Soon, more than 100 catapults of the Sui army have been transported to the river fifty paces away, the slingers are hurriedly removing the wheels under the car, and then quickly fixing the catapults, so as not to shake and move sideways in the process of throwing stones.

It is also a hot tea, more than 100 catapults have all been in place, there is a big cart parked on the side of each car, which is full of large and small stones, the largest looks about seven or eight catties, and the small one is a piece of pebbles, there is no big mountain on the edge of the Yongji Canal, and the trees that build trebuchets can transport big trees from the rear, but these thrown stones can not be obtained nearby, and the pebbles on both sides of the river are all scavenged by the craftsmen of the Sui army, this move also made the Wei soldiers puzzled a few days ago, only now did I understand that its purpose was for today's catapult storm.

Lai Hu'er looked at the catapults by the river ready one by one, his arms hung down one after another, and the stone throwing trough was already piled up with large and small stones, he nodded, and said in a deep voice to He Chou on the side: "Order, stone throwing!" ”

As the flag in the hand of the flag officer was raised high, it turned three and a half circles in the air, and suddenly fell, He Chou followed and shouted: "Fa~!" ”

More than 100 catapults in front of the heavy objects hanging at the front end also fell almost at the same time, the front end of the arm smashed to the ground, and the rear end of the force arm loaded with stones drew a huge arc and flew into the sky, the large and small stones installed in the stone throwing trough, also broke away from the stone throwing trough, crossed the Liao River, and flew towards the Wei army camp fifty steps away from the river.

There were large and small stones flying in the sky, and because there were more than a hundred catapults concentrated in the front of this ten miles wide, there was one almost every thirty paces, which had exceeded the safe distance between the catapults, and many stones were thrown out. There was a close encounter directly in the air, and about two-thirds of the stones were thrown across the river, and a third of the stones were either not strong enough. Either it collided with other stones in the air, and with the sound of "plop" and "plop", it fell into the Liao River, rising up a series of white water columns that soared into the sky, and even many fish in the river jumped in fright. Some of them simply fluttered directly on the banks of the river, and from a distance, on the opposite bank of the river, there was a white fish belly.

But there were still many stones that fell into the camp of the Wei army, and with the orders of the Wei army camp one after another, thousands of large wooden rows tied together by arm-thick wood were erected one after another, like giant umbrellas, supporting the heads of the 30,000 archers in the front row, forming a huge sky net to protect the safety of the archers. And the shield soldiers, like pillars, raised their hands up, holding up the wooden rows, holding up a piece of the sky for themselves and for the archers.

The sound of "crackling" was incessant, and from time to time a heavy stone smashed so that several shield-bearers on top of the wooden raft could not stand, vomiting blood, and falling to the ground, as long as one person fell. This erected wooden row will collapse one piece, exposing the more than ten archers under the wooden row, and then a stone will be thrown at it, and these ten archers will not roll under the other wooden rows in time. will be smashed by these stones to a bloody blur, and a whimper.

A crazy long-range attack made the Wei army camp feel as if it had been ransacked by a torrential rain, smashing the Wei army camp into a mess, many Wei soldiers with disabled arms were moaning in pain, and the Wei soldiers with broken legs crawled back with difficulty, beckoning the auxiliary soldiers not far away to come and save themselves, and the living Wei soldiers hid under the bunker, shivering!

Bursts of cheers erupted in the Sui army, and when each round of catapult volleys, the adjacent Sui soldiers always raised their lances in their hands and roared: "Wind! Wind! Wind! Gale! Gale! Gale! ”

And the Sui army's arrow and stone attack was indeed like a raging storm. The screams of the dying of the people who were smashed in the camp on the opposite side, and the rolling and wailing of the wounded were all clearly transmitted here, making the slingers of the Sui army even more excited, and regardless of the severe cold of this early spring, sweating again and again into a firing action.

In the direction of the Wei army, on the high platform, Xu Shiji looked ahead with a smile, seeing that he was constantly shaking by the stones, but he was basically still defended by the shield array and the wooden array held high, nodded slightly, and said to Shen Luoyan, who was watching with wide eyes on the side: "Chief Shen, do you see it, the catapult of the Sui army can't break our defense." ”

Shen Luoyan couldn't see any smile on her face covered with white veils, she shook her head and said: "But now we are only beaten like this, not attacking, after all, it is not a way, manpower is difficult to overcome the power of these machines after all, after a long time, the shoulders of the sergeants on the wooden platoon will always be sore, I am afraid that we will not be able to last for another half an hour." ”

Hearing this, Xu Shiji shook his head with a smile, pointed to the carts on the side of the Sui army's trebuchet on the river bank in the distance, and said: "Do you see those carts, they are all stones, all the ammunition of the Sui army, and now it has been used almost half, let alone fight for another half an hour, I am afraid that in a moment of effort, they will shoot all the stones, in order to make up these ammunition, they even use all the pebbles on the side of the Liao River, after the fight, I see what else they can send over!" ”

Shen Luoyan asked thoughtfully: "This wave of attacks by the Sui army is only a tentative attack, and I am afraid that it is also a stone throwing to ask for directions, wanting to test the strength of our army." General Xu must still have a back hand! ”

Deputy General Zhang Liang's frowning brows stretched slightly, and he looked at the dozens of trebuchets in front of the stage, which were hidden by tall straw bundles, and shook his head: "It's just that we obviously also have catapults, why do we have to be beaten like this and not fight back?" This catapult is placed here, at most it can only hit our river bank, it is impossible to throw stones across the river, if the Sui army crosses by force, we can't use the catapult to hit directly, I really don't understand what you mean, general! ”

"I guess, our General Xu doesn't want our firepower to be exposed too early!" Shen Luoyan glanced at Xu Shiji and analyzed.

A hint of cunning light flashed in Xu Shiji's eyes, and he said: "For this battle, I already have a comprehensive plan and arrangement, Chief Shen, General Zhang, you just wait to see a good show!" ”