Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 430 The Power of the Catapult
Lu Tai raised his right hand and pressed forward lightly, and said flatly, "Attack."

Standing behind Lu Tai as the messenger turned out to be Zhou Guanfu, the big Han hussar general. When Lu Tai gave an order, Zhou Guanfu suddenly turned around and howled sharply: "The general has an order, the catapult... attack!"

Zhou Guanfu gave an order, and the messengers on the nest cart quickly raised the order flag.

In the next moment, the corresponding order flags were raised on the next-level command cars in the surrounding area, and in an instant, the Han army small schools standing solemnly in front of the catapults drew their swords and raised their swords. At the top, followed by looking up to the sky and howling: "Aw...ha!" As the word Ha came out, the long swords held high by the row of Han army juniors all chopped down in the air.

As early as the Han soldiers standing beside the catapult raised their wooden hammer high and slammed it heavily on the catapult.

Amidst the continuous bang bang, more than 200 catapults smashed open the frame at the same time, and the counterweight weighing tens of thousands of catties lost the support of the frame, and immediately began to fall down, driving the thick and long The swinging arm, the hanging basket connected to the far end of the swinging arm through the iron cable, slammed into the air with a roar.

When the hanging basket passed the highest point, the huge boulder in the hanging basket broke free from the shackles of the hanging basket, and under the action of huge inertia, it rolled and flew to the camp of the Chu army 200 steps away... More than [-] huge boulders weighing hundreds of catties intertwined in the air and formed a rain of stones, which roared towards the Chu army camp with great shock.

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Xiang Zhuang's pupils shrank sharply in an instant, and the Han army's catapult was really not easy.

The feather fan in Bai Lixian's hand also paused slightly, and said in a low voice: "My lord, the range of the Han army's catapults is almost no lower than that of our army's catapults, it seems that Liu Bang also has master craftsmen who are not inferior to everyone in Gongshu. "

Xiang Zhuang nodded slightly, looked back at Qu Bucai, and asked, "Old Qu, do you know who this person is?"

Qu Bucai said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there is no definite news yet, but according to various signs, it is speculated that the catapults of the Han Army were probably designed by Bai Mo."

"Bai Mo?!" Xiang Zhuang said awe-inspiringly, "He's really an all-rounder."

Bai Lixian nodded lightly, and said deeply: "As a member of the Guigu sect, Bai Mo may not be as good as learning swordsmanship in commanding thousands of troops and winning battles, but in terms of political strategy, strategy and miscellaneous accomplishments, I am afraid he is worse than learning swordsmanship." Counting chips, I am afraid that there will be no other all-rounder like Bai Mo in the whole world."

"It's a pity that such a talented person can't be used by others." Xiang Zhuang felt regretful.

Bai Lixian smiled and said: "Just wait for Liu Bang's defeat, why not let the doctor go to Xianyang, maybe he can persuade Bai Mo to be used by the king. In this way, the great Chu is very lucky, and the common people in the world are very lucky."

While the two were talking, the huge boulder thrown by the Han army's catapult had flown over 500 steps, and then fell viciously on the Chu army's head with a huge sound of breaking through the air. There was a small commotion in the army, and the Chu army who happened to be in the direction where the boulder fell hurriedly dodged.

A huge rock with sharp edges and corners was the first to fall, and hit the fence of the Chu army camp. Only a loud bang was heard, and the fence made of round logs as thick as the mouth of a bowl was instantly torn apart. The originally thick and complete fence was smashed into a half-foot-wide gap in an instant, and several archers guarding it also screamed and fell down.

"Boom boom boom..." In the next moment, more than 200 boulders fell from the sky.

A huge boulder roared down towards the archers' queue, and dozens of archers near the landing point dispersed in a rush. Only one recruit who had never been on the battlefield raised his head, as if he was frightened and went straight to the ground. Staring blankly at the boulder falling from the sky, he even forgot to dodge for a while.

"Goofy, get out of the way, get out of the way!" A veteran yelled again and again.

The recruit didn't realize it, and he was still standing there in a daze. The veteran rushed forward in two steps, grabbed the recruit's arm and threw it to the side. The recruit was finally thrown out, but the The veteran was hit straight on the ground by a huge boulder falling from the sky, and turned into a pile of meat in an instant.

On the towering arrow tower, a dozen archers suddenly screamed.

Because a boulder has already whizzed down from the sky, and if there is no accident, it will definitely hit the waist of the arrow tower. Before it was too late, the boulder just hit the half waist of the arrow tower, and the entire tower was smashed in an instant. The arrow tower was completely disintegrated, and among the debris flying all over the sky, more than a dozen archers of the Chu army fell headlong screaming.

Falling from an arrow tower more than four feet high, more than a dozen archers were thrown half to death, and two unlucky archers fell directly on the fence, and were stabbed by sharpened logs in an instant. A pair of clothes, dead can not be more dead.

The two teams of flying spearmen suddenly became agitated, because two huge boulders were falling on their heads. When there was no time left, the flying spearmen at the landing point quickly scattered and retreated, and the huge boulder fell to the ground with a bang. It hit people, but the huge impact still knocked dozens of flying spear soldiers nearby to the ground.

Only the heavily armored soldiers guarding behind the fence seemed calm and composed.

The heavy armored soldiers are the backbone of the army, composed of all veterans. As a veteran, the heavy armored soldiers know that the catapult is actually scary to look at, but as long as you don't run around, you will be hit by a boulder. The probability of the attack is extremely small, but the enemy's flying spears and arrow rain cover it, that is the real death.

The first wave of stone rain hit by the Han army's catapults finally passed. Except for about 50 huge stones that fell on the open space in front of the camp, the remaining 150 or so huge stones all fell in the Chu army's camp. There were more than a dozen huge stones that directly smashed more than a dozen huge gaps in the wall of the camp of the Chu army.

Looking at the wall with more than a dozen gaps, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help sighing.

Although the Chu army also had catapults, and the number was even greater than that of the Han army, they couldn't stop the Han army's catapults from destroying the Chu army's camp. Push the catapults up and confront the Han army catapults?Don't be kidding, the catapults were originally used to hit fixed large targets, and it was difficult to threaten the catapults of the Han army [-] steps away.

To put it bluntly, Chu and Han set up catapults to bombard each other, and it may not be possible to destroy each other's one for a long time.

Therefore, instead of pushing the catapults to the front for meaningless confrontation with the Han army, it is better to put them behind. In this way, when the Han army invests infantry to launch a strong attack, it can at least pose a certain threat to the Han army. In front of the infantry formation, the range damage of the catapult is quite threatening.

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After the first wave of stone rain was thrown by the Han army catapults, nearly a thousand bare-chested and bare-backed Han soldiers began to frantically turn the huge winch, slowly winching up the counterweight of each catapult, fully Half a quarter of an hour later, the counterweights of more than 200 catapults were finally hoisted to the apex, and then supported by the machine bracket, the launch preparations were completed again.

More than 200 Han army small schools raised their long swords straight again, and then slashed down fiercely again.

Accompanied by the sound of "bang bang bang" wooden hammers, more than 200 catapults in front of the Han army screamed again, throwing huge stones into the air, and then rolled on the ground. Flying across the void, it roared down again towards the sky above the Chu army's camp, and the Chu army's camp was once again shaken.

The bombardment of the Han army's catapults lasted for more than half an hour before finally ending.

Under the repeated blows of the Han army's catapults, the camp of the Chu army was completely devastated. Looking down, the entire camp of the Chu army seemed to have been ruthlessly destroyed by some kind of monster, it was horrible.

The only good news is that the casualties were not very large.

Still the same sentence, the catapult is just looking scary, it has unparalleled lethality and destructive power against large fixed targets such as city walls, archery towers, and camps, but its damage to individual soldiers is really limited, as long as you are not scared , or the formation is not so crowded that it is difficult to even turn around, basically they will not be smashed to death.

However, the Han army never expected to rely on catapults to kill and injure the Chu army. The only thing they needed was to destroy the Chu army's camp defenses and remove as many obstacles as possible for the infantry to attack.

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Liu Bang is quite satisfied with the impact effect of the catapult.

In any case, the walls of the camp of the Chu army have been destroyed and dilapidated, and they are not enough to withstand the impact of the cavalry of the Han army. Now, as long as light soldiers are sent to fill the trench in front of the camp of the Chu army, and then remove Those annoying deer villages and refusal horses can directly invest in heavy cavalry to charge.

Of course, the Liannu of the Chu Army is still a huge threat.

However, the Liannu of the Chu army is not without its shortcomings. Although the Liannu has great lethality, it must be fixed on the crossbow bed before firing, and the requirements for the shooting field are also very high. If it is used to guard the camp, it must be used The Liannu was fixed to the wall of the village, so that the catapults of the Han army could easily destroy it.

Suddenly, Lu Tai raised his right hand again and pressed forward lightly.

Zhou Guanfu suddenly turned around, looked back, and then raised his head to the sky and howled: "Infantry, attack..."

The infantry attack flags were raised successively on the central nest cart and the surrounding secondary nest carts. In an instant, the heavy armor of the Han army who was waiting in full force drew out their long swords and shouldered their big shields, and began to shout loudly. Stepping forward slowly, behind the heavy armor of the Han army, there are teams of Han army archers, and teams of light soldiers with sacks on their backs.

Amidst waves of trumpeting, the Han army's heavy armor, light soldiers, and archers are rushing forward.

Looking at the menacing armored soldiers of the Han army, Liu Bang suddenly smiled coldly, looked back at Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, and said, "Zifang, Chen Ping, you said that Xiang Zhuang'er will fight in the first round?" Just use the Liannu?"

(End of this chapter)