When Wei Wentong said this, the surrounding generals couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, everyone thought it was incredible, how could it be possible to attack the Tiger Prison Pass with no more than five hundred casualties in one day?

At this time, Huyalang General Zhang Jike suddenly asked: "The general has arranged for the army to attack from behind?" ”

Wei Wentong shook his head and smiled: "Although attacking from behind is a good way to attack the pass, but it is of little significance to the Tiger Pass, the Tiger Pass is a Xiongcheng on both sides, at most it is just to disperse the defenders, I don't need to do this, I will use the normal siege to capture the Tiger Pass tonight." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Wei Wentong saw that everyone had a look of disbelief on their faces, so he pointed to the wooden model of the Tiger Prison Pass with a wooden pole, and said to everyone: "When I was guarding the Tiger Prison Pass, I wrote to the Ministry of War twice, asking the imperial court to immediately rebuild the Tiger Prison Pass. I once thought it was filled with sand and gravel, but then I found out that it was not, but with thousands of large logs to support the city wall, despite fifty years of rain erosion and ant insects gnawing, these woods have long been rotten, and they will be destroyed with one blow, but unfortunately until I left Xingyang to go north, the imperial court did not rebuild the Tiger Prison Pass, and later heard that Wang Shichong planned to rebuild, perhaps because he controlled Xingyang County, the Tiger Prison Pass has become the inner pass, and it was not rebuilt in the end, so the city wall is only strong on the surface, but as long as it is hit hard, This will result in a large-scale collapse. ”

Only then did everyone wake up, and a tiger tooth lang general said: "It turns out that the general built four heavy trebuchets, which are used to deal with the outer wall of the Tiger Prison Pass!" ”

Wei Wentong nodded, and pointed to the north city wall and said: "Compared with other city walls, the northernmost section of the city wall has the most serious problem, about two hundred zhang long such a section of the city wall, I once found that other city walls are made of big bluestone, but this section is not, it is actually made of ordinary fired adobe bricks, perhaps because the bluestone is used up, after decades of wind and rain, these adobe bricks are almost pulverized, we can start from here, smash out of a passage into the city." ”

Wei Wentong accurately pointed out the weakness of the Tiger Pass, and everyone immediately shook their fists, eager to start a war immediately, and they asked one after another: "General, when will we attack?" ”

Wei Wentong said lightly: "The military order I gave to the marshal is to take the Tiger Prison Pass in one day, and we will kill the Tiger Prison Pass at noon, so we must take the Tiger Prison Pass before noon tomorrow, considering that the assembly of heavy trebuchets will be completed at least at night, so I decided to start the attack at the third watch tonight, in order to cover the offensive of the northern city, we must create some momentum at the city gate." ”

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In the temporary barracks of the Sui army, hundreds of craftsmen are nervously assembling trebuchet parts, this time the Sui army brought five giant trebuchets with the ship, which can throw 100 catties of boulders to 350 steps away, which is a sharp weapon for siege, especially for the weakness of the Tiger Pass, these five giant trebuchets will play a vital role.

More than 100 craftsmen have been busy until nightfall, five giant trebuchets are finally assembled, as if five giants stand in the dark night, each giant trebuchet is as high as three zhang, and the height of the tiger prison wall is similar, the throwing rod is up to six zhang, thrown with an iron chain winch, six huge wooden wheels are installed below, each trebuchet needs fifteen healthy oxen to pull, fifty soldiers are responsible for manipulating, and ten craftsmen are also equipped to solve the problems that arise in the throwing at any time.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, and the time is gradually reaching the third watch, although the soldiers on the Tiger Prison are still very vigilant, but compared with the daytime, the soldiers guarding the city are still a lot less, only about thirty percent of the day, and the mental state has also become very poor, most of them are exhausted, leaning on the city wall and napping.

At this time, a strange sound faintly came from a distance, squeaking and rattling, particularly harsh, the soldiers who were napping were awakened one after another, and looked out of the city, gradually, a huge figure appeared hundreds of steps away, as if a giant spirit god fell from the sky, and many Zheng soldiers shouted loudly in fright.

'When! While! While! ’

The bell rang rapidly, and the sleeping soldiers who were lying at the head of the city were awakened and got up from the ground, and when they rubbed their sleepy eyes, they were immediately frightened by the giant spirit god in front of them, but soon a general discovered the truth, and a partial general shouted: "Don't panic, it's a trebuchet!" ”

"It's a trebuchet!"

The soldiers relayed their fright, and they prepared to fight to the death with the attacking Sui army.

Dozens of bed crossbows were also installed in place, and the soldiers of the Zheng army began to pull the bowstrings, ready to shoot, the large arrows of this bed crossbow were two feet and five inches long, the shaft of the arrow was thicker than the thumb, and the range was up to five hundred paces, which was a sharp weapon against trebuchets, and a captain at the head of the city shouted, "Prepare to shoot!" ”

The Sui army's giant trebuchet appeared three hundred and fifty steps away from the city tower, in the middle of the Tiger Prison Pass, and there was only one of them, and its mission was to create panic at the head of the city and cover the attack of the northern city.

The giant trebuchet has been placed in place, the Sui army has rich experience in siege, the giant trebuchet is not without protection, the trebuchet is generally placed on the hillside or behind the boulder, if it is a flat field, then you have to find a way to make a shield for the trebuchet.

The Sui army's giant shield was also ready, made of logs, also three zhang high and four zhang wide, to protect the trebuchet and fifty manipulating soldiers.

As soon as the trebuchet was positioned, the big arrows of the bed crossbow at the head of the city whistled and fired, and the soldiers hid behind the giant shield, and the big arrows crackled on the big shield, but they could not destroy the giant trebuchet, at this time, the winch of the trebuchet began to squeak and turn under the push of twenty soldiers, and the long throwing rod was tightened.

The three soldiers put a clay pot containing more than 60 catties of high-slave fire oil into the iron pocket, and shouted with the commander of the brigade: "Release!" The six-zhang long throwing rod popped out, shooting the huge clay pot out, the clay pot crossed an arc in the air, and the soldiers on the city immediately shouted, but the clay pot did not attack the soldiers, but hit the swarthy city tower, as the clay pot shattered, a large amount of fire oil flowed on the city tower.

"Shoot again!"

Once again, the trebuchet shot out a huge clay pot, which struck the tower, shattering and sending oil flowing to the ground.

The panic of the Zheng soldiers gradually disappeared, and became a blank, almost all the soldiers had never seen this black oil from Gaonu County, and they didn't know what it was used for, they only felt that it was pungent and smelly, and a few brave soldiers even dipped their fingers in a little and sent it to their mouths.

At this time, the soldiers surrounding the south side of the city tower dodged away, only to see the main general Wang Honglie walking quickly, he lived in the city, just got the news and rushed to come, a Lang general hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "See Your Highness!" ”

Wang Honglie was a little relieved to see that the Sui army was not attacking the city, but he was also puzzled by the black oil flowing on the eaves, "What is this?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, we don't know what it is, some soldiers said it seems to be grease used to lubricate the axles."

Wang Honglie frowned, picked up a ball of grease with a wooden stick, and it flowed down in black and greasy, and suddenly, the soldiers on both sides shouted, and another clay pot whistled and shot out, smashing heavily into the attic above Wang Honglie's head. The ground flowed, Wang Honglie was pulled away by the soldiers in time, and escaped the bad luck of black oil splashing, but several soldiers next to him were splashed all over the body.

Rao is like this, Wang Honglie was still cut on the cheek by a piece of pottery, and the blood immediately flowed down, Wang Honglie was furious, and shouted: "All soldiers go back to their positions, no onlookers are allowed!" ”

At this moment, a low sound of antlers sounded from under the city, 'Woo-'

Everyone looked down at the city, and a soldier suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted: "Look, the enemy is coming!" ”

In the dark night, I saw a dense figure coming from a distance to the side of the city wall, the soldiers at the head of the city suddenly became nervous, Wang Honglie was even more shocked and his face turned pale, and he shouted in a trembling voice: "Prepare to release arrows!" ”

Without him shouting, thousands of Zheng soldiers raised their bows and arrows, and because there was no unified command, many soldiers were flustered and began to release arrows indiscriminately into the city.

A thousand soldiers of the Sui army ran with a large shield held high, and quickly formed a shield wall one hundred and fifty steps away from the city wall, at this time, fifty burly soldiers rushed forward, they worked in pairs, and jointly operated a large yellow crossbow, one soldier raised the big yellow crossbow above his head, and the arrow was aimed at the city tower, and the other soldier lit the fire cloth at the front end of the arrow, and twenty-five rockets suddenly appeared.

"Shoot!" With an order, twenty-five rockets were fired at the castle tower, and the castle tower full of fire oil burst into flames. (To be continued.) )