1novels Chapter 134 The Unsolvable Catapult
Chapter 134 The Unsolvable Catapult
Chapter 134 The Unsolvable Catapult
Zhang Wu and others saw Xiahou Dun's intentions through the telescope, and Xu Shu began to take countermeasures.After understanding the structure and principle of the new-style catapult, smart people like Xu Shu quickly mastered the method of manipulation and various changes in commanding operations.
Xu Shu began to issue orders to direct each catapult to carry out precise strikes.
"A-shaped square, B-shaped square are loaded and launched, and C-shaped square is turned half a step westward, adding [-] catties, loaded and fired..."
Following Xu Shu's order, each catapult began to adjust the firing direction and range one after another, and then loaded stone bullets to launch.Those who operate the catapult are the five thousand supply soldiers and engineering soldiers, all of whom have received special training.
This time, the stone bombs fired from the catapult phalanx in the city roared in a fan shape and hit the advancing Cao army.Cao Jun's catapult was hit again with precision, causing chaos all over the place. The soldiers who were smashed to death on the spot were considered lucky. Those who had broken legs, arms, and even stomachs would still die in a short while. If not, it will be miserable.The ground was full of wailing wounded soldiers, and the rest retreated in panic.
In fact, only a small number of people were smashed to death. After all, they are not bombs that will explode in later generations, and their lethality is limited.But this thing is too deterrent, and it smashes people to pieces. It looks too miserable, especially when the opponent can hit you, but you can't hit the opponent, which is too demoralizing.
Xiahou Dun and Xun You were stunned again, can they still play like this?So far away, scattered so widely, or beaten so badly, what kind of catapult is this!
"Gongda, what can I do!" Xiahou Dun was anxious, "Hurry up and think of a way!"
Xun You couldn't do it either. This is a technical problem. His catapult can hit far and accurately. What can he do?If you talk about marching and deploying troops, making plans and other things, Xun You thinks that he is no better than anyone else, but if you ask him to make these organs and equipment, he will not understand, and he has never learned it!
Xun You is also a smart and decisive person, and he immediately saw the clues. He said to Xiahou Dun: "Commander, although the enemy's catapults are powerful, they can only do so little damage. If we attack bit by bit, we can only be defeated by the enemy." Break it down bit by bit. I think it's better to retreat back to rest for a while, and then press all the catapults up, even if you lose half of the catapults, as long as you can start to suppress the opposite city wall, you can attack the city."
According to Xun You's suggestion, Xiahou Dun first summoned gold to withdraw the troops, treated the wounded, and then dispersed all the catapults to move forward together.
It has to be said that this is also Cao Jun's best choice under the current situation.Just relying on more people and more vehicles to swarm up, let you fight, even if I lose half of the catapults, I will push them up and shoot at you.Zhou Yu also used this trick at the beginning, otherwise he would have to be beaten and not fight back, and his morale would soon be lost.
Xu Shu accurately understood Cao Jun's offensive situation in all directions through the telescope, and then issued orders one by one to adjust the parameters of each catapult phalanx to carry out precise strikes on Cao Jun.
But the catapult is not a modern cannon after all. Although the improved counterweight catapult is more accurate than the traditional one, it is impossible to point where to hit.The so-called accuracy only means that if many catapults are launched together, they can cover an area relatively accurately.
Therefore, after suffering a painful blow and losing more than half of the catapults and a large number of soldiers, Cao Jun's catapults finally advanced within range.Cao Jun's soldiers quickly began to fix the catapult and began to fight back.
Jingzhou can see the position of the opponent's catapult, so it can target the opponent's catapult, but Cao Jun can't see the catapult of the Jingzhou army, so he can only target the city wall.Although many stones were thrown into the city, they happened to hit the catapult phalanx, causing casualties, but the impact was not significant, and backup catapults were immediately filled in.
Moreover, no one would die in a war. Even Zhang Wu himself could not guarantee his absolute safety. Maybe a cold arrow would come from somewhere and hit him.
The walls of Rang City had been reinforced long ago, so they were not afraid of being smashed down for a while, and the defenders also took shelters to hide. Although some unlucky ones were hit and lost their lives, there were not many of them.Because Cao Jun's catapult was even worse when it first launched, most of the stones fell on the open space outside the city.
After several rounds of throwing, Cao Jun gradually figured out the range of the catapult he was controlling, and some began to make adjustments, and the accuracy began to improve.The Jingzhou army began to suffer some casualties, and Zhang Wu quickly ordered the soldiers accompanying the army to treat the wounded.
Although Cao Jun's catapult began to counterattack, it was more likely to be cleared by Jingzhou's catapult because it was fixed in place.After Xu Shu commanded the catapult phalanx to fire several rounds of volleys, he arranged for each catapult phalanx to adjust the range, replace it with flowering ammunition, and clear Cao Jun's catapults in different areas.
After the two sides shot at each other for a while, the walls of Rangcheng were not seriously damaged, but Cao Jun's catapults were almost cleaned up.Some of the remaining catapults were also shot one by one by the city defense crossbow. This thing is really far and accurate, and can be used as a sniper rifle. The only disadvantage is the high cost.
Seeing that the catapults on their side were almost cleaned up, Xiahou Dun and Xun You knew that this method also failed, and they could not compete with the opponent's catapults only by their numerical advantage.Xun You felt that there were only two ways to crack the opponent's catapult. One way was to get the structural diagram of the opponent's catapult, and then build the same catapult to shoot at each other to see who could not hold it first.Another way is to continue to build more catapults, attacking from all sides, and consume all the stone bullets in the city. You have no stone bullets to launch, and no matter how powerful the catapult is, it is a pile of waste wood.
However, these two methods are not easy to use at present. In the short term, they can neither get the structural diagram of the opponent's catapult, nor can they attack Rangcheng from all sides.
So Xun You had to think of other ways, such as digging tunnels, burning the city gates, etc., but Xu Shu was also very familiar with these methods, so he resolved them one by one.The geographical location of Rangcheng is relatively special. Cao Jun is in a relatively low terrain, and he dare not flood the city with water. If Rangcheng is not flooded, but his side is washed away by the flood, it will make people laugh. up.
In this case, no matter how resourceful Xun You is, he can't do anything about Rangcheng, because they just make it clear that they will fight you in an offensive and defensive war.It was the same when they attacked Yecheng. They lost a large number of soldiers and couldn't touch the city walls. In the end, the nephew of the judge rebelled and opened the city gate.
Xu Shu, who is currently guarding the city, is not inferior to the judges in the slightest. Zhang Wu, Huang Zhong, and Zhang Fei are all super-class fierce generals. There are also two generals, Wei Yan and Fu Xun. There is also the navy echoing from afar, which can be said to be much better than the situation that the trial and distribution faced at the beginning.
(End of this chapter)