Horse on the World

Chapter 65 Fuyuan Meat Grinder (1)

The attack distance of the catapult is extremely long, up to about [-] steps, and the stone weighing about ten catties falls from mid-air, and the force it carries is extremely amazing. If a person is hit directly, they are basically killed on the spot. At the slightest chance of struggling, there are about dozens of trebuchets of the grassland coalition army. Every time they attack, dozens of stones fall in clusters, and the falling area is also distributed within a small range, which causes a relatively large killing effect. Yes, the Fortress of Defense is very solid, and the walls are designed with slopes, which effectively reduces the power of the stone bombs, but the parapet behind the trench is not so lucky. Basin-sized hole.As for the soldiers behind the parapet, they could only hold each other hard and at the same time pray in their hearts that the stone bullets would not hit them. There was no way to dodge them. The shields in their hands were useless against such attacks. The power to block a stone bullet of this size falling from mid-air.

Casualties occurred one after another on Wang Qinian's left flank.

Li Qing stood on the tower of the main city, gritted his teeth and watched his soldiers being beaten passively. There was no other way. His catapult city was basically arranged in the city, so he couldn't hit the catapult on the opposite side right now, and the range of the eight-ox crossbow was only two The range of the scorpion cannon is even closer, but it can't threaten him even if it's about a thousand steps away.

Fortunately, the opponent's trebuchet launched very slowly, and the casualties caused were still within the expected range, but even so, Li Qing still felt uncomfortable with the situation of only being beaten but not fighting back.

But the opponent's trench-filling soldiers had already rushed in, and it was time for them to bleed.

Sure enough, at [-] paces, more than a dozen Baoxu crossbows on the two fortresses took the lead in firing. Li Qing felt refreshed by the unique sound of the Baoxu crossbows. He opened his eyes wide and followed the trajectory of the crossbow arrows. , Seeing the Ba Niu crossbow plunge into the crowd, bringing up a stream of blood, Li Qing couldn't help punching the city wall, "Good shot!"

At a thousand steps, the scorpion cannon began to show its power. The scorpion cannon is not as terrifying as the eight-ox crossbow, but it is better in large numbers and fast firing speed. Two or three heavy stones fly out like locusts. A scorpion cannon may not kill you, but you will definitely lose your combat effectiveness. Of course, if you are unlucky and get hit directly on the head, you can only say goodbye to life.

After firing three consecutive rounds of the scorpion cannon, the galloping pawns had reached the first ditch, threw the sack on their shoulders into the ditch, and ran back. At this time, they were only tens of meters away from the parapet behind the ditch. Distance, at this distance, if you get hit by an arrow, no matter how good your armor is, you will still be injured.

Sure enough, when the first batch of trench-filling soldiers had just rushed to the front of the trench, a row of soldiers stood up behind the parapet, bowed their bows and set up arrows, swishing and swishing, quickly lying down on the ground, waiting for the rain of arrows to pass. When I ran again, I was a little slow to react and suffered several arrows. Some of the injuries were not critical, and I had to run desperately with arrows hanging on my body.

Li Qing estimated the number of casualties of the opponent. In the first wave of trench filling, the opponent probably paid two to three hundred lives, and half of the first trench was filled. If at this speed, the third trench would be filled. Flat, the other party must pay at least nearly a thousand lives, because the closer they are to the parapet, the greater the probability of their death. Of course, he also counted those brutal soldiers who were injured and fell in front of the position, and these people are still alive. chance?

Wanyan Bulu's face was a bit ugly, the casualties he suffered in the first wave of attack made him somewhat unexpected. "Let the Mengchong vehicles and siege vehicles press up quickly to cover the soldiers to fill the trenches."

"Master Zuo Xiaowang, if you get too close, the opponent's eight-ox crossbow will cause damage to the Mengchong siege vehicle." A leader said humanely.

Wanyan Buru said with a sullen face: "We can rebuild the broken car, but it is impossible to regenerate the dead. What are these dead things worth? No matter how bad they are, the Great Chanyu will make them up for us, but these tribal warriors They are the most precious place of Da Shanyu."

The leaders on the podium were all grateful, "Da Shanyu has kindness in his heart, we have nothing to repay, we can only fight the enemy bravely." For these leaders, the expensive Mengchong vehicles and siege vehicles are precious wealth , is much more valuable than people. Of course, such an expensive chariot cannot be built by a small tribe like them. Their wealth can only be made, and their own tribe can only charge by the side of the Bai people. Now the Bai people do not hesitate to lose their chariots to reduce the casualties of their warriors. up.

Nuoqia nodded secretly, no wonder Bayar Da Shanyu looked at this exterminated tribal leader with special eyes. Compared with these tribal leaders, Wanyan Bulu was indeed much smarter in terms of talent and mind.

The Mengchong chariot and the siege chariot moved forward step by step, and stopped when they were about a hundred paces away from the ditch. The soldiers in charge of the cover used bows and arrows to shoot at the Changsheng Battalion behind the Fort Wei and the parapet.The powerful crossbow on the siege vehicle fired fiercely with howling noises, desperately suppressing the defense fort and the opponent behind the parapet. This kind of powerful crossbow is helpless against the fort, but if it hits the parapet from the front, it can penetrate the parapet. Soldiers of the Victory Battalion caused damage.

Wang Qinian quickly responded, Ba Niu Nu and Scorpion Cannon turned to collectively attack these Mengchong vehicles and siege vehicles.

The cowhide on the Mengchong chariot has excellent protection performance against ordinary bows and arrows, but it has nothing to do with the perverted crossbow such as the Ba Niu crossbow. As long as the Ba Zhan crossbow is shot, it can penetrate the cowhide and thick wooden boards, and even the lower part The soldiers also pierced through each other. As long as two of them are connected, the wooden planks and cowhide on them will be too damaged to be reused. The scorpion cannon mainly attacks the siege vehicles. The siege vehicles are tall, but their protection is not strong. Several high shields were erected on the outside of the vehicle, while the scorpion cannon attacked from above. Suddenly, stones rained down, smashing the barbarians on the siege vehicle until they howled like hell.Unfortunately, the pillar of a siege vehicle was struck by an eight-ox crossbow. With a bang, the huge siege vehicle collapsed, and the soldiers on top fell heavily, spitting blood at the mouth. Seeing that they could not live, they pushed the cart below A large number of soldiers were overwhelmed, and all their tendons were broken.

After paying dozens of Mengchong vehicles and more than a dozen siege vehicles, the first trench was filled.

In Dingzhou City, 5000 people from the five battalions of the Dingzhou Army have been assembled, all cavalry, this is Xiao Yuanshan's main capital in Dingzhou, and it is also the strongest combat force formed after adjusting the battalions in this reorganization. Although the price is that the combat power of the other battalions will be greatly reduced, but the assembly of such a strong army can play a greater role.

"Da Lin, I am assured of your ability, but this battle is of great importance, you must be careful and careful, if there is any discrepancy, you must not take risks, if Li Qing can't mobilize the troops stationed in Shanglin as he said If the barbarians go to attack the city, you will not be able to launch an attack on Shanglinli." Xiao Yuanshan told Lu Dalin who was about to set off.

"Don't worry, Marshal, I will be careful, and I won't act hastily." Lu Dalin solemnly said, after he took away the fifteen thousand cavalry, only Xiao Yuanshan's personal guard battalion remained in the entire inner line of Dingzhou. It can be said that, This time Xiao Yuanshan handed over all his belongings to Lu Dalin.

"Mr. Shen will go with you." Xiao Yuanshan said.

Lu Dalin was slightly taken aback. Shen Mingchen was Xiao Yuanshan's confidant, so he meant to monitor him by following him. It seemed that Xiao Yuanshan was still not at ease with him, but thinking about it, among the fifteen thousand soldiers, the soldiers he brought Most of the soldiers of the Right Association, Xiao Yuanshan will not be unguarded.

"Okay, Mr. Shen is resourceful. With him as a military counselor, our army's chances of winning will be greatly increased." Lu Dalin cupped his fists at Shen Mingchen who was smiling at him, "Then, Commander, Dalin is leaving."

"Bon voyage, return from playing triumphant." Xiao Yuanshan nodded, Lu Dalin turned his head, pointing the long spear in his hand, and said sharply: "Let's go!"

Fifteen thousand cavalry rushed to Chong County, where Li Qing's Colonel Ying Yang Guo Shanfeng was waiting there to lead the army.

When Lu Dalin set off, the battle under Fuyuan City was raging, the three trenches had been filled, and Wanyan Bulu's cavalry appeared. He wanted to clean up Wang Qinian's troops under the Fortress of Wei first, and then launched an attack on the Fortress of Wei.

The parapet is so short, how can it stop the hoofs of my prairie athletes? In Wanyan Bulu's view, with such a high parapet, the prairie eagles only need to ride their horses and jump over it, and they can kill the opponent's pawns.

Clear away the enemies outside the city today, and attack the Fortress tomorrow.Wanyan Bulu was planning in his heart.

(End of this chapter)