Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 566 Let him die

"Liu Gong, this is a thunderbolt chariot. I heard that it was created by Gongshuzi, but I don't think there are such equipment in Zhu Weijun!"

In the original history, Liu Ye presented the blueprint of the catapult to Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao used the so-called Thunderbolt catapult in the Battle of Guandu to fight against Yuan Shao's arrow tower and scull.

The so-called Loulou is similar to the siege arrow tower on Zhu Wei's side, but Yuan Shao's is more primitive, like a crane hanging high on two wooden piles, so the archers on the Loulu will not too much.

But just like the siege arrow tower used by Zhu Wei now, the condescending archery can indeed intimidate people.

In this way, in the original history, Cao Cao used thunderbolt chariots to throw stones to destroy these oars and arrow towers, thus suppressing the harassment of Yuan Shao's army in the Battle of Guandu.

However, Liu Ye was not the inventor of the catapult. He only had the blueprints for building a catapult. Therefore, history says that Liu Ye came up with the idea of ​​​​the catapult, but it does not say that he invented the catapult.

(Uh, here it is said that it was created by Lu Ban, but it was actually made up. I really can’t find the source, so I think it was created by the master of carpentry, Shuban.)
"Thunderbolt car? Ziyang, is there a solution to it?"

Hearing this, Liu Xun hurriedly asked Liu Ye again. Seeing that Zhu Wei's army almost destroyed the military fort outside with two thunderbolt catapults, Liu Xun was really at a loss.

Liu Ye glanced at Liu Xun, not to mention that he really didn't know how to crack it, even if he knew, would he still tell Liu Xun at this time, but on the surface, Liu Ye still shook his head helplessly and said, " This, Ye really doesn't know! Perhaps the only way to attack with the dead is to burn this weapon!"

"Attack? Alas, Zi Yang, let's see, the Thunderbolt Chariot is protected by Zhu Wei's army, so it is easy to destroy it!"

Hearing this, Liu Xun helplessly pointed to the siege arrow tower and Thunderbolt catapult outside the city, which were protected by the Pang Yan Xiongba camp army. At this time, Liu Xun didn't have the courage to go out of the city and fight hard with Zhu Wei's army.

"Since that's the case, Liu Gong should let the army of the fortress withdraw! If so, it will be wasted in vain!"

Liu Ye saw that Liu Xun did not dare to send troops to fight, so he had no choice but to persuade Liu Xun with regret, but in fact, at this time, how could Liu Xun withdraw the soldiers from the fort.

"This……"

Liu Xun didn't know how to answer again, he didn't dare to send troops out, how dare he open the city gate to receive the soldiers from outside, wouldn't that open the gate and wait for Zhu Wei's army to rush in.

At this time, Pang Yan's Xiongba camp suddenly stopped the thunderbolt catapult and continued to bombard the fort, but people shouted, "Surrender quickly, or the rock will fall from the sky, and you will be buried in the rock." Down, smash your bones! Surrender quickly! Surrender quickly!"

In fact, at this time, it is mainly because the two thunderbolt catapults themselves need to stop and repair the mechanism structure. The force of throwing rocks has a certain destructive power on this wooden catapult itself, so each thunderbolt catapult The car can only launch a dozen rocks.

Of course, Liu Xun's soldiers in the fort didn't know it. The remaining soldiers and the guards guarding the fort saw that the terrible rock did not hit, and the feathered arrows and crossbow arrows that were thrown stopped attacking. in one breath.

But hearing the shouts outside, the guards and soldiers inside couldn't help but look at each other, and then many people looked at the gate of Wan County from a distance, and they really wanted to know if Liu Xun in the city could rescue them.

As a result, there was no movement at all in the direction of the city gate of Wan County, so the soldiers in this military fort became active. They really didn't want to be crushed to death by rocks falling from the sky.

Some soldiers couldn't help looking at the guard in the fortress again, waiting for him to come up with an idea, but the guard didn't dare to make a decision to surrender easily, although he was also afraid that he would be thrown by the rock thrown by Zhu Weijun. Stoned to death, but how could he easily say the word surrender.

"Think about it in the last twenty breaths, otherwise the rock will explode again, and you will die under the rocks!"

Pang Yan ordered people to shout again, gave the defenders in the fort an ultimatum, and then took another breath, and began to count with one breath.

"One breath, two breaths, three breaths..."

The soldiers of the Xiongba Battalion counted in unison, which inevitably put a lot of psychological pressure on Liu Xun's soldiers in the fortress. Soon the count was up, "Fifteen breaths, sixteen breaths..."

"We have surrendered, we have surrendered!"

Suddenly, Liu Xun's soldiers shouted loudly in the fort, and then more other soldiers also shouted. With such a consensus, the guard of the fort could not help but acquiesce.

"Okay, lay down your weapons and come out to accept surrender!"

Pang Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, and soon sent someone to pass the order. Not long after, the gate of the fort was opened, but the soldiers inside were still afraid to come out. The gate of the fort was within the bow and arrow range of Wan County City. They were afraid that if they came out to surrender, they would be shot with arrows by their companions on the wall.

And Liu Xun, who was on the top of the city gate, heard the movement outside and saw the situation on the other side of the military fort. He suddenly sighed and sent an order, "Send the order, let him wait for his life. This is my fault. It's not that he didn't dare to use his life to wait!"

"Liu Gong, how can this be so, if so, then..., wouldn't it be that the soldiers have no fighting spirit!"

After listening to Liu Xun's words, a Liu Xun counselor standing here couldn't help persuading, and his eyes looked at another military fort, meaning that with the example of this military fort, the other military fort What about the castle?

"Yes, Mr. Liu is not allowed! Send an order quickly, whoever dares to surrender will be shot with an arrow!"

Another general under Liu Xun also tried to persuade him, obviously he wanted to use such a threat to prevent the soldiers in the fortress from going out and surrendering.

"Oh, forget it, if he is not allowed to wait to surrender, I am afraid that he will die in vain under the chaotic rocks. Wouldn't this chill the hearts of all the troops in the city? Sending an order to let them surrender with peace of mind, I will not blame him for waiting." !"

Liu Xun hesitated for a moment, but he still insisted on his decision. After all, his decision is related to the stability of the army. If he is really cruel to force the soldiers in the fort to die, the morale of the soldiers in Wan County will also be destroyed. produce fluctuations.

How can a general who doesn't care about soldiers at all be admired by soldiers?

So under Liu Xun's order, the defenders on the city wall seemed relieved and shouted out, "The prefect has an order, you are not guilty of surrendering, this is not your fault!"

When the soldiers in the fort outside heard the sound, they were relieved a lot, so some bold soldiers quickly escaped from the fort and ran towards the direction of Zhu Wei's army.

Naturally, there were no bows and arrows on the city wall to shoot him. With such an example, the remaining soldiers in the fort also escaped one after another, and finally more than a thousand soldiers came out to surrender.

The last person to come out of the military fort was General Liu Xun, who was guarding the fort. He knelt and kowtowed in the direction of the gate tower of Wan County, and said loudly, "Mr. Thank you Liu Gongzhi for your tolerance!"

As he said that, he also slowly walked towards the direction of Zhu Weijun formation. Although he said it was very good, he was actually a little bit reluctant to give up his life, and would rather come out and surrender like this...

(End of this chapter)