Chapter 21 Siege Tower

Volume 5 War and Peace Chapter 21 Siege Tower

This dinner is actually an alternative small military meeting. Since history, the banquet is full of senior generals in Hong Lie's army, and the only civil servant is the governor of Xinzhou. If he is definitely the protagonist at ordinary times, he can't even say a word among a bunch of generals who are enthusiastically discussing military affairs at this moment. I found an excuse to leave in the middle of the meal.

Because of the urgency of the war, there was neither alcohol nor any program on the banquet. The generals gathered together and talked most about how to defend the enemy and defend the city. There was an endless flow of soldiers. 300,000 Chinese troops were stationed in Xinzhou, almost turning a city into a city of war. These people's food, clothing and training and If you worry about it, you don't feel at ease for a moment after a meal.

I was physically and mentally exhausted all night. After two bites of rice, I said goodbye to the generals. In addition to Shi Cundao, I was the highest in my military rank. Everyone stood up to see them off. I quickly waved my hand and said, "You are busy, leave me alone."

At this time, there was an urgent report from outside the city that 800,000 troops from Yantailang had camped 10 miles away from the city, and Qin Yiwu and Wu Sizhong also went to Lizhou and Fuzhou separately, seeing that they were about to attack the city.

This information immediately caused an uproar, and someone said angrily, "Haggis is so forceful that he really regards our generation as nothing?"

Shi Cundao waved his hand and said calmly, "It's reasonable for Hegis to press forward step by step. The two million people are not here to open our eyes. Why should we be indignant? The most urgent thing is to withstand the first wave of attack of the other party. Their attack rate is so urgent that they must make up for the problem. As long as we hold them back, the overburden in Heggis will inevitably retreat. He turned his head and asked Li Jian, "How are the materials for defense?"

Li Jian did not hesitate at all and said, "It's enough for three years."

Shi Cundao nodded with satisfaction and said to the generals, "It doesn't take three years. At most a year and a half, I can't stand it. We have the benefits of the city wall and the soldiers of the whole country. Can you have confidence?"

A veteran in the seat got up and said, "Marshal, Xinzhou is strong and self-evident. The last general is worried about Lizhou and Fuzhou..."

Shi Cun said, "I have also thought about this. The reason why the city of Lifu Erzhou was broken in the last battle against the black war was that Heijis did not declare the war at that time. The total number of these two states was only tens of thousands of troops. Now it is not compared with the original. The left and right armies are I'm an explanation!"

I heard them talk about the military situation and yawned, "Grandpa, I'll withdraw first. You can talk slowly. When the discussion comes out the result... You don't have to tell me."

Shi Cun said: "..."

At present, Li Jian arranged someone to lead me to live in the Assassin's Mansion. Now that I have arrived at the land of my family, I don't have to worry about no one waiting for me. Zhang Shilei and others went to the barracks to rest.

I slept from night to noon the next day. I slept all day and all night, but no one came to call me.

As soon as I opened my eyes, my energy had completely recovered. I was so hungry that I got out of bed to find something to eat. As soon as I pushed the door, I saw Zhang Shilei walking around in the yard like an ant on a hot pot. I wondered, "What are you doing here?"

Zhang Shilei rubbed his hand at first sight and said, "Master Wu, you are awake. The marshal has ordered that no one is allowed to harass you unless you wake up by yourself." He said and brought me a plate of pancakes with four dishes of meat and vegetables. "Are you hungry? Let's eat first."

I took it and devoured it for a while, and then looked at him and said, "You've been waiting here all day just to deliver food to me, right? What about my grandfather and Li Shishi?

Zhang Shilei twisted each other's fists and said, "It's all in the city."

I said oh, and then I bowed my head and ate fiercely. Zhang Shilei stood beside me and looked at the food, as if he couldn't wait for me to finish it quickly. I looked up again and said, "What are they doing in the city? Haven't you started to attack the city yet?

"It's already started this morning!" Zhang Shilei couldn't control the mood swings and said to me in a low voice, "I wanted to tell the fifth young master, but I didn't dare, so I waited until now."

I was surprised and said, "So fast?"

"Yes, it's just that the two sides haven't officially taken over yet. Heggis has been preparing, and I think it's time to do it now."

I rolled the vegetables in the bowl into the pancake and ran away: "Then let's go quickly. We must not miss the first battle."

Zhang Shilei said excitedly, "That's what the humble position thinks."

We got on the horse separately, and the other soldiers were waiting at the gate of the Assassin's Mansion. We met and immediately rushed to the city gate. I saw that there were soldiers patrolling everywhere along the way, and there were also people in charge of propaganda preaching the words of the Taishou and the marshal in an empty place to stabilize the The stretcher team and the transport team were in case of emergency, but it seems that the people of Xinzhou have long been familiar with this. Everything is in order. Even women and children are busy cutting cloth strips and boiling medicine. For a while, everyone in Xinzhou could not be free, and the pre-war atmosphere was tense and depressing.

I showed my identity all the way to the foot of the city and went up to the city wall. Shi Cundao and Li Jian were standing in the wind and pointing out of the city. The soldiers were already out of their sheaths, and countless people carried bundles of arrows and crossbows to the top of the city.

I greeted the two old men and looked in the direction of their fingers. I saw that outside the two arrows under the opposite city, the Haggis army moved slowly like an swarm of ants, but never moved forward, but continued to pass some huge siege equipment to the front of the battle with the strength of tens of thousands of people. It seemed that it In addition to the opposite side of the city, the two wings of the Haggis Army have also extended to both sides of the city wall of Xinzhou. The view under the city is densely full of all kinds of towering tools to attack the city. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a branched forest.

While we were watching, Lengding in the opposite array threw countless boulders. These stones were as big as piers as piers, and the small ones were also the size of watermelon. They were thrown into the sky by thousands of catapults and fell to the head of Xinzhou City with an arc. Shi Cun shouted, "Be

Needless to say, the soldiers naturally know how to dodge. Those stones are huge and parabola, falling from a distance of nearly 300 meters. To be honest, it is not difficult for people to avoid it, and even if the stones hit the wall, they can't do much damage, so the catapult seems to be infinitely powerful, but in I didn't use much in it, so that I slowly withdrew from the weapon stage, so I couldn't figure out how Heggis could think of using it. We were neither stupid pigs nor stole their eggs...

But I was wrong. I mistakenly ignored the role of quantity. One or two stones may not be fearful. When countless stones are spread out like stars in the sky, people really don't know which one to hide, and sometimes even if you know where to hide, you have to go there. The people around you were just about to come this way, and the two compartments were squeezed, but they were all smashed.

This shower of stone rain brought a lot of disturbance to the defenders on the wall. As soon as he was hit by this thing, he was killed but not injured. It was in vain to resist with shields and swords. Therefore, although the loss of Hong Lie's army was not great, everyone was in danger. This may be the purpose of Heggis From the perspective, there is nothing more powerful than smashing it with thousands of big stone eggs.

At the end of the first wave of stone attacks, the Haggis soldiers began to carry new ammunition to the skin of the catapult, and then the second wave of stone strikes came again. The two armies were far away from each other, but the terrain was flat. Thousands of catapults were launched together, and the squeaking sound of the

I hid under the pheasant with the soldiers, and heard the sound of stones constantly hitting the outside of the wall. The debris and stone powder splashed, and I couldn't open my eyes. Zhang Shilei half squatted beside me and shouted, "Five young master, what should I do?"

"Blow your head!"

Zhang Shilei said speechlessly, "What about this?"

I leaned my back against the wall and said, "Wait." According to my observation, the stones thrown are polished, that is to say, the other party's "ammunition" will not be sufficient. They certainly don't think that these waves of stone bombs alone can take down a city, so I want to see what Hegis is going to do next.

I looked out along the mouth of the pheasant. There was indeed a movement on the opposite side. In groups of 12 Haggis soldiers, carrying a thick siege ladder on their shoulders, began to slowly march towards the city wall. At first glance, it seemed that countless long-legged equals were moving. The catapults fired intensively to cover

Shi Cundao sneered and said, "Zan Tailang is good at attacking the city. It can be seen from the equipment he carries. Even if he brings all the parts, it is valuable to be able to set up so many in one night. We have to deal with it carefully. Don't lose people on the first day." He said to the messenger, "Tell the archers to prepare and smell the drum to fight back."

At this time, I heard the shout of "ho-ho" under the city, like the sound of many people shouting the horn at the same time. I looked back and was immediately shocked - I saw hundreds of huge giants in the army of Heggis. These things were nearly three feet high and about three meters thick, and the appearance It is made of thick wooden boards, and there are probably pillars in the middle. It looks like a right-angle trapezoid. Every 100 Hegyz soldiers are in a team. Someone behind pushes the front and pulls it, and the people on the side can't help bending down from under the monster to move the rolling wood and then to the front. It turns out The soldiers replaced it with rolling wood. These people held the big guy and slowly marched towards the city. I couldn't help asking Shi Cun, "Grandpa, what is that?"

Shi Cun said, "That's the siege tower invented by Heggis."

"The siege tower?"

"That's right, look at that guy. There is a big slope on one side and the other side, which is as high as our city wall. The enemy only needs to support the corner of the square side of the wall, and there are steps on the other side of the slope, and they can rush to the city like stairs."

When I looked at the so-called siege tower, I suddenly became clear that this was a huge movable staircase. The reason why the right-angle trapezoid was created was to stabilize it. This thing was blocked on the top of the city, which could not be opened or moved. It was a big trouble. In order to attack It's really hard work to create such a strange thing in the city.

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This is the chapter last night. Another big chapter will be issued today. The siege tower has only been seen in movies, but it must be very difficult to make this thing in practice. The theoretical support of technical material mechanics was difficult to achieve in ancient times. If you make a small point, you can only use it on the wall of the amusement park to evade tickets... RO