Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 86
Chen Gong still had a gloomy old face as if someone owed him 2000 taels of silver, and the majestic Wusha crown was meticulously worn on his head, against the cold wind blowing from the city gate, he looked gloomyly. Under the city.

The ditch near the city wall has been stopped, and there are a few hoes that have been forgotten to be stuck in it. Cao Jun, who was standing on the iceberg attacking the city and shooting a few arrows from time to time, disappeared for ten days. Now that the New Year's Eve of the fourth year of Jian'an is approaching, Cao Jun, who is facing Lu Jun, seems to be wholeheartedly preparing for the festival, as if he is completely ready for the war against Xiapi.

If others still think this is a good thing, but for Chen Gong, there is only deep uneasiness in his heart. He was the one who assisted Cao Cao to put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Yanzhou and Qingzhou. He knows Cao Cao's horror too well!If you don't move, it's enough. If you move, it will definitely be a thunderbolt.

And just when he was worried, suddenly a few schoolboys trotted past Chen Gong with two bloody heads full of fear, and immediately hung the heads in the city with trembling hands. At the gate, without saying a word, he hurriedly ran down the gate.

This scene made Chen Gong sigh again. Now he doesn't know whether it is right or wrong to follow Lu Bu. The influence of Wang Hou's scolding battle fourteen days ago has not subsided until now. Now as long as there are people in the city who whisper a little A few words can touch Lu Bu's sensitive nerves, making him think that he is laughing at himself behind his back, or talking about men and women, and he will be beheaded if he doesn't care.

Yesterday, he had another big fight with his favorite Mrs. Ren, and he whipped Hou Cheng dozens of times. Now people in Xiapi City are in panic.

"If I knew it earlier, I should have killed that thief Cao earlier!"

He shook his head regretfully, with a gloomy face, Chen Gong also turned around and planned to go back, but at this moment, a drum beat suddenly appeared behind him rhythmically, he turned his head in astonishment, the next second, Chen Gong Gong's pupils couldn't help but grow to the extreme in an instant.

The open space under the city was empty just now, suddenly countless Cao troops appeared in an instant, and a row of Cao characters flags were flying in the cold wind. What made Chen Gong's pupils twitch even more was that in the middle of Cao Jun's formation, dozens of hundreds of giant wooden towers that were as tall as a city wall, over six meters high, were being dragged along by cows and people shouting. Arrived at the foot of Xiapi city.

After being stunned for a few seconds, Chen Gong finally came back to his senses, but even so, he did not panic, but turned his head calmly, and hummed coldly to the stunned Lu Jun officer.

"Don't beat the drums, let's fight!!!"

"Here!!!"

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Drums were beating and shouting at the top of the city, and the sound of clanging military boots was ringing densely in my ears. Standing on the iceberg that sieged the city with frozen feet, rows of archers and arrows were all resting on their bows, densely packed. Standing behind the crenel, Cao Cao's face must have been clouded with gloom if he had been under such tight protection a few days ago, but now, a smug smile suddenly appeared on his handsome old face, holding his hand high. Whip, he shouted out in high spirits.

"Stop the army!!!"

Woo~woooo~~~

The desolate bullhorn sounded long and loudly, and the tens of thousands of Cao Jun were neatly organized like a single person. They stopped in an instant, and no one took a step further.The next moment, the messengers flowed through the formations of the army like a beating electric current. In the curious eyes of Lu Jun on the top of the city, those two rows of wooden towers unfolded one after another as the army moved forward heavily. A soldier grabbed the iron chain under the tower, swung a big hammer high, and nailed it heavily to the ground.

After eleven days of preparation, even the most quintessential mortise and tenon structure of Huaxia carpentry was discarded. Regardless of whether the shape was beautiful or not, big nails were directly attached. One hundred and eight return guns were lined up under the city of Xiapi!

This time Wang Hou himself went into battle himself, and he shouted orders with all his might. While he was shouting, on the bullock cart following him, a fragment of a building weighing more than 100 kilograms was shouted by the sergeant The gun was lifted down and placed in the net bag of the front row back to the cannon, while the rear row poured the red-hot coals in the stove directly into the cast iron cauldron that was used as a throwing spoon.

I have to admit that in terms of rebuilding machinery, the ancient Chinese were really inferior to the barbarians in the West. The Romans at the same time used animal tendons as torque to launch the catapults, while the ones handed down from the Chu State were like being dumped. Like a whip, you need to use manpower to pull the whip, drag and run backwards to throw the stone out suddenly, which requires a huge range of motion, takes up a lot of manpower, and needs to fix the sling on the ground, which is not practical , so in ancient Chinese warfare, trebuchets were not used much.

However, the return cannon that appeared here is the pinnacle work of Alao Wading, a native of the Western Regions under the command of the Yuan Dynasty. As soon as it was born, it helped the Mongolian cavalry defeat the Xiangfan defense line that the Southern Song Empire relied on for survival. Only a few years later, The Southern Song Dynasty collapsed amidst the roar of the return cannon.

Also, during the Crusades, this heavy-duty trebuchet roared overwhelmingly in the holy city of Jerusalem. In the era of cold weapons, it was considered the pinnacle of giant equipment. These giant guys are full of confidence.

"Brothers, are you cold?"

"cold!!!"

Amidst the uniform shouts of his subordinates, the long sword pointed straight at Xiapi City, and Wang Hou roared with incomparable passion.

"Then I will light the biggest torch for you! Let it go!"

Before the sound fell, the temporary artillerymen who had already been ready to launch suddenly pulled the rope buckle tied to the counterweight, and the creaking wood groaned, and the half-toned stone and wood counterweight suddenly fell, and the rear row filled with coal A piece of slingstone fell and was thrown out, and in mid-air, as if a meteor shower had fallen, under the dumbfounded gaze of Lu Jun at the top of the city, the red coal dragging black smoke hit them hard on the face.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

Shouting screams erupted immediately, the surface temperature of the burnt coals was over a thousand degrees, and the Danyang soldiers were basically light infantry, fighting with a couple of catties of coals that fell like rain On the skin, the sizzling sound like barbecue came out suddenly, it fell into the back, the clothes were fine, and it was thrown off after dancing the electric shock, but what hit the face and eyes, the despair The screams even made people want to go crazy when they heard it.

This is not over yet. The buildings of this era are basically made of wood. The red-hot coals spread more than 300 meters behind, and those that fell into the snowdrifts were nothing more than those that fell into the snowdrifts. On the wooden corridor, on the windows, and on the hay pile, within a moment, the raging fire roared and burned.

Out of the water!The shrieking screams of putting out the fire sounded loudly from behind, pushing away the shield in front of him, and Chen Gong looked down worriedly, these were just appetizers, those slingers in the front row were thicker than before. The larger return guns in the circle are the highlight. The coal block return guns in the back row have already pulled the rope to reload the guns. The hundreds of kilograms of shells in the front row have just been loaded. Chen Gong’s scalp is numb. Once again, the sharp whistling pierced into his ears.

Boom~

This impact is no less than that of some early artillery. When they hit the city wall piece by piece, the ice armor sprinkled on the outside immediately split into pieces and fell off fiercely. The wrapped bricks inside also cracked instantly, and some broken bricks It was even directly glued by the ice cubes, and the two pieces hit the beams of the archery tower on the city gate. With a click, the beams were broken, and half of the building collapsed. Lu Jun below kept humming. Without a snort, he disappeared into the rubble.

This time, even he, Chen Gong, was not able to calm down so much, he was pushed aside by the impact, and got up while holding on to the crenel with his body covered in dust, but before he could stand still, there was another thud from under him.

It was a stroke of genius. A triangular fragment of Pengcheng hit the city gate. With a cracking sound, the door bolt snapped from the middle, and the heavy city gate slammed on both sides of the opening, before anyone could run away. The goalkeeper disappeared directly behind the door panel, but a stream of blood sprayed out.

"Block the door! Block the door!!!"

The souls of the dead were furious, and he could no longer calm down. Chen Gong shouted hissingly, not caring about the raging fire nearby. Zhang Liao pushed half the door full of sticky blood in sweat, bang. It was closed with a sound.

The Danyang soldiers behind him also closed the other side in desperation, and then directly demolished the nearby houses, and stuffed the wood and stones on it to the gate of the city regardless.

Cao Jun didn't expect to smash the city with a cannonball. Before the cavalry rushed out, Zhang Liao sealed the city gate. Looking at this scene, Guo Jia felt a pity and slapped his thigh hard. Then he grinned in pain and put down the binoculars. Cao Cao also shook his head regretfully, but soon, the smile returned to his face.

"Send an order to Pengcheng to stay behind the chariots and ask him to speed up the demolition of the house! The beams and debris should be transported to the front line of Xiapi as soon as possible. If there is not enough, the city wall will be demolished! Send him another 1 people, and the dams and ditches in Sishui will be completely destroyed. The work was suspended, and all the manpower was given to Chen Deng, the prefect of Guangling. He also stepped up the transportation of coal and iron, and sent someone to tell Wang Tuqiu to tell him to tell the truth! What he lacks, give him!!!”

Such a generous boss, Wang Hou is naturally not polite. Once again, another batch of childish coals was loaded. In his hoarse voice, the artilleryman once again loosened the thick rope that tied the return cannon. , Amidst the clattering sound, once again a brilliant meteor came fiercely to the top of Xiapi City!

The screams broke out again!

(End of this chapter)