The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 334 Strong Attack

Liu Tai's tactics are actually infant-tank coordination tactics from the 20th century.

Relying on the protection brought by the steel of the multi-functional boxcar, a space sufficient for the Han army to move was supported on the battlefield.

At this time, the heavy armor began to follow the chariots and clean up the various defense facilities built by Zhao on the battlefield.

They held heavy shields in their hands and steel armors on their bodies to resist damage, and basically destroyed the defense facilities outside Tongguan with overwhelming force.

After all, although this tactic looks simple, even in the meat grinder war of the Maoist and Maoist Civil War in the 21st century, this simple and crude tactic is still used. At most, the equipment is more advanced.

And now Liu Tai is facing off against Zhao State. Although this tactic is a crude beggar's version, it is completely a 20th century tactic. It is the dimensionality reduction blow brought about by the local tycoons after the scale and quality of their own steel industry surpassed that of Zhao State. tactics.

Of course, this is natural. Think about how much money Liu Tai spent on materials science, especially the old god Ge Hong, who is almost the top chemist of this era.

If Ge Hong had found all the properties of charcoal and iron, he would not have paid much attention to these basic elements, especially transparent glass, a research-exclusive artifact that had not yet been burned by those who burn colored glaze. Ge Hong's Progress is naturally slow.

But in the process of Ge Hong's research on carbon and iron elements, many by-products were naturally produced like a lottery, especially high-strength steel, and several types were produced.

To ordinary researchers, they are just consumables on the road of big men. They spend their entire lives researching just to prove that a certain piece of material they have finally researched is completely meaningless. This is a wrong route.

But for such a big man who is lucky and has the talent for alchemy, as long as he is willing to do it and rely on his one percent inspiration, he can often come up with new materials and alloys as happily as he wishes. .

And because Liu Tai attaches great importance to experimental records and procedures, Ge Hong's experiments in particular need to be recorded.

After all, this is something developed by the big brother Ge Hong. This is a research product of top chemists that comes out every hundreds or even thousands of years. Even if it is a by-product, it will take a consumable researcher a lifetime to pursue.

During this process, Liu Tai didn't know whether Ge Hong had discovered all the basic properties of coal and iron.

But with the help of the by-product steel alloy produced by Ge Hong, not only the strength, hardness, and toughness have completely transformed from iron to steel, it is so strong that there is a complete generation gap!

Just like this, Liu Tai cleaned up Tongguan's defense system with great force, completing the destruction of various defense facilities in front of Tongguan at an incredible speed, ensuring that a large open space was formed not far in front of Tongguan, allowing siege weapons such as Pili Chariots to be deployed smoothly .

At this time, Liu Tai began to arrange the army to set up camps and organize defenses. Instead of attacking Tongguan in one go, he chose to attack slowly and steadily. The siege weapons and equipment from the rear had to be transported and set up first.

When my own troops are clearing obstacles on the battlefield, they can still overcome them by using this beggar's version of infantry-tank coordination.

But to attack a city, especially to attack a dangerous pass like Tongguan, you need siege weapons, not this kind of infantry-tank coordination tactics.

In particular, the shameless city defenders, after seeing the cold weather, poured water on Tongguan every day, using the low temperature to make the surface of Tongguan smooth. Especially as winter gradually came, the ice became stronger and stronger, fearing that Tongguan's defense would be compromised in the future. Will get stronger and stronger.

Because of this, You Ziyuan doesn't quite understand why Liu Tai would attack in winter. After all, no one has heard the story of the Ice City overnight, but here in Tongguan, Cao Cao was not even a hundred years old when he used this move to defeat Ma Chao!

Therefore, You Ziyuan led his troops to Tongguan. Although Liu Tai cleared the peripheral defense facilities so fast that You Ziyuan found it incredible, at least the tall and strong Tongguan gave You Ziyuan some warmth.

At this time, there was only such a strong pass that would not disappoint his expectations, which made You Ziyuan relax a little.

However, soon You Ziyuan couldn't laugh anymore, because by the time the camp was set up, the engineering equipment was assembled, Liu Tai's Thunderbolt Chariot began to show its power, and when the projectiles were thrown towards the city wall, You Ziyuan had already found a good place. Dodge.

However, although You Ziyuan had a little doubt at this moment, he was not panicked.

After all, the thunderbolt car is not a rare thing. At most, the craftsmanship is relatively difficult. But how many years have this thing been out? In Tongguan, which I operate, the stones on the catapult can smash the ice on the city wall, but if If you want to smash the city wall together, you would be underestimating your own reinforcement of Tongguan.

"Soldiers, don't be afraid. Find a bunker, hold your shield to the side, and if a rock falls, try to guide the direction of the falling rock!"

You Ziyuan also knew that if it really hit him, if he wanted to resist it in this way, it would depend on his fate.

But I can't say it myself, so everyone will just leave it to fate to see if the stone will hit them.

In an instant, rocks fell like rain, and each stone hit the city wall. If the soldiers standing on the city wall were really hit, they would naturally be dead. Even if they wanted to find their whole bodies, they might not be able to survive. ,

But as these things were implemented on the city wall, we saw that the city wall was constantly shaking, and the upper part was inevitably damaged in early summer.

"I always feel that the opponent's siege weapons are so powerful!" At this time, You Ziyuan couldn't help but look ugly.

But Liu Tai paid no attention to it, because the first wave of throws by Liu Tai's army was just a simple test shot.

As the first wave of test shots was completed, Liu Tai immediately asked Pili Cha to adjust the throwing angle and throw with the gate as the center.

Compared with military camp construction, the camp gate is often the strongest defensive location, but it is different when attacking a city.

Especially in cities such as Xiongguan and Dacheng, their walls are often reinforced with rammed earth over many years. It would be too difficult to directly demolish the city walls with a thunderbolt car.

However, city gates are generally made of solid wood, which makes it much easier for the attacker to attack.

Of course, even after breaking the first city gate, there is often a barbican inside, and you still need to continue attacking to the mansion.

But even if the Wengcheng is used, it is always more convenient than having to feint to attack. After all, under normal circumstances, the effect of the Wengcheng can only be used once, and if you can occupy the commanding heights steadily, it is not easy to bring out the effect of the Wengcheng.

At this moment, You Zi looked at Liu Tai's thunderbolt cars lined up in a row, throwing stones continuously, and couldn't help gritting his teeth.

This rain of stones lasted for almost half an hour. Even Wanderer Yuan could not help but be a little confused. Did Liu Tai think that Liu Tai had so many stones for free? ?

Under this rain of stones, basically the defensive facilities on the city wall were simply swept away. Even the city gate of Tongguan itself was in tatters.

However, Zhao Guo obviously did not cut corners on this city gate. At this moment, a lot of the decorations on it were smashed by stones, and the gate looked tattered. After all, the gate was not destroyed.

"Start the siege!" Liu Tai saw that today's stone throwing was almost done, and then he began to give orders to the soldiers to officially launch the siege.

It sounds like an siege, but to be more precise, it's not the kind of thing where you directly climb the city wall and carry out a full-scale siege.

Instead, an engineering team was formed using siege weapons such as well railings, rams, and boxcars to carry out key attacks on the city gates.

At this moment, on the top of the well railing, soldiers from Changshui rained down arrows as much as possible, covering the city wall with shooting. On the second level of the well fence, there were soldiers firing sound, wielding crossbows in their hands, carefully peeping at the battlefield.

For the sound-shooting soldiers, they operate powerful crossbows, and their targets are those centurions or camp commanders who show commanding postures on the battlefield. To accurately block them, they must use burst fire.

Obviously, You Ziyuan never expected that Liu Tai's attack on the first day would be such an all-round suppression.

Generally speaking, Liu Tai's offensive rhythm is abnormal.

Normally, when the army arrives under the city wall, it needs to wait for a month or two. After all, it needs to build a camp, build siege weapons, and boost morale.

All in all, this kind of sneak attack with ladders, barbs, etc. would be normal, but this kind of direct attack with siege weapons has never been seen by You Ziyuan, so he is naturally not prepared to deal with it at this moment.

After all, in You Ziyuan's original thinking, Tongguan's peripheral defense facilities were holding back Liu Tai's advance.

At the same time, Liu Tai also needed to rest and recuperate on the spot, collecting wood from far away to build siege weapons. He would use this time to transport various defensive materials to the city wall, and the two sides would engage in an upright spear and shield war.

But Youzi never expected that Liu Tai's speed in cleaning up the peripheral defense facilities he had arranged far exceeded his expectations.

At least these had been cleaned up when I arrived.

When the wanderer heard about the tactics of chariots and thick armor from his subordinates, he felt indescribable.

Because I never thought about it, that there are such tactics of rich people.

And before he even had time to reflect, he had to face Liu Tai's attack like a tidal wave. At the beginning, he focused on Dian's thunderbolt throws, and now he was suppressed by Liu Tai in all directions, not giving him any chance to breathe. .

The city gate, which had been riddled with holes by catapults, could no longer hold up under the continuous impact of the catapults, and the entire gate collapsed.

The city gate of Tongguan, under Liu Tai's all-round attack, did not even last a day before it collapsed!

As the gate was opened, the soldiers in front naturally continued to charge forward. Regarding this, even though Liu Tai knew that this was just the gate of Wengcheng, and the soldiers could easily be locked up and beaten after entering, Liu Tai did not stop it. .

Because there are places where even if there are obvious pitfalls, soldiers still need to step on them with their lives. This is how you love your soldiers like sons and use them like clay.

Only by letting the opponent use the Dragon-Breaking Stone can he feel completely relieved during his next attack.

For veterans, they naturally know that being the first to ascend is a risk that they need to take.

But the soldiers with chargers and other siege weapons stayed at the gate of the city, preparing for the Dragon Breaking Stone that might appear at any time.

At the same time, two boxcars drove directly to the gate and used their cars to block both sides of the city gate. If the Dragon Breaking Stone really came down, they could also block it slightly.

Liu Tai was very calm. When he saw that the city gate was breached, he immediately ordered his soldiers to start climbing Tongguan using aerial ladders, double-headed flying ladders, overhead trams, etc., tools specially used for city wall climbing, in order to completely capture the outer perimeter first. Wengcheng.

And You Ziyuan saw that Liu Tai did not rush into Tongguan because of the risk, but chose to seize Wengcheng completely and steadily, knowing that he could not wait for Liu Tai's main force to enter Wengcheng.

If it were later, it would be terrible if Wengcheng was really captured by Liu Tai's army.

So at this time, You Ziyuan directly ordered the dragon-breaking stone to be put down, but he saw a loud bang at the gate of Wengcheng, and the huge dragon-breaking stone fell. Although the two boxcars resisted for a while, they inevitably made a sound. The sound of creaking, at a speed visible to the naked eye, the iron sheet, stone and wood on the outside, and the filling stones on the inside cannot withstand the dragon-breaking stone.

Liu Tai's pupils shrank when he saw this scene. Although he had expected it, but seeing his soldiers sacrificed because of his own decision, he definitely felt uncomfortable. Under the Broken Dragon Stone, the soldiers inside were really... His life and death are unpredictable.

"Where's the ladder, the double-headed flying ladder, and the skycar! Climb up to the Wengcheng and help the soldiers go home!" Liu Tai said loudly.

Liu Tai knew very well that his order was just to make up for the situation, but at this moment, an armored soldier on the front line put down his weapon, stretched out his hands, and squatted down for support. Pick up this dragon-breaking stone.

They were all strongmen selected by Liu Tai. Although one person naturally could not directly carry a thousand-jin city gate like Confucius's father, one, two, and three strongmen... a small team of strongmen worked together and finally stopped it. Live this city gate down!

"Let's go! Let's go quickly!" The warriors shouted: "The king has an order to help you go home!"

The already desperate soldiers who rushed into the Wengcheng did not hesitate at all, but they were also ready to retreat.

At this time, a military historian stood up and said loudly, "Everyone retreat in an orderly manner. I will write down my heroic deeds today!"

After hearing this, the veterans who were originally a little disturbed quickly regained their senses.

The soldiers maintained their military formation while retreating in an orderly manner. The rockets prepared by You Ziyuan had no time to take effect.

A group of people finally retreated and fought, exiting this desperate situation. At this moment, Military History turned around happily and said:

"Fellow warriors, I will definitely write down the merits of today to show off your merits!"

However, at this time, Military History saw that the blood constantly pouring out of the mouths of these warriors had dyed their armor red.

Even if they create miracles in military history, in the end they are just mortal bodies!

However, at this moment, as they watched their comrades evacuate successfully, a somewhat gratified smile appeared on their lips.

"The army of tigers and warriors, one against five!" The strong man finally shouted, and the dragon-breaking stone could no longer hold up.

These people were directly turned into pulp, and the boxcars were crushed into two pieces!

Blood splattered on Military History's face. The only thing he could do was to record today's events truthfully to prove that a powerful man had sacrificed his life to save his comrades!

(End of this chapter)