Chapter 457: The Siege of the City (I)
Ordinary catapults only need manpower to pull them, but the stones thrown are small and light, and they are difficult to pose a threat to the walls of Toyoshu Castle, but with the help of Tenma, it is different. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Ten Pegasi with a catapult, built to be eleven or two people high, and the main arm was seven or eight feet long. The wood was made of hard beech, so that in order to prevent breakage, the width of each stick was three to four times wider than that of a typical catapult. For this reason, the weight of this catapult is no less than ten times heavier than that of ordinary catapults, and even if it is ridden by a wolf, it cannot be pulled, and only a Pegasus can.
Naturally, such a catapult cannot be equipped with ordinary stones.
Liu Quan carefully picked up a jet-black ball, which looked inconspicuous on the outside, but the slight smell of saltpeter made people daunted it. This round ball is no less than twenty times larger than ordinary fire thunder, and even Liu Quan, who has the power of a green nightmare, has a hard time holding it, let alone others.
"Be careful. If this is smashed on the ground, if there is a little spark in the iron ball, we will all die!" Liu Quan hugged the ball in front of Han Feng, as if a merchant was selling his proud work, "This is our latest thunderbolt, specially used to blow up the city wall!"
Han Feng smiled: "Take it and stay away from me." He looked at Duren again, who was covered in dust, and said, "Duren, thank you for your hard work." If it weren't for the fact that you had to build this catapult, I wouldn't have let you go with Liu Quan. ”
When the two armies reestablished their cooperative relationship, Han Feng and Liu Quan agreed on a strategy to attack the city. In order to attack, of course, we must first "make good use of our weapons". Behind the garrison office of the Northern Dynasty is a large forest, which is the raw material yard for making utensils. Therefore, Han Feng sent Du Lun over, because when the Western Dynasty Army attacked the Greedy Wolf Army later, Du Lun did not participate in it.
Because the thunder is too heavy and the strength of the Pegasus is too great, the catapult cannot simply be enlarged according to the original style. Duren is in charge of supervising the production, and he looks at the rationality of the structure from the perspective of a formation master.
Liu Quan sneered and said: "What are you doing with these, in short, we are brothers this time, and the benefits are golden." Let's see how Toyosu City was captured. He held out his hand as he spoke. Han Feng and Du Lun looked at each other and smiled, and the three of them shook each other's hands, but it was the first time since they left the capital.
At noon that day, the Northern Dynasty army and the Western Dynasty horse team merged into one, with more than 30 catapults, came to the city of Fengzhou.
From a distance, the city of Fengzhou is densely packed with soldiers in black armor, everyone in the front row is holding a crossbow, and there is a huge bed crossbow in the middle of the city gate. Sharp arrows are like spears, facing straight ahead.
It seems that Toyosu Castle is ready for battle. Han Feng patted Blizzard on the neck, secretly wondering if Chen Jue had found anything in the past three days after entering the city. Although he was only a lowly commander, he had served in the army for a long time and knew a lot of people.
Seeing that his own side was almost within the range of the other party, Han Feng and Liu Quan shouted in unison, and both teams stopped. Then the queue, the troops, the catapult was launched, and one by one was carried out in an orderly manner.
The soldiers in the city had obviously never seen a catapult as tall as a cloud, and many of them were terrified, and some were talking about it. The commander of the troops in the city is Lan Hui, the commander of the broken army, and the deputy commander is Hong Yu, the commander of Wuqu, and the surnames of the two are one "blue" and one "red", so the flag is also displayed in these two colors. Seeing that his subordinates were panicked, the blue flag did not move, the red flag shook twice, and the soldiers on the city wall returned to their initial formation, not moving, only staring at the enemy under the city.
"Sure enough, it's a fierce rival. Han Feng glanced at Liu Quan and asked, "Is this the beginning of the siege?" Are you ready?" Tianma was used for catapults and ladders, but when it came to attacking the city, after all, it still had to rely on the soldiers of the Northern Dynasty.
Liu Quan said: "That's good!" After speaking, his hands clapped his hands lightly, and the soldier in charge of the herald behind him hurriedly raised a small red flag and pointed upward, and then only heard the sound of "Kuakua" a few times, and the Rong people in the front row came down from the wolf rider with a brush, holding up the animal skin shield in their left hand, and raising a spear or long knife in their right hand.
At this moment, both sides are ready to fly, but they are in a stalemate, and it seems that they are waiting for the best time to go to war. At that time, the sun gradually rose, and although the spring sun was not too strong, the noonday light still shone on the blades and arrows, and still shone out a colorful light, so that people were stabbed and could not open their eyes.
The people in the city were better, but the people in the city were directly illuminated by the sun, and at this moment, the small red flag behind Liu Quan pointed forward, and the battle finally began!
"Don't worry, we are small in number, don't rush to charge!" Liu Quan climbed the ladder and saw that there were a few people walking faster in front of him, and he couldn't help but be a little anxious. He originally hoped that these Rongjin people could walk to the city step by step, the animal skin shield could not block the whole body, but if they could be trained in a row, the possibility of everyone being shot would be much smaller. It's a pity that most of the Rong people are eager to win, and he is not Huang Jidu himself after all, it is not easy for these people to listen to his orders, but how can wildness be tamed so easily.
At the same time, Han Feng commanded Tianma to pull more than ten cloud ladders and slowly move forward. These ladders are also more than twice as large as ordinary ladders, and they are so shaped and so heavy that they are difficult to overturn as long as they can be built on the city walls. Each ladder is accompanied by six Pegasi, who are covered in iron armor from head to tail, with only their eyes exposed, and when viewed from a distance, they look like a giant beast in the wilderness. However, this ladder looks imposing, and whether it can be erected is another matter. Han Feng's eyesight was far better than ordinary people, and he could see that the walls of Fengzhou City were shining with an unusual reflection in the sunlight - it was not the state of the city bricks that should appear, but ice!
It seems that Zhang Boyuan has not been idle in the past few days, and I am afraid that the soldiers of the whole city have doused the city wall with water. At this time, the early spring is very cold, and the north wind is bitter at night, and after freezing for a night, it is naturally full of ice, and the midday sun is not enough to melt it quickly.
Sporadicly, there are soldiers in Toyosu City who can't control their fears. The scattered arrows were not a threat, most of them could not be shot at all by the Rong Qian soldiers, and a few were also stopped by the shields. Each of these animal skin shields was made of three layers of raw cowhide, and the innermost part was lined with a layer of dry vine woven mats, which were made of cold iron, and I am afraid that they were not as thick and durable as the bow and arrows.
However, the bows and arrows that could not pierce the shields gave the city defenders an important hint. I saw the blue flag and the red flag swinging each other, and all the defenders of Toyosu put away the arrow feathers that had been wound, turned around and changed the arrows.
Seeing this, Liu Quan was busy on the ladder and shouted to Han Feng, who was riding a blizzard below, "Hey!
Han Feng couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, and with a wave of his hand, the heavy thunderbolts were finally placed on the catapult.