Chapter 183 Easy to defend and difficult to attack!
Among the large-scale siege equipment in ancient times, there are generally three types of common ones - trebuchets, ladders and crossbows. Among them, there is an improved version of the trebuchet called the Huihui Pao.
But this time Han Yidou only planned to make some return cannons in the early stage of the battle. The reason is very simple. Lu Xu can't use the other two things for the time being!
Although the bandits have been lingering in the depths of the Qinling Mountains for more than two hundred years, they are always ready to run away to fight guerrillas, so even if they build a base, it cannot be too strong a city.
Their village walls are mostly built with earth, stone and wooden fences.
After knowing that they could not fight guerrillas with the army this time, Pei Junxiong led his men to re-strengthen the wall of the village. However, they only covered the wooden fence with earth and stone and processed it into an earth wall. Facing this kind of wall,
Walls, ladders and crossbows are undoubtedly overkill.
In this battle, the real difficulty is how to break the pattern of copycats!
Similar to Wei'an Fort, the bandit's mountain stronghold also maximized the advantages of the terrain.
In general, the structure of this mountain village, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, is a mountain, three hilltops and a steep slope.
The main body of the village is on the top of a "mountain"-shaped mountain range, with two slightly shorter hills on each side, and another slightly shorter hill directly south of the main body.
The layout of one main body and three small hills has a strong protective effect on the main body of the village.
The northern slope of the mountain village is extremely steep. It would be extremely difficult for Pei Junxiong to escape from the north, let alone attacking from the north.
This kind of terrain is undoubtedly quite easy to defend and difficult to attack!
Wanting to break through this stronghold, the first test Lu Xu faced was the hilltop to the south. Lu Xu had no doubt that his return artillery could easily break through the stronghold wall on the top of the mountain, but even if he broke through the stronghold wall
, they still want to launch an attack on the mountain!
By then, things like rolling logs and stones will definitely be indispensable. If we want to ensure a complete victory in this battle, we will probably need Han Yidou to provide some support in the equipment in the future.
Han Yidou performed quite well at the beginning. The work during this period of time has cultivated Han Yidou's strong overall planning and organizational skills. Under his dispatch, the craftsmen built three return cannons in just one night.
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Not to mention Pei Junxiong, even Lu Xu and others were very surprised by such progress!
Facing everyone's appreciative voices, Han Yidou was still a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and said: "It's nothing. I just used the control tolerances and division of labor and cooperation that the adults put in the workshop."
Lu Xu smiled and said: "Don't be humble, you can use what I teach you flexibly, this is your ability!"
Han Yidou's great strength is good news for Lu Xu, but it is a devastating blow to Pei Junxiong and the others.
In order to clarify his combat goals during the battle, Lu Xu numbered the main body of the village and the three hills.
The hilltop directly south of the main body is No. 1 village, the one to the east of the main body is No. 2, and the one to the west is naturally No. 3, and the main body is called the main village.
At this time, Pei Junxiong and others were also sitting in No. 1 Village to direct the battle situation on the front line.
Seeing that the army had brought out three such powerful beasts overnight, the people in Village No. 1 felt that they might be in for a disaster.
Pei Junxiong looked at Hui Hui Pao with very cold eyes! He said coldly to his subordinates: "Brothers, I think you can see it. As long as the three trebuchets are still there, we will have to defend this village.
It will be very difficult. For the sake of the big guys in the village, we must find a way to get rid of those three trebuchets."
This is indeed the truth, but no one dares to take what Pei Junxiong said. Because everyone knows in their hearts that no matter who takes the initiative now, it will almost be a life-and-death situation. And even if they have the courage to sacrifice, it will be meaningless.
big!
The army and the army can build three big machines like this in one night. Even if you sacrifice yourself, what will happen if you succeed? Another night, they can build three big machines like this. How many of the bandits can survive?
Can you afford such consumption?
Seeing that no one under his command responded to his words, Pei Junxiong didn't care. Anyway, in his opinion, it shouldn't be a problem for him to survive after this battle. So he didn't bother to pay attention to everyone's little thoughts!
Outside the village, Lu Xu had hoped that Pei Junxiong would take the initiative to leave the city and die. After all, with these three big machines here, no matter how stupid Pei Junxiong was, he knew that if they didn't try to destroy the trebuchet, they would be dead.
But there was still no response from the village. Lu Xu didn't care about that! He quickly made preparations to attack the city! Following his order, three return artillery fired at the same time! Three huge rocks aimed at the fragile village of the village.
The wall of the village flew away!
boom!
Boom boom!
After three loud noises, the wall of the village shook violently. The soil and stones on the wall fell one after another. It was obviously difficult for the temporarily reinforced wall to withstand the attack of the returning artillery!
"Don't retreat!"
Pei Junxiong yelled: "Hold the wall to my death!"
Anyway, he is not afraid of the rocks being fired back when others are hiding behind him. He can just let others fight for him.
But the ordinary soldiers in front were in dire straits. After all, the artillery was not a firearm. It could not cause great damage to the enemy in one blow through direct damage.
However, its destruction of the wall was devastating. When the second round of three boulders fell, the wall was already crumbling, and a large number of bandits fell from the wall.
Seeing that there was no hope for the stronghold wall, Pei Junxiong could only immediately order his troops to prepare for Lu Xu's attack.
However, Lu Xu seemed very patient at this time. He did not immediately order the troops to attack. His mind was very clear. Compared with his opponents, he was absolutely weak in terms of military strength, and his opponents also occupied
Advantages of location.
Once you really let your opponent take advantage of rolling wood and rocks, your advantage in weapons will be gone.
So Lu Xu is ready to learn from Zeng Guofan - build a stronghold and fight stupidly!
In the next round of boulder attacks, Lu Xu blasted a huge gap in the wall of No. 1 Village.
But Lu Xu began to order Han Yidou to continue attacking the opponent's wall! In order to avoid being attacked by rolling logs and rocks, Lu Xu needed as wide a field of vision as possible.
Anyway, the Huihui artillery fires stones, not real cannonballs. He is deep in the Qinling Mountains now. Will he be short of stones? Of course not! So why is he not fully "prepared for artillery fire"?
Not only did he do it, but he also ordered Han Yidou to come up with some more returning cannons. He wanted to give this small village an ancient version of a saturation strike!