Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 175
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As if to confirm what Cao Bao said, when these toad carts poured sand into the moat, the river water rose for a long time. According to this speed, the side of the moat would be filled before dark today.

Chen Deng frowned on the top of the city. In fact, in the eyes of everyone, it would be a matter of time before the moat was filled up, but according to the original plan, before the moat was filled up, at least Zhang De would have to lose at least 2000% by relying on the bows and arrows on the city. There are [-] troops, but judging from the situation, Zhang De relies on these fast frog cars to reach the moat, and the bows and arrows can't hurt Zhang De's many soldiers at all.

Seeing this situation, Cao Bao had no choice but to sigh, and said: "Master Chen, there is no way to do this. I didn't expect Zhang De to get such a fast toad car. It's incredible. I have fought for so many years. I’ve seen quite a few toad carts, but they’re all crawling slower than tortoises, and it takes a long time to go back and forth, but the speed of these toad carts...is the first time I’ve seen them.”

When it was dark, Zhang De had already filled the moat to the east, and thanks to the toad cart, Zhang De did not suffer much. .So Zhang De immediately ordered the soldiers to rest early and wait to attack the city tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Cao Bao came to the top of the city, and Zhang De's soldiers were also full of food and ready for siege weapons.Everyone knows that today will be the hardest day. Now that Pengcheng is ready with arrows and logs, today's attack will face great losses. No one has the extravagant hope that one day they can take down Pengcheng.

Cao Bao inspected the soldiers on the tower, looked at the steaming oil pan, and smiled with satisfaction.After all, these Xuzhou soldiers have been trained for many years, and many of them have experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, so they are no strangers to defending the city.

At this moment, Cao Bao heard the sound of drums in the distance, and saw that the Beihai Navy had left the camp and was coming towards him. The leader was still a soldier holding a huge shield, followed by many people, pushing the ladder , and more people are pulling the tiptoe ladder and bamboo ladder.

Looking at the back, a frame of taxis were pushed over. The big trucks were covered with tarpaulins, and they didn't know what was inside.And then, I saw four behemoths walking out of Zhang De's camp. These four things were much higher than the city wall, and they were slowly walking towards me. These four big men came to the front of the two armies. Only then did Cao Bao see it clearly. It turned out that these were four Jinglan cars.Unlike other Jinglan carts, this Jinglan cart is divided into five floors at the height, and soldiers can be vaguely seen on each floor.

At this time, another group of troops walked out of Zhang De's camp. These people were not wearing armor, but they were all carrying things. There are stones, big or small.

Sensitively, Cao Bao felt a little uneasy. At this moment, the tarpaulins on those vehicles were opened just now, and Cao Bao finally knew where the uneasiness came from. These were ballistas and catapults.

At this time, after another incense stick of time, Zhang De's soldiers were assembled. At this time, everyone moved, and everyone in the city knew that the Beihai Navy's attack had begun.

Cao Bao saw that Bei Haijun moved, and shouted loudly: "Order the trebuchets to pay attention, once the enemy's catapults come into range, attack immediately!" Before he finished speaking, Zhang De's trebuchets all stopped.

"Haha, this Zhang De, I really don't know how he captured the city of Linzi. The catapult is about to be thrown so far away. How can the trebuchet shoot so far..." Cao Bao looked at the Beihai Navy who had already started to put the stone on the catapult. Stone couldn't help but sneered.

After hearing Cao Bao's words, the surrounding soldiers all laughed.And big stones were flying over along a strange arc. At this time, Chen Deng also boarded the tower. Seeing everyone laughing, he asked, "Why are you laughing? Oh..."

Before Chen Deng could finish his words, a stone plopped down in front of Chen Deng, making Chen Deng's face pale with fright.He plopped and fell to the ground.

"Impossible! How is it possible!" Cao Bao murmured.In Cao Bao's view, the catapult could not hit so far, and it was impossible to hit the tower.

In fact, catapults existed as early as the Warring States Period, but after all, the technology was limited.Historically, during the Battle of Guandu, Liu Ye improved the catapult, which greatly improved the range and load capacity of the catapult, which caused Yuan Shao a big headache.Zhang De's catapult technology originated from Momen, and was later researched and perfected by Guigu's masters. Therefore, compared with the original lever catapult, Zhang De's catapult is more powerful and has a longer range.

Cao Bao didn't expect Zhang De's catapult to go so far. Looking back, he found that many of the soldiers around him had been smashed to death in the round of shooting just now, Cao Bao immediately shouted: "Everyone, be careful of stones! Ah..." Before Cao Bao could finish his sentence, he shot an arrow, to be exact, the long arrow as long as a short spear, pierced Cao Bao's thigh, and nailed Cao Bao to the ground.

Chen Deng also got up at this time, yelled badly, and immediately shouted: "Oh my god! It's the enemy's ballista, save General Cao quickly." Then he rushed towards Cao Bao.

Cao Bao is the chief general of the army, and now he is injured, so the doctor accompanying the army came to treat him, and everyone rushed to carry Cao Bao down.The doctor also hastily diagnosed that the arrow did not hurt the bone, but it would take a while to recover.

"Master Chen, now, Pengcheng's defense is in your hands!" Cao Bao said, enduring the pain.Now that he was injured and there was no coach in the city, he had to rely on Chen Deng. Although Cao Bao knew that Chen Deng was resourceful and familiar with the art of war, he didn't have much experience in battle after all, so he had to ask him one by one.

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outside the city.Zhang De was very happy to see that the trebuchet was effective.Although there are trebuchets in Pengcheng, the range of Zhang De's trebuchets is far enough. Although the trebuchets in the city are located higher than those outside the city, they still cannot hit Zhang De's trebuchets.I have to say that the things in Guigu are really uncanny!

At this time, I heard Zhang De shout: "The trebuchet and ballista continue to suppress, and the shield soldiers cover the Jinglan car and the ladder crashes, go forward!" I saw Zhang Dejun all rushed up, but it was the heavy armored shield soldiers protecting the Jinglan The car was in front, and the ladder and the soldiers carrying the ladder followed behind.

"Don't worry about those ladders and soldiers, prepare the catapult, and attack the enemy's Jinglan cart!" shouted the general guarding the city.This general has a lot of experience in defending the city, and he knows that once the well is close to the city wall, the soldiers on the city wall will be very hurt.

Facing the overwhelming stones, a smile hung on the corner of Zhang De's mouth.Zhang De has a lot of confidence in his Jinglan. Jinglan was invented by Mozi. Although it is one of the best weapons to kill local soldiers when attacking a city, its shortcomings are also obvious, such as slow speed, incapable of close combat, and fear of fire , The manufacture is complicated, these are the shortcomings of the Jinglan car.

However, there are some changes in Zhang De's Jinglan.

(End of this chapter)