The last three kingdoms

Chapter 267 Battle Luo City
Thousands of torches were lit, illuminating Luocheng as if it were daytime.Lu Kang personally supervised the battle standing within a stone's throw away, his fair face flushed red from the burning torches.

There were many unexpected difficulties in attacking the city at night, but Lu Kang had no choice now. Although Wu Jun took the Chenghan Avenue, the distance and speed were faster than Wei Jun, but Zhong Hui set off one hour earlier than Wu Jun. Today, the two sides are now going their own way, trying to figure out who will get to Chengdu first, and the one who enters Chengdu first will definitely take the initiative.

Lu Kang reckoned that now Zhonghui would definitely not care about his physical strength and go on multiple journeys, so Lu Kang must take Luocheng as soon as possible and open up the road to Chengdu. Only in this way can Wu Jun hope to reach Chengdu before Wei Jun.

In order to quickly capture Luocheng, Lu Kang also used more than 20 medium-sized catapults.Although compared with the heavy-duty catapult pulled by hundreds of people, Soochow's medium-sized catapult only needs 30 people to pull it, and its power is weaker than that of the heavy-duty catapult. The range can reach more than [-] steps.In the previous battle of Fucheng, Lu Kang used the catapult to deal with the multi-bow bed crossbow of the Wei army, and this time he went south, Lu Kang took all the catapults with him.

Originally, in Lu Kang's plan, there was no need to use these big weapons to attack Luocheng and other small cities. Their real use should be to deal with the strong city walls of Chengdu, but Guan Yi's tenacity allowed the Wu army to win the battle quickly. The hope was in vain, so in order not to waste time, Lu Kang dispatched the catapult early, trying to use the bombardment of the catapult to blast a hole in the city wall of Luo City.

In the early catapults, the stones cast were all local materials of different sizes, but with the development of catapult technology, especially in the Battle of Guandu at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Ye improved the catapult and made it an attacking vehicle. A sharp weapon for city defense.In use, all countries have found that it is easier to improve the accuracy of hitting with spherical stone bullets, so they spare no effort to spend a lot of effort on stone bullets.

The stone bullets of the catapult generally use relatively hard stones, such as granite and basalt, which are hard and can be used repeatedly after being made into stone bullets.Stone bullets require masons to carve the original stone into balls of the same size, and they need to be transported long distances, so every stone bullet is very precious. Wu Jun transported the stone bullets from Jiangdong to Shuzhong through waterways. It took a lot of effort.

The catapults were pushed to a distance of [-] steps from the city wall, lined up, and the stone bullets roared and smashed towards the city wall of Luocheng.In the siege operation, the catapult does not need to be accurate, but the maximum force is required. The distance of [-] steps is the best range for this type of catapult. The power of the catapult is the greatest after it hits the city wall.

The city wall of Luo City is also a rammed earth wall. After the stone bullets the size of a human head hit the wall, there was a huge roar, dust was flying, and the entire wall could feel obvious shaking.Under a round of stone bomb attack, the wall was obviously damaged.

The Shu army defending the city was taken aback. They did not expect that the Wu army would have a siege weapon such as a catapult. They already had a clear advantage in strength, but now they have sacrificed catapults. The biggest reliance of the Shu army is the city wall. Now the city wall Under the attack of the catapult, they were already vulnerable, and the morale that was originally boosted was a little slack at this moment.

"Wu Jun has catapults, and Luocheng will definitely not be able to defend it. You might as well withdraw first." The military academy under him may persuade Guan Yi.

Guan Yi shouted coldly: "Nonsense, what's so great about a catapult? Since Benhou said that he will not retreat, he will live and die with Luocheng! Go, prepare hundreds of sandbags, and if the city wall collapses, give it to me!" Block it with sandbags.

Under the repeated attacks of catapults, a section of the rammed earth wall finally collapsed.

Seeing a gap, Lu Kang immediately ordered the catapults to stop attacking, and ordered Zhang Xian to lead the infantry to attack immediately to snatch the gap.As long as this gap can be controlled, it will be a breeze to break through Luocheng.

At the same time, Guan Yi also led the private soldiers of the Guan family to rush towards this gap. Guan Yi also understood the importance of guarding the gap, so he led the private soldiers of the Guan family with the strongest combat effectiveness to block the gap at the first time. At the same time, he ordered the auxiliary soldiers to quickly transport the hundreds of sandbags to the gap.

Guan Yi's movements were like the wind, but Zhang Xian's speed was not slow. When he just reached the gap, Zhang Xian had already led his troops to rush forward. The two sides met on a narrow road without the slightest hesitation. .

The gap was about five or six feet wide. Since it collapsed from the middle, at least it formed an earthen platform several feet high, and the bricks and rubble after the collapse were scattered all over the place. It was obviously not ideal as a fighting venue.

But now no one cares about cleaning up, Wu Bing soldiers stepped on the rubble and rushed towards the gap.

Guan Yi held a sword and rushed to the forefront. The terrain was uneven, and he couldn't ride a horse, so he had to fight on foot. Facing the Wu soldiers pouring in like a tide, Guan Yi shouted violently, and the sword danced like snowflakes in front of him. , Chopping and slashing, flesh and blood flew across, and the Wu soldiers who rushed to the front were beheaded countless by Guan Yi.

Wu Bing saw that Guan Yi was so brave, that there was really a man in charge of the gate, and he had an aura that no one could do anything about it, he couldn't help being afraid in his heart.Zhang Xian was furious, and immediately charged forward with his spear, fighting with Guan Yi.

Although Wu's army was several times stronger than Shu's in attacking numbers, within this narrow space, Wu's superiority in numbers could not be used. Guan Yi wielded a big sword and became more and more courageous in the Vietnam War. Zhang Xian fought with him for a cup of tea. Kung fu, it's not that he was timid, retreated a little, and commanded the soldiers to charge forward, trying to drag Guan Yi down with the advantage of a large number of people.

Guan Yi showed no signs of fear, stood firm and never retreated a single step. The private army of Guan's family fought desperately and did not retreat in bloody battles. The entire gap in the city wall was filled with corpses, almost paving the gap.

Lu Kang didn't expect Guan Yi to fight so tenaciously. He took the lead and was not afraid of death. He saw a gap in the city wall, but he still couldn't take it down.Lu Kang ordered that while continuing to send soldiers to the gap, he ordered the Wu army to launch a full-scale attack on Luocheng.

The battle was unprecedentedly fierce. Although it was at night, the Wu army invested no less troops than during the day. In order to take Luocheng as soon as possible, the Wu army attacked almost at any cost. Countless ladders approached the head of Luocheng. An endless stream of soldiers attacked the gap.

The situation of the entire Luo city is precarious.

(End of this chapter)