Chapter 523: The Tongzhou Army's Counterattack
"The equipment battalion of the Shu army is notoriously powerful, and he is going to eat us." Zhu Qingxian said coldly.
The Shu army has always been known for its excellent equipment, especially in terms of equipment, no one in the world can match it, both in power and distance far beyond other places.
"Are we all going to get beaten?"
Ji Yan thought for a while and said: "Counselor, if we send a team of men and horses out of the city to raid, as long as all the trebuchets of the Shu army are destroyed, I think they will show off their might!" ”
Zhu Qingxian, who has always been cautious, shook his head without thinking about it and said: "Yang Yi and Lu Yuanliang are not idle people, how could they not think of this?" When I saw the Shu army arrayed on the city wall, there were heavy guards on the left and right wings, and there were a lot of cavalry maneuvers behind him. ”
"That's... So what should we do? The trebuchets of the Shu army are so powerful, they bombard us like this day and night, and sooner or later they will not be able to bear it. "Ji Yan said.
Zhu Qingxian's eyes were closed, and he read: "You can't be in a hurry... Can't be in a hurry, it's the Shu army that should be anxious now, as long as we can't hold on, he can't do anything about us! ”
Suddenly, Zhu Qingxian's eyes lit up, and he stood up and said, "Why do we insist on going out to compete with the Shu army?" He has a trebuchet for nine nerds, and I, Zhu Qingxian, also have it! ”
Ji Yan was stunned when he heard this, and then said happily: "What did the lord say about the batch of Shu armaments that Wei Song brought?" That's right! Why didn't I think of it, why don't we use the things of the Shu army to fight back? ”
A few days ago, when Ji Yan sent Wei Song and the armaments of the Shu army that he had intercepted to Tongzhou City, Zhu Qingxian immediately ordered someone to carefully inspect the armaments and materials, except for some grain that was eaten by Wei Song's people, the other equipment and armaments were intact.
"Go! Order someone to pull those weapons up the city wall and assemble them to give me a fierce counterattack! ”
Ji Yan hesitated for a moment and asked, "But my lord, don't you want to use the materials to negotiate with Yang Jie?" ”
"It's all about talking about a fart at this time, let's keep you and me first."
Zhu Qingxian couldn't help but burst into foul language, at this time he didn't care about using materials to negotiate with Yang Jie, once Tongzhou City was broken by the Shu army before Yang Jie's arrival, he knew what he would do with his feet.
No matter when, life is the most important thing, the official position of the assassin of Tongzhou is there, and I can't find a way to take it this time, but without my life, everything is just a bubble.
Ji Yan also understood the reason, and he didn't say anything more at the moment, and turned around and went out to arrange a counterattack.
At this time, the Shu army's stone-throwing offensive still did not stop, wave after wave, as if it would not give up until the strong walls of Tongzhou City were smashed.
On the walls of Tongzhou City, there were angry scolding, wailing, and crying. The officers kept bending their bodies back and forth in the crowd, constantly scolding the sergeants to look up and observe the outside of the city, in case the Shu army suddenly launched a siege of the city.
At this time, a group of people braved the rain of stones, and laboriously carried a pile of bundled equipment accessories up the city wall, and then the soldiers, under the supervision of the officer, unloaded the instruments in three or two clicks, and then began to assemble them in a hurry.
Falling rocks splashed, and there was a constant whistling sound in their ears, although these soldiers of the Tongzhou Army were very afraid, but they did not dare to flinch under the supervision of the officer, and could only bite and insist on the work in their hands.
Maybe it was the favor of God, or maybe it was the Shu army's rockfall ammunition that was briefly depleted, and suddenly, the rockfall in the sky began to become scarce.
The Ji Run probe, who was responsible for supervising the war, looked from the gap in the battlements, and saw that the Shu army seemed to be overhauling equipment and reloading ammunition, and was immediately overjoyed: "Quick!" Take advantage of the now, quickly let the soldiers move faster, and the next round of attacks of the Shu army will come soon! ”
At the same time, Yang Yi on the hill bag was also holding a telescope looking at the city wall of Tongzhou City.
"Crazy, Zhu Qingxian is going to use our things to beat us." 、
Lu Yuanliang nodded, and said expressionlessly: "I know." ”
Yang Yi put down the telescope, looked at Lu Yuanliang and said with a smile: "Do you know that you deliberately let our trebuchet stop attacking?" ”
Lu Yuanliang smiled undeniably, and didn't intend to explain, but said to the banner commander on the side: "Pass my order, no one is allowed to attack until the trebuchet is set up on the other side!" ”
The flag commander glanced at Yang Yi next to him in puzzlement, Yang Yi shrugged his shoulders and said, "Look at what I'm doing, you can do whatever the military advisor tells you to do." ”
The flag commander had no choice but to turn around and issue an order to the Shu army under the mountain.
Although many Shu generals and soldiers did not understand why Lu Yuanliang issued this strange order, the implementation of military orders in the Shu army was very strict, and no one dared to disobey easily, so the generals had to restrain their subordinates to wait quietly.
Soon, dozens of tall trebuchets were erected on the city wall of Tongzhou City, and from the appearance, there was no difference between the trebuchets of the Shu army camp.
Ji Run immediately ordered several trebuchets to launch a tentative attack, and the falling rocks were thrown high, and then fell in front of the Shu army.
Ji Run was overjoyed, although the accuracy was a little worse, but it was obvious that this batch of trebuchets was exactly the same as the Shu army, and the bomb throwing distance and power were almost the same.
"Herald! All the slings are on the table, and once the Shu army attacks, they will immediately return fire, so that the Shu army can also taste the power of his own trebuchet! Jirun exclaimed.
The soldiers of the Tongzhou Army immediately cheered, and finally they didn't have to be beaten.
The cheers reached the ears of Yang Yi and Lu Yuanliang on the hillside, Yang Yi frowned, looked up at Lu Yuanliang, and found that this drunken maniac was actually laughing, and he was smiling very happily.
"Not crazy, what the hell are you doing?" Yang Yi couldn't hold it back, got up and asked.
Yang Yi stood up, but Lu Yuanliang sat down, and actually took out a pot of wine from under his waist and drank it.
"The victory or defeat has been decided, and you can drink the celebration wine." Lu Yuanliang said with a smile.
"Celebration wine? Right now? “
Yang Yi didn't look at where it showed signs of his victory, and thought that Lu Yuanliang might have done something about the intercepted armaments, but now it seems that that the armaments are not only usable, but also have very good performance, which completely adds greater resistance to the Shu army's siege.
Lu Yuanliang put down the wine jug, smiled at Yang Yi, and randomly said to the flag commander who was also puzzled on the side: "Order, the equipment battalion is all loaded with fire and oil bombs, and three rounds of salvos are fired!" Target, city walls! “
"Fire oil bombs?" Yang Yi was taken aback.
The oil bomb can also be understood as the oldest incendiary bomb, which basically fills a porcelain jar with fire oil, then throws it at the enemy, and then ignites it with a fire to create a sea of fire.
However, since it is the oldest method of warfare, it naturally has its drawbacks, and it is very obvious, one of which is that the fire oil bomb has huge consumption, it is difficult to replenish, and it cannot withstand long-term consumption, and the second is that it is actually very simple to deal with fire and oil bombs, basically it is mainly covered with sand and soil, and it is difficult for fire oil bombs to show their power.
And once gunpowder is used, the fire at the head of the city is extinguished by the enemy, and the fire under the city wall will bring a huge obstacle to the attacking Shu army, and only after the fire is extinguished can the next round of attack be launched.