Nanpi County Town "hum" Cheng Yuanzhi's face was blue and cold, Xu Chu was praised by Liu Tai as a tiger idiot, with the courage of ten thousand people, the pre-battle generals were like probing for things, in the foreign wars in northern Xinjiang, there was its brave figure, Cheng Yuanzhi knew his catties, how dare he fight against Xu Chu?

"General Heben is the chief general of the three armies, how can he try his courage with you, a reckless man, leave quickly, and call the prince of the Ru family to come." Cheng Yuanzhi pretended to sneer a few times with a disdainful look, and said to Xu Chu.

Although Cheng Yuanzhi said it well, Cheng Yuanzhi's acting skills were really poor, and there was a trace of apprehension on his face, even Xu Chu could see it clearly, Cheng Yuanzhi didn't dare to fight Xu Chu! "Rice bucket" Xu Chu squinted his eyes, glanced at Cheng Yuanzhi, and said lightly, although the voice was soft, it just happened for Cheng Yuanzhi to hear it, which made Cheng Yuanzhi's face blush for a while, but unfortunately, Cheng Yuanzhi did not have the slightest ability to refute.

The battle before the battle has always been a tradition, of course, the most prosperous in the Chu and Han hegemony period, when the Chu overlord appeared, no one in the world dared to face it, in front of the two armies, Xiang Yu every time he appeared, the momentum of the enemy army would be beaten to a low point.

"Give the order to attack the city." Seeing Cheng Yuanzhi's refusal to confront the general, Liu Tai shook his head and said to the herald with a disappointed expression.

Liu Tai thought very well, that is, to kill Cheng Yuanzhi before the battle, so that he could take down Nanpi without a single soldier, but unfortunately, Cheng Yuanzhi still had a little brain, and he did not get to the point of being stupid.

"Knock Knock"

Slowly, the war drums began to sound from the various army formations, and the siege troops of each army formation slowly walked towards Nanpi in columns.

"Squeaky Squeak"

A well-prepared siege force is naturally the first to be attacked by siege vehicles, catapults, giant crossbows and other objects, after all, these are man-made weapons with strong lethality, if they are abandoned, wouldn't it be a pity?

The appearance of the siege vehicle is like a tank, with a huge horn in front and four wheels below, and the whole body is wrapped in iron sheets, and the way of driving is that people step on the pedal in the car to form an impact force to hit the city wall, which is a relatively simple siege weapon.

However, in Nanpi County City, which has a moat, the siege vehicle has no attack power for the time being, after all, the effect of the moat is not continuous, and even if the siege vehicle is powerful, it can't cross the river.

Therefore, the first attack on the city of Nanpi County was not a siege vehicle, but a long-range weapon catapult and a giant crossbow, the catapult is more common, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty various separatist forces existed, this is a weapon to put stones or oil cans into the city, the range is relatively long, similar to the cannon of later generations.

"Boom Boom Boom"

In the first wave of attacks, dozens of catapults were launched in unison, barrels of oil cans were thrown into the air, and then smashed diagonally to all parts of the city, which made Nanpi City wail continuously, and the main target of the attack, Nanpi's city tower, turned into a sea of fire.

Although the catapult has strong attack power, it is very troublesome to reload, but there is more than just a siege vehicle in Northern Xinjiang, and there is also a siege crossbow that has been developed recently, the main components of this giant crossbow are steel shelves and ox tendons, just like a giant crossbow arrow.

The siege crossbow not only has a strong attack power, but also is equipped with a rocket speed, which is countless times faster than the catapult, so after the siege crossbow was developed, it was allowed by Liu Tai to become the standard weapon of the foot soldiers in Northern Xinjiang, almost every army will be equipped with a siege crossbow, of course, this is in wartime, ordinary times, it must be stored in the quartermaster storehouse.

The arrows of the siege crossbow are specially made by the Ministry of Industry, very large, with the thickness of Chengren's thighs, the length is about one meter five, according to the Ministry of Industry, the arrow is filled with full of fire oil, and the outside head has an ignition rope head, when shooting, as long as the head is on fire, and then launched, it will form a terrifying impact and powerful rocket!

The sound of the "Huhuhu" siege crossbow is different from ordinary arrows, because the volume of the rocket is too large, and it will form a very large resistance in the air, but fortunately, the gravity of the rocket is not very exaggerated, and the speed is very considerable under the huge impact of more than ten cow tendons.

The explosion of the "boom boom" rocket was very shocking, only to see pieces of huge fireballs burst out, carrying countless pieces of steel, causing huge casualties to the Yellow Turban Army, and the painful wails of the Yellow Turban soldiers spread throughout the battlefield, making people can't help but feel creepy.

Some of the rockets fired into the city directly smashed a big hole in the city, and the power was very terrifying, looking a bit similar to the rocket artillery of later generations, of course, there was a difference of many times in power.

But even if it is not as good as rocket artillery, but in this era, it is definitely as terrifying as nuclear weapons in later generations, and the fear of the unknown exists for everyone, not only the Yellow Turban Army in the city, but even the Tianci soldiers in charge of launching in the city can't help but open their pupils, as if they don't believe that the rocket that caused great damage was launched by themselves.

"Continue to launch" Seeing the brilliant achievements of the siege crossbow, Liu Tai couldn't help laughing, this is the first time Liu Tai has seen the scene of the collective launch of the siege crossbow, but sometimes it is necessary to stop in moderation, after all, the lethality of the siege crossbow is a bit too much in this era of cold weapons.

"Boom Boom Boom"

The continuous explosions caused all the surrounding areas of Nanpi County to be covered with black smoke, and the smoke and dust carried the wails of Mars and countless Yellow Turban soldiers in the city, as if the end had come.

"Your Highness, just enough" Seeing the tragic situation in Nanpi County, Guo Jia couldn't help but stop it, after all, as Liu Tai said, this is the land of the Han Dynasty, not a foreign city

"Huh?" Liu Tai was stunned, then reacted, listened to the deafening roar, touched his nose and said: "Okay, let everyone stop, the siege troops will step forward to fill the moat, and strive to capture the Nanpi County in the shortest possible time." ”

"No!" Glancing at the tragic situation of the Yellow Turban Army at the head of the city, Guo Jia pulled his face and said to Liu Tai.

"Zilong, after the city is broken, you will enter the city as soon as possible to control the Yuan family's people, and they will not be allowed to leave the mansion for a single step." Guo Jia had just left, and Liu Tai looked at Zhao Yun and said.

"Your Highness, this" Zhao Yun frowned, not understanding what Liu Tai meant, after all, the seizure of the Yuan clan is not a trivial matter, what if the Yuan clan wants to make trouble?

"Don't worry, this king won't do anything to the Yuan family." Liu Tai glanced at Zhao Yun and said with a faint smile.

Then Liu Tai's eyes began to examine the city of Nanpi County, now the county town of Nanpi, after more than half an hour of bombing, almost turned into a ruin, the city is almost all black, the city is full of wailing, there are no more Yellow Turban soldiers on the city, even Cheng Yuanzhi's "Jizhou Thorn History, Hussar General" banner, I don't know where it was bombed.

Although it is not explosive, the power is very amazing, and it is worth deepening the study, Liu Tai thought in his heart. Originally, Liu Tai's request was to research the powerful black powder, but unfortunately, the technology of this era was limited, and in a short period of time, the bombs made of black powder could not appear at all, and the siege crossbow could make up for this defect in a short time.

"His Royal Highness the King of Yan, Commander Hao asked His Highness to play the humble position, thirty-five catapults in our department, twenty-three were damaged, twelve of which could not be repaired in a short time, forty siege crossbows, fifteen were damaged, six of which could not be repaired in a short period of time, and Commander Hao could not leave his body, so he asked his humble post to come to His Highness to ask for punishment on his behalf, and asked His Highness to show it." The deputy commander of the siege force, Hao Cheng's deputy general, came to Liu Tai not far from Liu Tai on a fast horse, jumped off the war horse and knelt on the ground to Liu Tai and shouted.

"Huh? The losses are so severe? Liu Tai frowned, his face was a little ugly, although he knew that the loss was inevitable, but he didn't want to attack the city once, and he damaged so many siege equipment, how could he fight in the future? And the transportation of siege equipment is very troublesome, isn't this a chicken rib?

In fact, it's no wonder that the staying power of these siege equipment is too weak, after all, except for the siege crossbows, they are all wooden structures, and the bombing that can last for a long time is already very remarkable, don't you see that even the iron siege crossbows are damaged a lot?

In the final analysis, it is still a long-range weapon in this era, which really can't stand up to great use, but if there is enough time, these problems can still be overcome, it depends on whether Liu Tai has the perseverance to support it.

"Let Hao Cheng attack the city well, if he captures the city of Nanpi County within three days, this king will definitely be rewarded, the damage of the equipment is inevitable, don't worry about it anymore, let the logistics troops repair as much as possible." Liu Tai glanced at Vice General Hao Cheng, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said lightly.

"No!" The adjutant general got Liu Tai's order, and he stopped talking nonsense, and hurriedly turned around and left. Officials at all levels in northern Xinjiang understood that Liu Tai was not a person who liked to be careful, and although he had lost a lot of siege equipment, his credit was quite large, which was enough to offset it.

The fall of Nanpi County did not meet Liu Tai's expectations in three days, in advance, in just a little more than a day, the important military base of the Yellow Turban Army fell into the hands of the Tianci Army, originally this battle would not end so quickly, after all, there are more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops in the city, but unfortunately, when Cheng Yuanzhi was attacking the city with a rocket, he was scratched by an iron piece, and a big hole came out, and the blood did not stop, people, not made of iron, how could they withstand the sharp iron piece?

Of course, Cheng Yuanzhi did not die on the spot, but supported it for a whole day and a night, until the blood ran out and died, and the generals who defended the city saw that Cheng Yuanzhi had returned to the west, and he was unable to defend the city anymore, so he helplessly hung up and announced his official surrender.

This battle was the first real siege battle of the Tianci army in the south, both sides lost a lot, the siege troops of the Tianci army, one day and one night of siege, several times to seize the city, but because of the crazy counterattack of the Yellow Turban Army, the loss of almost 2,000 people.

After statistics, the number of casualties was as high as 50,000 or 60,000, and half of the 100,000 troops were abolished, of which the wounded accounted for seventy percent, and most of them were injured by the iron pieces of the crossbow arrows when shooting from the siege crossbow, and died directly in hand-to-hand combat, but only a few thousand people.

"The thunder is loud and the rain is falling." When he learned of the casualties in the city, Liu Tai came up with this sentence, in fact, during the siege of the city, most of the generals of the Tianci Army thought that the death toll in the city was definitely very considerable, but unfortunately, it backfired, and thousands of rockets were used, so there was only such a little record, Liu Tai originally wanted to serve Goguryeo with a siege crossbow.

(To be continued)