The 100,000 troops of the Xiongnu and Wuhuan, like ants, poured towards the walls of Liucheng.

Yu Ban still faced it calmly and did not panic at all.

He followed Prime Minister Cao Cheng to the north and south, and fought for most of his life.

Today's meeting, for Ban, is just a small scene.

Yu Ban raised his hand and gave an order: "Prepare the catapult!" ”

"Ballista ready!"

With Yu Ban's order, the soldiers in charge of catapults and ballistas were already in full array.

"Reload!" Immediately afterward, Yu Ban issued another order.

Catapults are filled with boulders the size of a human head, while ballistae are filled with giant crossbow arrows the thickness of a baby's arm.

If this thing hits a person, the custodian will only call once, and there will be no chance to call a second sound.

The optimal range for a ballista is 700 paces, and the best range for a catapult is 500 paces.

At a distance of less than 500 paces, the power of the ballista and catapult will be greatly reduced.

However, within a range of 500 steps, Cao Jun also had all kinds of foot crossbows, hand crossbows, bows and arrows, and so on.

During the Qin Dynasty, the Qin crossbow was already famous all over the world.

After so many years of development, these long-range weapons are far more advanced than those of the Qin Dynasty.

"Seven hundred steps!" At this time, the soldier who was in charge of observing the distance next to him shouted.

"Launch!" Yu Ban swung his knife, and the soldier in charge of the ballista immediately began to turn the winch.

Then, in the blink of an eye, countless crossbow arrows the thickness of a baby's arm poured out.

This kind of huge arrow shot by a ballista may not be able to be stopped by an ordinary iron shield.

The Huns and Xianbei people hardly had any decent shields, and the soldiers in front of them only took some rattan shields and wooden shields in their hands.

With such a shield, it's okay to block a stray arrow, but in the face of this kind of giant crossbow arrows shot from a ballista, it's exactly the same as papier-mâché.

The giant bolts passed through the soldiers in the front row, and then, like sugar gourds, several soldiers were threaded together, and then nailed to the ground.

A soldier who is pierced by this crossbow arrow will immediately have a huge blood hole in his body, and he will not have any chance of survival at all.

"Ahh

"Damn the Han people, the weapons are so sophisticated!" Yu Fuluo gritted his teeth and said.

The manufacture of this ballista is very cumbersome, and the machinery and gears here require extremely skilled masters to manufacture.

Even this kind of ballista in Cao Cao's army is very precious, and there are more than 100 such ballistas in the entire Liucheng.

Among them, eighty were arranged in the center of the city gate, on the left and right sides of the city wall, and there were only twenty or thirty on one side.

Therefore, in this first round of attacks, it was natural that the Huns, who were responsible for attacking the center of the city gate, suffered the heaviest losses.

At this time, Yu Fuluo no longer felt fortunate that he had just won the guess box and obtained the right to attack the city gate.

However, now that the war had begun, it was impossible for the Huns to retreat from the hundreds of ballistae.

Yu Fuluo pulled out the scimitar at his waist and gave the order with a loud shout.

"Give me the order to go down and rush forward."

"The first person to climb the city wall will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, ten Han beauties, and the official will be promoted to the third level."

After Yu Fuluo gave the order, the herald immediately rode through the army on horseback and shouted: "Yu Youling, the first person to climb the city wall will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, ten Han beauties, and the official will be promoted to the third rank." ”

"Shan Yu has an order, the first person to climb the city wall will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, ten Han beauties, and the official will be promoted to the third level."

"Shan Yu has an order, the first person to climb the city wall will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, ten Han beauties, and the official will be promoted to the third level."

As the saying goes, under the heavy reward, there will be brave men.

Originally, being fired by a round of ballista volleys, the Huns were still a little afraid in their hearts.

However, as soon as this order was delivered, the fear in their hearts immediately vanished.

But everyone has a fluke mentality, and these soldiers thought in their hearts that the one who died must not be themselves, and the one who received the reward might be themselves.

Under the serious wounding of the Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo, these Xiongnu soldiers took the lead bravely and rushed towards Liucheng without fear of life and death.

After rushing past the range of the first round of ballistas, there was also the covering design of the second round of catapults.

The manufacturing process of ballista is difficult, so the number is relatively scarce.

However, the manufacturing process of catapults, then it is very simple.

To put it bluntly, this catapult is a slingshot magnified countless times.

A few carpenters in the army can make catapults.

On the walls of Liucheng, all of them are densely packed with catapults, and there are thousands of them.

"Tell the catapult, give me free fire!"

"Use a stone, smash this bunch of debris for me!" Yu Ban gave the order.

At this time, the soldiers in charge of the catapults could not wait.

At the command of the order, in an instant, countless boulders were thrown down by catapults.

In addition to throwing boulders, these catapults can also throw a special type of ammunition.

This special kind of ammunition is to put sulfur, fire oil and other ignition things in the wine jar, and then leave the lead in it.

Between launches, the lead is lit so that when the jar flies in the air, the lead ignites the oil and sulfur inside.

All of a sudden, it was as if it was raining fire.

The attack of the ballista just now, most of it fell on the Huns.

Now, the attack of this catapult, that can be the main one of the rain and dew are all wet.

The Huns and Xianbei people were burned, and that was called a crying father and mother.

After a round of catapult-covered shooting, at least the 100,000 allied forces of the Xiongnu Xianbei suffered nearly 10,000 casualties.

Coupled with the men and horses shot by the ballista before, this is still hundreds of steps away from the city wall, and the 100,000 allied troops of the Xiongnu and Xianbei have suffered more than 10,000 casualties.

At this time, the morale of the Hun army was somewhat low.

"Father, I'll personally go to supervise the battle!" Yu Fuluo's son Liu Bao surrendered his hand and asked for orders.

Yu Fuluo is a reckless man, but his son Liu Bao is different.

His son is not like him, but a little like a collapse.

His son Liu Biao, like Flatun, likes to read very much, and he also advocates the culture of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bao is familiar with the art of war and tactics, and he also knows the culture of the Han people very well, and even changed his name to a Chinese name.

That is, Liu Bao.

Yu Fuluo also takes a fancy to his son, and Yu Fuluo himself often says that Bandun can lead Wuhuan to prosperity and strength.

Then, his son Liu Bao can also lead the Xiongnu to restore the glory of his ancestors.

"It's okay for Wu'er to go and supervise the battle, but you must be very careful!" Yu Fuluo told his son.

Liu Bao hurriedly responded: "Father, rest assured, the Han people's catapults and crossbows have been used, as long as our army is not chaotic, it will be easier to deal with next." ”

(End of chapter)