Chapter 229, Tank Formation
After taking two deep breaths vigorously, Wang Lucong adjusted his mentality and made up his mind to test the depth of the opposite side, and this time, he brought his siege weapon over, the military budget is very expensive, if he retreats directly without fighting, then won't he want to die?
Thinking of this, Wang Lucong suddenly waved his hand and signaled his troops to start pushing the siege equipment to the plain outside, hiding in the woods and not even setting up the formation well, but there was no way to directly launch a siege battle.
The movement in the distance obviously directly attracted Luo Ji's attention, and with the telescope in his hand, after seeing the siege equipment used by the other party, Luo Ji's pupils shrank, "Bed crossbow ......"
Regarding the fact that Wang Lu Cong has a bed crossbow, Luo Ji is not too surprised, because the earliest bed crossbow itself is the siege equipment of their Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period of the Celestial Dynasty, and it is not uncommon for players in the bronze rank to have a bed crossbow, and his three-bow bed crossbow belongs to the final enhanced version of the 'bed crossbow' series.
The bed crossbow that appeared on the opposite side undoubtedly proved that his move to build the city wall with all his might was right, Luo Ji was not afraid of him, for a siege machine, it was useless to pull the maximum range, the important thing was the effective range.
For example, his three-bow bed crossbow, the record says that the maximum range is more than 1,500 meters, which is one of the highest range records in the era of cold weapons, and it looks really powerful, but Luo Ji knows in his heart that if he really flies to that distance, the heavy crossbow arrows that shoot out are basically not powerful at all, and if he wants to know how much the effective range is, the easiest way is to directly cut the maximum range by half, and the number obtained is almost the limit of the effective range, of course, it is not very accurate, and this is probably what it means.
The bed crossbow pushed out by Wang Lu Cong was at least several generations behind him, and it was not comparable to his three-bow bed crossbow in terms of range and power, as long as the other party could not attack him outside his range, that advantage was undoubtedly on his side!
But after all, it is a player of the bronze rank, as soon as he comes up, the battle is quite small, and he actually has a very extravagant special army of large shield soldiers to protect the two bed crossbows and push them forward, followed by a siege vehicle, needless to say, quite a typical siege configuration.
And the following troops are successively shield axe soldiers, halberd soldiers and archers, the three arms formed three neat phalanxes followed by the siege equipment and slowly advanced, there are a lot of people, worthy of the bronze rank of the old bird, in the case of not knowing the configuration of his troops, as soon as he comes up, he can casually send hundreds of troops to attack the city, and those who are still in the novice village are really different.
Luo Ji was not panicked, after the population explosion in the previous period, the strength of his civilization had already changed from what it used to be, and with the help of this city wall, he could play a greater advantage, that is, a height advantage!
Ranged units can gain longer range and combat power by standing in high ground areas or high places, and this is not only manifested in some games, because this is also true in reality, and this is a parabolic problem, so I will not go into detail here.
One order after another was issued quickly, and Luo Ji originally relied more on the slinger troops in the defense of the city, but considering the threat of the two bed crossbows on the opposite side, he still arranged another archer army on the city wall, and when there was really any emergency, he could also adapt to it.
After all, today's archer troops have also been improved in terms of equipment, and the sheep's horn bow of the grassland people gave Ye Xuan inspiration, and after some transformation, today's archer troops have a longer range and stronger power.
What routine the other party intends to use, Luo Ji already knows, it is nothing more than to use two bed crossbows to destroy his city gate and city wall first, and wait for the city gate to be completely destroyed by the bed crossbow, or after all the heavy crossbow arrows for bed crossbows are used up, and then let the infantry troops push the siege vehicle to start attacking the city, which is the most common siege routine, and it is also a classic style of play that has been used for many years.
With a simple gesture of raising his hand, the slinger troops and archer troops who had already boarded the city wall entered the preparation stage, Luo Ji continued to stare at the opponent's movements with the monocular in his hand, and at the same time as the city wall was established, he had already reconfirmed the attack range of the two arms, so what position the slinger could hit the target, and what position the archer could hit the target, he knew it in his heart, just waiting for the other party to enter the attack range, he could directly signal the troops behind him to fire.
However, the range of the opponent's early bed crossbow was a bit beyond his expectations, and it was not impossible for the slinger troops to hit that position, but it was a little reluctant.
Thinking of this, Luo Ji's gesture changed, "The slinger troops temporarily retreat, and the archer troops step forward!" The target, the two bed crossbows outside the city, all salvo ready! Shoot the arrow!! ”
With an order, a large rain of arrows flew out directly! As the besieger facing this rain of arrows, Wang Lucong's eyes flashed with a touch of surprise, he obviously didn't expect that the range of the opponent's archer troops was actually farther than he expected, but after all, it was an old bird, so he would not be frightened by this little battle, and his reaction was quite fast, only to hear a loud shout of orders, "Big shield troops, form a shield array!" Cover bed crossbow fire!! ”
With the issuance of Wang Lucong's order, a large shield like a door panel was quickly put together, directly forming a shield wall, protecting the bed crossbow and the soldiers who controlled the bed crossbow in the back, and at the same time, considering the firing problem of the bed crossbow, a space was specially reserved for heavy crossbow arrows to shoot.
Seeing this, Luo Ji couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, this formation is a bit interesting, it should be made with reference to the shape of the tank, and it was quite thoughtful unexpectedly, sure enough, after combining the brains of modern people, even on the battlefield of cold weapons, a lot of interesting things can be made.
"Bang! Bang! With two loud bangs, the heavy crossbow bolts that flew through the air directly hit the majestic walls of Der Spiegel, smashing two small pits on the wall and exposing their weaknesses.
The earliest bed crossbows, aside from the power and range, also have a rather troublesome flaw, that is, the accuracy is very poor! The heavy crossbow arrows that shoot out by themselves, the accuracy is already poor enough, in this case, this tank formation that directly protects the bed crossbow and the soldier in it is also opened, this formation almost completely blocks the vision of the soldiers behind, and can only confirm and adjust the attack angle through the words of another soldier, to be honest, this is really a tank-style play, but the result is that the accuracy has become worse!
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