I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 120, you come and go, each shows his means

And even they were stunned when they saw it, they didn't expect that their heroic and invincible Xianbei warriors would be defeated so quickly!This didn't even climb the walls of Pingchengwubao.

According to the statistics of the battle damage, more than 1500 Xianbei soldiers were killed in battle, and more than 500 Xianbei soldiers were injured in varying severity. That is to say, the Xianbei casualties exceeded 2000 in just a wave of attack!
Tuoba Sheng, who was defeated, said in horror: "Sweat! Sweat! There are not only many crossbow arrows in this Wubao evil gate, but they can't stop them at all! All my troops are dead!"

Tuoba Sheng himself was shot by several crossbow arrows, but he was wearing a set of iron armor. These crossbow arrows only caused him some skin trauma, but the trauma of his heart was very serious, but he was already considered good, and several others The tribal leader who attacked Wubao with him died directly in battle.

The tribal leaders watching the battle here did not mock Tuoba Sheng, because they could not find a way to deal with this strange Wubao. If they attacked Wubao, they would not be much stronger than Tuobaye.

He Lian said angrily: "Who else is willing to fight!"

But this time everyone was silent, they couldn't find a tactic to deal with this kind of dock, forcibly attacking the city would only cause heavy casualties to their own tribes, and without young and strong tribes on the grassland, their tribes would only be destroyed. Other powerful tribes annexed.

Law Ri deduced and looked at Pingcheng Wubao again, pondered for a moment and said: "If we want not to be flanked by the enemy on both sides, we need to build a mound of soil outside the range of the enemy's crossbow arrows to block the enemy's crossbow arrows. We have 10 people, even if every Individuals can build a high mountain with a piece of soil, and then continue to advance towards the Wubao. As long as the height of our soil pile exceeds the enemy's Wubao, the lethality of their crossbow arrows will be greatly reduced, and we can also be condescending. Attack the enemy!"

As soon as Lü Ri came up with the idea of ​​deduction, the tribal leaders around him laughed and said, "Master Lü Ri is really worthy of being the number one think tank of Boss Khan, there are many ways."

"With this method, it won't be a problem to break the Wubao of the Han people. Master Luri is really the number one wise general in Xianbei!"

Hearing that these tribal leaders have been flattering Luri, He Lian said angrily: "Okay, stop bragging here! Since we already have a solution, why don't you do it right away! Soldiers who just escaped from the battlefield, let They went to dig the soil, and other soldiers weaved some rattan baskets and straw bags. At the same time, they arranged for the second batch of soldiers to pretend to attack. Even if they could not kill the Han people, they would not be able to rest. Ben Khan wanted to see if the Han people in Wubao could persist how long!"

Pingchengwubao!

Zhao Rong and the others repelled more than [-] Xianbei soldiers in the first battle. The soldiers on Wubao were extremely excited. They did not expect that Wubao would be so powerful. Tens of thousands of people were repelled by them, and there were not many casualties.

Zhao Rong was even more excited: "We alone are enough to repel these 10 Xianbei cavalry!"

He even began to fantasize now that he repelled 10 Xianbei people, became famous all over the world, and became the number one general in the world!

Qian Yu said calmly: "Don't think about it, you can repel the Xianbei just now, except that Wubao can attack the enemy from both sides, but we have more crossbows, but we shot 4 crossbows in the first battle."

Zhao Rongman said indifferently: "What are you afraid of, we still have more than 70 crossbow arrows, we can't use them all!"

But Qian Yu pointed to the army of Xianbei people rushing not far away and said: "I'm afraid these crossbow arrows won't last for five days! Tens of thousands of cavalry from Xianbei people are heading towards Mayi today. Stop Qu Shuai from coming to support us, we have to hold on for a longer time before we can wait for reinforcements."

The surroundings of Wubao were once again screaming, and countless Xianbei soldiers rushed towards Wubao in Pingcheng.

Seeing the Xianbei soldiers rushing over, Zhao Rong scolded: "These Xianbei people are dying. It's getting dark, and they still want to fight. Do they want to fight at night?"

Ancient people were generally malnourished, so they basically had night blindness, and night blindness was mainly caused by a lack of vitamin A.Foods rich in vitamin A are mainly animal liver and animal meat, which are not affordable by ordinary families. Everyone should have heard the allusion of "meat eaters".

In the big man, only the little tyrants can keep meat for a few days, and in the grassland, only the handsome and tribal leaders are eligible to eat meat. Ordinary herdsmen and slaves can only eat some food such as goat milk, cheese, barley, weeds, and wild vegetables. .

Of course, some people think that a large number of cattle and sheep will be frozen to death every year in the snowstorm on the grassland. How can these Xianbei people lack meat.

But the real situation is that whenever such a white disaster is encountered, in order to save food, the tribe will drive away a group of old, weak, sick and young, and the first batch of people who die are low-level shepherd slaves like them.

Even those who survived have to find ways to find food everywhere, waiting for the remaining cattle and sheep to prosper again, and this process may take several years, so in this era, the life of the bottom-level people on either side is very poor.

Only the instructor would say that the common people do not have a motherland, because the country does not belong to you, the big Han belongs to the nobles, and the Xianbei belongs to the tribal leaders.

Therefore, the physical fitness of these herdsmen is worse than that of the Han people. In this era, there is a saying that one Han is equal to the five Hu. This is not only the strength of weapons and equipment, but also the strength of physical fitness. Especially in the Western Han Dynasty, there are many good families, and they have sufficient nutrition. , a tall, seven-foot man probably came from this period.

But even the Han people generally have night blindness, let alone the barbarians of this era. If they really want to fight at night, they might blow up the camp themselves.As a general, he basically had to avoid fighting at night, that's why Zhao Rong was so strange.

Qian Yu was surprised and said: "It doesn't look like they are going to attack the city!"

At this time, they found that although the Xianbei people shouted loudly, they were generally 100 steps away. At this distance, the crossbow arrows were not very lethal, and the hits all depended on faith.Zhao Rong asked the soldiers to shoot a few arrows, but they were basically avoided by the Xianbei people.

"What are they trying to dare? They are afraid of our crossbow arrows not approaching, but why do they continue to attack the city?" Zhao Rong was also puzzled by these Xianbei people!

But these Xianbei people shouted to kill for an hour, and did not retreat until it was completely dark.

Zhao Rong thought that the day's battle was over.

But he was naive. This wave of Xianbei people retreated, but the next wave of Xianbei people continued to shout and kill. Even in order to let the soldiers see more clearly, they got a lot of wood and lit dozens of fires. Down, the surroundings are as bright as day.

At this moment, Zhao Rong and Qian Yu came to their senses and said, "Xianbei people want to consume our energy!"

Zhao Rong thought for a while and said: "Supervisor, you take 1500 people to rest first, and we will change shifts in the middle of the night. If the Xianbei people dare to attack, I will wake you up again!"

Qian Yu nodded. He knew that this was the best way. The battle was still going on, and they couldn't hold it for a few days without rest.

But Zhao Rong and Qian Yu didn't pay attention, and Xianbei people kept throwing clods within 100 steps of Wubao.

Zhao Rong discovered this situation, but he didn't know what the Xianbei people were doing, and waited until dawn the next day.

Only then did the two realize that there was a mound not far from their Wubao.

"They are going to build a hill to attack the city!" Zhao Rong said in surprise.

Qian Yu immediately said: "They can't be allowed to continue digging. They have 10 people, and the distance of 100 steps will be filled by them soon."

Zhao Rong shouted: "The soldiers on the left listened to the order and aimed at the mound in front of us to attack."

Thousands of soldiers adjusted the crossbow arrows to a 45-degree angle, and then continuously threw them at the mound.

"Shhhhhh!"

The catapult not only has the longest range, but also because of the acceleration of gravity, the lethality of the crossbow is not bad. Of course, the only disadvantage is that the hit rate depends entirely on faith.

But Zhao Rong is not short of crossbow arrows, he just wants to interfere with the progress of the Xianbei people building soil.

"Puff puff puff!" Crossbow arrows fell like raindrops. The Xianbei soldiers were working hard to build up the soil, but the crossbow arrows suddenly fell from the sky and shot a group of them directly. .

Xiaoshuai Luri Baima yelled: "Everyone, don't run around, I order that the shield soldiers raise their shields to the sky, everyone hide under the shields."

These shields are specially made to resist the crossbow bolts shot by Wubao, and each one is as huge as a door panel. When these shields are all lifted up, the sky above is completely covered.

With a place to hide, the Xianbei people who built the soil fled under these shields one after another.

Even if the crossbow arrows on Wubao were filled with shields, they would not be able to hit the Xianbei people under the shields.

Luri Baima saw that this method was effective, and shouted: "Send someone to get some wood, and we will build a shed on the mound to resist the Han Chinese crossbow arrows."

Soon a huge shed appeared on the top of the mound, and there was even a road made of shed behind it to protect the soldiers who built the soil.

Zhao Rong commanded the soldiers to shoot several rounds of crossbow arrows, but all the arrows filled the sheds on the mound, but did not hurt a few Xianbei soldiers.

He soon realized that such a method could no longer stop the Xianbei people.

"Call me Sun Qing!" Zhao Rong said to the messenger.

In addition to placing a large number of crossbow arrows in this Wubao, Xu Wei also got 30 catapults and placed them here, and Sun Qin is the military lord of the catapult song.

Soon Sun Qing went up the city wall, Zhao Rong pointed.The mound not far away said: "Help me smash the shed on the mound with a stone cannon, and kill those Xianbei people who built the soil."

Sun Qing said with a smile: "Finally it's our turn to show off the power of the stone cannon song. You can take care of it, old Zhao. I promise you that it won't take a stick of incense, and I will smash that mound down for you."

After speaking, he looked at the general direction of the mound and calculated the location of Wubao.Then he went down the wall.Arriving at the stone cannon garrison in the center of Ubud, the attack range of the stone cannon exceeds 300 paces. Zhao Rong believes that it is convenient to mobilize the stone cannon to support all directions if it is placed in the center of Ubud.

Sun Qing shouted: "Turn all the attacking direction of the stone cannons to the north, and carry out the biggest stone bombs. I want to give the Xianbei people an unforgettable nightmare."

Then he took out a wooden board and calculated which gear to adjust the stone cannon to.

This wooden board is a treasure of artillery. What type of stone bombs are recorded on it, and what is the range of attack in which gear?

Xu Wei, a modern person, naturally knows the importance of standardization, although he doesn't know how modern artillery calculates ballistic trajectories.

But stone cannons are obviously the same as cannons. The more standard the shells are, the easier it is to calculate the impact point.

Although Xu Wei didn't know the specific formula, he simply used the big data experiment method in this world.

After remembering the scale, hundreds of shells are loaded for each gear, and hundreds of shells of different weights are also loaded. Then use this method to calculate the approximate landing point of the shells.

By engraving these data on a wooden board, the artillery can accurately strike the enemy according to these data.

"The gear is adjusted to the third level, and 100 catties of stone bullets are loaded." Sun Qing said.

"The gear is adjusted to the third level, and 100 catties of stone bullets are loaded." The soldiers adjusted the gear and loaded the stone bullets according to Sun Qing's instructions.

"put!"

"Da da!" The long pulling rope was cut off by the soldiers, and 30 pieces weighing 100 jin flew out in an instant.

"Shhhhhh!"

The sharp cry caught the Xianbei people's attention.

Luri Baima found that along with these sharp sounds, dozens of boulders were shot out of the dock.

He said in horror: "Everyone beware of stone cannons!"

"Boom boom boom!" But as soon as he finished speaking, all 30 stone cannons fell on the mound. meat pie.

"Liu Ri's handsome white horse is dead!"

"Liu Ri's handsome white horse is dead!"

This wave fell from the sky, and the attack directly stunned the Xianbei people. When they saw that the white horse was smashed to death, they fled back in panic.

Sun Qing climbed up the city wall, looked at his battle results, and found that most of the live ammunition had smashed through the mound. He shouted to his subordinates: "Turn up the scale by two points."

The soldiers under him immediately adjusted the scale, and at the same time prepared the stone bombs, and were in the firing position again.

"put!"

"Shhhhhh!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The second batch of stone bullets flew over quickly, and the stone bullets basically hit the mound, directly smashing down the unstable mound.

When the legal day deduction came to the front line, it was just when the second batch of live ammunition hit the mound. He was shocked to see the mound built by more than 10 people was easily knocked down by the stone bullet.

"How could the Han people have stone cannons in Wubao? Is this Lei Gong a lunatic!"

The stone cannons of this era basically have no accuracy, and the probability of hitting is about the same as winning the lottery. They can only hit huge and immovable objects like city walls.

That is to say, stone cannons can only deal with city walls, but not with moving armies, so stone cannons will naturally not be placed on the border of the Han Dynasty, or they will be snatched away by Xianbei people.

The Xianbei people wanted to have this kind of weapon to attack the city, but even in the era of Tan Shihuai, the Xianbei people did not make stone cannons, and the Xianbei people who are now divided are even less capable.

So Liri deduced that he had heard of stone cannons, but he had never seen them, because no one would use stone cannons to attack cavalry.

(End of this chapter)