Chapter 327 Confrontation with Flying Stones and Thunderbolt Chariots Showing Power
Chapter 327: Flying stones versus thunderous chariots
If you want to break through Hulao Pass, you must first fill in the moat.
Under the command of Xiang Yan, the Yellow Turban soldiers formed a team of two, one holding a shield to block the front, the other hiding with a sandbag, and rushed towards Hulao Pass despite the rain of arrows.
Seeing this, Qin Qiong, who was locked in Hulao, had a trace of fear in his eyes. He quickly ordered to stop blocking arrows, and said to Qin Zheng and Qin Hu on the left and right: "Send the order. When the enemy enters the attack range, release thunder stones first and bow arrows from behind."
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"Yes." The two of them responded together, and then quickly went down to make arrangements.
The Yellow Turbans were well prepared to attack the city, and the Han army was equally well prepared to defend the city. There was no shortage of materials to defend the city. As soon as the Yellow Turban soldiers approached, they immediately launched a wave of "defense breaking", followed by thousands of arrows.
There were constant screams on the battlefield, and the Yellow Turbans' attack did not go smoothly. The casualties were heavy in the first step, but Xiang Yan, as the commander, looked indifferent, as if the soldiers who died were not his soldiers.
"Pull up the well railings and catapults to cover the army's movements." Xiang Yan said calmly.
In the Yellow Turban Army formation, row after row of behemoths slowly drove out. When Qin Qiong saw this, he immediately said in a deep voice: "Instruct the stone-throwing troops to prepare to defend the city."
After Liu Ye received the military order, he couldn't help but show excitement. It was finally time to test the power of the new trebuchet.
The Han army's catapult troops moved very quickly. Before the Yellow Turban Army's new formation was fully deployed under the city, fifty new catapults were already ready on the city tower.
After seeing this scene, Xiang Yan finally showed a solemn look, and then quickly returned to the Yellow Turban line to meet Zhang Jiao, saying: "Good teacher, the intelligence is wrong. The Han army is not only extremely well prepared, but also has catapults. If we want to confront Zhang Jiao,
Taking Hulao Pass will probably cost you a lot. Why not wait for the opportunity?"
Zhang Jue's face darkened and he sighed: "Now is not the time to be soft-hearted. As long as the plan can be implemented smoothly, no matter how high the price is, it will be worth it. Brother Yan, I beg you, attack the city with all your strength at all costs." p>
"We will live up to our trust."
With Zhang Jiao's support, Xiang Yan no longer had any taboos, and immediately issued an order to fill the moat at all costs, even with corpses.
Under the sniper attack of the Han army, the Yellow Turban's first ten thousand troops soon lost more than two thousand troops. The second Yellow Turban's ten thousand troops were also ready. Under the cover of wells and catapults, they once again attacked
Hulao Pass launched an attack.
Liu Ye looked into the distance and made secret calculations in his heart.
"Our side is condescending and can attack the enemy's catapults at this distance. Once the Yellow Turbans lose their catapults, they can only be beaten passively."
After letting go of the Yellow Turbans' infantry phalanx, when the Yellow Turbans' catapults officially entered the range of the Han army's catapults, Liu Ye immediately gave the order and shouted: "The catapult troops are ready, the first round of fire on the enemy's left flank, let go!" p>
Following Liu Ye's order, Hulao was closed and a spectacle of tens of thousands of stones was instantly staged. The scene was so spectacular that even some of the attacking Yellow Turban soldiers were stunned.
"Boom...boom...boom..."
The Yellow Turban catapult troops obviously did not expect that the Han army's catapults could launch stone projectiles so far. The left wing was completely unprepared and suffered a devastating blow in an instant.
"How did the Han army's catapults throw themselves so far?"
"This range is almost half of our army's range!"
"How can we fight this battle? Even the catapults can't get close to the city wall."
The total number of catapults of the Yellow Turban Army was much greater than that of the Han Army, about one hundred and fifty in total, and Xiang Yan brought out fifty catapults this time.
Fifty catapults were already a lot, and the Han army only had fifty in total. I thought they could make a great contribution, but before they even reached the city, the left wing was hit hard, and about a dozen catapults were smashed. Obviously,
It can no longer be used.
After seeing this scene, Zhang Jiao couldn't help but sigh: "Those people from Baijia are really unreliable."
Catapults have long been absent from the official establishment of the Han army. There are not even a few craftsmen in the entire Han Dynasty who can build catapults. But now the catapults of the Han army can be launched farther than the catapults made by the Mohists, who specialize in ordnance.
Far, what does this mean?
It is obvious that all the families are not united, and some people are secretly helping the Han Dynasty. They do not want to see Zhang Jiao, or in other words, they do not want to see the common people achieve the final victory.
"Tend the remaining one hundred catapults to General Xiang."
Zhang Jiao said lightly: "Since we can't compare in terms of quality, we have to make up for it in terms of quantity."
At the Yellow Turban headquarters ahead, Xiang Yan showed an angry look on his face, pulled over a soldier, and shouted: "Go to the great virtuous master quickly and get..."
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief that the Great Master has sent a hundred catapults."
"Great, you won't be afraid of the Han army."
With the arrival of rear support, more than a hundred catapults were scattered in front of Hulao Pass. The reason why Xiang Yan did not dare to let the catapults gather together was naturally because he was afraid of being attacked by the Han army.
Catapults are clumsy and slow, but the Han army's catapults have a longer range and are also condescending.
If the Yellow Turban Army's catapults were concentrated together, they would probably be completely destroyed by the enemy's flying rocks before they even reached the corner of the city.
Only by spreading them out can losses be minimized.
Xiang Yan's dispersion tactics brought great trouble to Liu Ye, but based on the idea that no matter how small the mosquito is, Liu Ye still tried his best to cause more damage to the Yellow Turbans.
The first day of the city defense basically ended with a duel between catapults.
The Yellow Turbans had one hundred and fifty catapults, but in the end less than 70 were left, and the Han army only lost five. The Yellow Turbans were completely defeated.
However, although Xiang Yan was completely at a disadvantage in the Feishi confrontation, Xiang Yan accomplished his strategic purpose.
In this battle, Xiang Yan used hundreds of thousands of sandbags and the corpses of 15,000 Yellow Turban soldiers to finally fill in the moat of Hulao Pass, paving the way for the subsequent siege.
"The Yellow Turbans killed 15,000 people and were rewarded with 15,000 war points. 150 summoning points have been exchanged. The host currently has a total of 410 summoning points."
Qin Hao is not the leader of the Yanmen Army yet, so he must personally command the battle to get rewards. However, Qin Qiong is a general summoned by Qin Hao, and he is in the same camp as Qin Hao, so his military exploits will naturally be counted as Qin Hao's.
On the head.
But if Qin Wen had asked Qin Zheng or Qin Hu to be the chief general defending the city, then Qin Hao would not be able to get the reward. This is one of the reasons why Qin Hao did not object to Qin Qiong being the chief general.
This decisive battle was a matter of life and death for the Han Dynasty, but it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Qin Hao. Think about the Yellow Turbans' millions of troops, how many summoning points are these?
It is naturally impossible to capture them all, but a part of them is also an extremely huge number for Qin Hao, enough for Qin Hao to summon the pillars that can support a country.
"It feels so good to receive rewards even while sitting." Qin Hao thought to himself: "Xiang Yan is worthy of being a famous general of Chu State. His vision is really vicious. He filled in the moat on the first day, but Hu