Indeed, the royal family's catapults and bows and arrows were arranged crosswise, and the catapults could not attack too close distances, and the bows and arrows could not shoot eighty paces away, complementing each other, but they were very well coordinated, so that the royal family's defensive firepower was almost impossible to kill from a mile outside the city to the city wall. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Han army obviously had to pay a great price to rush to the city, and this time Zhou Bian did not warm up, and directly ordered all the archers to be behind the city wall to give the Han army the biggest blow. Of course, in order to avoid unnecessary waste, under the command of the officer, the royal archers naturally aimed at the most dense places of the Korean army.

Fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps, the Korean army on the north and south sides is getting closer and closer to the city wall, and the bows and arrows of the Korean army continue to bring harm to the royal soldiers on the city wall. But fortunately, there were no 20,000 crossbowmen shooting at the same time like on the first day, and not every recruit could stand it, after all, there are still many recruits on the city wall today who have only been trained for eight days.

In this way, the Korean army used a crossbow outside eighty paces, a bow within eighty steps, and the long-range firepower also fought back like crazy, wanting to cover the sword and shield soldiers carrying the ladder to climb the city wall.

The dozens of lookout platforms were covered with flying stones, and they were also slowly moving towards the city wall, and there were already Han soldiers who climbed on the high platform, set up their crossbows, and just waited for the range to arrive, and they were about to start shooting. Unlike the South Korean troops on both sides, the South Korean troops in the middle moved more slowly, and since then they have been completely divided into three pieces.

Zhou Bian looked at the towering lookout platforms with a little worry, and he was also quite anxious in his heart, should he let them approach? Is there any good way to hit it? Suddenly, Zhou Bian remembered in his mind the incendiary bomb he made, and it would be a good idea if he could burn it, but then Zhou Bian shook his head, in this era, there is no fire oil and other ignition things, how much does it cost to use lamp oil? And throwing out the burning wooden blocks, even if they are not blown out by the wind in the air, they are afraid that they will be smashed out when they are smashed, so although Zhou Bian made some wooden blocks and the like, he didn't plan to use them like this, and Zhou Bian didn't think about how to use them.

The lookout platform is getting closer and closer, and the nearest one has reached within two hundred and fifty steps, and you can already see the Han soldiers on the high platform winding the crossbow, and the appearance of being ready to move makes people feel furious in their hearts.

And just when Zhou Bian wanted to give the order to try to use incendiary bombs, a little far to the north, in the middle part of the Korean army, a lookout platform finally couldn't bear the firepower, several supporting wooden pillars were smashed and bent, and the high platform collapsed down at once, and the movement was very big, presumably dozens of Korean soldiers under the high platform were also stoned to death.

Zhou Bian's heart suddenly relaxed, it seems that the lookout platform is not so difficult to fight, dozens of boxcars have been killed, and it is the turn of the lookout platform. But think about it, the number of boxcars is large, more than five times that of the lookout, in order to cover the soldiers, the boxcar area is naturally large, and it is easier to be hit, and the lookout platform is just a high platform supported by some wooden frames, although it is tall, but the middle is empty, and its cross-sectional area is obviously much smaller than the boxcar, so it is difficult to hit There is a certain reason.

But it is not invincible after all, unlike the catapult from later generations, which is erected behind the city wall and beats you from afar, but you still can't hit it, it should be the most powerful city defense equipment in the world.

Therefore, whether it is theoretical or practical, a catapult must be more powerful than a lookout.

Thinking about it like this, my heart is much better, and when I look up, I see that the dozens of lookout platforms are all close to two hundred steps, and on the high platform, the crossbowmen of the Han army have begun to shoot, although I don't know what the effect is for a while, but the soldiers on the city wall see that the other party is as tall as themselves, and the psychological oppression will only cause a certain amount of panic.

But at this moment, another catapult collapsed, looking at its location, it was actually about 500 steps north of Dingding Gate. Almost in the same place, two catapults were placed one after the other, is it a coincidence?

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Bian set his sights on the city wall again, because the Han army was in the front, and there were already soldiers carrying the ladder to the bottom of the city, and they were about to erect the ladder. This is still a little closer to the Dingding Gate, and the farther Upper East Gate and the South Ping Gate are also unknown, and they are already about to start climbing the city wall in close combat.

When they arrived at the city, the Korean army's attack method was still the same as on the first day, erecting a ladder, and the soldiers climbed up with shields and long swords, which was really difficult for them, holding a shield in one hand and holding a ladder in the other, but they still had to climb fast, presumably they had also practiced.

The royal family's defense method is naturally the same as before, throwing stones, pouring gold soup, and when the Han soldiers get closer to the top of the city wall, they will stab down with spears.

Although the way is still the old way, the warring sides are still not afraid of death, just like the repetition of the first day, one by one the Korean soldiers fell from the ladder, but more Korean soldiers rushed up again, but the difference from the first day is that the new catapult of the royal family is obviously much better than the new boxcar of the Korean army. Under the suppression of the flying stones, the royal soldiers on the city wall were obviously under much less pressure.

Seeing that the soldiers on both sides had begun to engage each other in short combat, Zhou Bian was no longer as nervous as on the first day, even if there were many more recruits on the city wall, Zhou Bian still firmly believed that there was no problem in defending the city wall.

In the blink of an eye, another lookout platform fell in the distance, and although it seemed to be a few miles away, the movement immediately attracted everyone at the city gate.

At this time, the 10,000 Han soldiers who were facing the Dingding Gate also rushed to the city 200 steps, and these 10,000 people have been walking neatly, and there are ten lookouts in the middle, so they came much later than on both sides, presumably the elite of the Korean army. Unlike the armies on both sides, half of the 10,000 men were crossbowmen, and the other half were shield bearers covering the crossbowmen, presumably only to suppress the Dingding Gate in the middle, not to storm the city walls like the two sides.

Seeing that the 10,000 won was about to start shooting, Zhou Mi and others hurriedly invited the king into the palace of the city tower, and just as Zhou Bian was about to enter the main hall, another lookout platform fell down with a bang, and Zhou Bian looked back, but it was still near the two lookout towers that had fallen before. Again and again, this is not a coincidence, Zhou Bian's mind moved, and immediately arranged for Fan Yu to inquire.

As soon as he sat down in the main hall, he heard a buzzing sound outside the city gate of Dingding Gate, and looked out, only to see a black cloud rushing into the sky, and then flew straight towards the city gate.

It was Han Jun's arrow again, and then I heard someone outside the hall shouting, "Pay attention to concealment!" ”

If the South Korean army is only shooting all the way in the middle, should the sergeants be allowed to hide and not return fire in order to reduce losses? Anyway, they don't attack in the middle, and they are still within the range of catapult attacks, and the removal of archers and the like can reinforce both sides, so that the limited forces of the royal family can be used to the maximum, so should this order be issued? Zhou Bian couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Soon, the first round of arrow rain poured into the Dingding Gate and within a hundred steps on both sides, but the loss to the royal family was not large, because the guards on the Dingding Gate were veterans, even if they were new soldiers, under the guidance of veterans who had the experience of defending the city on the first day, they also knew how to dodge, so Zhou Bian did not hear a single wail in the main hall.

However, dozens of arrows were fired almost flat at the main hall, but fortunately, the guards reacted quickly and blocked them all with bronze shields.

Sure enough, after the rain of arrows ended, a sergeant came in to report that there were only about a few thousand arrows in this round, except for a few people who were injured, but no one died. The first day caused such a big loss, probably because of the soldiers' inexperience and the poor quality of the wooden shield, after the war, Zhou Bian ordered the generals in the army to make a special summary and put forward countermeasures, and the effect was much better.

The sergeant just left after the report, and a sergeant hurriedly ran to the north, "Wang, General Jian ordered the villain to come and report, within 500 steps on both sides of the east gate on the north side, they were attacked by the Korean army, the Korean army has climbed the city wall, under the resistance of our army, there is not yet a Korean soldier to climb the city wall, General Jian said, now it can withstand it, hope the king don't worry!" ”

Zhou Bian nodded, and after a few words, he let the man retreat.

Then another sergeant came from the south, it turned out that Liu Yun from Pingmen in the south sent someone to report that the Korean army had begun to attack the city, but it was still able to withstand it.

After sending him away, Zhou Bian fell into deep thought, the Korean army is stretching the battle line, does it really want to make the royal family unable to deal with it with superior forces, or is there another conspiracy? Zhou Bian was puzzled for a while.

But the war continues, and no matter where the South Korean army comes from, the royal family will always follow. After thinking about it, Zhou Bian finally made up his mind and asked the young master to give an order to draw all the archers near Dingding Gate to both sides, leaving only 1,000 Royal Forest Army and 1,000 recruits in the middle. In this case, there will be 6,000 troops on each side, so there should be no problem.

The catapult is still in round after round, inside and outside the Dingding Gate, one side is archery, the other side is throwing stones, so shooting, I don't know if it can give the Korean army greater damage. After a few moments, another one fell from the lookout platform outside the gate. This is a good thing, after all, the pressure from the lookout is much greater than that of the crossbowmen on the ground.

After a while, Fan Yu ran back, "Wang, I have already found out, the three catapults were all injured by one catapult, and they shot down the fourth catapult just now." This catapult was operated by dozens of disciples under Yan Shang, but the leader was Shen Bochang, the son of the Luoyang merchant, and it is said that this method was also created by Shen Bochang. ”

Saying that, Fan Yu handed over two stones with both hands, which were prepared by Zhou Bian in advance and deliberately cut into the shape of water chestnuts, but the difference was that the two stones were tightly tied together by a rope nearly one person long.

Seeing this, Zhou Bian's eyes suddenly narrowed, isn't this the chain bullet that was customary in the artillery era of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in later generations? Tie the two iron balls together with iron chains and shoot them out with cannons, the two iron balls cross forward, and the iron chain in the middle is swept across, in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie, this kind of cannonball specifically aimed at the mast of the enemy ship, its power left a deep impression on Zhou Bian. I really didn't expect that in this era, someone would actually come up with it, and its thinking agility was no less than that of himself from later generations.

So Zhou Bian smiled, "I see, these two stones are moving forward with the rope in the middle, although it is difficult for the stone to hit the shelf under the high platform, but the rope is easy to hit the shelf, and its strength is enough to cause great damage to the wooden frame under the high platform, so it seems that they can kill the four high platforms, it is no accident." ”

"Ah, the king knew it at a glance, and it took a long time for Uncle Shen to understand. That's what Uncle Shen said, and he said that he remembered that he was walking when he was a child and tripped over a rope on the ground, so he came up with this method, and it really worked when he tried it. Fan Yu put the stone on the ground, and in addition to the young master and Pang Xing, several guards also surrounded him curiously.

"This method is indeed useful, and it can be extended to all catapults to be used against the lookout, and the order is that all the catapults against the lookout tower should use this method." Zhou Bian nodded.

Immediately, after obtaining the consent of the young master, a herald picked up the two stones and ran down. It turned out that the herald was also a careful person, for fear that he would not be able to speak clearly and misunderstand the meaning of the king, so he did not take it too seriously, and simply took the real thing away. Thinking of this, Zhou Bian looked at Fan Yu again, it seems that Fan Yu hugged him with the same heart.

Turning around, Zhou Bian smiled at Yan Gao behind him again, "This Shen Bochang is not bad, after the Han army retreats, he can be introduced to this king." ”

Yan Gao hurriedly handed over his hand, "The king has won the award, Yan will definitely bring it after the war, and he can be summoned by the king, which is the blessing of the Shen family." ”

It is a talent, and naturally it will not let go. After laughing, Zhou Bian waved his hand and looked outside the hall again. At this time, the fifth lookout platform outside the Dingding Gate fell down again, smashing up a cloud of dust and screams.

Although I could only see the tall lookout platform on the opposite side, and the rain of arrows one after another, and I couldn't see the attacks at the north and south gates, it was expected that Liu Yun and Wang Sunjian would be enough to deal with it, and it would be enough to command them in the center.

After a while, the young master took his leave, he wanted to go to the north to have a look, and then Pang Xing also left to supervise the battle in Pingmen in the south, and the hall was suddenly silent.

At this time, Yangzhongqiao, who had been following the king, spoke, "The king, the Han soldiers outside the Dingding Gate are hiding under the shield, and the bows and crossbows are difficult to shoot through, and there is no point for the minister here. ”

After Yangzhongqiao finished speaking, Yan Gao also spoke, "King, let a certain also go to the south, a certain disciple can still think about killing the enemy, how can a certain be willing to lag behind?" ”