Smack.

The first cluster of arrows with gunpowder shot into the air, smashed at Zhu'an's feet, and bounced a little spark, and then countless arrows followed, climbed up the tower, and tore through the long night, and the dawn was approaching, but there was no longer the same tranquility as before.

In the past, the morning light always made people feel hopeful, but today it can only be buried by the flames of war.

The head of the city wall soon set up a shield armor, blocking the arrows of the Huns, smashing on the shield with a bang, chasing an and the raven to intercept the fish that slipped through the net, although the attack was fierce, but it did not work.

Rong Da couldn't help frowning when he saw that the bow and arrow were useless, if he had been trapped in the city, it would be really disadvantageous, so he had to find another way to get out of the city as soon as possible.

After thinking about it, Rong Da immediately made a gesture and ordered: "The archers will continue to attack for me, covering the back row to attack the city wall!"

Offensive and defensive games, conformist, although it is only a small city tower, and then, once the city is defended, it is always more difficult to attack, let alone attack the door directly.

When they planned to infiltrate the dock city, they were already extra careful to avoid the eyes and ears of the Chaoyue army, so in addition to strapping gunpowder on their bodies and taking their own weapons, there was only one heart left to die together.

(PS: Long-lost trivia supplement.) 1 Conformism is a very common idiom, which is now interpreted as derogatory, but the first allusion is to describe Mozi's defense of the city, in fact, the fortification of the city wall has appeared as early as the time of primitive society, and it is getting taller and stronger. Now that there is a city wall, there will inevitably be people who want to break it. China's earliest siege method was actually very straightforward - attacking the door, which brought great difficulties to the attackers. Sun Tzu, a famous military strategist, also had to sigh that it was too difficult to attack the door, but when the siege became a must, the ancient military strategists had to start thinking about how to solve the problem of "difficult to attack the door". So there are two ideas: reduce the difficulty of attacking the goal, and instead of attacking the goal, turn to other methods. After the Spring and Autumn Period, in addition to the invention and application of siege tactics, the biggest point is the increase in the types of siege equipment and its wider application. In fact, this also reflects a change in the concept of "siege" in the eyes of military strategists - it is no longer limited to "siege is equal to attacking the gate". In ancient China, the functions of siege equipment can be roughly divided into four types: preparation for attack, covering soldiers, destroying defensive facilities, and forcibly landing the city. These four functions correspond to different siege equipment, such as trench filling vehicles, siege rams, Lu Gong vehicles, bed crossbows, ladders, etc. In Mozi Beicheng Gate, there are 12 types of siege equipment and tactics: Lin (Linche), Hook (Hook Car), Chong (Chong Che), Ladder (Cloud Ladder), Shui (Flooding), Tu (Impact), Cave (Tunnel), Hollow (Digging a Tunnel and Collapsing a Wall), Ant Fu (Climbing the Wall), 輼 (轒輼) and Xuanche. In addition to the introduction of siege equipment, it also introduces several types of siege tactics, and these siege equipment and tactics have been used and developed since then, so you can learn more about them if you are interested.

2 Regarding the flying tiger claw mentioned later, this is also a small siege equipment, made of stainless steel, the front is like a tiger claw, the joint can be loose or tight, the back is a long rope, can be stretched and retracted, the end of the first section is sharp, like a chicken claw, can grasp things from a distance, it is a very powerful hidden weapon, more sophisticated, the steel claw palm is equipped with a mechanism, can control each claw, the tail of the steel claw is tied with a long rope, connected to the mechanism. Hit people with flying claws, as long as the long rope is pulled, the steel claws will suddenly shrink inward, and the tip of the claw can sink deep into the flesh, and the enemy will not be able to get rid of it. During the Qing Dynasty, Shanxi thief Rongkang was famous for this, known as the "Flying Claw King", and later passed this skill to Mao of Tianjin Dart Bureau. After Mao's art was completed, he didn't insert a dart flag when he walked the dart, but only hung a flying claw on the dart car. As soon as the thieves saw this, they retreated on their own. Since the Republic of China, the flying claws used in the martial arts have no mechanism, only fixed three claws or five claws, mostly used to climb the high wall, climbing, the flying tiger claw is aimed at the head of the stone wall, etc., the claw head is tightly fastened to the rock, and the person pulls the steel cable of the "flying tiger claw" to move forward or climb up. Supplemental knowledge does not conflict with the number of words, thanks!)

Therefore, even if the Xiongnu army is equipped with a variety of siege equipment, Rongda and his party who are currently trapped in the city can only sigh, but fortunately, it is not completely impossible.

When they came, no one expected that they would be able to enter the dock city easily, so how to sneak into the dock city, they also made preparations, and the large siege equipment was too eye-catching, so in order to deal with the inability to enter the city, they prepared the flying tiger claws.

After all, this is the most simple and easy-to-carry siege equipment, roll it up and pin it around your waist to take it away, and before leaving, Rongda asked the soldiers to carry some.

It was originally intended to allow soldiers to climb the wall and enter the city, but now it is to get out, although the original intention is different, but it seems to come in handy.

Rongda asked the archers to continue to fire their arrows, and at the same time, more than a dozen simple flying tiger claws quickly followed the crossbow and shot up the wall, firmly eating into the wall bricks, using this as a ladder, and the siege soldiers rushed to the base of the wall under the cover of fire, and went up the wall like ants through the hanging ropes.

Although the Flying Tiger Claw is easy to carry, it also has obvious shortcomings, and it is easy to be attacked when climbing upwards, and the most intuitive response is to cut the rope of the Flying Tiger Claw before the enemy climbs up.

Therefore, without waiting for the order of Zhu'an, the raven had already taken the lead in commanding: "Hurry! The brute is coming, cut the rope quickly!"

Several sand bandits hurriedly went to cut the rope under the iron claw, and cut it twice, but the rope was not broken, and the knife edge in his hand was unexpectedly open, and the iron flower was turned over.

The sand bandit changed the knife and tried it twice, but it was still the same, and he felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly went to ask the raven for help, "Boss, this rope keeps cutting!"

"What?" the raven pounced, grabbed the place where the knife had been cut, and examined it carefully, and found that the rope strands were mixed with copper wire!

Dozens of strands of thin copper wire and hemp rope are tightly twisted together, extremely tough, how can an ordinary sword cut it?

Sensing their intentions, Rong Da sneered: "Hmph, do you really think that Ben will come without any preparation? I really don't know what your emperor thinks, he actually sent a hairy boy to fight, it's just arrogant! Ben will lead his troops to fight more battles than you have lived, and it is more than enough to deal with you!"

In the face of Rongda's provocation, Zhu'an didn't take it to heart, he stopped the raven from wanting to scold back, and commanded in a low voice, "Don't be led by the nose, if we are angry, we will go to his way, quickly go find some lamp oil!"

"Lamp oil?" the raven woke up and quickly turned his head to get it.

Only then did Zhu'an turn to look at the city and said loudly: "The general has experienced a hundred battles, and what he said is extremely true, but I don't know, how can the general be trapped in the city?"

first raised and then suppressed, poked Rongda in the sore spot, Rongda really changed his face first, and said angrily: "You...... Arrogant boy, I'm going to take you down today!"

Zhu'an raised his hand and waved his sword, with a little internal force, although it was mixed with copper wire, Changqing was not an ordinary weapon in the end, and easily cut off a rope in front of him, and the iron claws were still firmly stuck on the wall, but the Hun soldiers who were clinging to the rope fell in response, and fell to death several times in an instant.

He stood with his sword in his hand, neither humble nor arrogant, "The younger generation waited on this wall." ”

I didn't expect it to be cut off like this, Rongda was secretly surprised, and could only comfort himself, there were more than ten ropes of flying tiger claws fixed on the wall, even if Zhu'an's sword could be cut, it would have to be cut one by one, and when he cut it all over, he could also buy a lot of time, plus when the soldiers landed in the city, they often used long-range to slow down the difficulty and casualties of the city, and the stray arrow has never been broken, and it will never let Zhu'an succeed easily!

Thinking like this, Rongda relaxed slightly, however, Zhu'an withdrew his hand and did not fight with the rope again, and the figure of the man appeared again, as if he was holding something in his hand.

It's too high, Rongda can't see what it is, and always feels that no good thing will happen at this juncture.

He could only urge the soldiers to climb the walls quickly.

It's just a string of all clinging to the rope, like ants.

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The stray arrows continued, the soldiers held their shields and did not dare to relax, and the sand bandits kept cutting the ropes, so they aimed the discarded knives in their hands at the Huns and threw them in the face, and they also hit a lot.

It's just that the Hun soldiers are still climbing up one after another, and they can't completely stop it.

The raven hurriedly rushed over, "Xiao'er, we don't have enough fire oil in reserve, I went to the city to search for some civilian ones, do you think it might be used?"

He patted the raven on the shoulder, nodded and said: "Yes, most of these ordinary people can't afford tung oil ghee at home, so they mix animal fat with soybean oil, which can be burned longer, it is a good thing, you give it to your subordinates, try to sprinkle a little more on the rope, let's borrow a 'east wind'!"

Raven reacted quickly and breathed a sigh of relief, "Gotcha!"

It didn't take long for the soldier who was clinging to the rope to feel that he was splashed with something greasy, and the soldier who hit the head almost couldn't hold on to the rope, but a little liquid didn't hurt anyone, but the tendency to climb up was still much slower.

Another stream of arrows with gunpowder streaked across the sky, and a strange smell permeated the air.

Rongda quickly sensed that something was wrong, and he turned his head and yelled at the archer, "Stop!

"Stop!"