The arrow reached its highest point and began to glide in the air. After turning in a large arc, it descended so quickly that it whizzed down with strong winds and rushed straight towards the trebuchet.
There was another loud noise, and the arrow shot out for more than 200 meters, but it still missed the trebuchet and exploded dozens of meters away from the trebuchet.
Everyone was disappointed, but Wang Ping tried his best. Not every archer could do this. Cao Zhi understood very well, and Xu Zhu, who was always mean to Wang Ping, didn't say anything.
Wang Ping stood on the arrow stack and looked at the broken bow in his hand. Because he had over-stretched the bow, the bow broke after Wang Ping shot the arrow.
Cao Zhi and others had already begun to call for defense, preparing to accept the attack of the trebuchet. Few people of this generation had seen the trebuchet, they had only heard of it, and it was not very powerful.
The enemy troops in the distance were threatened by explosions. Because they were so close this time, several of Zheng Bao's water thieves were really frightened. They didn't expect that someone could shoot arrows so far. A man who was commanding the assembly of the trebuchet
The leader whipped his whip and yelled, urging his men to move faster. The water thieves did feel the threat, so they stopped yelling and stepped up their movements. After a while, even the stones they were about to throw were moved in.
Wang Ping, who was distracted for a while on the battlements, looked at the broken bow in his hand, and then at his fingers that were red from the arrow string. When Cao Zhi was setting up his defense, he saw that he was still standing on the battlements in a daze, so he greeted him.
A voice said: "Wang Ping, come down quickly, it's dangerous to stand on it."
Suddenly, Wang Ping threw away the broken bow in his hand and shouted to Cao Zhi: "Quick, bring me an iron bow!"
"Iron bow! Yes, Wang Ping used an iron bow when he competed with Xu Chu in Qiao County. The range and power of the iron bow are greater than those of wooden and bamboo curved bows. If there is an iron bow, maybe it can
Shoot the arrow three hundred meters away.quot;
With a flash of thought, Cao Zhi turned to the city and shouted: "Is there an iron bow on the city?"
"There is one in the armory under the city," a Lujiang sergeant replied hurriedly.
"Go and get it quickly!"
"Yes!"
As soon as the sergeant received the order, he turned around and ran toward the stairs with the two soldiers.
Cao Zhi, who had renewed hope, quickly looked for things like ropes. There were a lot of weapons in the city, but there was no rope. No matter how much people looked for them, they still couldn't find them. Cao Zhi kept trying.
He also followed Wang Ping's example and pulled off his trousers, tore them into strips of cloth, grabbed an eagle feather arrow on the spot, ran to a box of explosives, knelt down and tied the explosives on.
Xu Chu, who was already preparing to fight, saw this and followed suit.
Soldiers who took out the iron bow soon appeared on the top of the city. Not everyone can pull an iron bow, so this iron bow is almost a decoration in the armory. No one usually touches it. It has almost become a
An antique-level item. Now it is being carried into the city by two soldiers, followed by the sergeant just now, holding three iron arrows in his hands.
When Wang Ping saw the arrow coming, he kept hurrying up. Seeing that the two soldiers were running slowly, he jumped off the battlement, grabbed the dusty iron bow in a hurry, ran up the battlement in two steps, and stretched out his hand.
He took the arrow tied with explosives from Xu Chu and was about to draw the bow and shoot.
At this moment, two huge "whoosh, whoosh" sounds were heard across the sky. Cao Zhi immediately reacted and shouted anxiously: "The enemy has thrown stones!" When Cao Zhi saw that Wang Ping was still standing on the battlement, he didn't even think about it.
, rushed forward, hugged Wang Ping, threw him to the ground, and pressed on him.
At the same time, he shouted: "Lie down!"
Just two loud "boom, boom" sounds were heard, followed by a crash and flying dust. A corner of the tower was hit, and half of the whole building collapsed. Bricks, stones, tiles and wood continued to fall. There were gangsters in the house.
The gentry and officials in Lujiang were hit by flying masonry and were more or less injured. Most of the wounded soldiers who were originally lying in the corner were buried alive in the rubble.
In fact, not only the group of stupid geese in the room, but also the soldiers outside do not understand the principle of lying on the ground to avoid the damage of flying rocks to the greatest extent. We now seem to be familiar with it, and almost think that it should be like this when we are born. It is very simple.
In fact, I don’t know that it took several generations of exploration to discover this little thing.
Wang Ping was thrown to the ground by Cao Zhi and pressed on top of him. He was a little confused and didn't understand what happened. After the sound of boulders hitting him, he raised his head and realized that Cao Zhi had saved his life. He hurriedly said
Gulu got up from under Cao Zhi and saw a large pile of rubble falling on Cao Zhi's side, with half of the window lattice pressed against him. He was so frightened that he quickly opened the window and asked nervously: "Mr. Cao, are you injured?"
At this moment, a gentleman who had already run to the steps of the lower city stood up from the foot of the wall and shouted urgently: "Save people quickly, Wang Juncheng is buried underneath."
Wang Juncheng came to Laojun not long ago and did not go back after delivering meals. Lu Kang temporarily arranged to be stationed in Dongcheng. Lu Kang's own Sima died, and Dongcheng was commanded by Cao Zhi, but Cao Zhi was not Lu Kang's direct subordinate after all.
I was somewhat worried, so I left a county magistrate to take charge here.
But Wang Juncheng was a civil servant. He would not even dare to kill a chicken, let alone watch a murderer. Therefore, as soon as the battle started, he led a group of squires to hide in the only building on the city wall, the tower. Unexpectedly, Zheng
Baoyou had a trebuchet, but the first two shots were not accurate. They missed the city gates and battlements, but hit the city towers.
After a commotion in the city, Cao Zhi climbed up the battlements to check the enemy's situation. After a burst of cheers, the enemy soldiers began to carry the boulder under the command of the leader, preparing to launch again.
The soldiers on the city were frightened by the huge destructive power. Many of them were lying on the battlements and looking at the enemy troops below the city. Some were at a loss and didn't know what was wrong. When Cao Zhi saw this, he immediately shouted: "Don't look at it, take advantage of it."
This is a good opportunity. You, you, quickly lead people to organize a rescue. Come quickly, a few people come over and rescue the county magistrate and the injured soldiers quickly.
After hearing this, Wang Ping, who was also lying on the battlement, realized that life and death were at stake now, and it was not time to watch the excitement. He turned around and shouted: "Come here, is there anyone alive? Quickly help me light a fire."
Fortunately, Wang Ping's iron bow was drawn just now, but no one had lit the explosives for him. If Cao Zhi didn't let him drag him off the city wall, he would be in big trouble.
Without saying a word, Xu Chu ran forward with his trousers in one hand and a torch in the other. Wang Ping exerted all his energy, endured the pain between his fingers from being pinched by the arrow string, and pulled the iron bow to the maximum. By this time Wang Ping had already
He poured all his strength into the action of drawing the bow, and had no spare power to do other actions. Xu Zhu was somehow able to observe the words and emotions at this time. When he saw that Wang Ping had already opened the iron bow with a red face, he
The fuse lit with a chirp. At the moment Xu Zhu lit it, Wang Ping let go of the string and let the arrow "collapse", and the carved feather arrow flew out from the string.