Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 46

"Okay! As expected of me, general!" Zhang Xun looked at the ant-affected vanguard approaching the tower and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

Although Zhang Xun also knew that even if he attacked, it was unlikely to be decisive in a single battle, but... on the first day of the siege, it took only an hour from the time of setting up the formation to climb the city wall. I was afraid that Qu'a would be defeated It won't take more than three or five days!
The fact that the siege army was able to scale the city wall can be said to be a sign of the increase in casualties of the defenders. Otherwise, no matter how fierce the long-range attack is, it will only suppress the troops that are blocking the city wall. After all, if someone is on the city wall, if they can't shoot, then they can retreat. How much damage can they do?
In a fierce attack, if the city wall cannot be scaled, the casualty ratio will definitely be the blood loss of the attacking party.

But as long as they can enter the stage of hand-to-hand combat on the city, even if they are driven down again in the end, the casualty ratio will be much better, and it will cause a huge blow to the morale of the defenders.

"This is the general's order to go to the front line and give a message. The first one to get there will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and promoted to the third level!" Zhang Xun said to the ordering soldier.

This kind of encouraging orders must still be shouted, and there is no fear of the enemy hearing them.

However, at this moment, many "big guys" appeared from the tower.

The things covered by the curtain before were still a little further inside. Now that the curtain was taken off, there seemed to be rollers underneath the things, and they were pushed one by one to the edge of the city wall...

What I saw was a large square plank with two or three people's arms stretched out, with a cold light shining on it, and densely covered with forearm-long wolf fang thorns. At this time, one side of the thorns was hanging diagonally downward, and there were ropes and cantilevers behind it!

"Rolling logs? No, it is more difficult than rolling logs... It seems that you are not completely unprepared! Send an order, and the first one to climb will be rewarded with three thousand gold coins and food for hundreds of households!" Zhang Xun was a little nervous, but he was not too anxious.

"Let go!" The soldiers on the city wall, under the command of Chen Gong, shouted while waving flags.

A row of huge planks were slapped down along the city wall - a wolf-tooth beater, a kind of city defense instrument. Simply put, it was a huge wooden board with nails. After it was taken down, it was pulled back with a windlass and reused. Come to attack the enemy troops surrounded by ants and the enemies under the city foundation...

However, the main style of Bai Tu's Wolf Fang Shoot is somewhat different. There is also a beveled template on the back. The overall shape is similar to a wedge-shaped block that fits the city wall. In this way, under the gravity deviation, it is not shot horizontally, but along the way. Along the city wall, shovel all the way down diagonally, the wolf fangs are also diagonal, perpendicular to the ground.

That's why Bai Tu called this thing "Spike Fang". After releasing it, it didn't shoot down, but beat down all the way!
More importantly... what pulls the Langya Beat is not a simple windlass, but a "fairy gourd" - a combination of pulleys and bearings, a lifting tool.

Pulleys had already been used during the Warring States Period, but they were all fixed pulleys that changed the direction of force. The pulleys at that time were called "pulleys." Bai Tu didn't know when the movable pulleys were used, but there was nothing in terms of craftsmanship. the difference.

Bearings, which are actually windlass, were used earlier...

Although the craftsmen did not understand the principle, they still followed what Bai Tu said and finally produced a "fairy gourd" that was very bulky compared with modern hand chain hoists. In order to make things mysterious, Bai Tu actually designed it outside. Huge gourd-shaped shell.

This was also something that Qu'a craftsmen had to make molds from the beginning and have been testing for a long time. Otherwise, it would just be a matter of nailing up big wooden boards and adding wolf teeth. Even if a wedge-shaped structure is added, it is just a bit of ingenuity and not really effective. What technical difficulty.

It's just that the normal production of Spikes is not as neat as the ones in front of you.

After they are installed on the city tower, it is like the cold weapons loaded on the general's armor, which will become very high-tech. After these city defense equipment are installed on the city wall, they have also changed, but they are not as extreme as the armor weapons. It is said that this is related to the defense power of the city itself. The higher the city defense index, the higher the effectiveness of the same city defense equipment.

The Ji Zao soldiers who had been trained in the use of the equipment quickly pushed the millstone-like pulley after another "collect" flag order. The other end of the pulley was a pulley, and the pulley was vertically connected to the fairy gourd.

I saw that under the power of this "god", the originally cumbersome wolf fang slap quickly rose back!

A normal wolf-fang pat is very cumbersome when pulled back even with a windlass. What's more, Baitu's wolf-fang pat also has an additional inclined wooden board along the city wall, and in order to make it stick to the city wall, it is also added Counterweight...

If you use a windlass to pull it up slowly, as long as there are some tough soldiers below, you can cut off the rope, and even follow it with the side without the spikes!

However, the scene in front of me...

Zhang Xun:! ! ! ?

Zhang Xun looked surprised - what happened?How did such a big weight go up so quickly?
Bai Tu had just arrived in Qu'a not long ago, and it was only right that the people's support would be strong. Besides, Qu'a was just an ordinary city, and it was not a pass that would greatly benefit the defenders. Even if the people's support was in favor, it wouldn't be such a terrifying bonus to the defensive equipment, right?

The soldiers below didn't even react. The ants clung to the wall and were about to approach the edge of the queue. Now every one of them was knocked down. Moreover, they were either stabbed or thrown hard, and most of them would not survive.

As for bows and arrows, the impact on this bulky "Spike" is really limited. The fairy gourd on it is fine, but the gourd cover outside is not a decoration. Bows and arrows cannot shoot so high and penetrate the baffle. .

He could only watch helplessly as the "Wolf Fang" that had just harvested a wave was quickly withdrawn!
"Change of formation! Half-moon style!" Zhang Xun's face turned gloomy.

I saw Zhang Xun on the high platform. After ordering the flag bearer to signal the flag, several arrays of the military formation began to rotate and change. The array that was originally at the front now retreated to the second line, while the left and right wings became more even.

Even in the original moon recess, a line of men rushed forward and began to plan an all-out attack!
However, Zhang Xunjun's morale has dropped significantly after the previous "Fang Fang Fight"...

Bai Tu also intuitively saw the importance of "morale". He saw that the enemy troops attacking the city not only seemed to be much weaker, but also seemed to be more unresponsive to orders. More importantly, they became hesitant when climbing!

Nearly an hour later, Qu'a was ordered to use the wolf's fangs again.

And when Zhang Xun verified that the Wolf Fang can be reused at the cost of hundreds of people, he found that it was already midday, and when the soldiers raised their heads to attack the city, it was already a bit dazzling, so he called for gold and retreated...

Seeing the Huainan Army retreating outside, there was a burst of cheers from the city tower - the casualties of the defenders were not serious, and most of the soldiers still came from Danyang, so the morale did not fall but rose.

But Bai Tu and Chen Gong understand that this is only the first step!
Sure enough that afternoon, when the sun began to set to the west, Zhang Xun still had no intention of re-attacking, and the news came from the scouts that the Huainan Army began to cut wood and collect materials in the foothills outside the city...

"It seems that Zhang Xun's mind is clearer and he is going to build a ladder." Chen Gong said.

The ladder was also a siege equipment that existed during the Warring States Period. It was not a simple long ladder. The ladder at this time usually had wheels on the bottom and a folding wooden ladder that could be tilted up and down. The soldiers below relied on the winch to lift the originally bent ladder. The upper half of the ladder was pulled up and set up on the city wall.

Afterwards, the soldiers could climb up using the slanted ladder. Although the craftsmanship was limited and the siege was still disadvantageous, it greatly weakened the advantage of the city wall.

The defenders sometimes have to consider leaving the city to respond to the enemy and destroying the ladders, otherwise the risk of the city wall falling will be greatly increased!
Usually when attacking a city, ladders will be built using local materials. Anyway, there are so many wild trees at this time...

"Will Zhang Xun accept it?" Bai Tu asked curiously, looking at the letter written by Chen Gong.

"Nine times out of ten," Chen Gong said.

On Zhang Xun's side, he had just started to collect materials and build a ladder. He had been busy all afternoon when a report suddenly came from outside: "General! There is an enemy outside shooting a letter of challenge..."

(End of this chapter)