263, fantasy siege warfare
Three days later, the Sanzhou coalition army once again formed a formation and launched a fierce offensive against Yongchang City.
When the three-state coalition army set up a military formation, Wang Yan knew that this time the three-state coalition army was really coming.
This battle is definitely a key battle for whether Yongchang City can be saved.
In any large army, there must be the most elite troops, and the treatment of this army is the highest and best, whether it is military food, whether it is weapons and equipment, but the responsibility is also the heaviest.
Once you need to use this elite army, you will definitely need to deal with the toughest enemies, gnaw the hardest bones, and fight the toughest battles!
For the main general, as long as such an elite army under his command does not disperse and has sufficient logistical supplies, even if the other troops are completely dispersed, the army can be formed again in a short time.
Among the elite troops, any small soldier can serve as a small leader such as Shi Chang Du Zheng of the newly formed army, helping the new army grow rapidly and restore the combat effectiveness of the army.
The flying wing department of the Yizhou Army, the Tianma Cavalry of the Yuezhou Army, the Shenqi Soldiers of the Qizhou Army, and the Kuidao Cavalry of the Yongzhou Army are such elite military departments.
In fact, the same is true of the Qianyuanwei of the Changding Army, and the low-level generals of the other four guards are basically from the Qianyuanwei.
This is also one of Chu He's important means to master the other three departments, even if the main general rebels, these grassroots officers are still in Chu He's hands, and the four guards are still in Chu He's hands.
There is an unwritten rule in the Standing Army, if you have never entered the Qianyuan Guard, it is difficult to serve as a low-level officer of the other three guards, unless your own qualifications are extremely outstanding and your cultivation is high enough.
Such elite troops are naturally used in key places, and once there is a loss, it will have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the army, and it is difficult to replenish it.
Now the three-state coalition army has put out 3,000 flying wings, 3,000 heavenly horse cavalry and 2,000 divine archers, which shows that this battle is determined to win!
In the face of such a battle that the three-state alliance army was determined to win, Wang Yan did not hesitate, and the most elite sword cavalry in the Yongzhou army was transferred out on horseback, and the murderous spirit was divided all over the city walls and city gates.
Although the Yongzhou army suffered heavy casualties, the total number of 300,000 troops, plus additional recruits, reached more than 500,000, and now there are only 100,000 left, but the number of Kuidao cavalry has always been 5,000, and has not decreased much.
It is not easy to enter the Kui Sword Ride, and it is the most basic requirement to have practiced martial arts, or to be young and strong with a strength of more than three thousand.
In addition, the sword rider must be skilled in horsemanship, good at riding and shooting, and be able to gallop a hundred miles in thirty minutes, and when riding a horse, he can cut ten bowl-thick stakes in a minute, and shoot ten hares running in all directions.
The horses equipped with the sword ride are also the most sophisticated war horses, which are a cross breed of black Puma and iron bone horses, called black iron horses, weighing more than 2,000 catties, running at a speed of more than 200 miles per hour, and carrying a weight of more than 3,000 catties.
If it weren't for the fact that Yongzhou has many grasslands and produces war horses, the Yongzhou army would not have been able to form such a powerful cavalry team.
The treatment of the sword cavalry is extremely high, and the cavalry usually eats mainly polished rice, and there is a pound of meat at a meal, and you can also eat demon beast meat from time to time.
The black iron horse eats high-quality soybeans and Yongzhou's specialty ryegrass, as well as various eggs, and even adds meat powder and bone meal, which greatly improves the black iron horse's physique.
Even in this most difficult time, the supply of the Kuidao Cavalry has not decreased much, the rice is enough, there is half a catty of meat for a meal, and the combat effectiveness is well preserved, which is the strongest force in the hands of Wang Yan, and it is also an important reason why Wang Yan can suppress Lu Kai and several other civilian generals.
Of course, the equipment of the sword rider is also the most luxurious, everyone wears armor, although it is mainly animal skin, inlaid with iron sheets, but it can also greatly improve the protection of the sword rider, those low-level generals, is the whole body of iron armor, the main general is stainless steel armor.
The weapons of the Kui Dao Cavalry are also very sophisticated, the use is not a spear, but a heavy broadsword like a Guan knife, up to two meters and a half, weighing seventy pounds, the blade is inlaid with steel, the back of the knife is heavy, it can be split or smashed, often a knife down, you can split the enemy with people and horses in half.
The bow and arrow are an essential weapon for the Swordrider, which can be used to shoot grass targets at a distance of 100 paces between running at high speeds.
The key point of the black iron horse is that it is covered with armor and has an eye patch on the horse's head, and if the eye patch falls when necessary, the horse will move forward, and will never be scattered or retreat due to panic!
This is an elite army that is supported by tens of millions of people with the strength of a state, and its strength is incomparably strong.
The military strength of the Kui Dao Cavalry has reached the level of the third grade, which can form a great suppressive power, and once the five thousand Qui Dao Cavalry initiates a charge, it can definitely kill the six-grade power, and even the seven-rank God of War does not dare to compete with it head-on!
Usually, Wang Yan cherishes the life of this sword rider, but at this time, he doesn't care that the sword rider will be completely damaged under Yongchang City, and all the five thousand sword riders are mobilized.
Of course, the elite in the hands of He Teng and them, although they are not as good as the iron cavalry created by the power of Yongzhou, after all, the real elite of Sanzhou has been taken away by Yonghong Gaoding Zhu Bao and others, but it is also not to be underestimated.
This siege battle, I don't know how many times more tragic than the original attack on Fenglai County by Qianyuanwei, when Qianyuanwei was an absolute advantage, Fenglai City was far less majestic than Yongchang City, not to mention the number of participants.
Hundreds of thousands of Sanzhou troops abruptly separated, giving way to several huge passages, and more than a dozen huge carts that were twenty zhang high and level with the city slowly approached Yongchang City under the push and pull of thousands of people and dozens of big cattle.
Despite the dangerous terrain of Yongchang City, the Tri-State Coalition had already carved out a wide and smooth road outside the city, which was enough for a number of Pingcheng cars to pass side by side.
Wang Yan and other generals of Yongchang City also looked pale when they saw these Pingcheng cars.
It's not easy to deal with these flat city cars.
The major cities of the Three Kingdoms are basically extremely tall and majestic, and it is impossible for ordinary soldiers to climb up directly, if they cannot collapse the city walls, often thousands of garrison troops can resist the 100,000 army.
At the peak of the three-state alliance, a million-strong army could not capture Yongchang City, and it was for this reason that it was for this reason.
Now, although most of the tri-state coalition forces have withdrawn, all kinds of barriers outside the city have been bulldozed, and the moat has also been filled, and the Pingcheng car can already come in handy.
Wang Yan didn't expect that He Teng and the others would secretly build more than a dozen Pingcheng cars.
The flat castle vehicle is an important siege equipment that allows ordinary soldiers to directly participate in siege warfare.
This giant car doesn't have much technology, but it's very practical.
The body of the car is square, tens of meters long, more than 30 meters wide, the whole is made of huge logs, the front is a double-layer log wall, can withstand the attack of the boulder heavy crossbow, covered with thick cowhide, brushed with fireproof tung oil, etc., not afraid of fire attack.
There are huge wheels under the Heicheng car, and the people and livestock responsible for pushing and pulling the Heicheng car are located inside the Heicheng car, and they are not afraid of the enemy's bows and crossbows and stone throws.
The Pingcheng car is divided into several layers, each with its own function, the bottom layer is the power source, and then the upper layer, can hide thousands of people, there are sand buckets and so on, in case the enemy uses fire oil and so on to block the way of the Pingcheng car.
On the top floor of the Pingcheng car, there is an independent wooden platoon, which can be retracted and put away, erected when marching, to protect the attacking troops on the upper floor, and when it reaches the city wall, it is put down, and the soldiers in the Pingcheng car can attack and kill along the wooden platoon.
The catapult at the head of Yongchang City, without any hesitation, started without any hesitation, a piece of boulder with a diameter of one meter, stained with fierce fire oil, ignited and became a raging fireball, driven by the giant arm catapult, like a heavenly fire meteor towards the Pingcheng car.
Yongchang City threw not only boulders, but also barrels of fierce fire oil, once it landed on the Pingcheng car, it would be ignited by the fireball.
The fire oil offensive, even if it can't kill and injure the soldiers located in the middle of the Pingcheng car, can also make the Pingcheng car lose the ability to attack the city, knowing that the people in the car are braving the sea of fire and extinguishing the flames on the upper level with sand.
Hundreds of boulders were thrown out, although the protection of the Pingcheng car was extremely amazing, but the two Pingcheng cars that were hit by the key blow still could not withstand the power of the boulder, and finally roared into flames, and the wooden frame was scattered all over the ground, and hundreds of elite soldiers and two thousand people were strong inside, most of whom could not be spared.
He Teng coldly watched the two Pingcheng cars being blown up and burned, but he was expressionless, until the Pingcheng car braved the blow and traveled halfway, he waved his hand suddenly, and the drummer next to him beat the giant drum, thundered loudly, and issued the siege order.
Driven by the soldiers, without any protection, carrying bags of sand and soil, they ran towards Yongchang City like ants, extinguishing the fierce fire oil burning on the ground with the sand, removing the boulders and filling the holes that were smashed out.
Then the regular army stepped forward, formed a military formation, braved the rain of arrows and stones, and protected the Pingcheng car to prevent the Yongzhou soldiers and horses from killing.
The archers of the Qizhou army also followed the Pingcheng car forward.
This divine archer is very sharp in archery, and can shoot rabbits running hundreds of steps away, and the special longbow in his hand is even more powerful than many crossbows.
Even if the Yongzhou army is on top of the city head twenty zhang high, once the head emerges, it will definitely be easily shot by the divine archers!
When the Heijo car really approached the head of the city, it entered the dead end of the catapult's attack and would not be smashed by the stones, and the real battle finally began.
The siege equipment of the three-state coalition army was also not idle, and the catapult threw boulders towards the city head to assist the army in attacking the city.
Although only eight Pingcheng cars approached the head of the city in the end, these eight Pingcheng cars are equivalent to eight broad roads leading to Yongchang City, which can definitely bring boundless killing to the Yongzhou soldiers.
Between the loud bangs, the ten-meter-high wooden platoon landed steadily on the top of the city as the giant soldiers retracted the ropes.
One by one, the soldiers of the Yizhou Army, who were stubborn and holding huge shields, put the giant shields in front of them, and rushed towards the head of Yongchang City without looking at the situation in front of them.
Some soldiers who had practiced martial arts and had strong bounce power even jumped up in the air and landed on the top of the city, starting a fierce battle with the Yongzhou soldiers.
Before the war, the commanders of the three armies had already mobilized and promised heavy rewards.
Those who cut down the banner of the enemy army will be rewarded with a thousand taels, and the official will be promoted to three levels, and those who kill one enemy will be rewarded with one or two silver, and those who kill the main general will be rewarded with a heavy reward.
As the so-called heavy reward, there must be brave men, although they know that this kind of heavy reward has to have their lives to get it, but the morale of the Sanzhou generals is still high, and they are brave enough to kill the enemy!
On the side of Yongchang City, it was natural to transfer the fire dragon cannon and others to the location of the Pingcheng car.
As the various runes on the cannon body lit up, the dragon-shaped muzzle flames spewed out towards the surging soldiers on the wooden platoon.
Although the Yizhou soldiers besieging the city were protected by huge shields and were wearing soaked thick cotton clothes, under the flames of the fire dragon cannon, they still turned into burning men one by one, screaming and falling from the wooden rafts.
Even if these soldiers were not burned to death by the fire dragon cannon and fell from a height of twenty feet, there was no reason to be spared.
At the same time, the soldiers of the Yongzhou Army also continued to shoot bows and arrows, forming pieces of death light curtains, shooting the enemy soldiers who came out of the Pingcheng car one after another on this wooden row bridge of just ten meters!
These wooden bridges, all made of wet logs that were hugged, were now soaked in blood, and could not be burned by the flames, so they could only continue to kill and injure the surging enemy troops, depending on who could hold on longer.
Countless soldiers of the Tri-State Alliance quickly poured into the Pingcheng car from the passage behind the Pingcheng car, and then went up through the surrounding circular stairs, constantly throwing themselves into this meat grinder.
The Shenqiao soldiers of the Qizhou army, at this time, also left the shelter of the Pingcheng car, and under the cover of the giant shield hand, less than five hundred meters away from the city wall, launched a rain of arrows attack towards the Yongzhou soldiers at the head of the city!
At this distance, in fact, the Yongzhou army has an advantage, and the condescending Yongzhou archers can easily shoot this range, and the gravel thrown by the catapult can cover this area.
But there is no way, no matter how far it is, it is difficult to ensure the accuracy of the archers, although they can enter the blind corner of the catapult's attack and avoid the gravel of the catapult, but they cannot shoot at the enemy at the head of the city at a height of 20 zhang.
The Yuezhou Army's Thunder Stone Vehicles also launched a fierce offensive.
The boulder used in this thunder stone car is not an ordinary stone, but a thunder stone specially refined by the Yuezhou military sergeant unit, once it is subjected to great pressure, it will explode, and each thunder stone is equivalent to the same weight of silver, which is extremely refined and precious.
Falling on the top of the city, the thunder stone that exploded with a bang could instantly kill ordinary soldiers within a radius of several zhang, which was extremely powerful!
The fighting became more and more fierce, and hundreds of soldiers lost their lives every minute.
With the three-state coalition army beating the drum again, the real elite of the Yizhou army finally dispatched.
I saw that in the middle of the air, warriors like giant birds suddenly appeared.
The three thousand elites of the flying wing department, under the leadership of the general, drilled out of the Pingcheng car, the specially built, inscribed rune iron wing, set off a strong whirlwind, so that one by one the flying wing soldiers can soar into the air like birds, for a short glide.
The flying wingers took advantage of the fact that the Yongzhou soldiers concentrated their firepower to attack the Sanzhou soldiers who had killed them from the Badao Wooden Pai Bridge, and after several rounds of attacks by the thunder stone trucks, they cleared a large space on the city head and flew to the Yongzhou city wall.