The last three kingdoms

Chapter 665 The Contest That Just Started
The stone bullets whizzed across the crenels of the city wall and smashed towards the shield positions of the Jin army.Although these stone bullets are one size smaller than those used by the Jin army, that is, they weigh twenty or thirty kilograms, but even so, the destructive power of these stone bullets dropped from mid-air is quite amazing. When the bullet hit the shield heavily, the wooden shield couldn't withstand such a heavy blow at all, and it was broken into several pieces immediately, and the shield soldier holding the shield behind the shield couldn't bear such a big impact. Kneeled.

A stone bomb smashed through the shield and fell straight down. The head under the shield was instantly exploded, and red and white were scattered all over the ground.

The stone bullets thrown frantically smashed into the Jin army's shield array. The shield array that looked solid as a rock was smashed into chaos. The Jin army ran away, and the shield array quickly disintegrated.

Fu Qian seized the opportunity and ordered the Lianist chariot to attack the Jin army's catapult.

The chaos on the battlefield spread to the catapult. The catapult that was about to start bombing was also greatly affected by the disintegration of the shield formation. Fortunately, the opponent only attacked the shield formation and did not attack the catapult formation. Zhang Shang ordered When the catapult counterattacked, a series of rockets were fired from the other side of the city wall, shooting towards the catapult array.

The formation of catapults was already very scattered. If the Shu army used catapults to attack, although one or two of them might be hit, it would be impossible to completely break up the formation of catapults. Advance to a place about 150 steps away from the city wall.

The protection of the shield array in front made Zhang Shang feel at ease, but he did not expect that the Shu army would not play their cards according to common sense. Instead of using bows and arrows first, they used catapults to attack the shield soldiers. The attack has arrived again.

The shooting accuracy of the chain ballista is high, and it can completely lock on such a huge target as the catapult. The Zhuge ballista with ten arrows is like a rain of fire, drawing lines of fire in the air, and hitting the catapults one after another. car.

Although a simple crossbow bolt is not small, it seems difficult to shake a huge object like a catapult, but the crossbow bolt with fire is different. The arrow is deeply nailed into the wooden pillar of the catapult, and the blazing flame The wooden pillar was immediately ignited, and one or two Firebolts might not have much effect, but if a catapult was hit by dozens or even hundreds of Firebolts at the same time, the entire catapult would be surrounded by flames.

The catapult riders beat the flames desperately, trying to save the catapult from the sea of ​​flames, but the attack of the Shu army was quite intensive. The first row of Firebolts had just been fired, and the Jin army had not had time to breathe, and another row of fire broke out. The crossbow arrows have already poured in.Not only the catapult, but even the Jin soldiers near the catapult became its targets. Many Jin soldiers wanted to fight the fire, but were shot to death beside the catapult, and even their bodies burned.

The catapults were assembled from huge logs. Once the fire broke out, it was difficult to rescue them. In just a short while, dozens of catapults were surrounded by flames.

Not to mention how depressed Zhang Shang was, the catapults of the Jin army were pushed to the bottom of the city, and they suffered a devastating blow before firing a single stone. Seeing the raging fire ignited by dozens of catapults, Zhang Shang had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops.

A smile finally appeared on Fu Qian's face, and thunderous cheers erupted from the Shu army formation, and the joy of winning the first battle spread among the Shu army.

Zhang Le laughed loudly and said: "It's done! Governor Fu has a clever plan!" Although Fu Qian no longer served as the governor of Guanzhong, the generals in the tent still habitually called him Governor Fu.

Fu Qian also stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "Yang Hu dared to attack Tongguan because he thought he had a catapult. I specially prepared this Firebolt for him. Now that Yang Hu lacks the sharp weapon of catapult to attack the city, we I would also like to see what other tricks he has."

The Jin army watching the battle over the forbidden ditch was all speechless. Originally, they came here on the spur of the moment, thinking that they could crush the Shu army with their huge superiority in strength, but the one-sided situation in the first battle undoubtedly made them incomparable. The earthquake shook.

The Shu army obviously made full preparations for the catapult. Whether it was attacking the shield formation with the catapult or attacking the catapult with the Firebolt, all the movements were quick and precise without any sloppiness. The Jin army was not given any chance.

Obviously, the response of the Jin army's catapult array was a bit slower. Before the catastrophe, dozens of catapults were ready to launch stone bombs, but in the end they didn't even throw a single stone bomb. When they went out, they were all destroyed by the Shu army. In terms of adaptability, the Jin army was obviously much worse.

Zhang Shang came back in front of Yang Hu in a state of distress. Half of the cloak on his back was burned off by the fire, his entire face was smoky, and even his beard was burned away. He could clearly smell a burning smell the taste of.

Zhang Shang looked defeated and said to Yang Hu: "The last general is incompetent and has lost the high hopes of the governor. Please punish him." Zhang Shang knew the importance of the first battle, which was of great benefit to boosting morale, but he was full of confidence. He went to attack the city, but he was hit head-on, and the morale of the Jin army was obviously greatly affected. Zhang Shang had no choice but to ask Yang Hu for his guilt.

Yang Hu didn't mean to punish him, and said very calmly: "Victory and defeat are common matters in military strategists, you don't need to blame yourself, just step back."

Zhang Shang knew that his commander-in-chief was extraordinary, so he was even more heartbroken at this moment, he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your innocence." Then he backed away.

Yang Hu looked in the direction of Tongguan with serious eyes.

Fu Qian?He quickly recalled the information about Fu Qian in his mind: Fu Qian was the son of Fu Tong, the famous founder of the Shu Han Dynasty. He was indeed a mighty general in the later period of Shu Han when the generals withered. One of the generals (the other is Jiang Shu, but it turns out that Jiang Shu is far from Fu Qian in terms of ability and character), and Fu Qian also played an extremely critical role in Liu Yin's rise. As a result, for such a loyal and brave general, Yang Hu didn't even bother to play such boring tricks as sending letters to persuade him to surrender. With Fu Qian's character, Yang Hu knew very well that sending letters to persuade him to surrender was nothing but self-inflicted humiliation.

But it is absolutely impossible for Yang Hu to admit defeat easily.Yang Hu was entrusted by Sima Yan this time to take on the main task of tackling key problems. He is very clear about the responsibility on his shoulders. As a general, how can he easily say defeat?
"Very good, but this contest has just begun. I want to see how long you can hold this Tongguan."

(End of this chapter)