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Chapter 145 Winch Crossbow

More than a dozen nail claps fell at the city gate.and

The bandit under the city, who was rushing forward with all his strength, felt that the top of his head was dark at the moment, and the rusty iron nails on the big wooden board acted as a hood.

Snapped!
The iron nail pierced through it, and the yellow-white brain exploded out like a split watermelon.

Seeing the scene, the soldiers of the thieves stood still as if their souls had been emptied, and not many people died in the nails, but the thieves who saw this scene couldn't help but put the blood in their stomachs overnight. The food was all spit on the ground.

After a round of nail rackets attacked, the winch on the top of the city rolled immediately, and the nail racks covered in blood were taken back together, ready to be reused for the second time.

The thieves swallowed each throat, but found that there was no saliva at all.

Seeing this scene, the thief's offensive stagnated, and many people's legs trembled, considering whether to retreat, but after a short pause, the supervisor team behind came up with knives, killed more than a dozen people and could not retreat After the soldiers died.

The army of thieves was forced to charge up again, and now a fierce battle had begun at the city wall.

The stone beating of the defenders here consumed seven or eighty-eight, and the archers lost their strength after shooting five or six arrows. At this time, under the urging of the bandit army, one by one, they bit their knives and struggled from the ladder. Climb to the top of the city.

"After breaking the city, you can have a good meal!"

The thieves all thought so, their eyes bloodshot.

The first bandit who killed the city wall was pierced by more than a dozen spears in the blink of an eye, and fell straight down the city wall, but the second and third rushed up again, and the other ladders were also opened elsewhere. A breakthrough was opened, and more and more rogues climbed the city wall.

The situation on the city wall was getting tense, and the defenders on the city wall had to resort to the last resort.

Several strong men took up the hot oil that had just boiled on a large pot, aimed at the thieves who were constantly climbing up under the ladder, and poured it on their heads with a snort.

Afterwards, after being splashed with boiling oil, several thieves screamed with bloody flesh. They almost fell off the ladder in a moment. As soon as the oil was ignited by the fire, there was a bang, and the fire sprang up, instantly turning the city into a sea of ​​flames.

Not only is the ladder burning, but the thief under the ladder has also turned into a burning man, screaming and rolling all over the ground.

As for the thieves who were moving forward, when they saw their companions rushing towards them, they hurriedly dodged to the side. If they were led by the other party right now, they would definitely die together.

Gao Chu issued orders on the city wall in an orderly manner. According to his arrangement, when the defenders shoot arrows, when to pour oil, when to release spikes, when to use civilian strongmen to go forward, and when to use rural soldiers to cover Min Zhuang, everything is in order.

The casualties of soldiers and civilians on the walls of the city have always maintained a low exchange ratio.

If he is really a good general who is good at defending the city, I have found a treasure this time, just when Li Chongjiu thought it was going to be like this and spent the whole morning smoothly.

But at this time, I suddenly saw the bandits start beating the drums together, and the place under the city wall that had been tightly covered with straw was suddenly pulled away.

Four draft horses dragged slowly in front, while behind the draft horses was a large cart.

Gao Chu's eyes widened immediately, and he said in disbelief, "Impossible, where did these gangsters get such things?"

Li Chongjiu didn't understand it for a while, so after staring at it for a while, and seeing it getting closer, he couldn't help saying seriously: "It's actually a winch crossbow!"

There are four such winch crossbows in total, each drawn by four horses.

The wheels of the wheel grumbled on the ground, plowing out two deep ruts, while the rogues at the side saw the winch and the crossbow, all of them were greatly boosted in confidence and morale, and they all raised their arms and shouted in unison.

Gao Chu hammered heavily with his fist, and said: "This is a twelve-stone winch crossbow. I don't have many in Shanggu County. After Yi County was destroyed, these grassroots must have moved out of the arsenal. Damn it."

"Twelve stones!" Li Chongjiu couldn't help but get serious when he heard this number.

Gao Chu nodded, and said: "This is a sharp weapon of our Great Sui Dynasty. Only one county town has the equipment. When the general of the Northern Dynasty was bald and broke the Qiang, when he was in the town of Monan, he was equipped with twelve beds of strong crossbows. The bed needs to be given to six cows before it can be opened, so it is called Liuniu Crossbow in the army."

"Although this winch crossbow is not as good as the six-ox crossbow, it is not difficult."

Li Chongjiu's eyes were wide open when he heard that, the twelve-stone bed crossbow was twice as powerful as his Moon Seizing Bow. As for the rumored six-ox crossbow, I don't know how terrifying it is.

While speaking, the other party's four bed crossbows had already started to be stringed together. The arrows of the ballista were iron plume arrows, with iron leaves as the arrow feathers, and the arrows were as big as rafters. Turn the winch to wind up the crossbow.

"break!"

"break!"

"break!"

All the soldiers of the bandits put their spears on the ground and shouted in unison.

Immediately, the general of the enemy bed crossbow, his complexion sank, he pressed his hand and shouted: "Let it go!"

Just listen to boom boom boom!
A series of four rings, one hundred steps away, the four bed crossbows fired in volley!

The iron arrow pierced fiercely into the city wall built with rammed earth.

"pull!"

"pull!"

"pull!"

The three armies of the bandits shouted again, and the crossbowmen who got off the bed began to twist the ballista again, pulling out the arrows pierced into the city wall.

I saw a large piece of rammed earth on the city wall where the arrow was shot, and as the arrow was pulled out, it continued to peel off. In an instant, a big hole was opened by the bed crossbow on the city wall that was one foot thick.

Seeing such a sharp weapon to break the city, the bandits couldn't help shouting in unison, as if breaking the city was right in front of them!

But at this time, in the bridleway on the city wall, suddenly several riders rode down from the bridleway, and the red flag in the city waved.

In the blink of an eye, there was a rumbling sound, and the gate of Beicheng in Feihu County suddenly opened.

The three armies in the vicinity were taken aback when they saw it, not knowing what happened.

Under the city gate, Li Chongjiu's eyes were completely dark, and as the city gate slowly opened, a bright light was shining through the gap in the door.

Now the sun has risen to the highest point, and the cold wind is blowing,
Li Chongjiu was holding a bow and arrow, and a long knife in his waist and hips. He saw the thieves in front of the city gate, holding all kinds of crude weapons. With a look of bewilderment, he looked at himself and the crowd behind him wrapped in iron armor. armor ride.

The gate of the city opened gradually, and the field of vision became wider, and the four bed crossbows were a hundred steps away from him.

Suddenly Li Chongjiu's legs were pinched, and the horse rushed out like an arrow.

Li Chongjiu controls the bow and arrow with his hand and shoots!
Killing one person with one arrow, Li Chongjiu shot three arrows in an instant, and the armored cavalry behind him also shot out from the city gate hole, with bows and arrows in their hands, and there was a sudden hurricane.

Stepping on all fours, in the blink of an eye Li Chongjiu had rushed straight into the enemy's formation, and then he swung out a big knife, and slashed down at the bandit in front of him.

(End of this chapter)