Yi Yun, Louche, Jingqi, I believe everyone is more familiar, I will not introduce it here! The ladder is worth a special introduction!

The ladder is not like in the TV series, it is just a simple ladder. That kind of ladder is at best a long ladder, not even a high ladder!

The ladder is tall and heavy! Mozi. There are clouds in "Prepare the Ladder": the cloud ladder, the heavy weapon is also, and its movement is very difficult!

A standard ladder has something like a carriage underneath, and the carriage is covered with cowhide to prevent damage from feather arrows and other injuries. There are six wheels underneath. In the compartment, there are holes in the front and to the left and right for viewing directions. The bottom was without a bottom plate, and the soldiers landed on their feet. At a position about five or six feet from the ground, there were several horizontal wooden sticks, and dozens of soldiers, in the carriage, held the wooden sticks with both hands and pushed forward vigorously!

And on the carriage, there is a short ladder, the ladder is oblique, the front end is high, located at the head of the carriage, and the rear end is low, at the end of the carriage! The end of the short ladder was about two feet above the ground, and the soldiers could walk directly to it. The front end is connected to a long ladder with an axis at the end of the ladder connected to the top of the short ladder, and a rope at the top of the long ladder to connect the two ladders together.

When the ladder reached its designated position, the soldiers pulled the rope through the winch on the cart, and the long ladder was slowly erected and finally built on the city wall. At the top of the ladder, the end that will be placed on the wall, there are two large hooks made of iron, and after the hook bites the wall, it is difficult to be pushed away by the defenders!

The ladder used by Yuan Tanjun is this kind of ladder, and it is a large ladder! The long ladder at the upper end is not simply able to accommodate a row of people to go up to the city, but is like a frame, with multiple sets of horizontal pillars, much wider, and can allow multiple soldiers to go up at the same time!

As soon as he saw this kind of large cloud ladder appear, Tian Fan's face suddenly changed! Unexpectedly, he Yuan Tan actually had such a powerful siege machine!

This kind of ladder is really scratching your head!

It's okay to deal with a high ladder with an ordinary fork rod, but there's really nothing you can do when you encounter this thing! Its huge size, as well as the huge weight formed by the numerous soldiers and huge carriages below, were simply not something that ten or eight people could overthrow!

Tian Fan really couldn't imagine that there was such a siege ladder at this time!

In a short time, Yuan Tanjun divided six battalions of 12,000 soldiers, and under the cover of Louche, Yiyun, Jingqi, etc., they came to the north gate of Ju County!

It seems that this time Yuan Tan is out of the way, investing tens of thousands of soldiers at one time and only attacking the north wall!

Fortunately, Tian Fan and others were prepared!

Slowly, all kinds of large-scale siege equipment entered a distance of two hundred and fifty paces.

Gao Shun, Hao Zhao, Wei Yan and others shouted: "Defend the city crossbow, target, the opponent's siege equipment, launch!" ”

Dozens of city-defending crossbows were fired at the same time, and the momentum was amazing!

Just listen to the sound of "buzz", and the crossbow arrows of spear length flew towards the opponent's siege equipment!

Immediately afterwards, I only heard the sound of "bang" endlessly, and the five-zhang tall building cars and wells were hit by arrows one after another! The soldiers inside screamed loudly, presumably a lot of them died!

However, the power of the crossbow arrow is not enough to break this thing after all!

Seeing that they had already entered the range of one hundred and fifty steps, the soldiers on Yuan Tanjun's well had already begun to suppress them with arrows! Gao Shun knocked down the two feathered arrows that came on, and shouted: "Archer, crossbowman, one hundred and sixty steps, target enemy soldiers!" Shoot from your back, shoot in a row, shoot arrows! Trebuchet, one hundred and fifty steps, stone! ”

Thousands of archers and crossbowmen standing on the inner slope of the city wall immediately shouted in response, drew their bows and arrows one after another, and with a "buzz", tens of thousands of arrows flew into the sky! Draw countless wonderful arcs in the air, and crash head-on into the soldiers of Yuan Tan's army hiding behind the siege equipment! In an instant, countless soldiers were crucified to the ground!

Located under the gentle slope on the inner side of the city wall, more than 300 catapults, which have been useless all along, immediately send out the large stones that have been prepared for a long time! …,

Hundreds of hundred-pound stones, with unparalleled might, flew towards the local siege equipment!

I only heard the sound of banging and banging, and a well and two building cars were immediately broken up! With a few creaks, he fell towards the soldiers of Yuan Tanjun beside him! Suddenly, the machine was covered with blood mist and wailing!

The stones that did not hit the well and the building car also smashed into the big array, and the stones rolled and hit, and countless soldiers broke their bones and tendons!

Yuan Tanjun commanded the siege this time, and it was still Ko Yi! When he saw these hundreds of stones, he was immediately amazed! Unexpectedly, Juxian County actually has this thing!

"Brethren, hurry up! Archers, return fire! ”

The soldiers of the Yuan army agreed in unison and quickened the pace! The building cart pulled by the Bullock, the well guard, and the royal hands waved their whips, roared eagerly, and hit the Bullock frantically! The bullock screamed violently, struggling to move its strong four thighs!

Behind the formation, the more than 4,000 best archers who had just entered the range of two hundred steps immediately released arrows as they walked! For a while, the rain of arrows of tens of thousands of feathered arrows on both sides intersected in the air, and then flew towards the other party's camp, stabbing at each other, and splashing countless blood flowers, taking away countless lives and bringing countless screams! The density of arrows is so high that in the air, there are always many arrows from both sides colliding together and falling together!

Tian Fanjun's side also ushered in the first large-scale casualty climax! After the first round of arrows, the infantry on the city walls, the archers on the gentle slopes, and the stonemen at the rear, many of them fell to the ground!

The commander of the catapult battalion was a one-armed general, his face was pale, and he shouted: "Sixth round, quick! Launch! The soldiers shouted: "One, two, three, launch!" At the same time, as soon as he pulled the rope on the catapult, the boulder immediately flew into the distance! Suddenly, several wells and cars fell to the ground!

Gao Shun shouted, "Brothers, be careful with bows and arrows! ”

Tian Fan was also on the city wall, Tang Yi and Tang Er were holding two huge shields to protect him, and Shi Ati was a three-foot Qingfeng Sword, guarding him like a leisurely stroll!

Tian Fan noticed that most of the building cars and wells under the city were smashed by several rounds of boulders in a row, but only one of the other party's siege ladders was broken, and two of them were broken! There are fifteen left, which is a big problem!

What's the situation? I saw a stone smashed into the carriage in front of the siege ladder, why didn't it break?

Wei Yan was beside him, with a blushing face, and said, "My lord, it seems that on the carriage of the engineering ladder, in addition to the arrows of the cowhide room, there is also a thick layer of grass!" ”

Tian Fan's face also changed! With the grass, then catapults are almost ineffective against them! How is this good?

Gao Shun also noticed this situation, and he yelled: "Catapult, exchange for gold fire pot!" Goal, eighty steps! ”

The Golden Fire Pot, a clay pot in which a layer of wet mud is smeared and used only after the mud is dry! To use it, fill the Golden Fire Jar with a full amount of molten iron, seal it with a lid of the same material and method, and throw it with a catapult, or you can be wrapped in a damp cloth by a warrior and thrown into the enemy group!

When the one-armed general heard this, he immediately shouted, "Golden fire pot, brothers, change it to a golden fire pot!" Seventy paces, ready, salvo, fire! ”

With a buzz, more than 300 golden fire canisters were launched, drawing smoke-emitting curves in the air and falling into the enemy group!

The few wells and the building cars were hit by this and immediately caught fire and burned! There were also two siege ladders, which were also hit! The golden fire pot is shattered when it lands, and the molten iron bursts out and splashes in all directions, hurting people and burning wood!

The sergeant who was burned by molten iron immediately howled bitterly!

Gao Shun saw that it was effective, and yelled again: "Trebuchet, go on!" ”

The one-armed warrior also shouted, "Brothers, go on! Sixty steps! ”…,

The trebuchet fired two more rounds and it couldn't be fired again! There is no way, the city wall is too high, and it is easy to hit your own city wall or city tower if you fire it again, causing accidental damage! As a result, everyone could only helplessly watch the twelve siege ladders and dozens of Yiyun come to the city wall!

At this time, the Xuzhou archers on the slope had already shot two rounds of ten rounds in a row, and were desperately firing the third round! The army on and off the walls suffered heavy casualties!

Fortunately, Yuan Tanjun's archers, who had suffered nearly two thousand casualties, were completely suppressed, and had to huddle behind the big shield eighty paces away, and occasionally dared to fire one or two feather arrows!

Many of the soldiers on the arrow tower were dedicated to suppressing the remaining Yuan archers, while the archers on the gentle slope suppressed the rest of the infantry! It's a pity that they have already shot nearly thirty feathered arrows, and their ability to fight again is very limited!

This time defending the city is different from the last few times! This time, the walls were full of melee infantry, and there were no archers! The main reason is that the other side has invested too many troops and the siege equipment is strong, so he has to do this!

Finally, the soldiers of Yuan Tanjun came to the city wall after many dangers and obstacles!

Koji Yi was a hundred paces away, and the soldiers who first ascended to guard him shouted, "Take the ladder!" Uptown! ”

Yuan Tanjun's twelve ladders, divided into groups of four, were placed in a row at the three gaps in the moat! At the same time, there are many high ladders in place!

After listening to Liyi's order, I only heard the soldiers of Yuan Tanjun shouting the trumpet, the winch made the sound of "zha za za za", and the long ladder slowly cocked......

Gao Shun shouted: "The car is on the foot, rolling the wood, staying in the guest, thundering stone, suppressing the enemy soldiers, on!" Crash and get ready to deal with the ladder, fast! ”

Wei Yan and Hao Zhao also shouted the same thing, and after shouting, they didn't care about the rest, and immediately ran down the city tower, heading in two directions, shouting as they ran: "Crash ready, hurry up, two crashes against a ladder!" ”

The crash is shaped like a siege car, but it is much smaller! On both sides of the middle of the four-wheeled vehicle, each has a wooden pillar and a beam! A thick hemp rope is tied in the middle of the beam, and a big log is tied under the hemp rope! The big wooden is the striker, and the shape is very similar to the one that rings the bell in the temple, except that an iron headhead is installed on its head or wrapped in iron sheet! It's the perfect way to deal with the ladder!

The soldiers on the rampart, listening to the orders of the two, immediately pushed the crashed car up from the slope. The crash rods of this batch of crashes are equipped with iron crash heads, which are pointed and square, nearly two feet long, and weigh 30 pounds!

In the cheers of the soldiers of Yuan Tan's army in unison, there were several loud sounds, and the iron claws of the ladder slapped on the battlements, and the hard battlements were immediately knocked down by half a foot, and the iron claws were deeply rooted into the city wall!

Yuan Tanjun's soldiers roared excitedly! Immediately afterwards, at the end of each ladder, four soldiers holding shields slowly climbed up along the ladder! The ladder is long enough, the five-zhang high city wall, and the head of the ladder carriage is almost five zhang away from the city wall, so that the angle between the ladder and the ground is less than 40 degrees, and it is not laborious to climb, and you don't need to use your hands and feet at the same time!

And then another, four, and four!

On the ladders one by one, it didn't take long, and dozens of Yuan Tan soldiers had already gone up densely!

Koji Yi excitedly drew his long sword, waved it into the air, and shouted: "Brothers, the destruction of the city is near! The first to climb the city, I personally reward 100 gold! Kill! ”

When thousands of soldiers heard this, they immediately shouted long live, and rushed towards the ladder and the ladder!

Ps: The text is 3,300 words, and the following introduces several siege equipment, not counting the number of words.

When the enemy soldiers gather under the city, control the winch to make the leg shackle jump up and down to smash the enemy soldiers! …,

Staying in a guest is a nickname for the Yaksha! The yakshas, made of elm wood one zhang long and one foot thick with a stem, are surrounded by long nails that are five inches exposed, and each end has a wheel with a diameter of two feet, which is tied to the ends with iron chains, and then tied to the iron chains with ropes, and connected to the winch by a wooden frame that has been erected! When used, the winch moves, causing the yaksha below to roll up and down to kill enemies. The law of its movement should be similar to the empty bamboo that many people often play. Note that the Yaksha is a rolling kill, while the Foot Brake is a smash enemy!

Rolling logs come in different sizes depending on the size of the castle you want to protect! In a city like Juxian, the rolling wood is about one foot and five feet long, the stem is one foot thick, and the top is densely covered with iron nails, and the exposed wood is five inches. Connect two ropes at both ends, pass the rope through the winch when using, throw it down to kill the enemy, and then turn the winch to pull it back and continue to use it! Well, not disposable!

This kind of ladder in the text is real! It is recorded in detail in the book "Mozi", and there are many records in the history books of later generations. It is said that it was invented by Lu Ban. The shape of the ladder, I also specially checked the information, the description should be quite clear, if you don't understand, and particularly interested book friends, please watch the movie "The Lord of the Rings" second "Two Towers"! When those strong orcs attacked the Arhat Kingdom, the cloud ladder they used was the kind I described! It's just that the movie is simpler, and there is no carriage for the soldiers to shelter. However, there are both winches and large iron hooks, which are more similar to use. It's just that I haven't seen any information in historical materials like those strong orcs, who first hung upside down on the ladder, and waited for the winch to pull the ladder to the city wall before attacking the city. I also believe that that is not the way that human beings should do, so they don't.

In addition, a hundred pounds of stone is really not big! Therefore, the text uses "big stone" instead of "big stone!" ”

Siege equipment and defense equipment, to put it bluntly, is a process of dialectical development! The bigger the city, the more advanced siege equipment will inevitably appear, and the stronger the siege equipment is, the more powerful the siege equipment will inevitably be derived! The wisdom of the ancient laborers of our country is endless!

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