As he spoke, more than 200 catapults of the Sui army had been transported to a place fifty paces by the river, and the catapults were hurriedly removing the wheels under the carts, and then quickly fixing the catapults so as not to shake and move sideways in the process of throwing stones.

Just a hot tea, more than 200 catapults have all been in place, each car is parked on the side of a big cart, full of large and small stones, the largest looks about seven or eight catties, and the small is a piece of pebbles, there is no big mountain on the side of the Liao River, the trebuchet trees can be transported from the rear to the big wood, but these thrown stones can not be obtained nearby, the pebbles on the west bank of the Liao River are all scavenged by the craftsmen of the Sui army, this move a few days ago also made the Goguryeo people puzzled, Only now did I understand that its purpose was for today's catapult storm.

Mai Tiezhu looked at the catapults by the river one by one ready, his arms hung down, and the stone throwing trough was already piled up with large and small stones, he nodded, and said in a deep voice to Fei Qingnu on the side: "Order, throw stones!" ”

The order flag in Fei Qingnu's hand was raised high, and this time it turned three and a half circles in the air, and fell suddenly.

As his command flag fell, the heavy objects hanging at the front end of more than 200 catapults in front of him also fell almost at the same time, and the force arm at the front end smashed into the ground fiercely, while the rear force arm containing the stones drew a huge arc and flew into the sky, the large and small stones in the stone throwing trough. They all got out of the slinging trough. Cross the Liao River. Fly towards the Goguryeo army's barracks fifty paces away from the river.

There are large and small stones flying in the sky, because there are more than 200 catapults concentrated in the front of this ten miles wide, there is one almost every thirty paces apart, which has exceeded the safe distance of the catapult arrangement, many stones thrown out, directly in the air came to a close contact, about two-thirds of the stones were thrown across the river, and one-third of the stones. Either the strength is insufficient, or it is in the air and collides with other stones, with the sound of "plop" and "plop", it falls into the Liao River, and rises up a white column of water that rushes to the sky, even many fish in the river are frightened to jump, and some simply flutter directly on the two banks, and look at it from a distance, on the opposite bank of the river, a white flower fish belly.

However, many stones still fell into the Goguryeo camp. Following the orders in the Goguryeo camp, thousands of large wooden rafts tied together by arm-thick logs were erected. Like a giant umbrella, it was supported above the heads of the 30,000 archers in the front row, forming a huge sky net to protect the safety of the archers, and those shield soldiers, like pillars, raised their hands up, holding up the wooden rows, holding up a piece of the sky for themselves and the archers.

The sound of "crackling" is endless, from time to time there are heavier stones smashed against the wooden row of several shield bearers can not stand, while vomiting blood, while falling to the ground, as long as a person falls, this erected wooden row will collapse a piece, exposing more than ten archers under the wooden row, and then a stone that follows is smashed over, these more than ten archers if they do not roll under other wooden rows in time, they will be smashed by these stones to the flesh and blood, a whimper.

Bursts of cheers erupted in the Sui army, and when each round of catapult volleys, the adjacent Sui soldiers always raised their lances in their hands and roared: "Wind! Wind! Wind! Gale! Gale! Gale! ”

And the Sui army's arrow stone attack is indeed like a raging storm, pouring constantly to the opposite side, constantly there are wooden rafts being knocked down, smashed crookedly, the dying screams of the people who were smashed in the opposite camp, the rolling and ** sound of the wounded, all clearly transmitted here, so that the Sui army's slingers are even more excited, regardless of the cold of this early spring, sweating like rain again and again into a firing action.

Goguryeo Fang, on the high platform, Yuan Taizuo smiled, looking at the front of him that was beaten and shaking, but basically it was still most of the shield arrays that were held high, nodded slightly, and said to the side, Ebuji Wende, whose face was gloomy: "General Eulzhi, do you see it, the catapults of the Sui army can't break our wooden shield array." ”

There was no smile on Ezhi Wende's face, he shook his head, and said: "But, but now we are only beaten, not attacked, after all, it is not a way, manpower is difficult to overcome the power of these machines after all, after a long time, the shoulders of the sergeants who top the wooden platoon will always be sore, I am afraid that we will not be able to last for another half an hour." ”

Yuan Taizuo shook his head with a smile, pointed to the cart next to the Sui army's trebuchet on the river bank in the distance, and said: "Do you see those carts, they are all stones, all the ammunition of the Sui army, and now it has been used up for almost half an hour, not to mention fighting for another half an hour, I am afraid that in a moment of effort, they will all the stones will be gone, in order to make up these ammunition, they even use all the pebbles on the side of the Liao River, after the fight, I see what else they can send over!" ”

Ezhi Wende's brows stretched slightly, and he looked at the more than 100 trebuchets in front of the stage, which were hidden by high straw bundles, and shook his head: "It's just that we obviously have catapults, why do we have to be beaten like this and not fight back?" This catapult is placed here, at most it can only hit our river bank, it is impossible to throw stones across the river, if the Sui army crosses by force, we can't use the catapult to hit directly, I really don't understand what General Yuan means. ”

A sly glint flashed in Yuan Taizuo's eyes: "I already have a full plan, General Yizhi, you just wait to see a good show!" ”

On the platform of the Sui army, Mai Tiecane sat on the bed with a heavy face, and all the generals behind him, including the heralds, were cheering and cheering for the rounds of stone-throwing attacks, but there was no trace of joy on his face, and he sat in place, thoughtful.

Wang Shichong's demeanor was relaxed, looking at the flying stones in the distance, and shook his head gently: "Lao Mai, now the wind is favorable to our army, if you want to attack with fire, it is best to take advantage of now, if the wind blows back, I am afraid that it will burn ourselves." ”

Mai Tiezhu's eyes shrank suddenly, he slowly stood up, looked at Wang Shichong, and said in a deep voice: "How do you know that I am going to use this fire attack strategy?" (To be continued......)