The crossbow used by the Korean army, Zhou Bian has long known and knows its appearance, the crossbow is half a person long, and the crossbow bow is more than half a person's width, if it is only shot a few times, it can be pulled away with arm strength, if it is a large-scale battle, it is still necessary to stare with the feet, that is, to use the waist force to pull it apart, otherwise it will not be able to shoot a few times. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoTherefore, when using this kind of crossbow on the battlefield, people need to sit on the ground, use their hands and feet together, and then pick up and shoot. Therefore, the sergeant reported that the Korean army had all stood up and moved forward.

What's the situation? Shoot once, and move two steps? Turning his head to look at the sparse arrow feathers on the city wall, Zhou Bian immediately understood that the Han army was lazy, and did not shoot a few crossbows to check the range, but estimated it and set up a formation to shoot, so looking at the situation on the city wall, I was afraid that most of the arrows were shot under the city wall, so the Han army had to move forward, so that the arrows could be shot above and inside the city wall.

What the hell, just the quality of this personnel, it is really a waste of such a strong crossbow, Zhou Bian sneered.

At this time, I suddenly heard a shout from the city wall, "Crossbowmen prepare, return fire!" ”

Then there was a buzz, the sound of the crossbow machine loosening and the crossbow firing arrows. It was the royal crossbowmen who were firing back, and at this distance, except for the catapults, which fired at an extremely slow frequency, only the crossbows could reach the enemy. However, the shabby thing is that although this buzzing sound is ringing in the ears, its momentum is far inferior to the Korean army's crossbows, which are only two hundred paces away, for no other reason, but because there are only two hundred crossbows that can be used in the hands of the royal family.

These two hundred crossbows are naturally also arranged on the eastern city wall, one hundred of which are only purchased from the Chu State, and the other hundred are made by the craftsmen brought back by Bai Gui from the Chu State, the workmanship of a crossbow is much more complicated than the bow, and Zhou Bian has no better idea for the time being, and there can only be so many.

But something is better than nothing, and a moment later, two hundred arrows rushed into the Korean army. Since it was shot from top to bottom, it was obvious that all the two hundred arrows should have been shot into the formation of the Korean army, and sure enough, there was a miserable cry, which came from afar, and there was a cheer from the city wall, which was the cheers of the royal soldiers.

However, Zhou Bian knew that even if hundreds of people were killed or wounded, it would be just a wave for the 20,000 Korean troops. But in this era of cold weapons, you shoot for a while, I shoot for a while, and in the end, more people die than whom, it's really cruel!

Before I had time to think about it, there was another sound of trumpets in my ears, and it was the people pulling the rope of the catapult.

This kind of catapult adopts the principle of reciprocity, the bracket is a long log, the short end points forward, hangs a heavy object, and the top end of the long end is the bowl pocket for throwing stones, the short end in the natural state hangs down due to the weight of the weight, the long end is high on the top, the person pulls the long end down, ties it to the firm ground with a rope, puts the stone and other things in the bowl pocket, only needs to cut the rope when shooting, due to the gravity of the heavy object, the stone is thrown far away, its range and power, It can be ranked among the top among all types of catapults, and in the real history of China, it should be the earliest in the Song Dynasty, but it was the Yuan army that used it to the peak.

At this time, in this era, the catapult is naturally an epoch-making invention, in Zhou Bian's view, he is in the royal family, there is no financial advantage, and there is no human advantage, so how to survive, if you don't give full play to the technical advantages from later generations, how to be worthy of the word crossing?

So Zhou Bian made the catapult at this time, and since it was made, Zhou Bian was not afraid of imitation, because in his mind, this kind of catapult could be made bigger and more powerful, and Zhou Bian believed that after other countries also imitated it, the royal family should also have stronger capabilities.

Standing at the left door of the main hall of the castle tower, looking around, you can see the tall catapult handle slowly lowering, the biggest disadvantage of this catapult is that it moves slowly, and it needs a lot of people to pull, but it also has an advantage, that is, it can be erected on the inner side of the city wall, and then the people who pull the catapult can hide behind the city wall, but they are not afraid of arrows shot from outside.

Sure enough, before he saw the long handle of the catapult fall into place, he heard a sergeant come to report, "King, the Han army stopped after approaching twenty steps, and now the formation is now set. ”

Then I heard the sound of the sentinels on the outside of the city wall, and when I heard this sound, the soldiers, who had been a little loose a moment ago, shortened their bodies again and hid under the wooden shields. Without waiting for Fan Yu and others to help, Zhou Bian himself ran back to the middle of the hall and hid behind the shield, this time the Han army approached again, and the power of the arrow was only greater.

A moment later, I heard the humming of the crossbow again, and it was only twenty paces closer, but from the heart I felt that the hum was even more amazing. Then there was a thud, and 20,000 arrows rushed into the sky like black clouds.

The black cloud smashed down again, but this time obviously most of them smashed on the city wall, because the top of the main hall of this city tower, you can hear the dinging sound, that is the sound of arrows nailed to the roof tiles of the temple, this hall has been repaired once before, otherwise I am afraid that this time there will be arrows that can fly in directly, but Rao is so, there is still dust falling on the top of the palace, and it is a thick tile that can not withstand the performance of the power of arrows.

If the main hall is like this, what will happen to the city walls? Just as the rain of arrows fell, I heard the screams from above the city wall, which were much louder and more miserable than the previous round of arrow rain.

After a few more breaths, the rain of arrows stopped, the scorching sun was on the head, Zhou Bian jumped up and ran to the right door to look out, only to see that it was very different from last time, there were a lot of arrows on the ground, and there were a lot of wooden shields on the wooden shed and the soldiers in the front row. Sure enough, after the adjustment of the Korean army, the power has increased a lot.

At this time, the catapults in the back were ready, and with a few booms, several catapults were almost simultaneously powered, and the number of stones shot out was more than last time, Zhou Bian looked hopefully at the stones that drew beautiful curves in the air under the sun and flew into the air, and then smashed them hard.

With the sound of stones falling to the ground, there were screams from under the city, and some bold veterans leaned on the women's wall and looked down, and then shouted, "Shot, all hit, smashed down the Korean army." ”

Zhou Bian also wanted to see the effect in person, but after thinking about it, his body still didn't move, and sure enough, after a while, two sergeants ran over, Zhou Bian frowned, "Let's talk about our army's casualties first." ”

The first sergeant immediately stepped forward, "Report to the king, this time our army's casualties are greater than last time, the general counted five dead and more than eighty wounded, most of them were not covered by wooden shields, and they were only hit by arrows." ”

Well, Zhou Bian nodded, this effect is very good, after all, this is a very powerful 20,000 crossbow arrows, which can achieve such a small number of casualties, most of them are still usually trained, and the other half is that the defensive measures are properly prepared, but I don't know if I can block a few rounds of salvos from the Korean army.

Seeing that the king cast his gaze, another sergeant spoke, "Report to the king, this round of stone-throwing attacks, looking down from the city, smashed and injured about twenty or thirty Korean soldiers, all of whom fell to the ground, and there may be minor injuries that cannot be seen." ”

Indeed, the stones were much smaller, only slightly larger than fists, and this was to consider the striking surface, because if the stones were too large, there would be fewer of them, and it would be easier for the enemy to dodge.

Waving his hand to signal the two sergeants to go down, Zhou Bian returned to the hall. Now the comparison is who can kill and injure whom, although Zhou Bian can also withdraw all the people on the city wall, but because the upper and lower city wall passages are limited, if it is really withdrawn, the enemy army will rush over at once, and there may still be a few passages crowded here, so at this time, you can only fight to kill a few more people.

In this way, the two sides are shooting at each other, but on one side are five catapults and two hundred crossbows, and on the other side are 20,000 crossbowmen, no matter how you look at the strength, the strength is extremely asymmetrical, but don't forget, the royal army is hiding behind the female wall or shield, and the Korean soldiers are arrogant exposed to the scorching sun, maybe they didn't expect the royal family to have the ability to shoot them.

War, without exception, is cruel, Zhou Bian sat in the middle of the main hall of the city tower, under the protection of the layers of guards, listening to the sound of arrows breaking through the air outside the hall, as well as the unstoppable wailing, as well as the casualty reports of the heralds, his heart was like a knife, but he was powerless.

War, perhaps, there will always be people who die, there will always be people who will be injured, in this era of warring states, it can only be so, Zhou Bian feels that he has completely integrated into this era.

After ten rounds of arrow rain, the number of casualties soared, and the number of soldiers killed in the battle was more than 100, and the sergeant's report claimed that the wooden shed was damaged in many places, and many wooden shields could not withstand the explosion. In fact, even on the top of the main hall of the city tower, there was also a place that could not withstand the power and weight of the arrows, and it had collapsed, and Zhou Mi and others were so panicked that they tightly protected the king.

If this is the case in the temple, what should be done in the city? Zhou Bian closed his eyes, but he seemed to be able to see the pale faces of the young soldiers, the clenched hands, the bodies that still couldn't help but tremble in the June day, and seemed to be able to see the wet patches on the ground of the city wall, red is blood, colorless is sweat, even the June sun can't dry the soaked wall, and it seems that under the earth-shattering Korean offensive, the frightened faces of the helpless people all over the city, the worried ministers of the DPRK and the central government are frowning, and there are countless undercurrents. Voices of all sorts of speculation.

Suddenly, an extraordinarily loud miserable sound sounded, and in an instant, Zhou Bian's thoughts returned to the city tower, and it seemed that all kinds of tragic situations appeared in front of him again, with arrows and feathers still trembling corpses, wailing silk people, and the trembling heart.

In the blink of an eye, the fifteenth offensive of the Korean army passed, and Zhou Bian couldn't help cursing in his heart, why didn't he stop?

It's a pity that the Han army couldn't hear the voice of the king of the Zhou family, and the commander's order was not given, although there were stones sprinkled from the air, and although the Han soldiers without shield protection also faced the threat of death, the Korean army's offensive was still fierce.

But fortunately, the South Korean army used round after round of shooting, instead of several rounds of shooting to keep the arrow rain unstoppable, otherwise the casualties of the royal family would be greater, Zhou Bian thought happily.

At this moment, the sergeant suddenly heard a report, and the sentry noticed that there was another movement in the rear camp of the Korean army, and three large formations left the camp and moved to this side.

Is this about to launch a real attack? You must know that it is only the suppression before the general attack, the offensive is so fierce, what will happen if the general attack is really launched, and I don't know what "surprise" the Korean army will give to the royal family in addition to the crossbow, but no matter what, it is still necessary to take it, so Zhou Bian nodded and instructed the heralds to prepare for the attack, as long as the Korean army rushes up, then the crossbowmen they have the advantage will not play much role.

Finally, in the silent count of many people, another five rounds of arrow rain passed, counting the time but did not wait for the next round of arrow rain from the South Korean army, and the Korean army's offensive finally stopped.

Although there was still a wail on the city wall, it was more than that the soldiers stood up from under the wooden shield, bathed in the scorching sun, and watched the Korean army under the city move slowly, and took a deep breath, indeed, it feels good to be alive.

However, what is not optimistic is that there is a tragic situation on the city wall, blood stains most of the ground, the broken wooden shield is on the corpse, the arrow feathers are still shaking, the terrifying arrow rain has planted the ground of the city wall with thorns, looking at this scene, everyone can't help but sigh, it is really the rest of the life.

However, the South Korean army's offensive was far more than that, and before he could wipe the sweat from his face, the sentinel's warning sounded again. The army looked up and down the city, but saw that several large arrays of Korean troops had rushed to within 100 steps of the city wall, and there were even large equipment moving with the army.

The South Korean army is about to officially attack the city! The thought swelled in the hearts of many people, and they clenched their bows or spears in their hands without waiting for the commander's order, and looked nervously down through the battlements of the female wall.

After getting the sergeant's report, Zhou Bian's face also became serious, the Han army was really determined to attack the city, not just to shock the arrow and send three large formations in the first round of siege, that is, 30,000 people, and he was really willing to do his best. Zhou Bian couldn't help clenching his fists, knowing that compared with the upcoming siege, the rain of arrows just now could only be regarded as an appetizer before the main meal.