On this grassland, the cavalry has always been a symbol of invincibility, but now it is difficult to move because of the potholes everywhere.
If it weren't for the 30,000-strong army of the Essien tribe, this mere earthen city would have been razed to the ground long ago.
It had been more than ten days since the siege of the city, but there had been no direct battle. We had nearly 10,000 casualties. Although there were few dead and many injured, the number of wounded soldiers in the camp was also a headache.
Today, Aguta decided to officially start the war. The army will attack the city. If the Essin army appears, it will focus on the Essin army. If it does not show up, it will attack the city with all its strength.
To avoid being raided by the Essien tribe, Aguta gathered up the scattered army and let go of the remaining three city walls. Even if the Dasheng soldiers abandoned the city and fled, they would not be able to escape far on this grassland.
First, the bulldozers were deployed to dump earth and fill the holes. This time, the people gathered on one side, so the advance was very fast. In just half a day, they advanced twenty feet and filled all the small holes.
Because they reached the firing range of the opponent's trebuchet, they had to temporarily stop advancing. After a short rest and reinforcing the bulldozers, they continued to advance.
Due to the addition of a roof made of strong timber, casualties can be greatly reduced in the face of trebuchet attacks.
It was only then that the bloody nature of the soldiers of the Fucha tribe was revealed. Facing the overwhelming stones like raindrops, even if their heads were smashed and bleeding, they still did not retreat.
After only advancing a distance of ten feet, there were already over a thousand casualties. Faced with such battle losses, Agutu frowned, but with a resolute face, he ordered to continue advancing.
At the same time, the newly built trebuchet was also brought into position.
On the top of the city, Yang Xuan held a telescope and saw the enemy's trebuchet. He couldn't help but be surprised: "Oh, they actually have a trebuchet?"
Chen Zhuo on the side said: "Mr. Yang, this is called Huihui Pao. When the grassland people were in their glory, they relied on this thing to conquer countless cities. The territory reached as far as the Western Regions and occupied the Central Plains. Our founding ancestor took it from them.
Recaptured the great prosperity."
Yang Xuan nodded. He had known this history for a long time, but reading it from books was different from seeing it with his own eyes.
This time the weapon is a counterweight trebuchet, which has the same principle as the one designed by Yang Xuan, except that the counterweight trebuchet designed by Yang Xuan is optimized. Not only is the shape much simpler, but the lever-weight ratio is more scientific.
On the other hand, the enemy's return artillery used horses to pull more than a dozen carts of wood, and then assembled it into a huge frame and complex accessories. Yang Xuan watched in amazement as the enemy assembled it for a long time before putting the return artillery frame together.
good.
Finally, with a bang, it took dozens of horses to pull the cannon to the predetermined position, and then began to load the counterweight barrels. After holding it for a long time, the six cannons were finally set up.
Yang Xuan just watched with curiosity, because the opponent's return cannon was still outside the range of his own trebuchet.
With a crunching sound, the Huihui Cannon finally fired its first shell.
This is called a test shot, measuring distance and accuracy.
Then, right in front of everyone, a stone bullet launched by the opponent flew far away and hit the large pit outside the Tucheng.
However, the stone bullet was still four to five feet away from Da Sheng's trebuchet.
Aguta, who was watching the battle from a distance, turned red with anger and ordered to turn back his guns and continue moving forward.
When they finally dragged the cannon forward five feet, Da Sheng's trebuchet had already fired stone projectiles.
This round is still a gravel bullet. The so-called gravel bullets are defective fired stone bullets, cracked gravel, but the smallest ones are about the size of a fist.
This barrage of gravel shells hit them all over the place, immediately sending the enemy troops operating the return artillery into panic.
Yang Xuan was so angry that he cursed on the top of the city: "Change the stone bullets, solid ones, and dismantle them for me."
The messenger next to him quickly shouted the flag.
Chen Zhuo on the side said awkwardly: "This kid is not very bright, but his cannon shooting is still quite accurate."
Yang Xuan curled his lips and said nothing. With his character, if he was really dissatisfied with someone, he would not curse them at all, but would directly expel them.
Just as the trebuchet was being reloaded, the Fucha Department's return artillery began to fire.
This time, six catapults were fired at the same time, and the huge stone projectiles hit quite accurately, knocking over two catapults on the spot.
Yang Xuan suddenly stood up on the top of the city. Under the two trebuchets that were knocked over, the scene was miserable and wailing could be heard.
Since the siege, this was the first time a soldier died in battle. Yang Xuan became angry and immediately ordered: "Let them set off fire bombs and shoot at the opponent's back."
The messenger next to him quickly waved the small flag in his hand and used semaphore to notify the front.
Originally, the trebuchet had already been loaded with stone bullets. When I saw the order, I immediately replaced the stone bullets, put the jars filled with oil on top, then poked a hole in the mud-sealed mouth of the jar and plugged it with rags.
ignite, launch.
In order to ensure the range, these jars filled with kerosene are specially made, and their weight is almost the same as stone bullets.
The next moment, the fire bombs hit the Huihui artillery position. The jar shattered, and the kerosene inside flowed out. It ignited when it encountered fire. The Huihui artillery position instantly turned into a sea of fire, and the soldiers operating the Huihui artillery wailed miserably.
However, Aguta just frowned slightly and ordered people to put out the fire.
It's just that his purpose is not to save people, but to rescue those returning guns.
After they rescued the returning artillery pieces, they immediately withdrew their troops and returned to the camp.
Yang Xuan, who was high up at the top of the city, burst into laughter watching this scene.
It's because I didn't carry Thor's Hammer, otherwise your camp would be blown up, and you still dare to do this in front of me.
After returning to the camp, Agutu's brows remained unmoved. He had never expected to capture Tucheng in one day. Today's battle had two purposes. One was to warm up the upcoming war, and the other was to force out the Essien tribe.
Those thirty thousand cavalry.
However, the second goal was not achieved. The opponent's trebuchet was more powerful than imagined, so they did not gain an advantage in this battle.
But it doesn't matter. Now that he has sufficient resources, he only needs a day's truce tomorrow to build at least hundreds of return artillery pieces. It'll be up to you how you defend it then.
At night, Yang Xuan once again sent troops out of the tunnel to continue digging holes and refill the holes that had been filled in today.
Today, Agutu gathered his troops and gave up on the other three aspects, which gave Yang Xuan many ideas in his mind.
Because the location where the enemy troops gathered happened to be on the other side of the dug tunnel, otherwise they would have been discovered long ago. Now the Tucheng has a hidden passage, and it has more initiative whether it is fighting or retreating.
right.
The next day, there was no movement in the camp of the Fucha Department. It seemed that there was no plan to send troops at all. Yang Xuan quickly notified the cavalrymen from three years ago outside the city to go harass them and explore the movement.
When it was discovered that the opponent had not retreated, Yang Xuan became a little puzzled. The enemy who came to harass him every day must have been so quiet today, so he must not be holding back anything good.
So he simply sent out the digging team, crossed the big pit directly, and ran to the front to dig the pit. He continued to pave the pit for the horse and at the same time moved the trebuchet forward.
At this time, the large pit outside the city expanded another ten feet in the direction of the enemy camp, for a total of forty feet. This distance was already beyond the range of the trebuchet at the top of the city. In other words, once the enemy attacked this
There is a trebuchet position, and the rear cannot support it.
After everything is ready, all you have to do is wait for the opponent's ultimate move.
