Chapter 328: Flying stones versus thunderbolt chariots show their power
Chapter 328 Flying stones confront thunderbolt chariots in awe
Chapter 327: Flying stones versus thunderous chariots
If you want to break through Hulao Pass, you must first fill in the moat.
Under the command of Xiang Yan, the Yellow Turban soldiers formed a team of two, one holding a shield to block the front, the other holding a sandbag to hide, and rushed towards Hulao Pass despite the rain of arrows.
When Qin Qiong, who was locked in Hulao, saw this, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes. He quickly ordered to stop blocking arrows and said to Qin Zheng and Qin Hu on the left and right: "Send the order. When the enemy enters the attack range, release thunder stones first and bow arrows from behind." ”
“It’s an order.” The two of them responded together, and then quickly went down to make arrangements.
The Yellow Turbans were well prepared to attack the city, and the Han army was equally well prepared to defend the city. There was no shortage of materials to defend the city. As soon as the Yellow Turban soldiers approached, they immediately launched a wave of "defense breaking", followed by thousands of arrows.
There were constant screams on the battlefield, and the Yellow Turbans' attack was not going smoothly. The casualties were heavy in the first step. However, as the commander, Xiang Yan had a calm face, as if the death was not one of his own soldiers.
“Pull up the well traps and catapults to cover the movement of the army.” Xiang Yan said calmly.
In the Yellow Turban Army formation, row after row of behemoths slowly drove out. When Qin Qiong saw this, he immediately said in a deep voice: "Send the order to the stone-throwing troops to prepare to defend the city."
After receiving the military order, Liu Ye couldn't help but show excitement. It was finally time to test the power of the new trebuchet.
The catapult troops of the Han army moved very quickly. Before the new formation of the Yellow Turban Army under the city was fully deployed, fifty new catapults were already ready on the city tower.
After seeing this scene, Xiang Yan finally showed a solemn look, and then quickly returned to the Yellow Turban line to meet Zhang Jiao, saying: "Good teacher, the intelligence is wrong. The Han army is not only well prepared, but also has catapults. If you want to face the enemy head-on, I'm afraid it will cost a lot to capture Hulao Pass. It's better to wait for the opportunity."
Zhang Jue's face darkened and he sighed: "Now is not the time to be soft-hearted. As long as the plan can be implemented smoothly, no matter how high the price is, it will be worth it. Brother Yan, I beg you, attack the city with all your strength at all costs."
“I will definitely live up to my trust.”
With Zhang Jiao's support, Xiang Yan no longer had any taboos, and immediately issued an order to fill the moat at all costs, even with corpses.
Under the sniper attack of the Han army, the Yellow Turban's first 10,000-person team soon lost more than 2,000 troops. The Yellow Turban's second 10,000-person team was also ready. Under the cover of wells and catapults, they once again attacked Hulao Pass launched an attack.
Liu Ye looked into the distance and made secret calculations in his heart.
“We are at a high altitude and can attack the enemy’s catapults at this distance. Once the Yellow Turbans lose their catapults, they can only be beaten passively.”
The Yellow Turbans' infantry phalanx was spared. When the Yellow Turbans' catapults officially entered the range of the Han army's catapults, Liu Ye immediately gave the order and shouted: "The catapult troops are ready. The first round of fire on the enemy's left flank, let go!"
Following Liu Ye's order, Hulao was closed and a spectacle of tens of thousands of stones was launched instantly. The scene was so spectacular that even some of the attacking Yellow Turban soldiers were stunned.
“Boom…boom…boom…”
The Yellow Turban catapults obviously did not expect that the Han army's catapults could launch stone projectiles so far. The left wing was completely unprepared and suffered a devastating blow in an instant.
“How did the Han army’s catapults throw themselves so far?”
“This range is almost half of our army’s range!”
"How can we fight this battle? Even the catapults can't get close to the city wall."
The total number of catapults of the Yellow Turban Army was much greater than that of the Han Army, about one hundred and fifty in total, and Xiang Yan brought out fifty catapults this time. Fifty catapults were already a lot, and the Han army only had fifty in total. I thought they could make a great contribution, but before they even reached the city, the left wing was hit hard, and about a dozen catapults were smashed. Obviously, It can no longer be used.
After seeing this scene, Zhang Jiao couldn't help but sigh: "The people from Baijia are really unreliable."
Catapults have long been absent from the official establishment of the Han army. There are not even a few craftsmen in the entire Han Dynasty who can build catapults. But now the catapults of the Han army can be launched farther than the catapults made by the Mohists, who specialize in ordnance. Far, what does this mean?
Obviously, the hundreds of families were not united. Some people were secretly helping the Han Dynasty, and they did not want to see Zhang Jiao, or in other words, they did not want to see the common people achieve the final victory.
“Tend the remaining one hundred catapults to General Xiang.”
Zhang Jiao said calmly: "Since we can't compare in terms of quality, we have to make up for it in terms of quantity."
At the Yellow Turban headquarters in front, Xiang Yan showed an angry look on his face. He pulled a soldier over and shouted: "Go to the great virtuous master quickly and take..."
“Report to the commander-in-chief that the great virtuous master has sent a hundred catapults.”
“That’s great, you won’t be afraid of the Han army.”
With the arrival of rear support, more than a hundred catapults were scattered in front of Hulao Pass. The reason why Xiang Yan did not dare to let the catapults gather together was naturally because he was afraid of being set on fire by the Han army.
The catapult is clumsy and slow, but the Han army's catapult has a longer range and is also condescending.
If the catapults of the Yellow Turban Army were gathered together, they would probably be completely destroyed by the enemy's flying rocks before they even reached the corner of the city.
Only by spreading them out can losses be minimized.
Xiang Yan's dispersion tactics brought great trouble to Liu Ye, but based on the idea that no matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat, Liu Ye still tried his best to cause as much harm to the Yellow Turbans as possible.
The first day of the city defense basically ended with a duel between catapults.
The Yellow Turbans had one hundred and fifty catapults, but in the end less than 70 were left, and the Han army only lost five. The Yellow Turbans were completely defeated.
However, although Xiang Yan was completely at a disadvantage in the Feishi confrontation, Xiang Yan accomplished his strategic purpose.
In this battle, Xiang Yan used hundreds of thousands of sandbags and the corpses of 15,000 Yellow Turban soldiers to finally fill in the moat of Hulao Pass, paving the way for the subsequent siege.
“The Yellow Turbans killed 15,000 people and were rewarded with 15,000 war points. 150 summoning points have been exchanged. The host currently has a total of 410 summoning points.”
Qin Hao is not the leader of the Yanmen Army yet, so he must personally command the battle to get rewards. However, Qin Qiong is a general summoned by Qin Hao, and he is in the same camp as Qin Hao, so his military exploits will naturally be counted as Qin Hao's. On the head.
But if Qin Wen had asked Qin Zheng or Qin Hu to be the chief general defending the city, Qin Hao would not be able to get the reward. This was one of the reasons why Qin Hao did not object to Qin Qiong being the chief general.
This decisive battle is a matter of life and death for the Han Dynasty, but for Qin Hao, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Think about the Yellow Turbans' millions of troops, how many summoning points are they?
It is naturally impossible to capture them all, but for Qin Hao, part of them is also an extremely huge number, enough for Qin Hao to summon the pillars that can support a country.
"It feels so good to receive rewards while sitting there." Qin Hao thought to himself: "Xiang Yan deserves to be a famous general of the Chu State. His vision is really vicious. He filled in the moat on the first day, but Hu The horror of the prison is not the moat."
Thanks to Mengmei III and xstst for the reward, thank you for your support.
(End of this chapter)
