The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 178 The Thunderbolt Car Appears

Wang Sang stood on the city wall observing Wang Jun's army, and began to attack Nanpi City's peripheral defense facilities in a targeted manner.

Compared with Qi Hong's last attack, the army brought by Wang Jun this time was more complete.

Because the river was frozen, Wang Jun's army crossed the river and laid siege to Nanpi City. However, during the confrontation between the two sides in the river, Wang Jun was not idle and kept asking his soldiers to cut down trees and build siege weapons.

The river seemed to have blocked Wang Jun's attack, but from a certain perspective, it might not have made Wang Jun more prepared.

So he and Gou Xi attacked Wang Sang from both sides, but Wang Jun had no intention of being anxious at all.

Because Wang Jun knew very well that only by grinding the blade in his hand to a sharp point would he be able to kill easily.

But now as the river freezes, he crosses the river with ease, his sharp edge giving him a feeling of invincibility.

The siege weapons that Wang Jun kept building brought Wang Jun rich rewards.

The first thing that came into play was the Thunderbolt Chariot, which was already the top siege weapon of this era.

Even so, this kind of siege weapon is not capable of breaking down the city wall. At most, it will cause considerable psychological pressure on the soldiers defending the city.

However, the city wall is strong and cannot be damaged for a while, but if the Thunderbolt Car is used to attack the peripheral defense facilities, it will really be a dimensionally reduced strike level weapon.

The wooden buildings and wooden buildings that Wang Sang had arranged on the periphery in advance were directly destroyed by these thunderbolt carts.

Wang Jun felt an indescribable sense of destruction as he used his Thunderbolt Car to clear away the defense line set up by Wang Sang little by little.

As for Wang Sang, who stood at the top of the city and looked like he was looking down on him, after he conquered Nanpi City, he would have to see the entire Nanpi City destroyed with his own eyes. All those who stood in the way of him becoming emperor would eventually be destroyed by him.

"Keep smashing with the Thunderbolt Car!" Wang Jun said without hesitation, "Tear down all the obstacles for me!"

In an instant, overwhelming stones poured towards the defense facilities outside Nanpi City.

"General, why don't you let me rush out and kill for a while!" A captain named Wang who was beside Wang Sang suggested to Wang Sang.

As Wang Sang's status became more prominent in Liu Tai's army, basically all the descendants of the Wang family in Laiyang came under Wang Sang's control.

For Wang Sang, improving the people he knows to a certain extent will make it easier for him to control the army.

Therefore, Wang Sang's generals are divided into two types, one is the generals with the surname Wang from his own clan, and the other is the lower-level generals who are slowly climbing up.

Liu Tai was aware of this. These people followed the normal process to become generals, so Liu Tai did not express any objection.

The reason is very simple, because the old army under Wang Sang and other Wang Mi more or less retains some of their former soldiers.

Even though I had eliminated and selected some of the troops to a certain extent, I couldn't possibly kick them all out and leave Wang Sang alone. Everything had to be started from scratch.

After all, they are the first group of forces to take the initiative to join them after they have established themselves. Even if they want to kill the donkey, they have to wait until the donkey makes a mistake.

Under such circumstances, retaining a certain degree of past personnel and affairs, although there will be some problems that cannot be eliminated, are still problems left over from history, and the problems inside will be gradually eliminated with development.

As for Wang Sang, he followed Wang Mi all over the country. To say that Wang Sang was a top commander would be to overestimate Wang Sang.

But after living in Nanpi City for such a long time, Wang Sang knew very well that the defense facilities outside Nanpi City were indeed good, but they were not worth filling or guarding with the lives of the soldiers. These things were originally used to consume the opponent. Time.

But now facing Wang Jun, he should concentrate his efforts as much as possible and continue to delay time.

"It's so stressful!" Wang Sang sighed, and then said seriously to the captain next to him,

"Don't be anxious. This is a battle of patience. If whoever is anxious first will make a mistake first!"

Wang Sang was indifferent to the destruction of Nanpi City's outer defense facilities by Pili Chariots.

The peripheral defense system was destroyed and the moat was filled in. The other party wanted to fight with us, but it would take a long time.

Naturally, these days are spent waiting for Liu Tai to deal with Gou Xi and then save the city in front of him.

Therefore, all he needs to do is time, basically after Liu Tai arrives in Nanpi City.

Wang Sang has a very clear understanding of his position. When he followed Wang Mi, he was beaten in various ways. Even if there was a war, Wang Sang was left to guard by Wang Mi.

The important task is naturally an important task, but it also means that Wang Sang does not have rich experience in fighting active wars.

However, because he was more defensive, Wang Sang was not too touched by the thunderbolt throwing in front of him.

Instead, Wang Sang said: "Wang Jun's Pili Car has been smashing for so long, but it hasn't destroyed the peripheral facilities yet?
I'm tired of looking at whether they are tired from fighting or not. Now that noon has arrived, is it time for dinner? "

Wang Sang looked calm, not at all shaken by the fact that the other party was using the Thunderbolt Car to destroy the defense facilities outside. Instead, he began to discuss what to eat for lunch.

When the soldiers saw Wang Sang's calmness in the face of the thunderous chariot, they couldn't help but feel a bit of fear in their hearts.

After all, the catapult was destroying the defense facilities outside the city that he had worked so hard to build. How could he be indifferent at this time?

Wang Sang, on the other hand, was calm and only said to his subordinates, "If there is nothing else, I will go eat first.

As for all the soldiers stationed in the city today, they are all tired after watching for so long, so they all have a piece of bacon for lunch today.

Let's eat our fill and watch the other side continue to work hard to see how long it will take to destroy all our facilities. "

Hearing Wang Sang's words, the soldiers who were originally responsible for guarding the city were still a little worried about the crazy investment of stones in these Pili chariots as if they were free of charge. They were worried that these stones would hit their heads.

But now they heard Wang Sang say that the team defending the city could actually get an extra piece of meat today, which made the soldiers suddenly very excited.

Compared with the meat that is about to enter the mouth, this so-called thunder car does not seem to be that scary.

After all, for the soldiers, the stones thrown by the Thunderbolt Chariot are probabilistic. The peripheral defense facilities can be easily destroyed because the main building material of these defense facilities is wood.

If the city wall itself was built according to the standards of the city wall, it would take three years, and the materials would be extravagant, including glutinous rice.

I didn’t see that Cao Yi received the task of building Guanggu City. Now he is still buried in Guanggu City and working overtime. It seems that he is only a little bit short. In fact, it is quite a waste of time to build a permanent defense system. of.

Therefore, the peripheral defense facilities are made of wood cut down from the surrounding area.To a certain extent, it reduces the enemy's deforestation of wood, a precious war resource, and makes up for the needs of city defense.

It was just that I originally wanted to take advantage of this location to follow Wang Jun to slowly fight guerrillas. Unexpectedly, after Wang Jun crossed the river, he almost without hesitation pushed out the Thunderbolt Car and started bombing indiscriminately, constantly destroying the wooden defense facilities in front of Nanpi City.

When the soldiers saw that the defense they had worked so hard to build in front of them was destroyed by Wang Jun's catapult, the soldiers were naturally filled with indignation and wanted to destroy the corresponding war as quickly as possible.

Although Wang Sang is not outstanding, he is quite self-aware.

You must know that even if it were Liu Tai who faced Wang Jun's cavalry and suffered a small loss, if he led his soldiers to attack without knowing whether to live or die, he would probably die miserably.

Wang Sang had already figured out that the opponent's cavalry was more mobile. As soon as he came out, he would cut off his retreat first, and then the army would press on him. He was afraid that he would be violently killed on the spot!

Wang Sang knew very well that with the death of Wang Mi and Wang Zhang, he was the only one in the Laiyang Wang family who could carry the banner.

In order to prevent Wang Wei from becoming weak after marrying Liu Tai in the future, or even being abandoned in the future, she must defend Nanpi City, even if the garrison is ugly, the most important thing is to defend this city.

Although Wang Sang is from a side line, he is from a noble family. For Wang Sang, if the world continues to be in such chaos, Liu Tai will have a chance to become emperor.

After all, as long as Liu Tai continues to maintain his undefeated record, he is likely to be the one to end this troubled world.

Under such circumstances, this is the opportunity that the Wang family finally seized.

If Wang Mi was still in power, it would be Liu Tai who would curry favor with Wang Mi, but now the Wang family needs to curry favor with Liu Tai.

If he makes any mistakes in his performance and causes the Wang family to lose points seriously against Liu Tai, then the hope of the Wang family in Laiyang to return to the top may be completely shattered. This is something Wang Sang will never allow.

Therefore, Wang Sang will never allow himself to make any low-level mistakes in such a war.

For example, it is not impossible to send cavalry to destroy the Thunderbolt Chariot, but you must solve your own retreat problem.

Don't worry about these thunderous cars. Wang Jun will definitely use them as bait for his conspiracy.

If he thought he could destroy these catapults directly, he would risk his own life there!

Unless Wang Sang was absolutely sure, he would rather stay in the city and just watch Wang Sang's army hurling stones with thunderbolt chariots.

In fact, the thoughts of ordinary soldiers are more or less not as complicated as Wang Sang thought.

After all, most people in this era were lucky as long as they survived, not to mention that most of Liu Tai's soldiers were ordinary people who had little knowledge.

They were indeed horrified by these stone-throwing thunderbolts, because this thing had never appeared in their cognition before, so they suddenly saw such weapons damaging the defense facilities they had worked so hard to build.

This will naturally make the soldiers want to rush out and kill people, or they may feel afraid of the power of the thunder car in front of them.

In order to prevent them from thinking wildly, Wang Sang made it clear to them that the most important thing next was to eat.

Especially after adding the bacon marinated with sauce and salt, eating the delicious taste, the dopamine secreted in the brain made the soldiers less afraid of these thunderous vehicles than they expected, and the brain's rationality began again. return.

After all, joining the army means risking your life to fight for a future. Now whether they become government soldiers or combat soldiers, they are treated impeccably.

At the beginning, I was just a gangster who wanted to be a gangster and waited for death. I didn't even know what the meaning of my life was.

But now that he has become a good son of the Han Dynasty, if he has made meritorious service in the war, he will be the commander of the camp, the centurion, the school captain... it will not be a dream!

After thinking about it, the originally uneasy thoughts of these soldiers finally stabilized.

After Wang Sang watched his soldiers eat lunch with bacon, their morale recovered a lot and their expressions became calmer.

After all, Wang Sang has a lot of experience, and he is well-informed because he comes from a noble family. Today is the first time these Thunderbolt cars have appeared, so they naturally fight with great momentum.

But Wang Sang knew very well that the non-war losses of siege weapons in war were very serious.

Not to mention that these thunderbolt carts were built on the other side and then transported here. If they are used continuously, they will inevitably cause wear and tear on the catapults.

The fact is as Wang Sang expected, basically it took about ten waves before a large number of catapults disintegrated.

For example, the leather rope is worn and broken, the throw rod falls off the gun shaft, or the gun frame simply falls apart...a series of things naturally appear in endless layers.

The number of stones thrown by the Thunderbolt Chariot was getting smaller and smaller every time. The deputy general Jiang beside him couldn't help but said to Wang Sang:

"General, now that the number of the opponent's Thunderbolt Vehicles is constantly decreasing, should we go out and charge in a wave to kill the opponent's spirit!?"

"This decision is so stressful!" Wang Sang couldn't help but muttered in his heart when he heard the deputy general's words, and finally shook his head and said:
"Just stay stationed in Nanpi City honestly, the defense facilities outside are prepared to be destroyed by Wang Jun.

Now that he has fewer Perak cars, cleaning up is even slower.

We just fought against Wang Jun, why are you anxious? Even if you eat and drink every day, Nanpi City will have enough for you until next year! ? "

The deputy general couldn't help but smile when he heard Wang Sang's words. He naturally knew how much food was stored in Nanpi City.

Precisely because of the support of these grains, the lieutenant general's mentality was quite stable. At this moment, he changed his mind and couldn't help but say:
"I remember we only stored bacon and dried salted fish? Where can we get big fish and meat?"

"Just tell me whether these bacons are as big as dried fish, or whether they are too many!" Wang Sang said calmly.

Facing Wang Sang's words, Lieutenant General Jiang kept smiling and trembling. It would be nice to have something to eat.

At this moment, Wang Jun was sitting on the main seat, took a sip of wine, and said to Zao Song, "The strategy of reducing the number of Pili cars to lure the opponent out of the city to fight has no effect!"

Cao Song saluted Wang Jun and then said: "This is my fault. Once the rope accessories and materials from the rear are transported to the front, we will continue to build the Thunderbolt Chariot to attack Nanpi City!"

"It's too troublesome. Let's first send people to clean up the smashed ruins and clear a path so that the engineering equipment can be transported to Nanpi City!" Wang Jun said calmly.

"Follow the order!" Zao Song said seriously, "I will go and convey the order from your Majesty, and I will start working on clearing a way out tomorrow!"

Wang Jun waved his hand and motioned for Zao Song to get down, but a somewhat satisfied smile appeared on his lips involuntarily, "Your Majesty..."

(End of this chapter)