Riding and chopping: Overlord of the Han and Hungarians

Chapter 299. 298. Times Have Changed
"put!"

"put!"

"put!"

Hundreds of rhubarb crossbows shot towards the Liaodong army array that was cleaning up the rejected horses under the orders of the generals.

Although at this moment they are still several hundred meters away from the shooting range.

But what Wei Qing wanted was to boost the morale of the Han army, and let the crossbowmen get used to the excitation of the rhubarb crossbow and adjust their state.

Whoosh whoosh—

Although there were only a hundred crossbow arrows, the momentum was extremely ruthless.

The vanguard of the Liaodong Army folded their shields to defend, and the single-handed men who were cleaning up the horses quickly ran behind the shield wall.

Although it was beyond the range of the rhubarb crossbow, the crossbow did not cause any effective casualties.

However, the first attack of the rhubarb crossbow and the change of the Liaodong army encouraged the soldiers of the Han army a lot.

Wei Qing on the city wall nodded in satisfaction at the change in spirit.

"Report, the rear flag instructs the riprap crew to shoot nearby!"

"distance!"

"Eight hundred steps by eye!" (one step is 1.5 meters)

"We've reached the farthest range, it's okay, those big yellow crossbows are also a threat, let's get down now!"

"promise!"

"promise!"

The general of the riprap crew following behind the Liaodong Army's formation roared loudly.

Ten trebuchets were stretched left and right and lined up.

Each trebuchet is spaced at ten meters upwards.

In the cavalry position, Zhang Qi nodded as he looked at the catapult machine that had stopped, as well as the ballista and the Liaodong army that were moving forward.

The improved trebuchet has a range of one kilometer due to the enhanced lever and energy storage device. Although at this extreme range, the falling point of the catapult is almost uncontrollable, but as long as you shoot too much, there will always be bad luck Eggs can get hit, especially in siege battles.

The area of ​​the city wall is so large, as long as there are many shots, there will be enough miracles.

What is this called? This is miracles with great effort, lack of precision, and more firepower. The times have changed, my lord!
The trebuchets landed the support frame on the base one by one like spiders, and then they were nailed down with wooden stakes to increase stability.

Horses dragging ammunition were also lined up, and a large number of stone bullets were piled up on the ground.

"Aim, calculate parameters, and adjust the zero value at all times!"

The general of the rock-throwing crew took out his binoculars to look at the distribution of soldiers under the city wall of the Han army and on the wall, and he immediately glanced at one of the unusual generals.

"The azimuth is shifted to the left by seventeen due south, and the first round of test firing of submunitions! Let them all go!"

"Get ready—"

The winch twisted and creaked.

There are 20 people on each trebuchet, three loaders, three aimers, and the remaining 14 people are responsible for the launch of the trebuchet.

The big stone bullet was wrapped round and round with a rope, and a dozen or so ropes extending out were tied with neat small stone bullets.

When the stone bullet is thrown out, it will be a large piece.

"put!"

Boom——

The powerful energy storage was released instantly, and smoke and dust splashed around the riprap unit.

The submunitions stretched out in the air, like an octopus opening all its tentacles.

"General!"

A general on the city wall pulled Wei Qing down the city wall. He saw that the movements of the Huns were not right. When he looked up, he found that almost all the black spots were coming towards them.

bang bang bang-

"what!"

"what!"

A series of stone bullets collided with the city wall and the soldiers under the city wall. The scene was very tragic. The morale of the Han army that had just been boosted in an instant was like a blow to the head.

Although only one or two stone bullets hit the people and the city wall in the first round of test firing, and a large number of stone bullets crossed the city wall and flew to unknown directions, Zhang Qi and the generals of the rock-throwing crew all laughed.

It's ok, two out of ten, the hit rate is great!
"No. [-], No. [-], No. [-], and No. [-] lower their center of gravity, No. [-] and No. [-] continue to maintain it! Reload the bombs!"

The general continued to order that the trebuchet fired once, and it took six to seven minutes to re-accumulate energy through the winch. During this time, aiming improvements could be made.

The general held a pen and paper in his hand, and recorded the parabolic parameters copied by the aimer of each trebuchet machine after being excited. Those who can be the generals of the trebuchet crew are those with the best math scores, so he watched parameters, effective guidance and adjustment can be carried out.

On Zhang Qi's side, everyone shouted, while on the side of the Han army, everyone looked at the two places that were hit in shock.

The logs of the log city wall broke directly. Although they didn't fall down, they seemed useless.

And Wei Qing, who was dragged off the city wall by the general, stood up with a face full of disbelief at this moment.

"Is this a trebuchet?"

"It's a trebuchet!"

"Why do those barbarians have trebuchets!!"

Many puzzles lingered in Wei Qing's heart.

There are also trebuchets at home, but they cannot achieve the range and accuracy of the Huns today, and they need to be assembled on site and cannot be moved.

Equipment has always been the sharp weapon of the Han Dynasty to crush neighboring countries, but today, Wei Qing found that they were crushed.

"This is impossible!"

Even if he was as calm as him, he couldn't believe it at all at this moment, he just felt like he was having a weird dream.

"General!"

"The general must not be like this. The lives of the 10,000+ army are all in the palm of the general, general! I am afraid that what I will meet will not be the Huns!"

What the general said made Wei Qing wake up.

That's right, I always thought that the enemy I met was the Huns, but the decent Huns don't have so many tricks, they will always be the old three.

Taking a deep breath, Wei Qing didn't climb the city wall, but looked at Zhang Qi's formation a few miles below the city wall.

It's a pity that he was too far away, and he still couldn't see the flag clearly.

Instead, he saw the banner flying in the formation of the Liaodong Army approaching step by step.

"Can someone see the flag on the opposite side!"

Wei Qing himself looked down on the banner, so he asked a group of soldiers.

The generals who are good at using bows and crossbows stared intently, and there were several uncertain answers.

"General, it seems to be the Liao flag"

"Liao"

"Liaohou Zhang Qi!!!"

Got it, got it all.

That cavalry, today's trebuchets, and those formations.

At this moment, Wei Qing was as furious as Liu Che in Chang'an back then.

"Damn it, he wants to rebel!"

"The crossbowmen shoot continuously at the army formation, we can't let them dismantle and reject the horse so smoothly."

"Lieutenant General! Send a messenger to inform General Qingche, and ask him to rush to help and destroy the trebuchet."

"The first battalion and the second battalion, two ten thousand troops marched forward, and fought hand-to-hand with that army."

"The third battalion and the fourth battalion have two teams of [-] people rushing to help at any time."

"Shoot and shoot all the enemy troops in front! Quick!"

The Han army began to act under various orders.

Wei Qing decided not to sit still and wait for orders. If the other party's catapults were not removed, no matter how many people on his side would be given away for nothing.

That being the case, let's fight grandly!
"Your Majesty, they moved."

On Zhang Qi's side, those who had binoculars could see the movements of the Han army clearly.

Zhang Qi nodded: "You Yi's army patrolled both sides of the battlefield. There are too many Han soldiers, and they will definitely flank us."

"Ming Jin, let the Liaodong Army retreat to the side of the rock-throwing unit, and the guard cavalry is ready!"

(End of this chapter)