The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 153

Wei Yan saw that his lord surrounded and beat up the opponent's six generals by himself, and shouted excitedly: "The governor is invincible!"

The morale of the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army was greatly boosted, and they stabbed their weapons into the air one after another, shouting loudly: "The governor is invincible!"

Cao Cao was a little speechless when he saw that his six generals were still undefeated against Zhang Wu. Although personal force does not have a great impact on a war, it can greatly boost morale.Back then when Lu Bu charged with his cavalry, basically no one dared to fight head-on.

Xu Chu was Cao Cao's bodyguard, and he couldn't leave Cao Cao's side for a moment on the battlefield, so Cao Cao looked at Zhang Liao and Zhang Yun.But some generals also have dignity. They can be defeated or killed, but they don't want to be pointed out and shameless.Although it is shameless to beat one out of six now, wouldn't it be even more shameless if two people were added?So Zhang Liao and Zhang Yun could only bow their heads in shame and refused to fight.

Cheng Yu said: "Prime Minister, Ming Jin withdraws troops. This time we have found out Zhang Wu's reality. Although he is very brave, he is only one person after all, and he is no match for thousands or tens of thousands of troops. We are still approaching the city. Prepare to attack the city."

Cao Cao had no choice but to ask for money, summoned Xiahoudun and others, retreated back to the camp, and ordered the craftsmen in the army to quickly build catapults and other siege equipment.No matter how brave and invincible Zhang Wu was, he was still only one person. When he faced Lu Bu back then, he was not so powerful. Didn't he also capture Lu Bu alive and strangle him to death?

In fact, Zhang Wu couldn't stand it anymore. After all, he was a general with six members above first-class, and Xiahou Dun's strength was also considered to be super-first-class.In the original book, in order to cover Cao Cao's escape, Xia Houdun fought with Lu Bu until dusk and retreated at dusk. He even fought against Guan Yu undefeated.And Xu Huang and Xia Houyuan are also close to the first-class military generals, their strength should not be underestimated, Zhang Wu is also highly nervous, and his physical strength is gradually failing. If there is no one to help, it is estimated that he will have to leave in a few dozen rounds.

After Cao Cao retreated, Zhang Wu also led his troops back to the city and arranged for the defense of the city.In this battle, veteran Huang Zhong beheaded two generals in a row, and Zhang Wu defeated Zhang Liao in [-] rounds and singled out six generals, making Cao's army frightened and the Jingzhou army's morale high.Veteran Huang Zhong has the courage of innocence, and the news that Zhang Wu is invincible spreads all over the world.

A few days later, Cao Jun built the catapult and began to attack the city.

More people means more strength, and more people means easier work. Cao Jun's nearly 30 troops built thousands of new-style catapults in a few days. Cao Cao couldn't bear it and wanted to try its power.

Same as last time, Cao Jun's main attack direction this time is still the south of Rangcheng, because there are rivers to the north and east, and mountains to the west, which is not conducive to the advancement of large siege equipment.

Cao Jun first dispatched [-] catapults to advance forward, and stopped at a place [-] steps away from Rangcheng. He was about to load stone bombs and launch them, but was severely hit by the opponent's catapults.

Zhang Wu has a telescope here, which can accurately judge the distance between Cao Jun's catapult and Rangcheng, so he ordered the launch of Cao Jun's catapult just when it was about to reach the farthest range.What's more, the Jingzhou army fired big stone balls, and even if they missed the enemy, the hit rate would increase while rolling.

Cao Jun's catapult phalanx was hit with precision, and it was horrible for a while. Not only were there stumps and broken arms everywhere, but there were also many wounded soldiers lying on the ground crying.

The frontline commander Xiahou Dun remained unmoved, and ordered the soldiers to quickly reload and fire, and he wanted to fight back.As long as you can smash the stone bullets on your side into the opponent's army, you can fight to consume them. Even if you exchange two for one, it is cost-effective, because if you attack the city with a ladder, the battle loss ratio may reach five to one.

The range of the new catapult is related to the weight of the counterweight and the arm length of the catapult. Generally speaking, the heavier the counterweight and the longer the arm length, the farther the range will be.But this kind of equipment made of pure wood always has a maximum tolerance. If the arm is too long, it is easy to break.After repeated tests, the maximum range of the new catapult is about 200 steps, which is more than [-] steps more than the old catapult!

And the biggest advantage of the new catapult is the stable range. Because the weight of the counterweight is stable, it is easier to calibrate the target. Of course, this is roughly accurate, because it is not a modern artillery after all.Although it is difficult for a single catapult to hit a target, if many catapults shoot in salvo, the hit rate will be high.

Therefore, Xu Shu took advantage of the telescope to accurately command the catapults in the city to fire a volley, and cleared all Cao Jun's catapults bit by bit.But Cao Jun couldn't see the catapult in Rang City, so naturally he couldn't suppress it accurately, so in this confrontation, Cao Jun's catapult was completely defeated.

However, Cao Jun's catapult also caused damage to the Jingzhou Army. After all, Cao Jun also used a new type of catapult, which could smash stones into the city after advancing a certain distance under the rain of bullets.Moreover, Cao Jun also had smart people who ordered the soldiers to pick up the stone balls fired by the Jingzhou Army and reflect them back. Although most of them were blocked by the city walls, the stone balls shot into the city also killed many soldiers of the Jingzhou Army. Less catapults.

There is no way around this, as wars will always kill people, and the new-style catapults do not have any high technical content, so it was within Zhang Wu's expectation that Cao Jun would imitate them.But overall, the casualties of the Cao army were much greater than those of the Jingzhou army. After all, the defenders still took advantage of it.

In fact, Zhang Wu can improve the current catapult to make the catapult have a longer range, but he has to save it for critical moments before using it, and he wants to deal a more tragic blow to Cao Jun at once.

Xiahou Dun saw that although the casualties were still relatively large, it was much better than the last time when he was beaten and couldn't fight back. There were at most 2 people in the opponent's city, and there were more than 20 on his side, so I can't believe you!

Therefore, Xiahou Dun ordered all the catapults to advance together. He wanted to fight with Zhang Wu to consume them, and at the same time suppress the defenders on the city wall to create conditions for his own army to attack the city.

In the confrontation between the two sides, Cao's army suffered heavy losses, and the number of catapults was gradually decreasing, while the Jingzhou army was also hit. Not only were many soldiers killed, but a lot of catapults in the city were also lost.The southern city wall of Rang City was smashed into dilapidated condition, and many of the defense equipment erected on the city wall were smashed to pieces.

Xiahou Dun saw that there was an opportunity, so he ordered the catapults to fire non-stop, and at the same time organized soldiers to attack the city. He wanted to test the strength of the opponent's defense.

(End of this chapter)