Chapter 30: Breaking the Enemy

Hao 13 called Jiao Lu to the city, pointed to the cavalry of the Red Horse Tan Army within 200 paces, and said, "Can your catapult hit that far?" ”

Jiao Lu gave a thumbs up, glanced at it a few times with one eye, and said confidently: "It is estimated that it will not exceed two hundred steps, and it is no problem for me to hit three hundred steps away from this catapult, I can definitely hit it!" ”

Hao 13 pointed to the general led by the Red Horse Exploration Army: "Okay!" Then aim at the golden-armored general who didn't wear a helmet and fight, he is Meng Yuan's and also speedy Wanhu, and hit him with a heavy reward. ”

Jiao Lu's face was embarrassed, and he frowned: "The distance can be hit, but if you want to hit a fixed target, you can only depend on luck!" "After all, the primitive catapult has no sights, and the distance of the projection depends on the commander's feelings. The visual distance is estimated, and the size of the catapult depends on the feeling.

"It's okay, it just can't hit him, and it scares him half to death!" Hao Shisan whispered again, and then walked down the city wall, followed by Zhang Thirty-one with a pair of guards.

"Boss, where are we going?" Zhang Thirty-one asked puzzled.

"Go and see the Pear Flower Gun Hundred under the city, let's go out of the city and prepare to attack!"

"Attack?" If the battle is like this, it would be good to be able to defend the city, but how can you attack? Monkey Zhang Thirty-one scratched his head and was puzzled.

Under the city wall, he collided with Hao 13, it was the right army Qianhu Fu Youde, the city wall he was responsible for defending did not suffer a major blow, I heard that Hao 13 was in a tight situation, and came to support with a team of five hundred.

"General Fu, you came just in time, ready to go out of the city with me to break the enemy!" Hao 13 said confidently.

"Attack?" Fu Youde is also full of suspicions, but he was born to be the master of carrying out orders, it is nothing more than a death, he Fu Youde is not afraid, killing one is enough, killing two to earn one, killing to exhaustion, killing a happy one.

"Brothers, prepare to go out of the city with the Lord Steward to kill the enemy!"

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At the head of the city, Jiao Lu gave a thumbs up as a ruler, and while aiming at the mount of Yesutai, he loudly commanded the hundred-man team operating the catapult under the city wall.

"It's as wide as a slap to the left...... Come back a little more...... Come back to the thumb so wide...... Good! Almost! Pull—"

"It doesn't take so many people, go up and pull twenty people!" Jiao Lu saw that there were many people pulling the ropes, so he called a few more people.

The maximum range of the catapult is 300 paces, and the target of this attack is a distance of 200 paces, and this force cannot be grasped, so it can only be roughly controlled by the number of people who pull the winder.

"Good, good! Two more people to pull! Jiao Lu estimated that the strength was not enough, so he sent two more people to pull up.

"Put!"

With Jiao Lu's loud command, a stone the size of a stone roller was thrown out of the catapult with a "whoosh" sound and a whirring wind.

The huge stone swept over the city, flew out of the city, and roared straight to the army formation of the Red Horse Tan army outside the city......

"Boom", with a muffled sound, the boulder fell in front of the cavalry phalanx outside the city, only no more than five steps away from Yesutai, and the boulder kicked up a pinch of dust, deeply embedded in the dirt.

The war horse of the speed platform is well-trained, and it was not frightened by this sudden boulder, Rao is so, a huge stone fell beside him inexplicably, the sound and dust were too sudden, and the war horse still couldn't help but soar into the air with its front hooves, and let out a miserable neigh.

Wu Liuqi, who was at the head of the city, saw everything clearly, lifted him up with Jiao Lu's collar, and said viciously: "Jiao Lu, you fucking missed!" ”

Jiao Lu's facial expression was distorted, as if he had eaten sour dates, and his head was thrown to the side, full of regret.

The catapult has no ruler, and its strength is pulled by manpower, but this power cannot be grasped, and in the face of a cavalry team of 2,000 people, it can hit a distance of five steps off the target, which is already a rare good result.

However, just such a catapult, just such an opportunity, was only five steps away, and the decapitation operation fell short. How can it not be regretted?

"The cavalry of the Red Horse Detective has retreated!" Jiao Lu didn't know how to explain to Wu Liuqi, and suddenly saw that the cavalry phalanx outside the city turned their horses' heads and slowly moved into the distance, revealing this incredible picture to the public.

"I also ran away!"

"I also ran away!"

I don't know who shouted such a trumpet first, the cheering slogans were shouted at the head of the Red Turban Army, and the attacking Red Horse Tan Army infantry phalanx was unknown and hesitated.

On the ladder, a Red Horse Exploration Army infantry who climbed to the top of the city, heard such a "rumor-mongering" rumor, glanced back in disbelief, and was hit with a heavy knife on the head, and the eyes that refused to look still reflected the back of the Yasutai cavalry, but the body was like a kite with a broken line, and it was planted on the city wall.

Also speed Taiwan! How could the long-seasoned Red Horse Exploration Army be frightened by a stone?

A bold man is also speedy and daring: "Lord Wanhu, can a mere stone let the enemy see our backbone!" We are dignified Red Horse Detectives, and we have been proud of the death of the Great Khan for generations. ”

For a battle-hardened Red Horse Detective, he would rather die on the way to the charge than let the enemy see the backbone of his escape, and his actions made him shameless.

"Who said we were going to retreat? We're just pulling the front line of the offensive back! The stone just now is just a test shot of a catapult, and if we don't retreat, do we want our cavalry to be here, waiting for hundreds of boulders to come and smash it! Yasutai still said proudly.

After all, Sutai has been in battle for a long time, and knows that these projected weapons, including bows and arrows, ballistas, artillery, and catapults, must be tested by several more accurate shooters before the cluster is fired, and when the projectiles of the test fire enter the enemy army's phalanx, the same kind of throwing weapons can be fired collectively to ensure the accuracy of the strike.

It's a pity that Sutai didn't know that Hao Shishi only had a catapult, and he didn't even expect that if he withdrew the cavalry phalanx a little later, it would bring serious consequences, he wanted to know this, kill him, and he wouldn't make such a decision.

Yesutai was only 200 paces away, and all the attacking infantry, under the shouts of the Red Turban Army and civilians in the city, saw the backbone of Yesutai's retreat, and these charging infantry also hesitated for a while.

Go on the offensive? Or do you retreat with Yessutai? The speed of the Taiwan has also been withdrawn, is it still necessary for these infantry to charge and die?

The city gate "squeaked" opened, and the two hundred burning "fireworks" phalanx were very dazzling, even the fireworks on the Yuan Festival in the capital of the Yuan Dynasty last year, and there was no such formation.

The dazzling fireworks greeted the faces and clothes of the Red Horse Infantry, and the eyes of the people who shook them could not see the faces of the enemy on the other side.

What's even more terrifying is that the fireworks spewed out by the pear flower gun are very hot, and when you touch the skin, the burned skin and flesh squeak, and when you touch the clothes, "hula", the whole person will burn.

These 200 pear flower gunners did not put out festive fireworks to welcome them into the city, nor did they come to see them off, but came to ask them to return to the west, and their combat strength was amazing, like tigers descending from the mountains.

The infantry of the Red Horse Exploration Army naturally did not have the mood to sit down and watch the fireworks/performance, there is a price to pay for watching the performance, and the Red Turban Army in Shouzhou is too hospitable......

It's either burning your face or burning your clothes.

What's even worse is that the pear flower spear is followed by five or six hundred fierce infantry, and the infantry who fell to the ground and rolled over by the pear flower spear were mercilessly turned out by them, I don't know if it is the plague god or the bodhisattva, and I don't know whether to send them to heaven or hell.

The infantry of the Red Horse Exploration Army, who was not sure whether to continue the attack or retreat, suddenly encountered a "fireworks/show", and after listening to the wails of their companions and smelling the bloody questions of their companions, they were not entangled.

"Fireworks/performance" is not to see off, let alone welcome, people are here to kill, since people are so polite, they must also be polite, and they can't just give their lives to others.

At this time, it is still important to run for your life.

The two hundred pear blossom gunners were divided into two teams, left and right, lined up, and swept along the gap between the city wall and the moat, like autumn wind sweeping leaves.

The drawbridge was not lowered, and where the moat could be crossed, there were only four flat ground filled by cavalry, and many gaps were blocked by dilapidated siege towers and ladders in the middle.

Most of the Red Horse Exploration Army are descendants of northerners, they are not good at water, and they have heavy armor on their bodies, and the moat is only two zhang wide, that is, more than five or six meters, but it has become an insurmountable gap for the Red Horse Exploration Army.

The saddest thing is that the infantry who entered the siege tower, the top could not go up, and the lower door was blocked tightly, and one came out and one was cut down.

Hao 13 swept to the left with a team of pear blossom spearmen, bypassing the two siege towers, each tower can accommodate about twenty or thirty of you, Hao 13 couldn't bear to kill like this, and shouted inside: "Surrender or kill!" ”

The desperate soldiers in the siege tower finally saw a glimmer of hope, and regardless of whether they would be killed if they dropped their weapons, they threw their weapons out one after another, obediently knelt on the ground and hugged their heads, and lined up.

The infantry outside the siege tower saw the power of the pear flower spear, and under the pressure of the pear flower spear, they retreated step by step, and the flames spewed out by the pear flower spear flickered in front of their eyes.

Crossing the river, there are still so many landlubbers struggling in the river, and the filled river channel is simply crowded and cannot be crossed.

"Put down your arms, and the chief will not kill you!" Hao 13 Zhidi shouted loudly.

"Surrender or kill!"

Under the pressure of the pear flower gun phalanx pressing step by step, and under the temptation of survival instinct, some people finally put down their weapons one after another, knelt on the ground and hugged their heads, praying for a long life!

When the last of the defeated soldiers of the Red Horse Exploration Army landed on the ground, the gunpowder of the pear flower gun had been released, which seemed to be a kind of irony, but it made the Red Horse Exploration Army who laid down their weapons helpless.

More than 300 Red Horse Detectives became Hao Shisan's prisoners!

Do you cross the river in pursuit?

Hao 13 hesitated! Rushing a few hundred paces, it is the heavy weapons position of Yesupai, there are ballistas, catapults, and artillery, even if they cannot be captured and destroyed, they will also make the enemy lose the heavy weapons for attacking, which is of great significance.

However, there were still nearly 2,000 cavalry in Yesutai who had not been attacked, and once the cavalry of Yesutai had returned to the pistol, the hundreds of foot soldiers of the Red Turban Army who had crossed the moat would really become pawns who had crossed the river -- there was no return.

Cavalry against light infantry, it is like chopping vegetables and melons, and the pear flower spear, which has a little deterrent power against the cavalry, has run out of cartridges and cannot form combat effectiveness.

The moat can't be crossed, but it can't be crossed, and the speed platform will also use this heavily armed position to carry out another counterattack!

Suddenly, the Red Horse Exploration Army was defeated and chaotic, and a large group of Red Turban Army cavalry was killed in the oblique stab, rushing into the Red Horse Exploration Army like a tiger, and the word "Guan" was written on the banner.

Hao 13 gave the order without hesitation: attack on all fronts!