The last three kingdoms

Chapter 784

Liu Yuan didn't mean to blame him, and waved his hand lightly, signaling Hu Yanlang to retreat, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, if a general is executed after a slight defeat, then there will be no one around Liu Yuan in the end?Liu Yuan's gaze was set on that weird van.

It is almost a consensus among the world that infantry is difficult to defeat cavalry, especially when cavalry has a numerical advantage, it is a crushing victory, but the scene before them can't help but make people wonder After the subversion, the infantry of the Shu army was really good. They could not only defeat cavalry with infantry, but also block more with less.

"It seems that the Shu people rely on this thing to defeat the bald tree function." Liu Yuan thought with a sense of enlightenment.Although separated by the Yellow River, Liu Yuan is not the kind of person who has no information. On the contrary, Liu Yuan dispatched extensive scouts and spies to spy on the military situation of the world's military aircraft. The Northland has won consecutive battles. You must know that the Xianbei and the Qianghu are basically cavalry-based, and their combat effectiveness is not far behind that of the Huns. However, they have been defeated by the Shu people. Obviously, the Shu army has the ability to defeat the enemy. magic weapon.

According to the feedback information, the most important thing for the Shu army to defeat Hexi Xianbei is to use a strange vehicle. This vehicle is equipped with thick wooden boards on one side and supporting wooden poles on the other side, which can resist the powerful impact of cavalry.Later, Qi Wannian took refuge in Liu Yuan, which also confirmed that the Shu army did have this kind of vehicle. It was because of this kind of vehicle that Qi Wannian suffered heavy losses in the battle of Huangbaicheng.

What he heard before was only descriptions, Liu Yuan had never seen the real thing, and now he finally had the opportunity to see the true appearance of the van, but the Huns also paid the price in blood.

"Stop attacking!" Liu Yuan ordered.

The order was conveyed, and soon the Xiongnu cavalry stopped attacking, keeping a safe distance from the Shu army.Since Liu Yuan already knew the power of the van, he wouldn't hit his head again and get bloody.

But how can we break through this indestructible vehicle?

On the contrary, Liu Yuan thought for a long time, then smiled slightly and said, "Yes!"

All the generals wondered: "Does Your Majesty have a clever plan?"

Liu Yuan smiled and said nothing, and ordered the Shu army to be surrounded, keeping only a stone's throw away, and not to contact them.

Although Luo Xi defeated the attack of the Huns, the enemy was outnumbered, and the feeling of being surrounded by the Huns was not pleasant, but it was easy for the Huns to seize the opportunity to break through the siege. They will swarm up and trample him and ten thousand infantry into a pulp.

Luo Xi ordered the Yong'an army to maintain their formation and head north. The carriage formation kept a stone's throw away from the Huns. This was not because the Shu army deliberately avoided it, but because the Huns wanted to avoid confrontation with them. , deliberately keeping such a distance.

When the Shu army's van approached, the Huns would retreat in time and take the initiative to give up the distance, which made it easier for Luo Xi, otherwise, it would take a lot of time to get entangled.

However, the van moved very slowly, and Luo Xi also moved forward step by step helplessly. The Huns followed him like a shadow, always keeping a distance of about one stone from the van, which made Luo Xi very nervous.

After two days like this, Luo Xi's Yong'an army only moved northward for thirty or forty miles, while the Xiongnu cavalry remained in a state of siege without attacking, far away.

At this time, Liu Yuan gave another order to attack, but this order was very strange. He ordered the Xiongnu cavalry to keep a longer distance from the Shu army, and leave a large distance at the advancing position of the Shu army.

Just when the generals of the Xiongnu were very puzzled, dozens of giant trebuchets appeared in the direction of the north. When they were inside, the huge trebuchet began to throw stones, and the huge stones were thrown out, spinning and hitting the van.

When Luo Xi saw the trebuchet, he immediately realized that it was not good, but the distance was too close, and the movement of the sidecar was quite laborious. At this moment, it was too late to retreat or turn.

When the huge stone hit the van, there was only a loud "click", and the thick wooden plank of the van was completely smashed, and sawdust flew across, even the Shu soldiers behind the van were shocked. It was smashed to a bloody mess.

The soldiers of the Shu army were ashen-faced, while the soldiers of the Huns were cheering. The once proud and invincible sidecar was destroyed in a destructive way in front of the giant catapult.

All things in the world, mutual generation and mutual restraint, there is absolutely no invincible existence. When Liu Yuan saw the van, he quickly thought of the trebuchet. No matter how strong the van is, it is made of wood, and it cannot be stronger than that. Stones, if you use a trebuchet to attack, the phalanx will disintegrate.

Liu Yuan's years in Luoyang were not in vain. He read a lot of books, not only the Four Books and Five Classics, but also many advanced technologies of the Han people, including civilian and military ones, which were covered by Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan was deeply fascinated by a huge catapult designed by Ma Jun, which was never equipped by Wei Jun. Liu Yuan was deeply fascinated by this weapon that can throw hundreds of catties of stones to a distance of one or two hundred steps. Shocked, this big guy is simply a sharp weapon for attacking the city.

When Liu Yuan was in Shangdang later, he tried to make dozens of trebuchets according to the blueprints. The original intention was to use them to attack the cities of Jin. The trebuchet is used to deal with the van first.

In view of the bulkiness and inconvenient movement of the trebuchet, Liu Yuan deliberately set up an ambush on the way forward of the Shu army, and waited until the Shu army's partial carriage formation entered the range of the trebuchet before revealing his true face. Realized that something was wrong, but it was too late for the van, which was also inconvenient to move, to escape the strike range of the trebuchet.

Stones flew towards the Shu army's position one after another. Since the Shu army gathered in large numbers, the stones hit either the van or the crowd. On the brink of collapse.

Luo Xi's face was livid, and now the Yong'an Army was deeply besieged by tens of thousands of Huns, and the only vehicle they relied on was destroyed. middle.

"Abandon the chariot and break through!" Luo Xi gave the order to abandon the chariot and break through. Although the trebuchet was fierce, it did not constitute substantial damage to the nimble infantry. Since the van was useless, he had to take this The army brought out the encirclement of the enemy.

(End of this chapter)