Chapter 67: Fight to the Death and Don't Retreat
"Kill!"
When the shouting and killing started again, Sun Quan, who was standing on the top of the city tower, could be regarded as really seeing the appearance of the war.
It turns out that the ladder is not a ladder built on the city wall, but a siege ladder vehicle, and there is a 'hook' at the top of the ladder, which is very much like an iron hook, as long as the ladder bounces, this thing will be stuck on the edge of the battlement. It is impossible for a soldier to push this thing away from the battlements, the weight is not within the reach of manpower, not to mention that the enemy soldiers who are climbing are still watching you, but if you move or expose your body from the battlements, you will definitely be attacked.
Although the King of Chu later gave up this plan under the persuasion of Mozi, the appearance of the siege ladder car did greatly improve the offensive efficiency.
At the bottom of the siege ladder truck are hardwood wheels, which are wrapped with iron sheets to ensure that the movement will not be hindered, and the wheels will not be destroyed as much as possible; In the middle is the space where soldiers can be hidden, and the entire operation of the ladder truck depends on them; Above, is the rope and the ladder itself, when the ladder is close to the city wall, the soldier hiding in the car will immediately swing the knife to cut the rope, the ladder that was originally folded together will 'touch' a sound and eject out, by the 'hook support' dead buckle in the battlements, or in the city wall, at this time, the ladder is diagonally placed on the city wall, not vertical, even if the local soldiers run up, do not need to climb completely.
Wang Rui didn't use this thing at first, but made a simple ladder, a large part of it was too hasty, and Sun Quan scolded him too fiercely, so he rushed up in a hurry, otherwise, how could it be so cheap to let you win the first battle.
And the real defense of the city is not the same as what Sun Quan thinks. Last night, Sun Ce personally led people out of the city and cleaned up all the stones and weeds within the range of the bow and arrows, so as to prevent anyone from hiding and shooting cold arrows at the city; Demolition of all houses outside the city, poisoning wells to ensure that nothing outside the city becomes a resource that can be used locally.
Immediately afterwards, Sun Ce began to work on the head of the city, stockpiling sand, ash and other things that can put out the fire in time at the head of the city, and then preparing sulfur, chaff and other things that can quickly ignite the fire, what charcoal fire buckets, boiling water buckets are readily available. What made Sun Quan wonder the most was that there was a boiling dung bucket!
This thing can infect the enemy's wounds, and in this era when there are no anti-inflammatory drugs available, this is a fatal wound, which can quickly and effectively attrition the enemy. As for the rolling wood, Sun Quan didn't understand why this thing was put in the city when he watched TV before, but the moment he saw the engineering ladder truck, he understood, this was specially prepared for the ladder truck.
More importantly, Sun Ce also set up a special observation post at the head of the city, and modified the defensive plan at any time according to the direction of the enemy's attack and the number of people. Under such circumstances, Changsha is already very well prepared, but under the main battlefield, there are still people who can't be seen at all to help the battlefield.
At the head of the city, each archer was accompanied by two women and children as assistants, six men with bows, the rest with spears, the rest with a thousand as reserves, and soldiers in groups of five and ten.
"Enemy Attack !!"
When this voice was shouted from the observation post at the head of the city, Sun Quan looked at Wang Rui's offensive echelon lined up in the phalanx was ready, and this battle would no longer be something that any cleverness could handle, and it was necessary to fight with his life.
"Kill!"
There was no more cursing between the two sides, Wang Rui took out his waist knife and waved his knife at Changsha City, and the soldiers under his command were divided into ten teams under the cover of the siege ladder, and walked towards the ten directions of a city wall.
They don't run, they don't need to run, as long as they hide behind the siege ladder truck, which can effectively reduce the number of people killed and injured by the bow and arrow projectiles at the head of the city, why race against time to run forward?
"Ready!"
Sun Ce shouted at the head of the city, the stone-throwing truck in the city was ready, and when the siege ladder truck entered the range, he opened his mouth again: "Release!" ”
Boom!
Woo!
Huge boulders flew out of the city, some of them were half-stone walls removed from private houses, some were beams, and if they could hit the siege ladder truck, they would definitely paralyze one of them completely.
Syllable!
When the first stone fell on the battlefield, the ground was smashed out of a deep pit, but unfortunately, this boulder was a full kilometer away from the construction truck.
The second piece also lost its accuracy and missed, but the third piece flew out, just past the siege ladder truck, and smashed directly into the crowd, and four or five enemy soldiers at the rear of the car were knocked down at the same time, and there was no possibility of getting up.
"Woo!"
There was a cheer from the city, as if the war song before the war was stimulating their souls, and this moment completely ignited everyone's blood.
Sun Ce jumped to the top of the city tower and shouted at everyone: "Fight to the death and never retreat!" ”
"Fight to the death!"
Everyone roared with the eldest prince, and Sun Quan also raised his fist under the influence of this atmosphere.
"Who else is me!"
"Who else is me!!"
When the opponent's siege ladder also arrived at the city, more than a dozen siege ladder vehicles cut the rope at the same time, and after a loud 'bump', the ladders were set up on the city wall. At that moment, the deafening shouts of killing came from the city, which was no weaker than the shouts from the city.
"Kill!"
"Kill!!"
Sun Ce immediately looked down at the city, and saw that the soldiers along the way were climbing up the siege ladder truck, and shouted: "Charcoal bucket!" ”
When the soldiers heard this, they lit the charcoal bucket, and when the fire ignited, three or four soldiers carried it to the back of the siege ladder car below.
Syllable!
At the moment when the charcoal bucket waiting for Mars to smash and smash, but did not ignite the siege ladder vehicle, Sun Ce shouted again: "Sulfur! ”
Immediately after, bags of sulfur smashed on the siege ladder truck.
The wisdom of the ancients completely shocked Sun Quan, and it was impossible to ignite the siege ladder car when the charcoal was smashed alone, after all, the soldiers of the people were not fools; Sulfur alone cannot ignite; It is only when sulfur, carbon, and oxygen come together that the sulfur burns violently, and now, all the conditions are gathered......
Woo!
The ignited charcoal that fell on the surface before it had time to be extinguished was contaminated with sulfur, and it burned directly along the siege ladder truck, and a huge siege ladder truck was wrapped in fire in an instant, and it was about to be destroyed......
"Dig the earth, quick!"
A group of soldiers, regardless of what they were holding in their hands, began to frantically dig from around the moat to the siege ladder truck, and after a while, when the fire was suppressed by the earth and the flames lost oxygen, the siege ladder truck was actually rescued!
It was obviously an arson that completely used traditional experience to conform to modern science, but it was reversed by the ancients who didn't know the principle at all, and the reversal made you speechless!