Chapter 90: Siege Engines
Seeing that these Yellow Turban troops were coming, and when there were still five hundred steps away, Zhou Cang stood directly on the high platform, waved the command flag, and the more than 500 soldiers standing on the well opened without saying a word, let go of the bowstring in their hands, and the arrows roared out.
If you look at it from a distance, this group of Yellow Turban Army is completely yellow, but if you look closer, you can see that most of these Yellow Turban Army rushing in front are some infantry, some of these infantry have spears in their hands, some have knives in their hands, and some only have simple shields in their hands, plus a dagger at most.
As for the clothes on their bodies, some of them wore a yellow dress with a layer of shabby armor, but many others only had a yellow dress on their heads, and they wore a yellow scarf on their heads, and their armor was nothing.
Their charge also seemed sparse, and there was no queue to speak of.
This time their commander took them down the mountain to plunder, and many people thought in their hearts that this should be a feast with a full load, because those officers and soldiers in Xinxing County had already fled in a hurry when they saw them, so they thought that this time they should be very easy to loot Bianyun County, but when they rushed to five hundred steps away from Bianyun County, the arrows flew to them.
Many of the Yellow Turban soldiers didn't check for a while, and were directly shot to the ground by arrows, and the people behind didn't pay attention to all this at all, and directly stepped on the body of the person in front of them and went straight over.
In this way, Zhou Cang ordered several times a year, and let his soldiers shoot almost five rounds of arrows, and these Yellow Turban soldiers rushed to within three hundred steps, and at this moment, these Yellow Turban Army finally found that something was wrong, they stepped on it all the way, and they no longer knew how many of their own people had trampled to death, and the people who died under the arrows had at least three or five hundred people.
There also seemed to be officers in the Yellow Turban Army who had discovered this problem, and they shouted loudly that the Yellow Turban Army with shields was in front, don't be hit by these arrows, and now they are still far from Bianyun County, and the defenders on the city tower are at most shooting from their backs, and they can't shoot accurately, so as long as they are careful, there is no big problem.
Seeing that Huang Jun had slowed down at the moment, but the team was still moving slowly, Cao Xuan asked Zhou Cang to continue to shoot arrows from his soldiers, and on the other side, he directly called Feng Yun over.
After Feng Yun got Cao Xing's order, he didn't say a word, and began to run back and forth on the city tower, he came to the front of several huge machines, and gave the corresponding orders to those soldiers, and after the soldiers got the order, every three people began to push a huge machine and drove to the top of the south city tower.
Ordinary soldiers may feel a little familiar when they look at this huge machine, but they are also a little unfamiliar.
The strangeness was due to the fact that they had never seen such a large machine before, but because of the structure of this machine, it was clearly the prototype of the bow and crossbow in their hands, and even if it was more accurate, it was an enlarged version of the crossbow.
This enlarged version of the crossbow had pulleys underneath, but it would take three soldiers to operate.
When this kind of bow and crossbow is erected, you can see a soldier holding this kind of bow and crossbow with both hands to ensure his stability, another soldier brought a huge spear, directly on the bowstring, and the last soldier, its technical content is relatively high, is Cao Xing's thousands of selected archers, his task is to be responsible for shooting.
I saw that these soldiers touched the trigger with both hands, and then under Fengyun's shout, they pulled the trigger, and one by one huge spears, mixed with countless sounds of breaking the air, roared out.
Under the manipulation of these soldiers, I saw huge spears piercing the chests of the Yellow Turbans at the front, but these spears were huge in size and had a huge impact, so when they shot through the first person, they did not stop immediately, but continued to stab forward, and shot through the chest of the second person, the third person, and even the fourth person.
At this moment, the Yellow Turban Army was still about two hundred and fifty steps away from the city wall of Bianyun County, but seeing that the lethality of this kind of bow and crossbow was so great, it could kill three or four people at one time, many Yellow Turban soldiers were a little frightened when they saw this, and even their pace of charging slowed down a lot.
Cao Xuan stood on the city tower and looked into the distance, seeing all this clearly, he couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh, this huge bow crossbow is called the bed crossbow, which was only invented in the Sui Dynasty.
Its power is huge, although it can only fire one spear at a time, and it can't do large-scale damage, but it is a fatal blow to morale.
When these Yellow Turban soldiers shrank and advanced to two hundred steps, Cao Xing didn't care so much, and with a direct wave of his hand, everyone picked up the bow and arrow, raised the bow and arrow slightly upward, and let go of the arrow in his hand under Cao Xing's shout.
This time, more than 3,000 arrows roared out of everyone's hands and shot towards the Yellow Turban Army below.
After a round of arrow rain, more than a thousand Yellow Turban soldiers died on the battlefield in front, and the Yellow Turban Army behind saw this scene, and they felt a little heartbroken, after all, everyone was afraid of death.
Attacking a fortified position, this is a relatively difficult battle, if the attacking side does not have good siege equipment, or a good strategy, then it will pay a heavy price in order to conquer the opponent's city. The same is true of the current Yellow Turban Army, the closer they are to Bianyun County, the higher the shooting accuracy of those defenders on the head of the city.
Many Yellow Turban soldiers saw that the people around them had fallen at their feet, and they hesitated in their hearts, and even wanted to retreat, but those small generals in the Yellow Turban Army began to use the weapons in their hands to constantly hit those Yellow Turban Army who wanted to retreat, and shouted loudly: "Only allowed to advance and not to retreat, those who dare to retreat will be killed!" ”
These Yellow Turban generals were pretty good at first, but when they yelled at them, they were a little discouraged.
Because one arrow after another whistled directly through the necks of these little generals of the Yellow Turban Army, if it was just a coincidence, it would be forgotten, but many of the little generals of the Yellow Turban Army saw that as long as they dared to raise their heads, or stood up and shouted loudly, they would definitely be shot through the throat by arrows, and they cautiously looked up at the city tower and found that Cao Xing was using his pair of blazing tiger eyes at the moment, constantly searching for targets on the battlefield. As the so-called gun shoots the first bird, these little generals of the Yellow Turban Army dare to run out to command, so prepare to die.
This time, these little generals of the Yellow Turban Army did not dare to jump anymore, they all cowered in the crowd, not daring to raise their heads, and the Yellow Turban Army who charged in front were also frightened one by one, and their queue seemed even more chaotic, because now it was only a hundred breaths of time, but there were as many as four thousand Yellow Turban troops under the arrows.
Seeing that the ranks of the Yellow Turban Army began to become more and more chaotic, one of them quietly retreated, and immediately led the people around him to follow and start to retreat, just like that, the Yellow Turban Army faded like a tide, and Cao Xuan couldn't help but stroke his palms and laugh when he saw this.
The Yellow Turban Army was created by Zhang Jiao, and when Zhang Jiao rebelled, it could be said that it was a hundred responses, so the Han Dynasty seemed to be crumbling, but then again.
Zhang Jiao was not a man of God, nor was he a qualified general, let alone a politician, and he did not have a complete program for his uprising, nor did he have a unified deployment. Therefore, the uprising of the Yellow Turban Army is like a plate of scattered sand.
The common people hated the corruption of the officials of the Han Dynasty, and although they had the courage to rush into the government with a knife and kill all the corrupt officials, this situation would not last long.
Therefore, under the leadership of Zhang Jiao, these Yellow Turban troops can fight a tailwind battle, but if they encounter a strong enemy, they can only continue to retreat and be finally extinguished.
Today's Yellow Turban Army just shows this, and after a little setback, they began to find ways to retreat. But since this is the case, Cao Xing also seized this opportunity to make his military shoot wantonly.
Only half an hour later, after paying more than 5,000 casualties, the Yellow Turban Army finally retreated like a tide. And in this process, when the Yellow Turban Army was closest to the head of Bianyun County, there were still more than 100 steps away, which means that this time their charge was already repulsed without even touching the city wall of Bianyun County.
Seeing the complete retreat of the Yellow Turban Army, countless soldiers stood on the city tower, raising the bows and arrows in their hands to celebrate and encourage, they were glad that they won this time, they were glad that they had listened to Cao Xing before, because Cao Xing proved this time that what he had said before, Bianyun County had enough defense capabilities, there was no need to worry, these Yellow Turban Army were just a rabble.
And Fengyun Chen Hu ran up and hugged Cao Xing excitedly, it was precisely because of Cao Xing's existence that their life trajectory was changed.
But just when everyone was happy, there was a burst of scolding and scolding from below.
"Cao Xing, you bastard, don't let us enter the city, I tell you, we won't let you go, we will sue you about it, sue the county to the Assassin's Mansion, and even sue the capital!"
Cao Xing looked down and saw that those families were still hiding under the city, the mighty attack of the Yellow Turban Army had scared them half to death, hiding under the city tower and trembling and not daring to move, now that the Yellow Turban Army is finally gone, their courage has finally returned.
Seeing them so arrogant below, Cao Xuan also showed his two rows of white teeth, only to see him shout: "Everyone, aim and prepare!" ”
When these people of the family saw that the bright arrows had already pointed at their foreheads, they were all frightened into a cold sweat, and they did not dare to say anything more, so they spread their feet and fled in a hurry into the distance. Take a look at the latest chapter of "The Strongest Marksmanship of the Three Kingdoms" to read for free for the first time.