Can you build a catapult for attacking Fancheng in ten days?!

This second master, really thinking about being blind.

At the beginning, it took Zhang Xi nearly two months to build more than 60 catapults, and then built more than a dozen of them one after another, and they kept bombarding for almost a month before Liu Zhang surrendered.

Ten days is only enough to build thirteen catapults.

Fancheng is a strong city, although he is not as big as Chengdu City, but his city walls are not necessarily less solid than those of Chengdu City.

Therefore, Zhang Xi's idea is that on a city wall, he must arrange thirty catapults to bombard, and after ten days and half a month, he may be able to smash the city wall.

But the second master doesn't have that much time.

The second master has received a detailed report, Hou Yin launched an uprising in advance, and Cao Ren, who originally set off from Wancheng to support Fancheng, was called back to Wancheng by Cao Cao halfway to quell Hou Yin's rebellion, and now whether there are reinforcements coming to Fancheng, the second master is not clear.

Therefore, the second master must rush the full favor in a short period of time, so that Cao Cao can send reinforcements again, otherwise the purpose of Cao Cao's troops will not be achieved.

So thirteen trebuchets are enough, let's use them first.

Besides, this is a siege machine, the second master doesn't believe it, in the face of the siege equipment outside the range of the bed crossbow, he is willing to wait in the city to be smashed.

As long as Man Chong sends troops out of the city to burn these siege equipment, then Guan Yu is sure that he will kill and injure Cao Cao's soldiers in the field battle, and if he comes a few more times, Man Chong's troops are insufficient, and he will inevitably take the initiative to ask Cao Cao for help.

The second master thought very well, but the second master underestimated the power of the heavy catapult a little.

Thirteen catapults, launched for the first time, smashed eight white dots on the east gate wall of Fancheng, and three more stones flew directly over the city wall and smashed into Fancheng, and the remaining two stones smashed onto the wall tower and smashed a bed crossbow.

The second master watched in a daze as the thirteen catapults kept pouring stones towards the east wall of Fancheng, and turned around and asked Zhang Xi, "This thing. Can it be made bigger? The old man is saying, throwing bigger stones?! ”

Zhang Xi nodded and said, "Yes." ”

The second master frowned and looked at it for a while, and continued to ask, "Is it possible to make it twice as big?!" ”

Zhang Xi thought for a while and replied, "Wood is not easy to find, but it is not difficult to find trees in the south

The second master didn't want to listen to Zhang Xi's complaints at all, and continued to ask, "How long will it take to build twice the size, fifty units?!" ”

Zhang Xi pondered for a moment, and then said, "It takes two months to have more than a prince, what do you mean by that?!" ”

Guan Yu looked at Zhang Xi, then at Fancheng, then looked into the distance, and said, "If you knew that you had such a sharp weapon, you should have sent troops as soon as possible, captured Xiangfan, and forced Xudu. What a pity! ”

Zhang Xi listened to Guan Yu's sigh, he really didn't understand, but he didn't feel right no matter how he thought about it.

"What do you mean, please make it clear?!" Zhang Xi hurriedly arched his hand and said to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu shook his head and said, "I don't mean anything else. If you go to the rear army, continue to supervise the construction of trebuchets and make them as big as possible, and the old man will be of great use. ”

No way. Zhang Xi always felt that Guan Yu was playing with some terrible idea.

But now, obviously not the time to talk to Guan Yu about things, if you want to say it, you have to question this Guan Junhou after collecting the troops and returning to the camp today.

Zhang Xi listened to Xu Shu's words, and when it was time to advise, he must advise.

But for now, it's better to obey the military orders first and supervise the manufacture of ordnance.

Guan Yu ignored Zhang Xi's reaction, and kept looking at the walls of Fancheng in a daze, as if he was thinking about something.

And at this time, in Fancheng, Man Chong felt that he was going crazy.

It's a stone smaller than a grinding disc falling from the sky, such a big stone, let alone the city gate, even the city wall can't stand it after a long time.

In the early years in Xudu, Cao Cao once brought the thunderbolt car offered by Liu Ye back to Xudu, and stored it as a sharp weapon in the army.

But Man Pet remembers that the thunderbolt couldn't throw such a big stone, and Liu Beijun's soldiers, are they all strong men?!

It's been almost a morning, won't these people feel tired?!

Because it was too far away, Man Pet couldn't see the structure of the counterweight catapult clearly, and only thought that it was the same as a thunderbolt car, which needed to be pulled by manpower to be projected.

Such an uninterrupted projection for a morning, full of pets simply can't understand it.

And what made Man Chong even more incomprehensible was that Guan Yujun projected like this all morning, and then collected his troops and returned to the camp in the afternoon.

There was no taking advantage of the situation to attack the city at all.

Really, Man Pet really couldn't understand what Guan Yu was thinking.

Cutting off the connection between Fancheng and Xiangyang by waterway made it impossible for Fancheng and Xiangyang to support each other, and the grain, grass and ordnance could not be transported.

But since Guan Yu's navy defeated Cao's navy, it has been more than half a month, although Guan Yu has set up camp on the north bank of Hanshui, he is not in a hurry to attack the city, but has challenged several times, trying to fight in the field.

At the beginning, Man Chong thought that Guan Yu hoped to eliminate the defenders of Fancheng through field battles and reduce the difficulty of siege.

But now, in terms of the intensity and frequency of this catapult's attack, if Guan Yu's army takes advantage of the situation to attack the city, it is difficult for Fancheng to say how long it can hold out.

So. What the hell is Guan Yu rubbing?!

You know, in less than five days, the 30,000 reinforcements led by Yu Ban should arrive, huh?! Reinforcements?!

Encirclement and reinforcements?!

Does Guan Yu want to surround and send reinforcements?!

Full of pet feelings, he seems to have touched a little bit of Guan Yu's vein.

But there is one problem, which Man Chong still feels unexplainable - Guan Yu brought a total of 30,000 or 40,000 people to the north bank of the Han River, and just because of the ban, he brought more than 30,000 people to help.

The strength of the two sides is almost equal, so where did Guan Yu get so much confidence that he could surround the point and send reinforcements? !

Even if Guan Yu is a famous general in the world, Yu Ban is not a paper paste.

Full of pets still can't figure it out.

But whether you want to understand it or not, there are a lot of things to do now, the first thing is to investigate the city defense and see if the city defense of Fancheng has been smashed by Guan Yu's catapult.

As for Guan Yu, after returning to the camp, without waiting for Zhang Xi to come to the door, he took the initiative to send someone to call Zhang Xi, and then waved back the left and right guards, and asked Zhang Xi a question in a low voice.

"If the old man leads 20,000 people to block the reinforcements of the Cao army, and the Yuan Chang besieges Fancheng with 15,000 people, with the benefit of catapults, how many days can this city be captured?!"

Zhang Xi blinked his eyes and looked at Guan Yu seriously.

And Guan Yu also looked at Zhang Xi seriously, waiting for Zhang Xi's answer.

Zhang Xi didn't answer directly, but asked Guan Yu, "The prince wants to revise his strategy?!" ”

Guan Yu didn't deny it, but nodded and said, "I didn't know that there was a sharp weapon in the army before, if I knew it earlier, I should have planned Xiangfan as soon as possible, and based on this, I would have entered the capital of Xu. Xu Du is heavy, Cao Cao will not fail to save it, and in this way, he will not live up to the trust of his eldest brother. ”

Zhang Xi was silent, because Zhang Xi's brain was thinking quickly and weighing the pros and cons.

If there were no reinforcements from Cao Cao, with the attack power of heavy trebuchets, it would really not be difficult to capture Fancheng.

What's more, Guan Yu also gave Zhang Xi 15,000 soldiers, with these troops, even if he went out of the city to fight in the field, intending to destroy the catapult, Zhang Xi was confident that he could defeat the full favor.

Against other famous generals, Zhang Xi may still lack confidence, but Zhang Xi is still confident in his favor.

According to conservative estimates, counting the time to build the catapult, it will be about three months, and sooner, maybe two months, Zhang Xi will be able to collapse the city wall of Fancheng and break through Fancheng.

But here's the thing

"The victory or defeat of the soldiers, there is no definite number, and the prince only has more than 20,000 people, how can he guarantee to block the reinforcements of the Cao army?!" Zhang Xi raised his head, looked at Guan Yu, and asked, "If the army of the Marquis of Jun is defeated, the Cao army comes to help, and the soldiers in Fancheng are killed, and the river is attacked on both sides, I am afraid that I will not be able to protect myself, so I can only retreat by boat. Isn't that a shame on the lord?! ”

Guan Yu's face changed slightly, looked at Zhang Xi, and said proudly, "Does the chief believe the old man's words, or does he not believe in the old man's ability?!" ”

Yes, the arrogance of the second master has come up.

Okay, you're arrogant, but I have to say it.

"Feixi doesn't believe it. It's just that for the sake of the way, he didn't think about winning, he didn't think about defeat first, and Xi had to think about it. Zhang Xi shook his head very firmly this time and said, "The prince's strategy is not comprehensive, and there is a danger that the whole army will be overturned, and Xi will not dare to obey his fate." ”

Guan Yu's face suddenly changed greatly, his eyes widened, and he looked at Zhang Xi.

Zhang Xi doesn't show weakness, let's not stare at you, let's look elsewhere, but we just don't agree.

Guan Yu's eyes were staring for a long time, and he found that Zhang Xi was either looking at the sky or the ground, or he didn't look at himself. A bit of a fire.

But Guan Yu is not a reckless man in the end, and he also knows that if Zhang Xi does not agree to change his strategy, he can't do anything about it.

Zhang Xi is the Taishou of Nanjun, the second-in-command among the generals in this expedition, Guan Yu is not a last resort, and he doesn't want to have a stiff relationship with Zhang Xi.

Moreover, the catapult was built by others, and in order to implement its new strategy, it was necessary for others to cooperate with the command of the siege, and if Zhang Xi was not convinced, Zhang Xi would not necessarily fully cooperate with him.

Therefore, after Guan Yu found that the trick of staring at the beads was useless, he could only temporarily suppress his temper and said to Zhang Xi, "Since ancient times, there has never been a battle that must be won, and on the battlefield, it is just an impromptu response. ”

Zhang Xi still didn't look at Guan Yu, but he still replied and said, "Xi only knows that those who count more win, and those who count less lose." ”

Guan Yu froze for a moment, raised his voice slightly, and said, "In the past, the old man was desperate in the North Dao, and he fought against tens of thousands of troops with thousands of people, and he was still able to defeat the enemy, but now there are more than 20,000 people in hand, how can he be unsure?!" ”

This time, Zhang Xi raised his head directly, looked at Guan Yu, smiled slightly, and said, "Can the prince dare to make a military order?!" ”

Guan Yu looked confused, "What is a military order?!" ”

(End of chapter)