Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 460
Under the scorching sun, an angry Sun Ce commanded the troops to attack the city. Generals on the left and right guarded their positions, and in the middle he personally organized the troops to prepare for the onslaught.

Standing on the top of the city, Huang Zu saw from a distance the well fence and the catapult erected by Wu Jun's stool, his face was slightly gloomy. He had experienced these things last time, and they were indeed difficult to deal with.

Moreover, after the improvement of Soochow's bows and arrows, the shooting range is longer, and the defenders on the city cannot suppress them. Once they fall into a passive situation, they can only be beaten on the city, and there is no way to break it.

Huang Zu said to Zhuge Liang and others: "Soochow's bows and arrows can shoot farther, everyone should be careful, these catapults are also very powerful."

"Pay attention to concealment, first hide all the mechanism crossbows under the battlements."

Zhuge Liang ordered decisively. He was naturally aware of the power of these siege equipment. Although Dongwu's Jinglan did not have hard crossbows, their bows and arrows had a long range and were extremely suppressive.

The crossbows and crossbows I had prepared temporarily could not be exposed in advance, and they had to be used at a critical moment to give Wu Jun a fatal blow.

The city was busy for a while, hiding the crossbows, and the soldiers also found their own hiding places. The archers drew their bows and set up arrows, closely monitoring the enemy.

Wu Jun approached the moat under the protection of the infantry. The archers arrived first and shot random arrows at the city. The arrows flew up to the top of the city and made a screaming sound.

Soochow is dominated by water armies, and bows and arrows are an important weapon for water battles. While they lack cavalry, they have improved infantry and archers far more than the princes of the Central Plains. It is said that the materials for bows and crossbows of elite archers are all selected from the mountains in the south of the Five Ridges come.

After the infantry held their ground, someone filled the moat, and soon Wu Jun's ladder approached, but they were not in a hurry to approach the city, but used well rails and catapults to suppress it.

"Sure enough, it's not much different from the general's way of attacking the city!" Zhuge Liang frowned slightly.

Since Liu He led the troops to capture Jinan, this method seems to have become more and more. Soochow also built catapults in order to form a comprehensive suppression of the defenders.

dong dong dong-

Amidst the thundering drums, both the Jinglan and the catapult came into range, the Jinglan suppressed the defenders in the city, and the catapult also started to move.

In an instant, a head-sized stone flew towards the top of the city, hitting the city wall with a loud noise, the gravel and dust splashed, and the whole city wall trembled.

Some of the stones hit the passageway and broke into several pieces, and some soldiers were also injured. The defenders all hid behind the city wall and took precautions, even the archers hid.

Zhuge Liang and Huang Zu were in the city tower, calmly observing Wu Jun's movements. Compared with the catapults, those ladders were the biggest threat. Once Wu Jun got close to the city, the most critical moment came.

Sure enough, after a round of suppression by the catapult, the siege soldiers carrying the ladders began to sprint, and at the same time the archers on the well fence also began to harass and suppress the defenders on the top of the city.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!" Zhuge Liang's eyes were stern, and he said to Huang Zu: "The bed crossbow is aimed at the well, and the continuous crossbow is aimed at the defenders, and the arrows will be released when they are within range!"

As soon as Huang Zu waved his hand, the defenders immediately started to move, carrying the organ crossbow to the battlements, and shouted: "Aim at the soldiers on the fence of Wu Jun's well, and hit me hard!"

On the other side, Deng Long commanded the defenders in the city and ordered all the archers to prepare to shoot at the Wu army charging into the city. The archers on the other side's well gate were still targeting the archers on the city at this time, and did not realize at all that those crossbows were threaten.

"Prepare—" When the archers on both sides suppressed each other, Huang Zu ordered people to point all the machine crossbows at the well rails, and shouted with a sullen face, "Let go!"

Buzz - whoosh -

Following Huang Zu's order, five machine-made crossbows were fired at the same time. The machine springs made a heart-stopping buzzing sound. At the same time, finger-thick crossbow arrows roared out and shot towards the top of the well with a sharp whistle.

The Soochow archers, who were fighting wholeheartedly, saw wooden sticks flying out of several wooden frames on the top of the city.

tuk tuk-

"Ugh..."

The crossbow arrows hit the archery tower in the well, amidst a series of muffled noises mixed with desperate and miserable screams, two archers and the crossbow arrows fell from the sky and hit the ground heavily.

Under the shock of the huge force, the entire well fence trembled, and another railing was directly broken, and with a click, the ceiling above tilted down, crumbling.

Before Wu Jun could react, the second round of crossbow arrows arrived again. Under the blows of countless hard crossbows and huge force, coupled with the panic of the soldiers, the well fence was on the verge of falling, and finally fell down.

The Wu army below ran away in fright, the archers on the well fence screamed in despair, and fell from a height of two or three feet, either dead or injured, and the entire Wu army was in chaos in front of the formation.

At this time, the Wu soldiers carrying the ladder also rushed within range. Deng Long first commanded the defenders to suppress with archers, while Zhuge Liang personally commanded the Liannu soldiers, quietly waiting for the fearless Wu army to approach.

It wasn't until Wu Jun rushed to the bottom of the city, under the blows of countless lumber and gray bottles, that they slowly raised the red flag. The crossbowmen set up the crossbows on the battlements one after another, aiming at the densely packed Wu army below.

With a cry from the red flag, the crossbowman pulled the trigger and shot at the Wu soldiers running down the city. The rain of arrows flew out of the city like locusts and fell into the rushing enemy troops.

A row of crossbowmen in the front immediately retreated from the left after firing their arrows, followed by soldiers immediately behind, so that the three teams took turns to fight, and the Wu army rushing towards the city kept shooting down, the dense crossbow arrows were like raindrops, and there was no one at all They were able to set up a ladder, but they all fell under the city.

At this time, Huang Zu had commanded the bed crossbow to focus on the design of the well rails. Wu Jun's only five well rails collapsed and were no longer powerful. They could only be suppressed by the archers below, but the offensive was not as good as before.

Under the city of Xiling, corpses were strewn across the field, blood flowed into rivers, and ladders were scattered on the ground. The blood and white bones were very glaring in the sun.

"Is this the Liannu they were talking about?" Lu Fan was dumbfounded. Liu He's improvements to the Liannu had already been discovered through their detailed work, but it was the first time they had seen how powerful it was.

Lu Dai sighed: "One continuous crossbow can be worth ten soldiers, but the most terrifying ones are those Qin crossbows. They seem to be more powerful than Qin crossbows. My lord..."

"Come on, keep going!" Sun Ce was so angry that his face was distorted, and he couldn't listen to any dissuasion at this time. He waved the ancient ingot knife in the air and shouted: "Kill——"

The second batch of Wu soldiers attacked the city wall again. Everyone knew that these charges were inevitable if they wanted to attack the city. How could they easily rush to the city without exhausting all the equipment in the city?

Nearly a hundred bows and crossbows fired arrows at the same time, and the sound of machine guns on the city wall was dense, and the powerful crossbow arrows made a screaming sound of piercing the air, and shot at the rushing Wu soldiers.

And after those bed crossbows destroyed the well, they aimed at Sun Ce and the others, one after another crossbow bolts rushed towards them, causing a commotion among the generals, some hurriedly dodged, some blocked with weapons.

(End of this chapter)