Great Sui Dynasty

The crossbow arrows galloped towards the cavalry who had no cover with great penetrating power, piercing through both men and horses.

"Retreat! Quickly withdraw!" Seeing that the bed crossbow had lost more than a dozen riders with only one shot at them, Zhang Xutuo immediately gave the order to retreat, regardless of the unfinished task, because he knew how powerful the bed crossbow was. , is the second most powerful defensive weapon besides the catapult, and has a faster rate of fire than the catapult.

The cavalry retreated hurriedly, but the sound of crossbow arrows piercing the air still followed, taking away the lives of one or two cavalry from time to time.

"My lord! What should we do? The enemy's bed crossbows are too powerful, we can't get close at all!" The most feared thing in a siege is that the opponent has a large defensive equipment. It is fine if they are infantry. Although there are many people, but The target is much smaller, but the cavalry is different. Such a large target is basically equivalent to a living target, and they dare not approach it at all.

"But it is more troublesome. Not to mention the power of the bed crossbow, the range alone is enough to cause headaches, and it is still at the head of the city, so it is even more terrifying. However, the bed crossbow has two weaknesses. First, It just can’t be used for a long time, because the bed crossbow can’t use the lever to reduce the force like the catapult, it’s purely human-driven, and the ribs are easy to break once it’s used for a long time, so the bed crossbow won’t be used all the time. Second, the bed crossbow The power of the crossbow is limited to the suppression of the ground, and it has almost no effect on the air, which means that the bed crossbow is not flexible. As long as we can take advantage of these two weaknesses, the bed crossbow will be vulnerable to a single blow in front of us." Yang Hao carefully After analyzing the characteristics of the bed crossbow, because the Licheng Weapons Research Institute also tried to improve the bed crossbow, so he knew a thing or two about it.

"My lord is saying that if you enter the city from the air, the bed crossbow will not work?" Although Zhou Hanren is relatively thick, he can still hear it clearly, but for some reason there is a saying of entering the city from the air.

"It's a good idea, but it's no less than an idiot's dream. Let alone how to fly over, even if you can fly over the city, are the enemy's archers vegetarian? What I want to say is that as long as they stand taller than Luoyang If the city is high, then you won’t be threatened by bed crossbows anymore.” Although Zhou Han’s idea was good, it was very unrealistic at this time, as there were no mountains nearby, and he couldn’t even do gliding. The mention also gave Yang Hao an inspiration. Although it is not possible now, it may be useful for attacking a certain city in the future. It seems that after the meeting, you will have to experiment with gliding tools and hot air balloons.

"Master, you mean to build a city in front of Luoyang City, and then attack the enemy from above?" Luo Shixin thought for a while, and felt that this method was feasible.

"The idea is okay, but the construction of the city is too slow, and the effect is slow. The longer it is delayed, the less beneficial it is to us, so this method can also be eliminated." In order to attack a city, one city was built before and after the city. The history of the battle of the city It's not unheard of, but that kind of tactics is too costly. First of all, it needs to be prepared for a long-term battle, and it also requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Yang Hao doesn't want to waste it like that.

"The city of Luoyang is several feet high, and it can be surpassed by the height of the siege vehicles. If the number of siege vehicles is arranged side by side to form a wide platform, and then the trebuchets are put on it, combined with the power of gunpowder, it is completely possible to overwhelm the city. Destroy it!" Yang Hao finally expressed his thoughts.

"My lord, this trebuchet is so huge, how can we get it on it?" Cheng Yaojin asked a question that everyone wanted to ask.

"Did you forget that the king gave something to the soldiers when they built the trebuchet?" Yang Hao smiled mysteriously. Fortunately, he had the foresight.

"Remember, it's just a lump of iron, isn't there any mystery?" Everyone nodded to indicate that they remembered this matter.

"Just remember, don't underestimate this little iron lump, it is very useful, with it, the trebuchet is easy to disassemble, easy to assemble, and it also makes the trebuchet easy and portable. So just put the trebuchet The machine can be disassembled and brought to the siege vehicle for reassembly." The screws developed by the research institute were developed by Yang Wei. What a wise move it seems now to bring the screws, which have been needed by a rainy day.

"Okay, since it can be split, I, Old Cheng, will carry it on my own!" Cheng Yaojin got up and came out to show off his muscles.

"No need, you have to carry it on your back and climb several feet high, no matter how strong you are, you will die from exhaustion, just send a few people up and hang it from the bottom with a rope. Let this matter be left to the thirteen members of Tanzong. It is not a waste of good resources to be placed in the army, since the siege of Shaolin Temple was relieved, thirteen monks including Tan Zong were sent by Master Yiye to help Yang Hao seize the city.After all, they are monks, and they always talk about putting down the butcher knife and becoming a Buddha immediately, so it is not appropriate to let them attack the city, but it is also appropriate to sell some strength.

"As for you, you can get gunpowder down there. After all, you have fiddled with those things. You bundled the gunpowder into explosive bags and ignited them and threw them over to blow up the bed crossbow!" Yang Hao brought a lot of gunpowder this time. It can only be used to blow up the city. The reason why it was not used at the beginning is that gunpowder is against the peace of heaven, and the killing is too bloody. You can put a little more when you click Peace to enter the game.

"Yes! Guaranteed to complete the task!" Cheng Yaojin was quite excited when he heard that Yang Hao handed over this task to him. Scared, this time I can finally have a good time again.

Seeing Cheng Yaojin's excitement, Yang Hao wondered for a while, would he be wrong in doing so, wait until Cheng Yaojin becomes addicted to playing with gunpowder, and wait until he leads his troops to fight outside to pull a few carts of gunpowder to the battle There is no need to fight.

"My lord, look, what is the enemy doing?" A general asked puzzledly when he saw the movement of the enemy army on the opposite side.

"No, they are going to put the trebuchet on top of the siege vehicles, hurry up! Adjust the direction of the bed crossbow, stop them!" Duan Da looked at the number of siege vehicles side by side to form a huge platform, and there were people busy on it. , but the appearance of the trebuchet was revealed bit by bit.

"My lord, no, the bed crossbow cannot be adjusted to that height!"

"What?! How did this happen?! Quickly, replace it with a rocket. Since it can't attack anyone, then burn the siege engine!" Now that's the only way to go. Since the enemy can't stop the catapult, then It is also a good choice to destroy the siege engine.

"Move the siege engine back!" Seeing the defenders on the top of the city replaced by rockets, Luo Shixin didn't know what the opponent was planning?How could he get his wish?

"Adjust the angle. This explosive package is lighter than a rock. After adjusting it, I will throw it again. This time I will teach them a lesson! Hehe." Cheng Yaojin said with a dark smile.