A large number of stones flew out of Xiangyang and landed in the siege position of the Jingzhou army...... of the front.

Guan Yu sat calmly on the red rabbit horse, without raising his eyebrows, his eyes were still half-open and half-squinted, quietly waiting for his Lei Gong cannon to be assembled.

It has been more than one day since Xiangyang, and he is very clear in his heart about Cao Wei's routine, how far the stones of the thunderbolt can be smashed.

Not only Guan Yu and other generals, but every Jingzhou veteran has long been clear about the routines of the Wei army.

From the time of the siege of the city, the generals and colonels at the grassroots level deliberately controlled the position of the military formation outside the range of the thunderbolt cars in the enemy's city.

In the face of a large number of stones falling from the sky, the veterans of Jingzhou did not change their faces like Guan Yu and other generals, only the recruits who had not experienced the big war were a little nervous.

But the benefits of the military formation and the veterans are reflected at this time.

People are conformists, and even more so in an unfamiliar environment, the calmness of the veteran has become the best comfort.

In the middle of the military formation, although the thunderbolt was not small, the recruits did not run around and disrupt the formation out of fear.

After the first two rounds of stone rain, they gradually calmed down psychologically, and even began to laugh softly, mocking the range of the other party's stone cart.

They had seen their own Lei Gong Cannon test-fired.

"Captain Wu, what is this? This thing is the legendary Great Wei Thunderbolt? A recruit who had stabilized his mind asked in a low voice.

The Wu Chang chuckled: "It's the thunderbolt car, Yuan Shao's old boy back then, I heard that he was beaten miserably by this thing." ”

The recruit pouted: "Then Yuan Shao is too useless, is this thing throwing a stone cannon?" That stone is not as big as a baby's head! ”

"Hey, you know a fart, Yuan Shao was also old and fierce back then. This thunderbolt was also a big killer back then...... It's just that you can't compare with our Lei Gong Artillery?

"We're a rare thing made by the prince and the prime minister, do you know what destiny is? You don't understand, our family is all dreamed of by our ancestors and old immortals!

"His old Cao family is all usurpers, do you know the usurpation? God doesn't help him, what is he going to fight with us? ”

The veteran talked about it, and the recruit listened to it in a daze.

This kind of thinking is not an isolated phenomenon, since Liu Chan pacified Nanzhong, this remark that was jointly promoted and circulated by the planner and the shadow guard has spread at an extraordinary speed.

Especially after Cao Pi officially seized the world of the Han family, many scholars who were still interested in the Han family and dissatisfied with Cao Wei also played a role in the spread of this remark.

Not only the people of Jingyi, but also all those who wanted to restore Han unification needed this kind of rhetoric to boost their morale and strengthen their confidence in resisting Cao Wei's rule.

And the more the version circulated among the common people, soldiers and other low-level people, the more untrue it is often become, but the more it will accelerate the spread of these gossip.

By now, this statement has long been spread, and it is completely out of anyone's control, and even the planners and shadow guards who were the original perpetrators can't stop it.

Although the recruits listened to the confusion, this did not affect the morale of the recruits.

God help us, it's enough to understand this sentence.

Not long after, 30 Lei Gong cannons were assembled, and huge wooden machines stood in the east, south and west directions of Xiangyang City.

The man on the head of the city was shocked: "This ...... This is the new stone cart of the Shu army? It's a big guy. ”

He'd heard some rumors about the new stone carts, but he didn't believe them.

In his opinion, it is as ridiculous as the remarks of Liu Bei's father and son's destiny, what is the thunder, the second is ghostly, and the third is moving...... Nonsense!

The order went down, and the Thunderbolt stopped throwing stones. After the thieves pushed the stone carts into range and received my orders, the thunderbolts in the city fired out of the city. ”

Such a bulky big guy can't go fast at all just by pushing it on the small wooden wheel underneath.

But there are only twenty or thirty of them, and it won't be long before they will be destroyed by the more numerous thunderbolts in the city!

And such a large stone cart has to be operated by at least one or two hundred soldiers, right? Soldiers who are all gathered are more likely to be killed and injured by their own stones.

Man Zhong sneered again: "Hmph, flashy, big and useless." ”

Even if their stone cannons were bigger and more powerful, they wouldn't be able to do anything at all......

Boom——!

Before the sneer of the full pet could recede from his face, a deafening sound came from the huge stone cart outside the city.

A thunderclap!

The huge stone cannons collected by the Jingzhou army all the way from the mountains flew to Xiangyang.

Each of the big stones, which weighed hundreds of catties, came towards them with the sound of whistling wind, and the stone shells that were not of the same magnitude at all instantly made the Wei army defending the city fall into terror.

"Short to avoid!" Man Pet quickly ducked under the battlements and shouted orders to the soldiers around him.

He could see at a glance that such a large stone cannonball, hanging the leather curtain was useless.

Man Chong was shocked and anxious at this time, he didn't see a large number of Shu troops gathered around those big guys, at most there were only a dozen or so people, how did they throw such a boulder?!

And it obviously hasn't entered the range of the stone cart, why can their stone shells fly so far!

Bang bang!

"Ah——!h

He couldn't think about it, and a boulder happened to land next to Manzhong.

The huge shock made his hands and feet numb, and half of the unlucky soldier next to him was smashed into a pulp with half of his shoulder and one arm in an instant, and he completely merged with the city wall......

In addition to this boulder, six or seven others smashed against the wall, and a few fell into the city, and the houses that Cao Jun had forcibly requisitioned to store the wood and stone were smashed to pieces.

The shocking destructive power and unimaginable range made Man's heart sink, but he didn't expect this Lei Gong Cannon to live up to its reputation.

"The dead must be dispatched to go out of the city and destroy the cars, otherwise the morale of the defenders will definitely deteriorate if this continues."

Although he was nervous, he was not afraid that the city wall would be destroyed by the thunder artillery, but he was more afraid of low morale.

Guan Yu outside the city smiled, and looked at the Xiangyang defenders who were dodging in a panic at the head of the city with satisfaction, and the actual combat power of Lei Gongcang really lived up to his expectations.

"Hehehe, within a month, Xiangyang will be in my hands!"

Although Guan Yu was very confident in breaking the city, he didn't think that he could collapse the city wall with just Lei Gong Artillery.

Xiangyang is not one of those small counties in the south that cannot be put on the table, and the rammed earth city wall of Xiangyang is the same as that of Jiangling, and it has not cut corners.

It is made of wood as a skeleton, filled with earth and compacted inside, and some willow branches and other things are added to increase its sturdiness.

After building a layer, and then gradually thickening layer by layer, the city wall of Xiangyang is several zhang thick! It is simply impossible to create a gap for human passage with stone cannons alone.

However, once the surface of the rammed earth is blown loose, or even partially scattered and piled up into a gentle slope, the siege soldiers can take advantage of this to attack the city head more easily.

"Siege!" Guan Yu ordered, and the first wave of siege battles was launched in three directions one after another!

The soldiers in charge of building the bridge over the moat rushed to the front, and behind them were the soldiers pushing the carts that had been placed on the ramming wood, and rushed to the city gates.

However, Man Pet is also an expert in defending the city, not only there are moats and antlers outside the moat in front of the city gate, but there is also a low wall between the moat and the city gate - called the sheep and horse wall.

After risking death to build the bridge, the soldiers pushing the rushing cart were just about to rush across the river, when suddenly a group of soldiers came out from behind the sheep and horse wall, each with a crossbow, and shot one after another!

Streaming down!

The dense crossbow bolts shot at the unavoidable Han army on the bridge, and the strong crossbow arrows at close range instantly penetrated the leather armor of the Han soldiers, and blood spurted out.

"Uhh——!h

Wounded or dead soldiers fell off the bridge, and the body of the rushing car with unbalanced thrust was crooked, and it fell into the moat......

However, while the first wave of charges was defused, the soldiers on the city wall were suppressed by the Lei Gong Cannon and could not provide fire support, and the crossbowmen behind the sheep and horse wall entered the awkward crossbow upper arrow block.

The Han soldiers who stepped on the corpses of the robes on the bridge had red eyes, and shot behind the sheep and horse walls, stabbing the small number of Wei soldiers hiding in them to death on the spot.

The follow-up Han army continued to rush over and push the cart, and the defenders on the city tower took advantage of the gap of the Lei Gong cannon to smash down the wood and stones, and set fire and fire arrows in front of the city gate......

A tough battle in Jingbei has begun.

After the last battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu decided to change his strategy this time.

There are no ambushes in the surrounding mountains, so Cao Ren must have placed the main force of the army on the north bank, and Ping'er blocked the water, and Xiangyang is a lonely city!

Coupled with the help of Lei Gongcannon, it was possible to concentrate superior forces to seize Xiangyang.

As soon as Xiangyang on the south bank is taken, the Han and Wei sides facing each other across the river, and the Wei army, which does not have the "right to control water", will completely fall into passivity.

……

The big people have their own battle of Xiangfan in their eyes, and the little people also have their own battle of Xiangfan in their eyes.

Syllable!

An explosion sounded, accompanied by a shouting and scolding sounded in Xiangyang City.

"No more rubbing, I picked the skin of Ling! Move! A Cao soldier in armor held a horsewhip and beat a calf-like man on his back.

The strong man had strong muscles, but he was unarmed, and he dared not speak in the face of Cao Bing's whipping, so he had to endure the pain and laughed: "Yes, yes, I will move immediately, don't be angry, don't be angry." ”

"Hurry up! If you dare to slack off, you will be beheaded! ”

The strong man picked up the wreckage of the house smashed into ruins by the thunder cannon, took out a stone from it, and carried it to the city at the risk of death.

There is no way, the mother-in-law at home is still waiting for him to bring the rations mixed with soil and sand today and go back to the pot......

(End of chapter)