got Guo Yuan's reply, and laughed instead of being angry.

"Since he is bent on death, then I will satisfy him!"

A murderous sentence immediately made tens of thousands of auxiliaries and civilians busy. This is the effect of taking over the power of life and death. The so-called "when the Son of Heaven is angry, millions of corpses are ambushed", it is definitely not just talk. At this time, if Zhang Qi was given a chance to return to the 21st century, he would not consider it and would directly refuse.

Zang Hong's refusal to surrender was already expected by insolence. When he was in the forum in later generations, he had not heard of Zang Hong's name. However, in this life, through the spy personnel under him, Zhang Qiang has long had a general understanding of what kind of person Zang Hong is. If Zang Hong's past deeds were not made up, there was a nine-in-a-nine chance that this guy would fight to the death.

"This time, my darlings are finally going to make a profit!"

Looking at the tall and sturdy Ganling City from afar, he turned his face to look at the huge siege equipment position discharged by his side, and said this with a surging heart.

The "treasures" in his mouth are all big guys with a height of four or five feet. These "counterweight stone throwing machines" made by using the "lever principle" are completely different from the "multi-tip stone throwing machines" that are commonly used in the various armies of the Han Dynasty, which use human power to pull ropes and throw stone bullets. Whether it is in terms of throwing distance, force, accuracy, or the amount of manpower that needs to be consumed, the counterweight stone throwing machine obviously has an absolute advantage.

With the level of city garrison at the end of the Han Dynasty, there are really few cities that can withstand the bombardment of counterweight stone throwers. In contrast, the power of the famous "Thunderbolt" during the Three Kingdoms period is actually far worse than this thing.

Maybe I'm still a little unfamiliar with this thing. In fact, in the Mengyuan period, this thing had another name. It's called "Return". With the Southern Song Dynasty's strongest ability to defend the city, the famous fortified city of Xiangyang was breached by the return artillery. As for the immediate impact, players who have played the game "Age of Empires II" only need to think about what the "assembled trebuchet" looks like to know the general shape of this thing.

This siege is a special weapon of mass destruction. Zhang Qiang made a sample ten years ago. However, due to the fact that Zhang has been arrogant in his expeditions to the east and west, mainly by surprise attacks, he has never encountered a relatively difficult large-scale siege war. Out of the need for secrecy, lest other princes learn to destroy their own fortified cities, and arrogant will be reluctant to put this kind of big killing weapon on the frontal battlefield easily.

But now. The strength of the arrogant, especially the military strength, has ranked first in the world. In addition to clever surprise tactics, there are many times when Insolence requires a frontal attack on the enemy. If he wanted to compete with other princes, he was not afraid. Therefore, even this counterweight stone throwing machine, which is extremely effective for siege, has really been learned by other princes, and they are arrogant and confident that they can crush it with their own strength. I will not be afraid that my opponent will have such a siege weapon.

Because, in the coming time. Zhang Qiang believed that with his own strength, only he took the initiative to attack others, how could other princes dare to take the initiative to attack him?

Just when Zhang Yan comfortably felt the power of his own siege, a general with a helmet and armor strode to the front of Zhang Yan's command car and knelt down on one knee. Loudly report to the insolence:

"My lord! Everything is ready to take the siege! ”

Zhang Mad glanced at Xu Huang, who was commanding the car with a respectful attitude, and said lightly:

"You are the governor of the city, and you have the final say in the siege of the city."

"No!"

Hearing the insolent personal mouth reconfirm. Xu Huang stood up from the ground, turned around and strode onto his command vehicle, and began to use the flag language to give orders to the tens of thousands of siege troops lined up under Ganling City.

The so-called "Ascending Governor" is a temporarily appointed position that is responsible for directing a large army to attack the city. When the city is captured, this "Ascending City Governor" will be automatically revoked. Zhang Mad chose Xu Huang as the "Governor of Shengcheng", because he took a fancy to Xu Huang's meticulous work, and he was very suitable for controlling the siege army composed of a mixture of various siege equipment. According to Zhang Yan's evaluation, there is only one person who can overpower Xu Huang in this regard.

The power of the counterweight stone throwing machine did not disappoint the arrogance. At a distance of about 200 steps, those tall wooden shelves were able to throw large stones weighing more than 50 catties onto the city wall of Ganling with relative accuracy. Although at the beginning, the hit rate was only 2 or 30 percent. However, after subsequent adjustments and calculations, starting from the third round of projectiles, more than half of the large stones in almost every round were able to hit the target.

For a city built of rammed earth, in the face of half a hundred catties of boulders smashed down from a height of tens of meters, any means of defense are ineffective. When every large stone landed on the city wall, the defenders within dozens of steps around could feel the terrible tremors. Especially when a stone "just happens" to fall on the head of an unfortunate defender, "shattered" becomes the most accurate adjective.

If there were not many stone throwers, perhaps the defenders would be able to hold out for a while with their numbers and courage. However, how could the Jizhou Army, which has huge manpower and material resources, only put out a few stone throwers?

Due to its huge size, the counterweight stone throwing machine is also a large machine that is very inconvenient to transport. However, under the guidance of Zhang Qiang, Jizhou craftsmen used wrought iron to manufacture some key parts of this stone throwing machine. As for the frame with the most materials, the principle of local materials is adopted. In this way, not only the difficulty of transportation is greatly reduced, the use of iron key components, but also greatly improves the service life and range of the stone thrower.

Of course, this comes at the cost of being a bit high, which limits the number of stone throwers that can be manufactured. However, with the wealth of Jizhou, it is still not a problem to make dozens of parts of the stone throwing machine in a few years.

Zhang Qijun's strong attack on Ganling City this time took nine days under the city, and a total of 80 counterweight stone throwers were used. There were forty stone throwers, assembled from pre-forged iron parts, and the rest were all ready-made. For these two kinds of stone throwers with the same structure, but different materials, Zhang Qiang also has the intention of comparing and improving them in actual combat.

The difference in the effect of the two catapults is roughly the same as the information obtained by the insolence in advance. Eighty stone throwers ran all morning, throwing a full twelve rounds of stone projectiles. Whether in terms of range or accuracy, the use of wrought iron to make key components of the stone throwing machine has obvious advantages. Thousands of stone bullets fell heavily, and the city wall of Ganling City has not completely collapsed, which shows that it took a lot of effort to repair this wall.

Suddenly, with a loud bang, on a section of the city wall that had been hit by multiple boulders, accompanied by the hit of the next boulder, a section of the city wall about ten steps long collapsed!

Seeing this scene, the people in the city were dumbfounded, and the people in the city were rejoicing. Immediately afterwards, a roar of "Wansheng" sounded from under the city, which made the morale of the defending side almost drop to freezing.

- This city is really undefended......

Even if his temperament is as resolute as Zang Hong, after witnessing the power of the enemy's stone thrower, such a thought was born in his heart. The mentality of the rest of the soldiers can be imagined. The destructive power of the trebuchet is too strong, and even if the walls don't fall now, it will be a matter of time.

"Attack!"

Such a good opportunity, of course, Xu Huang will not miss it. As soon as his command flag changed, the stone thrower troops temporarily stopped firing and gave way to the battlefield.

A lightly armed team that had been waiting for a long time was sitting on the ground to recuperate. As soon as Xu Huang's command flag was erected, those soldiers who were originally lazy immediately jumped up and instantly became fierce. When the next banner came, this assault soldier wearing light armor and holding a small shield and blade, under the leadership of the leader, silently marched quickly towards the gap in the collapsed city wall. At the same time, another team, which was mainly equipped with bows and crossbows, followed behind the assault troops, quickly following and taking on the task of covering.

"Attack!"

Captain Bao strode out onto the slope formed by the collapsed city wall and yelled at his subordinates behind him. He is the chief general of this assault force, and of course he must take the lead and rush to the front.

"Majestic!"

The assault soldiers roared neatly, raising their own momentum by a few points, and the short distance of two hundred steps would not take much time on these long-legged elite soldiers. Then, led by their leader Bao Chu, they rushed headlong into the city without hesitation, and ran into the group of defenders who had just rushed to the site of the collapse of the wall, trying to close the gap.

"Whoever stands in my way - die!"

Bao Chu roared, and although it was only one person, he frightened the defenders, who had the advantage in numbers, into a commotion. Then, the sword in his hand lit up with a touch of pink, although it seemed gentle, but it was cruel like a fire, devouring the lives of the enemy.

"A Thousand Troops - Biyi!"

With each slash, one of them flew out with a fall. In just three breaths, Bao Chu slashed out twenty-seven knives in a row, killing more than a dozen people and seriously injuring more than a dozen people, like a god descending from the earth, unstoppable!

If Bao Chu is only one person, then the defenders can also use the method of siege to repel Bao Chu when he is exhausted from hard fighting. However, Bao Out's subordinates are a group of extremely fierce elite teams. These warriors can be said to be carefully selected from tens of thousands of troops, not only are they excellent in martial arts, but they also know how to cooperate with each other. In the face of a group of frightened enemies, a small army formation of five small teams is enough to exert twelve points of lethality in the chaotic battle.

Zang Hong is an upright official and has won the hearts of the military and the people. But he didn't have any generals under him. So, just after Bao led his army into the city, the outcome of the battle was already doomed.

On the fourth day of the fifth month of the sixth year of Anding [198], after less than ten days of siege preparations, the arrogant army used powerful new siege equipment to conquer the Ganling City, which had been carefully repaired for several years and was known as the "Xiongcheng of Jizhou", in just one day. Zang Hong, the commander of the city defense, fought to the death and was killed by the rebels.

Upon hearing this unfortunate news, all the princes of the world, except for the arrogant, sighed and lamented that there was not a single righteous man in the world! (To be continued......)