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"Whoosh-"

With a sound of "clang", even at such a distance, the generals, officials and soldiers here all heard the sound of the target being destroyed. The target bed crossbow in sight had been shot to pieces, and several soldiers around were also injured by sawdust. .

Hua Mulan and the generals and soldiers at the side all looked at each other, half of the hit rate, how amazing?

"Divine skill, divine skill!" the bed crossbow commander almost crazily cried out.

Gao Xu walked over and grabbed him and shouted: "What are you talking about, why don't you teach this shooting skill to all crossbowmen!"

"Ah... yes yes, the general got carried away with his complacency for a while, please forgive me, the general will call all the crossbowmen to teach them new shooting skills!"

The effect of the on-site teaching is very good. The recruited crossbowmen quickly learned this new shooting technique, but whether they can apply what they have learned depends on individual talent.

After firing again, the hit rate of the bed crossbow has increased a lot, and some people even have high talents and don't need to try it out.

Only use the naked eye to estimate and judge, and then use the aiming method of three points and one line, the first arrow can hit the target.

In a short while, all the bed crossbows on the city wall were destroyed by the dry army bed crossbows, and the soldiers who operated the bed crossbows also suffered heavy casualties.

"Okay, good job! Now that we have dealt with the bed crossbows of the defenders, we will do our best to deal with their lifting hammers. Since the power of ordinary crossbows is not enough, we will use them with rockets! In addition, let the well rails be dispatched!"

Following Zhao Junsheng's order, the bed crossbow team attacked the lifting weights on the city wall with all their strength. As the hit rate greatly increased, the lifting weights on the city wall were hit by more and more crossbow arrows, and rockets were also fired one after another. In the past, this made the soldiers of the Southern Dynasties panic, and quickly organized troops to cut off the rockets nailed to the lifting weight to extinguish the fire.

During this period of time, the dry army's wheeled ladders have been completely destroyed by the defenders' lifting hammers, and the dry army's troop output has been reduced by half.

As dozens of well fences approached, a large number of dry army archers climbed to the top platform of the well fence and shot arrows at the city wall.

The defenders who were planning to withdraw the lifting hammer were shot by a large number of arrows on the well fence. The soldiers suffered heavy casualties. A large number of crossbows and rockets finally destroyed and burned all the defenders' lifting hammers.

Zhao Junsheng, Gao Xu, and the other generals breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the broken or burned lifting weights on the city wall.

"Attack, I can attack without a wheeled ladder. With the cooperation of the well fence, it can greatly suppress the defenders and provide cover and support for our soldiers who climb the city walls and ladders!"

Under Gao Xu's order, the siege battle continued, the second wave of attack echelons came up, and a large number of soldiers carried ladders and rushed across the moat to the city wall.

Under the attack of a large number of archers on the well fence, the Southern Dynasty soldiers on the city wall suffered heavy losses. The guard Xue Tong immediately ordered to distribute shields to the defenders on the city wall, and let the defenders fight against the shields.

Chapter 631 New Defending and Siege Weapons

This day was really difficult for the defenders of the Southern Dynasties and the defender Xue Tong. All the lifting hammers were destroyed by the heavy crossbows of the Qianjun outside the city. With his hand on the well fence, he kept shooting arrows at the defenders, causing heavy casualties. Even if the soldiers were given shields later, they still couldn't completely prevent the opponent's arrows.

In today's siege battle, the dry army rushed to the city wall several times and fought with the defenders, fighting for control of the city wall.

Xue Tong was covered in blood, leaning on a long gun and leaning on the wall, watching the dry army retreating like a tide, but not at all chaotic. He was secretly relieved, but at the same time deeply worried about the dry army's siege combat effectiveness. .

We survived today, but what about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?

Watching the sun gradually set and the sky darken, Xue Tong wiped the blood from his face, turned and walked towards the tower.

At this time, the cooks had already carried steamed cakes and soup up the city wall, and distributed food and soup to the soldiers guarding the city along the way.

The deputy general came over and reported: "General, the last general asked someone to count them. Hundreds were killed in battle, two hundred were injured, and the total number of casualties exceeded a thousand. Most of them were shot by the enemy's archers on the well fence!"

Xue Tong's heart bleeds when he heard that.

"General, it's time to eat!" The cook came over to distribute food to Xue Tong.

Xue Tong couldn't sit still anymore, he told the lieutenant to be on duty on the city wall, and he took the food and went to the city.

As night fell, in the Qianjun barracks, Zhao Junsheng's tent was full of generals and military officials and staff, and everyone was discussing matters while eating.

Zhao Junsheng gnawed on the mutton and looked at Dongfang Chen: "Dongfang, what are the casualties of our army today?"

"More than [-] people died in the battle, more than [-] people were injured, and more than [-] casualties!"

Zhao Junsheng sighed: "The casualties are quite heavy!"

Gao Xu said: "Your Majesty, today's siege is already the strongest. Several siege echelons took turns to fight. The Southern Dynasty army is not just a piece of paper, but they are not feeling well. The general estimates that their casualties should be far away." surpass our army!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "By the way, go ask the craftsman camp, how many wheeled ladders, stone bombs, and fire oil tanks have been built today?"

The officials of the siege battalion stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the wheeled ladders built by the Craftsman Camp today have arrived, a total of twelve. There are two hundred and ten fire oil tanks, and more than 630 stone bullets, all of which have arrived. The siege camp can be used tomorrow!"

"There are too few wheeled ladders in the Twelve Houses!" Zhao Junsheng said, and after thinking for a while, he said to the generals: "In this way, the casualties are a little bigger today, and tomorrow we will still set up formations outside the city and make a siege stance." , but not really siege the city, just use the trebuchet to shoot stone bombs at the city wall, let the soldiers who operate the trebuchet familiarize themselves with the operation process, sum up the experience of accurate projection, and strive to increase the shooting hit rate! If the hit rate cannot be improved , No matter how many stones you throw, it’s useless, and it’s not a matter of overnight if you want to smash down the city wall with a catapult!”

Hua Mulan said: "That's right, Licheng is a good example. The Southern Dynasty army failed to take down Licheng after attacking for more than half a year. How many stone bombs did their trebuchets fire? Every time they attacked the city, they had to shoot several stone bombs." Hundreds, wait until our army reinforcements arrive, the city wall has not yet fallen, so the idea of ​​using a trebuchet to smash the city wall down is not feasible!"

Zhao Junsheng went on to say: "The function of the trebuchet is to make the defenders fearful and timid, and to suppress their morale and will to fight. To let the soldiers of the siege battalion launch the trebuchet tomorrow is to let them familiarize themselves with the operating procedures and precautions, everyone. Don't get your hopes up too much!"

In the early morning of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, after breakfast, the generals and soldiers set up an army formation outside the city under the command of the generals and schools, making a gesture of preparing to attack the city. The soldiers also saw many catapults erected in the middle of the army formation.

Seeing this situation, Xue Tong did not dare to neglect, and ordered all the defenders on duty to stand on the wall and pay attention to protecting themselves.

Zhao Junsheng came to the army formation with his son and Hua Mulan on horseback. Gao Xu reported to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, Liu Songjun has added new soldiers to the city wall.

Siege equipment! "

"Oh?" Zhao Junsheng raised his head and looked towards the city wall. He really found that the situation on the city wall was a little different from yesterday. Two tall triangular brackets were erected between every two watchtowers. The triangular brackets were all made of giant wood. The diameter of each giant tree may only require two or three people to surround it. As for such a thick giant tree, even if it is shot with a heavy crossbow, it will not have any effect at all.

Between the tops of these triangular supports and the enemy building, there are long beams, and the thickness of the beams is probably as thick as the giant wood of the supports.

What kind of defense weapon is this?How to use it?Zhao Junsheng looked at it for a while and couldn't understand.

Zhao Junsheng Gao Xu and others: "Do you understand what this thing is for?"

Yuan He shook his head and said: "My lord, we have been thinking about it for a long time but we still haven't figured it out."

Zhao Junsheng looked at the confused faces of the others, and he didn't want to think about it anymore, "Then don't be fooled, let the soldiers of the catapult crew aim at those triangular brackets to launch, and practice their aim!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

While the generals of the catapult crew were making preparations, Zhao Junsheng walked over with his son, Hua Mulan, Gao Xu, Yuan He, Dongfang Chen, Cui Hao and other generals and staff officials.

The officials of the siege battalion accompanied them and said: "Your lord, madam, and generals, you have seen that these trebuchets use the long arm as a lever, use animal power as the power, and use the weight to fall through the long arm lever. It's a stone bomb, you can take a look!"

The crowd looked around a trebuchet, and saw a large basket full of stones, probably weighing two or three tons. The basket was tied with a thick rope through a pulley block to the back of the catapult. One end of the rope was drawn by four horses. Pulling, a groom drives four horses and pulls the rope forward, pulling the heavy stone weighing two or three tons to the front section of the trebuchet support frame and hanging on one end of the long arm lever.

In the past, when the army used trebuchets to raise heavy objects to the long arm lever and hang them up at one end, it required a dozen or dozens of strong men to work together to pull the rope. However, the dry army did not lack livestock and used livestock instead of manpower. Lifting heavy objects into the air and hanging them greatly saves manpower, and only seven people can operate a trebuchet.

The other end of the lever on the long arm is a barbed wire net pocket, and a huge stone ball is placed in the net pocket. It is not an easy task to polish such a stone ball.

"Your Majesty and generals, this trebuchet is a heavy-duty trebuchet. The projectiles thrown are heavy and large, and can only throw one projectile at a time. There is another kind of trebuchet that can throw multiple projectiles at a time, but each A stone bomb is small in size and light in weight, everyone, please follow the officials over to have a look!"

The crowd followed the officials of the siege battalion and walked for a while to another trebuchet. When they looked up, they found that this trebuchet was indeed completely different from the heavy trebuchet just now.

This trebuchet is more complicated and occupies a large area. It not only uses a lot of wood, but also uses a lot of cast iron gears and shafts. Gears and shafts are not common in this era.

Zhao Junsheng found that several craftsmen in the craftsman battalion were busy assembling, and there were several soldiers watching and taking note of their assembly steps.