while, the generals who broke into the camp spoke out one by one and talked about it.

Li Zicheng said: "Okay, don't say it. After all, Xiao Yuanying is his own person, and he ordered him to go over and say that I, Li Zicheng and other his celebration wine. ”

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