446 Battle of the Meat Grinder in Zhenyuanfu - Siege Machinery
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July 15, 52nd year of Zhengde. **!Book. Bar*
Halloween.
Also known as the Midyear Festival, Obon Festival, according to legend, every year from July 1, the king of Yama ordered the gate of hell to be opened, so that those who suffer all year round and are imprisoned in hell The ghosts come out of hell, get a short-term wandering, and enjoy the blood and food of the world, so people call July the ghost month, this month is considered to be an inauspicious month, neither marrying nor moving.
On July 14, the door was opened.
July 15 is the time when the yin qi between heaven and earth is at its peak, and all ghosts cry together, and the yin wind is miserable.
It seems to be in order to echo the solar terms, on this day, Zhenyuan Mansion is also cold and cold weather, lead clouds are piled up in the sky, the wind blows from the east, with the moist water vapor of the whale sea, cool, cloudy, it is summer, but there is a trace of cold feeling.
After setting up camp last night, Ha Bu did not go out and discussed with Gangyi again to solve the problem of command, but the two did not give in to each other. The Jurchens attacked Zhenyuan Mansion this time, firstly, to curb Lian Zining to protect themselves, and secondly, to avenge last year's revenge, and the reason why Fuyuwei was willing to send troops was purely for the large amount of money paid by the Jurchens and their promise that the Mongols could rob first after attacking Xishenwei. As for Wu Yijun's threat to himself, these rat-eyed Mongols were not worried at all - the 500,000 troops of the Yongle Emperor could not conquer the Mongolian steppe, let alone a mere Wu Yi army?
It stands to reason that fortitude is the dominant side, and there are many soldiers, so he should be in command, but if he doesn't come with such a purpose, how can he waste his own troops?
After a dispute, the face was red, and there was no discussion of the reason, and in the end they had to compromise - the Jurchen and Fuyuwei took turns to attack, you fight today, and I will fight tomorrow. When either side attacks, the number of soldiers used that day shall not be less than 20,000, and the one who enters first shall strike. Seventy percent of the spoils of war in the city.
And the first to attack was the Jurchen.
On the day of July 15, the Jurchens did not move, but only sent soldiers. The big trees in the mountains were cut down and transported to the villages where they were encamped, and they were clanging, and they didn't know what they were doing.
The ranger scouts of the Wu Yi army got closer and wanted to see clearly, but they were chased by cavalry sent from the village, and the Jurchen and Mongolian scouts were also constantly beating horses from under the city. Show off your might.
I think it's about building siege engines.
A day passed, and Lian Zining originally thought that the Jurchens would not fight today.
When the time came, among the four camps where the Jurchens were encamped, there were people shouting and neighing, and there was a loud and tumultuous sound, the gate of the camp was opened, and the soldiers rushed out, trampling the earth with countless pairs of feet. There was a dull thunderous rumbling sound.
The silent night of Zhenyuan Mansion suddenly became solemn, and the solemn atmosphere of the approaching war enveloped the four fields, and countless soldiers and war horses gathered on the plain under the dark and hazy night. One military flag after another appeared in the field of vision.
The rugged Jurchen characters on the military flag are doubly hideous.
The Jurchen army chose to be dispatched at this time.
The sky is getting more and more gloomy, and the wind is getting stronger and stronger, blowing on people's faces, you can clearly feel the dampness in it, maybe a torrential rain is coming.
"Shoot the White Phosphorus Arrow!" Xiong Tingbi stood on top of the city and gave an order calmly.
"Put!" There were many bed crossbows on the city wall, which were being wound and fired at the orders of the officers. However, this child is really still miles away, and he is not in range at all, and these crossbow arrows are not for killing.
The round tip of the crossbow arrow was like a round-headed hammer, and according to Lian Zining's instructions, it was smeared with a layer of white phosphorus - something like white phosphorus. The Ming Dynasty existed very early, but it was a rare thing that everyone understood the principle and only existed in the old and old legends, but it was found by the people sent out by Lian Zining. β¦,
The burning point of white phosphorus was only forty degrees, and under the extremely high rate of fire, the tips of the crossbow arrows rubbed violently against the air, and the temperature soon exceeded forty degrees, and the tips of these crossbow arrows ignited flames.
Dozens of crossbow arrows ignited, and the light instantly lit up the night sky of Yan Shan.
The city tower of the West Gate is majestic and magnificent, there are five floors high, each floor is two zhang high, the city wall is ten zhang high, the city tower is ten zhang high, and the sum is more than 60 meters. Sixty meters, in this era, is already an absolute height. At the highest point of the city tower, more than a dozen sturdy men dressed in black held a thousand miles in their hands, and the thousands of miles were constantly sitting at a small angle adjustment, observing the situation in the distance.
The lighting effect created by dozens of rockets together is comparable to flares, and under the illumination of those firefighting crossbow arrows, the sky is as bright as day, and the surrounding dozens of miles can be seen, and the movements of the Jurchen army can be seen at a glance.
The observers kept talking, and behind each of them, there was a man in black who was writing at great speed.
The men in black wrote one and put it back, and one of the similarly dressed men standing behind him kept collecting the papers.
"Your Excellency!" In the middle of the fifth floor of the city tower, there was a small table, Wang Posan sat in the back with a solemn face, and the man in black saluted respectfully and put a stack of papers in front of him.
These uniformly dressed guys are all the elite of MI6, with a strong physique, dressed in black, some of them have sharp eyes, and some of them are literate.
Wang Posan read it carefully, then remembered it, got up and walked downstairs quickly.
"Tell your lord, an army has appeared on the south side of the West Gate, the size is about 25,000, and the banner says Ten Thousand Households Amin! The array was full of foot soldiers, and there were a large number of chariots, lookout cars, siege ladders, and Lu Gong chariots. β
"A large army appeared on the north side of the West Gate, with a size of about 35,000, and the banner on it was the fortitude of the Great General of Zhengnan. The team also carried a large number of siege equipment, as well as a large number of catapults. β
"There was a group of about 2,000 cavalry heading north, all light cavalry, without flags!"
Wang Po went down to the first floor of the city tower three times, settled down, took a step forward, gave a military salute, and reported loudly.
With Wang Posan's report becoming clear, many generals were moved, and this time the scale of Jurchen investment was so large that there were as many as 60,000 troops attacking Ximen head-on. Not to mention, there is also the flank army that detours to the side of the city. There were only 100,000 Jurchens in total. It seems that they want to do everything they can as soon as they come up.
Lian Zining was dressed in rotten silver plate armor, wearing a black coat on the outside, wearing a hood, and his figure was tall. *Book* bar () has a resolute face, like a god of war. In front of him, there is a huge sand table, more than two zhang long and wide, on which is the topographic map of the entire Zhenyuanfu city wall and the surrounding dozens of miles, rivers, mountains, and city walls. The moat, the sheep and horse wall, and even every small pier are marked on it, which is very intuitive.
Around the sand table model, except for Nurhachi, who was on a special mission, all the officers of the Wu Yi Army at the level of guard commander stood in a circle.
When the siege signal for the Jurchens to begin mobilization was issued, it was a short time for tea. All the Wu Yi soldiers in the city have been mobilized, and even the recruits who are still training in the military camp of the big school have been issued weapons.
The first battle. No matter how cautious you are, as long as the Jurchen is defeated in the first battle, and the fight is beautiful, the blow to the morale of the other party and the encouragement of your own morale are immeasurable.
The first and second guards were responsible for guarding the city walls, while the remaining guards, except for Xia Zikai's tenth guard and three cavalry guards, were all assembled under the city wall and stood by once the city head was tightened. Along countless horse paths, tens of thousands of troops were immediately able to support the city walls. And all the senior officers at the level of the Wei Commander were ordered by Lian Zining to come to the city tower to observe the battle on the spot. β¦,
Lian Zining kept thinking about it in his heart.
Zhenyuan Mansion is too big, so big that the opponent can play wherever he wants, for defense. This is undoubtedly very disadvantageous.
In order to guard against this problem, Lian Zining did not hesitate to let the cavalry of the three guards withdraw from the battle sequence of this defensive battle, the east side is close to the river, there is no need to consider, there are three sides, the fourth guard is stationed in the northwest corner of the city wall, the eighth guard is stationed in the southwest corner, and the ninth guard is at the south gate.
As for the bed crossbows stored in the city, they were also ordered by Lian Zining to be distributed on the four city walls, and at night, they constantly fired illuminated crossbow arrows outside the city, and at the same time arranged some guys with particularly sharp eyes in MI6 to hold clairvoyant mirrors to observe.
In this way, any action of the Jurchen cannot be hidden from the eyes of the city. The ten-zhang thick city wall was enough for twenty horsemen to go in parallel, and once the Jurchens left the west gate to attack other sections of the city wall, the cavalry could arrive nearby, and then a large number of foot soldiers would swarm to defend it.
These measures have minimized the possibility of a sneak attack.
But big also has a big advantage, that is, if the Jurchens want to attack other sections of the city wall - for example, to attack the south gate, they have to detour more than 30 miles, and they also carry a large number of siege machinery, which is a huge drain on the physical strength of the soldiers.
Now it seems that Fortitude is not too stupid, and it is actually very cost-effective to choose the nearest Ximen to fight.
The Jurchens sent to the north only more than 2,000 light cavalry, the number is too small, and there are no siege equipment, to put it mildly, even if there is no one on it, let them climb up, just to divert the line of sight, can be ignored, the real offensive is in the west gate.
Lian Zining's tactics were very flexible, not sending all the troops to different sections of the city wall, but winning with excellent observation and mobility.
The cavalry of the three guards and the wide walls that could gallop on horses effectively supported this tactic.
In this way, the Wu Yi army could concentrate more than 30,000 troops to defend in any place, and the Jurchens did not have any advantage in numbers.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Lian Zining really didn't expect that the Jurchens would learn to be obedient, and this time, they chose to attack the city at night.
Attacking the city at night is naturally unfavorable to the defenders, but Wu Yijun's strong family foundation can offset this unfavorable situation to the greatest extent. White phosphorus is not seen everywhere, the cost of these white phosphorus crossbow arrows in the Ordnance Bureau has reached 700 yuan, and Wu Yijun has more than 100,000 crossbow arrows in reserve alone.
The money that had been spent like water was finally having an effect.
"I was beaten so badly last year, and this time I really learned to be good, but!" Lian Zining glanced at everyone, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Come to fight at night, they have miscalculated!" β
Chen Dakang stroked his white beard and smiled: "They can't see us, we can see them, aren't we suffering?" β
The generals also laughed out loud in unison.
At this time, a long and mournful horn sounded, and then. The whining horn sound came one after another, and the Jurchen army in the distance let out a loud roar in unison. Hear the four wilds.
Lian Zining's face was solemn: "The generals listen to the order, Xiong Tingbi, Chen Dakang, return to the command of the army, and the rest of the generals, observe with confidence!" β
Everyone should say in unison, Xiong Tingbi and Chen Dakang's faces turned pale. He gave a military salute and said loudly: "Mark and obey!" β
So saying, they went out to their own devices.
The tragic offensive and defensive battle of Zhenyuan Mansion kicked off.
Gangyi sat in the Chinese army, surrounded by a thousand kidnappers and horses, and above his head was a huge banner of the general of Zhengnan, he rode on a horse, looking at the tower of Zhenyuan Mansion from afar. The face is gloomy. β¦,
The surrounding area was illuminated by rockets, and he lowered his head resolutely, and he could even see his palm prints. And the city wall of Zhenyuanfu in the distance. But it was dark and dreary, like an unknown beast.
Last year, he suffered too hard under Xi Shenwei, was beaten too badly, and was too uncomfortable, after going back, he thought a lot, formulated countless tactics, and repeatedly figured out and deduced, so that he could use it when attacking Xi Shenwei again, and all the tactics had a premise at the front.
That's the night fight.
Wu Yijun's artillery and machinery are too powerful, the Franc cannon with an extremely long range. The tiger squat cannon that can shoot countless small leads, and the mud balls that fly in the sky and fall to kill people, really make Gangyi's heart frightened. And when attacking at night, there is no doubt that the function of these machines will be greatly weakened.
Unexpectedly, Wu Yi used so many rockets to easily create a daytime effect. On the contrary, the soldiers on his side were blurred by the flash, and they couldn't see the distance clearly.
Choosing to attack at night was supposed to be an advantage for your side, but it became a disadvantage.
"Let's go! Let's put it! I'll see how many you have! "Fortitude is a little angry. This Wu Yijun, how many cards does he not know?
He gave a series of orders.
The Jurchen army had no intention of hiding its actions at all, and it could not hide it if it wanted to, and the momentum was in full swing, and a series of torches stretched more than ten miles away, like two tumbling fire dragons, pouring out from the four villages.
This was the first time Lian Zining had seen a giant siege battle formation at the level of 100,000 people, which was also an eye-opener for him.
There were many battle flags on the field, and countless Jurchen soldiers formed a neat battle formation to approach the Zhenyuan Mansion in small banners, hundreds, thousands, and thousands of households, and hundreds of chariots were at the forefront.
The military system of the Jurchens, inherited from the Ming Dynasty, but abolished the general flag, one more than 10,000 households, three surnames Jurchen, on its origins, are the guards under the command of the Ming Nuer Gandu Division, the Nuer Gandu commanded the envoy under the guard of the three hundred and eighty-four, the twenty-four, the ground seven, the station seven, the village one, the total number of Turkish troops of all ethnic groups is more than one million, most of them are the Jurchens. Over the years, after all, I have learned a lot from Daming, and the ability of this military formation is not worse than that of Daming.
The Jurchen army stopped three miles away, and the army array cracked, and countless trebuchets were pushed out of it, and the number of trebuchets was at least hundreds, and these trebuchets were lined up in an array that was more than ten miles long.
Lian Zining looked at it through the Qianli tube, smiled slightly, and there was some disdain in his smile. None of these trebuchets were very large, only about two people tall, and the boom was very thin, and the spoon was very small. There are also trebuchets on the walls of Zhenyuan Mansion, all of which were left over after the war last year, plus some allocated by the imperial court later, a total of less than 200 bodies. These trebuchets were much larger than the Jurchens, almost three times as large.
With such a small trebuchet, what it can project must not be very heavy, and if it is not heavy, the power must not be very great. And such a long distance, it is already more than the range of a large trebuchet, such a long range, such a small power, what is this to do?
Lian Zining had some doubts in his heart.
He soon knew the answer.
"Put!" With a wave of his resolute hand, the order was conveyed layer by layer, and the soldier who operated the trebuchet immediately untied the rope on the thick crossbar, and the rope swished back, and the hammer that was hoisted high at one end of the rope also fell, and the counterweight in the thousands of pounds smashed on the other end of the boom.
The spoon of the boom was cocked heavily, and the contents flew out rapidly, and in the terrible sound of breaking the air, clumps of black and heavy objects flew out rapidly, and after being thrown by the trebuchet, they flew in the air for a while, and then broke the rope because they could not bear the weight of the mud inside. β¦,
The rope broke, and the hundreds of big black shadows suddenly turned into thousands of small black balls.
Not only Lian Zining, but also the veterans who experienced the last war in the city were dumbfounded. These things turned out to be mud balls the size of bowls!
Actually learn from us?
It's so fucking shameless!
This thought flashed in the hearts of the Wu Yijun in the city, and some of them were even more grumpy and scolded angrily!
But scolding and scolding, the Jurchens' mud ball is already close at hand.
Their trebuchets are small. But the things that people project are also light! At the beginning, Wu Yijun's trebuchet put dozens of five-pound mud balls in a tray, while there were only a few in the Jurchens' trebuchet, and the small weight was exchanged for an ultra-long range.
Their trebuchets could travel a distance of three miles, and countless mud balls fell on the city walls and twelve castles!
"Giant Shield! Giant Shield! Fortunately, there has never been a shortage of military supplies for the Wu Yi Army, and Wang Dachun, the calm man in charge of logistics, has nothing to do, so he organizes those soldiers who train and spare time to be free laborers and make things that do not require any advanced technology. It doesn't cost you anything anyway.
Like a squirrel that stores nuts and pine nuts before winter, the warehouse of the logistics department has an unknown number of these strategic materials, and almost no one knows except Wang Dachun. Before the war, when the warehouse of the logistics department was opened, and the armies went in to select weapons and armor, all the generals were shocked.
Because of the need for defense. The first and second guards also chose a lot of big oars and shields.
This kind of large oar shield is generally used for defense when the warship engages, which shows its size, more than three meters high. More than two meters wide and more than a foot thick, if erected, it would be a thick wooden wall.
These large stakes were cut down by the soldiers, then inlaid together, and finally tightly bound with iron sheaths, and did not cost a penny except for a little scrap after ironmaking from the Mining Supervision Bureau.
Xiong Tingbi reacted quickly, and so did Chen Dakang over there, and the big turret shield was erected like a high wall. The soldiers spread the triangular bracket behind them and pressed them to the ground, and the soldiers hid behind. The large shield was a little insufficient, and the soldiers were lying behind the pheasant, and the pheasant moat was more than three feet tall enough to completely block their figures.
The siege equipment of the Ming Dynasty inherited the Tang and Song dynasties, which can be said to be integrated. The head of the set is in one, but it is more biased towards firearms, and only after the abolition of firearms in the Zhengde year did the research and development of bows, crossbows, trebuchets and other things be increased. The Jurchens got these, naturally they can't be compared with the ones made by the Ordnance Bureau of the Ming Military Department, they can only be regarded as the role of the grass platform, if it is a Lu Gong car, it is better to have a chariot, such as a trebuchet with high technical requirements, it is quite rough.
As soon as things are rough, this shooting accuracy naturally does not dare to compliment.
Because of the fear of Wu Yijun's artillery and catapult crossbows and other sharp weapons, the Jurchen trebuchet could only fire cannons from a distance, and by the time they reached the city walls and castles, they were exhausted, and many of them were smashed on the heavy bluestone walls. How can a mud ball have any effect on a large stone wall? When the mud balls hit the wall, they all turned into stone dust, and when a gust of wind blew, they were scattered.
More mud balls fell to the ground and in the moat, splashing up columns of water, killing many fatty fish swimming in the Songhua River.
Some of them fell far away and landed in the city, but the houses in the city were made of large stones, and they were not affected.
Only a very small part of it smashed on the city walls, and they were all blocked by large oars.
The walls of the megalithic castle are higher and smaller, so they are less affected by the mud. β¦,
In this round of shooting, Wu Yijun did not suffer any casualties.
There was a snickering sound in the castle tower, Ye Nai covered his mouth and snickered, Lian Zining couldn't help but be dumbfounded, he felt that this year's fortitude was simply a different person compared to last year. Last year, it was fierce and domineering, and it was hard to rush, but this year it is cautious and walking on thin ice.
I used mud balls instead of boulders last year to fight against the large number of infantry of the Jurchens attacking the city, and now the Jurchens are attacking the city, facing the fortified city and the defenders hiding in the fortified city, they also use mud balls? Mud balls are easy to use against foot soldiers, but not easy to deal with city walls, so it's better to use stone bullets!
It's a stunt of tricks.
Can you come out with this little thing after such a long time, as a joke?
The Jurchens, however, could not see the situation on the city wall on this side. I could only see the mud balls flying all over the sky, which was extremely spectacular, and it seemed to repeat the tragedy of their smashed farts and urine last year, and they were all greatly relieved and cheered loudly.
The sound was pushed out layer by layer, but it was quite shocking.
See the military heart available. Gangyi stroked his beard, his mood was a little better, and he ordered to continue the bombardment.
The trebuchet smashed ten rounds until it had smashed all the mud balls out. I saw mud balls flying all over the sky, falling like rain, and almost a layer of ground under the city was paved. The clear water in the moat has become muddy, and many fat fish have been stoned to death and fainted, floating on the surface of the water with their white bellies exposed. On the city wall, there was a thin layer of soil, and the soldiers of Wu Yi were all disgraced. If you look at it from the perspective of damaging the image of the other party, this attack of the Jurchens is still very successful.
The Jurchen trebuchet's attack can be said to be better than nothing, two large lull shields could not withstand the attack of the mud balls, and they were smashed scattered, two of the soldiers behind were stoned to death, and more than a dozen were injured, and some of the soldiers were not well hidden and were also smashed.
Overall. It hardly hurts.
As soon as the trebuchet's attack stopped, the soldiers stood up one after another, pointing at the distance and scolding angrily.
They are all like earth monkeys.
And this side. The Jurchens had already put away the trebuchet, and the neat battle formation was slowly approaching Zhenyuan Mansion.
At the front of the line, there were hundreds of wagons.
The function of this kind of car is to protect the soldiers who come to the city, and then the soldiers inside use various equipment to destroy the city.
This is the first time Lian Zining has seen this kind of famous siege equipment, compared to the fine machinery recorded in history, the drawings depicted, this time the Jurchens used a lot rougher, but the scale is larger, and the body is stronger. According to Lian Zining's observation, the length is almost more than two zhang. The width was narrowed to about six feet, and it was large enough to accommodate more than twenty people, and once they were under the protection of the chariot under the city wall, they could chisel the city wall with all their might.
The roof is not a tree, but a sharp ridge that rises at a 45-degree angle. The top is made of heavy wooden planks, which are angled to withstand stronger impacts. Unlike what you can see on the drawings, the wheels are all built-in, so you can prevent them from being hit by enemies and losing their mobility. The body is completely covered in cowhide, and the outside is covered with thick mud to prevent fire.
Lian Zining nodded slightly, compared with the previous clumsy trebuchet, the improvement of the Jurchens in the chariot was undoubtedly admirable.
Rough, strong, durable, solid.
After the chariots, there were hundreds of goose carts. The goose carriage has a carriage and wooden wheels, which are pushed forward by the sergeant, and the extremely delicate point is that the ladder body is folded, and the Xiang = Jurchen craftsman uses a thick trunk to make the bottom compartment, and the folding ladder body is calculated, and the height after elongation is exactly ten zhang up and down, just enough to climb the head of the town of Zhenyuanfu. The top of the ladder is equipped with an iron hook to fasten the battlements. β¦,
What Lian Zining didn't know was that the Jurchens originally used Xishenwei as a template to manufacture these siege machinery, so whether it was a ladder or a Lu bus, they were all short, and during the day today, they were processed again.
Immediately adjacent to the goose cart are dozens of Lu buses.
The Lyric Bus, the undoubted largest siege machine ever built by mankind.
The car starts several floors, hides soldiers inside, hides leather outside, pulls cattle or pushes people, can push to the city by surprise, because it is the same height as the city, can directly climb over the city wall, and engage the enemy. The LΓΌ bus, or can be summarized as a giant siege chariot, this kind of giant siege chariot was used in the pre-Qin period, but at that time the body was smaller, and the name was not called the LΓΌ bus.
In history, the large chariots used by the army of the Zhou Dynasty were pushed by 24 people per cart, with eight wheels, and the flags and drums were erected on the car, carrying several warriors, and equipped with spears, halberds, and strong crossbows. The exterior of the car was covered with thick leather, which could be used for siege purposes.
During the reign of Tang Dezong, the Jingyuan soldiers mutinied, Tang Dezong went to Fengtian, and Zhu Zhu was established as the Qin Emperor and led the army to attack Fengtian. He sent people to make a large siege chariot about dozens of zhang long and several zhang high, called "Yunliang". There is a huge wheel below, covered with wet felt blanket of leather, to prevent fire. Dozens of soldiers were loaded in the car. Because the car body is too large for human power to drive, it has to rely on the wind to move forward.
In the Song Dynasty, this giant siege chariot reached a peak, and it was officially named - Linchong Lu Bus.
The Linchong Lu bus was the largest chariot ever built in the world. The car is several zhang high, dozens of zhang long, the car is divided into five layers, each layer has a ladder to go up and down, the car can carry hundreds of samurai, equipped with machine crossbows, poisonous arrows, guns, halberds, knives and spears and other weapons and equipment to destroy the city wall facilities. During the attack, the people pushed the cart to the foot of the city, the roof of the car could be level with the city wall, and the soldiers rushed to the city through the overpass to fight the enemy, and the car underneath the city wall was destroyed by hitting the wood and other tools.
And the Ming Dynasty's use of the Lv bus is even more frequent, the Ming History Chronicle is not 'pacifying the southeast' records the Yuan Dynasty to the nineteenth year, Zhu Yuanzhang's department will often meet the spring to build the Lv bus to attack Yazhou.
History of the Ming Dynasty? The Biography of Zhu Yingyuan records that in the first year of the Apocalypse, the leader of the Yi nationality in Sichuan, Hao Zhengming, rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and besieged Chengdu, and used the Lu bus.
"Suddenly, from the forest to the big exercise, a number of people hugging things like a boat. Five zhang high, fifty zhang long, the number of buildings is heavy, the cow leather covers the left and right, and the board is placed like flat ground. One person wore a sword, loaded a feather flag, and hundreds of people took the plane and other poisonous arrows, and the wings were two cloud towers, dragged with oxen, and bowed down to the city. β
Several zhang high, dozens of zhang long, Lu bus shape is huge, like a movable bunker.
The Lu bus built by the Jurchens has five floors, up to more than ten zhang high, and the height is even higher than the city wall of Zhenyuan Mansion, and it is obvious that the upper layer is newly built. The width and length of the war machines reached 5 zhang and 20 zhang respectively, and the huge war machinery was like a small mountain. The surface of the Lu bus is covered with cowhide to protect against arrows, and each Lu bus has hundreds of huge wheels underneath, and in order to carry this huge weight, these wheels are made of iron.
A Lu bus can accommodate thousands of soldiers, and in order to push the huge body of these Lu buses, it takes thousands of people to travel.
A huge and incoherent beast! (To be continued......)