Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 190
Catapults appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and were used in military affairs.

During the Warring States period, the state of Chu used catapults to attack the Qin army.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were in a stalemate at Guandu, Yuan Shao’s army used a large siege weapon, the high scull, and Liu Ye proposed to use a catapult to break the high scull. Since then, weapons such as catapults have gradually become popular.

During the Three Kingdoms period, after the improvement of Cao Wei scientist Ma Jun, the catapult was further improved, and its current power cannot be underestimated.

Zhu Lingshi ordered people to make the catapult overnight and pushed the catapult to Wei Junwubao before dawn.

"boom!"

Driven by the catapult, huge stones bombarded the walls of Wubao.

There are not many other things in the land east of the river, but there are many stones.

Even shipping is easy.

Zhu Lingshi ordered people to bombard Wubao with a catapult, and provocatively placed a large number of stones behind the catapult, a pair of cannonballs full of shells, and blasted him with all his strength.

"cut."

Changsun Song also knew from the rear that Zhu Lingshi had dispatched the catapult, and he gritted his teeth angrily.

It's not that Sun Song, the leader of the catapult, has never seen it before. He knows that this terrifying weapon has a fatal flaw.

"Send cavalry to burn it down at night!"

Catapults are easy to build, but not so easy to move.

It is obviously easier to deal with catapults with more mobile cavalry.

And destruction always comes faster than creation.

It depends on whether it was built by the Song Army or destroyed by the Northern Wei Dynasty.

So under Changsun Song's order, the soldiers in Wubao were not allowed to fight back, they just hid in Wubao.

At night, cavalry soldiers from the Northern Wei Dynasty rushed in and set fire to the catapults of the Song Army.

Song Jun's reaction was not slow, and immediately organized a counterattack after discovering it.

When the Northern Wei cavalry saw the Song army coming, they did not bother, and immediately retreated.

After Song Jun thought it was all right, he found that there were cavalrymen from the Northern Wei Dynasty rushing over, so he continued to block.

After one night, the Northern Wei cavalry went back and forth five or six times, which made the soldiers of the Song army exhausted.

Even though there were more than a dozen Northern Wei cavalry left, the catapults that had just been built were completely destroyed.

there is always a solution to a problem.

After Zhu Lingshi learned of the situation, he ordered the soldiers to take turns to rest at night, and set up traps near the catapult to ambush the Northern Wei cavalry.

So sure enough, the Northern Wei Dynasty was afraid to come to the Song Army's account to make troubles.

But it's not an option to procrastinate like this.

Zhu Lingshi ordered the repair of more than 30 catapults in one go. Catapults of this size attacked a small dock, which really gave enough face.

These catapults were bombarding Wubao like giant beasts.

The stones hit the city wall one after another, but they still couldn't break through the city wall made of rammed earth, which made Zhu Lingshi frown frequently.

Fortunately, the wait did not last long.

Among the countless boulder shells, there was finally one lucky guy... The lucky stone smashed a corner of the Wubao city wall, which made the Song army excited!

"Rush in!"

The Song army brandished the ring head knife and rushed to the gap, wanting to go in and fight the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty to take down the Wubao.

Song Jun in the front row came to the gap step by step with a large shield, and it was basically as difficult as going to the sky to go forward.

The overwhelming rain of arrows poured down from both sides of the Wubao city wall facing the gap.

There are also soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty who picked up nearby stones and threw them at the soldiers of the Song Army. Their condescending achievements made the soldiers of the Song Army who had experienced many battles very uncomfortable.

"Grandma's! How many arrows did Changsun Song hide in Wubao?"

Seeing Zhu Lingshi's own soldiers huddled under the opponent's firepower was obviously also very annoyed.

"Rush in! I can't believe I can't pull out this nail!"

The soldiers under Zhu Lingshi's command are veterans who have experienced many battles. They are no strangers to this kind of scene, let alone fear it.

Some soldiers in heavy armor stood at the front holding their shields. They walked slowly to the gap and raised their shields to form an army formation, resisting the attack from above.

With the first team, there will naturally be a second team and a third team.

These heavily armored soldiers used their flesh and blood and the large shield in their hands to build a layer of passage in the gap.

A large number of Song troops poured into Wubao through the gaps in the bodies of the heavily armored soldiers, finally gaining a foothold.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty on the city wall immediately turned their bows and arrows to shoot at the Song army who had entered the city.

"Chance!"

Seeing that the enemies on the city wall were distracted, Zhu Lingshi immediately sent someone to set up a ladder and launched a fierce attack on the city wall.

For a while, the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty on the city wall had enemies in front, behind, and below, and this dilemma made them panic.

Song Jun began to use the ant-attachment tactics against the three walls of the city, trying to completely disintegrate the opponent's will.

Zhu Lingshi has invested 3000 people to attack this small Wubao at this moment, which is completely the momentum of doing whatever it takes.

This certainly has the intention of avenging the shadow of crossing the river yesterday, and more importantly, Zhu Lingshi is the first battle this time!
Although it is only a small dock, it will not affect the overall situation if it is defeated, but there is still no room for loss for the Song army.

Fortunately, Song Jun did not disappoint Zhu Lingshi.

Although a large number of arrows were stored in Wubao in the Northern Wei Dynasty, bows and arrows could not form sufficiently dense and continuous firepower points like crossbow machines.

The real power of bows and arrows is still used by cavalry on horseback. Only after giving them great mobility can they be called magical weapons.

In the city's attack and defense, there is still a considerable gap between human-powered bows and mechanically-driven crossbows.

The archers of the Northern Wei Dynasty had already had sore arms after shooting for so long.

And this is the time for Song Jun to counterattack!
Just in this gap, several soldiers jumped onto the city wall and formed a formation on top to leave room for the soldiers to climb up from the ladder.

There are more and more such footholds on Wubao, which makes the wall of Wubao, which is not very wide, overcrowded.

Then there is no good strategy.

Melee is!

These soldiers of the Song Army are all Zhu Lingshi's former troops stationed in Guanzhong.

The weapons in their hands are the latest weapons provided by Wang Xiu, and there is no damage in the slightest.

The Northern Wei Dynasty was different.

Because of the low production capacity and the frequent wars in the north, everyone doesn't pick them up very much, and they don't pay much attention to the maintenance of weapons. This has led to many people's weapons being used for a long time, or old-style weapons that have been dusty in the arsenal for a long time , Many people have rust on their blades.

This weapon does not pose any threat to the well-equipped Song army.

On the contrary, when the Song army slashed out with a knife, blood spattered, which caused the Northern Wei army in Wubao to retreat steadily.

Finally, the general Wubao couldn't bear the pressure, and abandoned the city after burning the food, grass and ordnance in Wubao.

"Wan Sheng!"

The Song army who discovered the retreat of the Northern Wei Dynasty began to cheer.

This Wubao is a small step for the Song army, but a big step for the Northern Expedition!

(End of this chapter)