A few days have passed, but there is still no movement in Guangzong City. Neither sent people out of the city to contact the surrender, nor did they see excessive tension, but the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army defending the city all wore filial piety.

In the tent, Huangfu Song saw the reaction of the Yellow Turban Army at the head of the city, and the joy in his heart was indescribable: Zhang Jiao seemed to be indeed dead, and he was probably the only one in the city who could make all the defenders wear filial piety. Guo Qianyang's news is really accurate, and it is time to act according to the plan.

So, early the next morning, the officers and soldiers had breakfast early, and after everything was ready, the most difficult day for the Yellow Turban Army defending in Guangzong City since the defense of the city arrived.

In the middle of the camp, thirty stone throwing machines were set up at the south gate of Guangzong City, although they were all single-tipped, their range was much farther than that of bows and arrows. I saw that the whole body of the stone thrower was made of wood, and a rotating shaft was placed horizontally above the gun carriage, and the long rod fixed on the shaft was called "tip", which played a role as a lever. In order to prevent it from breaking suddenly during use, it is reinforced with iron plates at critical positions.

According to the carpenter who made the stone throwing machine, the one with only one wooden pole is called "single tip", and the one with multiple wooden poles is called "multiple tip", and the more tips there are, the heavier and farther the stone projectile can be thrown. The wood used for the shoots needs to be specially processed to make it both strong and resilient. Legend has it that the most powerful stone thrower can reach a distance of 300 paces, which is about 414 meters in today's universal unit. This range is much longer than that of a crossbow arrow. It's just that now the materials are limited, and it is urgently prepared, and only a single tip is made, and its range can reach about 200 steps.

The tip of the cannon is extremely long, about three zhang, one end of the tip is tied with a huge leather bag similar to a slingshot pocket, called "leather nest", which is filled with stone bullets, and the other end is tied with ten cannon cables, all of which are about several zhang long. Each cannonball was pulled by two sergeants, so that a catapult alone pulled a staggering twenty men. Together with the five people who carry the stone bombs and control the direction of the projectile, it takes about twenty-five people to operate a stone throwing truck.

Seeing Guo Bin's surprised appearance, the craftsman who made the stone throwing machine was suddenly full of pride, saying that this was only a small single-tip stone throwing machine, and if it was a large one, each one could have more than 100 cannon cables. In other words, that kind of large catapult machine is at least 200 soldiers just used to pull the cannon cable! Seeing Guo Bin's stunned appearance, the craftsman smiled with satisfaction.

In order to maintain the stability of the chassis of the stone thrower, its base has already been buried in the ground after the general direction has been calculated. Fortunately, this battle was not for precise strikes, but as long as the saturation attack put huge psychological pressure on the enemy army, therefore, theoretically, as long as the stone bullet can enter the city, it is considered a success.

This is where the stone throwing machine is inconvenient: it is extremely complex and difficult to move, and the space required is also enormous.

Fortunately, these catapults were placed in the camp, otherwise they could have been destroyed if the city sent elite troops to rush near the trebuchets. According to the records of the county government, there were no crossbows stored in Guangzong City, so when Lu Zhi set up the camp, he was slightly arrogant and set up the camp about 250 meters away from the city wall.

At this time, the place of an arrow is often said to be one hundred and thirty steps, that is, about one hundred and eighty meters, and the wall is erected to a distance of two hundred and fifty meters, although even the tragic expression on the face of the Yellow Turban sergeant can be seen, but it is beyond the range of the bow and arrow. Therefore, it is safe to set up a stone thrower in the camp.

According to the records of the county government, a section of the city wall south of Gwangjong Fortress was in disrepair, and it was reported to the county at the beginning of last year that it would be repaired. I didn't know that there was a great drought, so the matter was put on hold, and it has not been repaired until now. Huangfu Song, a veteran of a hundred battles, all the news about Guangzong City could not escape the ears and eyes of his staff, like the books in the county, which were naturally placed on his desk early.

Therefore, he put all the thirty stone throwers that he had just made at the south gate, just to create a thunderous and irresistible impression for the Yellow Turban Army. Attacking his will to fight and forcing him to surrender was also the result of the deliberations of his staff after adopting Guo Bin's opinion.

As the herald waved the flag, the already ready stone thrower began to operate.

The scene of more than 600 people pulling the cannon rope together is of course extremely shocking, and the picture of 30 stone bullets weighing dozens of catties flying up to the head of Guangzong City with the sound of whirring wind is even more blood-vein-blooded. Some of them directly hit the Yellow Turban soldiers, and when they landed, they broke their bones and tendons, and even worse, they were hit by a boulder in the lumbar vertebrae, and the upper body and lower body were separated, and they could not die at that time, so they could only hold the stomach that flowed out of the internal organs with one hand, and cry with the other hand holding the smashed legs.

However, the casualties caused by direct hits to the enemy are only a small number after all, and the deterrent effect caused by the mile-long city wall is extremely limited, and the most damage caused by the stone bullets that scatter and burst out after hitting the city wall. The stone bullet itself carries huge kinetic energy directly on the floor tiles of the city, some of the floor tiles are not strong enough, they are directly smashed out of a big pit, and some of the floor tiles are strong, and the stone bullets are broken, just like the melon grenade of later generations, the gravel is splashed, and people are injured.

Because the stone thrower is in the official army camp, there is a banner to cover it, and the defenders of the city cannot see it. At the beginning of the attack, the city was caught off guard, with heavy casualties, and in an instant screams and cries rang out. And some stone bullets fell into the city because of the inaccurate landing point, and the houses collapsed, and the shouts shook the sky. Some stone bullets even smashed onto the city wall, and a large piece of the outer masonry fell directly.

The first round of attacks received good results, and seeing that Huangfu Song was happy, he ordered his sergeants to continue the attack.

Such a simple and risk-free war is extremely rare, the city cannot shoot arrows and arrows, and if they want to send soldiers to destroy it, they are unable to do so because they are placed in the camp, and the Yellow Turbans can only be beaten passively. However, the offensive of the official army was by no means so simple.

After firing ten rounds of stone bullets, the officers and soldiers replaced them with straw balls soaked in fire oil. The grass ball is light, the launch range is longer, and its killing range can cover almost one-third of the city. In autumn, the weather is dry and dry, and most of the houses at this time are built with grass and trees. As a result, lit fireballs rolled around the city, causing fires to ignite wherever they touched.

For a while, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who had just withdrawn from the city were busy fighting the fire again, and the chaos on the city spread to the entire city.

When the morning had passed, I saw smoke billowing from all over the city, and the sound of howls, shouts, crackling of fires burning wood, and whirring wind seemed to ring in my ears. Guo Bin didn't know if the idea he gave to Huangfu Song was correct, he only knew that if he wanted to minimize the damage caused by the Yellow Turban Uprising to the Central Plains, the only way was to end the war quickly, and he would definitely do his best to make a forced landing on the Yellow Turban Army in Guangzong City.

As soon as the offensive ended, Guo Bin took Zhang Fei to the south gate of Guangzong and shouted to the city: "Fulong Pavilion Marquis, Cavalry Captain, Lingyue Cavalry Battalion, Yang Zhai Guo Bin came to visit Zhang Liang's seniors!" The voice was thick and penetrated through the ears, and even the Yellow Turban Army who was fighting the fire in the city heard it, and it seemed to be whispering in the ears as clear and powerful.

And when the south gate of Guangzong City slowly opened and rode in, Guo Bin knew what great damage the saturation attack had caused to Guangzong City this morning.

Everywhere were blackened ruins and people covered in black ash, shouting and crying, and people busy fighting fires. Whether it is an adult or a child, people look at him with deep fear and hatred. For the first time, Guo Bin regretted this suggestion: Is it necessary to destroy the homes of these people in order to end the war as soon as possible?

However, then my heart hardened again. He was entrusted by Huangfu Song to enter the city to recruit the Yellow Turban Army, only if he was determined in his heart, he could succeed in the negotiation for a while, otherwise once he couldn't make up his mind in his heart, he would inevitably lose the trust of the other party, so he was afraid that what he asked Chu Yan to bring before would also be questioned by Zhang Liang. If this really causes the negotiations to break down, there will be a river of blood inside and outside the city, and countless casualties will be imposed.

So, Guo Bin hardened his heart and led Zhang Fei to follow the Yellow Turban Army who led the way to Guangzong County.

When I came to the county office, I saw that the hall was surrounded by yellow turban soldiers, and a large cauldron in the courtyard was boiling on the fire, and the pot was steaming and already boiling. Guo Bin smiled and said in his heart: "Is this what I said about getting off the horse?" ”

Guo Bin's heart was filled with the joy of curiosity and infinite curiosity, handed over the Xuanlong Gun to Zhang Fei to hold, and he circled around the cauldron, still muttering: "Because it is simple, this Zhang Liang has no professionalism at all." He turned a blind eye to the Yellow Turban soldiers with axes and steel knives in the main courtyard.

Guo Bin has had a problem since his previous life, he has a lot of laughter, but when he sees something interesting, he can't hold back his laughter. Sometimes when I walk on the street and think of a joke, I can't help but laugh silly and startle the pedestrians on the road. Although he felt embarrassed, he couldn't hold it back, and he could only wait until he had laughed enough to end.

Maybe it was because Zhang Liang was humble and used a big black iron pot to scare himself, or maybe it was because he was inexplicably excited to be in such a scene, Guo Bin actually laughed out loud in front of everyone. Until he laughed so much that his stomach hurt, and the Yellow Turban Army around him looked confused, and he didn't know why, Fang stopped laughing.

Zhang Fei on the side was stunned: "The lord is really powerful, such a profound internal strength, he can laugh at so many Yellow Turban soldiers that they are injured internally!" ”

Zhang Fei has a straightforward personality, and he is also stunned, and he doesn't know that he is afraid. When you see the cauldron in this courtyard, where will you be afraid? Therefore, he mistakenly thought that Guo Bin had shocked the Yellow Turban soldiers in the courtyard with his profound internal skills.

At this time, Zhang Liang had already walked out of the main hall with a black face, he didn't think of using such a little trick, with Guo Bin as a hero, where could he use such a little trick for a child? It's just a matter of ridicule. Thinking about it, it must be the people under him who made their own decisions and wanted to give Guo Bin a dismount.

Zhang Liang glared at the yellow turban general who followed behind him, and when he turned around, he was already full of smiles, and said with a smile: "There are friends from afar, that, what is fun." Haha, I've been waiting for you in the city for a long time! ”