Chapter 481: The catapult is beginning to show its majesty
This Yan army, which has some difficulties in even prohibiting it, is a little unsightly in the eyes of Zhao Kuo and Sun Gu, but in the middle of the army, Qing Qin does not think so.
The so-called number of people is more than 10,000, boundless. Being in it, I just feel relaxed! The long sword was unsheathed, the blade pointed straight to the sky, and with the blessing of the sun, the city was just a small light on the tip of the sword.
Qing Qin immediately issued an order to the tens of thousands of Yan troops.
"Siege!" At the sound of the command, the whimpering horn sounded again, and the sound of the drums exploded in everyone's eardrums.
Immediately afterwards, to the beat of drums, rows of Yan troops began to march towards the city. Although their formation was still not strict, looking at the dense Yan army, as well as many arrow towers, ladders and city vehicles, Zhao Jun standing on top of the city tower couldn't help but feel a little excited, and even the hand holding the spear gradually oozed sweat.
Even if the combat effectiveness is weak, it is an enemy several times larger than you! The others were fine, even if they climbed the tower on the ladder, they still had their own rolling wood and stones and hot gold juice waiting for them.
With this rabble, it is almost wishful thinking to break the city defense through the ladder. It's just that the arrow tower that is almost level with the city tower is very annoying, and of course, there is also the rush car that requires hundreds of people to push, which has a devastating deterrent to the city gate!
Arrow Tower, as the name suggests, is not only a tower, but only takes its meaning of towering into the clouds. It is also wide, it can carry people, and the archers and crossbowmen can climb on it, eliminate the gap with the height of the crossbowmen of the city tower, and shoot at it.
As a result, the defenders' archers and crossbowmen, who had lost their high superiority, were bound to be unable to suppress the siege infantry under the tower, and the pressure of the siege was suddenly reduced by more than half.
It can be said that the use of the arrow tower is a necessary weapon for siege. As for the city car, it's even simpler, as the name suggests: a car for ramming the city gates!
It is said that it is a car, but in fact the car is just a means of transportation, and it comes with the role of a shelf. What was really useful was the stout, iron-clad giant tree.
Under one blow, even the thick city gate has to be shaken. No gate could withstand the prolonged onslaught of these huge creatures without blocking the gates.
Huge power is his greatest characteristic. Of course, if that's all there is to it, that's fine. The point is that such a siege machine can often beat you hard, but it is difficult for you to destroy him!
The huge shelves isolated the rolling wood and gold juice from the castle towers, and the attacks on the castle could hardly damage it.
At present, the only effective way to deal with it is to send a cavalry to drive the Yan army away, and then destroy the discarded siege equipment.
Otherwise, you can only rely on the height advantage of the city wall and shoot the soldiers in it to reduce its attack power, but such a counter-shooting, even if there is a advantage of the terrain, but the strength is tight, and the opponent will not lose three for one!
It seems that although the combat strength of the Yan army is not very good, the generals who want to lead the troops still have a hand, at least judging from the fact that there are so many siege equipment, the preparation for this siege is still relatively sufficient.
It's a pity that they met Zhao Kuo.
"General, why don't I lead 800 horsemen to go out and destroy this batch of siege equipment first." Before Zhao Kuo could speak, Sun Gu on the side had already spoken.
Obviously good at defending, he also realized that these siege engines might be the most threatening point of this battle.
Although he knew that if he went out of the city to fight, he would definitely suffer a lot of losses, and eight hundred cavalry would go out of the city, not to mention two or three hundred horsemen would be lost outside, but in the face of so many siege equipment, this was also a matter of necessity.
When Zhao Kuo heard this, he smiled faintly, then waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, don't even want to get close to the city wall with these siege machines!" Facing Sun Gu's puzzled eyes, Zhao Kuo didn't explain again, no matter how much explanation he explained, it was not as real as what he saw!
"Zhao Ping." Zhao Kuo then turned his head and looked at Zhao Pingdao.
"The end will be." Zhao Ping replied immediately.
"It's time for you to play." Zhao Kuo commanded lightly.
"Yes." Zhao Ping immediately nodded in agreement, then turned around and whispered a few words to the herald beside him, and the herald quickly went downstairs.
…… The Yan army outside the city continued to advance slowly, and the herald soon reached his destination, the catapult position behind the south gate.
Immediately, in the sound of drums, the catapults entered the final preparations!
Closer, closer, closer! Five hundred steps! Three hundred steps! The Yan army's forward has reached the attack range of the catapult, and the stone bullet that was tested last night has been trampled under the feet of the Yan army.
It's closer, it's getting closer! The outline of the arrow tower can already be clearly seen, it seems that the Yan army in the arrow tower has already taken the bow again, and a little cold light is facing the Zhao army on the city wall!
But Zhao Kuo still endured and did not give the order to launch. Sun Gu on the side was as anxious as ants on a hot pot, at this distance, if the cavalry is not sent out again, there is not enough sprint distance, the loss may be even greater, and even those instruments cannot be destroyed.
Just as Sun Gu was still about to speak, he heard another commotion in the Yan army's main formation in the distance.
"Uh......h Woo woo...... "In the Yan army's main formation, the sound of whimpering horns came, and the sound of drums immediately became rapid and intensive.
When the Yan army heard the sound, the forward army of more than 20,000 people and horses immediately accelerated their pace, and even the Yan army pushing arrow towers, ladders and rushing vehicles also increased their strength - the entire Yan army front entered the final sprint stage!
Seeing this, Sun Gu on the side also sighed slightly in his heart, the enemy army has begun the final sprint, even if it is sent immediately, I am afraid it will be too late.
Sun Gu couldn't help but look at the general again, if this large number of siege equipment arrived at the city without hindrance, this city might be really difficult to defend!
It's just that when Sun Gu was helpless, it was the best time that Zhao Kuo wanted.
"This is the time!" Zhao Kuo's heart moved, and his big hand waved, and Zhao Ping, who had been ordered, immediately waved the red flag in his hand.
Then, above the city in the south, a bright and conspicuous red flag also rose, waving and swaying in the north wind.
It's too late, it's fast, almost the moment the red flag is raised, there is movement in the catapult camp below!
"Buzz...... Buzz...... "That's a catapult roaring angrily at his enemies!"
The sound of "hmm" breaking the sky immediately came from above the Zhao army at the head of the city. But I saw several boulders rising in the air, which was quite a feeling of covering the sky and the sun.
Before he had time to sigh, the boulder had already crossed the city wall and smashed towards the Yan army galloping in front of him.
It's a pity that these boulders, although they seem to be powerful, really fall down, and that's it.
A boulder with a little better luck smashed into the Yan army's camp, instantly squeezing several Yan soldiers into juice, and the flying dust and rubble turned the nearby Yan army into ashes.
But that's about it. More stones, but they just smashed between the soldiers and soldiers of the Yan Army, between the siege equipment and the equipment, in addition to stirring up the dust in the sky, obviously did not cause any damage to the siege equipment.
The soldiers of the Yan army patted the dust on their bodies, for these inaccurate stone throwers, the soldiers of the Yan army were obviously not surprised, and they could only blame themselves for their bad luck when they were crushed to death.
So the Yan soldiers continued to move forward without thinking! Above the city, Sun Gu, who still had a glimmer of hope for the catapult, was left with deep despair after seeing it.
Seeing that Yan Jun was getting closer and closer, Sun Gu's brows were already wrinkled together-without him, only death.
But it was General Qing Qin, who was still in this formation, looking at this scene, but as if he had a feeling in his heart, he couldn't help but have a cold war, and even had a trace of doubt?
It shouldn't be! It's just a catapult, what are you worried about? Qing Qin asked himself in his heart, but he saw that the army under his command was marching with momentum, and then he also suppressed this slightest doubt.
As long as the army can reach the city, more than half of the battle will be won. Of course, at the same time, Qing Qin did not forget to give the order to put a few bullets on the catapults in his formation, whether they could hit it or not, it could be regarded as a counterattack for Zhao Jun.
It's a pity that before Yan Jun's catapult could make a counterattack, Zhao Kuo on the top of the city tower sneered, and then said to Sun Gu beside him: "It was just a test firing just now." As the words fell, another set of stone bullets broke through the air!
Unlike before, this time the stone projectiles were noticeably denser and seemed to be faster.
Then I just listened
The number of "bang, bang, bang......". The stone bullet accurately hit the second group of arrow towers and catapults, and under one blow, the arrow towers and catapults were shattered, and the Yan soldiers in them also died.
Without waiting for the soldiers of the Yan Army to react, the second and third rounds of stone bullets continued to break through the air, yes, it was the second round, because the round that smashed the air was called the test shooting round.
Under the repeated attacks of three rounds of stone bullets, almost all the engineering equipment that was a little farther away was destroyed. General Qing Qin's eyes were about to crack when he saw this, and before he touched the city wall, the arrow tower lost more than half, although he thought that there would be such a situation?
But that's to exchange the lives of hundreds of elite Zhao Jun! But now, not to mention Zhao Jun's life, even Zhao Jun has not seen it!
Just a few stone bullets called themselves heavy losses. This is obviously not accidental! When did Zhao Jun's catapult become so powerful?
Fortunately, there are still a lot of equipment that have already reached the city wall! There are so many arrow towers, it should be enough!
It's a pity that Qing Qin obviously underestimated the catapult transformed by Zhao Kuo, since it can hit accurately from a distance, let alone at close range?
Without waiting for the Yan army to react, on the south tower, the bright red flag was transformed into a blue flag, and then the troops in the catapult camp also quickly changed into a smaller wooden box.