Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 280 Catapult Test

The first battle happened very suddenly. It can even be said that when Li Mu thought that the battle was still in the preparation stage, the wounded had already been sent to the rear one after another.

And from the mouth of the wounded soldiers, I learned that the battle had already started, and the guards in Youzhou City were attacking from all sides.

But a general named Han Derang in that city fought to the death in the city. Not only that, but at the end of the battle, Liao Yuzhan Langjun Yeluxuegu, who was far outside the city, entered the city to increase his defense, causing the attack speed to slow down again.

So far, the Song army who attacked everywhere chose to withdraw their troops in order to fight again.

In detail, Li Mu heard what Hu Yanzhan said later. At this moment, he was also full of anger and he frequently talked to Li Mu about his power on the top of the city.

"Watching my elite soldiers attack the top of the city, who would have thought that the Liao soldiers brought in another batch of rolling stones and trees from nowhere, and missed the opportunity for nothing."

Having said that, Hu Yanzan also felt a little bit emotional. The siege equipment was insufficient. Although the battering ram knocked on the gate of the Wengcheng, it was blocked at the gate of the city and could not go any further.

As soon as Hu Yanzan returned to the barracks, he immediately ordered the soldiers to start making the ladders, and he also found Li Mu in the camp, and asked immediately.

"Can the Equipment Battalion make another batch of ladders and battering rams today? His Majesty will come here to supervise the battle tomorrow. We must be safe."

Hu Yanzan asked with concern, but Li Mu was stunned when he heard the news, and then frowned.

"Manpower is relatively sufficient, but the main reason is that there are not many materials for making equipment. We have collected wood within ten or even twenty miles around."

"We collected trees in the wilderness, girders of private houses, and even thicker firewood, but the Liao army had already cleaned up these things first. It's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice."

Li Mu shook his head and said. Hu Yanzhan's expression suddenly became a little anxious and serious. After thinking for a moment, he looked at Li Mu and said in a deep voice.

"No, there are not enough engineering equipment, and the only thing waiting for the soldiers is death. Not only that, if the battle tomorrow is not good, then you and I will have no way to explain to His Majesty."

Li Mu also heaved a sigh of relief. His data panel showed that there were already more than 3000 casualties. This was just an attack intensity of more than an hour. How could he keep the bottom line of 2 people in the ensuing battle.

"I have a suggestion, I don't know if it is better." Li Mu said immediately.Hu Yanzan motioned for him to continue.

"Our Equipment Battalion also manufactured a batch of catapults. We appropriately reduced some of the ladders and used catapults to hit the city first to reduce our casualties."

"Catapult?" Hu Yanzhan was a little puzzled and immediately shook his head: "The projection distance of the catapult is only a hundred steps, and the rope requires a large number of people to use it. Five or six times out of ten the stone will not be thrown smoothly."

"Do you want to take it to the front line and let those Liao troops see a joke?"

"But I can guarantee that the success rate of the projection is nine out of ten, and the projection distance is 150 steps?" Li Mu said slowly, staring into Hu Yanzan's eyes.

Hu Yanzan was at a loss for words, hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Li Mu.

"Nine times out of ten? 150 steps? How?"

"More than that, our catapults only need soldiers to carry stones and reset the catapults. Our soldiers in the supply camp can do these."

"What? No need for people to pull the rope? How did you do it?" Hu Yanzan was surprised and delighted when he heard the news. The two problems he raised just now were solved in this way, and now the number of soldiers can be reduced.

This made Hu Yanzan unable to imagine what kind of catapult could have such a miraculous effect.

Immediately, Li Mu took Hu Yanzan to the equipment camp, and now, five trebuchets were being assembled here.

"Returning to the general, these five catapults have just been made, and the materials used are similar to those of the previous catapults, except that the original drag cables have become this wooden frame with stones."

At the request of Li Mu, Lu Carpenter was explaining the catapult in front of Hu Yanzan. Hu Yanzan looked at the new thing in front of him with bright eyes, and touched it with his hands from time to time.

"This thing can really achieve a firing distance of 150 paces?" Hu Yanzan still couldn't believe it, but Li Mu didn't say much, and directly ordered the soldiers to push the thing towards the open space.

Li Mu ordered a few soldiers in a hurry to push down the long arm of the catapult, then hook it with an iron hook, and let the soldiers put a big stone on it.

Li Mu raised the hammer and knocked open the iron hook, and the joints of the catapult made a sound, and the raised wooden box full of stones immediately pressed down the short arm of the catapult, and the stones in the net bag were thrown out like this.

Several soldiers shouted happily twice, and the stone had already fallen to the ground far away, and even jumped a few times and rolled to a stop.

A craftsman rushed to measure, and after a while, he ran back happily and said to Hu Yanzan.

"General, the measurement is 170 three steps away!"

Hu Yanzan was overjoyed and quickly looked at Li Mu, then at the trebuchet in front of him, and said to Li Mu.

"Okay, this is a good thing! Zhao Chong, I ask you to immediately increase the number of these trebuchets, and bring them all to the battlefield tomorrow."

"But we are running out of materials, and our ladder still needs to be manufactured."

"Don't worry about that thing, I'll let the soldiers find the materials to make the ladder themselves, and it's the same for digging tunnels if it doesn't work. Let there be more of these things."

Hu Yanzan seemed to have opened his mind at this moment, and said to everyone.

"In addition, I will go to the gunpowder camp and get you some thunderbolts. I will throw them all into Youzhou City and smoke those guys to death."

Speaking of this, Hu Yanzan even laughed heartily twice, as if he had swept away the haze of the defeat in the war just now.

After receiving the order, Li Mu could only order the craftsmen to continue to work harder, and at the same time finally had a little confidence in this situation.

After all, at this moment, I have a feeling that it is fate, and a certain amount of control over this war is in my hands.

Just when the equipment camp was in full swing, there was a sudden roar of cheers from a place outside the big camp, and Li Mu was also attracted to it. He only saw a big yellow umbrella at the moment.

Dazed in his heart, Li Mu knew that this was Zhao Guangyi's arrival. It seemed that the surrounding battles had stabilized, and he was determined to personally supervise the battle and overcome this last hurdle.

Restored the sixteen states of Youyun in one fell swoop.

Looking at the atmosphere in the camp that was gradually becoming jubilant, Li Mu couldn't figure out why such a strong army lost the war in the end.

Even if there are some mistakes in strategy or tactics, the Liao army is already very weak, and most of them are stragglers.

Thinking of the last battle, where Zhao Guangyi withdrew overnight and the Song army was defeated, Li Mu was really puzzled.

But Li Mu didn't put down his work like the surrounding soldiers to look at Zhao Guangyi's true face. Li Mu just turned around and continued to pick up the plane in his hand to make a simple repair of the wood, and then took the unfinished one next to him. Go up the trebuchet.

The standard of 2 people is still a hurdle in Li Mu's heart.

Not only that, Li Mu hopes that this battle can go on smoothly, and it is best to let himself know what the hope is after breaking through.

That night, Li Mu was squinting slightly for a while. Suddenly there was a noise in the camp. Li Mu sat up in shock and saw many soldiers passing by the camp, and Lao Meng was also running over from outside.

"Lieutenant, the army is going to make a night attack, and they say they are going to take some catapults away."

Li Mu got up immediately, picked up the sword and went out: "Come with me."

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(End of this chapter)