Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Battle of the Acropolis, II

However, the people on the city wall were not moved at all.There was no sound of drums or horns, or shouts.Only the Knight of the Silver Flower said, "Knights do not fight cattle. Go back to your ranks, barbarian."

Ba Gu roared: "You coward! There are tens of thousands of people in the city, but none of them dare to come to wrestle with me? You are all eunuchs without kind!" He made a gesture behind his back, and the people in his army immediately let out a shrill cry. laughing out loud.Bagu wanted to force the enemy out of the city and destroy their confidence.

However, the enemy army remained unmoved, they were neither angry nor afraid, and the defenders of the Eastern Acropolis stood here just like the indifferent city wall.Ba Gu realized that this was an indifferent, proud, and disciplined army.

Bagu doesn't like to fight against this kind of enemy, because it means that he can't use the enemy's heart, and can't defeat the enemy's courage.Ba Gu couldn't rely on psychological warfare to make them surrender, he could only rely on hard power to collide.

Many eyes looked down on the bones, as if looking at a clown.Ba Gu realized that there was no point in procrastinating any longer.What's more, he saw that the bed crossbow had already started aiming.

This is why the Silver Flower Knight is stronger than the nobles, Bagu thought, his heart is stronger than the nobles, he is not arrogant, reckless or cowardly, this kind of enemy is the most annoying.

"Okay, see you on the battlefield." Ba Gu turned and left.

"Go away!" Silver Flower Knight shouted.

Hearing this word, Ba Gu's eyes suddenly widened. He drew out the big bow behind him, bent the bow and set an arrow, aimed at the top of the Silver Flower Knight's head, and said, "Look!"

He fully draws the bow, and when he releases his finger, the arrow flies out.This place is almost a hundred steps away from the city wall, which is already the limit of ordinary bows and arrows, but the power of Bugu Kahn's big bow is amazing, and the arrow "swish" across the sky, flying towards the face of Silver Flower Knight.The Silver Flower Knight subconsciously exclaimed, dodging the flying arrow in embarrassment.However, the strength of the arrow remained undiminished, and it hit the flagpole behind him. With a "click", the flagpole broke in two, and the silver flower flag fell to the ground.

"When I enter the city, I will break all your military flags with my own hands!" Bagu laughed three times, then put away his bow and arrows and walked back, the soldiers in the Gulf cheered loudly.However, the Silver Flower Knight on the city wall was still in shock, and stood there silently for a long time.

Damn it, Bagu thought.Fortunately, I saved a hand, otherwise I would lose all face.

After returning to the army, Ba Gu put away his joking mentality, and he decided to deal with this enemy seriously.This is a hard bone, and you have to fight hard to eat it.

The sound of war drums was loud, and the sound of horns made people's eardrums hurt. The siege battle finally began.Back in the middle of the army, Ba Gu ordered: "Set up a catapult and bombard the city wall!"

The warlord shouted: "Three hundred steps!"

So the engineers and warriors began to control the catapult.They put huge stones into the throwing baskets, and with axes they cut the ropes and sent the stones flying towards the city wall.With the whistling wind, the boulder crashed into the city wall.Ba Gu thought to himself: Let me bombard for half a day to see what countermeasures you have.

Silver Flower Knight's countermeasure came really fast.Almost at the same time as the first round of catapults were thrown, many fireballs flew out of the city walls.Ba Gu thought: This guy also has trebuchets, and he has a lot of them!

Ba Gu immediately ordered: "The battle formation is scattered!" However, the fireball still fell into the square formation, and the burning people screamed.But this is not the most deadly, he found that the northerners aimed at his catapult and set fireballs.Although Bugu's catapult is powerful, it is fixed on the ground and cannot be moved.So this thing became a living target.

Lan Zuo came to him on horseback and shouted at him: "Your Majesty, order the transfer of the catapult, we can't bombard you like this! We can't see the enemy."

Lan Zuo was right, the enemy's catapults were hidden inside the city walls, but Bugu's catapults were outside. After a few rounds of bombardment, Bugu's catapults would be completely wiped out.So he quickly ordered the dismantling of the catapult and moved it to a safe place.

He ordered the change fast enough, but still lost two.One was completely smashed, and the other was damaged, but it can still be used after repairing.

At this time, there was an annoying sound of gongs and drums from the walls of the city of Twin Acropolis. The Silver Flower Knight actually invited some clowns. These people wore colorful clothes and waved a crooked fishbone flag. Do a funny "sudden death dance".

He had no bones, so he shouted: "Where's the cannon? Pull out the cannon! Mars, fire the cannon!"

The little giant Marth and a team of wrestlers came out from the back of the team, and they pushed two giant cannons.This cannon is as huge as a catapult, and a strong man can be stuffed into the muzzle.The lava cannon has a range of more than 200 meters, so Bugu told them to fire beyond the range of the catapult.

Masi stuffed a cannonball into the barrel in each hand, and the two cannons were loaded with eight ammunition in total.Ba Gu couldn't help sighing: The craftsmen of the underground people are really powerful, they can actually make this kind of monster cannon.The previous earth-rock cannon could only be fired single-shot, but this cannon can fire four shots.

The cannon roared, and even Ba Gu was so shaken that he covered one ear.I saw the shells flying towards the city wall, exploding on the city wall with a bang, splashing mud on the city wall.

The gunners cheered, and the little giant put on a pose showing off his muscles.But Bugu looked at the past, but murmured: "Just blow down a few pieces of the wall?"

Lan Zuo said to him: "Northern people's technology in building cities is unparalleled in the world. It's not bad to be able to knock down a few pieces of wall."

"Continue to boom!" Bagu ordered.

The cannon can only hold three rounds at a time, and it takes time to reload.However, before the second round of bombardment started, Bagu saw a group of engineers on the city wall. These people quickly piled up bricks, stones and cement at the place that was bombarded just now.Then they put clay on top and tamped it down with shovels.This group of engineers must have been trained. They were skilled in their movements and cooperated closely. They repaired the city wall almost instantly.

By the time the shells are installed on Bagu's side, most of the city wall on the other side has been repaired. "Fuck!" Bagu cursed loudly, "These northern rats!"

By the time the second round of shells fell, the city wall would have been repaired.Apart from being ugly, there is nothing wrong with it.

Dare to feel that I am not as fast as they are repairing?Ba Gu has never heard of such absurd things. He is proficient in the art of war and familiar with battle cases, but such things have never happened in history.

"Continue!" Bagu ordered.

So a very funny scene appeared, where the guns kept firing, and the ground kept muddy.Lan Que watched from the side, and said: "Your Majesty, I see that the city wall will not be breached until next year. And the cannon is being used like this, so it must explode."

Battle of the Acropolis, III

Battle of the Acropolis, III

Furious, he roared, "I need a hundred of these guns!"

"There are only twenty lava cannons in the world, Your Majesty. The rest are small cannons with a range of about two hundred paces."

Bagu scolded: "Then isn't it the same as a catapult? It's useful!" Damn it, when I conquer the world, I'll get two hundred fucking cannons first.

"Stop the cannon first!" Bugu said.Damn, it would be ridiculous if the city was blown up before the city was broken.

As soon as the attack stopped, the clowns on the city wall came out again.A group of actors were beating gongs and drums on the city wall, and this time there was actually a small choir!A troop of soldiers sang to the beat, a comic ditty called "The Monkey Catches the Fish."

Bagu Kahn, who had not been insulted like this since the war, thought to himself: You rats, I will kill you all when I climb the wall myself!

Just when he was about to order a full-scale siege, Lan Zuo stopped him.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry." Lan Zuo was as elegant and easy-going as before, "We haven't seen the defender's cards clearly yet."

Ba Gu said: "I also want to try again, but the catapults are useless, the cannons are useless, what is left for me? Isn't it just a hard attack? I will let you take a good look at this broken city after I level it up." Look at their hole cards!"

Lan Que sighed and said, "The enemy just wants to provoke you, Your Majesty the King. When people get angry, they will do stupid things. They want to see you do stupid things, Your Majesty the King who is as calm as water."

Ba Gu calmed down a little, and said, "Stupid thing? No! Siege is not a stupid thing, it's courage! If I attack with all my strength, within three days, the city will be destroyed!"

"Really?" Lan Zuo's tone was quite disdainful.

Ba Gu stared at him and said, "You think I won't be able to attack?"

Lan Zuo said: "Are you sure you will be able to attack? Your Majesty the Invincible King."

"can!"

"How many casualties?"

"I don't look at casualties!"

Lan Que looked at the city wall and said, "I estimate that we will lose half of our troops."

Ba Gu didn't speak this time, he just nodded.

"Let's take a step back, what will you do if you win?" Lan Chu's tone was very serious, and he no longer spoke to him in honorific terms, "Should we use the remaining defeated soldiers to defend the city? Green grass There are cavalry from the Great Knights Association, and the West Acropolis to the west can reinforce the East Guard at any time. The two armies have trapped you in the castle. What do you do? The northerners have a lot of cities to lose, but we only have one army. a king. What shall we do when they abandon a city and lock us up?"

Bugu said: "Shut up? I can open the city gate and fight them!"

"Your Majesty, let me ask you, what is our advantage over the northerners?"

Ba Gu replied: "Advantage? That is me! I lead the army to fight, and I am invincible in the world."

"Yes, the advantage is you, and the invincible cavalry led by you! Our advantage can only be unfolded on the plains. Whether it is siege or defense, it is our disadvantage. We must try to avoid All of this. The Double Acropolis is not suitable for cavalry combat, and the army strength of the attacking party will be two or three times that of ours. Once the reinforcements from the Eagle Head City arrive, it will be ten times. If you rush out, you will not be able to come back .”

Bagu was so argued that he had nothing to say, "Then what do you want to do?" Bagu asked him.

"This battle won't be resolved in three to five days. Leave it alone, Your Majesty, you give me command of the army now, and you and the knights can recharge your batteries. Listen to my news."

"Okay, little bastard, I trust you, so I'll leave it to you to command!" Ba Gu waved his hand, "I'll go drink some wine to calm down. When the city is broken, you call me, and I'll lead people to attack. "

"Then ask His Majesty the King to supervise the battle from the rear!" Lan Que said loudly, and then he stepped onto the podium and said, "Stop the army drum and bugle horn! Bring my command flag and regroup!"

The soldiers roared, and the drums became slow and muffled.The square matrix changes shape orderly.Lan Zuo stood on the high platform and waved the command flag vigorously. When the strong wind blew, his white battle robe fluttered with the wind.

Ba Gu watched from below, and thought to himself: This little bastard usually looks very weak, but he didn't expect to be quite majestic on stage.

However, Ba Gu didn't understand Lan Chu's order.

Lan Zuo first ordered the ladder truck to come, and he lined up these huge monsters as high as the city wall, making a gesture of impacting the city wall.But Ba Gu knew that Lan Chu would not do such a stupid thing. If the ladder car advances rashly, half of the road will be destroyed by bed crossbows, and the rest will be ignited by hot oil and fire bombs when it drives to the edge of the city; If you are lucky enough to go up, you will be stabbed down by the circle of spearmen on the city wall.

Moreover, Lan Chu's ladder carts were placed too densely. If he really used ladders, he should push them separately.

Ba Gu couldn't understand, so he didn't speak, so as not to be ridiculed by Lan Zuo with "four-character irony".

So the ladder cars were connected in the formation to form a wall.Then Lan Zuo called the leader of the infantry: the warrior Karen. After Lan Zuo explained a few words to him, Karen rode back to the infantry phalanx.

Lan Zuo then called the commander of the archers: "Sour Eyes" Garda.He and Garda issued a bunch of orders, the man nodded repeatedly, and then hurried back to the battle.Ba Gu didn't hear clearly, he only heard Lan Chu tell him to get on the ladder car.

The two generals acted according to the order: Karen ordered the heavy armored infantry to get the ladders, and they almost took one each, and then they carried the flying ladders one by one and moved forward until they were within the range of the enemy archers. edge.

Ba Gu couldn't understand it at all. If you use flying ladders to attack the city, you must have speed. If you give the flying ladders to heavy armored soldiers, isn't this nonsense?This group of guys are wearing heavy armor and carrying ladders. They even struggle to walk. Do you expect them to climb the city wall quickly?It is estimated that it was overturned without taking two steps of the ladder.

The people on the East Guard City obviously couldn't understand it either. The clowns and the choir on the city wall stopped. The Silver Flower Knight and his lieutenant came to the edge of the city wall, pointing at the wonders below. Just very confused.

At this time, something even more puzzling happened.At this time, the engineers and soldiers sent a lot of wet canvas, which was probably made of tent materials and was quite strong. They wrapped the cloth around the ladder and tied it with a dead knot.Looking at it in wonder, he thought to himself: Is this for anti-slip?

He glared at Lan Que, and saw that the white-robed counselor was still giving orders in an orderly manner, but Ba Gu couldn't understand any of his orders.

Bugu had only listened to Lan Chu's suggestions in terms of strategy before, but he had never seen him directly commanding a war. This time Bugu was an eye-opener.

Battle of the Acropolis, IV

Battle of the Acropolis, IV

Ba Gu glanced at his army, and found that the current situation of the big formation is as follows: the first row is ladder carts, and the carts are lined up like a city wall; the second row is heavy armored soldiers, these people are carrying ladders and holding shields, It is difficult to walk; the third row is the archers, the rear is the cannon and the podium.

Then Suanyan directed the archers to hide behind the ladder truck, and let a few people climb to the top of the ladder truck.

Bagu still didn't understand, what was this all about?

Just when he was at a loss, Lan Zuo asked someone to blow the charge horn.

Thus the stupid army moved within range of the enemy.

"Fuck you!" Bagu yelled, "What are you doing, little bastard?" But Lan Zuo ignored him.The prince in the white robe said loudly, "Fire!"

The cannon roared again, this time focusing the artillery fire directly above the city gate.After a round of bombing, the engineers immediately went to the city wall to repair it.At this time, Lan Chu ordered again: "Shoot the arrow!"

The archers hidden behind the ladder cart flashed out from the gaps and sides, and shot arrows towards the city wall.The rain of arrows swished down, and the engineers and soldiers of the Shuangwei City were unable to retreat in time, with a few casualties.But Ba Gu couldn't be happy, he thought to himself: We are also within the range of the enemy.

As he expected, the archers of the Shuangwei City also climbed onto the city wall and began to shoot at Lan Zuo's army.

At the same moment, Lan Zuo waved the command flag and asked people to beat the drums for changing the formation. Suanyan in front heard the order and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Change the formation!" Immediately, the archers hid behind the ladder car.In an instant, the ladder car was pierced into a hedgehog by arrows, but Lan Zuo's archer was unscathed.

When the opponent's volley stopped for a while, Lan Zuo waved the command flag again.Suanyan glanced at Lingqi and said, "Fight back!" The archers fought back one after another. At this time, some of them were in the tower of the ladder truck, and some were on top of the ladder truck. Because they occupied a high point, the counterattack unexpectedly worked.

However, after only one round of counterattack, the enemy's arrows flew again.

This time it's a rocket.

The ladder car is made of wood, and wood products are afraid of fire.Ba Gu's first thought was: this is not good!The ladder truck is about to burn.But after thinking about it, he couldn't help shouting: "Damn it, you little bastard, you're so clever!"

As the rockets struck, Karen, the commander of the infantry, yelled, "Shields up!"

He was talking about holding up shields, but the infantrymen were holding up not shields, but flying ladders wrapped in wet canvas.The flying ladders were placed staggered between the horizontal teams, and the wood instantly became an impenetrable big net!The rockets shot all over the water-soaked net, and there was no flame, only a puff of black smoke came out.

"Fight back!" Sour Eyes yelled.

Lan Zuo's archers boarded the ladder car again to shoot, and this round of shooting killed many enemy troops.The ladder car is higher than the city wall, has a wide field of vision, and can get into the tower at any time, but the enemies on the city wall lack cover.There was nothing they could do against the lobs other than clinging to the battlements.But there are so many people on the city wall, engineers, archers, porters and even clowns, where are there so many places for them to hide?

After these two rounds, Lan Zuo's side was suppressed by the rain of arrows, and the counterattack of the northerners could not be organized for a while.Occasionally, a few flying stones from the trebuchet fell, but none of them hit the ladder.It takes time to load and aim the trebuchet, and it is not so easy to adjust the angle in the dense arrow rain.

When the city was built, the northerners probably didn't expect this situation to happen today.

At this time, Ba Gu heard Lan Chu shouting: "The messenger! Go to General Suanyan for information!"

The messenger ran away, and he came back after a while, saying: "The general said: 'The place with four or six city pillars has the least number of archers!'"

Lan Chu waved his hand and said, "Okay, cannon, aim at the four or six city pillars!"

Ba Gu was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself: Why are you aiming there?

Before he could figure it out, he saw the bed crossbow of the northerner appearing in that position.

"Fire!" Lan Zuo's voice broke.

Where there are no archers, there must be something else.And this thing must not be small!Lan Chu guessed it, this place is prepared for the bed crossbow!

So the cannon accurately hit the two bed crossbows, and the city walls of the northerners were thrown into chaos.

At this moment, all the flags arranged by Lan Zuo have been used, and Ba Gu finally figured it out:

The artillery bombardment at the beginning was to suppress the enemy's bed crossbow and engineers; the ladder was a watchtower that provided vision, a shooting platform, and a bunker; the ladder was used to deal with rockets, and then the second round of artillery kept the bed crossbow...

Lan Chu was too imaginative in fighting, and Ba Gu thought to himself, this guy is simply an artist.

He counted all the possibilities.

If it goes on like this, I will never guess his tactics.This guy……

The thought in Bagu Kahn's heart was not wrong, because Lan Zuo's next order was still unexpected.