Chapter 405 Brothers, don't be afraid, it's just embroidered legs!
Since coming out of Victory Fort, Murong Chong's fate has gone through several changes along the way, with ups and downs. Now he has finally landed in one place, and Murong Chong can be content for a while.
On the other side, under the leadership of Liu Laozhi, the Jin army brothers, led by Qing Niu, followed the chariot on both sides and slowly approached the core battlefield.
The weapons have been placed in the chariot in advance. When they arrive at the city gate, the soldiers will reboard the chariot under the cover of the shield bearers.
It would be too complicated to do this, but there is nothing we can do about it.
In this era, the only animals that could provide pulling power were oxen and horses. The pulling power of oxen and horses was limited, and even the eight-horse horse could only pull twenty or thirty people.
Given the size of a toad cart, the load of eighty people could not be pulled by oxen and horses alone.
What to do?
There is no engine or big truck.
After much thought, Xie Xuan could only adopt a compromise method. The chariot could be made as big as possible, because it was made of thin wooden boards. Even if the size became larger, the weight would not change much. When the chariot is empty,
Oxen and horses can still pull.
The soldiers should follow on both sides of the chariot, and when they reach the bottom of the city wall, they will choose the opportunity to jump on the chariot.
This kind of combat method has extremely high requirements on the quality and mobility of soldiers. This is why Xie Xuan has to devote time and energy to individually training the soldiers who need to use the toad car to attack the building.
Isn’t it all because the toad car is very difficult to operate and the requirements are quite high.
With Liu Laozhi taking action, Xie Xuan can basically rest easy.
Surrounded by the soldiers, he climbed up onto the bed, his feather fan swaying slightly, and watched as a good show was about to begin.
"General!"
"General, look, what is that?"
On the tower of Xiangyang City, the Di and Qin soldiers experienced rounds of fierce battles. Their physical strength was obviously weakened, and their emotions began to become unstable.
But now, there is only one general on the tower, and that is Liang Cheng.
This man had suffered many defeats at the hands of the Beifu soldiers in the past, and the brothers were extremely suspicious of his commanding ability.
While they used various weapons to repel the Jin army's repeated attacks, they also had to pay attention to the battle ahead.
The soldiers on the lookout saw from a distance some strange-looking big guys slowly moving forward from the Jin army's battle formation, and immediately ran to report to Liang Cheng.
On Liang Cheng's side, he had just driven away a group of Jin troops who were trying to board the city. On this side, when he heard the soldier's warning, he immediately wiped his eyes and looked into the distance.
"hiss……"
"Weird, what is this?"
I saw that the big thing was not moving very fast. When it slowly moved forward from the rear of the battle formation, it could be clearly observed on the tower that the Jin soldiers were dodging to both sides in a disciplined manner.
Make way for the big guys.
"I think it's better to build a car. You see it has wheels."
The soldiers had a very simple concept. When they saw the round thing, they immediately concluded that the big thing was a car.
"quick!"
"be prepared!"
"Beifu soldiers are coming to the city again!"
As a general, Liang Cheng still has a deeper vision than ordinary soldiers at this moment.
The Jin army did not want to avoid attacking Qin, and there was no unnecessary shielding in front of the chariot. It could be said that it drove towards the gate of Xiangyang in a mighty manner.
Liang Cheng's sight on the city was not blocked at all, and he immediately discovered that there were more than a dozen of these strange-looking chariots.
A dozen tanks are enough for the Qin soldiers to be vigilant. What's more, according to Liang Cheng's visual inspection, there are some weirder guys in this wave of tanks.
The chassis is roughly the size of a car. The car has no lid, and there is a ladder standing on top of the lid.
What kind of combination is this?
He was all prepared, but in the face of such a strange guy, Liang Cheng really couldn't make up his mind on how to attack him.
"Don't let them climb even half a step onto the tower later!"
"The Jin army will definitely come up from that ladder!" He waved his hand and pointed, and the soldiers saw the chariot with the ladder.
In any case, facing the Xiangyang City Wall, which is about several feet high, the soldiers have to rely on ladders if they want to climb up. If they want to repel the Jin army's attack, they only need to keep an eye on the ladders!
The so-called battle on the city is actually not that simple. The reason why Wang Mi and others led a small number of Beifu soldiers to raid Xiangyang City before and chose to attack from the side of the city wall was because they saw that the geographical location here is superior and the defense is relatively loose.
The location is excellent. What is the advantage?
There are no trenches or puddles on the side of the city wall!
In order to prevent the enemy from invading, under normal circumstances, the city wall will not be empty. The placement of trenches and even wooden fences are basic operations.
At this time in the Jin Dynasty, although the tactics of defending and attacking cities had begun to take shape, compared with the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were still many shortcomings, and they could even be called disorganized.
Cities in the Ming and Qing Dynasties had already reached a mature stage. To defend the city, a meandering moat was necessary. On the one hand, it could prevent enemy troops from attacking the city. On the other hand, it could even prevent rebellious enemy troops from breaking into the city.
However, this set of theories had not yet reached the level of popularization in the Jin Dynasty. Most of the time, the construction of cities still relied on its original terrain.
The capital city is Jiankang, surrounded by water on all sides, with water flowing everywhere inside and outside the city. This is the city's own pattern and is not man-made.
As a result, these complex water systems became barriers to protect Jiankang City. But when the sight turned to Xiangyang City, the water here was a little far away from the city. The Jin army could station troops under the city after crossing the river.
The open space was sufficient, and the Di and Qin soldiers in the city were completely uninterested in water battles, so the two armies started fighting directly under the city.
In this way, the ditches and trenches in front of the city gate became very important.
These trenches can very well block the enemy's chariots. If the horses charge forward rapidly, the horses and chariots get stuck in the trenches. That's no joke!
Not only will it not be able to play its due role, it will also become an obstacle to the troops ascending the city.
With big things like chariots and war horses blocking the outside of the city wall, how to set up the Lingyun Ladder?
Aren't you digging a hole for yourself?
When the time comes, manpower will be spent specifically to remove the chariots. This operation will naturally give the defenders time to counterattack.
As a well-known military town, there are ditches like this around Xiangyang City. On weekdays, when there is no war, the ditches usually remain dry.
But now, the ditch outside the city is full of mud soup, and the soldiers have difficulty moving. The infantry is still restricted from entering the city, let alone those huge tanks!
Liang Cheng crouched and inspected the chariot convoy below the city. As the chariot convoy gradually broke away from the battle formation, they moved faster and faster.
Although the chariots looked very big and intimidating, Liang Cheng discovered that there were only two green oxen pulling them in front of each chariot, so it didn't look heavy.
"It's just a show of force and embroidery!"
"Brothers, don't be afraid!"
"The bigger the chariot is, the more immobile it will be when it reaches the city. We just need to aim the arrow tip at the Jin army!" Liang Cheng said loudly, he was full of confidence.
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