Section 60 Siege (1)

Thirty-six improved stone artillery carts were divided into three layers and slowly advanced to the slope less than 300 paces away from the south gate, each with a distance of five paces, allowing the operating soldiers to quickly reload and fire. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

There are three large box cars placed behind the stone artillery truck, which are pulled by oxen and horses, one is on standby, one is transported, and one is loaded, so as to form an assembly line, which can meet the rapid launch of the stone artillery car to the greatest extent.

This kind of stone cannon has been greatly improved from the whirlwind cannon and catapult designed by Jiang Feng in Gushi City, and one of the biggest improvements is that it does not completely use the pawn's involvement in the power of the throwing spring, but uses the magic compressor spring instead.

This kind of elastic spring process specially smelted and processed by the Ruijin Hall of the Daozang Institute is quite complicated, but the effect is wonderful, not only greatly reducing the number of operating soldiers, but also reducing the original need for more than ten soldiers for each stone cannon car to only three or five now, and its power has also been greatly enhanced.

In terms of actual effect, the weight and volume of the stones thrown at one load have increased a lot, and the range has also increased a lot, and by adjusting the throwing angle and vehicle mode, the shooting coverage area can be effectively adjusted, which is extremely flexible.

Due to the high difficulty of making this elastic spring, the scrap rate is particularly a headache, so far there is no better way to improve the efficiency of Ruijintang, and the metal fatigue of this spring is also damaged quickly, basically a war will cost three to five springs, and the cost is also quite large, so before these stone artillery trucks were also pushed to the battlefield, but in order to play a role at the critical moment, the Huaiyou Army is also saving and saving, but today, all of them appeared.

In addition to the traditional ranged weapon such as the Stone Artillery Car, the Flame Arrow Cart has also become the first strategic weapon to appear.

This kind of box-mounted weapon is like a nest car, using a sling pulley equipment, using a flatbed car, on which the three nest boxes are fixed with wooden brackets, and the nest boxes are densely filled with white phosphorus flame arrows, and when they reach the range, the three nest boxes can be all fired, or they can be fired one after another.

Up to 100 flame arrows in each nest box can be fired at one time, and if there is no intervention from external factors such as wind and rain, it can turn into a sea of fire within a radius of three zhang.

The defects of this thing are also obvious, one is basically a one-time use, the flame arrow in the nest box is launched at one time, and it needs to be reloaded, and the loading is quite troublesome, plus the stability of the white phosphorus flame arrow is very poor, and it will spontaneously ignite and catch fire if you don't pay attention to it, so each nest box needs a skilled hand for half a day, plus the accuracy of the aiming and launch of the nest box is not easy to control, so the range is more limited, and the selection of angle and direction is not easy to grasp, and the requirements are very high.

In addition to these two types of weapons, which are also considered magical attack weapons, but are still within the scope of everyone's common sense, this time Aoki Yuan also came up with an unconventional weapon.

The cyan bamboo tube is like a cannon barrel, pointing diagonally ahead, and the two magicians are carefully checking the sealed barrel mouth, and carefully listening to the movement in the bamboo tube, which makes people feel a little mysterious.

Jiang Feng stood on the dirt slope with great interest, paying attention to the activities of the magicians.

Before attacking the city, first of all, it is necessary to give full play to the power of the magic weapon, maximize its power, give the opponent the killing force, and then use the soldier's strong attack, which has become the constant routine in the Huaiyou's offensive tactics.

Take Jiang Feng's words, a soldier's life is the most precious, and the cost of training a skilled soldier will be huge, on the contrary, although the investment in research is huge, but once there are results, it will be popularized, it will quickly reduce the cost, and at the same time, the large use of magic equipment can also effectively verify the advantages and disadvantages of these weapons and weapons, so that these weapons can be continuously improved in the war.

Therefore, every time Jiang Feng arranges and mobilizes for war, he requires that the most powerful and up-to-date results should be brought out and put into the war, so that the war can be verified and prove the glorious prospects of the magic group.

This was also endorsed by the first year of the Turtle in the Daozang Temple.

Only by giving full play to the strength of the Debut Tibetan Technique can we win more support for the Daozang Institute in the future.

Especially with the rapid expansion of Huaiyou's strength and the continuous expansion of his territory, Deng Guinian's ambition is also getting bigger and bigger, and he believes that he can rely on the expansion of Huaiyou's forces to expand the influence of the Daozang Institute to all Huaiyou's control areas, absorb the talents of the magic industry within the scope of recruitment, expand the influence, and attract more magic lovers and talented and interested people to join.

He even has a plan to set up a special Daozang school, looking for talented and aspiring talents from young children to cultivate from an early age, so that the Daozang lineage can establish a perfect inheritance mechanism.

Of course, all this depends on the success of Huaiyou, and the role played by the Daozang lineage in the process of Huaiyou's march, so Deng Guinian also spared no effort to enter Xuzhou this time.

Yang Kan, who was wearing heavy armor, went to the bottom of the dirt slope, followed by Luo Ye, Li Tong and Hu Dan.

Today, the four armies led by them will become the main force to break through the north gate, and at the same north gate, Zhang Ting, Chai Yong and others will also launch a full-scale attack on the north gate of Qi County at the same time.

"Your Majesty!"

"Let's get started!"

Jiang Feng didn't say anything, just waved his hand.

With the waving of the small red flag, the stone artillery carts began to advance under the escort of the infantry troops, and the ballista carts were also mixed between the stone artillery carts, looking for the most suitable location for themselves, and the flame arrow carts were obviously lagging behind, this is not the time for them to play a role, they will use the way of surprise soldiers to give the probation army a "surprise".

Yao Chengtai was also waiting on the tower of the city gate.

He had already sensed that the situation was wrong from the formation of the Huai Right Army under the city wall, and looked at the number of stone artillery carts advancing under the city wall, far exceeding the previous days, and the number of bed ballista carts was the same, at least three times as many as before, and there was also something similar to a nest cart, which had never been shown before, and it was also pushed out today.

Yao Chengtai originally hoped that he could hold out for another three days and inflict enough damage on the Huaiyou army before retreating, but now it seems that the other party does not intend to leave too much time for himself.

Or, let them see if the probation army is in vain and see what they are capable of.

With the advance of the stone artillery car, the tension in the city and under the city suddenly began to thicken, the left army bore the brunt, the city car has begun to prepare for standby, this kind of stepped large wooden support car, can easily reach the city wall, about one zhang wide ladder, can accommodate more than three people at the same time to charge.

The narrow moat had been filled in the previous days of assault and defense, and it was no longer an obstacle, and once the charging vehicles reached the city, they could immediately charge.

The crossbowmen on the ramparts were the first to attack, rockets raining down, and the first target was the wooden storming carts.

However, this point is also a long time for the Huaiyou army, the water-based spell has been blessed with a city car is not an ordinary rocket can solve the problem, but if the attack is concentrated, it will still bring some trouble, but this is originally a relationship between a spear and a shield, as long as it can reach the city wall before it is ignited, this city car can be regarded as having completed its mission.

Yang Kan's eagle eyes were like torches, staring at the city wall, waiting for the last opportunity to come.

He has confidence in his own long-range strike weapons, of course, he also knows that it is unrealistic to want to fight in a fight, Yao Chengtai's more than 10,000 elites are not vegetarians, even if they rely on human lives to fill in, they can carry it for a while.

Chu Tan couldn't help licking his somewhat dry lips, he behaved like this in a nervous situation.

In fact, he is not a chick anymore, and his stone artillery trucks performed well in the attacks of the past few days, and they were all with reservations.

Today, his stone artillery unit must give full play to its strength, play to the highest level, and suppress the opponent's counterattack force to the greatest extent and provide support for the siege infantry army.

The clairvoyant mirror in his hand had been sweeping over the city walls, and the two observers beside him had this kind of thing, and they had to provide him with details of his observations at all times for him to make command decisions.

"Directly ahead, east of the city gate, three scales, ready!"

The chess player next to him immediately signaled with a small flag, and at the same time, supplemented by a commander who gave orders in a special way, gave the order loudly and repeatedly fed back.

"Put!" almost burst out of his chest, and Chu Tan roared angrily.

Thirty-six stone artillery vehicles were fired one after another in accordance with the three-tier strike principle.

I saw that the sky suddenly flew black and pressed a stone rain, each of which was three zhang away, with the sound of the whistling wind, and landed quickly forward.

The relatively uniform stones are the size of the bowl mouth, and the size of the stones that have been specially crushed by cast iron is controlled within a certain range, which helps to control the striking distance through the force of the spring during firing, which is also the benefit of standardization.

Yao Chengtai's heart sank, the scattered trebuchets and the stone cannons of this large-scale overall attack were not the same power, although he had been prepared in his heart for a long time, but seeing such a powerful boulder bombardment at such a distance, no matter who it was, he couldn't help but have a bitter taste in his mouth.

With the sound of huge falling rocks, the screams of the soldiers and the cracking sound of the battlements of the city wall, the sound of collision, one after another, the entire east of the city gate tower within a radius of ten zhang has become a bloody Shura field, in order to maximize the attack power of strong crossbowmen, this dense formation is necessary, but the consequences are also devastating, especially in the face of this long-range strike.

It was only the first wave of three rounds of blows, and the entire east of the city gate tower collapsed even with the mouth of the pheasant battlement of the city wall, and the Tibetan soldier cave was even more beaten into a hole, and the stumps and decay were mixed with flesh and bones, and they were in a mess.