Liu Qi, the eldest son of the Three Kingdoms

() "Light it up, fire it up!" Xu Shu yelled, and the fire bombs whizzed over his head and shot towards the city wall. Burning Man screamed miserably, but no one helped him.

After the kerosene passed, large catapults were pulled over, loaded with dozens of huge boulders weighing hundreds of catties, and fired into the air. Although the accuracy was not high, the city wall was severely damaged, and as long as it fell on the city wall If you stick to someone, you will die, and the death is extremely tragic.

"Rush,,," "Kill,,," accompanied by shouts, the infantry, like ants, stepped on the flying bridge, carried the ladder, and rushed up. There was Liu Qi's suggestion below, and the large bed crossbow invented by Zhuge Liang was covered. , Soldiers rushed up like a tide, armed with swords and shields, ants attached to the city.

Liu Qi considered that the moat in Changsha was wide and deep, and it was the same as a river. If soldiers were sent to fill up the moat with earth bags on their backs, it would take time, and it might not be successful. Simply ask Zhuge Liang to supervise the construction of siege equipment.

Infantry ascending the city was called ant-attachment in ancient times, which means climbing up like ants. It is mainly a sea of ​​people tactic. To reduce casualties, some skills are needed. Flying bridges and ladders are good choices.

The flying bridge is a kind of equipment to ensure that the siege troops pass through the moat outside the city, also called "trench bridge".This kind of flying bridge is simple to make. Two long logs are used to nail planks on the top. For the convenience of transportation, two wooden wheels are installed on the bottom. "Six Secret Teachings" records: "There is a flying bridge across the ditch, with a width of one foot and five feet and a length of more than two feet." If the trench is wider, the two flying bridges can also be connected with a rotating shaft to form a folding flying bridge. .Fold one section on the bridge bed at the back when carrying it, put down the front section when using it, and put it on the opposite bank of the river ditch, it is a simple trench bridge. <Invented by Lu Ban, an ingenious craftsman in the autumn period, it actually existed as early as Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and it was named "Gouyuan" at that time. In spring and autumn, Lu Ban made improvements.During the Warring States period, the ladder consisted of three parts: wheels, ladder body and hook.The ladder body can be tilted up and down, and the leaning frame can be lifted to the city wall by manpower; there is a hook at the top of the ladder, which is used to hook the edge of the city; there are wheels under the ladder body, which can be moved.

Compared with the Warring States period, the ladders in the Tang Dynasty have been greatly improved: the bottom frame of the ladders is made of wood, with six wheels underneath, the ladder body is fixed on the chassis at a certain angle, and a movable "ladder" is added outside the main ladder. "Auxiliary ladder", with a pair of pulleys installed on the top, when climbing the city, the ladder can move up and down freely along the city wall, no need for people to lift their shoulders.At the same time, because the main ladder adopts a fixed device, the ladder-building procedure is simplified and the time for building the ladder is shortened. When the army is attacking the city, it only needs to stop the main ladder under the city, and then install the auxiliary ladder on the main ladder, and then it can "sleep". City and up", thus reducing the danger and difficulty of building ladders in front of the enemy.In addition, since the ladder does not touch the edge of the city early before ascending the city, it can also avoid the damage of the defenders.

In the Song Dynasty, the structure of the ladder was further improved.According to "Wu Jing Zong Yao", the main ladder of the Song Dynasty cloud ladder is also divided into two sections, and adopts a folding structure, connected by a rotating shaft in the middle.This shape is a bit like the folding flybridge that was popular at that time.At the same time, auxiliary ladders also appeared in various forms, making it easier and faster to ascend the city to meet the enemy.In order to ensure the safety of the ladder pushers, the cloud ladders of the Song Dynasty absorbed the improvement experience of the cloud ladders at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and designed the bottom of the cloud ladders as a car with shields on all sides. Resist damage from enemy arrow stones.Liu Qi recommended this kind of ladder for Zhuge Liang to build.

There are many kinds of ladders used for siege in ancient times, and the cloud ladder is a kind of huge, bulky and complicated structure.During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan's general Gan Ning led his troops to attack Cao Cao's Wancheng. When attacking the city, he originally planned to send soldiers to transport earth and build earth hills, vertical ladders, and fly bridges to approach the enemy's wall, but General Lu Meng thought that this method would take time. It is better to take advantage of the morale of the army and use crossbows and stones to make a strong attack, and you can win the battle quickly.Sure enough, in the end they won with a strong attack.

The flying ladder is simple in structure and light in weight, mostly made of wood and bamboo.The flying ladder in the Song Dynasty was two or three feet long, with double wheels at the head end, which was convenient for ants to attach to the city.In addition, there are "Wooden Flying Ladder", "Flying Ladder" and "Flying Ladder with Bamboo", which are slightly different in shape and structure, but they are all light and practical.But at this time, it is for training and in order to preserve strength, some light ladders are not used.

In order to boost morale, Liu Qi distributed wine and meat to the soldiers who attacked the city every time to boost their morale. The soldiers who attacked the city every time were elite soldiers or ordinary soldiers, so as to exercise their courage.As for the [-] old and weak used to cooperate with the artisan battalion to build equipment, or to wave the flag behind.

It's been two months, and today Xu Shu led the army to attack the city. Xu Shu rode a horse and stood outside the enemy's range, always boosting morale, or commanding and dispatching, or scolding cowardly deserters.

"Attack the city with all your strength, and those who disobey the order will be beheaded!" "The great achievement in breaking the thief is now!" "We must attack this city before dark!" Xu Shu shouted vigorously.

Just after shouting, Dang Dang Dang, there was a sound of beeping gold in the back, and the soldiers skillfully covered the withdrawal, advancing and retreating in a moderate manner, without any chaos.

On the distant earth hill, General Liu Qi, the rebellious general, was talking with General Kuai Yue, the military division general. "Xu Yuanzhi is indeed a great talent. In just two months, the [-] recruits from the You Army can be regarded as the current elite. Whether it is attacking the city or retreating, there is no chaos at all. It really has a certain amount of advance and retreat. The famous generals in the past are nothing more than this. They are amazing. !" Liu Qi exclaimed when he saw Xu Shu's army retreat.

"That's right. In the past, Zhou Yafu encircled and suppressed the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms. He led troops to attack the city, advanced and retreated in a certain way, and dispatched troops. This Yuanzhi is quite like Zhou Yafu!" Kuai Yue praised.Liu Qi was very surprised.

In the city of Changsha, Zhang Xian, the prefect of Changsha, sat on the ground, disregarding his own image, took the water bag sent by his son Zhang Ze and drank it in a big gulp, "It can be considered that Xu Shu has retired, but today is a bit early."

The general who came to change the defense, Changsha Captain Wang Gui said: "Yes, maybe they are tired too. After all, even if the casualties were not large, it was extremely exhausting to attack the city continuously. This is also strange. For two consecutive months, Liu Qi It was a desperate siege, boulders, kerosene, bed crossbows, and rockets were launched without money, and the soldiers kept attacking, which was extremely strange. Huang Zhong, Xu Shu, Wen Pin, Liu Pan, Huang Xu, Cai Ying, Kuai Li , but it takes turns to attack the city. It's a headache. And"

"Hahaha, you don't understand this. Do you know Kuai Yue, can you understand him?" Zhang Xian stroked his beard and said.

"I've heard of Kuai Yue's name, but as for how powerful this man is, the general doesn't know." Wang Gui shook his head.

Zhang Xian patted the dust on his body and was about to get up. Seeing this, Wang Gui hurriedly helped him up. Zhang Xian got up slowly, hammered his back, coughed and said, "Kuai Yue is the younger brother of Kuai Liang. Liu Biao can It was this man who was able to secure the state shepherd position in Jingzhou. Later, when Sun Jian came to attack, Liu Biao used Kuai Liang's strategy to ambush and kill Sun Jian, the fierce tiger in the east of the Yangtze River. Kuai Yue's wisdom was far superior to that of his brother, so it can be seen that this man is powerful, but it is a pity that Liu Biao He is suspicious and jealous, better than sitting and talking, and he is self-confident, but he has no ambitions in all directions, so he can't make the best of his talents." Zhang Xian paused and said: "Liu Qi, you have such a thick thigh, please come here. Kuai Yue! Liu Qi attacked the city more than a dozen times in the past two months, but did not lose many troops. Liu Qi only lost more than a thousand people when he attacked the city more than ten times. It was just that he lost more siege equipment, and the distant mountains and forests It seems that there are soldiers and horses with banners, although they are not obvious, but there are traces to check. Didn't I ask you to send a team to investigate, and it is true! This is a siege of reinforcements. The intention is to pretend to attack my Changsha City, In fact, it is a clever plan to annex the army that came to help! Unfortunately, I have seen through it."

"Father really has a good opinion, and my child admires it." Hearing his father's explanation, Zhang Ze hastily praised.

"Furthermore, Liu Qi's army is claimed to be 3, but there are more than 20. The main force is here. There is absolutely no other possibility. It is wishful thinking to take my Changsha City with [-] troops." Wang Gui said disdainfully, "At the end The general just got the news that Cao Cao personally led an army of [-] to attack Liu Biao, when Liu Biao loses, Liu Qi will definitely retreat, our army will take advantage of the situation to chase and kill, and we will surely defeat him!"

"Oh, this is great news. God is helping me. Hurry up and spread the news, let our army know, to boost morale, and let Liu Qi's children know. I'm afraid he can't hide it anymore. Haha, Kuai Yue is at this time I also know. I really want to see him panicked, he must be in a mess!" Zhang Xian laughed wildly.

"Congratulations, my lord, for this great victory. The last general is ready." Wang Gui also said excitedly.

"Wait a minute! Reward the three armies. When Liu Qi withdraws, it will be the day when I, Zhang Xian, attack." Zhang Xian clapped his hands hard, and it was time for me to attack.

"The last general will obey." Wang Gui took the order.