Chapter 27, the rain of arrows

The trial wanted to take advantage of this great opportunity to destroy Cao Ying in one fell swoop, and more importantly, destroy all kinds of siege equipment. He knew that it was easy to make, but it was difficult to control, especially since he had already cut down all the big trees within ten miles of the surrounding area, and Cao Cao was able to go straight to the city on the second day to start the test, all with the help of this thing - it must have been built in advance, and then pushed over thousands of miles. The abundance of Cao's manpower made him feel terrified.

In particular, those who have been trained for a long time, take very accurately, and are full of tricks, one moment stone bullets, one moment mud pills, one moment fireballs, not only broke the sheep and horse walls, filled many moats, but also brought a lot of inconvenience to his city guards. Although the lethality is not very strong, the psychological pressure on the guards is very great.

Therefore, he hoped to be able to destroy all these catapults in one fell swoop, and then greatly injure the wrecks - Cao Cao wanted to build so many catapults again, it would have to be a month or two, and the experienced wreckers could not be trained in a short time - so as to provide a considerable period of time for the defenders to adjust and rest.

Therefore, the trial mobilized the elite in the city, gathered 7,000 soldiers and horses, and planned to go out of the city in batches through various secret gates. The first team had 2,000 people, led by Xianrong and Fu Hu, although they were blocked by the opponent's fireballs, the array was scattered, and some of them were blocked on the inside of the moat, but as far as the city head could see, there were also nearly 1,000 people who killed the catapult in an instant. Although according to his judgment, there are not many people in Cao's camp, and a considerable number must be allocated to stop his own rangers, but Cao Cao is treacherous and resourceful, whether he still has a backhand, he really dare not guarantee the ticket.

Yuan Jun roared and rushed closer, seeing that those men had all given up manipulating and rushed out in panic. Close, quite close, many Yuan soldiers held huge wooden mallets, and some prepared fires, just to get closer, they destroyed them with big mallets. Or set it on fire.

Will the enemy collapse here, or will the enemy still have a way to defend it? The judge felt that his palms were full of cold sweat, and he almost wanted to close his eyes for the time being, concentrate his mind, and not observe. Anyway, since the soldiers were sent out, they were far away, and it was impossible for them to give any more orders. If you really want to encounter obstacles, you must be judged by the younger generation of Jurong and Frustrated Hu to go to the immediate situation. Well, it's also an opportunity, I hope these young people can grow up as much as they can in this battle, as long as the talents are endless, Jizhou will be able to be safe!

It was at this time. Suddenly, dozens of vehicles of different sizes were launched in Cao Yingzhong, covering the rock-throwing truck in an arc. When he looked closely, he seemed to have a lot of spearmen hidden in the skull, the tips of the spears pointing outward, as if rejecting horses. When Yuan Bing, who was charging, saw this, he couldn't help but slow down his pace - continue to rush, isn't that the initiative to hit the tip of the spear to find death?

The judge nodded slightly: "The enemy general is very adaptable." Then he sneered: "Stop this ear." "These spear-wielding guards are more than enough. The attack was insufficient, he saw it clearly in the city, and after the attack, more than 100 Cao soldiers were sparsely pulled, and it was unlikely that he would counterattack, at most he would shoot a few rounds of arrows. Yuan Bing is a big hammer and a tinder, and it is much easier to destroy the stumble than to destroy the stone throwing car. How long can you hold on?

Seeing that the Yuan soldiers in the lead rushed closer, it was probably only more than thirty paces away, and the experienced ones had already raised their shields to cover their heads and chests. I believe that Cao Bing must release arrows, as long as he carries one or two rounds of arrows, he will be able to rush to the front of the arrows. And then set it on fire - it was all made of wood, covered with raw cowhide, and it was not coated with mud today, so wouldn't it be easy to light it?

Raw cowhide is non-flammable. It's not non-flammable, but if it does, it burns pretty quickly.

Cao Jun really released the arrow, but in the opinion of the judge, the density of the arrow was unexpectedly large, and ...... Why are they all on fire? I saw a rain of arrows in the sky, shooting extremely fast, and carrying thick smoke and flames, flying straight towards Yuan Bing's face. The judge couldn't help but be dumbfounded: "What is this?!" ”

In fact, this thing is a "swarm of bees" developed by Xun's order, and he built thirty bodies and hundreds of bundles of rockets, all of which were brought to the Yecheng front. Two days ago, he proudly took Zhuge Liang to visit his inventory, including stone-throwing trucks, all kinds of ammunition, and rockets, and also explained to Zhuge Liang in detail the formula, principle, and effect of gunpowder. Zhuge Liang was very interested in this, but it was a pity that Shixun did not mention the range of "a swarm of bees", Zhuge Liang thought it was the same as an ordinary bow and arrow, but one hundred and twenty-five arrows, which shot like a repeater. So this time, he moved out all thirty "swarms of bees", hid behind the stumbling and shot at Yuan Bing, and as soon as the arrows came out of the box, Zhuge Liang felt that something was wrong-

"Far away can shoot two hundred paces! If I knew this was the case, I should have come out early! ”

Anyway, if you can't hold it, any stone throwers and rockets will all be destroyed or taken away by Yuan Jun, in this case, just use them first. Regardless of the cost or timing, the more you can consume, the less you will lose.

The principle of "a swarm of bees" is actually very simple, that is, to build a large wooden box, divide the grid inside, place a rocket in each grid, and the medicine twist is always combined into one behind the box, then a little fire, but dozens of arrows are together, and the power and deterrence are really amazing - of course, if you consider the accuracy problem, this thing is actually just a beautiful big firework. In later generations, there were foreigners to restore it, and experiments were done, a "swarm of bees" in the Ming Dynasty, aiming at a horizontal row of mannequins 200 meters away to shoot, and the final number of casualties was - zero!

But this is to do the test on the basic effective range, and the target is only a horizontal row, not a multi-column phalanx - if it is a multi-column phalanx, the rocket will not be able to hit the person in front, and it will not necessarily miss the person behind, because these old rockets are basically not in a straight line, or even an arc, but often twists and turns, and even spins in the air. Now Zhuge Liang was not familiar with the range of rockets, so he put Yuan Bing closer to thirty paces before starting to ignite the fire, plus although Yuan Jun was scattered in array, it was not a horizontal row, but scattered at different distances and positions from thirty steps to two hundred steps. Therefore, these thirty "swarms", each with twenty-five arrows, and more than 600 arrows broke through the air, and even if dozens of Yuan soldiers were planted by arrows, the nearest was the first row, and the farthest was nearly 200 steps away.

In particular, the soldiers of these years have little knowledge and superstitious thoughts, and they will instinctively fear things they have never seen or even heard of. They know that the gunpowder ball is a copy of the gunpowder jar used by Cao Cao when he was an official, and they still have a certain understanding and psychological endurance of this. However the rocket ...... Previously, only the Southern Xiongnu Zuogu Liwang Department and Guo Yi's Yanmen soldiers had seen it once. And after escaping back, they were all frightened, and they would shout "demon law" and "fire snake", and Yuan Bing in Yecheng was blind to this. Therefore, the main effect of "a swarm of bees" is not lethality, but deterrence.

Especially this thing is too terrible, there is no normal trajectory at all, pointing east to west. The guide hits the north, jumping everywhere, and it is impossible to prevent it. Yuan Bing, who was already in a scattered queue, was even more chaotic this time, some of them covered their faces with shields and didn't see what was going on, and they were still rushing forward with their heads down, and they saw more. Then he shouted, and jumped around. So they collided, stumbled, and pulled each other, and the offensive basically stopped.

At this time, Jurong was still blocked from the fire ignited by the powder ball, and the frustrated Hu had already ridden to the front line, and he was both shocked and angry when he saw this-what was Cao Jun playing? Could it be that the demon law is not successful? The angry thing is that now the forward rush may still have a chance to win, and the retreat will undoubtedly collapse, what are you panicking about? Do you think you're running to the side? Retreat into the city, won't the demon law hurt you? Don't you see these fire snakes from the demon spell jumping around in all directions, covering a wide area, and they can't hide at all?

Hurriedly waved the horse lance in his hand, and shouted loudly, encouraging the soldiers to move forward bravely, and those who dared to retreat will be killed!

It's a pity that Frustrated Hu is too young. The prestige was lost, his rebuke was really ineffective, and Zhuge Liang immediately regathered his hands and continued to throw gunpowder balls in the direction of the moat to block the Yuan soldiers in the rear, and continued to load the "swarm of bees", and it was the second round of rockets. When the arrows are flying. The frustrated horse was frightened, and jumped straight down to the side, and the main general left, and the Yuan soldiers were even more chaotic. Most of them turned around and ran, and only a dozen or so rushed to the front of the swordsmen—probably due to the lack of choice—and were stabbed all over the sieve by the spearmen in the spur.

In the direction of the moat, Xian Rong had already rushed through the fire, gathering hundreds of soldiers and horses, he didn't dare to attack the formation head-on, went around in a circle, and tried to kill the catapult from the diagonal direction. However, the catapult does not turn so fast, even if the steering does not calculate the trajectory of the parabola in advance, it is not expected to hit the person, "a swarm of bees" is different, only one person needs to embrace, one person can ignite. Zhuge Liang waved the small flag, and half of the "swarm of bees" continued to come out in the direction where Xianrong was coming. Yuan Jun was shocked and walked away with Xianrong in the wilderness.

The judge was so stunned in the city that he slapped his hands on the wall, and his hands were full of blood. Now that the front army has collapsed and the defeated troops are scattered, they want to gather together and start a new round of charge, unless there is a general who has been in the past...... However, the rear army was blocked in the city by the flames, and it was crowded near the secret gate, and it was difficult to get out in a hurry, even if there were generals around, I am afraid that they could only use ropes to go down to the city. Standing high and looking far away, he had already seen the direction where the ranger came, and the Yuan army's banners were scattered, as if he was defeated. Once the rangers are defeated, the Cao army reflexively comes to the enemy, let alone storm the enemy base, I am afraid that none of the 2,000 people who left the city will come back!

In desperation, the judge had to make a painful decision: "Mingjin! ”

Besides, Xu Huang faced the enemy Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, he knew that as soon as the two generals arrived, the trial would definitely open the city and kill them, Zhuge Liang's subordinates, including the soldiers and guards, were less than five hundred, and it was impossible to stop them. Therefore, as soon as he gritted his teeth and was ruthless, he simply separated the deer and led the army to kill - even if he was defeated, he had to at least kill a bloody way to facilitate his escape.

Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang had no intention of dying, and when they saw Cao Jun coming out of the camp, they only said that the other party had already prepared and had a chance of winning, so they were depressed first. Reluctantly raised the lance to meet the enemy, but as a result, Xu Huang could not win both battles, and seeing that the soldiers were scattered, he had to withdraw his troops and retreat. The two generals galloped straight south two arrows before their backs were planted with a forest and the defeated army was regathered. was waiting to be discussed, should he simply go east to Qingzhou and defect to Yuan Tan, when suddenly his subordinates reported: "There are Cao soldiers in the west to kill!" ”

Lu Kuang was shocked, and hurriedly lifted the reins of the horse: "This is to urge me to go east." Come on! Who wanted to be grabbed by the reins by the brother: "Brother and slow ......"

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