The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 166 The power of the chariot, confrontation across the river

The drawing unfolded slowly, revealing the "catapult!"

Hearing this, Xue Rengui couldn't help saying involuntarily.

"No, it's not a catapult."

Suddenly, Xue Rengui seemed to see something different again, and immediately denied it.

Immediately afterwards, the young general in red robe beside him smiled and explained slowly: "General, this is indeed not a catapult."

"This is a new type of chariot. Although its shape is the same as that of a catapult, the power it can launch is quite different."

For a while, the young general in red robe explained to the main general Xue Rengui with extreme confidence.

Obviously, this young general has a strong sense of utilitarianism, and now he has the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

Of course, this teenager will not let go of this opportunity!
"Different? What's the difference? Isn't this thing launching a boulder?"

Hearing this, Xue Rengui looked down on the "chariot" on the blueprint, and couldn't help but sneer.

Hearing this, the young red-robed general knew that this was the sarcastic remark of the chief general Xue Rengui.

After calming down, he said slowly, "It's still the same way of launching the boulder, but the power will be very different, otherwise the general can just give it a try!"

"I also want to test the new chariot you mentioned, but now that the situation is urgent, how can I still have the manpower to manufacture it on site?"

Hearing this, Xue Rengui couldn't help but spread his hands and said.

Hearing this, the young general in red robe said with a smile: "Haha, I don't think the general will bother you!"

"The last general, just in case, has already manufactured a chariot as early as Nanyang."

"It's just due to manpower and time constraints, but there are only dozens of vehicles."

In the blink of an eye, as soon as the young general in red robe finished speaking, he saw hundreds of soldiers slowly pushing hundreds of new 'catapults' over.

After arranging dozens of new chariots in order, the young red-robed general cupped his hands to the chief general Xue Rengui and said, "General, look!"

Following this, many soldiers began to load stones under the command of the young general in red.

Seeing that everything was ready, the young general in red robe looked at the warships in Xiao Liang's army.

After waiting for a long time, the young general in red robe revealed a little smile, and then ordered solemnly: "Listen to the order, aim at the enemy battleship, and launch!"

Hearing the order, in an instant, dozens of chariots pulled one after another, using the leverage principle among them to throw countless ten pieces out.

In an instant, the small stones of Nuodano flew into the sky, and then hit the river directly like an inclined parabola.

In an instant, the screams in Jiang Zhong resounded again and again!
A rain of stones flew by, only to see the battleship that was unscathed in the rain of arrows from the Yanmen Army.

Now the formation was in chaos, countless battleships were smashed to pieces by huge rocks, and sawdust flew everywhere.

And the most miserable one is Xiao Liangjun's boat.

Due to their small size and poor protection, they suffered heavy losses under the impact of the stone bombs.

All of a sudden, the soldiers of Xiao Liang in the mongoose were either bloody and bloody from being smashed by the flying stones, or they were thrown directly into the river.

Then it was swallowed by the river!
In a short time, he didn't have enough time, and he saw that he was still arrogant, threatening to kill Xiao Liang's army on the shore in one go, and wipe out the Sui army in one fell swoop.

Now the formation is almost chaotic, like a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, with countless corpses floating on the river.

Then, the scarlet blood immediately dyed the rolling river water red.

In an instant, the blood stains in the river and the river water were mixed together, and the battle was extremely tragic!

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At this time, the Yanmen army defending on the shore shouted.

I thought that the arrows were ineffective against the enemy warships, and it was only a matter of time before the shore defense line fell.

But the whole army never expected that there is actually a kind of chariot that looks like a 'catapult', which can destroy the extremely strong fighting ships of the rebels.

Today, the battleship is almost like a piece of paper in front of the new type of tank, and there is nothing to do.

In an instant, not to mention the soldiers, even the chief general Xue Rengui didn't recover for a while.

It can be said that the power of the new chariot has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

After a long time, Xue Rengui slowly said to the young general in red robe beside him: "The general's words were so offensive just now, I still hope Haihan!"

For a while, the chief general Xue Rengui apologized to a young general.

That's right, throughout history, Xue Rengui's character was extremely friendly, and he never used officials to oppress others.

Now that he has seen that the young general in red robe is a person with real talent and learning, how can he continue to ignore him?

"Where, where! The general is serious." Hearing this, the young general in red robe hurriedly became humble.

Immediately, the chief general Xue Rengui asked slowly: "I don't know what your surname is?"

"Do you hold any position in the military now?"

Hearing this, the young general in red robe quickly saluted, and said: "I will tell you the truth, General, the villain's surname is Zheng Mingsen, and the word is Chenggong."

"Now I am serving as the military commander under the command of General Ma Gong."

Zheng Chenggong, the red-robed young general in front of him is Zheng Chenggong, the national hero who recovered Taiwan Island in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

With Zheng Chenggong's self-registered number, Xue Rengui is also very satisfied.

Immediately, Xue Rengui said slowly: "Zheng Chenggong, now you build a new chariot to help our army hold the shore."

"When this battle is over, I will definitely recommend your achievements before the general."

Hearing what he said, Zheng Chenggong was immediately overjoyed, and said happily, "Then thank you, General!"

In history, Zheng Chenggong was a very utilitarian person.

Now he belongs to the lower ranks of the Yanmen Army, and he is even more eager to make contributions.

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As the chariots continued to throw stones, the battleships and mongooses that continued to attack on the river surface were smashed down one after another, and then sank to the bottom of the river.

For a while, the situation where Xiao Liang's army's offensive was originally extremely smooth came to a standstill.

His own casualties were even more severe!

Not only the fighting ships and mongoose were hit by the Yanmen army's chariots, but even the several building search ships of the Xiao Liang army were hit one after another because they were too close to the front.

This sudden change in the situation, of course, could not be hidden from the main general Gong Yuan who was always observing the overall situation on the building boat.

Seeing that his own offensive was blocked and the casualties continued to increase, Gong Yuan felt extremely anxious in his heart.

After all, it is Xiao Liangjun who is catching up now.

If the Sui army on the shore cannot be wiped out in time, march at full speed and join Xiao Yue's army in Yiyang County.

I'm afraid Xiao Yue's army will really be divided and surrounded by the Sui army, and thus wiped out in one fell swoop!
"General, quickly order the withdrawal of troops!"

"Now the Sui army's chariots are too powerful, our army's warships are like paper, vulnerable to a single blow."

"If this confrontation continues, I'm afraid the casualties will increase!"

The scribe surnamed Cui, who was always observing the situation, immediately spoke out to persuade him.

"Withdrawal? Doesn't that mean that the results of our army's victory this time will be in vain?"

Hearing this, the chief general Gong Yuan couldn't help but speak unwillingly.

Immediately, the scholar surnamed Cui sneered and said, "General, the Sui army's chariots are too powerful now."

"Our warships are almost useless. If we continue to fight, we will get nothing and increase casualties."

"Someone has a plan to defeat the Sui army!"

Hearing this, the scholar surnamed Cui said with a confident and serious expression.

Gong Yuan still wanted to say something, but after seeing the confident expression of Cui's scribe.

He sighed and ordered helplessly!

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Immediately, the ringing sound resounded!
Xiao Liang's army that was attacking retreated under the orders of the generals.

For a while, the two armies faced off across the river again!
(End of this chapter)