Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 329: Caliber and range are justice

A large number of stones flew out of Xiangyang and landed in front of the Jingzhou Army's siege position...

Guan Yu sat calmly and calmly on the red rabbit horse, without raising his eyebrows. His eyes were still half-open and half-closed, quietly waiting for the assembly of his thunder cannon to be completed.

The siege of Xiangyang had lasted more than one day. He knew very well about Cao Wei's tricks and how far the rocks from the thunderbolt chariot could hit.

Not only Guan Yu and other generals, but every Jingzhou veteran also knew the Wei army's tactics very well.

From the time when the formation was formed to besiege the city, all the grassroots generals deliberately controlled the position of the general formation to be outside the range of the enemy's thunderbolt vehicles in the city.

Facing a large number of stones falling from the sky, the Jingzhou veterans had the same expressions as Guan Yu and other generals. Only the recruits who had not experienced a war were a little nervous.

But the benefits of military formations and veterans are reflected at this time.

Everyone follows the herd, especially in a strange environment. The calmness of veterans becomes the best comfort.

In the military formation, despite the loud noise of the Thunderbolt Chariot, the recruits did not run around or disrupt the formation out of fear.

After the first two waves of stone rain, they gradually calmed down psychologically, and even began to laugh softly, mocking the range of the opponent's stone-shooting vehicle.

They had seen their own mine cannon test fired.

"Commander, what is this? Is this the legendary Thunderbolt Chariot of the Wei Dynasty?" A recruit who had stabilized his mentality asked in a low voice.

The corps commander chuckled lightly: "It's the Thunderbolt Car. I heard that old boy Yuan Shao was beaten badly by this thing back then."

The recruit curled his lips: "Then Yuan Shao is too useless. Is this thing throwing a stone cannon? The stone is not as big as a baby's head!"

"Hey, you know what the heck, Yuan Shao was so powerful back then. This Thunderbolt Car was also a big killer back then... But you can't compete with our Thunder Cannon?

"That's a rare thing created by the prince and the prime minister. Do you know what destiny is? Even if you tell me, you don't understand. Our ancestors and gods came to us in dreams!
"His old Cao family is all treacherous. Do you know that the treacherous ones are here? God won't help him, so why is he going to fight us?"

The old soldier spoke in a blabbering manner, but the new soldier listened in confusion.

This kind of thought is not an isolated phenomenon. Ever since Liu Chan pacified Nanzhong, this opinion, which was initially promoted by the Cuan family and Yingwei, has spread at an extraordinary speed.

Especially after Cao Pi officially took over the Han Dynasty, many scholars who still loved the Han Dynasty and were dissatisfied with Cao Wei also played a role in the spread of this statement.

Not only the people of Jingyi, but also people all over the world who hope to restore Han unification need this kind of speech to boost their morale and strengthen their confidence in resisting Cao Wei's rule.

The more the version is circulated among ordinary people, soldiers and other lower-class people, the more untrue it is, but it also accelerates the spread of these gossips.

By now, this theory has spread long ago and is completely out of anyone's control. Even the Cuan family and Shadow Guards who were the original creators can't stop it.

Although the recruits heard a lot of confusing things, this did not affect the improvement of morale.

God help us, it’s enough to understand this sentence.

Not long after, thirty thunder cannons were assembled, and huge wooden machines stood in the east, south, and west directions of Xiangyang City.

The people on the top of the city were surprised: "This...is this the new stone-shooting cart of the Shu army? It's quite big."

He had also heard some rumors about the new stone car, but Man Chong didn't believe those evil rumors.

In his opinion, it was as ridiculous as the statement about the fate of Liu Bei and his son. It was nonsense!
"After the order is passed, the thunderbolt carts will stop throwing stones. After the thieves push the stone carts to the shooting range, and after receiving my order, the thunderbolt carts in the city will start firing outside the city again."

Such a bulky thing can't move very fast just relying on the small wooden wheels underneath.

However, there are only twenty or thirty of them, and they will soon be destroyed by the larger number of Thunderbolt Cars in the city!
And such a large stone-making vehicle would need at least one or two hundred soldiers to operate it, right?Soldiers who are gathered together are more likely to be killed and injured by their own rocks.

Man Chong sneered again: "Humph, it's flashy, big and useless."

Even if their stone cannons were larger and more powerful each time, they would not be able to do anything at all...

Boom-!
Before Man Chong's sneer could fade away from his face, a deafening sound came from the huge stone cart outside the city.

A thunderous roar!

The huge stone cannons collected by the Jingzhou Army from local materials in the mountains flew towards Xiangyang one after another.

Large rocks, each weighing hundreds of kilograms, came towards them with the roar of the wind. The stone cannonballs, which were not of the same magnitude at all, instantly panicked the Wei army defending the city.

"Stay low and avoid it!" Man Chong quickly ducked and hid under the battlement while loudly ordering the surrounding soldiers.

He could tell at a glance that hanging a leather curtain over such a large stone cannonball was of no use at all.

Man Chong was frightened and anxious at this time. He didn't see a large number of Shu troops gathering around those big guys. There were only about ten people at most. How did they throw such huge rocks? !

And it's obviously not within the range of the stone-fired vehicle, so why can their stone cannonballs fly so far!Bang bang!

"what--!"

Without allowing him to think about it, the boulder happened to fall next to Man Chong.

The huge shock made his hands and feet numb. Half of the shoulder and one arm of the unlucky soldier beside him were instantly smashed into pulp, completely integrated with the city wall...

In addition to this huge stone, six or seven others hit the wall, and several fell into the city. The houses that Cao's army had forced to store the wood and stone were smashed to pieces.

The shocking destructive power and unimaginable range made Man Chong's heart sink. He didn't expect that this Thunder Cannon lived up to its reputation.

"We must mobilize dead soldiers and go out of the city to destroy the vehicles. Otherwise, if this continues, the morale of the defenders will definitely deteriorate."

Although he was nervous, Man Chong was not afraid that the city wall would be blown down by thunder cannons. He was more afraid of losing morale.

Outside the city, Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled, looking with satisfaction at the Xiangyang defenders who were fleeing in panic at the top of the city. The actual combat power of the Thunder God Artillery really lived up to his expectations.

"Hehehe, within a month, Xiangyang will be in my hands!"

Although Guan Yu was very confident in destroying the city, he did not think that he could destroy the city wall with only Thunder Cannon.

Xiangyang is not one of those small counties in Nanzhong that are not popular. Xiangyang's rammed earth city walls are just like Jiangling's, and no corners have been cut.

It uses wood as the skeleton, fills the inside with soil and tamps it, and adds some willow branches and the like to increase its sturdiness.

After one layer was built, the layers were gradually thickened. The city wall of Xiangyang was several feet thick!It is simply impossible to create a gap for people to pass by using stone cannons alone.

However, once the rammed earth on the surface is blasted loose, and even part of it is scattered and piled up into a gentle slope, the siege soldiers can use this to attack the city head more easily.

"Siege the city!" Guan Yu ordered, and the first wave of siege battles began in three directions!

The soldiers responsible for building a bridge over the moat rushed at the front, followed by soldiers pushing carts with wooden bumpers on them and rushing towards the city gate.

However, Man Chong was also an expert at defending the city. Not only were there moats and antlers outside the moat in front of the city gate, but there was also a low wall between the moat and the city gate called Yangma Yuan.

After risking their lives to build the bridge, the soldiers pushing the cart were about to rush across the river when suddenly a group of soldiers came out from behind the wall of sheep and horses, each armed with a powerful crossbow and firing!
Susu!

Intense crossbow bolts were fired at the Han soldiers who were unable to avoid the bridge. The powerful crossbow bolts at close range instantly penetrated the leather armor of the Han soldiers, and blood spurted out.

"Ugh—!"

The injured or dead soldiers fell off the bridge. The unbalanced thrust of the ram car tilted and fell into the moat...

However, when the first wave of charges was resolved, the soldiers on the city wall were suppressed by thunder cannons and were unable to provide fire support. The crossbowmen behind the sheep and horses wall entered an awkward position in the arrow neutrality.

The Han soldiers who were stepping on Pao Ze's body on the bridge had red eyes and fired their guns at the sheep and horses wall, stabbing all the few Wei soldiers and six men hiding inside to death on the spot.

The following Han troops continued to rush over and push the carts, while the defenders on the city tower took advantage of the gap between thunder cannons to smash down wood and stones, and concentrated fire and arrows in front of the city gate...

A tough battle in Jingbei has begun.

After the last battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu decided to change his strategy this time.

There were no ambushes in the surrounding mountains, so Cao Ren must have placed the main force of his army on the north bank. With Ping'er blocking the Mian River, Xiangyang would be an isolated city!
Coupled with the help of Lei Gong Pao, it became possible to concentrate superior forces to seize Xiangyang by force.

As long as Xiangyang on the south bank is captured, the Han and Wei forces facing each other across the river, and the Wei army without "water control power" will be completely passive.

……

The big people see the Battle of Xiangfan in their own eyes, and the little people also see the Battle of Xiangfan in their own eyes.

Snapped!
An explosion, accompanied by a shout and curse, resounded throughout Xiangyang City.

"If you mess around too much, I'll peel off your skin! Move quickly!" An armored Cao soldier held a riding crop and beat the back of a calf-like man to pieces.

The strong man had strong muscles but was unarmed. He dared not speak out in the face of Cao Bing's whipping, so he had to endure the pain and said with a smile: "Yes, I will move immediately. General, don't be angry, don't be angry."

"Hurry up! If you dare to slack off again, you will be beheaded!"

The strong man opened up the remains of the house that had been smashed into ruins by the thunder cannon, took out a piece of stone, carried it on his back and risked his life to carry it to the city.

There is no way, the mother-in-law at home is still waiting for him to take today's rations mixed with soil and sand to cook...

(End of this chapter)