Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 250 Ground to Air (2)

"I have a way."

Zhou Cang asked people to find a longer rope, and then tied the middle into double strands and tied a knot.In this way, even if a section is cut off, the knot can be untied and the double-strand rope released, and the rope will become longer again, avoiding the need to change the rope every time.Le Jin looked at Zhou Cang in surprise, where did he have so much attention in his mind?
Originally, Zhou Cang planned to set up another wooden stake, and then he could wrap the rope around the wooden stake as a buffer. After thinking about it, Cao Cao had plenty of people anyway, so he did it according to Le Jin's idea.Looking at more than a dozen soldiers, several layers of cloth were wrapped around their heads on a hot day, and their bodies were also clothed thickly. One of them was covered with sweat, and his body was probably already soaked.

The second experiment was very successful. The interval between two stone throws was no more than [-] breaths, and a long rope could throw stones four to five times.

"General Yue Jin, let's assemble it like this, at least 15 will be built. While assembling, let the soldiers practice. Be sure to prepare more long ropes and stones. There are 12 people in a catapult, and one is the commander. To give orders, [-] people are responsible for pulling and two are for loading stones. Not only are the soldiers familiar with loading and throwing stones, but also skillfully changing ropes. If the catapult is damaged, it can be pushed down and replaced with a new one.”

After finishing speaking, Zhou Cang went to find a cool place to rest.Alas, it would be nice to have a cup of herbal tea or sour plum soup now.Only Le Jin and the craftsmen were left busy.Entering September, it is still hot.

On the fifth day, Cao Cao couldn't hold back the worries in his heart, and came to inspect in a hurry.

"Yeah." Cao Cao nodded while watching.Walking around to look around, seeing nothing new, constantly stopping to chat with craftsmen. "Yes, yes. Where is Weiguo?"

Le Jin quickly found Zhou Cang.

"Mr. Cao." Zhou Cang restrained his embarrassment and saluted Cao Cao.

"Weiguo has worked hard. I heard from Le Jin that you have put in a lot of thought. You should have a good rest, but I don't know something and I want to ask you to clarify." Cao Cao said: "I think throwing stones can help. Three hundred steps, the distance is enough. But how to hit the tower? I saw them try to throw a few times, but the landing is not in one place and it is impossible to estimate."

It would be evil to be able to estimate it. The equipment is simple, and the stones are of different sizes, shapes, and weights. Of course, they cannot be measured. "Mr. Cao, I'm also thinking about this, but I've found a way. We can launch five or twelve catapults at one place. After a few rounds, we will always hit. In addition, we can wind hay and grass around the stones. Rope, ignited and projected..."

"Very good, very good." Cao Cao smiled happily, "How many have been built now?"

Le Jin said: "My lord, there are three hundred that have been installed, and it will be five hundred tomorrow."

"Tomorrow, I will wait for Wei Guo to show his skills."

"Cao Gong, just now I was discussing with the generals in the camp, should we go to rob grain tomorrow, let's do it together?"

"Hahaha, okay, let's do it!"

On the morning of the sixth day, Zhang Jai and Chen Dao set out in two separate groups, and Zhang Xiu sent another two hundred cavalry as promised.

Zhou Cang and Le Jin led the soldiers to line up [-] catapults in groups of five in Cao Cao's camp, about [-] steps away from the towers, far away from the range of bows and arrows, and each group aimed at a tower.

Zhou Cang called [-] car captains to his side. "Look at my command flag, the white flag is to prepare, pull up the rope, and light the hay tied on the sling. When you see the red flag, cut the rope together. Understand?"

"clear."

"Go back and prepare, it's time for a stick of incense." Since the shots were not accurate, Zhou Cang did not need to test shots and make adjustments. Anyway, the landing points of each shot are different, so he salvoed in one direction.

Zhou Cang stood by a group of catapults to see that the stones were installed, and then asked people to raise the white flag, estimating that there would be [-] breaths, and then raised the red flag.

In an instant, countless fireballs soared into the sky, drawing an arc in the sky and hitting Yuan Ying.

Uh, it didn't work well, many stone-wrapped dry grasses hadn't been ignited, and some were extinguished in the air.When it fell, it missed a tower, but it should hit some Yuan soldiers.Yuan Bing on the tower was pointing fingers there again, not taking it seriously.

Reload!

The white flag was raised again, then the red flag.

The effect of the second round of stone throwing was much better. Although the two towers were hit, although they did not collapse, they looked crumbling.

Come again.

In the third round of throwing stones, five towers collapsed.

"Hahaha." Cao Cao laughed loudly standing on a high place, and the stone in his heart fell, so he just dropped it like this, and knocked down Yuan Shao's towers one by one sooner or later.

"My lord, three catapults were damaged." Le came in to report, "The wood is not dry, and it is very easy to damage."

"It doesn't matter, the broken ones go back to repair. The catapults that have hit the target are replenished to other groups. Let the craftsmen continue to build the catapults." Before Zhou Cang could speak, Cao Cao issued an order directly.

Yuan Shao is in a good mood these two days.Since the construction of the tower made Cao Jun unable to lift his head, Yuan Shao planned to launch a strong attack. He planned to suppress Cao Jun for half a month, and Cao Jun's morale would decline. become.

"My lord, something is wrong. Cao Cao somehow threw stones into our barracks, destroyed nearly ten towers, and injured hundreds of people."

"Ah? How did this happen?" Yuan Shao was still drinking some wine in his tent while reading a book.He was dumbfounded when he heard the report from his subordinates, and took Guo Tu, Shen Pei, Feng Ji and others to watch it.

I saw hundreds of stones flying from the sky, most of them fell to the ground, a few soldiers who had no time to escape were hit, some stones hit the tower, and the archers on the tower climbed down one after another, and some jumped directly.In a short period of time, half of the towers fell down, some were already on fire, and the remaining towers were empty, no one dared to stay on them anymore, and if they collapsed, they would at least be half dead.

"Cao Ah!" Yuan Shao said angrily.

"This, this..." the examiner murmured, his eyes were a little dull, and the clever plan he finally came up with was broken like this?Trials are unacceptable.Guo Tu secretly laughed, hum!Want to see my jokes?Now it's your turn.

"Report. My lord, General Jiao Jiao sent someone to deliver a letter. The direction of the white horse found Xuzhou soldiers and horses robbing food. My lord, please send someone to reinforce it quickly."

"Zhou Cang, it's Zhou Cang again." Yuan Shao was furious, "Jiang Qi, you lead five thousand cavalry to meet him."

"Slow down!" The judge finally came back, "My lord, be careful Zhou Cang repeats his tricks."

"Huh? You mean, it's a suspected soldier, but it's actually Yanjin?"

"Report, my lord, General Zhang Nan sent someone to report that Cao Jun was found on the front line of Yanjin."

"My lord, last time Zhou Cang falsely attacked Yanjin and actually attacked Baima, this time it must still be false and false!
"Yanjin, Yanjin." Yuan Shao repeated, "He is falsely attacking the white horse, but actually attacking Yanjin!"

(End of this chapter)