Three Kingdoms Simulator: This Ma Su is too stable

Chapter 184 The Artifact Is Calling Me (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)
While the light screen was changing, three more rows of grids appeared in the system mall, and the original 3×5 grids had been expanded to 6×5 grids.

However, for the time being, only the items in the fifth grid in the fourth row are visible and available for purchase, and the other two rows are temporarily invisible and cannot be purchased.

Ma Di knew that the last two rows of grids were not visible because he did not have enough steady points. As long as the steady points reached the corresponding number, these things would reveal their true colors.

So, he looked patiently one by one.

The five items on the fourth row of shelves are: Advanced version of Zhuge Liannu (effective range increased by 50.00%), priced at [-] points;

The manufacturing drawing of Liaodong Gongsun's warship and a sample ship (200 steps wide x 300 steps long), priced at [-] points;

Liaodong Gongsun's ship-borne breaking crossbow manufacturing diagram and a set of sample crossbow bolts (range 300 steps), priced at [-] points;

A set of manufacturing drawings and samples of Liu Ye enhanced trebuchet (effective projection distance increased by 50.00%, reaching [-] steps), priced at [-] points;

A set of powerful artifacts (knife cart, trench-making cart, trench-filling cart, siege cone, Greek ballista) manufacturing drawings and samples each, priced at [-] points;

"Sigh~"

Ma Su's eyes widened and he took a deep breath.

Sure enough, there is nothing wrong with expensive things except that they are expensive.

These five things are very useful to Shu Han at this stage!
Let me talk about Zhuge Liannu first.

Although the Liannu was made by Zhuge Liang, it can shoot crossbow arrows continuously, but it has two fatal flaws.

One is the short range, the iron arrow has only 30 steps, and the effective range of the common (wooden) arrow is only 50 steps.

The second is poor accuracy. Because the arrows used in the crossbow have no arrow feathers, the iron arrows will lose their balance and roll over when flying for a long distance. Moreover, the production of wooden arrow shafts requires high precision, which is difficult to manufacture manually, and is not easy to manufacture and use in large quantities.

Therefore, this advanced version of the Zhuge Liannu (effective range increased by 50.00%) is very powerful.

Besides, the Lianfang warship and the ship-borne broken crossbow, these two things are the "strategic nuclear weapons" of the Gongsun family in Liaodong, and their export is prohibited.Sun Quan once offered a large amount of gold, silver and jewels to buy but failed.

With these two things, it will be much easier for the Shu Han to attack Wu in the future.

Among the last few items, there is no doubt about the role of the three siege vehicles and one cone and one cannon.

In this era, the most difficult war to fight is the battle of city attack and defense.

For the attacker, the first thing to do when attacking the city is to clear the obstacles outside the city and fill in the moats and trenches.

Moats and trenches are sometimes combined into one. In summer and autumn, the trenches are introduced into the river to form a moat; in winter and spring, the defenders block the trenches in advance and drain the water inside, because there are usually many pickets buried at the bottom of the trenches. Wooden thorns, if a person accidentally steps on the air and falls, he will be stabbed to death.

Both the moat and the trench are more than four feet wide and more than one foot deep.For example, the moat of Xiangyang City, the first city in the Han Dynasty, has an average width of more than sixty feet and a width of nearly five feet. If you want to fill it up, a mountain of earth may not be enough.

Therefore, whenever there is an offensive and defensive battle for a city, the attacker has to overcome various difficulties and spend a huge amount of work.

First of all, the horse-repelling post in front of the moat needs to be removed. This horse-repelling post is not used to resist horses, but a siege equipment to block the attacker.

Secondly, the attacking party needs to withstand the attack from above and fill the moat with earth, rocks and firewood.Sometimes the siege party has no other choice but to use human lives to fill in one after another.

Only by filling up the moat can we touch the city wall and attack the city.

Because the task of filling the moat is too dangerous and arduous, many generals will use auxiliary soldiers and civilians to fill it, especially the surrounding nomads. When attacking the city, there are relatively few craftsmen, and most of them drive the people around the city to hold arrows Arrows to fill pits and moats.

When it was filled, the moat was also full of corpses.

For this reason, the generals let the personal guards serve as the supervisory team, and some fled before the battle, flinched, succumbed to the decision, and killed without mercy.

In order to ensure the safety of the obstacle-clearing troops, the trench-building vehicle came into being.A high barrier was erected in front of the trench-building vehicle to resist the arrows shot from the opposite side, and it was filled with sand or bags for filling the river. When the trench-building vehicle approached the moat, as long as the window was opened, the The stone was thrown in.

If the trenches and moats are relatively wide and will be uneven for a while, then it will be the turn of the trench filling vehicle to show its power.

The shape of the trench filling vehicle is a cart shape, with folded bridge decks on it. When the bridge deck is lowered before driving to the trench, it will become a temporary wooden bridge for soldiers to pass through.At the same time, trebuchets and their own shooters will also project long-range firepower to the city wall to cover the river filling troops.

For defenders, the moat is the first line of defense.The defenders generally set up three or four artificial obstacles behind the river, mainly including thorns, antler wood, horse pits, horse repelling guns, sheep and horse walls, etc.

Tribulus is divided into Tribulus terrestris and Tribulus terrestris.Tribulus terrestris is an annual herbaceous plant with hard thorns in the outer shell of the fruit. It is collected and sprinkled on the road that the siege party must pass, which can stab the feet of enemy soldiers and horses.Caltrops are artificial "five-edged thorns", which have the same function, but are stronger and can be recycled.Similar to caltrops are iron caltrops, which are mainly deployed in shallow trenches or streams and ponds near the city to prevent enemy troops from crossing.

Antler wood, horse sinking pits, horse repelling guns, etc. also have similar functions to thistles, the main purpose is to prevent enemy troops, especially cavalry troops from approaching.

After filling the moat, it is time to attack the most critical part of the city, breaking down the city gate or climbing the tall and thick city wall.As long as there is a gap in the city gate, the attacking army can rush in.

Breaking open the city gate requires the use of heavy weapons.This type of weapon can be roughly divided into two types, close-range direct destruction type and long-range throwing type.

The short-distance siege equipment is mainly siege cones, and the long-distance equipment is mainly catapults.

The trebuchet is the most commonly used long-distance siege equipment in this era. In addition to throwing stones, it can also throw logs, metals and other heavy objects, or use ropes, cotton threads, etc. dipped in oil to wrap the surface of the stones, and throw them after being ignited. To the enemy camp, burn and kill the enemy.

The advantage of trebuchet is that it has great lethality and long range, but the disadvantage is that it is not accurate enough.

Often the attacking side has already shot many rounds, but the city gate on the other side is still intact.

Usually at this time, it is necessary to use the siege cone, a short-range super-heavy-duty destructive device, to hit the city gate and the city wall to destroy the structure of the city, so as to achieve victory in the siege.

The shape of the siege cone is a huge round wooden pile fixed on a four-wheeled cart, which hits the city gate through the pile head with inertia.After breaking through the first city gate, soldiers will rush forward to attack and destroy the second city gate.

In the siege warfare of this era, the commander of the siege party will use a combination of short-range heavy weapons and long-range throwing equipment.

When the Mongol and Yuan Empire conquered Europe and attacked Kyiv, they adopted this method of warfare.

They first set up trebuchets around the city, throwing stones and burning objects day and night, and bombarding the city walls. At the same time, the sharp cones on the siege vehicles kept hitting the city gates.

The Kyiv people shot arrows and threw stones desperately, but these conventional countermeasures could only hit some Mongolian troops trying to climb the ladder to the city, and it was of no help to reverse the situation of the battle.In the end, the Mongolian army destroyed the city gate by combining heavy weapons from near and far, and a large number of Mongolian cavalry rushed into the city of Kyiv, killing and killing.

In the inherent impression of the world, cavalry is the king of field battles, and they are Benbi who are not good at siege.But with the siege cones and large trebuchets, the cavalry has the same attacking ability as the infantry.

This is also the core reason why Mongolian cavalry can sweep across Europe.

No city can stop such an attack.

When the Tang Dynasty attacked Goguryeo, it also used this style of play. When the Tang army attacked Liaodong City, they first spread out long-distance throwing weapons on the battlefield.Tang Jun's rock-throwing cart "uses big wood as a bed" and throws a huge boulder of 500 jin to the target [-] meters away.

The Tang army bombarded Liaodong City day and night, and the Goguryeo defenders set up large wooden bunkers on the city wall to defend against flying stones, but it didn't work.Boulders fell from the sky and quickly destroyed everything.

Sometimes, in order to obtain a condescending strike effect, the commander-in-chief will place siege equipment on a commanding height outside the city (such as on a hillside, on a mound, etc.).

When Kublai Khan's younger brother Hulawu went west, he attacked Fort Mamendis in the "Assassin Kingdom" Mulayi Kingdom.Because the fortress is high on the top of the mountain and can't be climbed directly, it can't be hit by arrows and stones.

In order to attack the fortress on the mountain, Xu Liegu transported the trebuchet up the mountain.Soldiers first disassembled the trebuchet, and then used exquisite pulley winches to transport these parts up the mountain one by one, and finally combined these parts into siege weapons on the mountain.

The next day, Xu Liegu issued an attack order, and rows of stones weighing hundreds of catties slammed into the city wall fortress, causing many walls to collapse instantly.The defenders in the fortress wanted to use powerful bows and crossbows to fight back, but they were quickly suppressed by the Mongolian army's crossbows with a range of [-] steps and were quickly defeated.

If there is no commanding height near the city, then use manpower to build a commanding height.

In Ma Di's view, the reason why ancient Rome was able to run across the Mediterranean Sea and establish an empire spanning three continents was due to its powerful heavy infantry, strict military discipline, and various exquisite military machinery: ballistas, catapults Machine guns, battering rams, machine crossbows, etc. These artifacts, accompanied by the proud infantry legion of Rome, conquered the surrounding Mediterranean Sea.

The Mongol Yuan Empire also established a giant empire across Eurasia.

The two empires have only one thing in common, that is, they have invincible siege equipment.

Although the ballista was born as early as 600 years ago, there is no such high-end artifact as the ballista in China. The structure principle is closest to the ballista is the Zhuge Liannu.

In 399 B.C., Dionysus of the Serra Ancient City Gang under Greece, facing the threat of powerful force from the Carthaginians, created a weapon that eclipsed other forces——Dionysus The craftsmen of Sri Lanka designed and manufactured the first torsion spring ballista in the history of war!
These items, including ballistas, actually existed in this era, but they were controlled by various forces.Without the help of the system, it is almost impossible to gather all the artifacts.

For example, trebuchets, although the Shu Kingdom can also manufacture trebuchets, their performance is definitely not as good as that made by the original creator Liu Ye.

Not to mention the advanced version.

As for the Lianfang warship and the broken crossbow, these are the military weapons of the Gongsun family that are not known to the outside world.

Of course, the Zhuge Liannu is also a "nuclear weapon" exclusively owned by the Shu Han, and it is at the top of the list of foreign "arms embargoes".

Wei, Wu and the surrounding forces wanted Zhuge Liannu, so they had no choice but to send undercover agents to steal it.

With the help of the system, Ma Su will soon have all these artifacts.

At that time, holding a divine weapon, not to mention attacking Liangzhou, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains will not be too difficult.

As his thoughts surged, Ma Di couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Advantage, Brother Liang!"

(End of this chapter)