Chapter 237: Flying Stone Attack

The catapults of the Zhou royal family are made in accordance with the standards set by the king, each shelf, each catapult has a specified length, thickness and weight, for which Zhou Bian also specially prepared some templates to ensure that these catapults are made as much as possible and the one that has been tested, otherwise if the length is different, it will be as far away as the Han army's catapults, and the essence of these manufacturing aspects, obviously the Han army did not learn. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition, every time a new catapult is installed on the Zhou royal family, the people who have used it before will come to try or debug, and there are also first-level chiefs among the people, and each catapult will be equipped with a centurion, and the centurion of the new catapult is naturally selected from the people who operate the original catapult, so that each catapult can form combat effectiveness in the shortest time. You must know that although the weapon is good, it must be operated by people, and good training and personnel quality are the key in war, and it is obvious that the South Korean army has not learned this either.

From this point of view, Han Jun just learned the appearance of the catapult, the so-called gourd painting scoop is what it said, in short, Han Jun's catapult not only did not play its due role, but became the laughing stock of Luoyang people, but also accidentally injured many of their own people. Basically, it can be concluded that the leakage of the production of the catapult was not the work of the mole, because it was relatively easy for the mole to figure out some specific details of the catapult, because there were tens of thousands of people who pulled the catapult, and the Zhou royal family could not control so many people to keep it secret from their own people.

Since it had already entered the range of one mile away from the city wall, the number of flying stones in this round of the royal family was large, and the brick and stone chain bullets were flying all over the sky, smashing into the panicked Korean army, adding to the commotion.

Zhou Bian, who was still standing by the female wall above the city gate, clearly saw that there were not only soldiers but also officers in the Korean army, and at the forefront of the large array in the middle, there were several generals in armor arguing about something, but unfortunately the distance was still a little far, otherwise Zhou Bian would have ordered to shoot it with bows and arrows.

I don't know how many casualties the Korean army suffered at this time, among the three large arrays of chaos and disorder, some soldiers wanted to pick up the fallen catapults, some turned their heads and wanted to run, and some had begun to pull the catapults that were still intact, wanting to launch the next round of attacks, it seems that the quarrel of the generals directly affected the actions of the army.

In the chaos of the Korean army, another round of flying stones from the royal family attacked, and almost all of them were smashed into the dense Korean army. The wailing sound can be heard on the city wall of Luoyang.

At this time, the Korean army was still in a hurry, and their intact catapults were not ready for the next projection.

At this moment, I saw a few chariots rushing out of the Korean army in the rear, and Lao Yuan seemed to be shouting something, a mile away, the chariots finally rushed to Luoyang, and another round of flying stone attacks had just ended and rushed to the Korean army's large array. Immediately afterwards, the large array of the Korean army moved again.

Yes, the Han army made the same old mistake again, just like when the first day of attack, 20,000 crossbowmen found that the range was not enough and moved forward dozens of paces after shooting the first round, this time the Korean army obviously began to move forward again, wanting to get closer to Luoyang City.

It turned out that the generals in the rear of the Korean army clearly saw the scene of the debut of the Korean army's catapults just now, half of the catapults fell directly, and only a few catapults really played a role. If it weren't for the first one to try, if there weren't a few catapults to look at, the old general Han Hu would almost have doubted whether there was a ghost in the source of the catapult manufacturing method.

But the reality still has to be faced, so the old general gave the order.

It is not easy for the 30,000 army to move again once it is settled, because the transmission of news has a sequence, in this era when communication is basically based on shouting, the discipline of the army is almost equal to the combat effectiveness, if a banner can command tens of thousands of troops like an arm, the Korean army will be able to compete with the Wei army, a strong army in the world, obviously the Korean army can not do it, so the general's order, in the already chaotic array, immediately became even more chaotic.

You must know that not only the soldiers, but also the dozens of tall catapults, it is difficult for this thing to go down the shoulders and then on the shoulders, but I am afraid that more than 100 people will be needed. What's more, there are more than a dozen fast-moving ones who have already pulled down the catapult, which will make Han Bing have no experience in how to deal with this situation, so some directly let go of the catapult to let it bounce back, and some slowly relax the rope to let it return to its position, in short, it was a delay of time.

As soon as it moved, the Korean army became more and more chaotic, and the front was still shouting the horn to carry the catapult on the shoulder, and the soldiers in the rear who did not know the situation squeezed over, and under the front and back squeezed each other, they suddenly fell into a piece, and the tall catapult fell together.

But in the end, the three large arrays of the Korean army still slowly began to move, but this was destined to be a pessimistic action, because the catapults on the head of Luoyang City were powerful again, as if they wanted to punish and imitate their own bad deeds, and it seemed that they wanted to declare their authenticity, and this round of stone rain directly smashed the three catapults in the Korean army. After all, the target of the catapult is too big and moves slowly, so naturally the closer it gets, the easier it is to be smashed.

Finally, after two more rounds of stone rain, the Korean army seemed to have reached the distance that he thought he was satisfied with, and slowly stopped. This was followed by the placement of the catapults. The ground here has been hit by more powerful flying rocks, and there are more potholes, this time the Korean army finally realized the problem of uneven ground, and some Korean soldiers began to carry bricks and stones to level the ground, but still no one realized that the catapult should be fixed to the ground, not placed on the ground.

After another round of stone rain, the Han army finally fiddled with the remaining forty catapults and began to pull the long catapults. Yes, after the damage of the Han army itself and the flying stones of the Zhou royal family, only forty of them will still be standing on the battlefield, and more than half of the troops will be reduced.

This time it was much faster, and the Han army's catapult started a second round of action, which frightened Fan Yu and the others to raise a big shield to block the top and front of the king. But the Han army was disappointed again, or cheered, because the situation in this round was not much better than the debut of the previous round, and more than a dozen catapults were directly knocked to the ground by themselves, and it seemed that tiptoeing with bricks and stones was not very reliable. The remaining 20 or so catapults had been thrown, but half of them still hit the ground in front of the city walls, but fortunately there were no Korean infantry attacking the city.

It is estimated that Han Bing will not understand how to adjust the range of the catapult for a while.

After all, there were still dozens of stones smashed on the city wall and after the city wall, and there was no need to count to know that there were many more than the first twenty or so pieces, and it seemed that the Korean army was still very useful in adjusting the distance. For the first time, this wave of flying stones also brought harm to the royal family, and several screams rang out from the city walls and behind the walls almost simultaneously, but not many, and it seemed that only a few soldiers or civilians were injured.

Soon, the royal family's catapult gave a resolute and strong counterattack, and thousands of stones accurately fell into the formation of the Korean army, almost no deviation, smashing out pieces of wailing, chain bullets swirled in the dense Korean soldiers, like a broom swept away, and this round smashed down a Korean army's catapult.

It seems that the South Korean army also wants to study why the same catapult is made, some are far away, some are not far away, and the South Korean army will not give up easily.

At the same time, the Korean army's catapult was pulled down again, and it wanted to attack again, and this time the Zhou royal family's action was faster, almost at the same time as the Korean army's catapult, and the flying stones on both sides flew into the sky at the same time.

However, the force on both sides is obviously in contrast, thousands of flying stones on the Luoyang side were almost all smashed into the Han army, and the Han army also flew hundreds of pieces into the sky, but when it finally smashed into Luoyang City, there were less than a hundred left, ten to one, Luoyang won completely.

However, these hundreds of stones still caused a certain amount of trouble to the royal family, and there was a wail, and even more, one of the flying stones went straight to the middle of the Dingdingmen Tower, you must know that it was the place where the king stood. Fortunately, Fan Yu's eyes were sharp, and he pulled Zhou Bian away, and the flying stone smashed five steps away from Zhou Bian's position just now, above the dense city gate of the royal guards, the soldiers of the pro-guard team were difficult to dodge, so they had to raise a big shield to block, but the power of the flying stone still smashed several people at once.

Although the guard soldier had a hard mouth and did not let out a wail, the first soldier couldn't help but roll lightly on the ground, no, it was more like he was writhing, after all, he was the first to bear the huge impact of the flying stone.

Immediately alarmed Zhou Bian, and picked up the soldiers, Zhou Bian walked closer, but saw that the thick bronze shield had been completely cracked, and the stones had also broken into several pieces and scattered on the ground. The soldier gritted his teeth and writhed, sweating profusely, his eyes wide open, his breathing shortness and indescribable pain. A few other sergeants whispered comfort, but when they saw the king coming, they stood up and stepped aside.

Zhou Bian squatted down to take a look, but saw that his two arms were hanging weakly on his chest, and tried to lift them slightly, but saw that what should have been a whole forearm had become a soft and soft one, but the soldier couldn't hold back anymore at this time, and screamed out.

It seems that the huge power of the flying stone directly caused the crushing fracture of both arms behind the shield, and also, the heavy bronze shield without cutting corners was cracked, not to mention the human arm bones. Presumably, Han Bing's condition will only be worse, after all, the flying stones that fall to the flat ground have greater speed and strength.

Zhou Bian gently put down the man's arm and sighed lightly, his face full of regret. If there is only one fracture, you can still put a splint, and there is a good possibility, but if both arms are broken into a truncated one, it will be difficult. For fractures, although Zhou Bian came from later generations, he didn't have any good ideas.

"Lift it down and take a good look. The royal family will treat you well. After finishing speaking, Zhou Bian turned around and walked forward.

Seeing the king leave, he didn't want to take two steps, but saw the king turn around again.

"Fetch the planks and ropes, quick." The king gave the order, and soon the soldiers were running.

After a while, two simple splints were made and hung on the soldier's chest, in fact, not only the forearm was broken, but the upper arm was also broken, and this splint could only be better than nothing, it is estimated that it still has no great effect, after all, the broken bone has not been taken out, but it is simply fixed on the outside, maybe it will be inflamed, or it may not be saved at all, but in this era without surgery, what else can be pursued? War is inherently cruel.

The soldier finally fainted as he could not bear it, and after the king nodded, he was immediately carried down. At the same time, the two sides exchanged fire for several rounds, and stones flew to the city wall, but they all dodged, and the casualties were not very large.

In the end, Zhou Bian ordered that except for a small number of soldiers who observed the battle situation, including the king and the personal guards, all the soldiers on the tower of Dingding Gate were removed from the city tower and hid behind the city gate, within the blind spot of the flying stones. And here too, there were many soldiers, reservists, those who had been withdrawn from the city, and the men who pulled catapults. The royal family's catapult is installed behind the city wall, a natural dead end, so the Korean army will never take advantage of the catapult outside the city and the royal family.

Behind the city gate, Zhou Bian silently counted, every three launches of the royal family, the Korean army only twice, the royal family has an overall advantage, indeed, good training is often the key factor in the decisive victory.

After another ten rounds, after all, the Korean army couldn't stand it anymore, and the earth-shattering drums sounded, and the Korean army was going to attack the city directly.

Could it be that the problem of insufficient range of some catapults of the South Korean army has been solved? But it was soon rewarded by the soldiers in the city, and the Korean army did not solve the problem, or solved the problem of injuring their own people by mistake, that is, the catapults with a range outside the city wall of Luoyang, all of which were stopped and not used.

As soon as the Korean army began to attack the city directly, it was the same old routine, with archers and crossbowmen shooting arrows in front of catapults to cover, and sword and shield men climbing ladders to fight.

This battle lasted for more than an hour, and it was not until the heat of noon that the South Korean military retreated. But this time, the Han army suffered a big loss, leaving behind not only the corpses in one place, but also dozens of scattered catapults, yes, it is important to escape, who is going to pick up those woods.

The Han army still failed to set foot in Luoyang City again.

This battle is obviously the debut of the Korean army's catapult, but it has evolved into such a look, after the war, climb the city tower and take a look, you will see the corpses of the Han soldiers exposed in the wilderness, indeed, and the Zhou royal family to compete with the stone throwing attack, the catapult can not compare, the speed of the stone throwing can not be compared, there is no protection, the head of the Han army is a show funny?

Before the statistical results came out, Zhou Bian could conclude that the death ratio of the two sides in today's World War I definitely exceeded the highest value in the past, one to three.

And the results of the battle were no longer Zhou Bian's concern, hurriedly returned to the palace, and after lunch, Zhou Bian immediately ordered to convene a meeting of the ministers, which was placed in front of the royal family, but there were more important issues to deal with.