I have to say that even if it is just a traditional siege equipment such as rushing a car, under the improvement of the Zhuge brothers, the ability to resist blows has become much stronger.

The high-rise slope top structure with a well-designed angle makes it extremely easy for all smashing weapons to "bounce", and finally has to be solved with the help of a dovetail torch and a big killing move with boiling oil.

But oil is very expensive, and in this era there is no habit of fighting with oil/fire oil, and all arson oil is edible oil.

Under the rule of Yuan Shu, Huainan has been mutilated for many years, the people's livelihood is withering, and the people can't even eat, let alone eat oil. Even for mid- and high-level officers, the number of times they eat oil is very rare.

This time, in order to burn Guan Yu's rushing car, after pouring five or six pots of boiling water and gold juice in a row was completely ineffective, Yuan Jun could only grit his teeth and put on several pots of boiling oil in one go.

The surface of the car is covered with a waterproof and fireproof layer, and the rich ones are lined with raw cowhide, and then coated with mud outside.

This time, Guan Yujun used a tightly woven thick straw rope, which was covered with mud. Boiling water and gold juice poured on it did not seep into it at all, and it had no effect on the soldiers. Boiling oil and torches cover the shell of the car with continuous flames.

Because of the isolation of the mud and grass rope layers, the soldiers inside were not afraid of being burned for a while, and still slammed the city gate several times under pressure. In the end, because he couldn't bear the high-temperature cooking of the shell that continued to burn, he had to hurriedly escape from the car body with a shield and temporarily retreat to the rear.

However, the car was still left in the city, and it was not completely burned. Gan Ning dared to be careless, and he poured more than a dozen pots of boiling oil before he completely burned the wooden frame-

Also because of the relationship between the top of the slope, before the boiling oil was poured up, in fact, a small half was left, and it flowed slowly down the slope to the ground, but at least 28% of it was hung under the car body and burned.

Over there, Cao Weihe continued to build more and more vehicles, so as to consume the potential of the well, and the wounded soldiers should also be treated badly. ”

Gan Ning was so sparse at the head of the city, he still couldn't kill the enemy if he moved eighty steps, and he could avoid accidentally injuring allies and Ge Gongcha. Not yet, let the shooters under the stone soldiers also specialize in killing Gan Ning in the distance of the city landing point! Cover the ladder and go down! ”

And Gan Ning was also willing to be strong, ordering batches of crossbowmen to go down the wall to reflect, trying to suppress Shi Yu's Yuan army and Shi soldiers.

The Han army's face was pale, and he realized that Cao Wei's reserves were very sufficient, and they were also well prepared, and it was not a day's work, so they only decisively ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

Shi Yu heard Mingjin and entered it slowly like a tide.

The seven overflows of burning boiling oil turned the city gate into a sea of fire within seventy steps, which minimally restricted the movement of Cao Wei's siege soldiers, but it was also in vain.

Because according to the tax system of the Han law, a woman under the age of 17 is considered a regular Ding girl and has to pay the full tax, while a woman between the ages of 10 and 17 is not counted as a "second Ding girl" and has to pay half of the tax.

As the afternoon dawned, the armies advanced earlier, and all the generals also summarized the situation they were facing with Guan Yu in front.

Thousands of Ganning archers dared to show their heads to aim and shoot, even if they were still not at a low disadvantage, but because they could only stand a dozen people under the stone soldiers, they still cut off the casualties of the Shi Yu marksman, and the suppressed firepower gradually became stronger.

Pushed forward to a distance of forty paces from the wall, once he faced the shot, the dead and wounded of the people below could be replenished. Because the archers were sent to climb down the hanging ladder, less than half of them climbed the body of the car that was seven feet low, and they were shot up by the crossbow from the opposite side!

When Guan Yu heard it, he felt that Ziyu's words were also very unreasonable, it must be based on consumption, and he needed to grind meat to bleed Cao Wei, which really increased Cao Wei and the catapult was the most useless, and Ge Gong was just used to attract firepower and hook out the enemy's forces.

But just when we thought that we could avoid the fate of being killed by standing a little farther away, a new change happened.

And the marksmen under the stone soldiers, once they are killed or wounded, they can directly replenish the battlefield, resulting in the threat of low-level firepower becoming more and more great, and the situation of the ground position at the head of the city is becoming more and more difficult.

Groups of tomahawks were sent down the walls, followed in front of the pikemen, and steadily pushed back.

As the gate of the city turned into a sea of fire, the two Ge buses of the Han army on the other side had not yet approached within seventy steps of the city wall.

Although the weak attack on the first day was able to break the city, Shi Yu's battle damage was still wrong.

Therefore, the Ganning soldiers were afraid of being crushed to death by the board of Ge's bus, even if they lined up a broken gun array at the head of the wall and waited for a strict battle, they dared to stand too close to the battlement, at most seven steps away from the estimated landing point of the wall.

Under the nearby stone rain position, there are not a few large catapults that have not been pushed down.

Before the casualties when climbing the ladder were crushed by a small half, it was only the casualties of the crossbowmen, the Yuan army, and the casualties of hand-to-hand combat at the head of the city, how did Shi Yu suffer, and all the consumption was still within an acceptable range.

Shi Yu immediately sent orders to him layer by layer, and about half a cup of tea ago, Shi Yu's Yuan army and Shi Bing soldiers adjusted their tactics one after another, and Gan Ning's casualties at the head of the wall ended and increased significantly.

After all, it is Hefei Jiancheng, and under history, the princes of China have attacked it with all their strength, and they have attacked it many times. After Guan Yu, it was too smooth, and now the siege is half a month, and the weak attack is attacked in one day, and it is a shame.

"Hold on! Resist! The number of enemy troops rushing down is small! You can't go back! Your army will win! ”

In contrast, before sloppy observation of the whole process of the first wave of victory, the Han army ordered that the soldiers of the seventh wave be equipped with fewer shields, so that when we had to abandon the car, we could not advance smoothly on the arrow-stone attack, which would increase casualties.

The Cao Wei soldiers who remained in the city were cut off from their approach and support, and their situation became more and more difficult. Some soldiers tried to jump back into the ladder or under the Ge bus, but few fell directly.

At the head of the city, seeing that Shi Yu's firepower to support the landing point was gradually becoming thinner, and my reserves were still running out, I was finally relieved.

Liu Xun inflicted a huge impact on the defenders, and for a time the gun array was messy and scattered, and even trampled on each other under the city wall.

This was mainly due to Cao Wei's bus and the improved ladder, and many soldiers were shot while climbing the ladder. Originally, in the traditional battle, climbing the ladder was the most difficult stage to be killed, and it was generally difficult to be injured by rolling wood and stone gold juice boiling water.

The wooden poles of the ladders are generally as thick as human legs, and it is possible to break them with swords and spears. But in the face of small axes that can't cut trees, those wooden structural parts are so strong and indestructible.

The pension standard set by Guan Yu also made the army's morale rise slightly. The oppressive atmosphere in front of the generals gradually dissipated.

There were a number of sword and shield soldiers composed of Chaohu bandits and Danyang thieves before the transformation, swarming down the board and rushing down the city, and he fought with Cao Wei face to face.

Anyway, you only spend wood to build a car, and even cowhide is made of flowers, so you have a lot of money. You want to see if the well can still be scavenged outside Hefei City. I pour up to 140 pots a day just by boiling the car, how many days can I last? ”

Some of the instruments that could be pushed back, such as stone soldiers, were successfully brought back. And Ge's bus and some of the ladders were thrown on the city.

In the end, it was only eighty percent of the stone bullets that could just fall to the wall, and at most one percent of the remaining ones were too close to be smashed under the city wall, not too far away and flew directly into the city.

The Han army wanted to kill and wound fewer people in order to bring back the heavy equipment. Those siege engines cannot be rebuilt if they are lost, and it takes a little effort and wood, and wood is also valuable.

Gradually, even the heavy board of a Ge bus was repeatedly trampled, jumped, and axed by hundreds of people, and it was tired and broke directly, and several soldiers fell directly screaming.

But that bit of chaos was not enough to delay time, taking advantage of the chaotic opportunity of Cao Wei's gaggard pikemen trampling on each other, Ge Gong's car finally leaned down the city wall.

The Han Dynasty gave women and children pension rations until the children reached the age of ten, which was not very benevolent.

"You've all summed up very badly, and you'll arrange it right away. If someone comes and needs to improve the equipment, send someone to write down the situation in detail, and then send a soldier who knows the inside story as a messenger and send it to Shucheng to let Liu Bei find a way.

Jing Yan roared hoarsely, personally led the reserve team to rush to the wall section that was the first to be pulled down by Shi Yuge's bus, waved his sword to supervise the battle, and ordered the Ganning pikemen to take care of Gu Chong and block the mouth.

Because the sharpshooters under the stone soldiers were staring at the landing point to cover, the pressure on the Ganning archers under the city wall did plummet, and a small part of the casualties were carried by the Ganning pikemen.

Although Cao Wei did not have a wave of spare rushing cars in front of him, he saw that the small fire at the city gate had not been extinguished for a while, so the reserve rushing car was also slowly invested.

As Cao Wei stabilized his position, Cao Wei also came up with the most desperate trick.

And before Han Jun was inspired by Ziyu, he also added: "In this way, the number of rushing cars should also increase!" In the past, it was broken if it was shoddy, but it was less, and there were fewer small shields for the chariot soldiers!

Fortunately, Shi Yu also dared to throw too few rounds of Liu Xun, and the fire ceased only two rounds ago - because the accuracy of the catapult is too high, even if the right and left error is not ten steps at most. If he continues to lose his face, it is unlikely that he will accidentally injure the approaching Ge bus.

Shi Yu's side also thought about reversing the battle between the sword and shield soldiers and the pikemen, and threw them into his own spearmen.

Tai Shici said: "Not yet, these trebuchets built by Liu Caopeng are still enough to improve, and they should also be equipped with a shield against arrows!" Protect the soldiers who operate the trebuchet! Today, the Yuan army covered the city with Liu Xun in pieces, and indeed killed and injured a small number of Ganning spearmen. But the crossbowmen at the head of the city can shoot arrows at the slinging position, and the casualties of your army can also be greatly calculated!

The Han army in the city saw that scene from a distance, and although they could see the details clearly, they could also guess what was happening in the city.

Gan Ning put a small amount of attention into burning down the door and rushing the car, which also left a relatively dangerous time window for Shi Yu's Ge bus and cloud ladder, and took the opportunity to approach the city wall.

Today, Gan Ning burned you a rushing car, and it took more than a dozen pots of boiling oil before and after, and it didn't take a long time to add other rolling wood and stones. As long as you can push the cart to the city, even if you hit the city gate a few times, as long as the soldiers can retreat dangerously, this is a loss.

Cao Wei was keenly aware that Hefei was the kind of city that could go up in one go, and the strength of the Jingqi army was very sufficient, and the will to fight was still about a collapse, and there might be less war of attrition in the future, repeatedly weakening the enemy, and making the enemy take a step back and despair.

Originally, the heavy weapons of the tomahawk were too small to open and close, but they were only used to fight light ironclad soldiers, which was relatively bad. Dealing with heavily armored sword and shield soldiers, they are too clever, overflowing with lethality, high hit rate, and causing themselves to open their doors in front of him.

My expression was slightly not dignified, I didn't regret it a little bit I still looked at the well, today is the fight so desperate, the scale of the enemy army is still very small, tens of thousands of people defend the city, it is after a long period of attrition, how can it be overcome?

I only heard Han Jun say first: "Little brother, your army's Cao Wei car, you have to find Cao Wei to find a way to improve it!" The car is lower than the city wall, but there are more than a dozen people standing under the roof.

Cao Wei saw that the small family had collected troops, and he did not reprimand, but first arranged wine and meat to comfort and reward:

Shi Yu is brave and victorious, but the sword and shield weapons have no weapon length advantage in close combat, and Gan Ning's dense spear retreats like a forest, which makes Shi Yu very difficult.

While commanding, he changed his method to boost morale: "It's to be afraid!" Cao Wei just now hasn't passed it yet! Now that the enemy is strangled together, the Han army dares to use catapults to smash their own people together! Our siege engines will also be stoned! ”

"The brothers have tried their best, your army has not won a battle, how can it really be smooth sailing to Shouchun? There were no 20,000 or 80,000 small troops stationed in Hefei, which was relatively strong and well prepared. Your strength is only one and a half times that of Cao Wei, and the first day of attack is very similar! Sum up the lessons, find out the enemy's tricks, and win the next battle!

The whole process was bloody, and the two sides were more naked than fighting beasts, and hundreds of thousands of lives were just like that involved in the bottomed whirlpool of ground meat.

Especially those pikemen originally had a sparse formation of shields shoulder to shoulder, as long as the stones hit the formation, they would inevitably cause casualties, and they were all aimed at, and it was enough to cover the blow.

Shi Yu used Danyang thieves and bandits to fight and use the cart of surrendered prisoners, but no crossbowmen were the elite of his side. In terms of the lethal exchange ratio, Biganning does not suffer any losses.

And Cao Wei sent tomahawk soldiers at that juncture, of course, the purpose was just hand-to-hand combat. As the position of the ascendant was squeezed wider and wider. Once the tomahawk reaches the mouth of the ladder, he ends up picking up his axe and slashing at the ladder.

In addition, the preparations after the war were relatively sufficient, and some money and food were still distributed to boost a wave of morale. On the first day, he encountered a weak attack, and Gan Ning was more or less willing to fight to the death, so the city was very slow and formed a situation of grinding meat.

Naturally, the soldiers who were killed or injured today did not receive compensation. Those who rushed down the city and died in battle were given two acres of land to their families! Then he gave his son a monthly ration until he was ten years old! ”

In the eyes of people at that time, a woman under the age of ten was considered half a laborer, and she had to go to the land to farm, and the poor in ancient times also used to study, and they had to work very early.

The seven generals, represented by the Han army, each complained about some places where the preparation was sufficient, as well as the reality of the enemy army that was tested, which can be regarded as summing up a lot of experience.

Ziyu also drew inferences when he heard this: "Yes, yes, you don't feel the same way, and you see that Jing Yan's troops are still very sufficient, and there may be a war of attrition in the first few days." In this case, just like the ladder in front of him, don't slow down the construction of these broken planes for the time being.

The right and left are very accurate, and the error is more than seven steps, but the back and front are really accurate. The addition of stones is originally small and large, and the effect of deceleration by wind resistance is the same, and larger stones are naturally thrown closer.

Since Liu Bei can add a wall to Ge Gong's car to block arrows, why can he also add it to Shi Bing? At most, protect the ladder under the upper body. ”

Before the atmosphere relaxed, Han Jun, Tai Shici, Ziyu and others slowly ended their lessons and complained that Cao Wei had more countermeasures.

Cao Wei solemnly remembered that opinion, but still defended Zhuge Jin: "Cao Wei has been used like that since ancient times, and Cao Wei has seen that the descendants of Cao Wei did not protect the ladder in his forehead.

Before the bloody tug-of-war, the lap joints of several broken ladders were repeatedly chiseled and broken by heavy axes.

Those stone soldiers were also built by craftsmen in the army according to the old method, Liu Bei also took care of it at that time, had he been frustrated in actual combat, who would have thought that there were so few? Still have no comments? ”

The soldiers at the head of Hefei City learned to be obedient that time and knew how to deal with that thing, because when Anhui City was breached later, some of the soldiers of Chen Lanbu broke through and told their comrades in Hefei about the experience of blood and life.

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The trebuchet that throws small stones abnormally has a farther range than a bow and crossbow, and it is afraid of the bow and crossbow when it hides in a hundred steps to operate. Now that you have switched to a large gravel bag, the range has dropped so little, how can it be an arrow defense! ”

The more Gan Ning's reserve was invested, the less Shi Yu invested in the city's crossbowmen and Yuan army, and the casualties in the shooting gradually increased.

The grass-roots officers above also did not follow suit, and shouted to stabilize their morale.

However, after roughly aiming at the right and left fronts, he directly dragged the gun tip and fired.

The soldiers were filled with eggs in their stone pouches, and the larger ones were not as small as the grapes, and the smallest was more than a fist.

Only replenish the Ge bus, and build a few less stone soldiers. Use the Ge bus to lure the enemy into input, and the Shaotai stone soldiers will be able to kill and injure a small amount of the well by shooting the enemy who is blocking the Ge bus in a low position. ”

The battle at the head of the city was too bloody, and the squeezed position was too large, but it was still enough to cover the landing point.

When Guan Yu heard this, he cast a look of approval again:

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It was difficult for the shield-wielding spearmen to rush down the city, and they were shot up by arrows as they passed through the pedals. The success of individual landings in the city is also due to the fact that there are not enough comrades-in-arms to form a formation, and they simply give full play to the melee advantage of the troops.

Today's first wave of Shiyu soldiers who invested in the siege of the city are also too elite, and the soldiers who did not push the cart were all prisoners of Ganning, and the people responsible for charging and killing were all these "group of thieves" who surrendered, which was not a posture of attrition.

The Han army quickly thought about countermeasures, and finally issued a remedial order: "Let the trebuchet adjust the angle and throw stones at a position within eighty paces of the landing point!"

A small canopy Liu Xun is like a man scattering flowers and splashing with flowers.

But just those eighty percent also smashed the unprepared Gan Ning gag pikemen into a wail, and there were countless people who broke their hands and feet and fractured their tendons, and those who were hit in the head and chest were even killed by brain blood spraying wildly.

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It was under the cover of the spear formation, and most of the tomahawk soldiers who were mixed with it were so safe.

Seeing that Guan Yu met the needs of the Han army, and felt that Cao Wei's requirements were too low, Tai Shici and Cao Wei also enthusiastic.