Almost at the same time, Shiyi City, which had just breathed a sigh of relief, was driven back by the troops who suddenly appeared in Zhao. And the troops they saw this time were obviously quite different from the previous ones.

Zhao Guang raised his head and looked at the Shiyi city wall that had made him depressed a few days ago, and finally showed a hint of arrogance on his face. He mounted his horse and glanced back at the watchtowers and ladders behind him, as well as the four stone throwers being built. I can't help but feel confident in this siege.

Up, the siege equipment of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is lackluster, although many of the equipment are quite imaginative, but the shape is very simple, which is also because of the lack of science and technology in this era, but in comparison, the Western society of the same era, the siege has been generally with the help of science and technology.

The so-called watchtower is to erect two very thick and tall trees, wedge the trunk at the top that is not easy to wear, and then create a square wooden cage, after the person enters, tie it at the top with eight ropes, and the rope passes through the rope left by the wedged trunk. When using it, load one or two soldiers first, and bring the order flag. Then, at the sound of an order, four wrestlers on the left and right sides worked together to hang the square cage in the air, which formed an observation post in the air.

But since Zhao Yong is a traverser, what he sees and hears is naturally not something that people can understand today. Not only did he ask the craftsmen to increase the number of supporting trees to four, but he also demanded that the cage be covered on the outside, leaving only one side of the wall that could be opened and closed to face the enemy, and at the same time, the entire cage was expanded to accommodate more than six people. Even the rope must be treated so that it does not burn easily. In this way, a watchtower that was originally an observation post was transformed by Zhao Yong to be both offensive and defensive.

For the ladder, Zhao Yong also asked the craftsman to make it into the form of a ladder car. Facing the enemy's side to be skinned, can protect the safety of the soldiers waiting for the siege under the ladder car, the ladder car on each side of the home installation of three wheels, can be pushed by six people, the rear of the wheels by Zhao Yong borrowed from the braking principle of the cart in later generations, and the brake block was installed, which can ensure that the vehicle is not easy to slide in a place where the slope is not large. The ladder is divided into three sections, and the top section has two iron hooks, so that the ladder can hook the wall without being easily pushed away after approaching the opponent's wall.

And the manpower stone throwing machine made Zhao Yong almost laugh out loud when he first saw it. This so-called manpower stone throwing machine is 108,000 miles away from the kind of stone throwing machine that Zhao Yong identified in later generations after hearing the name. Of course, the principle of both is the same, both are the principle of leverage, but this manpower stone throwing machine is very, that is, about 30 centimeters higher than ordinary people, when used, the stone is put into a leather bowl to fix, here an order is given, there is a soldier who suddenly pulls down the rope tied to the other end, and then the stone in the leather bowl draws a beautiful parabola into the city.

Zhao Yong told the craftsmen that he needed four tall stone throwers, and when the craftsmen shook their heads, Zhao Yong personally drew the sketches and showed the eternal levers and pulleys one by one. It may be that this technology is too advanced, or the qualifications of these craftsmen are indeed a little low, so they failed to manufacture the so-called heavy catapult according to Zhao Yong's requirements, which made Zhao Yong extremely disappointed, and suddenly remembered that he had seen the Mo family giant before. If he were here, with the Mo family's miraculous skills, he might be able to create such a siege weapon. I could only hope to see him again, while allowing Zhao Jun to continue to build this kind of proposed stone throwing machine.

However, just like that, the role of the manpower stone thrower is also very considerable, at least for the suppression of the enemy at the head of the city, and the destruction of the city wall, it is definitely very valuable. What's more, if a large number of stones fall into the city, the psychological deterrence of the people is also very strong.

Of course, there are also siege equipment such as hook crashing cars, ramming hammers, etc., which are nothing good, and they are all important equipment for countries to attack fortified cities during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

was entrusted with an important task by Zhao Yong, and Zhao Guang was both excited and nervous. The excitement is that if he captures the city, no one can take away the credit for his first contribution to the Northern Expedition, and it seems that Zhao Yong is really still towards himself. Nervous, because this was the first time he had led his troops to fight independently, and now Qiu Liquid was hovering near Fanwu, responsible for monitoring the enemy forces that came to support, while Li Zhuo had set up an ambush at Baoqi Mountain, and had also repelled several times the troops who were preparing to support Shiyi from Jingcheng. These two generals will definitely be the main generals in the future Zhao **, their age is above them, if they don't have some credit, they will be trampled under the feet of these two generations sooner or later.

"Damn, the old man can be ridden by the old lady, but not by other old men, it's too embarrassing." He snorted fiercely, saw the trebuchet that had been built and was ready, drew his sword and shouted, "Attack! ”

With his order, the originally slightly quiet Zhao army's main formation changed rapidly: the foot soldiers in front took three steps back, revealing a row of large shield carts behind, which had four wheels on each side, and on the front was something similar to a shield, made of rootless trees tied together, forming an inclined plane, so that even if the enemy threw stones, they could be rolled down with the help of the slope. Behind the shield was a chassis about ten centimeters above the ground, on which more than a dozen planks and two soldiers were piled up.

I saw that on both sides of the cart, there were five soldiers on each side holding a handrail to push the shield cart forward, but because the shield cart was too clumsy, the speed was very slow, and they also had to face the bow and crossbow attack of the defenders of Zhongshan, and soon, the soldiers on one side were killed by sporadic arrow rain, especially the closer to the moat, the more they felt that it was difficult to move an inch.

However, there were five fewer people in this compartment, and five foot soldiers immediately rushed up to replace them, and this compartment could not be pushed, and immediately the soldiers came up to replenish it. However, the distance of only more than 200 meters was enough to change several groups of people, some of these soldiers were shot in the head by crossbow arrows, and they were killed directly, and some were shot in the legs, and they were in agony and died by the crossbow machine that later hit the vital point. From the departure to the moat, the fallen soldiers of the Zhao army solemnly paved the way for the shield chariot to advance with death.

After arriving at the moat, the Zhao army quickly removed the wooden planks from the car, and just when the Zhongshan army didn't know what they were going to do, they saw that these Zhao troops were laying the wooden planks on the moat, and suddenly, the blocking effect of the moat on the city wall disappeared.

If you see this time and don't know what Zhao Jun wants to do, then Zhongshan Jun is too idiot. Experienced generals beckoned the soldiers to shoot quickly to stop the construction work of the Zhao army, while more voices shouted: "Change the rocket!" Change the rocket! Shoot at those planks! Shoot at those planks! Fast! Fast! So, on the upper floor of Zhongshan City, a busy scene began, and the crossbowmen who had begun to attack earlier shot at the Zhao army's bridge-building troops, trying to delay their movements, and at the same time, the crossbowmen who had already prepared rockets in the back also began to join the battle group, shooting at the planks, trying to dismantle these pontoon bridges before the Zhao army launched a general attack.

However, just as they were firing back, rockets cut through the sky and fired at them. But it is obvious that there is no Zhao army's bow and crossbow array on the ground, so where did these bows and arrows come from?

"Look ahead! Look ahead! Some soldiers shouted. Suddenly, many people raised their heads and saw that about 200 steps ahead, more than a dozen watchtowers were like lighthouses, flashing with sparkling fires. These are naturally not Zhao Jun's witchcraft, but the Zhao Jun's crossbowmen who are ready for a new round of attack, are igniting their bows and arrows, I don't know who gave an order, the starlight of the lighthouse with the phantom of death, through the barrier of space, brought the Zhongshan soldiers to the arms of death.

In fact, at a distance of two hundred paces, a qualified archer can completely hit the target, but that is on the ground, and now in mid-air, on the one hand, the square cage is suspended in mid-air, and its own shaking makes it more difficult to shoot accurately, on the other hand, gravity and air resistance weaken the strength of the bow and arrow more than on the ground, so it makes the air attack efficiency of the Zhao army difficult to be satisfactory.

But even so, it still managed to attract the attention of the Zhongshan army, they were the first to see this kind of watchtower, because they had no experience with the enemy, so they panicked, and also indirectly supported the work of paving the pontoon bridge on the ground.

This is the best reason why defending the city is still a veteran, because the generals who defend the city must not only be experienced, but also thoughtful. I believe that if it is Sima Cheng who is defending the city, if he sees that the lookout car is not a big threat, he can completely ignore it and completely attack the pontoon troops under the city. It will not let Zhao Jun build a pontoon bridge to complete the seven-seven-eighty-eight.

"Kamitsugi! Fast! Fast! ”

Listening to this order, many people also reflected, the baggage troops also quickly transported the sassage wood from the city to the city through the rope, and soon there were Zhongshan soldiers who responded to the unloading of the sassage wood and moved it to the city wall, only to listen to an order, the Zhongshan soldiers lifted the sassage high, and then smashed it hard.

I only heard the sound of "bang bang bang" endlessly, followed by the wails of the humans under the city. The Zhongshan soldiers took a closer look, and the sagile wood quickly followed the arc formed by the city gate and the other side of the moat, crushing the Zhao army who was building a pontoon bridge. Some even smashed directly on Zhao Jun, Zhao Jun's brain suddenly burst, and the corpse was placed in a lot of weird shapes. Some even drowned in this "rain of trees" that fell from the sky. The strong kinetic energy of the wooden shield car of Zhao Jun also hit the scattered pieces, and the Zhao army, who had just taken refuge in the wooden shield car in time, was also thrown out of the car in this counterattack, and then was smashed by the subsequent wooden corpses all over the field. The scene is so tragic that it's like a hell of a nose.

Zhao Guang watched the counterattack of the Zhongshan army from afar, especially the attack of the Samurai rain, which smashed the pontoon bridge that the Zhao army was about to build, and was angry in his heart, and snorted coldly: "Trebuchet, launch!" ”