Chapter 283: The Usefulness of the Trebuchet
"Adou Xiaoer, despicable and shameless!" the generals of the Wei army were frightened, hurriedly hid behind the city wall, and opened their mouths to scold.
Feng Zhou laughed: "The soldiers of the Wei army, I have the heart to accept all rivers and rivers, and I also have the ambition to whip the world. If you want to surrender, you need to do it as soon as possible. When I first attacked Chang'an, I prepared for a month, but one day I conquered Chang'an City, Cao Zhen knew that he was invincible, and committed suicide with a sword. Now that I'm in the city, you only have a month to think about it, think about it!"
"Adou Xiaoer, look at the arrows!" Dai Ling, the protector of Zhengshu, suddenly roared angrily, carrying an iron-fisted strong bow, bent the bow and put three arrows on it, and shot at Feng Zhoudang's chest, three feather arrows broke through the air, Wei Yan and Jiang Weixun raised their shields to parry.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, the three arrows slammed into the shield as much as half a foot, and the tail of the arrow still trembled. And Wei Yan and Jiang Wei couldn't help but be shocked, only to feel that their arms were numb, and they couldn't help but look shocked.
Although with the ability of Wei Yan and Jiang Wei, he can shoot three arrows in a row, and he can also be condescending, shooting two hundred steps away, but his arm strength is inferior. After shooting two hundred steps like Dai Ling, he can still penetrate the shield, which is enough to show his strong arm strength and clever archery skills.
Among the many generals of the Han Dynasty, only Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi can do this.
Feng Zhou nodded again and again, applauded loudly, and said with a smile: "Good archery! Good archery! Two hundred steps, you can also shoot through the shield, really good martial arts! This kind of talent, when used to conquer the northern Xinjiang, slaughter the Hu people, it's a pity to use it here, it's a pity, it's a pity!"
With that, Feng Zhou stretched out his finger and flicked it, hitting the arrow of an arrow.
"Whoosh!"
There was a sound of breaking the air, the arrow that penetrated the shield was directly ejected, and shot towards the city, everyone was shocked, and hurriedly dodged, who knew that this sharp arrow was not shot at anyone, but shot straight at the battlement of the city wall around Dai Ling, only to hear the sound of "boom", the battlement suddenly burst open, exploded into countless small stones, splashed everywhere, and injured countless people.
It was Sima Yi, who was not far from Dailing, although he was surrounded by the guards of all the soldiers, he was also hit on the cheek by two flying stones, and it hurt hotly.
It turned out that the sealing boat attached an explosive internal force to this feather arrow with a snap of his fingers, and when it hit the battlements, it caused the internal strength to burst and blow up the battlements of the city wall.
The battlement was blown into countless pieces, and the splashed stones would not cause much damage even if they hit the human body, but the flick of the fingers of the sealed boat brought great deterrence, and the generals in the city were all stunned and chilled when they looked at the exploded battlement!
Feng Zhou smiled: "That guy who shoots arrows, you are a straight person, and the dark arrow shot me in advance, I don't blame you!!"
After speaking, he waved his hand and ordered: "Let's go, continue to view the city, and finish walking around Luoyang City." ”
According to the news of Tanma Xizuo, Cao Rui had led the royal ministers to cross the Yellow River north overnight and handed over the huge Luoyang City to Sima Yi with full command.
According to the actual investigation of Feng Zhou, it can be learned that the commander-in-chief of Luoyang's city defense is determined to be Sima Yi.
With this old guy here, then Luoyang City must be armed like a turtle shell, and it will be difficult for those attacking tactics to have room to perform, and the possibility of a strong attack has been increased to ninety percent.
Considering this, Feng Zhou personally observed the Luoyang city defense very carefully, and the degree was naturally not fast, almost when it was dusk, he circled around Luoyang City, and basically knew the various situations of Xi'an city defense.
In Feng Zhou's view, this Luoyang City can be said to be the most stable city defense in this era, the moat is wide and deep, the arrow towers and towers on the city are scattered, and the trebuchets are densely arranged.
Back in the barracks, Feng Zhou held a meeting as usual, and Feng Zhou said: "I am in Wei Yan and Jiang Wei to inspect the city defense, let Wei Yan talk about the military situation first, and everyone can speak freely." ”
Wei Yan said: "Luoyang city defense is stronger than Chang'an city defense, and a large number of trebuchets are arranged, because the opponent's moat is very wide and deep, but our trebuchets can't get close, so that the attack range is limited, if you want to forcibly attack the city, I am afraid of huge losses." ”
After saying this, the ministers talked about it.
"Luoyang City is high and deep, and a strong attack will indeed lead to huge casualties. ”
"Since ancient times, there must be foreign troops on the side, which has prevented it from being completely blocked, and the minister thought that it was better to attack the Wei army stationed outside the city first, and sent a fine work to mix in and wait for the opportunity to open the city. ”
"It is better to transfer the main force of the Wei army out of Luoyang, and then gather and annihilate it, and our army will take advantage of the situation to attack the city. ”
"Our army is only 100,000, and the defenders of Luoyang are 100,000, but there are hundreds of thousands of people, and our army is at a disadvantage in numbers, so we can only use the mountains to besiege it for a long time. ”
"You can follow the way of capturing Chang'an, concentrate your forces on one point, attack with all your might, and say that you can't break through the city. ”
The generals spoke one after another, and Feng Zhou frowned slightly when he heard this.
Obviously, the big guy is used to being a general, and he only needs to follow the commander's arrangement every time there is a war, after all, their boss, whether it is Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, or the current Fengzhou, has a strong strategic vision, they only need to be ordered to go into battle and kill, and rarely use their brains.
Everyone obviously didn't realize the difficulties of Luoyang City, nor did they realize Sima Yi's strength.
"Our army has been stationed in Bishan, facing Luoyang Jiancheng, no matter what, we have to attack. Feng Zhou finally made a decision.
......
Three days later, north of Luoyang City, Daxia Gate.
The sun is in the sky, the temperature is good, and it is suitable for combat.
The 30,000 Han troops were displayed a mile away from the moat, ready to attack the city.
A hundred trebuchets have been placed in place, and 30,000 Han troops are displayed on both sides, ready to go.
Above the city, the Wei army was also in full array.
"General, the trebuchet of the Shu Han army is placed too far away, and the distance of five or six hundred steps can't hit the head of Luoyang City at all. ”
"Not only that, I don't think even the Luoyang city wall is enough. ”
"Didn't Liu Chan Xiao'er say that he would prepare for a month? Why couldn't he help it after only three days? ”
"I'll just say it? Adou Xiao'er is only twenty years old, and he must be arrogant when he climbs to a high position, without Zhuge Liang by his side, he is even more arrogant, thinking that he can break through the Luoyang city wall with a hundred trebuchets, which is really a joke!"
"He can't even reach the city wall, and when the time comes, the stones under the wall will be dense, and it will also affect their siege!"
"Hahaha......"
Sima Yi's face was also gloomy, looking at the position of the Han army, his heart was full of disdain.
"I thought that Adou Xiao'er would be able to endure his temperament, but he couldn't wait even three days, so he wanted to attack the city wall, this time, it will definitely make the Han army bleed all over the ground!"
At this moment, the Han army position suddenly sounded with a burst of drums.
"Knock, knock......!"
First, a hundred trebuchets that had been fixed in place began to threaten, and with a loud noise, dozens of stones the size of grinding discs pierced the sky and smashed towards Luoyang City...... The moat below.
The moat is wide and deep, and there are long and sharp wooden thorns inside, which separates the Han army from Luoyang City. Radical uxiang
If you want to break through the city, you must fill in the moat, so that the soldiers have a place where they can fight on a large scale and intensively, and they are responsible for blindly erecting pontoon bridges, which can easily cause blockages and affect the degree of advance and retreat.
Faced with this long-distance river reclamation method, the generals of the Wei army on the city wall were dumbfounded.
"A hundred trebuchets just want to fill the moat?"
"Adou Xiaoer, I'm afraid it's too simple to think about the siege!"
All were dismissive.
Only Sima Yi gasped.
The other party made it clear that he wanted to fill the moat with rocks to pave the way for the siege!
This Liu Adou is really bold!