Chapter 50: The Scheme
Under the city, Xu Huang stood proudly on the back of a war horse - under Li Zheng's command, officers above the rank of captain were all equipped with a blue-armored war horse as a vehicle.
Xu Huang's eyes swept over these huge fortress-like beasts covered in armor, looking at the incomparably sophisticated siege equipment lined up, and a wave of blood and impulse surged in his heart.
Finally, these powerful weapons and classes have finally come in handy, and there is no need to hide them anymore!
Over the years, the giant beast has multiplied and become larger and larger, which made Li Zheng determined to put it into the military. As for the armor on the Giant, it was artificially crafted. This type of non-main battle horse does not have a corresponding system armor. However, these artificially created armors, although they are not as good as the armor produced by the system, but in terms of defensive power, they have reached a peak. Because the power of the giant beast is unmatched, the armor of the giant beast is very heavy, and the alloy is thick with a palm, just ask what weapon can penetrate!?
"Ready!"
"Catapult ready!"
"Bed crossbow ready!"
"Watch the angle!"
"Aim for the city!"
In the midst of the loud cheers, the catapults and bed crossbows made of all-alloy made creaking sounds under the control of the soldiers.
"Drumming!"
The drums of war are beating and deafening!
The soldiers aimed at the head of the city, constantly adjusting the firing angles of the catapults and bed crossbows in order to achieve the best results.
"Launch!"
There was a hysterical shout, followed by a series of loud noises, and huge stones, arm-thick crossbow arrows, with a whining whistle, crossed a distance of three thousand steps in the blink of an eye. Climb to the top of the city!
Boom Boom Boom !!
The huge stone weighing hundreds of catties was like a meteor outside the sky, and it smashed down with unparalleled momentum. or fall on the head of the city, or on the wall, or on the city. There was a loud bang.
In an instant, the walls of the city trembled, and the boulders fell, either directly smashing people into flesh, blurring flesh and blood, or falling to the ground. The impact burst open, turning into countless rubble, scattering in all directions, beating the nearby soldiers into a sieve!
The screams shook the heavens and the earth immediately!
Compared to the great power of catapults. The threat of a bed crossbow is much smaller. After all, its attack surface is too small. But I saw arm-thick crossbow arrows flying to the city, sporadically penetrating several soldiers, and driving their corpses, and the sugar gourd seemed to fly out. Others were nailed to the walls of the city, not a few feet deep. Pierced the walls into a hornet's nest!
The most miserable thing is the city gate tower.
Because it was the place where the Cao army at the head of the city would gather, there were an objective number of catapults and bed crossbows. All aimed at the city gatehouse. With just one launch, the city gate tower has disappeared and is completely in ruins.
Xiahou was frightened when he dodged, his face was pale while secretly shocked in his heart, and he looked at the ruin-like city gate tower, and couldn't help but mourn in silence for the few generals who died without a corpse because they couldn't dodge.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry. Stealthy and hidden! ”
"Shoot back!"
"Shoot back, three thousand paces away. Can't hit at all! ”
At the head of the city, there was chaos.
Under the city. Xu Huang looked at the effect of the catapult with satisfaction, and couldn't help but bow slightly, and said: "The catapult is the mainstay, and the bed crossbow can't move!" ”
"Whoa!"
The sound of explosions was endless, and the thirty catapults did not stop for a moment, and the soldiers either loaded the ammunition, or controlled the catapults to adjust the angle, and threw the huge stones out piece by piece, as if the sky was collapsing, and the entire Shangsour Jujube City was trembling in this meteorite rain-like attack.
On the city wall, Xiahoudun was powerless in the face of this heavy weapon, which far exceeded the power and range of this era. Although the casualties caused by catapults are not very large, the kind of shocking momentum can destroy the soldiers' fighting spirit!
"Zihe!"
While dodging the stone bullets, Xiahoudun shouted: "Go to Fuzhong Tongyu Military Division, ask him to get ready, and escort the military division to go first!" ”
Cao Chun nodded fiercely, trying his best to avoid the rocks, sweat on his back, and then he got off the city, turned over his horse, and galloped towards the city.
"Yu Wenze, Li Mancheng, you two organize soldiers to evade and resist, wait for my orders!"
"Whoa!"
Yu Ban and Li Dian hugged their fists and promised to reflexively shout and command the soldiers to dodge, and at the same time cheer up the soldiers to maintain their morale.
Under the city, Xu Huang looked at the crumbling sour jujube city wall, and calculated silently in his heart.
"General Hu Zhen, listen to my orders! When the catapult stops, immediately send out the shield cart as cover, and you lead three battalions of heavy armored spearmen and three battalions of light archers, closely behind the shield cart, ready to attack the city! ”
"Whoa!" Hu Zhen clenched his fists and shouted.
The catapult stone projectile was projectile ten rounds in a row, almost smashing the entire sour jujube city wall. At this time, Xu Huang waved his hand, and the catapult stopped.
Hu Zhen rode the shock gun and shouted: "The shield car is attacking!" Prepare your soldiers to attack the city with me! ”
I saw that there were thirty huge beasts, pulling the all-metal shield cart, rumbling and trampling the earth, and the hill rushed towards the city wall.
Behind the metal shields of each shield cart, there were two heavily armored spearmen and several mountain breakers.
Immediately, Hu Zhen took the lead, and saw that the heavy armored spearmen of the three phalanxes also raised their guns and stepped out of the military formation, and then the three phalanx light archers behind the heavy armored spearmen phalanx also followed.
At a distance of 500 paces, the light archers immediately opened their bows and released arrows, and the heavily armored spearmen, under the cover of the light archers, quickly approached the city wall!
The giant beast shield chariot is in front, the heavy armor spearmen are in the middle, and the light archers are in the back, covering each other, this attack method is smooth, and the coordination between the arms is seamless.
Thirty shield chariots rushed to the city. The two heavily armored spearmen behind the shield chariot immediately whistled and commanded, and the giant beast lowered its head and slammed the crumbling wall with the sharp horns on its head armor.
The mountain-breaking beast on the shield cart also slipped under the city wall, and began to dig the root of the wall under the cover of the shield cart.
Facing the rolling stones and timbers thrown down from the city, the giant beast was unconscious. For such a powerful physique, it also wore armor. I don't pay attention to those rolling stones and trees at all. It smashed on the body, as if it was tickling.
The spearmen on the shield cart used the sturdy metal shield of the shield cart to evade the attacks from above.
In addition, there is the fire suppression of long-range light step archers. The attack on the head of the sour jujube city was extremely weak, and it was difficult to play any role at all.
In just a few moments, the heavily armored spearmen of the phalanx behind had already pounced.
The city was even more urgent, and Xiahoudun's expression was so grim that he couldn't hold back the shock in his heart.
It's too strong!
"The walls are falling!"
There were soldiers shouting.
Xiahoudun immediately came back to his senses. shouted: "Yu Wenze and Li Mancheng immediately led their troops to retreat as planned!" ”
"Whoa!"
"General, what about you?!"
"I'll cut it off for you!" Xiahoudun's eyes were like electricity, and he shouted: "Don't you want to leave quickly?!" ”
Yu Ban and Li Dian glared fiercely at the enemy troops swarming under the city, and hurriedly shouted. Braving the rain of arrows, he led his troops to retreat from the city.
At this moment, there was a loud bang!
The walls have finally collapsed!
The mountain-breaking beast hollowed out the wall root of the sour jujube city wall, and under the continuous impact of the giant beast, the sour jujube city wall was finally overwhelmed and collapsed!
The Mighty Beast slammed into the city by topping the crumbling walls. At the same time, the masonry is squeezed open, revealing an open gap. Hu Zhen shouted violently and took the lead. Heavy spearmen swarmed in like a tidal wave.
On the ruined city, Xiahoudun saw this, and did not dare to slack off at all, and hurriedly led dozens of personal soldiers under his command to descend the city wall from the other side of the city gate tower. Roll over your horse and head straight to the east of the city!
"The enemy will leave!"
Hu Zhen saw Xiahoudun fleeing. I couldn't help shouting: "Left and right, follow me to pursue the enemy general." Meritorious service! ”
Outside the city, Xu Huang saw that the city wall had collapsed, and Hu Zhen entered the city, he couldn't help laughing, and shouted: "Pass my general order, the army will enter the city!" ”
Ten miles east of the sour jujube city, in the middle of the dense forest.
Guo Jia looked calm and was sitting under a big tree.
On the side, Yu Ban and Li Dian stood still, but they both looked at the sour jujube city in the west.
"General Xiahou is here!"
Suddenly, when he heard the loud drink, several people looked up, Guo Jia slowly got up, and saw Xiahou Dun, who was dressed as a wolf, walking into the dense forest.
"How?"
Guo Jia asked.
"It's done, let's go, the enemy will chase after you!"
"Let's go!"
So they all got on their horses and led their troops to the direction of Yucheng more than ten miles to the east.
Guo Jia, Xiahoudun, Li Dian, and Yu Ban galloped forward, facing the gale, Guo Jia asked: "General Xiahou, what is the combat strength of the Liangzhou army?" ”
Hearing this, Xiahoudun, Yu Ban, and Li Dian glanced at each other, and they all saw the severity in their eyes.
"Strong!"
Xiahoudun shook his head: "I'm not sure, will I dare to face off with the Liangzhou Army in the future." ”
"Huh?!" Guo Jia's eyes narrowed slightly: "So the Liangzhou Army is terrible?" ”
"It's more than terrifying!" Yu Ban on the side had palpitations and said: "The military advisor can know that the Liangzhou army only took a quarter of an hour to capture the sour jujube city wall!" ”
"It's just that my army has not resisted." Guo Jiahun didn't care: "If you don't want to arouse the vigilance of the Liangzhou army, why don't you retreat early and leave an empty city with them?" ”
"That's not the case!" Li Dian said solemnly: "The military division doesn't know, the Liangzhou army attacked the city, and first attacked remotely with catapults and ballistas. Their siege equipment has a very long range, and from a distance of 3,000 steps, they can accurately hit the city wall! We have no choice but to be beaten passively. ”
"Their crossbowmen are the same," Xiahoudun pondered: "Five hundred steps away, there is extremely strong lethality!" The soldiers tried their best to dodge, but they also suffered heavy losses! There is also that kind of huge monster, presumably it should be the legendary giant beast, this kind of monster is covered in armor, invulnerable to swords and arrows, dragging a shield cart full of metal to cover the soldiers, and with a monster about the size of a war horse, this monster hollowed out the root of the wall, and the giant beast hit the city wall again, and the city wall collapsed! ”
"The melee troops attacking the city in Liangzhou are all covered in iron armor, and it is difficult for us to kill them"
With a few words, the previous battlefield was presented in front of Guo Jia's eyes.
After Guo Jia listened, he secretly inhaled.
"In this way, in a frontal battle, isn't the Liangzhou army invincible?" Guo Jia's heart was slightly heavy.
Xiahoudun and the others all nodded.
Suddenly, Guo Jia smiled again: "I don't know if the giant beasts and sophisticated armor of the Liangzhou Army can block the power of heaven and earth." ”
Hearing this, Xiahoudun and the others laughed. (To be continued)