Chapter 28 The Great Victory of Cao's Army in the East of the City

In the north of Chang'an City, the allied forces beat the invincible Xiliang Legion into a shrinking turtle, which was already a illustrious result. What kind of results did the east of the city achieve, which surprised the two crocodiles, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, were surprised on the spot?

Time is back to this morning. Like the north of the city, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu of the Dongcheng Alliance Army also fought against the city separately. The difference is that the two commanders did not decide which side would fight first, but Cao Cao took the initiative to take the first round of offensive battle.

And Yuan Shu was surprised that he did not compete with Cao Cao. The two of them grew up with their bare buttocks. It can be said that they grew up in endless struggles: from a mouthful of water to a beautiful woman and a rare treasure.

Since the order of siege was decided, Cao Cao's side has been busy all night. Tens of thousands of migrant workers were also used to transport 40 catties of heavy stones.

In the early morning, the morning sun is still rising in the colorful glow, and the slightly cold morning wind is blowing Yuan Shu's three rays of beard. At this time, the generals Yan Liang, Gao Lan and Ji Ling stood behind Yuan Shu like a javelin, while Yuan Shu himself had a high-profile posture as usual: his buttocks sat on the tiger skin seat, and wine and food were placed on the table in front of him.

Yuan Shu is very confused: What has Cao Cao been busy with this month? What was Cao Cao doing this night?

At the beginning, Cao Cao asked Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, for 40 catties of stone? This made the princes curious: the stone must be related to the stone thrower. The stone thrower in this era can only throw 20 catties of stones at a distance of 800 meters. How far can 40 catties of stones be thrown? It is estimated to be 300 meters at most. What else is the lethality of the distance of 300 meters? It is estimated that before the stone-throwing machine was transported under the enemy's wall, it was smashed by the enemy's stone-throwing machine...

Cao Cao's special requirement consumes 50,000 yuan of manpower: open the mountain, build stones that meet the requirements, and transport the stones from the mountainous area to the coalition camp...

At this time, in Yuan Shu's sight: Cao Cao's soldiers gathered on the other side of the moat, and groups of migrant workers lined up in fifteen long lines, passing 40 pounds of stones to the other side of the moat.

Cao Bing's fifty people gathered around a mysterious giant, which was covered with oil cloth, so that outsiders could not see the dignity of the giant.

The huge object is about 1,100 meters away from the wall of Chang'an, one every 30 meters, along the moat, with as many as 700. Behind each giant, there are piles of stones several meters high.

Cao Cao himself rode a purple-haired BMW standing in the front of the camp like a statue. Behind him was the super general Dian Wei and the bodyguard camp. Cao Cao's position is facing the gate tower in the east of the city. The other two super generals Cao Ren and Xia Hou Chun are commanding the mysterious camp.

In Cao Cao's sight, the Xiliang soldiers on the Chang'an city wall are also ready: behind each flag fluttering in the wind stands a Xiliang soldier, and the city defense equipment such as stone throwing machine and bed crossbow are all available. As a legion, facing the attack of the allied forces, of course, Li Wei also gave the new weapon of crossbow to his former opponent, Guo Wei.

Cao Cao himself is also curious about the new weapon crossbow, but he doesn't pay attention to this new weapon. As the leader of the opponent, Guo Yan himself also led the official and military to the gate tower early.

In Guo Wei's sight: Cao Cao's side, as the offensive formation is really different, completely beyond everyone's expectations. What is the giant standing in the foreground position? What effect does the huge thing have on the siege? ...What kind of medicine is in Cao Cao's gourd?

Nearly 100,000 people are as busy as ants moving in the eastern part of Chang'an City, and the original empty area suddenly became much more crowded. With the passage of time, the time of attack is not transferred by human will, and it is irreversible.

Cao Cao calmly looked directly at the enemy's wall and slowly raised the red triangle flag indicating the attack. When the red triangle flag reached the highest point, hundreds of drummers at the door of the coalition camp picked up the drums and beat the cowhide drum desperately. The sound of "Dong-dong" gradually rose, and finally it was deafening and resounded through the world. It fell to the ground like thunder.

The sound of drums stirred the blood and courage sleeping in the soldiers' bodies. Even ordinary migrant workers were infected by the sound of drums, and their blood boiled all over. In this scene, everyone wants to roar.

Therefore, 40,000 soldiers shouted "kill" and "kill" in unison. In the killing sound of the magnificent mountains and rivers, Cao Bing Cao gathered around the huge thing and raised the oilcloth neatly.

A corner of the oilcloth flew in the bright sunshine and floated in the cold wind. Finally, the huge thing finally revealed its true face: it turned out to be a giant stone-throwing machine! This stone thrower is five meters higher than the stone thrower at that time, and the base is at least a circle larger.

Four throwing bags of stones are hung on the top beam of the giant stone-throwing machine. Each pocket is connected to an elastic cowhide rope, which is pulled by ten strong soldiers behind the stone-throwing machine.

The giant stone thrower showed its true face and was exposed to the front position, which really shocked the enemy and allies. As an enemy, Guo Wei, standing on the gate, suddenly felt a strong murderous atmosphere coming to his face. As an ally, Yuan Shu, who was on the earth-made high platform, looked surprised. He thought to himself: This Cao Aqian can really do it, and he can actually get such siege equipment... However, this huge stone-throwing machine looks powerful and domineering, but in fact What about the lethality?

As a young and extremely familiar person, Yuan Shu doubted Cao Cao everywhere. In Yuan Shu's eyes, Cao Cao is restless, likes to make trouble, and likes to be innovative. So much so that when he was nearly 40 years old, he was still in a difficult situation and depressed. His behavior when he was young brought disaster to the Cao family.

Guo Yan and Yuan Shu did not know that this giant stone thrower was one of the greatest inventions of Cao Cao's silence for several years. Outside the city, he lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests for several years. On the surface, Cao Cao lived a leisurely and leisurely life. In fact, he re-examined the works and military tactics of successive sages with the eyes of mature wise men, and wrote the Twenty-four Books of Meng De. In reality, he helped his original wife Ding's textile. In the process of weaving, Cao Cao found that the skillful Ding could wrap four mallet around thin threads at a time, while ordinary women could only wrap one mallet around thin threads at a time.

Inspired by this daily life behavior, Cao Cao invented a continuous stone thrower. Now, the continuous stone thrower has finally been used!

When the continuous stone thrower was presented in the sun and in the cold wind, at that moment, Cao Cao felt the fear of his opponent - Guo Yan's shock, and he felt the suspicion of his companion Yuan Shu's surprise. Cao Cao will give him the proof of Guo Yan's fear; for Yuan Shu's suspicion, Cao Cao will give him a satisfactory answer with practical actions.

Around hundreds of continuous-haired stone throwers, ten soldiers pulling cowhide ropes, under the command of the lieutenant, shouted the neat trumpet, suddenly released the tight cowhide rope in his hand, hung the 40-pound pocket at the lower end of the beam, drew a beautiful arc in mid-air, and instantly reached the highest point at the upper end of the beam. At the highest point, 40 catties of stones left their pockets and were thrown into the towering wall more than a thousand meters away.

"Wow"... Thousands of stones make a roaring sound, like stone clouds pouring down to the towering wall. Except for the soldiers of Cao's army, most of them are looking up and wondering: Can these 40 catties of stones hit the wall more than 1,000 meters away as they wish?

This also includes the Xiliang soldiers guarding the city. However, this doubt only existed for a few breaths, and the fact quickly gave them the answer: Shi Yun fell very fast from the highest point in mid-air and directly hit the stone thrower and crossbow on the aisle of the city wall and the body of the Xiliang generals near them.

This shows that Cao Jun's continuous stone thrower not only throws a long distance, but also is very accurate.

The sound of "slamb" came from the aisle of the city wall, and the tragic howls of the Xiliang soldiers came one after another. The sound of "slamming" is the sound of 40 catties of stone hitting the stone thrower and the bed crossbow. A sudden stone could not damage them, but dozens of stones were smashed together, and the stone thrower that was hit was paralyzed: either the beam or the base was broken. Due to the injury of the soldiers pulling the tight thick rope, it was lost. The pocket of the stone thrower, which went to control, suddenly turned up and threw 20 catties of stone at the highest point. In this way, the 20 catties of stones hit the traps and organs under the wall without direction, helping the enemy eliminate the traps and organs in disguise.

The damaged bed crossbow automatically shoots rows of carved arrows without direction. Some of the carved arrows ruthlessly shot the nearby Xiliang soldiers. The extremely penetrating carved arrows shot through the bodies of several people. Finally, "bang" shot into the thick wall, and the arrow tail was still shaking violently!

After those volunteers who assisted the defense were injured by a small number of people by the fast-coming stones, most of the volunteers exclaimed and kept crying that their father and mother rolled and crawled, and automatically evacuated from the city wall aisle. Where is safe to hide?

Bleeding, injury, death, panic, screaming... Spreading in the aisle of the city wall, in the face of a dangerous scene, the uninjured Xiliang soldiers still stood firmly on their original post, vigilantly paying attention to Cao Jun 1,000 meters away.

After a round of stone-throwing machine attack, Guo Yan and the generals on the gate were not attacked by stones, but they paid special attention to Cao Cao's eyes more than a thousand meters away. At this time, this is the only place in the whole confrontation battlefield. However, Guo Yan's group of people looked restless and extremely frightened. As peaceful as the scene is Cao Cao's calm eyes.

The effect of the first round of stone-throwing machine attack was expected by Cao Cao: in order to make his soldiers proficient in the operation of the continuous stone-throwing machine and the accuracy of the attack, he usually doubles the training of his soldiers. The painstaking efforts made in the past will be rewarded today.

After a while, there was a "hooting" sound in Cao Cao's ear, and then his eyes were covered by the clouds above his head. Cao Cao knew without turning his head that this was the second round of continuous stone-throwing machine attack launched by his soldiers.

The main target of Cao Jun's stone-throwing machine attack is still the enemy's city defense equipment. Some intermediate Xiliang blocked the school in front of the intact city defense equipment and waved weapons to try to split or pick up the fast stones. As a result, they split or picked up a few 40 catties of stones as they wished, but they were either helmets or their shoulders were hit by stones. The force of the sudden impact was not them. I can afford it. As a result, they were either knocked unconscious or seriously injured in an instant and lost their combat effectiveness.

Forty pounds of stone, with its own weight and the power of throwing, the impact of this force cannot withstand the body of an intermediate general.

The city defense equipment was destroyed in front of them, and their companions were injured and fell to the ground in front of them. The uninjured Xiliang soldiers still stuck to their positions. They resolutely observed the enemy's dynamics.

According to the results of their observation, Cao's army showed no sign of launching a siege: because the busy migrant workers in the moat and coalition camps were just constantly transporting stones, but not rushing, ladders, cloud carts and other siege equipment.

Even if Cao Jun has no sign of attacking the city, the Xiliang soldiers have been beaten and have no power to fight back, and there is no power to fight back. Even if their stone throwing machine and bed crossbow are intact, even Cao Jun's Mao can't touch the 800-meter attack distance.

In this case, Xiliang soldiers are like beasts locked in a cage, and Cao Jun is the hunter outside the cage. There is no fair battle, a very asymmetrical battle.

After the second round of attack, Cao Cao Cao's face was still calm, and Guo Yu, who was more than a thousand meters away from the gate, was already angry and bruised. He clenched his fists and stared at Cao Cao on the gate.

At this time, Cao Jun, who controlled the continuous stone thrower, temporarily stopped attacking. Some Cao soldiers stepped on their companions' shoulders and reached out to shorten the cowhide rope between the pocket and the beam. This phenomenon shows that the continuous stone thrower can adjust the attack distance at will.

This is also the unique feature of the continuous stone throwing machine. It deliberately controls the length of the cowhide rope between the pocket and the beam, and can also control the distance of 40 catties of stone throwing at will.

After Cao Jun finished this detailed work, he shouted the trumpet to launch a new round of attack again. This time, the throwing is not at the same time, but throwing stones in turn.

Hundreds of stones roared through the air and accurately hit the Xiliang soldiers on the battle wall. In the face of nightmare-like stones, the fierce Xiliang soldiers did not dare to resist with flesh and blood. They either left or right or dodged the stone that came directly. They successfully dodged the first stone, but most of the soldiers did not dodged the second third stone.

"Bang Bang" is the sound of the empty stone hitting the aisle of the city wall; "Puff" the sound of the stone hitting the armor of the Xiliang soldiers, "Ouch" is the tragic howling of the injured soldiers.

This time, Cao's army specially regarded the enemy as the target of attack, and the frequency of throwing stones was significantly accelerated. After a while, tens of thousands of fast stones have been thrown on the towering wall. In this case, no matter how fierce the Xiliang soldiers are, as long as they can move, they will run into the safe Tibetan cave.

The bodies of more than 10,000 Xiliang soldiers were buried by ruthless stones. Due to the heavy pressure of the stones, many bodies soon turned into corpses. When Cao's army stopped attacking, the surviving Xiliang soldiers ran out of the Tibetan soldiers' cave and struggled to open piles of stones to save their injured companions.

Such a tragic situation fell into Guo Yan's eyes on the gate. The one-sided battle is enough to make Guo Yan crazy. He roared, "The messenger, the general's order: all the soldiers leave the wall for the time being, as long as the enemy does not use ladders, cloud carts and other instruments to attack, and does not need human defense!"

After Guo Yan gave the order, he brushed his sleeves and left. Other attendants staggered closely behind. They are like defeated roosters.