The Great Explosion of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 307 Taking advantage of the chaos to assassinate Li Shimin

Strictly speaking, this heavy trebuchet is the first time it has been used on the battlefield.According to Shi Hui, this weapon is mainly used to attack the steep and thick checkpoints and city walls.

Shouchun used to be the capital of the state of Chu, and the repaired city walls are slightly higher and thicker than other cities.Seeing the enemy retreating into the camp, Cen Xi didn't intend to slowly make an appointment with them, and then set up troops for a fight or something.

Now that they had retreated, they simply ordered people to set up the trebuchet. This process wasted more than half an hour, and it took more than 100 people to complete a trebuchet.

"There is no need to use it under normal circumstances!" Seeing the trebuchet being erected and confirmed that the construction was complete, Cen Xi's biggest feeling is that he will rarely use it in the future.

After all, there are more than 50 catapults in the siege battalion, which belong to the type that can be pushed forward by two soldiers. The range is definitely not as good as that of heavy catapults, but Sheng hardly needs assembly, and only needs daily maintenance.

At first, Cen Xi only wanted to try the power of the heavy-duty trebuchet before getting someone to assemble it.Seeing that the sixteen trebuchets had been set up, he asked the soldiers to try to launch them once.

The stone bullets that have been prepared are transported by a special device and loaded into the trebuchet.The soldiers immediately took out a small can of black oil, poured it on the stone bomb, waited for the projection angle to be set, and lit the fire directly.

"The stone is burning?" Cen Xi was taken aback when he saw oil for the first time. The fact that the stone was burning is indeed unimaginable.

"This is oil. It is mainly used for combustion. It is better than gunpowder. It is said that it is the configuration of the trebuchet. I want to talk about how it is used." Xu Shu is also in charge of the logistics of the army, and he also complained when he heard the words.

Seeing that the stone had been ignited, the captain immediately shouted: "First test, launch!"

The soldiers cut the rope immediately after receiving the military order, and the catapult bounced up instantly, throwing the burning stone bullets inside.Not long after, it has fallen into the enemy's formation.If it falls horizontally, it is basically a big pit. If it is at an angle, it will roll a certain distance, and by the way, ignite the surrounding ignitable things.

"This..." Due to being too far away, Cen Xi couldn't see the situation of the opponent's camp at all, but just from this movement, he knew that the opponent might suffer disaster.

"Follow me to the front line to check! Light cavalry and cavalry archers get ready!" Cen Xi immediately realized what was happening and gave the order.

When we got near the enemy's camp, we only saw that the enemy's camp had already started to catch fire.Before he could take a closer look, the second round of throwing had already begun, and another sixteen stone bullets fell into the enemy camp. As far as the naked eye could see, a big hole was smashed out.Those rolling stone bullets directly plowed a path of blood.Almost none of the enemy soldiers on this road survived.

"This..." Before Cen Xi had time to marvel, he only heard a "bang", and part of the city wall had collapsed. He remembered that this wall should have been bombarded twice just now?In two blows, the city wall was blown down? !

It's hard to imagine that the catapult is more than two miles away from here, but it is still so powerful!It took more than half an hour to assemble, and it was worth it if you think about it carefully!
"If there was such a thing in the Hulao Pass in the past, why would you need to take a detour and just smash the pass wall down!" Cen Xi was also very excited at the moment, no wonder the Shiba required them to carry this kind of heavy, seemingly useless siege Weapons up.

It is troublesome to pack a heavy-duty trebuchet, and it must be equipped with a special stone bomb vehicle for filling, but it cannot be denied that its power is indeed very terrifying.It is far from being comparable to those catapults with a throw distance of only 300 meters!

"Just let the trebuchet fire again, wait for them to stop, and we will charge!" Cen Xi immediately gave the order, "Let the knights and blood knights get ready too!"

Unsurprisingly, after the third round of shooting, the enemy was in a mess and fled in a panic. They didn't even want Shouchun City, and ran away.

Cen Xi led people to cover up and kill them, and immediately turned the panic into a real retreat.A group of generals pursued for ten miles, and then turned around and returned out of caution.At this point, it is impossible for Ma Teng and the others to stay in Jiujiang County any longer. Returning to Yanzhou is their best choice, otherwise Cen Xi doesn't mind letting them suffer another defeat.

Ma Teng fled in a hurry, and naturally left behind a lot of good things.It's nothing to say, it's nothing more than supplies, BMW horses and the like.Most of these horses fled in a panic, and Ma Teng's department didn't have time to gather them. Cenxi sent people to gather them one after another. After counting, there were more than 3000 high-quality Xiliang war horses.

Tens of thousands of enemy soldiers were captured, and thousands more were seriously injured, so they were directly given a happy feeling.The real reward is a young general named Pang De, who is already at the rank of Zhonglang General. According to Xu Shu's understanding of the Guanzhong court, the requirements for promotion are very strict, and it can be seen that this Pang De should be a talent.

At the same time, after retreating for 15 miles, Ma Teng's troops gathered some remnants after seeing that no pursuers came. Now there were only tens of thousands of remnants left in the [-] army, and Ma Teng was immediately annoyed.

Seeing that it was getting late, they could only rest where they were, and it was impossible to fight back. Now they could only go back to Yanzhou before making plans.As for Runan, I'm afraid it's more bad luck than good luck.There are [-] elites and [-] troops recruited from Yuan Shu there. It doesn't feel safe. It seems that they have to send a letter to tell them to be careful.

"Have a good rest!" Pound was not seen among the gathered soldiers, and Ma Teng was a little bit dispirited, so he simply let everyone have a good rest, and then left dejectedly.

Li Shimin really wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say, so he had no choice but to find a corner to rest.Everyone left in a hurry and did not bring their tents, so they could only sleep in the wilderness.

The sky had completely darkened, and except for the soldiers on duty, everyone else had already rested.It was indeed too exhausting today, and everyone almost fell asleep, regardless of the environment.

In the night, there were more than a dozen figures moving quickly. They were wearing the standard armor of the imperial court, but they were not under Ma Teng's command.They are Jinyi Assassins, specially recruited by Shi Hui to deal with Li Shimin.

Ma Teng's troops, who were defeated, obviously did not count the gathered soldiers. Perhaps they planned to return to Yanzhou to make arrangements, but they didn't want to be mixed in by a dozen assassins.

"Target confirmed... Kill completed!" In less than 3 minutes, the shadows had completed the assassination work.

"Do you want to continue?" One of the assassins asked the boss, after all, Ma Teng and the others were still there.

"The timing is not right, let's go!" The boss shook his head and ordered to retreat directly.To assassinate anyone, there should be a rigorous plan, not to do it casually.Program targets are dead, they don't have any need to stay.

Soon, soldiers on duty came to Li Shimin's side... A moment later, a burst of exclamation woke everyone up!

　So Li Shimin died...

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