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Chapter 160 This Is Really Not Tower Defense
"boom!"

Amidst the roar, a projectile flew over a distance of several miles, crossed layers of obstacles, crossed the dirt wall with little soil, and hit the ground heavily, stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust.

The army of the Song Clan has already started a tentative attack.

It has to be said that a big family and a big business are bullish. In just three days, there are nearly 30 people on the north bank of the Dahe River. Except for [-] soldiers, the rest are either young and strong or craftsmen. They are like ants, working day and night, Fill in the horse traps in front of the position, dig out the horses and stakes, and the road ahead is gradually cleared.

Only soldiers entered the arena when there was only a three or four meter high earth wall left in front of them.

The Song Clan's tentative attack was very ostentatious, and they actually separated six attack surfaces, each of which was separated by about a dozen miles. At first glance, it was really a sea of ​​people, with flags fluttering, and it was very lively.

It seems that Li Si only needs to wait to be defeated one by one.

But in fact--

"No. 13, Section A, immediate support!"

"No. 07, Section B[-], support immediately!"

"No. 02, Section C, [-]th Section, support immediately!"

Behind the dirt wall, flag bearers waved simple flags one by one. After about a minute, the order would be transmitted to the second line of defense three miles behind, and the ready-to-go convoy would follow the well-marked and well-known grid. It only takes 1 minutes for rapid support in the area, and at least 10 stone bullets will be thrown out.

This segmented tower defense tactic has been rapidly deployed in the entire army since it was used to intercept the trebuchets last year. After all, this is the advantage of the location, fighting at the door of the house, and has gone through many exercises.

Whether it is a flag bearer, observer, coachman, or flying stone shooter, they all know these areas very well.

Anyway, it's that simple.

It's not too complicated to say, but there is only one premise, don't leave the homeland to fight.

"drive!"

"Drive!"

New-style carriages began to run wildly along the flat road. In addition to a small trebuchet, they usually carried twenty stone bullets and two flying stone shooters.

The load is not heavy, and it is still pulled by two horses, so the speed is very fast.

In less than 10 minutes, a brigade of [-] new-style carriages arrived at the projection area billowing with smoke and dust.

At this time, the Song Clan's attack echelon was pushing a shield car, and walked over with difficulty, but the distance of 1000 meters took nearly 10 minutes.

It has to be said that the Song Clan still has capable people. The other party came up with this kind of shield car that can be pushed around. The front is a huge and thick wooden raft, and it takes more than a dozen people to push it. It can defend against eight-ox crossbows, and theoretically it can also defend against trebuchets.

The back of each shield car can cover a team of 50 people. They each carry a ladder several meters high. As long as they get close, they can climb the city to fight.

The whole link is quite satisfactory, as stable as old iron.

In contrast, Li Si's side seemed to be in disarray. Observers, flag bearers, crossbowmen, coachmen, and flying stone shooters kept shouting, as if everyone had become a commander.

There are not a few people who even make mistakes while busy.

"Wang Da, Wang Da! Look at the semaphore, what does it say?"

In front of a stalled carriage, a 40-something-year-old coachman Zhao San whipped his feet in a hurry. He had good eyesight and superb skills, otherwise he would not have been selected from tens of thousands of coachmen.

But as he gets older, his ability to accept new things is a little weak. He thinks he can drive a good car and shoot a good gun, but he can't figure out the semaphore.

If you don't understand the semaphore, you don't know how to adjust the parameters. If you can't adjust the parameters correctly, you can't hit them correctly.

It's so awkward.

But there is no way, today's small trebuchets have also upgraded the set of aiming components of large trebuchets. There are nine parameters on it, up, down, left, right, center, up, down, left, and right. corresponds to a coordinate orientation.

No, the neighbor's 16-year-old boy actually knows more than he does.

"Uncle Zhao, what are you in a hurry for? You have already said that what we are pulling is not an ordinary trebuchet, so we must calculate it well."

Next to the carriage, a young man with a rooster's voice calmly operated the operation, making fine adjustments from time to time according to the semaphore issued by the observers and flag bearers ahead.

Specifically, there are four gears to adjust the angle and height of the trebuchet. This thing is actually very simple, but it is indeed a bit difficult for people in this world.

Among the catapults supporting the western front this time, there were only more than 500 flying stone shooters with such abilities. Most of them had experience in operating large catapults, and a small number of them were teenagers who had been literate for about half a year.

Therefore, the trebuchets they controlled projected not stone bullets, but 5 catties of gunpowder + [-] catties of lead.

Once fired, it is comparable to the effect of twenty ordinary trebuchets.

But the number is very small, there are only fifteen in their brigade.

"Whoa!"

There are already friendly catapults firing one after another, and our own observers and flag bearers have jumped off the top of the city. It is obvious that the enemy has advanced to the bottom of the city. With good eyes, you can even see rows of ladders smashing up.

It is conceivable that hundreds of enemy troops came out from behind the shield car like a tide, and launched a final charge against this low earth wall.

This is the moment!

The boy Wang Da suddenly pulled the cable at this time, and with the five hundred catties of counterweight stone lock falling, a ignited cannonball contained in an earthen jar was ejected, spanning a distance of more than 500 meters, and crashed into the ground. the wall.

That's right, the earth wall is not used for defense, it is only used to mark the boundary.

"boom!"

A violent explosion sounded from the top of the city, followed by explosions one after another. The black smoke caused by the explosion even enveloped an area of ​​several hundred meters like a black cloud.

But the young Wang Da, the coachman Zhao Sanbian, and another auxiliary shooter didn't have time to see the results of the battle. The three of them frantically shook the gear chain and pulled the weight stone lock back up. It took time.

Fortunately, the special explosion effect of this wave was better than expected.

When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, there were corpses and seriously injured people everywhere inside and outside the earthen wall. The screams, howls, and strange screams of being frightened were unbearable to witness.

Because this kind of attack is too rogue and too dark, it just happened when the enemy soldiers left the protection of the shield vehicle and piled up densely.

In just one wave, 300 people lost their combat effectiveness, and even the follow-up enemy soldiers were shocked and overwhelmed.

Because even the generals leading the team were blown up and couldn't be found.

It was not easy for a new general to take over the command, but they began to charge again, and a round of dense stone bombs rained down. This time, even many shield vehicles were destroyed.

Immediately afterwards, there was another round of gunpowder shells. The casualties were not large, but the insult was extremely high.

Then, behind the earthen wall, thousands of crossbowmen hiding in the trench jumped up and fired a salvo at the ravaged Song clan soldiers.

The attack group of the Song Clan, which had been completely chaotic, collapsed immediately, and those who cried for their fathers and mothers fled back.

Hundreds of dead bodies and wounded were left at the scene.

And there are more than one such results. The six tentative attack groups of the Song Clan almost all suffered the same blow. Even the soldiers with high morale before were tortured and beaten to the point of dejection, because the opponent was too rogue and had too many tactics. changed.

At this moment, even some low-level veterans in the Song Dynasty army began to realize that the advantage of the little bastard on the opposite side was a bit big.

What they attacked was not a wild battlefield at all, but a fortress with no dead ends.

"Back back! The cannon is coming!"

On the side of the earth wall, the crossbowmen quickly retreated to the tunnel in the trench, while the coachmen raised their whips and drove the carriage back. Sure enough, the time was not long, and dozens of artillery pieces on the Song Clan's position opened fire in retaliation , like large firecrackers, sending them off.

But amidst the sound of cannons, a large number of observers were closely watching the movement of the Song Dynasty army. Flags were quickly sent to the rear, and then the carriages of each brigade followed the command and ran at a constant speed.

Anyway, no matter how the opposite Song Dynasty army is mobilized, they will be one step ahead.

Although you use soldiers like a god, I only defend tower defense.

More than half an hour later, the shelling ended, and a section of more than 500 meters of earthen wall was completely demolished. Almost at the same time, [-] heavy infantry pushed thousands of shield vehicles and came straight to the gap.

At the same time, seven or eight attack groups were divided into other places, each with only 2000 people and dozens of shield vehicles.

This is completely out of routine.

Li Si, who was commanding the battle in the rear, laughed when he heard the news, "The coach of the Song clan on the other side is so powerful, he probably already guessed our routine, that is, our army's trebuchets can maneuver quickly, so next, You must focus on the enemy's cavalry, and if you want to use maneuver against maneuver, you have no other means except cavalry."

"Ye Bu Shou team is dispatched! No matter what, we must lock the main force of the enemy's cavalry."

"Dong Erdai, Li Xin, Sun Cheng, Xu Chang, gather the main force, prepare the ballista formation, and be ready to intercept the main force of the enemy's cavalry at any time!"

"Zhao Shan, you command the Feishi Legion, and you must destroy the enemy's heavy infantry in one battle."

Li Si quickly issued an order, the tower defense is so good, all the combat units are in the limited battlefield, no matter how the enemy changes, they cannot escape this big frame.

It is also because of this that Li Si can continue to pretend to be a famous general through the ages.

Well, it’s okay even if this level is unfavorable. There are still the second and third levels. Right now, there are more than 30 civilians digging trenches and earth dams five or ten miles behind. Anyway, he can go all the way. Slowly back to Lu County, it depends on how many soldiers the Song Clan is willing to send to die.

"Boom boom boom!"

In the distance, among the Song Dynasty army, the sound of war drums sounded.

On Li Si's side, one carriage brigade after another was constantly gathering and adjusting. Even though some carriage brigades were farther away, they were still ahead in terms of speed.

When the Song Clan's 10 heavy infantry corps pushing shield carts successfully crossed the gap in the earth wall, two carriages had already assembled two miles away, and within the next [-] minutes, there must be more A thousand carriages arrived.

This is the death.

Because no matter how many shield carts there are, facing a trebuchet that can be installed and fixed on a carriage is just a target.

"Li Cunsi, let me see how you can come back!"

In the central army formation of the Song Clan Legion, on a 50-meter-high watchtower, the head coach of the Song Clan, Song Wu's younger brother Song Heng, finally showed a smile.

He is the most experienced and outstanding general of the previous generation of the Song Dynasty. He participated in the war that destroyed the Dagan Empire 50 years ago. There are more victories and fewer losses, which can be described as a lot of military exploits.

Song Wu can let Song Heng lead the army, what he values ​​is his stability.

But this battle was really broken from the very beginning.

Li Cunsi on the opposite side was extremely cunning. Taking advantage of the advantage of being at the door of the house, he came down with a few tricks, and almost made Song Heng, who is known for his prudence, lose his temper.

Fortunately, he finally discovered Li Cunsi's weakness, "Using a horse-drawn cart to pull a trebuchet? What kind of brains is this! It's a pity."

"Song Yunshi!"

"The end is here!"

"Lead [-] heavy cavalry, wait for the opportunity to pass through from the north, don't get entangled with the opponent's infantry and cavalry, first kill his carriage for me, kill them all, without these catapults, I think he can still How to play?"

"Song Yunrong!"

"The end is here!"

"Li Cunsi is a cunning child, so he may not leave behind tricks. You lead five thousand heavy cavalry, just in the direction of the Pingcheng Ferry in the south, and cooperate with the infantry to make a strong attack. If Li Cunsi's cavalry dares to stop, then charge Make a wave, and then retreat depending on the situation. If you dare not stop, then let me strangle his convoy from south to north."

"Song Yunhua!"

"After you lead five thousand light cavalry and accompany the 2 Chinese army, since Li Cunsi has deployed a large number of crossbowmen here, then take the opportunity to rush him and let him know that the handsome [-] troops are not so delicious. of."

"But remember, don't be targeted by Li Cunsi's cannon carriage. Although the commander doesn't want to admit it, the fast maneuvering cannon carriage he created is really not easy."

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At this moment, as thousands of horse-drawn carriages ran, smoke and dust rose hundreds of meters high, covering the battlefield like a dark cloud, which immediately caused problems with the previously efficient banner command method.

The cooperation between the crossbowmen and the trebuchet convoy could no longer keep up.

Fortunately, Li Si had already conducted war games with all the middle and high-level generals before this battle. Everyone knew to what extent and what to do.

For example, at this moment, when all the trebuchet convoys of one's own side are gathering in one place, intending to destroy the [-] enemy heavy infantry, it means that the first line of defense can be abandoned, and they must quickly enter the second line of defense.

For a while, tens of thousands of crossbowmen were retreating in an emergency, and they could even be described as broken soldiers.

What formation, what organizational system, all messed up.

But at the very least, no one discarded the divine arm crossbow in their hands.

And the most important thing is, five miles away is the second line of defense. Even if they run in a panic, as long as they enter the second line of defense, these tens of thousands of crossbowmen can stand on the earth dam regardless of whether they know each other or not. What a god arm crossbow, what if the elite is not the elite, we are hooligans, scoundrels, why don't we bully you according to the routine?
However, the real elite is different. The 12000 people led by the four generals Dong Erdai, Li Xin, Sun Cheng, and Xu Chang are the sharpest knife in Li Si's hand.

They will fight the enemy solidly in this battle.

Of course, the rogue still needs to be a rogue. For example, at this moment, except for Li Xin's [-] cavalry who remained in place, the other three infantry regiments were all sitting in the carriage, eating, sleeping, and chatting. Chat, and always conduct regional maneuvers based on the information passed back by Yebushou.

Yebushou, who has been strengthened to level 6, may not be the king of the battlefield, but he is definitely the most professional scout in this chaotic battlefield.

Especially on their own territory, especially the two highlands of Yanhui Mountain and Luming Mountain are under their own control, especially they still have a few telescopes contributed by the Tiannan Chu family in their hands, as long as they stand on the top of Fangya Mountain Or the top of Lutou Mountain, even the smoke and dust on the battlefield can't block their eyes...

Hey, we're cheating, what can you do.

(End of this chapter)