After Wang Ping finished speaking, he raised his bow to go up the battlements. In fact, he was not the only one. Many people on the city were injured now. Xu Zhu was hit on the head by the flying bricks, but no one could care about that.
, are now thinking of ways to deal with the enemy's trebuchets.
Cao Zhi looked at Wang Ping's strong feet climbing up the battlements, and suddenly he got wise and said: "Stop holding the bow with your hands, use your feet!"
Wang Ping, Xu Zhu and others were stunned for a moment, wondering how to hold a bow with their feet. Cao Zhi also suddenly thought of a movie he watched in his previous life. In order to increase the distance of archery, the protagonist used his feet to hold the bow and pulled the arrow with his hand.
The arrow fired by the string is indeed farther than the arrow shot by hand.
Cao Zhi quickly asked Wang Ping to lie down on the battlements with his head raised to the sky, and Xu Zhu supported him on his back to keep him balanced. He then asked him to place his feet against the middle ends of the iron bow, and hold the arrow string with both hands.
, use your two index fingers and thumbs to hold the iron arrow on the bowstring firmly, lift your legs forward as much as possible, pull back with both hands, and open the iron bow to the maximum extent. Since the bow and arrow are made of iron, you don’t have to be afraid of bending at this time.
The bow was broken due to excessive force.
When Wang Ping bared his teeth and pulled the iron bow into a crescent shape, and aimed in the general direction of the trebuchet, Cao Zhi lit the explosive on the arrow and shouted: "Let go!"
An arrow was fired, and the range was significantly improved. The bomb exploded more than two feet away from the trebuchet. This time, I was not so lucky and failed to overturn the other trebuchet. Although it did not cause any damage to the trebuchet.
No damage was done, but two or three water thieves were killed. Those water thieves who were busy carrying the trebuchet suddenly panicked.
Sights had not been invented at that time. Only the archer's experience and naked eye judgment could kill the enemy with one arrow. Now it is almost impossible to blow a trebuchet to pieces at such a long distance. Moreover,
You can't use horizontal shots. Even if you are at your best, you may not be able to hit the opponent so accurately. What's more, Wang Ping is currently lying down and must use curved shots from such a long distance.
Cao Zhiyuan did not expect that he could blow up the opponent's trebuchet with one arrow. He immediately ordered someone to take another arrow and give it to Wang Ping to shoot. Then he helped Xu Zhu to calibrate the target. He fired two arrows in succession, and the result was that one arrow was shot close.
It was a waste of explosives, and the arrow shot far away, blooming among the water thieves.
It's really good to use the pedal to open the iron bow. The shooting distance is obviously longer, and the iron bow is easier to control. Wang Ping shot two arrows, and the bleeding on his fingers became more and more serious. Cao Zhi himself went into battle and shot an arrow. Cao Zhi shot two arrows.
This was Zhi's first time playing with an iron bow. He had the idea of lying down with his feet and pulling the bow to shoot arrows, but the shot was just average. The arrow hit near the trebuchet, but the explosion didn't hurt anyone, it only scared the person.
The water thief helped the water thief lie on the ground and hide for a long time, holding his head.
The soldiers on the battlements stood at their respective lookout points and were so anxious that their hands were sweating, but they could not help at all. Similarly, the enemy soldiers were also killed and injured many people, but they were unable to overturn them as quickly as possible.
Some people thought of using another trebuchet to continue firing, but it was blown up by the constant flying arrows and could not get closer.
At this time, the water thief Zheng Bao came up with many helpers from the rear formation, and they worked together to overturn the damaged trebuchet. Suddenly, they received some unknown instructions. The dozen or so people suddenly dropped the trebuchet, jumped on their horses, turned around and ran away.
The trebuchet was raised and fell heavily.
As Cao Zhi shot another arrow, everyone on the battlement felt their feet shake from the loud noise. Wang Ping and others watched as the explosives roared and spewed out a stream of flames. At the same time, a large cloud of thick smoke rose up from the place.
Large pools of slush rose into the sky amid thick smoke, then became silent again.
Before Cao Zhi could get up, suddenly there was a sound like a landslide and a tsunami in the distance, followed by the sound of trumpets. It was the enemy army preparing to attack the city in large numbers. Cao Zhi hurriedly looked down the city and saw swords and guns among the dark crowd.
They stood like a forest and rushed to the edge of the city.
Cao Zhi gasped suddenly and shouted: "The enemy is attacking, be prepared."
Xu Zhu cheered at this time, "It's finally our turn. The sons and daughters have carried out all our water to let them know how powerful we are."
"There are also explosives!" Cao Zhi immediately responded. He understood that now is not the time to be merciful. Sometimes you have to be hard-hearted, because the enemy will not be merciful to you.
When Xu Zhu heard this, he was so happy that he immediately replied: "Okay, you little bastards in Chaohu will let you have a taste of Grandpa Xu's power."
Cao Zhi grabbed Xu Zhu, who was passing by and was about to get the explosives, and added: "Please tell me, brothers, to throw the explosives as far away as possible."
"Yes, brother, come here and get some things." Xu Zhu roared.
Thousands of cavalry were swarming forward, but Cao Zhi and others were also ready at this time. All the carved feather arrows had a long round thing hanging on them, and there was a civilian man next to each archer.
, holding a torch.
The overwhelming shouts of killing covered up the shouts of some panicked civilians on the top of the city. The enemy soldiers below the city had already rushed into a stone's throw. Cao Zhi was the first to shout: "Shoot!"
Arrows with ignited leads rushed toward the enemy like a thunderous sound, and in the smoke filled the air, the water thieves in front fell like wheat.
But now Zheng Bao's water thieves have forgotten something. Life and death are the same to them. The nature of the robbers is clearly revealed. They gallop on horseback, just want to be the first to attack the city and rob more gold and silver.
, what a waste of a few beautiful women. When the second wave of arrows was fired, they had already rushed into the half-arrow ground. In addition, most of the water thieves were only wearing ordinary cloth robes, so the casualties were even more severe.
Although the gunpowder did not necessarily kill the war horses, the affected horses suffered pain, panicked, and refused to rush forward. They ran around and trampled on each other. The number of casualties was almost not the number hit by arrows, gravel and shrapnel.
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After the enemy army crossed the half-arrow ground, Cao Zhi ordered to use ordinary arrows instead, so as not to collapse his city wall.
Zheng Bao's water thieves fought hard and suffered heavy losses, and finally approached the city wall. However, the water thieves who had attacked the city avoided the main tower at this time, dispersed to the two wings of the city wall, set up ladders, and began to attack. The effect of the arrows suddenly weakened.
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Cao Zhi immediately realized that Zheng Bao was still unwilling to give up his trebuchet, and the attacking troops were dispersed to the two wings. The main tower was vacated to make it easier for the trebuchet to find its target, so as to avoid hurting his own people. Even Zheng Bao
The purpose of this risky attack was to distract the defenders on the city and allow the trebuchets to work better.
How could Cao Zhi let him succeed? Cao Zhi immediately shouted:
"Xu Zhu!"
"Yes!" Xu Zhu, who was holding a bucket of mourning water and pouring it down, heard Cao Zhi's call and quickly answered.