Guo Jia, the ghost of the strongest military division

Chapter 107 Incendiary Bombs

Encircle three ques and one, this is the trick of siege warfare.

If the siege is dead, it will only arouse the desperate efforts of the defenders.

Therefore, in all siege battles, there will be a way out for the defenders, lest they be desperate.

But Zhang Niujiao was determined to take down Lu Nu, so he didn't leave a way for the people inside to retreat, and surrounded Lu Nu like a iron pass. Anyway, his strength was sufficient.

kill!
Soon, nearly [-] people came to the open space squeezed between the moat and the city wall. The vanguard guarded their positions, and the rear attacked with ladders.

Get ready to do it!

Seeing this situation, Guo Jia ordered the defenders to act.

The crowd had grown impatient for a long time, and upon hearing the order from the prefect, arrows rolled down stones and trees, and turned those who were beaten by the yellow scarf bandits in the city down on their backs.

Soon piles of corpses fell at the foot of the city wall.

Frustrated in the first attack, the Yellow Turban Army was not discouraged. They quickly regrouped and set up ladders to organize the second attack.

One hundred thousand versus several thousand, they have an absolute superiority in force.

At this time, the catapults of the Yellow Turban Army were also transported outside the moat, and the soldiers were busy, preparing to break through the city.

Their catapult vehicles are used by the government and the army, and their specifications and lethality are not comparable to those made by Guo Jia.

"My lord, the Yellow Turban Bandit has set up a catapult!"

Dian Wei shouted.

Catapults have a serious destructive effect on this kind of earthy city walls, especially the large catapults, which are completely the nemesis of earthy city walls.

"They have catapults, and we have catapults."

Guo Jia said with a smile.

Said that the subordinates of the Tiger Guards transported the catapults to the top of the city.

In other words, in order to increase the attack range of homemade landmines, Guo Jia specially made twenty trebuchets.

However, in view of the limited amount of wood and pig iron in Zhongshan, it is impossible to make such huge monsters as later generations.

Looking at the small catapults of their own side, and then the tall catapults in the formation of the Yellow Turbans, everyone couldn't help but wry smiles.

The larger the frame of the catapult, the larger the attack range and the greater the power.

Compared with the catapult of the Yellow Turban Thieves, the catapult of one's own side has no threat to others at all.

Like adults and kids, it's not a heavyweight at all.

"My lord, there is still time, or I will ask the craftsmen to remodel it."

Mao Jie on the side really couldn't stand it anymore.

Is there any use for this kind of riprap cart?It's not as fun as lifting a rock to hit someone.

no need!
Guo Jia waved his hand!

These trebuchets are different from ordinary trebuchets, and were improved by Guo Jia according to the structure of the return guns of later generations.

Although the frame is small, the shooting range is not too small. Of course, what he wants to shoot is not a heavy object like a stone.

Whoosh whoosh!
The yellow turban thief's catapult truck started to work.

But operating a catapult is a technical job, and it is obvious that these yellow turban thieves are not very proficient.

The thrown stones were also crooked, and none of them hit the city wall at all.

Still, it elicited cheers from the siege troops.

These laymen!

Guo Jia's eyes fell on the opponent's catapult position, his eyes suddenly narrowed, he checked the distance visually, and adjusted the position of the catapult from left to right.Then a fist-sized stone was placed on the launch chamber of the catapult.

Whoosh!
The stone drew a perfect arc and landed on the yellow turban thief's catapult position.

The thieves were startled at first, but they couldn't help laughing when they saw the stone fired by Guo Jia.

Their catapults can throw stones weighing ten to twenty catties, while the opponent's catapult can only throw such small stones.

It is impossible for such a small piece of stone to destroy their flying stone cart.

It is clear at a glance.

"Haha, what a powerful projectile, I'm afraid it must weigh one or two catties."

"One or two catties, I think it's only about one catty. This kind of stone can't kill people at all."

"It's Guo Jia who is so good, he can actually make such a powerful defense device."

Everyone on the city wall couldn't help but smile bitterly.

A catapult of this level is useless at all, as long as a fist-sized stone cannot hit the vitals, it will not kill people at all.

"Lord!"

Mao Jie wanted to say something else, but seeing Guo Jia's face beamed with joy, he said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, the angle is just right!"

As he spoke, he placed the catapult vehicles one by one, aiming at the yellow turban thief's catapult vehicle position.

"Bring things up!"

Guo Jia waved his hand.

The craftsmen of the prefect's mansion carried boxes of clay pots to the city wall.

this is?
Everyone was at a loss.

Although they also knew what the prefect had ordered, they didn't know the inside story.

"It's called an incendiary bomb!"

Guo Jia said with a smile.

Molotov cocktail?
Everyone looked at each other again.

Guo Jia reached out and took an incendiary bomb and put it on the magazine of the flying stone car.

Ignition, launch, all in one go.

The pottery pot flew towards the yellow turban thief's flying stone cart position with flames.

"Look, Guo Jia's missiles are coming."

"Haha, such a small Danwan wants to destroy our flying stone car, it's really wishful thinking."

"Let him tickle us!"

All the yellow turban thieves gloated.

Just then, with a bang,
Clay pots exploded above their heads.

At the moment of the explosion, a rain of fire formed and fell mercilessly on the Yellow Turban Thief's flying stone cart position.

Ahhhhh!
Whether it was the flying stone chariot or the yellow turban thief, their bodies were covered in fire and rain, and they burned up in an instant, uttering screams and screams.

This……

Everyone on the city wall was stunned.

They never imagined that this small clay pot could have such great power?
very good!

A smile appeared on Guo Jia's face.

The so-called incendiary bomb is a mixture of gunpowder and kerosene, and this clay pot is also specially made.Gunpowder is filled in the tubular body in the center, and the interlayer is filled with kerosene.After the gunpowder is ignited and explodes, kerosene splashes, increasing the coverage of the fire.

This is an incendiary bomb specially designed by Guo Jia for the opponent's wooden equipment.

But at this distance, a catapult must be used to launch it.

"Listen to my order and carry out intensive strikes on the enemy's flying stone vehicle positions in front."

Guo Jia immediately ordered.

Teams of soldiers came forward, and during this time, Guo Jia also forced them to train their stone-throwing skills.

There are three people on a catapult, one is responsible for launching, one is responsible for ignition, and the last person is responsible for safety with a bucket to prevent accidents.

Because the gunpowder pots are fired, safety is very important. If something happens, it will be a tragedy.

Fortunately, these people have undergone a lot of training, and they cooperated very tacitly, and there was no accident of blowing up their own people.

Otherwise, it would become a joke of No. [-] Tianzi.

A dense burst of burning clay pots flew towards the catapult position of the Yellow Turban Thieves.

crackle crackle!

The clay pot exploded in the sky, engulfing the entire flying stone vehicle position in a sea of ​​flames.

(End of this chapter)