Chapter 308 Grabbing a Catapult

Because of the last time he underestimated the enemy, he led the army deep into the Baochuan Road, and was raided by Wei Yan on the Meridian Valley, causing chaos in Guanzhong, and directly affecting Cao Xiu's army in Longyou, resulting in the loss of Longyou, Cao Xiu was ashamed and sick, which made Cao Zhen deeply blame himself. Vertex updates are the fastest

Fortunately, the emperor did not blame, and sent Sima Yi to lead the army to support, and it was necessary to recover Longyou, Cao Zhen also thought about it, thinking that the last defeat was mainly due to insufficient preparation, and the action was too hasty, allowing the enemy to exploit too many loopholes.

The first is that Guo Huai overreacted to the enemy's entry into Guanzhong, in fact, even if some of the enemies arrived in Guanzhong, what could they do, they could really take Chang'an City in a few days?

It's impossible, there were still 20,000 defenders in Chang'an City at that time, so what if the enemy spent his troops under the city for ten days and half a month? How can you really worry about 100,000 horses just because the enemy says there are 100,000 horses?

Of course, the Meridian Valley was secretly crossed by the enemy was the most important factor in the worse, those guys were too lazy, they knew that they could guard the valley mouth, and they could send more people into the valley, so that they could not detect the enemy early, be fully prepared, and not be defenseless and collapse.

Well, this time, it was we who took the initiative to enter the valley, and as soon as we found the enemy's army, we immediately burned the plank road and blocked the road, so that we were no longer afraid of the enemy's sneak attack.

And on the other hand, we sent Zhang to attack Wudu this time to cut off the enemy's food route, if it succeeds, it should be the enemy who panics.

And on his right side, there is also Sima Yi's response, and for the Shu army on the right side of Longyou, a multi-way attack has been formed.

This time, we must drive them out of Longyou, for Cao Xiu, but also for themselves, to wash away the shame.

Of course, Cao Xiu was defeated by the Ge thieves so quickly, and these enemies must not be taken lightly.

Cao Xiu said well, we must first ensure that we are undefeated, we must attach importance to the first battle, and ensure that we can defeat the enemy army in the first battle, so as to severely blow the enemy's morale, and the future battles will be much easier.

He looked at the more than 10,000 Chinese troops who retreated with Cao Xiu's defeat, one by one they hung their heads, sighed, lifeless, and did not give the enemy a heavy blow, and the morale would not grow back with a few words from others.

Therefore, in the face of many provocations from the enemy, he knew that he had a lot more troops than the enemy, and he had been holding back, waiting for a better opportunity.

Those guys, and they don't attack the city, if I go out, they will turn around and run away, and they won't have any results, and they won't have any effect.

To fight back, it is necessary to be able to grab a few catapults from the enemy while they are attacking the city.

I heard that the catapult is much better than the thunderbolt car invented by Emperor Taizu Wu back then, the launch speed is faster, and it can also be adjusted far and near, it is much more advanced, and it is definitely a good helper for siege.

If you can snatch back a few units, one can be used in the future to recover Shanghe Jicheng, let your sergeants die less, and use the enemy's things to beat the enemy's head to the ground, wouldn't it be very relieving?

Second, if we get the real thing, we can also quickly let people draw drawings and imitate and improve them, and we can't lose to the enemy in military equipment.

Today, this opportunity has finally arrived, and it's my turn to make a move!

Behind the city gate, more than 10,000 soldiers from Cao Zhen's headquarters, under the leadership of Fei Yao, had already held their breath and held their breath, just waiting for Cao Zhen's order, opened the city gate and rushed out in one breath, killing the enemy army and turning over on his back.

Cao Zhen was on the city tower with both hands, holding the railing hard, controlling his body not to shake too much, because one of his hearts was almost jumping out of his throat.

He controlled himself, and his ears could no longer hear the shouts of the enemy, and his eyes were only fixed on the catapult behind the enemy's formation.

According to the information, although the enemy's catapult was thrown at a long distance, it had to get closer to the city wall in order to hit it.

Although the enemy was now in a tight position and seemed invulnerable, it was to ensure that the catapult was installed smoothly, and by the time they pushed the catapult forward, the formation would definitely have to change.

I heard that when defending Ji City, the defenders were afraid of the enemy, and they couldn't hold out at the beginning, and missed the opportunity to hit the enemy's catapult in time.

But Cao Zhen still had confidence in the team he brought, and they were now holding their breath, and they wanted to blow the resentment of pressing the enemy on the slope of the slope, but returning in vain because of the riots in the rear, all of which were sprinkled on the enemies in front of them.

Well, the enemy's catapult seemed to be ready soon, Cao Zhen gritted his teeth and ordered the guards around him: "Ready!" ”

The guards hurriedly ran down the tower, leaned over and shouted to the people who were lying in ambush in the city gate: "Ready, ready!" ”

A dozen sergeants guarding behind the city gate immediately put their hands on the huge city gate bolt.

The Shu army outside the city shouted again, shouting at Cao Zhen in the city: "Do you think that if you stay in this city, we will have nothing to do with you?" Tell you, that's because our siege equipment hasn't arrived yet! Now, let's let you see, a small city like Linwei is, in our eyes, just a small dirt bag, and we can immediately raze it to the ground! ”

As he spoke, the sergeants in front of him began to move to both sides, making way for the passage.

Four catapults, each pushed by dozens of sergeants, began to approach the city gate.

Cao Zhen can see it well, the opportunity is at this moment!

He raised his right arm reluctantly, slammed his fist on the wooden railing, and yelled: "Kill! ”

Suddenly, more than a dozen war drums on the head of the city sounded at the same time, and the rumbling drums quickly reached the ears of every soldier defending the city.

A dozen sergeants guarding behind the city gate immediately shouted in unison: "Get up! The huge deadbolt was immediately removed.

The city gate was quickly opened, and nearly 10,000 soldiers who had been in ambush rushed out like a tide.

The enemy troops outside the city were really caught off guard, and when they saw so many Wei troops rushing out, they didn't have time to line up to meet the enemy, so they immediately didn't want the catapults, and they scrambled to turn around and flee for their lives.

The enraged Wei army shouted for slaughter and chased after him.

Those who were at the back of the line, who did not have time to rush forward, even raised their knives and slashed at the enemy's catapults.

Cao Zhen was in a hurry all of a sudden, and hurriedly shouted on the city tower: "Don't destroy the catapult!" Don't ruin the catapult! ”

The Shu army in front turned around and ran, but fortunately, the people in the back not only left a way for the people in front to escape, but their own formation was not too chaotic, and they all drew bows and arrows and shot at the pursuing Wei army.

The Wei army was full of anger, holding shields, braving the rain of arrows and continuing to rush forward to kill.

After the crossbowmen of the Shu army covered the retreat of the sergeants in front, they also retreated, and then, another group of armed pikemen came out, engaged with the enemy in short arms, and assassinated for a while.

Immediately afterwards, it was Chen Yin and Hou Xuan, leading thousands of cavalry, rushing out from both flanks to cover the retreat of the pikemen. (To be continued.) )