August 9, in the evening.

200,000 Praetorian cavalry of Great Xia appeared on the border of Kyoto Province of the Great Zhou Dynasty, causing an uproar.

The Battle of the Great Jin Dynasty was the prelude to the entire Central Plains War, the pinnacle of the Chinese War for Hegemony, and the key battle to determine the Chinese hegemon, which attracted the attention of all parties.

Not only players in Huaxia, but players around the world are paying attention to this big battle.

Around the Great Jin Dynasty, Great Xia and the Six Nations Alliance battled wits and courage, and staged a wonderful epic battle for players. As of 8 August, the six-nation alliance headed by Da Zhou still has the upper hand.

Kyoto is still standing, but the Great Jin Dynasty is dying.

The Silver Hand was certainly jubilant, cheering for such a hard-won victory, and even the azure badge quietly breathed a sigh of relief, not wanting Great Xia to really dominate China.

But in just one day, the war situation took a sharp turn for the worse, which was jaw-dropping.

The panicked Emperor Chen made preparations for war on the border, and at the same time ordered Wu Qi to return to the division to rescue, while playing other ideas to see if he could find reinforcements and defend Handan City.

This night, Handan had no sleep.

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Early the next morning, the recuperated Great Xia Forbidden Army officially entered the territory of the Great Zhou.

The first target of the attack was Pingshan City, the grain and grass transfer station set up by the Great Zhou Dynasty on the border, and the grain and grass materials transported to the front line by the Great Zhou Dynasty were basically transferred in this city, which was the general logistics base of the Great Zhou army.

Since it is a logistics base, it is naturally impossible to be stationed without troops.

In fact, even when the battle on the front line was at its worst, there were 50,000 troops stationed in Pingshan City, and now there is a whole army of troops guarding Pingshan City.

The Great Xia Forbidden Army is all cavalry, can it break through this city?

At least the Great Zhou army guards thought it was impossible.

Although Pingshan City is not a big city, and there is no moat, it also has a five-meter-high city wall, and the Great Xia Forbidden Army has no infantry and no siege equipment, how can it break through the city?

Even if the Great Xia Forbidden Army wanted to emulate the White Terror psychological warfare of the Mongol cavalry, it was too hasty.

To put it mildly, there are more than eighty percent of the grain and grass of the Great Zhou army in Pingshan City, and the safety of the city is directly related to the success or failure of the Great Jin War, and life and death are at stake.

Even if the Great Xia Forbidden Army slaughtered the people of the surrounding villages, it would be impossible for Pingshan City to surrender on its own initiative.

Emperor Chen panicked, not because he was afraid that Pingshan City would not be able to hold it, but because he was worried that the Great Xia Forbidden Army would directly bypass Pingshan City, enter the hinterland of Kyoto Province, and go straight to Handan City.

In that case, the garrison of Pingshan City would not dare to go out of the city to intercept it, and if one was not good, it would fall into the trap of others.

But the next move of the Great Xia Forbidden Army once again subverted the judgment of Emperor Chen and others, and I don't know why, early in the morning, the Great Xia Forbidden Army surrounded the north, south, and west sides of Pingshan City, leaving only a living road in the east.

"What's the matter, if you really want to attack the city, are you a little too confident?"

The general of Pingshan City stood at the head of the city, looking at the Great Xia Forbidden Army, which was at the height of the army outside the city, and a trace of uneasiness rose in his heart for the first time, the Great Xia Forbidden Army was not a fool, and it was impossible to waste precious time and do something that he was not sure of.

"Could it be that there is some secret weapon?"

I really guessed for him.

After the Great Xia Forbidden Army lined up outside the city, there was movement in the rear of each legion. Arranged behind the regular cavalry is the ironclad cavalry brigade directly under the legion.

The Ironclad Beast Base in Qiongzhou has long been on the right track and has formed a scale, and the Praetorian Guard, as the trump card of the whole army, is naturally the first group army equipped with the Ironclad Beast Cavalry Brigade.

This is done for two purposes.

One of them is to be a super heavy cavalryman, invested in key battles, and gnawed the most difficult bones.

The second is to serve as a baggage transport team for the whole army.

Compared with war horses, the ironclad beast may be a little worse in endurance, but in terms of weight, it is definitely a street off the war horse, and its tall body can even camel some large equipment.

The secret weapon of the Praetorian Guard's attack on Hirayama Castle was loaded by this brigade.

Under the command of the engineers, the soldiers unloaded the strange-shaped parts from the ironclad beasts, and then combined them into a giant bed crossbow in the hands of five craftsmen at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It's not an exaggeration to say it's huge.

The three-bow and eight-cow bed crossbow is the largest in the crossbow machine, but the giant bed crossbow is three times the size of the three-bow and eight-cow bed crossbow, how not to make people dumbfounded.

What's even more ingenious is that under the research of the Mo family, this set of equipment can be broken down into hundreds of parts, and after being disassembled, it can be easily transported with the Iron Armor.

Only a beast like the Iron Armor can move for a long time. It is important to know that in order to increase the explosiveness of this bed crossbow, more than half of the parts are made of steel, not conventional wood.

Because it was too heavy, each regiment carried only one plane.

Soon, the assembled giant bed crossbow was pushed to the front line, aiming at the three city gates.

"What kind of monster is that?"

The Great Zhou Army at the head of the city had never seen such a huge crossbow machine, and couldn't help but point, although they couldn't judge the lethality of the crossbow machine, but just the crossbow arrow with a thick arm was enough to make people's scalp tingle.

The officers were calm, and scolded: "What are you afraid of, no matter how powerful that thing is, there is only one, can it still shoot through the city wall?" If that's the case, the daylilies are cold. ”

When the soldiers heard this, they were very reasonable.

Indeed, in any siege of a city, the siege equipment prepared was not hundreds or thousands, and I had never heard of a city that could be captured with just a strange bed crossbow.

That's right.

But is it really that simple?

While the defenders at the head of the city were talking, the giant bed crossbow had advanced to a distance of six hundred meters from the city gate under the cover of the cavalry, and then stopped.

At this distance, the head of the city could hardly pose a threat to the Praetorian Guard, except for the archers throwing them.

As an ace army, the light cavalry in the Great Xia Forbidden Army was equipped with shields, and when they lifted their heads, the scattered arrows shot from the city head were like tickling, and it was difficult to make an effect.

As he spoke, the giant bed crossbow was already in place.

"Aim!"

Compared with the three-bow eight-cow bed crossbow, the aiming system of the giant bed crossbow has also been greatly improved, and the accuracy can be controlled within one meter under the command of an experienced operator.

This is very powerful, and it can carry out precision strikes.

"Launch!"

With an order, the crossbow machine rumbled and turned, making a roaring sound, and it turned out that in order to obtain enough kinetic energy, its transmission was actually equipped with a small steam engine.

Then, just listening to the "whoosh", the sharp arrow with the thickness of the arm broke through the air, cut an arc in the air, like a missile, accurately hit the city gate, and then like a drill, drilled into the wooden city gate, only half of it was exposed.

Even if Pingshan Castle is not a big city, the gate is made of giant wood, which is 35 centimeters thick, and there is a layer of iron sheet wrapped on the outside, so it is difficult to destroy even if you use a siege cone.

This giant bed crossbow was so good that the crossbow bolts carried easily penetrated the iron sheet outside, and penetrated into the gate, almost penetrating the gate entirely.

"This ......"

When the defenders of the city saw it, they were dumbfounded.

Just as the defenders of the city gate were stunned, the front cavalry of the Praetorian Guard moved, and one of the cavalrymen in the middle held a long iron chain in his hand, dragged it to the ground, and rushed towards the city gate under the cover of his companions.

At the feet of the cavalry, the chains were coiled in a large pile, half a man tall and at least five hundred meters long.

At the other end of the chain, a balancing device is attached, similar to the sleeve of a carriage, but it is longer than the ordinary sleeve rod, which can lasso eight war horses.

"Quick, stop them!"

When the gate guards saw this, they instinctively felt threatened by the enemy's intentions, and ordered the cavalry that rushed up to be killed.

For a time, the rain of arrows poured down.

Under the attack of the dense rain of arrows, the powerful and powerful Great Xia forbidden army could not bear it, and soon there were casualties, and there were constantly cavalry being shot off their horses, and they were not alive.

The Praetorian Guards were also fierce, and they didn't care at all, and rushed straight towards the city gate.

The rain of arrows became more and more dense, dense, and there were almost no gaps in sight, and the companions around them kept falling, and the cavalry holding the iron chain in the middle did not change their expressions, just staring at the city gate in front of them, staring at the arrows that burrowed into the city gate.

They were getting closer and closer to the city gates.

When the cavalry was only five meters from the city gate, a large number of stones rolled down from the city. Under the action of gravity, the huge stones are whirring and windy, and whichever cavalry is smashed, which one will be finished.

There was the unlucky one, and they were directly smashed into meat sauce, and even the war horses under him also suffered.

In addition to the stones, there is also hot oil poured on the head, even if the cavalry has armor protection, the war horse can't stand this, once it is stained with hot oil, it is immediately frightened and jumps.

Fortunately, the Great Xia Forbidden Army dispatched this time was all heavily armored cavalry, not only the cavalry wore full body armor, but even the war horses were wearing armor, and only a few skins were exposed.

Otherwise, they would not have been able to get close to the gates.

A little closer, they were greeted by a huge, even more unreasonable rolling log, which swept across a large area with a single log, making the cavalry's march more and more difficult, and the casualties grew.

"Dismount!"

When it came to the foot of the city gate, the war horse became a burden.

With the captain's order, the surviving dozen cavalrymen grabbed the reins in unison, and the horses neighed, uneasily digging the loess in the ground and rolling up smoke and dust.

After dismounting, everyone quickly gathered together, put the shield on their shoulders, spliced together, lowered their heads, and used all their strength to resist the impact of the rolling wood and stones on the shield.

Hot oil dripped from the gaps in their shields and dripped onto their heads and faces.

The Praetorian Guards deserve to be real men, and at the critical moment, they showed awe-inspiring heroism, and when the hot oil was poured on their heads, large and small blisters immediately appeared on their faces.

But they didn't snort, they didn't frown, they endured the severe pain, and moved to the city gate in unison, completing the last two meters, which were also the most difficult and dangerous two meters.

It's only a stone's throw away from the city gates.

"Cover!"

As he spoke, the captain tugged at the chain and walked towards the crossbow bolt that had entered the city gate.

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