Chapter 514: Siege (2)
"Trebuchet ready--fire-" With a loud roar, the brake switches on the trebuchets were pulled down, and the heavy objects on the short arms fell rapidly, and the creaking and grinding sounds between the timbers and the tightening of the hemp rope came out, thus driving the hanging baskets on the long arms to launch the oil or stone bullets. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Whoosh" oil bombs and stone bullets were thrown into the air, flying towards the city wall in the distance, the stone bombs just made the sound of rubbing the air, and the fire oil bombs not only made a burning crackling sound, the flames burning in the air were blown by the wind whirring, and there were long lines of smoke left at the tail, and the smell of fire oil quickly spread around.
The big food army on the city wall is wondering why the Tang army has not launched a siege after the Tang army has been in position for so long, this weather is not ordinary heat, and it is not a pleasure to stand under the city and enjoy the baking of the sun.
When these big food armies were wondering, they suddenly flew out of the rear of the Tang army one after another small black dots and small sparks, but in the blink of an eye, these small black spots and small sparks turned into huge stone bombs and oil bombs.
Looking at this scene, the soldiers of the Great Food Army quickly opened their eyes, their pupils constricted, and their faces showed a look of horror, and many people involuntarily shouted: "Oh, Allah, hide!" ā
The first round is just a test firing, but there are still a few oil bombs and stone bombs falling on the city wall and the city, "boom boom" several loud noises in a row, one of the three stone bombs smashed on the city wall, two smashed on the city head, these positions are only a section of the city wall as a whole trembling and shaking, the soldiers in charge of these sections of defense of the big food army soldiers can't even stand on their feet, a large group of people fall to the ground, it is really people on their backs, the big food soldiers who fell to the ground have screamed, unfortunately some of the big food soldiers who were hit by the stone bullets are no longer human, brains, Blood spurted all over the ground, and the wounded soldiers, who had not yet died on the spot, let out a terrifying scream.
There were two fire oil bombs hit, one hit the city wall, and the other fell on the city head, whether it fell on the city wall or on the city head, the fire oil bombs immediately shattered and ignited the splash of fire oil, boom, all burned, these fire oil bombs not only contained fire oil, but also some other flammable materials, even if they were smashed on a clearing, they could burn a large piece on their own.
Some unlucky soldiers of the Great Food Army were splashed on their bodies by the burning oil, and burned into burning people on the spot, and the raging fire engulfed them in the blink of an eye, because the Great Food Country has rarely been attacked by the enemy since its rise, so Said has never commanded the city defense campaign, and is not familiar with and proficient in how to defend the city wall, this is the first time the Tang army attacked the city, he thought that the Tang army would launch a fierce attack, so he prepared a lot of manpower on the city, causing the soldiers on the city wall to be very crowded, This didn't teach him a very bad lesson, and the burning fire man quickly set fire to all the soldiers of the Great Food Army around him, causing chaos in this section of the city wall.
"Quick, quick, evacuate, evacuate! Hold them off," Said yelled as he picked up his scimitar and pulled away the soldiers who were in front of him, for if he didn't isolate the burning soldiers, he was afraid that they would set the entire wall on fire. The soldiers of the Great Eater, lest they themselves be set on fire, immediately killed the burning men with their weapons, or knocked them down with spears and spears.
Just when the big food army at the head of the city was in chaos because of the first test firing of the trebuchet of the Tang army, the second test firing of the trebuchet of the Tang army after calibration also followed, and the oil bombs and stone bombs flew to the city head again, this time the accuracy was more than doubled, and the stone bombs and oil bombs hit the city wall or the city head one after another, making a huge roar, the city wall continued to shake, as if the earth was trembling, the oil bombs fell on the city head and burned a raging fire, and the flags of the big food country planted on the city head were all lit and burned.
The third wave of test firing followed his son, and the fire oil bomb dragged the tail of the long black smoke from the air to the head of the city, snapping and thinking, a jar of fire oil splashed around, and there was a bang, and the surrounding radius of ten meters was shrouded in the burning of the fire oil, and the soldiers of the Great Food Army who were burning all over their bodies let out screams, bumping and rolling everywhere, and some people fell directly from the city.
After three rounds of test firing, the accuracy rate of the Tang army's trebuchet firing is almost more than half, this accuracy rate to the city head defense of the big food army to come to extremely heavy casualties, the entire east city wall almost more than three percent of the area burned a raging fire, the Tang army fired the fire oil bomb not only burned itself, but also ignited the big food army piled up at the head of the city for defense of the oil and wood, in this case, there is a long section of the city wall can not stand at all, the big food army soldiers in charge of the defense are either burned to death, or because of the fear of being burned and hide far away, some people ran directly down the city wall, and some people had no choice but to jump off the city wall and break their legs.
Said stood on the gate tower and stared blankly at the fire at the head of the city burned by the fire fired by the Tang Army's trebuchet, he couldn't believe that there was such an apocalyptic scene in this world, he had led people to conquer the city before, but all the city walls that had been attacked were not as tall and strong as the city of Henglus, and he had also used trebuchets to throw fire oil bombs and stone bullets at the city walls defended by the enemy, but he had never caused such a great destruction today, and the city not only burned with fire, Moreover, many parts of the city wall were smashed out of cracks by stone bullets, and the parts that were hit were seriously cracked, according to this situation, this Henglus City was afraid that it would be crushed by the Tang army if it could not hold it for three days.
Said's face was blue, and he grabbed the collar of a general next to him and said angrily: "Didn't you say yesterday that the Tang Army is not good at attacking cities? Now let's see if they're good at siege? You son of a bitch! ā
The general trembled with fright, "Lord Governor, I didn't know that the Tang Army's catapults would cause such a lot of damage, and they threw them too accurately, and those fire oil bombs burned a large area when they hit the ground, which is unimaginable!" ā
If the oil bomb is only filled with oil, it will not burn a large piece even if it falls on the ground, because there is no combustible, but if some fine flammable materials are added to the oil of the oil bomb, such as small strips of cloth, silk fabric, charcoal, wood chips and mixed with some purified spirits and other flammable materials, it will burn as long as it hits the ground.
For a whole morning, the Tang army fired a total of thousands of stone bullets and hundreds of oil bombs, the east city wall of Henglus City was burned black, the city wall was smashed by stone bullets and collapsed, although it has not been smashed out of the gap, but the city wall is seriously damaged is an indisputable fact, the morale of all the soldiers of the big food army defending the city is extremely low, the Tang army has not officially attacked the city, only the trebuchet will be used to beat the morale of the big food army to a big drop, and the city wall is seriously damaged.
In the afternoon, after lunch, the Tang army continued to launch stone bombs and fire oil bombs, which made the big food army dare not go up to the city wall at all, and after half an hour of trebuchet launching, Zhao Ziliang observed the situation at the head of the city through the telescope, and immediately found the leaders of the ten surnamed tribes and asked: "Everyone, now the big cannibal on the head of the city has been smashed by us and dare not take the head, this is a good time to attack the city, I don't know which leader is willing to fight this head?" ā
The leaders of the ten surnamed tribes glanced at each other, and they all knew that this must not be able to dodge, even if no one took the initiative to stand up to take this siege task, the killing god in front of them would also be named among them, and there would always be a time when it was the turn of any of them, so the major leaders stood up and took the initiative to ask for help, expressing their willingness to take the lead in attacking the city.
Zhao Ziliang smiled with satisfaction: "Very good, the leader of the ten surnamed tribes has already fought a big battle with the Great Food Army in the field the day before yesterday, you don't want to participate in today's siege, let the soldiers have a good rest, tomorrow's siege will always be used by you!" ā
After speaking, Zhao Ziliang looked at the first person sitting on the left-hand side, and said with a smile: "King Shunyi, when General Ben handed over this Henglus City to your Shiguo, it is the city of your Shiguo, and our Tang Army also sent 3,000 people to help you defend it, if it weren't for your subordinate Mo Ying secretly colluding with the Great Cannibal, Henglus City would not have been occupied by the Great Cannibal so easily, and my Tang Army lost 1,500 elites, no matter how you say it's your Shiguo's fault, and you, the king, can't escape the blame?" Moreover, this general and the leaders of this country are also helping you to fight in the Shi Kingdom by leading the troops this time, and in today's first battle, should you let the army of your Shi Country take the lead? ā
Ah Xiran's face turned red, and he immediately stood up and saluted Zhao Ziliang and said: "The kindness of the Tang Dynasty and the general, Mo Heji Tutun will never forget, today's battle should be fought by our Shiguo army, how dare you bother your allies?" Please wait and see, the generals and leaders! ā
Zhao Ziliang nodded, "Okay, then the general and the leaders will depend on the performance of your army!" Someone came, the order went down, and when the stone army rushed to the city twenty zhang, he stopped firing stone bullets and fire oil bombs, and ordered the bed crossbow and Fuyuan crossbow to provide cover and long-range shooting support for the stone army before they arrived in the military formation! ā
The herald immediately agreed: "Obey!" ā
Mo Heji, the king of Shiguo, immediately threw his cloak and walked out with his waist knife in his hand, and soon the sound of war drums came, Zhao Ziliang got up and said to the leaders of the ten surnamed tribes: "Everyone, let's go, go to Shuaitai with General Ben to watch the siege of the stone army!" ā
Shiguo itself is a country that produces good horses, although there are not many of them, but each of them is a high-quality horse, and the probability of sweating and bloody horses is very high, so the Shiguo army is basically cavalry, and attacking the city with cavalry is actually to let the cavalry abandon the horse and climb the ladder with a knife to attack the city.
"Kill-kill-" The soldiers of the Shi Kingdom took their weapons and ran towards the city wall with a ladder under the leadership of the generals, after all, they had not been trained by infantry to siege the city, and the soldiers of the Shi Kingdom were chaotic when they rushed to the city wall, some rushed fast, some rushed slowly, and many people ran and accidentally fell to the ground.
The Great Food Army hiding under the city wall finally heard the shouting and killing of the Tang army, and Said knew that he was only afraid that the Tang army was attacking the city, and sure enough, he soon saw the sentry in charge of guarding the city and shouted to the city: "Oh no, the Tang army is attacking the city, the Tang army is attacking the city, many people are rushing over, and it is densely packed with a large area!" ā
This made the big food army under the city wall feel cool in their hearts, "Hurry up to the city wall defense, go up quickly!" The soldiers of the Great Food Army quickly climbed the city wall under the loud shouts and drives of the generals and officers. (To be continued.) )