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Chapter 63: Hold on

There are not many new weapons like the earth-shaking thunder in the Chu army, and there are two key problems: first, it is not very powerful, compared to the incendiary bombs commonly used by the Chu army, it is simply a world of difference; Second, the technology is not mature enough, and it is extremely easy to self-destruct during transportation, especially in dry weather. Combining these two factors, the main role of the earth-shaking thunder in the Chu army is to disrupt the enemy's formation and cause the enemy's panic and disturbance.

The real siege warfare still relies on stone throwers and incendiary bombs. However, in the siege of Bianjing, the Chu army did not bring many large stone throwers, whether it was to fight Songzhou or Bianjing. I haven't seen the kind of stone Qi in the past, covering the sky and the sun, shaking the huge scene of heaven and earth, of course, this is also a reason, the stone thrower is really good, a stone down, can drop the city tower into a big hole, however, its limitations are also very large, it is not suitable for use in the plain area. Why?

There are no stones!

There is a Chinese drama that says: Before the army moves, the grain and grass go first. From ancient times to the present, I have seen armies marching and fighting, carrying dry rations, carrying bows and arrows, and carrying other siege equipment, but I have never seen that army carrying a large number of stones to the battlefield. Those who bring stones on the road are not called armies, they should be called construction teams!

The stone thrower can be carried with the army, but the big stones can only be taken from local materials, dug by the mountains, and touched by the water. If you hit the Great Plains, there's no way around it. Bianjing is still located on the Great Plain of North China, not to mention the mountains nearby, there is not even a small mountain bag. The nearest mountain should be Songshan. It is naturally very convenient to walk from Songshan to Bianjing, but it is not a good errand to ask a few people to carry a big stone and walk to Songshan. It is estimated that few people are willing to do it. After all, the smallest stone thrown by the stone thrower is the size of the stone lion erected outside the gate now (it is mainly used to destroy the city wall, and smashing people is only an auxiliary role, similar to holding sheep).

Therefore, if you want to attack the city, in addition to breaking people and exchanging human lives for the city, you can only rely on incendiary bombs. However, the Chu army really won several world-famous battles with incendiary bombs, and they couldn't hide it if they wanted to, and the secret of the incendiary bombs was already known to the whole world. As the main opponent of Da Chu, Da Zhou had already sent people to set up a project based on this, set up a scientific research project, and researched several methods to deal with incendiary bombs. As for Bianjing, before the arrival of the Chu army, they artificially made a separation zone between the houses in the city and the city wall in advance. What's the most powerful thing about incendiary bombs? It's not that it burns everywhere, but that when it burns, it releases a lot of heat energy, which makes it easy to ignite next to flammable items such as wood. After the barrier was made, the incendiary bomb could not touch anything that could burn, and its power was greatly reduced.

After the earth-shattering thunder launched an attack on the southern gate of Bianjing, Qian Qing ordered the use of incendiary bombs to prepare to burn Bianjing. However, after a while, the incendiary bomb was thrown out quite a bit, but the expected large-scale combustion did not occur. Qian Qing had no choice but to blow the horn of the charge.

"Woooooooooooo A low trumpet sounded.

The brightly armored sergeants were either armed with broadswords and shields, or armed with strong bows and crossbows, lined up in neat rows, and marched towards Bianjing City in the sound of hunting pennants fluttering and the sound of inspiring horns.

There are bows and arrows flying in the sky, which are shot out by the Chu army in order to suppress the Zhou soldiers on the head of the city, with a crossbow cart and crossbow bed, but after all, the Zhou soldiers are from the city guard, and the Zhou soldiers on the city head may be suppressed by the crossbow arrows of the Chu army, but on the towering arrow towers and at the mouth on both sides, a large number of Zhou soldiers are secretly thinking about the Chu army shooting bows and arrows.

"Ha !!" After entering the attack range of the bow and arrow, the soldiers of the Chu army shouted in unison, raised their shields high, covered their bodies, and charged towards the wolf smoke of the city with their bows and arrows. The neat formation was suddenly divided into three parts, and the crossbowmen on both wings, under the escort of the number of sword fighters, swept towards the city point by point, strangling the lives of the Zhou army. The pikemen and knife men in the middle lined up in a line, urging the "dong dong dong" war drums to charge towards Bianjing City. Different from the method of the archers on both wings advancing step by step, they swarmed up, carrying the ladder of the ladder, pushing the cart of the cart, and taking a step faster, the more chance of survival, and the more chance of meritorious service.

"Your Majesty, why are you here? The head of the city is too dangerous, just now the Chu army shot the earth-shaking thunder, and the earth-shaking thunder actually concealed a steel needle, which caused great trouble to the soldiers of our army, you... It's not safe here, so you'd better go back sooner. You are here to defend it. Li Gu, the new commander of Bianjing, saw that the Great Emperor Guo Wei was actually on the battlefield in person, and hurriedly asked in a panic. Li Gu was originally the prime minister, but after Wang Jun was killed, Xiang Xun, the privy envoy of Guo Wei's confidant, was sent to Hebei to supervise all the people in Hebei to strictly guard against Liu Chong and the Khitans in Hedong. As a result, Bianjing City was missing a general who was enough to deter the army, so Guo Wei appointed Li Gu as the commander of Bianjing, supervising all the men and horses in Bianjing. This Li Gu is not a simple character, this guy can be said to be a rare all-rounder.

Guo Wei laughed: "Li Aiqing, have you forgotten my origin?" In the past, under the command of Han Taizu, I was the first general in Taiyuan, and I was only shocked by thunder, how could I be scared? The soldiers did their duty to defend their homes and the country regardless of their lives, and I came to inspect the city and encourage the morale of the army. Li Aiqing, you don't have to persuade again, follow me to the Arrow Tower to see where the Chu army is strong. Guo Wei is in good spirits, not at all like the appearance of being sick two days ago, Li Gu is very happy. did not persuade Guo Wei again, because he also knew that Guo Wei was a famous general, in this case, let him take a look and have a comprehensive grasp of the entire battle situation, maybe it would be a good thing.

Looking at the tide of attacks outside the city, Guo Wei had a calm look on his face, and he didn't seem to take this siege to heart. After Li Gu glanced at Guo Wei, he said, "Your Majesty, what do you think of the Chu Army?" ”

"Well-documented and well-trained. With such an army, Guo Chong's defeat at Dangshan is understandable. In the hands of this kind of army, it is not unjust. You... Guo Wei glanced at the pro-army guards standing aside, waved his hand, and asked them to retreat. Then he sighed: "Aiqing, there are no outsiders now, you are honest, for such an army, if 100,000 people arrive, how long can you hold out?" ”

"Minister... The minister can wait until the reinforcements arrive, but please ask Your Majesty to make a holy message. ”

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