Chapter 56: The Fierce Battle (I)

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Trebuchet, also known as the trebuchet, more precisely, at this time is called "throwing car", in fact, this thing first appeared in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period, belongs to the pure use of manpower manpower of the human catapult, simply put, it is to use manpower to pull the tip (cannon tip) connected to the crossbar at a place far away from the catapult.

The gun tip of the throwing car is erected on the wooden frame, one end is tied to the leather case that holds the stone bullet with a rope, and the other end is tied with many ropes for people to pull and throw the stone bullet, the gun tip is divided into single tip and multiple pin, the maximum number of seven gun tips is mounted on a gun carriage, and 250 people need to cast together.

And here Dong Zhuojun they use of course not so exaggerated, in fact, this is Dong Zhuo in Li Rujian yì mobilized manpower to speed up the production of thirty throwing cars, this kind of only relying on manpower - almost each one requires at least ten to fifteen people to operate the most shallow and the most primitive "cannon", the aiming is very poor, and at the same time, because it can not move at will, its attack strength is also greatly reduced, until later in history, after the transformation of Liu Ye under Cao Cao, it can move freely to have greater power and aggression, the kind of car thrown known as the "thunderbolt car" in the later battle of Guandu showed its might, and the destruction of Yuan Shaojun's turret also played a big role in the victory of Cao's army.

As for the "return cannon" used by the Yuan army later, not to mention, if it is placed in this era, it is definitely a big killer, but unfortunately Lu Bu also knows such a name, and he doesn't know much about its construction principle or anything, just blame it for not being a technical nerd at the beginning, for these things that have a headache as soon as they see it, they will immediately turn it over, otherwise where will they be worried now.

However, Lu Bu had heard from Li Ru that there was a craftsman in the imperial city of Luoyang who proposed the idea of improving the bed crossbow, although he didn't know if it was feasible, but obviously if it succeeded, it would be another weapon of war.

However, even if it is the current kind of Cheng dù's throwing car, the effect caused by this kind of Cheng dù battle cannot be underestimated, first, Dong Zhuojun occupies a geographical advantage and is condescending; Second, there are too many coalition forces below, and the crowd is not enough to describe, it can be said that the place where the car is thrown is almost a large and accurate place, and there is no worry about the accuracy of the head at all, and its power is also a little unexpected by Lu Bu, I originally thought that with the current technology can not develop any Cheng dù, but I didn't expect it...... It seems that the wisdom of people in any era should not be underestimated.

In fact, the so-called cannonballs "bullets" in history appeared before the "cannon", just like stones had been naturally stored before the appearance of the stone thrower, and these "bullets" used by Dong Zhuo's army - the weight of each stone is about 12 catties, all of which are stones that are directly taken and stored from nearby materials, and the average range of these throwing cars is 300 steps away.

And the coalition camp, those princes were almost distressed to death when they saw this, these were all the capital of their start, but now they have become cannon fodder, and they naturally hate this tiger prison and Dong Zhuojun in their hearts.

These thirty throwing cars belong to very valuable ordnance resources, even Lu Bu has not been exposed to them before, they are the crystallization of the wisdom of those specialized craftsmen of the Luoyang Royal Palace, of course, Li Ru is indispensable, the more I know about this guy, the more Lu Bu thinks he is very powerful, and the strategy is powerful, and he really knows a lot, and the Qihuang technique that helped him see a doctor before is just that, just like these strange tricks and tricks, he has also dabbled in them, and even makes Lu Bu wonder if there is such an all-powerful person.

The role of trebuchets in this defensive battle is huge, when the first batch of allied soldiers finally braved the rain of arrows and stones to rush to the tiger prison moat, but there were already a large number of corpses behind them, from the perspective of the scope of the impact, which should basically be caused by trebuchets, and at this moment appeared by the moat almost all of these people also stepped on the corpses of their colleagues, but they had to come, if they did not advance, they would immediately become a member of the corpse mountain, and they could fight for a chance to survive. …,

And they came here with the necessary ladders and siege towers for siege, but there was still a difficulty before this, but it was more urgent than the blow from the pass, that is, the moat.

The moat is a moat, the benefit of a city, and even a small half of the factors lie in the depth of the moat, and the depth of the moat outside the Tiger Prison Pass is not doubtful at all, and the width is not something that the coalition can easily reach, but they have also been prepared, and there are several rows of soldiers guarding a few mysterious things shrouded in black cloth at this time, all of which have been unveiled at this time, and it is actually a huge trench bridge, or rather, a "flying bridge".

Since the beginning of the city, siege warfare is not uncommon, and in the siege war, the ladder and siege tower are almost the most commonly used ground, but there are also many moats outside the city passes, in order to seize the danger, ordinary ladders and siege towers are not able to reach and can not play, at this time, there is naturally a trench bridge to break it, in fact, to put it bluntly, this is a mobile bridge built artificially, and the coalition forces pushed out at this time is actually about two zhang long, It has exceeded the width of the moat of Tiger Prison Pass (about one zhang and nine feet, that is, almost six meters, mainly because the terrain around Tiger Prison Pass is dominated by mountain terrain, and this moat is newly dug and only plays a barrier role), and it is definitely not a problem to put it up, and there will be no suspension bridge at that time.

Theoretically, this is the case, and the coalition soldiers are also doing this, the cover of the sword and shield hand is all the time, and it is more effective at this distance, because here, the bow and arrow are still useful, and the trebuchet that is more powerful and threatens the sword and shield hand is not good to use anymore, it is true that this long-range weapon has a long range, and it is not wrong to be powerful, but it is not necessary to use it at close range, especially under a completely inclined attack like now, and it has withdrawn from the historical stage of this initial battle early.

"Kill!"

The coalition forces are still shouting and charging, but it looks more like they are cheering for themselves, a huge structure of the actual simple but very strong flying bridge one by one completely exposed under the nose of Dong Zhuojun of the Tiger Prison Pass, and then gradually advanced, risking his life and sacrificing the cost of cannon fodder, and finally pushed the flying bridge to the other side of the moat, but the wide moat became a smooth road in an instant, and then the coalition army successively crossed the river along the flying bridge, and poured into the opposite bank just outside the Tiger Prison Pass wall, and here, the ladder, It's time for the siege tower to start playing a role, a cloud ladder and siege tower were pushed over, along the tall wall, by the coalition forces pressed on it, and no longer care about the others one by one began to climb up at a rapid speed, the siege tower behind finally approached the effective range range, the coalition soldiers on the tower were full of energy and flew away, and for a while the rain of arrows from you to and from me was intertwined, and in fact, at this time the siege tower was to make a cover, and the coalition army climbing the ladder below was the main force, And Dong Zhuojun's main thing is naturally to deal with them, and the attacks are almost always on them.