Chapter 267 Juxian Meat Grinder (4)
The wind is much lighter, and if you look at the later generations of wind ratings, it is estimated that there are only three or four winds!
On the upper floor of the gate of Beicheng in Juxian County, Tian Fan, Gao Shun, Sun Guan, Yin Li, Wei Yan, Hao Zhao, Xiahou Bo and others stood quietly, no one spoke, just looked at Yuan Tan's camp three miles to the north!
The time has come, about nine o'clock in the morning of the future generations, the camp of Yuan Tan's army sounded bursts of drums, tens of thousands of troops stepped on neat steps, and went out of the gate of the village!
After the army left the gate of the village, they did not hurry to set up a position in front of the village, as Gao Shun and others expected, they did not drive to the west city wall, it seems that Yuan Tan is only ready to attack the north gate!
Gao Shun and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and they were immediately relieved! If the opponent only attacks the northern city wall, then their own side will have enough troops to deploy!
Gao Shun said to Sun Guan, Yin Li, and Xiahou Bo beside him: "Three, looking at today's formation, Yuan Xiansi wants to attack the north wall of the downwind!" However, we also have to prevent accidents, and the three of you, each with a thousand troops, will garrison the rest of the walls! ”
The three of them clasped their fists and said: "Zhengqing rest assured, I will understand!" ”
After saying that, the three of them hugged their fists to the rest of the people, and then turned to leave!
Half an hour later, the large array of Yuan Tanjun cracked in the middle, and the generals of the Chinese army came to the big array!
Yuan Tan smiled with a smile on his face, and he only felt that God helped me! At this time, the wind actually rose, and the north wind still rose!
He rode on his horse and shouted, "Generals, soldiers, the wind is blowing today, and God is helping me!" Hahaha, break the city, it's today! General Liyi, General Jiang Yiqu, commanding in battle, I'm not as good as you two! Well, today, it's up to you to prepare! ”
After the two of them clasped their fists and sang a promise, Koji yelled, "The attack begins!" Yang Liu, this first formation will be handed over to you! ”
A lieutenant shouted, "Master Xie Tingshi and the two generals trust that the last general will definitely complete the task!" ”
The three of them nodded, and Jiang Yi channeled: "Remember, the wind is not strong today, and the dust truck must be placed within fifty steps!" ”
Yang Liu nodded, hugged his fists and said, "The last general will take the order!" ”
As soon as he turned around, he yelled at his two thousand men: "Dust car ready, train ready, go!" ”
His 2,000 men shouted, "No! ”
Two thousand people, including six hundred archers and one thousand fourteen hundred, pushed dozens of dust-raising cars, dozens of trains, and carried bundles of grass on their backs, and slowly walked towards the north wall of Juxian!
When they were still a mile away from the north wall, Yang Liu roared: "Stop, light the fire!" ”
The soldiers shouted, "Order! Dozens of soldiers lit the flammable and smoking things in the iron buckets on the dust trucks, and suddenly, a thick smoke raged, and in the north wind, the billowing smoke flew towards Juxian!
Yang Liu yelled again: "Forward! ”
Two thousand soldiers, hundreds of shield soldiers in front of them holding large shields, hundreds of vehicles in the middle, and hundreds of archers in the back followed, and set off again!
The castle tower has not been affected by the smoke for the time being! Because the wind was not strong, the smoke emitted by the dust truck did not drift to the city tower, but it was a matter of time!
Finally, the place entered a distance of 100 paces, Gao Shuntie blushed and shouted: "Archer, release the arrow!" Crossbowman, release the arrows! ”
Eight hundred archers, two hundred crossbowmen, immediately shot at the location where the smoke came out!
In an instant, a terrible howl came out, and several dust-raising trucks stopped! However, the car will start again!
And the people on the city wall were slowly affected by the smoke, and they could no longer shoot arrows accurately, and the other party easily came to a distance of fifty steps from the city wall after suffering a certain loss!
Yang Liuliu shouted: "Stop the dust car and light the train!" Light the sheaves! ”
More than a thousand soldiers immediately shouted: "No! ”
The soldiers untied the straw bundles they were carrying, piled them together and set them on fire. Bundles of grass are bundled with the heart of the grass and the wet grass as the table. Its weight is subject to the soldier's carry! As you can imagine, that's pretty big! Hundreds of bundles of grass, each of which were piled up in a large pile, and when they were ignited, the smoke released was extremely strong! Suddenly, the people on the city wall were choked and coughed, couldn't breathe, and tears flowed! Tian Fan only felt that the hot smoke almost choked his lungs! …,
Fortunately, he was prepared! Last night, he asked the craftsman to make a lot of simple masks, and at this time, he was wet with water, and he immediately didn't choke so much, but he couldn't help the effect of the smoke on his eyes!
Under the city, the six sheep roared: "Train, get on!" ”
Dozens of trains, pushed by the soldiers, under the cover of thick smoke, slowly headed towards the city tower and the arrow tower!
It didn't take long and the train had already arrived at its intended location! The smoke billowed from the tower, and everyone could no longer open their eyes!
Gao Shun burst into tears, squinted his eyes vigorously, looked at the train downstairs, and yelled: "Brothers, scatter dirt!" ”
Dust truck, a kind of elevated four-wheeled vehicle, in the middle of the car, there are two columns, the length of the column depends on the height of the city to be attacked. According to the height of the column, it is divided into two kinds, one is one to two zhang lower than the city wall, which is used to release smoke, similar to the function of the straw bundle, which can be called a smoke cart. The pillars that are higher than the city wall are used to sprinkle soot, fine soil, lime, etc., which is attractive to the eyes, and this is the authentic dust truck.
At the top of the two columns, add a beam, put a wheel on the beam, on the wheel, a rope, on the dust car, one end of the rope is tied to a wooden trough, and an iron bucket is tied to the smoke car with an iron chain. The other end is held by the warrior for manipulation.
When in use, the dust truck is pulled up and down by the soldiers, so that the wooden trough is bumpy, and the lime and dust are scattered by the wind! In the case of smoke cars, it does not have to be so. Just by adjusting the height of the tin bucket according to the wind and the height of the city wall, the soldiers can tie the rope to the side of the pillar and leave it alone.
Experienced soldiers can do a little bit so that the rising smoke can cover the city, but there is not much smoke underneath the city! In this way, when your own soldiers go to the city, it will naturally be much smoother, and you don't have to be so smoked that you can't open your eyes when you go to the city!
Trains, vehicles used to burn towers and gates. With four wheels, the shape of the car is a bit similar to that of teppanyaki, but it is much larger, and the iron plate is replaced by a large cauldron, in which oil is put and charcoal or firewood is placed under the pot. Light the firewood when you use it, so that the oil in the pan is piping hot and burning!
This thing was indeed a trick for the people of the time! The defenders of the city have a headache with this thing! Because, when people see a fire, they often immediately think of throwing water to put out the fire! But the best thing about the train is that the oil in the pot is boiling and burning, at this time the fire is not too violent, once the water is sprinkled, the flames suddenly burst out several feet high! Whether it is a city gate, a city tower, or an arrow tower, it is immediately set on fire!
At that time, the city was often built with civil engineering, and once it caught fire, it was easy to damage! Especially the Arrow Tower, which itself is a wooden shelf built on the city wall, which is more prone to fire!
However, if you don't deal with it, it's enough of a headache! The train is lit on fire, and it burns all the time, and the walls or gates can't stand it!
The train was a big trouble for people at that time, but Juxian Youtian Fan was there!
Last night, after listening to the train introduced by Gao Shun and others to cooperate with the dust car, Tian Fan immediately thought of a solution! Dirt, or sand! When fuel is on fire, sand is the best way to extinguish the fire! When cooking at home, the oil in the pot is on fire, sprinkle with a lot of salt, or cover it with a lid or cover it with a wet towel!
Gao Shun shouted, and the soldiers near the train immediately took the burlap bag that had been prepared long ago and dumped the dirt and sand inside onto the train! It didn't take long for the train to go out!
Everyone couldn't help but cheer!
But that's not all! Smoke is still being released from the grass bundles and dust trucks, making it difficult for everyone to open their eyes!
Under the city, Yang Liuyi saw that the train was invalid, and he was at a loss! He yelled, "You're watching here, I'll report it!" With that, he immediately mounted his horse and galloped towards his main formation! …,
After hearing this, Yuan Tan was noncommittal! Although the train is very powerful, it is not a one-size-fits-all approach! Otherwise, siege warfare will not be so difficult to fight! He nodded and said, "It's okay, if it's extinguished, it's extinguished!" When the smoke fades a little, attack the city immediately! ”
Liyi and Jiang Yiqu responded with fists, and the two of them went down to prepare!
If the smoke is too strong, the soldiers on your own side will also be greatly affected! In fact, the biggest advantage of lighting the smoke is to let the soldiers defending the city smoke in the thick smoke for a while, making them dizzy! After waiting for half an hour, the smoke faded, and the impact on the soldiers on his side was not too great, I was afraid that the soldiers defending the city had been smoked to the ground, and they didn't know the east, west, north and south! At that time, the siege was bound to be much simpler!
Gao Shun and others obviously know this! After extinguishing all the trains, they let most of the soldiers hide under the city walls, leaving only a small number of soldiers to stand guard on the city walls and change the guard in shifts! At the base of the city wall, although the smoke has faded a lot, it is still very choking! Tian Fan's smoked eyes were swollen like walnuts, and the tears never stopped! It is estimated that the tears he shed in the first half of his life were not as many as those shed in this half an hour!
Finally, half an hour passed, and the smoke was no longer as thick as before, but much lighter! Gao Shun squinted his eyes, wiped his tears, and yelled, "Go to the city!" The enemy army is about to attack the city! ”
When the soldiers heard this, they immediately climbed up the city wall! There is no way, the eyes can't be opened, the eyes are squinted, the tears are flowing down, the soldiers are almost unable to distinguish between the east and the west, the north and the south, they can't see each other clearly, and they bump into each other from time to time! In this half an hour, the soldiers suffered a great sin!
After all the soldiers went up the city wall, it took a lot of effort to find where they should be!
Suddenly, there was a dense sound of footsteps under the city walls! Listening to the voice, the soldiers of Yuan Tanjun are only a few dozen steps away from the city wall!
Gao Shun immediately shouted: "Prepare the stone, prepare the dustpan, prepare the poisonous water!" ”
The soldiers immediately narrowed their eyes and picked up the thunder stone beside them. And with a few hundred soldiers, it's more special! Wearing cowhide gloves in both hands, they took out a bamboo tube about two feet long and as thick as a child's arm! And open the big wooden barrel next to you, carefully dip one end of the bamboo tube into the water in the bucket, and then pull the stick at the other end of the bamboo tube out!
Look at it like that, that bamboo tube is very precious by the soldiers!