The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 70 Technology is the number one combat power

The catapult, a major war weapon, appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it has not changed much until now. Dozens of people pull the rope at the same time, and use the principle of leverage to throw the stones in the wooden basket at the other end. Go, the range is different, and the accuracy is very poor, because the manpower is unstable. It is recorded in "Fan Li's Art of War" that the flying stone weighs twelve catties and is sent out by machine, and it can travel three hundred steps.

China's catapults reached their peak in the Song Dynasty. According to the Song Dynasty military book "Wu Jing Zongyao", the largest catapult required 250 people to pull it, and the stone projectiles fired weighed 45 kg and had a range of up to 500 meters.

If the stone fired is light, it will have no destructive power on the city wall. If the stone fired is heavy, the range will be short. In the Three Kingdoms era, heavy trebuchets had a range of only [-] steps, while the catapults in Jiangxia City had a range of [-] steps. How did you smash the catapult of the Jiangdong Army outside!
This is the technological crushing of 1000 years ahead. Technology is not only the primary productive force, but also the primary combat effectiveness!Although Zhang Wu did not come from a science background, he was born nearly 2000 years later. He has received much more education and accumulated knowledge than people in this era. Just thinking of anything is enough to cause a technological innovation.Sometimes, the technical level has been reached long ago, but only one idea is missing, such as this counterweight trebuchet.

The round stone bullets continued to hit them, falling on the ground and rolling around. This time, in addition to the smashed corpses, there were also various accessories of the catapults that were smashed away.This kind of ultra-long-range strike can demoralize the opponent the most. I can hit you, but you can't hit me.

Seeing that the Jiangdong soldiers were about to be defeated by the stone bullets, Zhou Yu knew that they could not be allowed to withdraw, otherwise their morale would be lost. He had to push the catapult to the front and fight back!

The Jiangdong army has built a lot of catapults in the past few days, only a small part of them were smashed, and not many people died, but it was a bit confusing when they were suddenly attacked.

"Ling Tong, send people up again, disperse them, and quickly push the catapults to the front to fight back. Yigong, you personally lead the supervising team to stand behind the formation, and if there are escapers, behead them!" Zhou Yu ordered, as long as the catapults are thrown Push it within range and start firing stone bullets at the opponent to save the situation.

After all, the Jiangdong army has the upper hand in numbers, and the catapults can continue to be built. At worst, they can exchange casualties with Jiangxia to see who can afford it.

Under the supervision of the supervising team and under the desperate leadership of Ling Tong, the catapult phalanx of the Jiangdong Army dispersed and continued to advance, while all the catapults in Jiangxia City had been bred to increase their range for bombing.

But the catapult has been improved. After all, it is not a modern cannon, and its lethality is limited, unless thousands or tens of thousands of them are lined up for covering strikes.When the Kingdom of Jin destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, it set up more than [-] stone catapults and launched attacks at the same time outside the [-]-mile-long city wall of Bianjing, firing countless stone bombs.

Jiangdong Army risked their lives to push the catapult into range and began to counterattack.They didn't have time to polish the stone bullets, and they fired large irregular rocks, and their accuracy was extremely poor, but many stone bullets hit the city wall, and even hit the inside of the city.The Jiangdong Army also collected the cobblestone bullets that Jiang Xia had shot at and reflected them back, hitting the catapult phalanx in Jiangxia City, destroying many catapults.

Zhang Wu has always stood on the city wall to direct the battle. With him as the commander-in-chief of the first army, and his command point can increase the morale of the defenders, Jiangxia's defenders only panicked for a while when they were hit by stones at first. , and then found that the catapult on the opposite side was too poorly aimed, and most of the stone bombs hit the open space outside, so they quickly organized a counterattack.

After Zhang Wu calculated the range, he commanded the catapult phalanx in Jiangxia City to focus on bombing the opponent's catapults, and ordered the cobblestone bombs to be drilled into cracks before being launched, so that the launched stone projectiles would hit things or fall on the ground. It will be shattered immediately, not only making it impossible for the opponent to pick it up and reuse it, but also having a splashing effect.

Outside the city, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu saw that their catapults had finally started to counterattack. They felt that they could suppress the opponent, so they organized troops to attack the city violently.

Huang Gai and Xu Sheng from the north led their soldiers to attack the city despite arrows and stones. Xu Sheng even rushed forward with a ladder himself, hoping to take advantage of the inexperience of the city defenders to see if they could find a breakthrough here.

At first, the counterattack on the city wall seemed chaotic and weak. Xu Shengzheng was secretly happy that he might have made a contribution today, but when he climbed halfway, there was a sound of clappers from above, and then arrows rained down, followed by stones, blocks of water, hot oil, and oil.

The Jiangdong Army who attacked the city suffered heavy casualties. Even Xu Sheng was shot in the thigh by an arrow and was hit by a large piece of wood until he vomited blood. Fortunately, he was rescued by his personal guards and was sent to the big tent for treatment. .Although his life is safe, he is still unable to move and can no longer lead the charge.

"Wen Xiang and heal his wounds with peace of mind. The old man will personally lead the troops to charge again!" Huang Gai comforted him. He started with Sun Jian in the crusade against Dong Zhuo. After so many years of fighting in the South and North, it is hard to believe that even a small city of Jiangxia could not be defeated.

"Wait a minute, old general!" Xu Sheng hurriedly stopped Huang Gai. The attack just now not only suffered heavy losses, but even himself was seriously injured. Of course, the famous general Xu Sheng can see that the defense on the city wall has been replaced, and he is still very cunning. Otherwise, they would not be the first to show weakness to the enemy.

"Old general, the defense on the north wall has been changed. Although we don't know who is defending, but the opponent's command is good and smart. Don't attack by force, otherwise the soldiers will be damaged in vain. Quickly report the situation to the lord and the governor. We Just do a good job of containment here!"

Originally, this side was not the main direction of attack, it was just to contain part of the troops in Jiangxia City and create opportunities for the south.

Huang Gai was still a little unconvinced, so he mobilized the soldiers to charge again to test it out. Sure enough, the situation was different from yesterday. The defenders on the city were not only not chaotic at all, but also cooperated rigorously, preventing Jiangdong soldiers from rushing up the city wall.Only then did Huang Gai believe Xu Sheng's words, quickly withdrew the soldiers back, and sent someone to report the situation to Sun Quan and Zhou Yu.

On the main attacking position in the south of the city, the catapults of the Jiangdong Army were almost cleared by Jiang Xia's catapults at a given point, which shocked Sun Quan and Zhou Yu. Why is the catapult on the opposite side so powerful, not only shooting far but also accurate , Is the opponent's catapult different from your own?But through the city wall, he couldn't see the catapult on the opposite side. He could only see the sky full of stone bullets flying over from the opposite city from time to time, hitting the catapult on his side accurately.

Seeing that the catapult on the opposite side was almost cleaned up, Zhang Wu changed the counterweight and threw it at the soldiers gathered on the other side.When the stone bomb hits a person, it will be smashed to pieces, and if it does not hit a person, it will fall to pieces on the ground. The broken stones fly everywhere, and the splash effect scratches and cuts Jiangdong soldiers.

The level of medical treatment in this era is not high, and it is very easy to be infected after a trauma. You don’t feel it for two or three days, but after three days, you basically start to have inflammation and fever. There are not enough doctors and medical conditions on the battlefield, so the mortality rate is extremely high.

(End of this chapter)