Seven hundred forty-seven. Trebuchet

Defeat after failure, humiliation again and again, has completely angered the invincible Caesar.

In particular, the barbarians did not kill Abis, but also cut off one of their ears and put it back, which was a great shame to Caesar and all the Roman generals.

Now, a sneak attack is out of the question, and Caesar has given up on such illusions.

Caesar's greatest advantage is that no matter what difficulties and failures he encounters, he can always control his emotions well and find a way to win from defeat.

The same is true this time. He forced himself not to be carried away by anger, to be calm, and to find a way to defeat the barbarians, no matter what happened.

The frontal barbarian defense, under the attack of these days, the obstacle has been cleared by half, once all are removed, the frontal battlefield of the attack will become open, and the superiority of the Roman legions will be fully exploited.

Caesar decisively focused on this......

Before the start of a new large-scale offensive, all the Roman auxiliaries were thrown into the work of clearing the obstacles. These auxiliaries, under the cover of the Romans, carried out their work desperately, risking terrible casualties.

This is very impressive, and the auxiliaries are very good at demonstrating their loyalty to the Romans on the battlefield.

And Wang Weiyi also knew that these obstacles alone could not stop the Romans for long......

However, he was not too worried, just as the Romans were racing against time. Xiao Ling also came with good news, the trebuchet that Wang Weiyi needed had been completed.

When Wang Weiyi came to the river with a group of Germanic warriors, the Germanians were completely stunned.

Twelve behemoths were neatly stacked there. What are these behemoths for? And when did you end up here?

The Germanians couldn't even think of it if they wanted to......

"Trebuchets, Germania warriors!" Wang Weiyi smiled and told them: "This will be our most effective weapon against the Romans." As I said, although His Majesty the Emperor of the Holy German Empire only sent a few of us, the Emperor will give us all the help we can when we need it most! The trebuchet, this is the gift of His Majesty the Emperor to us to defeat the Romans......"

A cheer erupted from the mouths of the Germanic warriors, who were already stunned.

They didn't know the power of these trebuchets yet. But they believed that the gift of His Majesty the Holy German Emperor would be able to exert terrible power on the battlefield.

The only thing that makes them strange is. How exactly did these trebuchets get there?

Anliugues was also confused, he looked towards the water, and the water was so calm......

Could it be that it was transported from this river? Don't...... Was the Holy German Reich hidden underwater?

Guo Yunfeng and Richthofen looked at each other and smiled, probably at this time, the Germanians were already full of mystery and awe of the so-called "Holy German Empire......

They were not wrong in their guesses. It was the mysterious appearance of trebuchets. It strengthened the hearts of the Germanians with faith and reverence for the Holy German Empire. In the future, this magical story began to circulate everywhere in the Germans, and all the Germanic people were in the legend of the archon Ernst. Bram was favored by the gods and endowed with a mysterious power. And the Holy German Empire, in fact, is inhabited by some awesome gods, who are protecting and helping the Germanic people......

This is exactly what is characteristic of this era. When they see something that can't be explained, they always connect with the gods......

When these huge trebuchets are transported to the tribe. Everyone in the tribe was jubilant.

Wang Weiyi selected a group of strong warriors from the Germanians to operate these trebuchets.

The launch of trebuchets is not complicated, however, this batch of trebuchets has undergone special modifications by Xiaoling to become lighter, reload quickly, and throw quickly.

Or, to be more precise, the craftsmanship of these trebuchets surpassed the skills that the Romans could master......

The Germanians were even a little eager to try the power of these new weapons.

Strange to the Romans, the barbarians stopped harassing the Romans, and the work of the auxiliaries was greatly improved.

I don't know what the barbarians are thinking, but at least it's pretty good news.

The obstacles were quickly cleared, and now the Roman legions could attack with impunity, but they probably never dreamed that the barbarians, who were uneducated in their eyes, had prepared a state-of-the-art weapon and were calmly waiting for their arrival......

Caesar still handed over the command of the front to Caleni, whom he trusted immensely, and Calleni was ready to express his gratitude for Caesar's trust with a hearty victory.

A new curtain of war is slowly opening!

Countless Roman soldiers have been assembled, and the cavalry galloping back and forth are constantly conveying orders one after another.

Javelinmen, shieldmen...... All the Roman soldiers were ready for war.

Mounted on horseback, Kaleni was clearly pleased with the preparation of his men, and despite the Barbarian's victories time and time again, this time he vowed to return all the shame to the Barbarian.

He had to tell the barbarians: Roman dignity could not be provoked!

"Let's get started!"

With Kaleni's command, a terrifying trumpet sounded on the battlefield......

The Roman army began to advance......

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"Let's get started!"

On another battlefield, watch the Roman legions slowly advancing towards you. Wang Weiyi gave the same order.

Huge trebuchets were pushed out, and the Germanians were about to witness the terrible lethality of these weapons.

Pieces of boulder were placed in the trebuchet's leather bullet pouch. Then the tip of the trebuchet was pulled down hard.

The trebuchet shot by Xiaoling has three gun tips mounted on a gun carriage, which means that each trebuchet can fire three ammunition at a time. However, compared to the trebuchets used by the Romans, Xiao Ling greatly improved the manpower required, using advanced mechanical devices to make a trebuchet only need 25 soldiers to operate.

This is absolutely unbelievable to the Romans.

Such a trebuchet, which could fire three ammunition at a time, in the opinion of the Romans. It requires a minimum of 120 or so soldiers to use it, and it is slow to reload, so it can only be used during sieges. In the field. It doesn't make a difference.

But what the Romans could never have imagined was that the enemy they were facing, in addition to the barbarians, also had a war machine - the Purple Light Military Base.

This base holds knowledge thousands of years ahead of the Romans. In the base are stored countless terrible ones. If it weren't for the fact that the weapons that were enough to destroy the city of Rome thousands of times were unusable in this era, I am afraid that the Romans would have been utterly desperate once they saw it.

The trebuchet is nothing more than an insignificant weapon for the Xiaoling and Purple Light military bases......

But even such a trivial weapon was about to make the Romans suffer.

Wang Weiyi's hand was raised...... All the Germanians held their breath......

Although they knew that such a weapon must be very powerful, they also didn't know how powerful it was......

The Romans came closer, and a little closer......

Wang Weiyi's hand fell heavily!

Twelve trebuchets fired at the same time, and thirty-six boulders were hurled in a perfect arc and roared out!

At this moment. Wang Weiyi, Guo Yunfeng, and Richthofen seemed to see the mighty German artillery on the German battlefield!

The accuracy of the trebuchet's shooting has been greatly improved in the machinery designed by Xiao Ling himself. Moreover, this kind of trebuchet, under the operation of the machine, can accurately control the throwing distance by using the force of lifting.

Such a trebuchet, although it is simple and unworthy in Wang Weiyi's eyes, is simply a god-like weapon for people in this era.

Of the thirty boulders, at least more than half of them hit the target accurately.

"Boom-boom-"

The Romans, who had maintained a complete formation, were blown down in an instant.

Mournful cries and miserable wails suddenly rang out among the Roman legions.

The accuracy of the shots, combined with the complete formation of the Roman legions, made the first attack a remarkable success.

In the Roman phalanx, a mass of corpses and wounded soldiers lay there in disarray......

Then, the second round of attacks arrived!

The boulders continued to fall on the Roman soldiers, causing the Romans to suffer heavy casualties, and the remaining soldiers avoided the terrible stone for fear that it would fall on their heads.

The Roman phalanx is in complete chaos!

The stones whizzing through the air stunned Calleni and all the Roman generals.

What is this, what is this......

Yes, this is trebuchet, the Romans have had it for a long time, but how could the barbarians have such weapons? Moreover, this is not a trebuchet used in siege at all, how can such a weapon be used in a field battle?

Kaleni knows too much about trebuchets, one is the elastic trebuchet, which was used in ancient Greece and Rome, relying on the elastic force of the bowstring to eject, in addition to firing large arrows, it can also fire stone projectiles, which is a variant of the mechanical bow and crossbow. There is also a torsion trebuchet developed from the bow, which was used in ancient Greece and Rome, relying on twisted ropes to generate force and eject. The ejection rod is usually upright, the top of the rod is a "spoon" or leather bullet pouch for the projectile, and the lower end of the rod is inserted in a tightly twisted horizontal rope.

When ejecting, the ejection lever is first pulled to a near-horizontal position with a winch, and the projectile is placed in a "spoon" or leather bullet bag. When the winch rope is released, the ejection lever returns to a vertical position to eject the projectile. This trebuchet is very similar to a donkey kicking when fired, so it is called a "wild donkey".

But it doesn't matter if it's a bouncy trebuchet or a torsion trebuchet. All of them were used during sieges, and although they were occasionally used in field battles, they did not play a very big role.

But now those who were backward and ignorant barbarians in the eyes of the Romans. But it completely changed all the understanding of the Romans!

It's messed up, the Roman legions are completely messed up!

As the stones fell, the battlefield was filled with smoke and blood, and the Roman soldiers were embarrassed to avoid the enemy's attacks, and from time to time someone was hit, and then either died immediately or screamed in a pool of blood.

Under the attack of the barbarians again and again. The Roman soldiers were completely incapacitated, and the only thing they could do now was desperately dodge the attacks from the stones.

Stone. Now in their eyes, it has become a more feared weapon than a sword......

"Retreat, retreat!" Kaleni hissed the order.

He was a good general, and it was clear that under such a terrible attack by the barbarians. I don't have any chance at all. Continuing to let the soldiers attack will only bring them even greater losses.

After the order to retreat was given, the Romans ran out of this terrible battlefield in a rout, and even the wounded soldiers did not bother at all......

The Germanians were equally amazed at what was happening in front of them, they couldn't imagine that they had defeated the invincible Romans so easily!

Wild cheers rang out among the Germanians, who let off their hearts in ecstasy.

"-Alecson-Alecson-Alecson-"

Suddenly, someone made such a noise.

"-Alecson-Alecson-Alecson-"

More and more people are joining in the cheers.

Ernst. Alexon. Feng. Bream. The baron, who was canonized by the emperor himself, was so revered by the cheers of all Germanians.

He deserves such glory.

This moment. Baron Alexon, in the eyes of all Germanians, was already like a god.

With him, victory will belong to all Germanians......

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Caesar also saw with his own eyes what was happening on the battlefield, which made him feel so incredible that he even forgot his anger.

How did this happen? Is it a hallucination? No, it's not an illusion, I saw with my own eyes the terrible things that happened on the battlefield.

The trebuchets used for siege were actually used by the barbarians in field warfare, and in terms of throwing distance and accuracy, they far exceeded the knowledge that the Romans could master.

What could have been impossible happened without warning......

The disgraced Calleni stood in front of Caesar, who had nothing to discern for himself.

Caesar, on the other hand, had no idea how he could reproach his loyal subordinate, and even he himself did not understand how it all happened.

"What else can we say?" Caesar laughed self-deprecatingly: "Across from us, is it a barbarian?" If they are really barbarians, why do they have more advanced weapons than we do? Dear citizens of Rome, who can answer the doubts in my heart? ”

All the Roman generals were looking at each other, and they didn't know how to answer......

It's terrible, it's terrible, what happened on the battlefield today has given them too much shock.

The barbarians were brave and warlike, and they were born warriors, as they had long known, and if they were given advanced weapons, they would have become the most formidable enemies of the Romans.

"I think it's probably Ernst, the leader of the barbarians. Blam found the weapons for them......" Kaleni muttered, "Perhaps the Holy German Empire really exists." ”

"But how did they get these trebuchets? And where did it come from? Caesar began to look a little irritated: "Who can bring so many trebuchets without God knowing?" ”

Still there is no one to answer this question of his......

"Lord Doge, there's a barbarian out there asking to see you."

At this time, such a voice interrupted Caesar's train of thought.

"Barbarians? Want to see me? Caesar's brow was tightly locked, and he thought for a moment, but decided to meet the barbarian.

The person who came turned out to be Tibius, and Caesar suddenly became annoyed: "Tibius, you traitor to Rome, you still have the face to stand here? ”

"Of course I can stand here, I've always been German!" Even in front of Caesar, Tibius had no fear: "This time, I brought what the Archon wants to say to you. ”

"Archon?" A cold snort came out of Caesar's nose: "An archon who has not received the approval of the Senate? Say, what does that savage Ernst have to say to me? ”

"He was the consul elected by all the Germanic peoples, and he did not need to be recognized by the Romans." Tibius refused to show weakness at all: "Your Excellency let me tell you that there are still many wounded Roman soldiers on the battlefield who are struggling to die, so Your Excellency Archon allows you to bring back these wounded soldiers without any harm. ”

The Roman generals were completely stupid, is this what a barbarian would say?

Such kindness and integrity are not inferior to those of the Romans!

On the battlefield, few people on both sides of the opposing side would do this.

Caesar was also not convinced: "Is this really what Ernst said?" ”

"Yes." Tibius nodded.

"Did Ernst say anything else?"

"He told you to get out of here, this is the place for all Germans!" (To be continued......)