"Trebuchet ready, trebuchet ready!"

"Trebuchet ready!"

"Pay attention to the order, prepare to issue artillery, prepare to issue artillery!"

The tall trebuchets are lined up in several rows, and there are more than ten people busy next to each trebuchet, some are busy lifting dozens of pounds of stone bullets, and some are adjusting the direction. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The counterweight trebuchet, a trebuchet that does not need to be pulled by manpower, but can project heavier stone projectiles, such a magical weapon, first made by the Zhou army, shines in the war.

The Sui State and the Chen State suffered from this weapon, and later the Sui State was the first to understand the secrets, produced them and put them into actual combat, and then sent the drawings to the Chen State, so that the two countries could compete with the Zhou State in the attack and defense of the city.

The accuracy of the counterweight trebuchet is not very good, but it is better to save manpower, if there are many trebuchets at the same time, it is enough to make the enemy army who gather to attack the city suffer heavy casualties, and now, it is the time for the counterweight trebuchet in Chen Guoxun Yang Village to show its skills.

After the Zhou army captured Sangluozhou yesterday, despite the overnight rain, it launched an attack on the south bank the next day, that is, today, and Xunyang Village in the west of Huangkou City bore the brunt.

The defenders of Xunyangzhai were puzzled by this: it didn't stop when it rained, or forcibly landed on the south bank from the river, fighting in a slippery mud, could it be that the one-legged bronze man was crazy!

Rainy days and humid weather will lead to a decrease in the range and power of the horn bow and arrow, and the muddy ground is not conducive to cavalry attack.

But does it work?

This is on the riverside, it is a rainy day, everywhere is muddy, Xunyang Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although the range and power of the bow and arrow decrease, but the Zhou soldiers always have to approach the village, and when the time comes, the arrow will die!

It's not that the bow can't be used on a rainy day, but it will be scrapped after use, but if it can give Zhou soldiers heavy damage, what's the harm in scrapping hundreds or thousands of bows?

Not to mention that there are counterweight trebuchets in Xunyang Village, equipped with sufficient stone bullets, what do the Zhou soldiers who rushed to land on the beach take to shoot at the trebuchets in Xunyang Village?

Even if the Zhou army had prepared for a long time, carrying a large amount of timber and other materials with the ship, and building a trebuchet after landing, where could the range of this hastily built trebuchet be?

If you want to break the village by thunder, you have to rush over!

"Attention!! The first row of trebuchets, ready... Hair cannon! ”

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers of Chen Jun under the first row of trebuchets wheeled up the big wooden mallets and smashed them down on the ground cannon mechanism.

In the sound of "creaking", the cannon rod threw the heavy stone bullets into the air, and more than ten stone bullets drew a beautiful arc in the drizzle, flew straight out more than 200 steps away, and fell towards the dense warships on the river.

The water column that rushed to the sky continued to appear, some stone bullets hit the water surface, and some stone bullets hit the enemy warship, and the weight of dozens of catties with momentum directly smashed the warship.

The first round of attacks ended, and the second round of attacks followed, the trebuchets in Xunyang Village were divided into several rows, and under the guidance of the sentries, they fired cannons in turn, and the endless stone bullets flew like raindrops to the Zhou warships that rushed to the beach.

Countless columns of water appeared on the river, and many Zhou warships were sunk, but more warships rushed towards the south bank by the north wind, and they were greeted by dense wooden stakes on the tidal flats.

The water level of the Yangtze River changes many times throughout the year, and the water level naturally becomes higher in the rainy season, but now it is autumn and winter, and the water level begins to drop, but whether it is in the water or on the tidal flats, there are wooden piles like forests to prevent enemy warships from forcibly landing on the shore.

Xunyang village is located in the former site of Xunyang City, close to the Yangtze River, the wall is on the cornerstone of the old city wall to defend against the water, there is a wharf next to the wall, but after the defeat of the water army yesterday, it was set on fire, and the wooden stake that has been laid on the tidal flat by the river has long been in case the enemy army rushes directly to the fort by boat.

Seeing that the warships of the Zhou army were rushing towards the shore desperately, the guards of Xunyang Village immediately gathered people to put on the north wall, and all kinds of strong bows and crossbows, rolling wood and stones, and even quicklime were ready, and they were waiting for the Zhou soldiers who did not know what to do after landing and gave them a head drink.

"Steady, steady! When they get off the boat, shoot at the people who are carrying the thunder! The ladder is closer! ”

"But Zhou Bing will definitely use the big shield to cover the thunder, so what should I do?"

"They got together just in time to shoot with a big crossbow!"

After the female wall, the soldiers of the Chen army had a good time, waiting for the Zhou soldiers to come to die, and the Zhou warships on the river finally rushed to the shore after losing at least half, but they were blocked by the stake array, and when the defenders were waiting for the Zhou soldiers to get off the boat and wade ashore on foot, those boats actually burst into flames.

There was a plopping sound, and there were two or three people jumping into the water behind each boat, and it seemed that they were the boatmen, but the other party left the burning boat and ignored it, and no more people got off the boat, and the defenders were a little puzzled.

The fires on each ship were fierce, and the flames soon swept through the whole ship, as if there were many flammable things on board for such ferocious fires.

Some Chen soldiers were puzzled: "This... Could it be that he is taking the lead with a fireboat to burn the stakes on the shore? ”

This view seems to be reasonable, but it soon caused others to question: "When will it burn like this?" Besides, even if the piece of wood on the surface of the water can be burned, what about the section under the water? ”

Just when the defenders of Xunyangzhai were confused, more and more fireboats on the shore suddenly emitted billowing smoke, and when the north wind was blowing, these smoke drifted towards the downwind direction, that is, Xunyangzhai.

"Ahem, ahem!" The sound of coughing came and went, many Chen soldiers coughed and wept, and the smell of smoke wafting from the Zhou army's warship was very unpleasant, making them feel extremely uncomfortable in their noses and throats, and their eyes were also smoked to the point that they couldn't open their eyes.

The smell of the smoke was unusually fishy, and it seemed to be a mixture of chicken feces, duck feces and other feces, mixed with a spicy smell, and many people only felt dizzy and even a little nauseous.

"Poisonous smoke, Beikou is releasing poisonous smoke!"

The frightened shout sounded, like a pebble thrown into a calm pool, causing ripples, Chen Bing on the wall of the wall exploded in an instant, and the governor saw the chaos at the scene, and shouted in a hurry: "Quick! Pull a piece of cloth dipped in water to cover your mouth and nose, and you can pee on it, you can detoxify!! ”

Many people tore up their uniforms one after another, and after getting off a piece of cloth, they either found a way to dip it in water, or untied their trouser belts and peed on the spot, covering their mouths and noses directly regardless of the fishy smell, but there were also many people foaming at the mouth and falling to the ground, and others became more and more nervous, and they couldn't untie a belt.

Just as the soldiers were in a mess, the sentry on the arrow tower shouted: "Another ship is coming, it is upstream, they are going to rush the beach!" ”

Looking up, on the northwest river of Xunyangzhai, there are several large ships of the Zhou army rushing down from the river bank not far upstream, these boats were on the river at the beginning, but the distance was far away, so it was not the primary target of Chen Jun's prevention.

As a result, the ships took advantage of the poisonous smoke to cause the defenders to rush over, and the bow of each ship was somewhat special, the waterline part was flat like a big shovel, and several long planks were erected on the left and right sides, which seemed to be used as a springboard after docking.

The size of each ship is not small, but there are dozens of hands rowing, and it is smooth wind and water, so the speed is very fast, sprinting diagonally towards the north shore of Xunyang Village, and before the defenders come to their senses, they only hear loud noises one after another, and the warships rush straight to the beach.

The shovel-like bow shoveled off many wooden stakes, and the ship ran aground on the tidal flat on the north side of Xunyang Village, and except for the first one, which almost overturned, the other ships stopped steadily.

Suddenly a lot of objects flew out of the deck, that was already taut elastic trebuchet in the cannon, shooting out bags of quicklime, although the range is short, but the launch site is not far from Xunyang Village, although ten shots missed, but hit the wall and the quicklime in the village bloomed white flowers.

Quicklime emits huge heat when it encounters water, which can burn people's skin, eyes and even noses, and now it is a rainy day, the power of quicklime is doubled, and many Chen soldiers who are pasted by quicklime are rolling on the ground with wailing.

Just when there was a brief chaos at the head of the wall of Xunyang Village, the Zhou army warship that rushed to the beach put down the springboard, and the Zhou soldiers in heavy armor rushed off the boat with shouts, they carried the ladder, the big shield, and the thunder, and marched on foot to the Xunyang Village that was close at hand.

Shi Wanbao was the first to rush forward, he was dressed in a peculiar shape of "three-quarters armor", shot down Chen Bing on the arrow tower with an arrow, and his subordinates ran past with ladders, each wearing pigskin boots on their feet.

In order to attack Xunyang Village, Shi Wanbao's government soldiers trained hard for several months, carefully selected a river section to build a fortress to simulate Xunyang Village, and carefully designed a tactic to directly attack Xunyang Village, and for this tactic, many warships and equipment were also specially made.

All kinds of chickens, ducks, geese, pig dung and spicy things are mixed, and the poisonous smoke can make people think that they are poisoned, but in fact, this smoke only smells disgusting but cannot poison people, but it can scare the faint of heart to death 'poisoning'.

The special 'flat-headed shovel' landing ship can carry the first boarders to break through the shore stake formation, and the ship is equipped with an elastic trebuchet, which does not matter if the range is short, it does not matter if the shot is not accurate, anyway, the quicklime shot out can be missed.

There is also a pair of knee-length pigskin boots with nails per person, which can ensure that the pioneers can continue to move forward when stepping on the mud of the mudflats, and the strangely shaped "three-quarters armor" can effectively ensure that soldiers and enemy archers are not afraid of arrows.

Shi Wanbao glanced at the chaotic Xunyang Village wall, and looked back, a large number of Zhou warships on the river were full of soldiers rushing towards the south bank, and the drizzle falling from the sky made people feel cold and abnormal.

It's muddy on a rainy day, the cavalry is not smart, and the Chen army in Huangkou City wants to reinforce Xunyang Village to be half a beat slower, the other party is definitely not good at fighting in the rain, and we....

This rain is really a timely rain!

With a ding, an arrow hit Shi Wanbao in the shoulder and was bounced off by the armor, he bent his bow and arrows, calmly aimed and released the arrow, and another Chen soldier fell from the arrow tower.

The bow that shot two arrows, the bowstring that was already damp was already weak because of the vigorous pulling, Shi Wanbao threw the bow, pulled out the saber and pointed at Xunyang Village, and beckoned his subordinates: "Rush!" Today's first achievement, we are the only one!! ”