Chapter 279: It's time to fire

The power of the giant trebuchet is undeniable, the ultra-long range, and the stone the size of the grinding disc. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It can be said that as long as there are enough of these things, it will definitely be a nightmare for the defenders.

Most of the walls at this stage are absolutely and absolutely difficult to preserve under this trebuchet.

However, the current city wall does not include the concrete wall produced by the Peace Valley.

Although this kind of soil cement does not have the hardness of the cement of the special military buildings in later generations, it is the section of the city wall that he poured.

Even if Helian was reborn, even if he cut down all the soldiers who were nailing the city wall, it would be impossible for the nails at that time to drive an inch into the concrete city wall.

In the 900-year-old construction site, the cement pillars that were casually used to build houses could not even be nailed in.

Not to mention that the cement used to pour the city walls in the Peace Valley is much harder than the cement used to build houses 900 years later, although it is not up to the military, it is already the peak of civilian use.

The power of the trebuchet is so awe-inspiring in the whistling sound of the grinding disc of the big stones in the sky!

In ancient times, the defenders of the city would usually make a move when they knew that the other party was coming to besiege their city.

It is to bring back all the stones that can be moved outside the city.

It's just that it's the size of a fist or a grinding plate, or it's as big as an ox, and it's mainly that it can be moved, so it's all taken back to the city.

The radius of the search for stones depends on the time of preparation and the stupidity of the guard.

The purpose of this is to make the opponent's siege team have less trebuchet ammo.

In fact, this is generally not of much use, because even if he can't find a stone within a radius of ten miles, he can go to a radius of 20 miles, 30 miles, 50 miles, or even 100 miles.

This is the advantage of the attacker, the territory of the defender is only within that city, and the territory of the attacker is indeed under the horse's hoof, and everything in heaven and earth is used by the horse's hoof.

So that's why so few people in history have been able to do it successfully, and that's why.

However, trebuchets are not a panacea, which is why in ancient times, sieges often took a month, two months, or even a year or two.

Later, the Mongol army besieged Xiangyang for several decades.

Decades!

Supposedly, didn't the Mongol army have return artillery? Supposedly, aren't they powerful catapults?

Why did you fight Xiangyang for decades?

It's because, whether it's the heavy catapult that Tarzan is at the top of the momentum, or the return cannon that is sloppy to the extreme, and the attack speed is extremely fast!

They used everything, but they still took Xiangyang, and there was no way.

Why is that?

This is because sometimes, even if the cannon is in your own hands, it is useless not to use it.

Obviously, the current Yue Fei is not a person who does not know how to use these war weapons, and the guards brought by the walking companion are also carefully selected elite people who have experienced a hundred battles.

He was very experienced in how to use the catapult, so soon, more than a dozen stones the size of a grinding disc were smashed on the short section of the city wall.

Then, the debris flew, and many large craters were smashed into the city wall.

These big pits can only be put into a fist, but they can only be put into a fist as deep, and after exposing the broken stones in the concrete, this pit is only so deep.

Destroying a section of wall is certainly not as simple as a wave of attacks, it needs to be sustained.

Some people say that there is no problem in this world that cannot be solved with one meal, and if there is, then two.

The city wall is also, Yue Fei believes that there is no city wall that cannot be solved by a wave of grinding stones, if there is, it is two waves.

If there are more, it can be three waves, four waves!

So after another order, more than a dozen stones, the size of a grinding plate, rose into the air again.

Then, to their dismay, this wave of more than a dozen large stones only added a few white marks to that section of the city wall on the original basis, that is, a few shallow pits.

The city wall was so hard that people were desperate, and after more than a dozen attacks, those guards chose to stop helplessly.

The accuracy of trebuchets is not very high, and they can't throw all the big stones at the same point.

So, apart from being able to smash a few shallow holes in that section of the wall, they didn't have any decisive achievements.

They estimated that if there was a constant attack, and no one repaired this wall.

And there are enough stones, they can smash this section of the wall in a month, and if one month is not enough, they can use it for two months.

Of course, it would be better if someone made a substitute, because the operation of the trebuchet is actually quite strenuous.

Now everyone understands that Chen Jincai's move to let them break the city is to let them understand how hard and strong this section of the city wall is.

After they tried it, they confirmed that this section of the city wall was strong, and then it should be artillery show time.

Then, if that is the case, they all invariably retreat.

One of the guards retreated stupidly: "I think with a trebuchet, I can smash this section of the wall in two months."

No matter how short the time is, I don't think anyone can do it!

These artillery pieces ......"

The guard shook his head, obviously not having much faith in the artillery, but he was also an emotionally intelligent person, and he didn't say it directly.

But in fact, his emotional intelligence is not very high, and he knows his suspicion of artillery by looking at his face.

"Alright, the trebuchet brothers are out, now it's our artillery's turn to show them what invincibility is!"

A soldier from the Valley of Peace shouted loudly, causing his comrades to echo the chorus.

"That's right, let them open their eyes, what is invincible."

Sure enough, what kind of army produces what kind of soldiers, and there are not one or two arrogant soldiers in the army of Peace Valley, and one soldier then spoke proudly.

A few words pierced the royal guards of the Great Song Dynasty who had just operated the trebuchet with angry eyes, and they were very unhappy.

But that's all there is to it, and they are all waiting to see if the cannon will be as indestructible as they say.

If you can't, then the person who just said big things will be his own face.

Looking at the soldiers of Peace Valley with cold eyes, he pushed the cannons, and wiped an iron rod wrapped in cloth into the barrel of the cannon.

Then put in a paper bag with something I don't know, and then a soldier picked up an iron ball, which was not big, and it seemed to support two or three catties, and put it through the muzzle.

Then, under the barrel there was a cut, which they poked with an iron rod and put a primer in.

"Everyone, pay attention, stand farther away, we're going to fire!"