The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 459
Du Gao was very angry about the first volley shot at Lu Gong's car and the fish that slipped through the net. Although the gap in the technology tree is all catapults, the level gap between the two sides is very large. If Yuan Shao's catapult is lv1, then Lu Heng's catapult Machine has reached lv3 or even higher.

The use of the trebuchet is also completely different. In addition to the upgrade of the trebuchet itself, the more scientific arms ratio and configuration, including the operation of the trebuchet and the eight-ox crossbow, are collectively referred to as mechanical soldiers.

This is a completely new unit that appeared at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Unlike traditional units such as infantry and cavalry, mechanical units are more specialized and require long-term training. The minimum requirement is to be able to operate eight-ox crossbows and catapults, and the highest is The post of Gunner Lieutenant.

A catapult or eight-ox crossbow is divided into three teams: aimer, loader, and launcher. The aimer is responsible for aiming and recording achievements. It can be said to be the "little leader" of the catapult team. As the name implies, the hand is to load stone bullets, short spears, replace the arrow box, etc., and the launcher is to pull the launch line, etc.

The gunner lieutenant is responsible for all the aimers, when the merits, hit rate, etc. The professional gunner lieutenant is also responsible for the repair and maintenance of the trebuchet and the eight-ox crossbow.

Of course, the captain of the gunner is also served by a general himself. For example, Du Gao is also the captain of the gunner, and he has full rewards and punishments for the aimer.

Looking back at the battlefield, Yuan Shaojun's ants had already started climbing the wall, and the last Lügong vehicle was smashed by the aimers who had made amends. The vehicle was about to arrive at the gate, and Shi Shouxin was already waiting for it. Bar or riprap.

The long-range shooting equipment has already been heated up, and the rest is the bloody city offensive and defensive battle.

The mutual attack of the catapults is the initial stage of the offensive and defensive battle, but it is obvious that Du Gao's Suiyang Army has the upper hand. In addition to the upgrade of technology tree equipment and more scientific and reasonable staffing, Du Gao's defensive command also contributed.

Du Gao placed the eight-ox crossbow and the catapult in very tricky places, such as between the wooden building and the city wall, the dead corner behind the city wall, and Du Gao increased the height and width of the wall stacks of the Suiyang city wall to improve the defense of the city wall. At the same time, it formed a position for placing weapons. These places are almost dead ends for shooting each other, and Du Gao's defenders have almost no loss of weapons.

However, Yuan Shaojun's catapults and well curbs were all exposed to the wild. Such siege equipment is inherently cumbersome, just like a live target being practiced by mechanical soldiers.

Shooting at Yuan Shao's well curbs and catapult carts were constantly hit and scrapped. Luckily, most of the catapult carts lost were civilians, but all the pit catapults lost were archers!
The siege army was horrific. Yuan Shao's soldiers died every second. The biggest damage was when they climbed the city wall and were attacked by long-range attacks, such as archers shooting, rolling logs, and rocks.

Don't be fooled by TV dramas, use those ordinary ladders to attack the city, and the ladder will fall to death as soon as you step on it. The ancients were not that stupid. How could it be so simple? As mentioned earlier, the ladders are of certain specifications with hooks, and they will be firm. Hooking to the edge of the city wall, coupled with the gravity of the person will be firmly stuck on the city wall, and it is impossible to kick it down with ordinary manpower alone.

Therefore, with the appearance of rolling logs and rocks, which are specially used for defending the city, the rolling log is not a log as imagined, it is put on it and rolled down the ladder to cause damage.

If this is the case, then just use beams or rough wood directly, why do you need to make special rolling logs?
Based on imagination, it is known that the damage can be at most the two soldiers in the front, and the rear with the front blocking impact force can at most throw off the city wall, and the lethality is not very great.

The rolling log is a row of spikes or nails placed on the crossbar, which is an enlarged version of the front end of the mace, so that it can effectively kill in a row.

Yuan Shao's soldiers who climbed the wall with ants were ravaged under the rows of rolling logs. At the same time, Du Gao's wooden building was higher than the city wall, which made the size of the ladder a bit insufficient, and the hooks could not hang on the city wall. But because of the wooden structure, the hook will get stuck in the wooden building and it will not affect the climbing.

Yuan Shaojun went forward one after another, and the catapult carts and well curbs were smashed into pieces from time to time, and the rush carts had long been burned into charcoal by Shi Shouxin's fierce fire oil.

The first day of the siege ended like this. There were thousands of casualties in Ximen alone, and the battle damage was huge. This stage is the first stage of the siege, and it is also the stage with the largest casualties!

The first stage consumes the defensive equipment in the city, and usually the battle damage may reach 5:1. If it is a fortified city and a well-prepared city, 10:1 is not impossible, of course, those small cities with earthen walls that can be entered with a single jump .

To achieve 5:1, there must be enough powerful siege equipment to suppress the army on the wall, such as Yuan Shao this time!
Early the next morning, Du Gao discovered that Han Qiong was not in a hurry to attack the city, but had delayed the pace of the attack, and began to dig up the soil outside the city wall with a construction team.

Du Gao looked suspiciously at the labor brigade outside the city. Could it be that Yuan Shao was going to repeat the old trick and use the digging army to dig tunnels?

That's too underestimating him, Du Gao, if Cao Cao can crack this trick, so can he, Du Gao!The water tanks in the dead corners of the city wall are prepared for this purpose.

Only a general like Gongsun Zan who can only attack but not defend the city will be attacked by such a trick.

That's right, Yuan Shao got the benefit from Gongsun Zan, so he frequently used the trick of digging tunnels. When he attacked the Book of Changes, he first dug tunnels under the city wall, and used wooden piles as load-bearing supports to support the city wall, and then burned the wooden piles. The city wall has no foundation support Natural collapse.

Experienced defenders will guard against this move!This shows that Gongsun Zan is really not good at defending the city!
But a few days later, Du Gao changed his view on Han Qiong or Yuan Shao. Maybe Han Qiong was also digging tunnels, but this time, Han Qiong rammed all the soil into the city wall, and then placed the catapult on the earth wall. rear.

Han Qiong gave up using well fences, but asked the craftsmen to make as many catapults as possible and place them behind the earth wall, while the archers on the well fences cooperated with the siege troops to disperse and shoot upwards to suppress the defensive soldiers on the city wall.

Another siege began, and Yuan Shaojun sent more men and ants to attack the city. At the same time, he sent archers to shoot around the city. Many soldiers of Lu Heng's army were killed by arrows when they threw logs and rocks.

Moreover, Yuan Shaojun's catapults never stopped attacking this time. Even if Lu Hengjun's catapults were sharp and aimed accurately, they would be defended by the earth walls.

In this way, after the second siege battle started, Lu Heng's army suffered a lot more casualties than the first one. Now that there was an earthen wall to defend Du Gao, he changed his tactics and no longer insisted on attacking Yuan Shaojun's catapult, but changed to medium and small stones to adjust the angle , came to smash and attack Yuan Jun who was running.

This made Han Qiong not to be in a hurry, and the soldiers were shot, injured or died before they ran under the city wall!
(End of this chapter)