Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 804 Flying Ladder (2)

On November [-]th, Zhou Xin led the army and approached Xiangyang.Xia Houshang made up his mind to hold out, Sima Wang and Xia Houxuan had already recruited young men, moved rolling logs and stones to do various defenses, he did not believe that the Han army could capture Xiangyang.

On November [-]th, thousands of catapults were staggered and divided into three rows. Su Li gave an order, and countless stones were thrown at Xiangyang City.Some of the stones hit the city wall, which did not pose a threat to the solid city wall, and some fell to the top of the city. Nearly a hundred Wei soldiers were smashed and bloody, with little loss.Seeing that the Han army hadn't attacked the city, Xia Houshang only left dozens of mobile sentries to check the army's situation, and the other soldiers hid behind the low wall with huge shields on their heads.

The Han army threw stones for five days, and the city of Xiangyang felt ashamed and did not move.Although hundreds of unlucky ones were hit, the morale of the Wei army was not affected much.Sima Wang encouraged the Wei army, but the Han army was only so capable, and they dared not attack the city.Didn't you see that the catapults outside the city have been nearly half damaged, and they can last for three or two days at most. They are sending us stones to defend the city.

On November 23, the Han army dispatched rushing chariots, and thirty chariots slowly advanced towards the city gate.Wenpin's confidant guard said to Sima Wang: "The Han army also used this car in the battle of Shiyang. General Wen Dai led his soldiers out of the city and cut down half of it. Unfortunately, the thief will throw cold arrows. Don't let it come close, we will wait I would like to go out of the city and destroy it."

Sima Wang sneered: "General Wenpin has never seen a Chongche before, so he used this strategy as a last resort. Although it can destroy the Chongche, our army will inevitably suffer too much damage. Guo Huai has already found a way to crack it in Shouchun, and I have also learned something. Prepare, prepare your arrows and wait to shoot the Han army."

When the chariot got close to the city wall, Sima Wang shouted: "Put the millstone!"

Several large millstones were put down, and five catapults were overturned with great gravity and inertia, revealing the Han army pushing the carts inside. Arrows rained down on the city, and more than a hundred Han soldiers all died under the arrows.There are two ropes passing through the round hole of the millstone, one long and the other short, the long rope is twisted immediately, and the millstone is put away.The millstone was lowered again, the short rope was like a pendulum, and the millstone was like a heavy hammer, which overturned the cart again, and the Han army inside was shot again.

Zhou Xin looked at the back and was heartbroken, so he urgently ordered Mingjin.At the head of the city, the Wei army will retreat with only a dozen chariots left, with high morale and shouting long live.

Sima Wang laughed loudly: "The Han army is nothing more than that. Didn't Zhou Cang say that the donkeys are poor in skills? The Han army is poor in skills."

Xia Houshang smiled slightly: "Zhou Xin came from Jingnan, isn't he the donkey of Guizhou?" Wei Jun laughed endlessly.

On November 24, Hanying again rolled out [-] rushing vehicles, each of which was about ten paces apart, and drove towards Xiangyang together.There are three pairs of wheels under each cart, and the shell is made of ship boards and covered with a layer of cowhide. There are twenty strong and strong men in the city shouting and pushing, and there are hundreds of armored Han troops behind each cart.

Sima Wang frowned and said, "Isn't Zhou Xin suffering enough? Is he trying to win by numbers? Is he trying to hit my city wall instead of hitting the city gate?"

Xia Houshang lay down on the top of the wall and looked carefully for a while: "This car seems to be different from yesterday, it seems that there are ladders on the car."

Sima Wang laughed and said: "General, this ladder is so short, how can it take over my city?"

"Even so, we must guard against it." Xia Houshang ordered to release arrows, intending to shoot and kill the Han army curled up behind the ladder, but unfortunately the angle was not enough, the arrows shot were blocked by the ladder and could not reach the Han army behind.

Xia Houshang ordered the rocket to be fired again, and the rocket hit the cowhide, but unfortunately the cowhide was wet and could not catch fire.The cowhide was donated by Sha Zan. He felt that if the car was covered with heavy armor, it would be too bulky and too slow, so he ordered Shamo to collect all the animal hides in the tribe within half a month, mainly cowhide. The water is splashed wet, but the quantity is not enough to meet the needs of [-] vehicles.

Arrows were useless, so Xia Houshang adopted Wenpin's strategy and sent 5000 men to fight out of the city.With a wave of Zhou Xinling's flag, Qu Feng rushed out with two thousand light cavalry first. Xia Houshang was shocked. When did the Han army become so elite, it was not inferior to tiger and leopard cavalry? There are still lingering fears.

A long-distance attack is not enough, Sima Wang ordered people to prepare millstones and sharpening stones, and waited for the flying ladder, which he thought was the car, to approach.Unexpectedly, there was still a foot away from the city wall, and the rushing car stopped, and the millstones and stones prepared so hard were useless!
The drums of the Han army were loud, and the Han army behind the flying ladder quickly climbed up the main ladder, pushed the auxiliary ladder up, and the flying ladder suddenly increased. gallop upwards.Climb the ladder under your feet, protect your body with a shield in your left hand, and shoot Wei Jun with a crossbow in your right hand.

No one saw that inside the bottom of the flying ladder, there were twenty strong men who were already sweating, using stones to clamp the wheels, and desperately stabilizing the chassis to fix the flying ladder.

The dazzling changes made Wei Jun dumbfounded. Many Wei Jun still held the stone in their hands and didn't know what to do. Just a few moments of stupefaction, hundreds of Wei Jun were shot and killed by hand crossbows. .

Sima Wang was shocked: "Why are you still in a daze, don't let the Han army ascend the city!"

Wei Jun hurriedly raised his sword and stepped forward to block it. Feng Jian shot all the crossbow arrows, roared and threw the crossbow at the nearest Wei Bing, jumped onto the top of the wall, pulled out the iron halberd from behind and swept across.The Han army followed suit one after another. Several craftsmen built it in half a month, and the expensive hand crossbow was thrown at the Wei army like scrap iron. If Zhou Ji saw it, he would be heartbroken and couldn't sleep for a few days.

Although a prodigal, the effect is very good. It can be used as a weapon and save time. The Han army opened several gaps in the top of the city. This is like a flood bursting an embankment. Bigger and bigger, more and more Han troops climbed to the top of the city.

Zhou Xin's command flag was waved again, Su Li led the army to kill, and the remaining [-] flying ladders were also pushed out, but the [-] flying ladders stopped far away, and the archers climbed up the main ladder and shot cold arrows at the top of the city.This was Duanmuling's idea, so why not use the completed flying ladder?It is not used for climbing the city, but it is a very good mobile arrow tower. It does not require many people. There are three or five archers per cart, and there are more than a thousand skilled archers in three hundred carts.

The Wei army had to entangle with the Han army on the top of the city, and also guard against cold arrows outside the city, so it was timid in his heart.Xia Houshang and Sima Wang had a very tacit understanding. Sima Wang commanded the fight, while Xia Houshang summoned archers to shoot against the outside of the city to suppress the bows and arrows of the Han army.

No one thought that there were three rushing cars mixed in the flying ladder and advancing to the city gate in the chaos, Wei Jun didn't notice it!
Dangdang~ The rushing car began to hit the city gate, and the sound of fighting could not cover up the huge impact sound. When Wei Jun realized that something was wrong, there was a loud noise, the city gate was smashed, and the Xiangyang city gate fell to the ground with a slam.

(End of this chapter)