Zhang Yi's rockets have been repeatedly tested, how long the fuse on the rocket is, how long it can burn, are all calculated, and the arrows and shooting bows and crossbows are also special, take the bow and crossbow as an example, the size is much larger than the average, each bow has about one and a half meters, and they are all crossbows of about three stones, which require the cooperation of two people to pull apart, and the gunpowder hanging on the arrow is also carefully calculated by Zhang Yi and Zhang Chong, father and son, the explosion radius of each gunpowder bag is about one and a half meters and a half, once it explodes, The damage inflicted on the enemy is absolutely fatal. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Zhang Yi's calculation is good, this wave of rocket strikes did not achieve the best attack effect, because about half of the rockets hit the same place, and those who were hit at the same time were naturally a mess, and the soldiers who were knocked down by direct hits were blurred in flesh and blood, and the blown up city trucks and ladders were also scattered all over the place, but for such an attack effect, Lu Bu was very dissatisfied, and he thought that the strike effect should be better.

At the same time, the officers and men of the Yellow Turban Army of the Chinese army were deeply shocked by the scene in front of them!

They couldn't imagine what those big explosions were all about, and many Yellow Turban soldiers mistakenly thought that it was heavenly thunder, and that God was punishing them, and only Du Xiang knew that it was gunpowder.

"Damn it!" Gritting his teeth and glaring, Du Xiang said in a low voice: "Zhang Yi, this guy, actually smashed out all the gunpowder, I said how he recovered the four northern counties." ”

"Strategist, this... What's going on here? Zhang Mancheng frowned and asked Du Xiang on the side with a shocked face: "Could it be that it is really thunder?" ”

For unknown reasons, the more Zhang Mancheng knows some Taoism, the easier it is to believe in the so-called heavenly punishment.

Seeing that Lian Zhang Mancheng was panicked, Du Xiang hurriedly said: "Qu Shuai, this is not a thunderbolt, this is man-made, well... How can I explain it to you, anyway, this is not a thunderstorm, because the way of heaven is on our side, no longer on the side of the Han army, heaven, it is impossible to punish us, Qu Shuai, you have to believe me, those things in the Han army, there are definitely not many of them, and once they are under the wall, there should be no more of those things. ”

What Du Xiang said also makes sense, the rockets of the Dingping Army are fired in a parabolic way, and the arrows naturally cannot be shot under the wall.

"Qu Shuai, the enemy situation is unknown, do you want to withdraw your troops?"

Seeing that Du Xiang couldn't say why, Zuo Zhangba hurriedly admonished.

Listening to Zuo Zhangba's words, Zhang Mancheng frowned, a ruthless look flashed in his eyes, and said resolutely; "As soon as the war started, I withdrew the troops, and I am afraid that the morale that has been raised with great difficulty will be gone, if you don't pay for it, continue to attack, I want to see what crooked ways the Dingping army has!"

Du Xiang, who was also ruthless, listened to Zhang Mancheng's answer, and immediately thought of Zhang Mancheng's plan, he guessed that Zhang Mancheng wanted to use the lives of these 10,000 soldiers to test how many hole cards the Dingping Army defending the city had, so he didn't say anything, because although Zhang Mancheng's decision was cruel, it was like this on the battlefield, and the kindness of women on the battlefield not only could not save people, but would kill more people.

This round of stone artillery attacks caused a lot of damage to Zhang Manchengjun, but Zhang Manchengjun did not become chaotic because of this.

After a brief period of consternation, the two battalions immediately regrouped and continued to advance towards the city wall, perhaps because they had no experience in dealing with rocket soldiers, or perhaps because their habitual thinking had affected them, so they lined up more densely after regrouping.

When Zhang Mancheng's army advanced to a distance of seventy or eighty meters from the city wall, a second round of arrow rain rained down on them.

This time, because Zhang Manchengjun had been paying attention to the mid-air, they all saw the scene of the rain of arrows falling.

When they didn't see it, the soldiers didn't feel anything, but now they couldn't help but be afraid when they watched the torrential rain of fiery snakes fall.

Once people are afraid, there is some natural reaction, and that is to flee.

Seeing the rain of arrows coming, the two squares that were originally neatly arranged suddenly became chaotic.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Another series of roars, another series of big explosions,

This round of attacks was much better than the one just now, and the shock wave formed by the explosion basically covered a phalanx of the Yellow Turban Army.

After the dust cleared, I saw the Yellow Turban sergeant lying on the ground, the shape of the deceased was strange and miserable, some of the heads were blown off, some of the chest and abdomen were blown up into a blur of flesh and blood, and even more miserable were blown apart, the internal organs of the limbs were scattered everywhere, the wounded were lying on the ground and wailing in pain, and the place where the rocket was blown up was like a hell on earth, which made people feel creepy.

This round of rocket attacks caused great casualties to the Yellow Turban Army, and the effect was obviously much higher than just now.

However, the Yellow Turban Army was not defeated from the will to fight, they did not retreat, they were still advancing, but this time they did not line up together again, learning the lesson just now, the Yellow Turban Army rushed towards the city wall in the form of stragglers.

Lu Bu, who was standing on the tower of the city gate, couldn't help frowning when he saw this scene, at this time, the Yellow Turban Army was relatively dispersed, and the strike effect of the rocket would be greatly reduced.

Zhang Manchengjun roared and rushed forward, and when he rushed to a distance of forty meters, the third round of rockets came again, and next, the same rumble, but the effect of the blow was far less than the first two rounds.

At this time, the equation standing beside Lu Bu asked Lu Bu: "General, do you want to continue to attack?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Bu, who was not sure to pay attention, turned his head to look at Guan Yu.

Guan Yu frowned and thought for a moment, and ordered: "The rocket soldiers retreat, the crossbowmen step forward, and the sword and shield hands and the sharp knife battalion are ready for hand-to-hand combat!" ”

"No!"

The equation agreed, and then immediately the order went.

As the order was handed down, the Dingping army on the city wall made corresponding adjustments, and thousands of foot soldiers armed with steel crossbows lined up to the battlements, while thousands of soldiers armed with swords, shields and Miao knives lined up behind the crossbowmen.

Thousands of crossbowmen are divided into three columns, the first column shoots, the second column prepares, and the last column pulls the string to shoot the arrows, so as to achieve the best shooting effect.

In just a few moments, the crossbowmen were ready.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With the order of the commander of the crossbow battalion, thousands of arrows were fired on the city wall, and the Yellow Turban Army that was charging was suddenly shot down by hundreds of people. Then the first column of crossbowmen stepped back, and the second column of crossbowmen stepped forward, and a steel crossbow with a handle ready to fire aimed at the Yellow Turbans who were still charging, and then the rain of arrows poured down again.

In this way, the rain of arrows on the city wall continued to pour downward, and Zhang Mancheng's army kept falling to the ground like harvested wheat.

However, Zhang Mancheng's army was not slaughtered, and the crossbowmen in Zhang Mancheng's army also fired arrows at the city wall as soon as they entered the firing range to suppress the long-range fire on the city wall. Under the counterattack of Zhang Mancheng's army, the crossbowmen of the Dingping army were shot and fell from time to time. However, due to the terrain of Zhang Mancheng's army, the strike effect of the archers was minimal, and there was no way to compare the strike effect of the crossbowmen of the Dingping army.

Zhang Mancheng's army advanced with continuous casualties, and finally, after paying a considerable price, Zhang Mancheng's army rushed to the city wall, but Zhang Mancheng's army had lost all four of its city-rushing vehicles, and they could only attack Huguan through the remaining seven ladders.

Zhang Manchengjun desperately erected the ladders, and in the process, two more ladders were smashed into several sections by the sassalwood thrown from the city wall.

After setting up the ladder, Zhang Manchengjun shouted violently, looking a little excited.

At this time, Zhang Mancheng's army was already dense under the city wall, and in addition to the crossbowmen on the city wall, the Dingping army on the city wall continued to shoot non-stop, and there were soldiers desperately throwing stones and sassalwoods down.

Under the current situation, the Yellow Turban soldiers could not dodge at all, and under the blow of the dense stone and wood like a torrential rain, the Yellow Turban Army suffered extremely heavy losses.

However, at this time, the Yellow Turban Army was already red-eyed, and they didn't care about their own casualties at all, they roared and bit their blades to climb up, looking extremely fierce.

The stones and logs on the city wall kept pouring downward, and the fierce blow soon smashed the two ladders of the Yellow Turban Army, and with two loud bangs, the ladders broke into two sections, and the climbing Yellow Turban sergeant suddenly flew into the air like a short-line kite.

However, the fierce blows of the Dingping army did not stop the Yellow Turban Army's advance, and a few moments later, Yellow Turban soldiers climbed the city wall from three other ladders.

The crossbowmen in these three places immediately retreated, and the sword and shield men and the sword battalion immediately met them.

With a flash of swords, the Yellow Turban sergeant who climbed the city wall was cut into several pieces before he could be happy.

After fighting for a while, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army lost a lot, but they could not rush to the city wall at all, if the Yellow Turban Army could rush to the city wall guarded by the Dingping Army with only three ladders, then the Dingping Army would not be called the Dingping Army.

Seeing that his side had suffered heavy losses, Du Xiang, who was beside Zhang Mancheng, suggested to Zhang Mancheng: "Qu Shuai, our goal has been achieved, and we can withdraw our troops!" If you continue to fight, you will just sacrifice soldiers in vain, and it is not worth it! ”

Zhang Mancheng nodded, and then ordered the deputy general next to him to pass the order and Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

As the piercing golden bell rang, the Yellow Turban Army that was besieging the city couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then retreated like the sea at low tide.

The besieging Yellow Turban Army retreated, and after a while, the entire Yellow Turban Army also retreated back to the camp, leaving only corpses and a mess on the battlefield.

In this siege battle, Zhang Mancheng only sent 10,000 people to attack the city, the purpose was to test the defense of Gaoyang, under normal circumstances, after this round of attacks, it was time for the official army to attack the city, however, due to the unexpected situation that was not expected in advance, so Zhang Mancheng temporarily decided to temporarily suspend the war.

Although the scale of this siege battle was not large, it was fought very tragically, well, it should not be said to be tragic, it should be tragic. In the battle that lasted less than an hour, the Yellow Turban Army suffered more than 5,000 casualties, while the Dingping Army basically had no losses, such a result can be said to be very rare, because even if the defender occupies the city defense, the casualty ratio should be 1 to 3, 1 to 5, or 1 to 6 or so, even if it is not good, it will be 1 to 10, like this kind of battle of hundreds of battles, the generals on both sides, not to mention the experience, they have never heard of it before, but now they have experienced it, and the main reason for this phenomenon is It is because the power of the Dingping Army's 'rocket' is really amazing.

Zhang Mancheng's first wave of attacks was over, and Lu Bu and Guan Yu originally thought that a second wave of more violent attacks would come soon, but unexpectedly, the entire Yellow Turban army actually retreated, which was really a bit abnormal.

"Yun Chang, what kind of reputation is Zhang Mancheng doing?"

Lu Bu asked in deep confusion.

Guan Yu frowned slightly and said: "Zhang Mancheng must have been frightened by our army's 'rocket soldiers', so he will temporarily suspend his troops to discuss countermeasures." ”

Lu Bu glanced at Guan Yu and asked in surprise, "Yun Chang, the Yellow Turban Army has retreated, but you don't seem to be happy?" ”

Guan Yu involuntarily sighed and replied, "How can I be happy!" We only have 10,000 people, Gaoyang City is not a strong city, and the eldest brother's order is stubbornly guarded, if there is a loss, how can I be worthy of the trust of the eldest brother! ”

"Alas~" waved his hand, different from Guan Yu, who was worried, Lu Bu said with a big grin: "Yun Chang, don't worry too much, let him Zhang Mancheng have thousands of troops and horses, if he wants to capture Gaoyang, he can only attack hard, and it is his turn to attack hard, hehe, our Dingping Army has never been scared!" ”

Lu Bu's expression was very proud, but he had a reason to be proud, the Dingping Army had gone through countless battles since it became an army, but it had never been defeated.

Zhang Mancheng's army had already retreated, so Guan Yu went down the city wall after arranging some necessary defensive matters, Lu Bu didn't like to stand guard and patrol, so as soon as Guan Yu left, Lu Bu followed down the city wall, and most of the soldiers also returned to the barracks in the city, leaving only the necessary defense and surveillance forces on the city wall.

After the Yellow Turban Army collected its troops and returned to the camp, Zhang Mancheng immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter in the big tent.

Sitting in the position of the commander, Zhang Mancheng asked with a gloomy face: "Everyone, the Dingping Army has created an inexplicable weapon, which can hit our army with a force similar to heavenly thunder, who has a solution to it?" ”

Zhang Mancheng was in a very bad mood at this time, he originally thought that with 100,000 troops attacking Gaoyang, which was only guarded by 10,000 Yu Dingping Army, even if he couldn't be caught, there should not be much difficulty, but there was such an unexpected situation, that kind of thing that could produce a big explosion, in Zhang Mancheng's opinion, was really terrifying.

The generals and strategists listened to Zhang Mancheng's question, and immediately turned their heads and ears, but no one came forward to solve Zhang Mancheng's problems, in fact, it is no wonder that the generals and strategists, they don't even know what that kind of thing looks like, and where to come up with any solutions to solve it.