The World of Yellow Sky

Chunyu Qiong looked towards the pole-watching chariot in front of the Yellow Turban Army not far away, where a large khaki flag was erected.

"Qianhu Hou..."

A gleam of coldness flashed across Chunyu Qiong's eyes, and he stared at the tall telescoping chariot surrounded by a group of soldiers.

The husband holds the Wu hook with only one hand, and his spirit is higher than that of Baichilou.

Whoever wrote the history in the past 1 years wants to become a prince three thousand miles away.

In the past, Huangfusong won the title of Marquis of Huaili when he fought against the Yellow Turban Army, and the rent and tax of Shihuaili and Meiyang counties.

As a warrior, no one would want such glory.

But at this time, as long as Xu An's head is removed, this honor can be obtained, how can people not feel jealous.

……

On the trolley, Xu An had a clear view of the situation on the battlefield. The left and right camps were coming from two sides.

In the distance, Lu Zhi's cart was slowly moving forward, and the infantry in the barracks had already stepped forward, slowly approaching the center, while the Jizhou soldiers were slowly retreating.

Lu Zhi joined the Forbidden Army of the West Garden, which also proved that the Han army sounded the clarion call for a general offensive.

Xu An pressed his hands on the handrails, leaned forward, and stared at the grass in the distance. Lu Zhi's telescoping cart was also slowly approaching.

Xu An's expression changed. The Forbidden Army on the two wings of the West Garden was slowly approaching, and it was only 200 meters away from the position of the Yellow Turban Army soldiers.

"My lord, the imperial guards on the two wings have entered the shooting range."

Liu Pi stepped forward and reminded.

"I know."

Xu An clasped the armrest with both hands and nodded.

"Wave the blue flag, throw stones at once, and target the forbidden Han troops on both wings!"

Xu An raised the folding fan in his hand, first pointed at the Forbidden Army of the West Garden on the left, and drew a fan shape in front of him, and finally the head of the folding fan stayed on the square formation of the Forbidden Army of the West Garden on the right.

The blue flag on the lookout pole waved.

There was a loud noise immediately behind the front of the Yellow Turban Army. The yellow cloth was lifted by the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, and the catapults were moved out of the fence and behind the bunker.

"Quickly enter the predetermined position, adjust the angle, and adjust according to the training of the previous few days!"

A military officer of the Yellow Turban Army walked back and forth, shouting orders loudly.

"Hurry up!"

The warriors of the Yellow Turban Army chanted chant and pulled the catapult forward slowly.

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who stood in front of them all gave way, and in a short time they gave way to the grass under their feet. The place where the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army gave up was the location selected in advance by these catapults. Watchtower, this watchtower is exactly the watchtower used by the observers of the catapult convoy to observe the distance of the enemy.

One after another, the catapults quickly stopped at the predetermined position. They had practiced this situation many times, and they were naturally familiar with it.

These catapults are not the kind of counterweight catapults used in previous sieges, but torsion catapults.

Although the counterweight trebuchet is powerful and has a long throwing distance, but the volume of the counterweight trebuchet is too large, it will inevitably be discovered by it, and the angle adjustment and loading time are relatively long, so it is not suitable for field combat, but more suitable for Siege.

These torsion trebuchets were Xu An's new weapons against the West Garden Forbidden Army.

Torque trebuchets rely on twisting a rope to create a force ejection.The ejection rod is usually upright, with a "spoon" or leather pouch for the projectile at the top of the rod, and the lower end of the rod is inserted into a tightly twisted horizontal rope.

It uses the power generated by the twisted tendons to project stone projectiles. There is a beam on the top of the frame, a tightly twisted tendon is installed horizontally on the bottom, and the end of the projectile rod is vertically inserted in the middle of the tendons.

At the top of the rod was the "scoop" or pouch for the pellets, and the lower end of the rod was inserted into a tightly twisted horizontal rope.

Usually, the elastic force generated by the twisting of the tendons makes the projectile rod tightly against the beam, and the projectile rod will be leveled down when casting,

When ejecting, first use the winch to pull the ejection rod to a nearly horizontal position, and put the projectile in the "spoon" or the leather ammunition bag.When the winch rope is released, the ejection lever returns to a vertical position and ejects the projectile.

There are many wild animals in the Taihang Mountains, and defeating the Xiongnu allowed Xu An to obtain a large amount of meat, but also allowed Xu An to obtain a large number of animal rubber bands, and there was no shortage of materials for making twisted ropes.

These torsion catapults were also secretly produced in the workshops in the Taihang Mountains. All operators were selected and trained militarily in the mountains.

Xu An also participated in the formulation of the training plan, trying to keep the quality of the twisted ropes as consistent as possible, and then selected some Yellow Turban Army talismans who are quite proficient in arithmetic, and taught them some mathematical knowledge, such as the relationship between angle and range. , to calculate the relationship between the tightness of the twisted rope and the range.

Then he was arranged to be the calibrator of the torsion catapult, and by the way, he was allowed to continue to teach the idea of ​​peace in the army, so as to consolidate the loyalty of the personnel of the torsion catapult team.

The production of torsion catapults is easier, so now Xu An has more than 60 torsion catapults.

These torsion catapults did not follow the Yellow Turban Army all the way south into Anping, but were left in Shan County from the beginning, so these catapults could also be transported to the Zhangshui Plain in time.

"Four rounds!"

The military officer of the Yellow Turban Army shouted orders, and then raised the ring sword in his hand high.

"Car No. [-] is complete!"

"No. 12 car finished!"

"Car No. [-]..."

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who manipulated the torsion catapult moved quickly without a trace of procrastination. They knew that every second they slowed down, more people would die, and they were one step closer to victory.

They trained hard for many days, repeating mechanical movements every day, just to load faster, control better, and shoot more accurately, to win.

"Let's go!"

There was no need for a test shot when the ring-headed saber was swung down. A few days ago, they had already tested the approximate landing point, and at this time, the left barracks and right barracks of the Xiyuan Imperial Army were at the location of the landing point.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Sixty torsion catapults roared almost at the same time, the projectile rods rebounded suddenly and hit the beam, and the stone projectiles loaded on the throwing spoon flew out one after another under the action of huge force!

Chapter 393 The Battle of Zhangshui ([-])

On the 100-meter-long front line, amidst the sound of rumbling footsteps, rows of spears rose and fell with the bodies of the soldiers of the Xiyuan Imperial Army.

The [-] West Garden Forbidden Army, with the village as the unit, lined up a tight formation and moved forward slowly.

Fighting on the battlefield, unless it is an assault, it is absolutely not allowed to leave one's own army without authorization.

Chunyu Qiong rode in the most central position, giving orders calmly and calmly. Although the imperial army in the West Garden was the best in the world, after a certain distance, the army still needed to be regrouped.

"General! Be careful!!!"

Just as Chunyu Qiong looked around the army formation and issued an order to a messenger, a cry of surprise rang out in his ears.

Chunyu Qiong's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the Yellow Turban Army.

Chunyu Qiong's pupils suddenly dilated due to the incomparable fear, and he saw a scene that he will never forget in his life...

Dozens of boulders rose from behind the formation of the Yellow Turban Army, crossed the gloomy sky, and flew towards him rapidly.

The stones in the sky are falling, they are getting closer to the ground, and they are getting closer to where Chunyu Qiong is.

Chunyu Qiong's face was pale, and he just stood there in a daze. The huge stone flew towards him rapidly, and he couldn't control his body at all. There was only panic in his mind, and his muscles had even become stiff.

"Boom!"

At a critical juncture, the guard who had raised his voice to remind him suddenly lifted his body, kicked off the saddle, and leaped from the horse he was riding towards Chunyu Qiong.

"catapult!!!"

Panic was also caused in the formation of the Imperial Guards in the West Garden. Huge boulders in the sky were rushing toward their direction!

Under the action of gravity and inertia, the stone bullets thrown by thirty Yellow Turban army torsion trebuchets slammed into the formation of the Forbidden Army in the West Garden.

Huge stones were quickly thrown down towards the Han army's formation, and the stone bombs thrown by the torsion trebuchets could weigh 23-79 kg. The first round of stone bombs loaded by the Yellow Turban Army was about 60-80 catties.

Amidst the ear-piercing whistling sound, stone bullets weighing tens of catties fell down one after another.

There was an unstoppable turmoil in the army formation of the Xiyuan Imperial Army. No one wanted to be hit by the boulder falling, but the general was right beside them, and strict military orders restrained them.

When marching and fighting, if he does not obey orders and leaves the army without permission, he will be punished by beheading.

And Xiyuan Forbidden Army is indeed an elite army selected from the Communist Party of China. Even if the stone bullets are getting closer, no one still stops their footsteps.

"Raise your shield!!!"

The voice of the general of the Han army even became shrill because of fear, and all the forbidden soldiers of the West Garden in the army formation raised their curved shields and blocked them above their heads.

Even if everyone knows that the stone bullets thrown by the trebuchet cannot be resisted by a mere curved edge shield, but this is more or less a psychological comfort.

The stone bullet bounced and rolled on the hard grass with great force, whizzed from the air and slammed into the formation of the imperial army in the West Garden, directly leading a path of blood.

All the soldiers who blocked the stone bullet's path, no matter whether they were wearing iron armor or holding curved edge shields, had only the next end-that was to be broken into pieces!

"Oh!"

A stone bomb whizzed down from the air, smashing hard into a formation of the Forbidden Army in the West Garden.

"Crack!"

The curved edge shield wrapped in the animal skin shattered at the sound, but the inertia of the stone bullet has not subsided, and the huge force directly acted on the head of the forbidden soldier.

"Bang!"

But after hearing a crisp sound, a piece of the iron helmet on the head of the Xiyuan Imperial Army soldier was dented, and his head shattered on the spot like a watermelon, blood spurted out, and the white liquid slowly flowed down the iron helmet .

"Ahhh!!"

There were screams around the soldiers of the Xiyuan Imperial Army who fell down.

The shattered curved edge shield also turned into a terrifying hidden weapon at this time, and pieces of wood flew out. The worst person had a sharp piece of wood stuck in his eyeball.

He knelt on the ground, the sword and shield in his hand had already been thrown aside by him, he wanted to touch his injured eye with trembling hands, but the piece of wood could not be touched, once touched, it would be hurt even more for severe pain.

Blood slowly dripped down his injured eyeball, the general shouted loudly to continue forward, shouting desperately, the surrounding soldiers could only bypass the injured soldier and continue to move forward.

There was no one in the army to take care of him, and the stone bullets flew in, and everyone was panicked.

More stone bullets fell into the formations of the Forbidden Army in the West Garden. Not all formations were as lucky as the first wave of attacks, but one person was killed and several others were injured.

A big rock weighing seventy to eighty catties smashed into an army formation with unparalleled impact.

This time, good luck did not favor the imperial army established in the West Garden. The soldiers holding their shields did not block the sudden boulder.

The stone bullet slammed into the crowd, and the huge impact directly broke the arms and half of the bodies of the two soldiers, denting the iron armor.

The unabated stone bullets bounced a little on the grass, and smashed the legs of several soldiers of the Xiyuan Imperial Guards into a bloody mess.

The armor of the Han army focused on protecting the head and chest, and the legs with skirt armor also had good protection capabilities, but the leg protection was generally relatively weak, and ordinary soldiers had no leg protection at all.

Troops like the Xiyuan Imperial Army only wear thin leg armor on their legs to prevent stabbing, so how can they block the heavy blow of stone bullets.

The brave Xiyuan Imperial Guards screamed and wailed and rolled to the ground one by one.

Chunyuqiong was thrown to the ground by the guards from the horse, and before she could recover, she heard a loud whine and crash.

The stone bullet fired by the Yellow Turban Army's catapult smashed the head of his mount into minced meat, and the horse fell limply to the ground, and the stone bullet hit the front leg of a horse behind it as it was still alive.

The huge impact directly broke the horse's leg, and the horse fell down with a wail. The knight on the horse couldn't react in time, and was crushed by the horse. I'm afraid that the thigh that was pressed by the war horse has already broken a bone, and he will have to rely on crutches for the rest of his life.

Chunyu Qiong's complexion was pale, and he glanced gratefully at the bodyguard who threw him to the ground. He was only one step away from life and death. If his bodyguard hadn't reacted, he might have become the No. A school lieutenant who died at the hands of bandits.

Before Chunyu Qiong was lucky enough to escape from the dead, more stone bullets also fell into the formation of the Imperial Guards in the West Garden.

There were shrill screams coming from all around. The formation of the Xiyuan Imperial Army was too dense, and the distance of the Yellow Turban Army's catapults had already been adjusted in advance, so it would be difficult to miss them even if they wanted to.

Although the hit rate of the trebuchet is impressive, if it really falls into the army formation, the long-distance intensive killing effect it will cause is also extremely terrifying.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were only human-powered catapults. Since the size of the manpower was different each time, the landing point of the stone projectiles thrown by the human-powered catapult could almost only depend on luck and could not be predicted at all.

That is to say, when attacking the city, it is useful to attack the city that cannot be moved, or when defending, it is somewhat useful to attack the siege troops at a close range against the dark area below the city.

Lu Zhi looked at the two wings with a livid face, the Forbidden Army of the West Garden who was in a panic because of the stone bombs thrown by the trebuchet.

It never occurred to him that Xu An actually hid that strange catapult machine in the formation of the Yellow Turban Army. It didn't need many people to pull it, and it was much smaller than the human-powered catapult machine.

When Lu Zhi came to take over Jian Shuo's command position, he also learned that there was a strange large-scale stone throwing machine in the Yellow Turban Army, which could throw large stone bullets nearly two hundred steps away.

That strange large-scale trebuchet was also recorded by the Embroidered Clothes Messenger, and Lu Zhi also learned about related experiences. Although this kind of trebuchet has a long throw distance and great lethality, it must not be used in field battles, because that The reloading of this kind of catapult is really slow, and it is too bloated.

However, Lu Zhi carefully observed the formation of the Yellow Turban Army before going out into battle. Lu Zhi saw the bunkers, fences and yellow steps clearly at that time, just because the information he received was that kind of strange large stone throwing machine, He was quite tall, and it was impossible to hide in a bunker, so Lu Zhi didn't think about that.

Although Lu Zhi is proficient in the art of war and is familiar with equipment, he has no idea of ​​the particularity of the torsion catapult at all.

Although the torsion trebuchet may be inaccurate due to the dissipation of the elastic force of the torsion twisted rope, it is better to judge the landing point than the manpower trebuchet that relies entirely on manpower. Some are more traceable.

Thirty stone bullets hit as many as 21 stone bullets!

Of the remaining nine, only four fell outside the formation, and the other five fell in the gaps between the formation of the Forbidden Army in the West Garden, losing power.

The right camp led by Chunyuqiong and the left camp led by Xia Mou were simultaneously attacked by the yellow turban army's catapults.