Chapter 131: Mechanized troops at the end of the Han Dynasty

The 400-man army of Fujiao Supplementary Soldiers climbed the earth wall, and the combat troops of the same 400-man army gathered below and could start offensive and defensive ethics at any time.

Li Qin said: "Sir, please see, this earthen wall is built according to the scale of the county wall. If our army can capture such a city gate, then the real county gate can also be captured."

Tang Jie nodded and said in a low voice: "Siege is not as good as formation drills, so don't cause casualties."

Li Qin said: "The casualties are considered, but the casualties may not be necessary, but the wounded soldiers will definitely appear. The last general will ask the soldiers to remove all the arrows, and there are white dust on the arrows. If the soldier is shot and there is a white spot on his body, then even if the casualties are injured, they will retreat."

Zhang Qin kept silent, but said at this time: "This idea was created by our family. Our family has always loved soldiers like their sons and could not bear to let them get hurt. Our family asked the Jiang brothers to be the military supervisor. If anyone is covered with white dust, they have to come down immediately. First, to protect them from being injured, and second, to prevent them from having the opportunity to cheat."

In fact, Li Qin thought of the idea of ​​white dust on the arrow, and hinted Zhang Qin. Zhang Qin took the opportunity to take it as his own idea. He showed his skills in front of Tang Jie, the county magistrate, and would write them in letters and report them to Zhang Rang, asking Zhang Rang to pay attention to him. If Li Qin gave him this favor, he naturally wanted to accept it.

Tang Jie hurriedly said, "Zhang Zhongguan is good at abilities, and the way he is stained with white dust on the arrow is never expected." He flattered casually. As an eunuch, he likes money first, and secondly, he likes flattery.

Another team of soldiers entered the exercise venue. Logically speaking, the number of soldiers on the attacking side should be three times that of the defending side, so that they can barely launch an attack. However, the exercise is just so that the entire army does not have to join the entire army.

The soldiers who entered the field later did not carry the ladder or hold shields, but pushed five large carts in, three of which were tall cars, somewhat similar to the type of building car used by Liu Jiu, the Huns. The cars were covered with thick mud, which could withstand the shooting of rockets. The three tall cars were like three large rectangular boxes, and some were like big chimneys, with only shooting holes exposed on the walls for soldiers to shoot arrows. The height of the high cart was about the same as the earthen wall.

The other big cart was relatively low. There was a huge long umbrella cover on the top of this big cart, and under the umbrella cover was a siege hammer. The soldiers pushing the cart were hiding under the umbrella cover. A team of soldiers pushed the cart, and two teams of soldiers raised their shields to protect both sides of the cart.

Both of these cars can be understood by Tou Jie. The high car is used to shoot arrows on the earthen wall, and the other big car hit the door, but he couldn't understand the last big car. The last big car can only be said to be a big wooden shelf, and it is a bit complicated, both a rope and a pole.

Tang Jie pointed to the last big car and asked, "What kind of car is that? It looks a bit like a stone thrower, but it doesn't look like it."

Li Qin said: "Sir, this is indeed a stone thrower, but it has been improved. I will name it the horn-punching cannon!"

"Keep-punching cannon? How is this used?" Tang Jie asked in confusion.

Li Qin said: "It is also used to throw large stones, but it is more precise. It can also throw turbulent oil cans, which is considered to have more functions than ordinary stone throwers."

Tang Jie nodded and said, "So that's it. This is similar to the Pili Car in the Central Plains."

Li Qin smiled and thought to himself: "The pili chariot was developed by Cao Cao, but my horn-held cannon is stronger than his pili chariot, and the stones thrown are also larger."

These equipments were created by the craftsmen of Fujiao Fort. They were not new things when they were prompted. However, they were improved and used as siege. After several experiments, they were quite easy to use, and they were easy to repair and can be used continuously.

In the late Han Dynasty, only the only army that could have such technical strength and the boss was willing to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to develop was a military like the Fujiao Army. If such generals and troops were to appear again, they would have to wait at least ten years or even twenty years, and when Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang were full of wings, they would vigorously develop the "mechanized troops" of this era.

The two of them talked, and the Fujiao Army below was ready and waved the flag. The second Fujiao Army under the earthen wall had already begun to attack!

In the rumbling, the attacking gang's gang's gang pushed the high chariot forward. The first gang's gang's gang's gang's archery under the earthen wall fired the arrows and shot at the defender. However, the defending gang's gang did not shoot back the arrows, but everyone held up their shields, hid behind the walls, and waited for the attacking side to approach.

Soon, three high cars slowly approached the moat. Although they could rush over directly, because it was an exercise, they could not go over directly just because they could pass. Instead, they should try to fully practice all possible problems when siege, discover the problems as early as possible, and solve them as soon as possible. This is called sweating more in daily life and bleeding less in wartime.

The high car parked on the bank of the moat, and the horn-held soldiers in the car began to shoot arrows to suppress the guards on the top of the city, and the siege car behind them also pushed up. The soldiers arrived at the moat, took down the sacks from the car, threw them into the ditch, and then laid wooden boards one by one on the sacks!

Tang Jie looked at it and frowned and said, "Li Lang, this method is too stupid. Not all moats in cities can be filled with them."

Li Qin was about to speak, but Zhang Qin next to him couldn't help it. Now Zhang Qin was very disgusted with others questioning the tactics of Fujiao Jun. The person who said that the method was too stupid was Tang Jie. If someone else dared to say that this method was too stupid, Zhang Qin would jump up and scratch people like a cat with a trampled tail.

Zhang Qin said with a sharp voice: "What Lord Tang said is not bad. This time we sent troops, we are not going to attack all the cities, but to attack several counties in Jincheng County. The moats in those counties are not wide, and they must have been frozen and the water level has been reduced. Maybe some rivers have dried up, so of course there is no problem by filling them!"

Li Qin also said: "Yes, we're just going to attack a few county towns this time. The weather is cold again, so although filling the river is stupid, the stupid method can still be effective."

Tang Jie said oh, nodded, and said nothing else.

Wu Danzi's scouts did the intelligence work well. They observed the moats in several occupied counties in Jincheng County and found that they were not as good as those in Lian County. They did not use ready-made rivers, but were digging out manually. They were not too wide. They were cold and the water level had dropped. As the weather cooled further, the river water would even dry up, and even some water would freeze. Therefore, Fujiao Jun used the stupidest method to fill it, but it would be the most effective.

As soon as the river was filled under the earthen wall, the defenders above immediately jumped up and started shooting arrows downwards, shooting high cars and siege cars. However, since the large carts were covered with thick soil, almost the same as the earthen wall, the shooting effect was not great!

In the distance, the corner-help cannon began its first throw, and a huge stone that was about a hundred pounds roared towards the earth wall!

All the people watching the battle around exclaimed, "So big stones are smashed to pieces, and the earthen walls are not allowed to be smashed. In this way, there is no need to do anything else. Just throw big stones and you can hit the city!"

Looking at the big rock flying high, Zhang Qin shouted, "Okay...uh...oh!" He was suddenly pressed to the fort wall by Li Qin, and Tang Jie next to him also shouted loudly, and he was also pressed down by Li Qin.

Li Qin shouted: "Oh..."

He saw that the gunner had a poor ability to throw big stones, and he had made a corner-help cannon, but the gunners had lost their accuracy because they had not experienced much training. They threw the big stone too high, and they must have to cross the earth wall. Behind the earth wall is the fort wall. Of course, the distance was far away. The gunner was not sure of the accident. He had long thought that even if he lost the right direction, the big stone could not hit the fort wall. However, human favors must be sold. If they were not sold at this time, when would they? He pressed Tang Jie and Zhang Qin to the ground with one hand.

Jia Xu and Dian Wei next to him grinned together, thinking in their hearts: "Be careful, don't knock their front teeth off!" They both screamed, lying on the ground together, pretending to avoid the big stones.

The big stone drew an arc, crossed the earth wall, and hit the ground heavily seven or eight feet away from the fort wall, shaking the ground!

As soon as the big stone fell to the ground, Li Qin then raised his head and said, "Good, luckily, the big stone did not hit him. Lord Tang and Zhang Zhongguan, you are not injured, are you?"

Tang Jie and Zhang Qin thought to themselves: "I wouldn't have been hurt, but when you pressed it, it hurts to fall!" But Li Qin was also for their own good. They both moved themselves, stood up and thanked him while slapped the dust.

After only a short delay, the situation of the battle on the earthen wall changed. The corner-help cannon was not throwing it for the second time so quickly. It was being adjusted, but the siege car rushed across the moat and came outside the gate. The soldiers pushed the siege car and shouted, hitting the city gate with all their might. The defenders above began to throw stones and big trees down to smash the siege car!

The soldiers of the attacking side fired arrows with all their might. Many soldiers of the guard were shot and retreated one after another. However, because there were countless sacks of earth-filled sacks piled up behind the gate, it was not too easy for the siege car to break open the gate!

At this moment, the horn-held cannon behind was finally adjusted, and the second big stone was thrown out again, but it was not hit in the direction of the gate, but on the edge of the earth wall, where there were no soldiers from both sides of the offensive and defensive sides, which could prevent people from hitting them!

The big stone roared away, and a loud bang hit the earth wall. The dust flew, and the earth wall collapsed with a bang. The soldiers on the earth wall were shocked to stand unsteadily and fell down one after another!

The first Jiao-Supporting Army, who had been waiting for a long time, raised its shield, carried a large sword of the Jiao-Supporting Fort, and ran towards the collapse, making an effort to enter the city!

Zhang Qin was extremely proud and shouted: "Mr. Tang, what do you think about this exercise? Is there a city wall in the world that can block such a thunder attack?"

Tang Jie whispered softly, but he didn't say anything for a long time!
Chapter completed!