When Dong Xian, who was in the lead, saw Zhang Ba suddenly rising, he knew that it was not good, and urgently ordered the soldiers to turn around and retreat. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 However, the Broken Soul Bridge was extremely narrow and there was no place to hide, although Dong Xun responded quickly, he was still hit by two arrows in his arm and back, and the soldiers behind him dragged him back with all hands and feet. Fortunately, those bandits were also in a hurry and did not prepare, the arrows did not shoot much, and they did not have a chance in the dark, and they did not hit the vital point, which is also a blessing. In a burst of scolding, the gate of the village was quickly opened and closed to take Zhang Ba in, "bang", the iron cables on both sides were broken, only the light bridge deck remained, and then wanted to pass, it was really more difficult than climbing to the sky.

If the surprise attack can't be completed, does it have to be forced to fail, how many people will have to be sacrificed?

Liu Yong received the news from the front and hurried over, he secretly blamed himself in his heart, why didn't he see that it was Zhang Ba's trick to surrender? Liu Yong hurriedly instructed the military doctor to bandage Dong Xi's wounds, and he led Zhou Cang and others to the scene to check.

At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and the outline of the bandit village on the opposite side was gradually revealed. I saw that the wall of the whole bandit village is all made of dozens of pounds of hard stone, three or four meters high, tall and solid, except that there is a road on this side of the gate to communicate with the outside world, the other two sides are all built against the cliff, and the following is unfathomable. There were more than a dozen bandits standing in front of the arrow tower on the wall, surrounded by two big black ones, one was Na Zhang Ba, and the other was naturally the bandit leader Du Chong. That Zhang Ba and the bandits pointed at Liu Yong and the others from time to time, smiling and proud.

The army did not curse. Zhou Cang was furious, pulled a crossbow from the hand of a soldier, walked forward for more than ten steps, mounted an arrow, and aimed at Zhang Ba's throat. This is the farthest shot crossbow, but unfortunately the distance is still too far, almost close to the strength of the exhausted, Zhang Ba saw the opportunity with a knife lightly, the arrow "snapped" on the stone, and fell softly. Zhang Ba picked it up and shot it back with a bow. Although the power of the bandit's bow is not as strong as Liu Yong's, Zhang Ba's arm strength is not weak, and he takes advantage of the high place, and the arrow breaks through the air, fast and fast. Zhou Cang didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly retreated, stumbled and almost fell to the ground, the arrow was still unwielding, and it was slanted into the soil on the edge of the cliff. Du Chong and the bandits laughed even more when they saw Zhou Cang's embarrassed appearance, and Zhou Cang was even more furious when he heard it.

"Are these bandits not afraid of death, I underestimate them too much?" Liu Yong said in his heart, and called a personal soldier to bring the remaining prisoners over.

Liu Yong asked, "With your previous punishment, I'm afraid it won't be enough to cut off your head a few times." My son has given you a chance to make meritorious contributions and redeem your merits, so why did Zhang Ba give up when you had such a good opportunity? ”

A bandit said, "Childe, it's not that we don't want to live. He is the second master of the cottage, we can only listen to him, and we also think that he will really agree to take you into the village. ”

Another bandit said: "Childe, that Zhang Ba and Du Chong are like brothers, so they don't want to betray their brothers." Besides, most of the brothers in our cottage belong to a village, and they have long been tied to a vine. ”

"None of our people here have any lives on their hands. If you can get through today, I'm afraid you won't be able to live tomorrow, and you will forget about life and death a long time ago. ”

"We all know that we have done a lot of evil, and who is willing to spare them, so we don't dare to believe Childe's words. Moreover, the cottage has long had a strict order, and if we betray our brothers, our family will be tortured, and life is worse than death. If we die with peace of mind, the cottage will treat our families well. ”

"Isn't that Zhang Ba afraid that this son will enter the village and chop him into meat paste?"

"It's not that I'm waiting to underestimate the child. This stone village is extraordinary, if it is a sneak attack, there are two or three percent certainty, if it is a strong attack, I am afraid that it may not be able to take it in three years or two years. ”

"It seems that I haven't thought it through too much, and I'm thinking too simply." Liu Yong said in his heart, and waved his hand to let the soldiers take the bandits down.

At this time, Dong Xian, who had been simply bandaged, came over and whispered in Liu Yong's ear: "Brother Liu, you have a plan for your brother." ”

Liu Yong said happily: "Big brother, please speak." ”

"I just saw that Zhou Cang's crossbow arrows were far farther than the other party's. But we are below, and the bandits are above, and there is cover, so we are not very powerful. It is better for us to build a high platform here, higher than its walled gate, we send more than a dozen archers who are good at shooting to settle in it, shoot high and suppress the bandits on the walled tower, and the other team is looking for an opportunity to break through the door from the ground, and attack up and down together, and will see miraculous feats. ”

Liu Yong thought for a while and said, "I think this method is okay, so let's try it first." In fact, Liu Yong already has another method in his heart, but seeing that Dong Xi's method seems to be simpler and easier to implement, he thought that it would be better to try it first, but it really can't be used again.

The trees on the other side of the ridge are tall and dense, just enough to be used to build a raised platform. Hundreds of soldiers worked together, some sawing, some chopping, some planing, some lifting, some building, and some piercing...... In just two hours, a tall, sturdy wooden building was erected. At the top of the wooden platform is a wall skirt and a wooden plank, which can accommodate twenty or so crossbowmen, and the arrangement of the bandits in it can be seen at a glance.

The bandits had already seen this logging platform, but they didn't know what it was for, and they couldn't help but talk about it. Seeing that the wooden building was higher than the wall, Zhang Ba suddenly realized and said to Du Chong: "Big brother, I understand." Their arrows shoot farther away, to shoot us from above. ”

Let's say that Zhou Cang climbed up the wooden building with about 20 crossbowmen, and at a glance, he saw that the village was not very big, the diameter was only more than ten zhang deep, and there were more than 30 houses scattered around the sparse Lala, all of which were made of stone and covered with tiles. Inside, there were many people coming and going, and they didn't care about everything outside. And the wall was three feet wide, and there were many battlements on it, but now there was no one to be seen, and they all hid in the arrow tower when they saw that the situation was not good.

The arrow tower has a roof, the doors and windows are closed, and they can't see the situation inside, Zhou Cang and others put an arrow on the window and shoot it randomly, only to hear a "ouch" sound inside, obviously someone was hit by an arrow, and then several bandits opened the door, and rushed out with a rolling belt, wanting to retreat to the dead corner under the wall, but they had already been shot to death by the crossbowmen in Liu Yong's army one by one.

Seeing that there was no sound in the arrow tower, Zhou Cang stopped shooting again and waved his hand to Pei Yuanshao in the audience. Pei Yuanshao led a team of soldiers and carefully marched towards the Zhaimen. As soon as he was halfway up the bridge, a few stones on the wall suddenly fell out, and Liu Yong shouted, "Be careful, raise your shield and retreat!" ”

When it was too late, more than a dozen swarthy holes were suddenly revealed on the wall, and arrows were shot from inside. The soldiers hurriedly raised their shields to prevent the vital point, and at this time they were in the middle of the bridge, and there were thousands of abysses on both sides, so everyone had to block and retreat, and walk slowly. Several soldiers were hit by arrows in their legs, but fortunately, the angle of the hole in the wall was limited, and they were only slightly injured.

But Du Chong laughed inside: "Although you are a little smart, you don't know that we still have such means." Grandpa is waiting for you, come if you are not afraid of death. The bandits here laughed wildly, and the troops over there cursed wildly.

Pei Yuanshao looked up at Zhou Cang and said loudly: "Brother Zhou, can you shoot some rockets into it, ignite the firewood and grass, and burn those bastards?" ”

Zhou Cang sighed and said indignantly: "Brother Pei, you don't know, the house in there is also made of stone, and you can't see the shadow of firewood and grass at all, even if there is, our arrows can't shoot that far, and this method can't work." ”

Dong Xi had nothing to do, glanced at the gate hatefully, turned his head to look at Liu Yong's eyes were confused, as if he was thinking, and said, "Brother Liu also has an idea in his heart?" ”

Liu Yong smiled: "How can my eldest brother say that I have an idea?" ”

Dong Xi said: "You didn't think more long-term than us. Looking at your eyes again, the eldest brother is sure that you already have an idea in your heart. Liu Yong is indeed like this, he thinks carefully about everything he encounters, what situations he may encounter, what countermeasures should be taken in each situation, etc., and he will never dig a well or sharpen a gun when he is thirsty.

"Big brother really understands me." Liu Yong smiled, turned his head to Pei Yuanshao and said, "Brother Pei, you take some people to cut down the bushes of bamboo under the rock." ”

"What do you want to do with bamboo?" Pei Yuanshao was strange in his heart, but he didn't ask again, and took the order to take a team of swords and soldiers to the bottom of the mountain to cut bamboo, Dong Xi was also suspicious, and he didn't know what Liu Yong's idea was.

Liu Yong found a vacant lot on the mountain with a cottage on his back, first asked people to make a boxy shelf out of wood that had not been used up to build a high platform, and then tied a dozen or so bamboos together, forked one end into the wooden frame, fixed it with a thick rope, and raised the other end high.

"What is this?" Dong Xi and Zhou Cang couldn't help but ask.

"This is called a catapult!" Liu Yong said.

The earliest stone thrower in history is recorded to have appeared in the Three Kingdoms period, and it was made using the principle of leverage. The barrel of the gun is usually made of wood, and above the gun carriage is a transverse shaft that can be rotated, and a long rod fixed to the shaft is called a "tip", which acts as a lever. The more wooden poles, the heavier the stone projectile that can be ejected, and the farther the distance of the ejection. The wood used for the shoots needs to be specially processed to make it both strong and resilient. One end of the tip is tied to a "leather nest" to load stone shells, and the other end is tied to a cannon cable, which is equipped with different amounts depending on the weight of the stone. There are more than 100 large stone cannons, and each rope is pulled by 1-2 people. When throwing stone bullets, one person first aims at the fixed place, and the Lasso man pulls the cannon rope at the same time, when one end of the cannon tip lanyard falls sharply, the leather socket at the other end is quickly thrown up, and the stone bullet is thrown out violently by inertia. The firing range of fifty or sixty pounds of stone projectiles can reach 200 meters, and the power is amazing.

Liu Yong's current stone throwing machine is different, it is made of local materials, although it is still supported by trees, but the launch relies on the tenacity of bamboo. First, about one-fifth of the bamboo is fixed on the bracket as the fulcrum and short arm of the lever, and the remaining part is the long arm, and a stone bag is set at the end of the long arm. When firing, the bamboo tip (long arm) is pulled down with a winch, and suddenly released, and the stones in the stone bag are thrown out with the elastic force of the bamboo.

Range and angle of fire are what Liu Yong is most concerned about. The length of the gun tip and the ratio of the strength arm to the resistance arm must be carefully measured. However, the physical principles are just a piece of cake for Liu Yong, and after testing more than 20 times and constantly adjusting, Liu Yong finally got a better shooting angle.

"Haha, these bastards are in good hands."

Du Chong, Zhang Ba and others had already returned to the house to rest, leaving only about 20 minions to guard in the cave, and suddenly received a report that more than 20 strange things had been erected opposite and hurried over.

"What is this?" Du Chong asked Zhang Ba.

"Big brother, I don't know." Zhang Ba also felt strange.

More than 20 stone-throwing trucks were lined up, each operated by a dozen sergeants. The firing group pulled down hard together, pulled down the upper end of the bamboo, and put the stones into the basket with the upper bomb group, and waited for Zhou Cang's order, the cannon rope was released at the same time, and more than 20 boulders flew up at the same time, drawing a parabola. Fifty or sixty pounds of stones fell from the air dozens of meters high, and the force was so great that when it fell to the roof, half of the house collapsed.

"It's not good, find a place to hide." Du Chong shouted. But the bandits thought that this place was iron-clad and the safest, and they didn't have a cellar or anything, so they had to run around. But the stone didn't have a crosshair, and it might fall there, dodging one but not the second or third.

A boulder smashed on the gate of the wall, and a big hole was smashed out with a "bang".

"Commander, the gate is broken, shall we rush in?"