Before dawn, five thousand tall soldiers stood on the school grounds, two thousand of them holding long-handled hammers weighing thirty kilograms, and another three thousand soldiers holding hook rifles, led by General Zuo Dazhi of Ying Yanglang.
The long-handled hammers are all made of pig iron and cast in one piece, while the hook-and-gun has a five-inch long curved hook at the front, which is specially used to deal with the legs of war horses, as well as the heavy armored infantry of the Yan Army.
Li Ye loudly said to everyone: "The Yan army most likely used heavy armored infantry to attack the city. Ordinary weapons cannot deal with them. Only our heavy armored infantry and your hammer and hook gun army can deal with them. The first round will be fought by our heavy armored infantry."
On the heavy armored infantry, once the opponent is alone, you will take the field.
Ten people form a team, with four hammers and six hook guns. The hammers attack the opponent's head, and at the same time use the hook gun to attack the opponent's legs, knock them down, and then kill them. No prisoners of war will be accepted. Everyone
Did you hear that clearly?"
"Obey the order!" Five thousand people shouted in unison, their voices reaching into the sky.
Li Ye nodded and said to Zuo Dazhi: "Now everyone will conduct a simple cooperation drill. When the horn sounds, go to the city immediately."
"I humbly obey orders!"
Zuo Dazhi immediately ordered the soldiers to disperse for training. Five hundred wooden stakes were erected on the school field. They were training wooden stakes for heavy armored infantry. They simulated the wooden stakes as enemy troops and conducted cooperative training. Four people were hit on the head and the other six were hit.
Squat down and hook the enemy's ankle below. The key is not to hook the wrong person.
Li Sheng sighed and said, "There will definitely be casualties."
Li Ye nodded, "I know casualties are inevitable, but this is the best way to deal with the lone Modao soldiers!"
Li Sheng thought for a while and said: "What if we use a big net to trap the other party?"
Li Ye sighed and said: "Of course it is better to use nets, but there are no large nets in the armory. There are only two county offices in Chang'an City with anti-theft nets. There are only sixty nets in total. They are too few and will not be effective."
Li Sheng smiled and said: "It can be used to deal with the most ferocious soldiers!"
Li Ye nodded, "This plan is acceptable!"
At this time, the black spear next to him said: "Your Highness, wouldn't it be a pity to kill all the enemy's heavy armored infantry?"
Li Ye said calmly: "The heavy armored infantry of Fan Yang's army are mainly Donghu people. They have been following An Lushan for at least ten years. Can you control them?"
Black Spear was immediately speechless.
Li Ye called Zuo Dazhi over again and said to Black Spear: "Tell General Zuo, what is the most effective way to kill heavy armored infantry?"
Black Spear shook his head with a wry smile, and said to Zuo Dazhi: "It's best to use a dagger. After falling to the ground, push the helmet up and the throat will be exposed. Cut the throat with a knife. This is the best way. Don't pierce the eye holes. Eye holes
It's relatively small, our daggers are wide, and if you thrust it in forcefully, it will break the helmet."
Zuo Dazhi nodded, "I'll tell the soldiers!"
Li Ye sent people to find Zhang Ping again, and immediately collected anti-theft nets in the city, which would be used at dawn.
This night was destined to be sleepless. As soon as Li Ye returned to the big tent, Sima Li Suizhou came to see him again with two craftsmen.
"The plan for throwing kerosene as instructed by His Highness is out!"
After discovering that there was not much kerosene, Li Ye began to think about how to make full use of the kerosene, and several kerosene craftsmen who accompanied the army began to study plans.
Li Ye nodded, "How to do it?"
The leading craftsman stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, please take a look at this!"
The craftsman opened an oil paper bag. Li Ye took a closer look and found that there was a bag of dark mud inside. The pungent smell was exactly that of kerosene.
Li Ye suddenly understood, "Are you making fire clay?"
"To be precise, it's called sulfur charcoal fire clay. We grind charcoal and sulfur into powder, then stir it with kerosene, ignite it and throw it out. It will spread in the air and become a goddess's scattered flowers. It has strong burning power and can burn through the enemy.
The soldier's leather armor will burn the skin and flesh. Although it is not fatal, it will cause unbearable pain and will seriously affect the soldier's combat effectiveness."
This idea is very good, and it just solves the weakness of the insufficient killing area of kerosene. The kerosene must be placed in a clay pot before it can be shot out, but it will not break until it hits the ground. The kerosene will splash everywhere, but it will only affect a radius of about one foot at most.
The burning area is too small.
Even if the kerosene jar is not covered with a lid, only a small amount of kerosene can be spilled out. Most of the kerosene is still in the jar, and the effect of the splashing is not ideal. This was proved when the branches laid on the Qujiang Pond were burned.
If this plan can be completely sprayed in the air, the area of damage will be large. Li Ye has realized that this will be a good weapon against the enemy troops attacking the city.
At this time, Li Suizhou laughed again and said: "Actually, this can also deal with trebuchets!"
"Tell me more specifically?"
"Your Highness, the trebuchet must be tied with a belt. It is not easy to accurately hit the belt. But if it is sprayed over a large area like this, some of the belts will definitely be hit. Several layers of belts will be burned through. Once the belt is broken, the trebuchet must be reinstalled and debugged.
, it will take at least one day, do the enemy forces still want to drag it on day by day?"
Li Suizhou's idea is a bit far-fetched, but it makes sense and you can give it a try.
"How much sulfur and charcoal powder?"
"There are many in the city, they are complete and enough!"
Li Ye nodded, "Gather all the craftsmen together and deploy them as soon as possible!"
It was getting closer and closer to dawn, and time was getting tighter. At this time, there was also movement in the Yan Army camp.
Zhang Zhongzhi's sneak attack on Qujiangchi failed and he lost more than 10,000 people. An Lushan, who was lying on the hospital bed, was very angry and ordered him to be dragged down and beaten with eighty army sticks and demoted to the rank of Zhonglang General.
An Lushan also ordered Gao Shang to command the siege on his behalf, and he must capture Chang'an before dark the next day.
Before daybreak, twenty heavy trebuchets were dispatched again. This time they added a ten-foot-high arrow shield to the base, which effectively protected the soldiers operating it.
The previous large baffle was mainly used to protect the trebuchet. The trebuchet was afraid of the bed crossbow. The long and heavy arrows of the big yellow crossbow had little effect on the trebuchet, but the gold-piercing and cracking stones of the bed crossbow would damage the important parts of the bed crossbow.
Twenty trebuchets were slowly put into place, and the alarm bells sounded loudly on the city top. The sleeping soldiers woke up one after another, stood up and looked outside the city.
At this time, 30,000 soldiers rushed to the city and handed over the defense to the soldiers on night duty. Li Ye also went to the city. The siren sounded and he could not sleep anymore.
"Your Highness, the trebuchet is about to start firing again!"
Li Ye nodded and ordered: "Send the order for the big yellow crossbow to shoot!"
The big yellow crossbow on the city head began to fire first, hitting the trebuchet like raindrops, but this time the effect was not very good, most of the arrows were intercepted by another small baffle.
Li Ye felt a little regretful, but it was a pity that the sulfur charcoal fire mud had not yet been prepared in large quantities and could not be used for the time being.
Li Ye suddenly had a thought in his mind and immediately ordered: "Pass my order to level all the trebuchets on the top of the city!"
Li Ye had already seen the enemy's intention. Their trebuchets were aimed at his own trebuchets on the top of the city. So as long as he knocked down the trebuchets on the top of the city, the opponent's trebuchets would have no effect.