Daqin: Assist Zulong at the beginning and become a public enemy

Chapter 340
Chapter 340
The fact that Xingyang does not have a large-scale continuous shooting crossbow machine to assist in defending the city has always been a problem in Ying Gang's heart.

After all, in this era when cold weapons are king, the Qin army's large-scale continuous shooting crossbow machine with a range of [-] steps and an effective killing distance of [-] steps can be said to be a truly strategic weapon, almost equivalent to the newly appeared Cannon-like effect.

If Xingyang City has dozens of large-scale continuous shooting crossbows, then Ying Gang doesn't have to worry about any trebuchets at all. As long as the trebuchets appear, they can be destroyed with large continuous firing crossbows.

With the range of the Qin Army's large continuous shooting crossbow, the human trebuchet's poor range is basically destroyed at sight.

However, the key is that today's Chengwu does not have a large continuous shooting crossbow.Then, if a large number of trebuchets were really used to attack the city, Ying Gang no longer had to think about the consequences, and there would be no living people standing in the entire city.

At that time, the enemy army could completely rely on their lives to forcibly kill them on the top of the city.

It's not that Ying Gang has never thought about making a large-scale continuous shooting crossbow machine in Xingyang. He asked the remaining ten or so craftsmen who accompanied the army. was breached.

Although Yinggang has a system, he can only exchange blueprints, and if he exchanges finished products, he can only exchange one.

What's the use of only one crossbow machine in such a huge city wall.

"Go and lead someone to spread hay and other things on the city wall. Go quickly and call those craftsmen along the way. I have something to ask." Ying Gang was silent for a while and told Yang Duanhe.

"Hi!" Yang Duanhe responded quickly, then turned around and prepared to go out.

"Wait!"

The scary thing about the stones thrown by the trebuchet is not the damage it caused when it fell, but that it would definitely roll around after hitting the city wall of the capital.This is easy to cause collateral damage, resulting in more casualties of the defenders.

The reason why Ying Gang asked Long Xuan to spread hay on the city wall was to prevent stones from falling on the city wall.

But he immediately thought that if Zhang Liang used fire to attack, then he would not be caught in the fire if he covered the city wall with hay.At that time, not only could not save the city guard soldiers.I am afraid that a fire will burn more soldiers to death.

"Don't spread hay! You go and get someone to spread sand at least three inches to less than five inches thick on the aisles of the four walls of the city! Do it quickly." Ying Gang said.

"The last general takes orders."

Yang Duanhe was a little confused at first, but as Ying Gang's words deepened, he probably also understood some connotations.

After a while, a dozen or so artisans who followed Yinggang back to Xianyang arrived.

"Can you build trebuchets?" Ying Gang interrupted their salute and cut to the chase.

"Back to the son, the villain and everyone can build."

They are all disciples of the Mohist school, and he is also the head of more than a hundred craftsmen that Ying just brought from Xianyang this time.

"How far can I throw stones? The trebuchet I need is to throw stones in the city, not on the top of the city!"

"This!" They were a little uncertain when they heard Hu Hai's words.

After all, if a trebuchet were to throw stones from the city, it would first have to face the city wall several feet high before it could be shot out.

"Okay, I don't ask, you wait to get someone to build two trebuchets and show me. The range doesn't need to be too far, five or six hundred steps is enough."

Win just didn't bother to worry about this issue.After all, he is a professional, so it is worth considering how many available craftsmen he has. The range of the trebuchet he wants to build can only hit a few hundred steps, which is only a little farther than Qin Jun's strong crossbow.

"The villain obeys the order!"

Ying just forgot about the trebuchet at the beginning. He kept thinking about the large-scale continuous shooting crossbow, but he forgot the primitive siege weapon of the trebuchet.

However, the current situation is a bit passive. The army of more than [-] outside the city will soon be able to build enough trebuchets to attack the city.At that time, it is time to launch an attack.

Now it seems that the trenches dug by Longqi are mainly to prevent the heavy cavalry in the city from going out to destroy the catapults, not to really trap himself in the city of Xingyang.

What should I do?
Ying Gang was really worried.

He could imagine the miserable situation of the Qin army guarding the city under the rain of stones all over the sky.

However, now he is really helpless against the catapult.

Time is passing fast.

The city walls were covered with more than five inches of sand by Wang Ben's leaders to prevent stones from jumping up and hurting people when they fell from the top of the city.

Everyone knew that when they defended the city, they would have to face the rain of stones thrown by Longqi's trebuchets. The reason why Longqi had not moved until now was obviously trying to build a sufficient number of trebuchets and siege equipment.

Once the drums of attack sounded, the first thing Xingyang city would face would be the rain of stones cast by Longqie's trebuchet.

Then there are the dragons and overwhelming siege soldiers.

However, everyone is the same as Hu Hai, there is no good way to stop Long Qi's trebuchet.And judging from the current situation, the dragon will definitely attack from all sides at the same time, instead of just attacking one city wall.

After all, compared to Xingyang City with a radius of more than ten miles, Longqie's hundreds of thousands of troops are more than sufficient even if they attack from all directions at the same time.

It seems that now we can only hope that the catapults built by the Mo family and others will be useful, and then use them to attack Longqi's catapults.But everyone knows that this can only work temporarily.

After all, there are only over [-] people in Xingyang City, but there are more than [-] people in Longqie.The speed of destruction is probably not as fast as that of the dragon and the army to build this kind of trebuchet.

Still, something is better than nothing.

Now they are leading tens of thousands of people to rush to make trebuchets, and all the materials that can be used in Xingyang City have been dismantled.

Ying Gang didn't ask how far his catapult could hit. He wanted to use the skills of the Mohists, since they dared to make it boldly, it must be useful.

In the early morning three days later, the sound of war drums all over the sky suddenly resounded from outside the four walls of Chengwu County.

The many soldiers who had been hiding in the caves and the shady places on the city wall to enjoy the cool on the city wall were stunned when they heard the sound of the war drums, then quickly got up, put on their helmets, picked up their weapons, rushed out of the caves, and rushed to the crenels .

Hearing the sound of the war drum, Ying Gang, who was sitting in the county government office and already in military uniform, responded to the sound, strode out of the city lord's mansion, took a golden helmet handed by Han Xin, put it on his head, and went straight to the city wall .

With the sound of war drums, the four sides of the joint camp surrounded outside Xingyang County, the gate of the camp opened, and densely packed soldiers carried long, long and wide wooden boards full of sawdust and rushed out of the camp with shouts soaring into the sky.

bang bang bang! "

Under the watchful eyes of the Great Qin soldiers on the city wall, there was a muffled sound. These ragged rebel soldiers rushed to the two-foot-wide ditch and erected thick wooden boards of more than three feet, and then fell heavily to the opposite side of the ditch. .

After a while, dozens of wooden bridges with a width of more than ten feet appeared in front of the first trench.

After the wooden bridge was built, the soldiers who put down the wooden boards rushed back to the camp one after another. Behind them, more soldiers carrying wooden boards quickly passed the first ditch, and built a wooden bridge on the second ditch in the same way.

More people means more strength. In a short while, the five trenches around Chengwu County were connected into one piece, forming a smooth road.

"Boom!" The continuous roar sounded.

After the five trenches became smooth, countless rebel soldiers or more than a dozen people pushed one or more than [-] people pulled one. There were almost no less than [-] vehicles in a dense crowd. Catapults rumbled out from Xiangliang camp on all sides.

Seeing so many catapults, Hu Hai and others gasped.

(End of this chapter)