Chapter 3161 Throwing the pole to suppress the archer
Liu Zhong, who was behind Liu Yu, quickly waved a green flag that had been prepared on one side, and turned it twice in the forward direction and then in the opposite direction above his head. Following his movements, under the handsome platform,
There was a heavy blast of horns, and the front army quickly responded to this signal with the beating of hundreds of war drums. The wooden platoons began to disperse to both sides, while the catapults continued their stone-throwing attack on the city head, but
From the gaps between these catapults, hundreds of four-wheeled carts were quickly pushed forward by groups of three to five people.
Wang Miaoyin's beautiful eyebrows wrinkled slightly: "Didn't they send out charging vehicles and siege towers? Didn't they attack the city wall? Was the order conveyed incorrectly?"
Liu Muzhi smiled and waved his hand: "How could such an order be wrong? The queen does not have to worry, before dispatching the siege troops, they still need to further advance to suppress the city, and these cars are the first suppression weapons.
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As his words fell, Wang Zhene was seen galloping on his horse, giving orders back and forth behind these four-wheeled carts. Next to these carts, there were groups of infantrymen holding shields and carrying halberds.
Not too many, each vehicle is equipped with about thirty people, and they move forward with these small vehicles.
With a "swish" sound, several flying sticks flew out from the top of the city, flying towards the cart and the infantry. Several soldiers passed through their chests, flew out, and died on the spot, while the surrounding sergeants turned to
After getting in the car, I filled in the seats of these people, as if nothing had happened.
The catapults in the Jin army's formation once again fired a hundred stones, and they hit the position where they had just been flying. Several screams were heard, and you could see that dozens of large stones were hit within a radius of twenty or thirty steps.
, a lot of messy things, including more than ten figures, fell backwards and fell into the inner city. Wherever the smoke and dust were scattered, only an eight-bow crossbow machine was seen, which had been smashed into pieces, along with four or five
Corpses were piled at the top of the city. Obviously, they were destroyed immediately upon discovery. This remaining crossbow machine once again proves this point.
The hundreds of carts that came forward had been pushed to a position about 200 steps away from the city temple. At this position, the bows and arrows at the top of the city could not reach, and the crossbow machines and catapults had been destroyed. Wang Zhene waved his order and these
All the cars stopped, and the shield bearers rushed to the front of the cars, raised their shields and big logs, and blocked the cars. From the direction of Liu Yu's handsome platform, it could be clearly seen that the roofs of the cars were opened, and each car was blocked.
Each cart is loaded with a large bamboo.
Wang Miaoyin's eyes lit up: "Ah, isn't this the legendary throwing rod? Place a tough bamboo on a small cart and press it down with several people. You can launch something weighing several kilograms to 200 steps away.
During the Battle of Linqu, these throwing poles showed their power, will they be used again in this siege?"
Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, from a distance of two hundred steps, use the throwing pole to suppress the city head, let's start."
Liu Zhong quickly changed the yellow flag and waved it three times. There was another burst of war drums in front of him, and the shield in front of the car was quickly evacuated. More than a hundred large bamboos were bent by the combined efforts of the sergeants, and the empty nest at the end was
In the middle, jars were placed one after another. Following Wang Zhene's order, these jars and jars rose into the air and directly hit the city head.
Different from the flying rocks attacking the city just now, after these jars hit the city head, yellow smoke and dust flew up, accompanied by bursts of white powder. Liu Muzhi curled his lips and said, "It's sulfur and saltpeter. Could it be..."
Before he finished speaking, he felt a wave of heat coming from the front. The next round of stones flying towards the city had turned into fireballs. It was obvious that besides the stones, there were also guides such as grass, wood, saltpeter and so on.
Burning objects, even wolf smoke dung balls, were thrown out fiercely, like hundreds of flying fireballs, falling from the sky and hitting the city head in a cloud of yellow and white smoke.
The fire suddenly burst into flames, and the Guanggu City Wall, which was filled with smoke just now, instantly turned into a large fire scene. The broken wood and city towers everywhere became the best ignition props. The city head as far as the eye could see was almost
It turned into a scene of fire. You could faintly see people running back and forth. There were even armored sergeants whose whole bodies were on fire. They simply jumped off the top of the city, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
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Quin blinked his one eye excitedly, and laughed loudly: "It's so spectacular, so powerful. Throwing poles, saltpeter, sulfur, and then flying fireballs. The whole city has been burned down. How can anyone continue?"
Are you staying up there? It turns out that this is the legendary fire suppression. Brother Jinu, what are we waiting for? Let’s attack the city!”
Liu Yu shook his head: "Now is not the time. The enemy is a bit strange. Normally, they are not completely powerless to fight back. Send the order, throw the pole and continue to suppress the attack with flying rocks. Send the order to the three thousand archers to come forward and approach the city a hundred steps away."
Liu Zhong quickly issued the order again. In the Jin army's formation, waves of horns and shouts sounded. Behind the army formation, a large number of dark archers began to surge forward, like one wave after another.
, they were wearing leather armor, with their right arms almost exposed, carrying bows and quivers on their backs, with helmets on their heads or only cloth scarves tied around their foreheads. They were divided into three columns and rushed forward.
Go, and quickly pass the pole-throwing cart that is more than a hundred paces ahead, and approach the city a hundred paces.
On the city wall, more than a hundred bricks suddenly fell, and more than a hundred small holes were revealed, like the eyes of a devil. The sound of piercing the sky was endless, and it was a large number of crossbow arrows that were emitted directly from these small holes.
, sprinkled into the dense group of archers outside the city.
Wang Miaoyin softly said "Oh": "It turns out to be a double wall. It seems that there is a secret passage in this city wall, which is specially used for shooting fortifications. If we hide inside and fire crossbows, our archers will suffer a lot of casualties."
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While he was talking, there were already dozens of archers. Before they could draw their bows and release their arrows, they were all hit and fell to the ground. The archers in the first row loaded their bows with arrows as quickly as possible and aimed at these small holes.
It's just a burst of shooting, but these are often only small holes squared by a brick. How can it be so easy to shoot directly? Most of the bows and arrows are shot on the walls around these shooting holes, hitting the walls with dust everywhere, and even arrowheads.
When it hits a stone, a few sparks are thrown out, but only a few of them can penetrate the small hole!
Another burst of crossbow bolts was fired, continuing to hit the archers outside the city. Dozens of people fell down with groans. Liu Yu curled his lips and waved his hand: "The archers retreat first, and the throwing cart uses the eight-oxen crossbow.
Directly attack these side walls, and order the catapults to attack the city wall. Don’t directly hit the city head yet. The empty walls are not so strong, destroy them!"