The two sides engaged in three consecutive rounds of artillery battles.
The catapults in Jinyang City seemed to have no impact. However, huge rocks continued to fall around the catapults of the Mohe people, and the flying stone flakes caused a large number of casualties among the Mohe soldiers. The support of a heavy catapult was even broken by stone flakes.
Lost combat effectiveness.
When the Zhou army's flying stone return artillery fired its fourth round, a flying stone directly hit Mohe's catapult. The huge power attached to the flying stone directly blew the catapult into pieces.
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The surrounding soldiers were injured to varying degrees by the flying wood chips and stones. After destroying the catapult, the boulder continued to move forward for a certain distance, killing and injuring more than ten Mohe newly trained technical talents.
Then it stopped.
Zhou Jun's new catapult machine has a farther range than their catapults.
In this case, the Mohe army's catapults could not pose a threat to the Zhou army's catapults, but the Zhou army could continue to attack the Mohe army. Then it was only a matter of time before all the Mohe army's slings were destroyed.
This is one inch long! One inch strong!... It should be one hundred feet long and one hundred feet strong!
Range is justice!
Nur Haqi also noticed that his slings were no longer firing, so he sent his own soldiers to inquire.
"Report to the Patriarch! Tong Tongjia, who is in charge of the catapult, reported that the performance of the catapults in Jinyang City is better than the catapults we obtained from the Zhou army's treasury, and the range is longer. So Commander Tong Tongjia ordered
The catapults temporarily retreated to avoid the sharp edge of the Zhou army's catapults and study countermeasures to defeat the enemy."
Nur Haqi was not angry after hearing this. This kind of technical barrier cannot be changed by will.
"It doesn't matter, anyway, our Mohe clan can dominate Jianzhou not because of these scraps of metal! Only the scimitars in our hands, the bows and arrows on our backs, and the horses under our crotches are truly worthy of our trust!"
I saw Nurha's eyes turned cold: Attack the city and charge the car!
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For a while, the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Where are the scimitars, bows and arrows, and the war horses that were promised?! How come they turned into siege vehicles?!
But Nur Haqia didn't have the slightest sense of being slapped in the face. Instead, when he saw his subordinates making no movement, he immediately said angrily: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry up and prepare to attack the city?"
Nurha's bodyguard's face twitched slightly. Didn't his prince realize that he was slapping him in the face?
In the end, the bodyguards around him still sent orders from the army ahead.
Kong Youde looked at Nur Haqa's behavior and was very satisfied.
From Kong Youde's point of view, being a lord means having a thick face and a dark heart. What kind of sincerity? What kind of benevolence? It's all just to deceive the common people!
Only someone like Nurha Chi can be called a wise king!
"Hey! Hey! Hey!"
From the Mohe army formation, loud shouts rang out.
Several huge siege engines were pushed out of the front line.
This is one of the traditional siege equipment of the Zhou army. The siege ram made of cowhide, hardwood, and steel can withstand attacks from arrows and rolling wood and stones. The huge siege hammer is wrapped in the chariot, leaving only a hole.
, for siege engines to hit the city gate.
There are also ten steel shields installed on both sides of the vehicle, which can protect the person pushing the vehicle from arrows.
A siege truck can accommodate twelve people and is specially designed for ramming city gates.
Taking the heavy horn sound as a signal, the Mohe army resumed its offensive.
Groups of elite Mohe tribe archers began to cruise toward the city wall. The Howling Ox Purple Bamboo Canopy was too great an obstacle to the siege of the city, and this wooden shed must be dealt with.
After thinking about it just now, Nur Haqi came up with a way to deal with the wooden shed.
Whether they are made of leather or bamboo, they are afraid of fire. If these tents are set alight with rockets, they will actually cause damage to the Zhou army.
As for arson, it is too easy for the Mohe army. Their best skill is burning, killing and looting.
"Rocket!"
The galloping archers lit the fire starter on the arrow!
Since Yu Yanyi made this wooden shed, he naturally did not only consider the pressure of stone bullets.
"Pour water!"
There is a row of purple bamboos at the top of the wooden shed. The bamboo joints have all been opened, and there are many artificial holes on the bamboo poles.
Several Zhou soldiers were on both sides of the shed, turning the handles like crazy to use them as human-powered water pumps to pump water into the hollow purple bamboo on the roof of the wooden shed.
The water flows out through the holes of the Zilin Bamboo and wets all the howling cowhide.
The knights who had been cruising back and forth under the city wall began to fire rockets at the city wall while running, trying to set fire to the cowhide wooden shed.
But the cowhide was not afraid of the rockets at all after being wetted, and as the water flowed down from the hollow purple forest bamboo, the rockets were immediately destroyed.
Occasionally, a few shot onto the city wall, but the walls were covered with bluestone tiles and floors, so how could they be burned?
When Yu Yanyi saw this, he felt relieved.
Yang Xueshi, the minister of Dali Temple, said something that deeply touched Yu Yanyi's heart.
Practice is the only criterion for testing truth.
Prior to this, although fire could not damage the cowhide in the experiment, Yu Yanyi still could not guarantee that no accident would occur.
"Crossbowmen! Fight back!" Zhou Jun began to counterattack.
Arrow rain poured down from Jinyang City again.
The siege vehicles of the Mohe people below the city have also approached the city wall.
After three days of bloody battles, the moat under the city wall had been covered with corpses and sandbags. The Mohe people even laid flat wooden boards on the moat to facilitate their attack.
Four large siege vehicles came to the edge of the moat.
Each siege vehicle was surrounded by a large number of Mohe soldiers holding iron shields to protect them.
In addition, there were five thousand elite Mohe infantrymen carrying ladder planks to climb the city wall.
Zhao Tianlin, the frontline commander at the east main gate, could see clearly from the tower.
Let the crossbowmen aim at the Mohe soldiers around the siege vehicle and start shooting.
"The enemies holding ladders are just suspicious soldiers who attract our attention. Wait for them to get closer and deal with them. Aim at the soldiers around the siege vehicles!"
After continuous offensive and defensive battles, Zhao Tianlin had already figured out that the Mohe people were not good at attacking the city. If they had to rely on them to climb the city wall, it would be better to break through the city wall directly.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The rain of arrows fell on the siege vehicle, but it was not painful for the heavily armed siege vehicle and could not stop the siege vehicle at all.
Rook attack.
Zhao Tianlin watched from the top of the city wall as the car advanced slowly but without hesitation. His eyes were solemn and he thought to himself: This car is equipped with a cowhide steel shield and is difficult to be damaged by arrows. It is better to put it closer before thinking about it.
Method.
Just when Zhao Tianlin was considering attacking with fire, a burst of shouting came from the direction of the horse road to the city.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Two cows pulled a cart from the horse road to the city wall.
"Old General Zhao, I have brought you something good." The captain of the Royal Forest Army led the ox cart to Zhao Tianlin.
"Come! Come! Come! Give way! Don't block the road!" There was a big guy on top of the bullock cart, covered with a thick layer of canvas.
When they reached the edge of the city wall, they stopped the ox cart, and the leading captain immediately opened the canvas covering the ox cart.
A simple bed crossbow appeared under the sun.
The body of the bed crossbow is about one foot three feet long, and the crossbow arm is about eight feet long. It is made of two large bows, which are placed opposite each other at the front and rear of the thick crossbow arms.
When this weapon of war appeared in front of everyone, everyone's eyes lit up. This is the exquisite Tianji Crossbow among the three Tiangong crossbows of Da Zhou, the Tianji City-Breaking Crossbow.
A plate of Tianji crossbow has only the power of five oxen, but this Tianji city-breaking crossbow has the power of nine oxen. It is made by expert craftsmen and can shoot 1,500 steps.
"Hurry up and take a test shot!"
As a veteran on the battlefield who had followed the Four Founding Kings, Zhao Tianlin naturally knew the power of this secret city-breaking crossbow and immediately urged everyone to shoot.
However, although this Tianji city-breaking crossbow is powerful, it is also extremely complicated to operate.
A soldier is required to first use a thick rope with hooks at both ends, one end to hook the crossbow string, and the other end to hook the shaft plate behind the bed crossbow. Then seven warriors work together to turn the shaft plate, open the crossbow string, and buckle it on the machine teeth.
Go up and install the giant crossbow gun.
Finally, the soldiers who control the Tianji city-breaking crossbow aim at the target and fire the crossbow.
Just when everyone was about to operate, the bearded monk Xuancheng stood up.
"Everyone, get out of the way and let Sajia come!"
I don’t know what storytelling I heard. Monk Xuan Cheng’s self-proclaimed name has changed from a poor monk to Lao Tzu, and now to the Sa family!
Monk Xuancheng was originally a master of the Yuan Hua Realm. He had mastered the Shaolin mountain-suppressing skill "Yi Jin Jing". He was also a master of body training and had mastered the indestructible body of the Vajra among the seventy-two Shaolin skills.
It is no exaggeration to say that one sentence is infinitely powerful!
With his own strength, he easily turned the axis that required seven strong men to turn.
Zhao Tianlin saw this and went into battle himself.
Of course, such crossbow arrows cannot be used against ordinary Mohe soldiers, and even killing one person will be useless.
Naturally, we should target those enemies with high strategic value.
For example, the siege vehicle approaching the city wall at this moment looks very valuable.
And the target is larger and easier to hit.
Zhao Tianlin locked the target and then pulled the trigger.
Although it is only a simple action like pulling the trigger, it is not impossible for a strongman to complete.
"call!"
An arrow shot out.
Of course, this arrow is indeed a little longer than ordinary feather arrows, about one foot long, much longer than ordinary war spears, and as thick as a bowl's mouth.
Driven by the powerful momentum of the bowstring of the Tianji Bankruptcy Crossbow, the crossbow arrow shot out quickly. It turned into a black light and directly hit the siege vehicle without any hindrance. Then, accompanied by several screams, it passed through the vehicle and came out again.
It flew back more than thirty feet before landing on the ground.
The three Mohe soldiers were turned into candied haws by the crossbow and nailed to the ground.
The siege ram was also shot through a large hole by the crossbow arrows. Near the gap was a bloody mist brought out by the crossbow arrows. The siege ram that was advancing slowly also stopped and stopped moving forward.
"Hey! One arrow pierces through, this is quite powerful!" Xuan Cheng looked at the power of this Tianji city-breaking crossbow and couldn't help but patted his bald head, "If this arrow hits my body..."
If one does not use Qinggong to avoid it, even if the crossbow spear of the Tianji City-Breaking Crossbow does not have the ability to break the Gang, even if Xuan Cheng's Vajra Indestructible Body is extremely brilliant and his true energy is extremely deep, he may not be able to stop the power of this crossbow spear.
Without him, the bricks would just fly away if they were so powerful.
When Old General Zhao Tianlin saw the scene of destroying the car with one arrow, he couldn't help but patted the crossbow and said, "Hurry up and shoot another arrow! Shoot that car to pieces too!"
Although he is a veteran on the battlefield, he has rarely used this secret city-breaking crossbow since the decisive battle with Da Gan. Seeing him again today, he was still shocked by its power.
Xuan Cheng on the side heard Zhao Tianlin's words and immediately started to move and turn the axis.
If it were anyone else, it would not be that easy to serve the Tianji Crossbow Master well. Even if seven warriors use their strength at the same time, it would take a lot of effort.
Although the process is not cumbersome, it is indeed troublesome.
With Xuancheng, a large-scale human-powered crossbow, the rate of fire suddenly increased.
Zhao Tianlin destroyed a siege ram with another arrow, but when he was about to fire the third arrow, the siege ram had already rushed to the bottom of the city. The adjustment angle of the Tianji Crossbow was not large, so he could not continue the attack.
"You guys, control this crossbow here and select important targets in Mohe's army to shoot. The others are ready to fight!"
Zhao Tianlin took out the war sword from his waist, and a large number of stones and wood were transported up the city wall by Minzhuang's ox cart.
Yesterday, the huge rocks thrown by the Mohe people's slingshots destroyed dozens of houses near the city wall.
After Yu Yanyi ordered his people to tidy up briefly, they sorted out all the available stones and wood, and piled some of them on the city wall for the soldiers on the wall to throw downwards to attack.
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Northern border, Jizhou.
A group of elite cavalry was passing by at high speed. It was the Tabai camp under Yang Guo's command.
In the northern border, Yang Guo was promoted to General Piao Yao due to his meritorious service, and was appointed commander of Tabai Camp.
This time, Yang Qingyuan appointed Yang Guo as the vanguard general and the pioneer of the army.
Yang Guo also showed his excellent military talent. He rode in the white camp to serve as a light cavalry for Tiance's army. He was as fast as the wind, making him an extraordinary young general.
Yang Guo annihilated all the Mohe Rangers he met along the way, in order to ensure that the movement of the army would not be known to anyone as much as possible.
Yang Qingyuan did not choose the nearest Bingzhou to go south to support Jinyang City, but instead took a detour from the north of Bingzhou to Jizhou.
Although going south from Bingzhou can provide support to Jinyang City in the shortest time, it does not solve the problem.
Yang Qingyuan was very ambitious. He wanted to take a detour to Jizhou, use the river as a barrier, completely cut off the Mohe tribe's northward retreat, and attack the Mohe tribe from the rear.
The main force of the Mohe clan fought a decisive battle with him.
The Tiance Army and the Jinyang defenders were attacking from both front and rear. With their retreat blocked, Yang Qingyuan was 80% sure of completely wiping out the main force of the Mohe Tribe and completing his victory in one battle.
"General Yang! The front door is Yanmen Pass! The northern border was defeated, and Yanmen Pass has been occupied by the Mohe people! If we want to continue to move south and east, we can only break through Yanmen Pass!"
Yanmen Pass was an important pass for the Central Plains Dynasty, but after Taizu recovered the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, he pushed the front to the north. As a result, Yanmen Pass no longer played its role as before, so the Great Zhou Dynasty changed Yanmen Pass to Yanmen County, although it was more
It was prosperous, but its defensive strength was not as strong as before. After the defeat of Tumubao, it was defeated by the Mohe army in a single battle.
Yang Guo took out a map from his arms and read it with the compass.
"If we go around from the north to the south of Yanmen, how long will it take!?"
"It will take at least a day!"
When Yang Guo heard this, he already had a plan in mind, "Then follow me around to the south of Yanmen!"
