Chapter 105 The Power of Ballista
When Zhang Liao led his troops back, Qing Cang ordered, "Crazy the city car and the crossbow cannons are ready to advance fifty feet!"
Just pushing, the city wall is included in the attack range. At this time, the city rushing car was not activated, so it has not yet been equipped with Niuli.
With the advancement of more than one hundred siege weapons, the people on the city wall began to get excited. They had never seen such a siege formation.
"Look! They are ready to attack the city!"
Some people showed a look of contempt on their faces and their tone was disdainful.
"There are only a hundred crossbows, and they also want to attack our impure city?"
Someone recalled: "A few years ago, I had seen Changshan City not being shot down by five hundred crossbows. Hundreds of cars rushing to the city could not be broken. Are these people here to play?"
Although these people are a bit exaggerated, they are indeed much more than a hundred. One hundred crossbows are like tickling it, and they have no effect on the essence of the city wall, let alone siege?
Since it cannot be defeated, everyone is not afraid.
"Hmph, it seems yes. As long as we can't keep it, they can't do anything to us."
"Sit down and watch the changes, it's best if they can't hold on for a few days before they retreat."
One hundred crossbows still seem to be in short supply. From the top to the bottom, due to distance issues, one hundred crossbows appear to be a bit small.
But as the crossbows continued to advance, the size became larger and larger. Only then did the people on the city wall realize that the people who were originally from the Chinese Legion brought with them were different. Because they had higher mobility, what were the two black balls in front of them? The whole balls of crossbows looked very solid and powerful. The two black balls were springs, which could increase the range and power of the crossbows.
The propulsion of the crossbow cannons soon reached Hua Yuanquan's ears. When he came out, he saw that the crossbow cannons had stopped advancing and said, "The damage caused to the city wall by the crossbow arrows at this distance is basically zero. Because they have not yet hit it, they fell halfway. They are really a group of ignorant guys."
His understanding of the crossbow cannons is still in the past or in today's technology. If he knew that the Chinese Legion's crossbow cannons had been improved through improvements, and had a qualitative improvement in power or range, then he probably wouldn't dare to underestimate them.
Someone said, "Boss, what if they go further? This is probably their trick."
"Transfer the order. If they dare to go further, shoot the crossbow with a ignition bow and arrow."
Hua Yuanquan still did not believe that the crossbows of the Chinese Legion could be shot onto the city wall. After listening to this person, he realized that it would be different if the distance became closer, so he ordered his subordinates to react in this way. As long as the crossbows dared to go further, they would burn them.
Suddenly, a hundred flames rose and were ready for attack. It seemed that these crossbows were not going to go further.
"Boss, they lit the crossbows!"
Hua Yuanquan said, "Not afraid! They can't hit the target, at most, the distance is at the foot of the city. The city is full of soil, they can do it themselves! We should rest assured!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge crossbow arrow penetrated directly to a place not far from him and ignited a flame.
I just thought I was self-righteous, and now I slapped my face directly. A large number of crossbows and arrows flew from the air. These arrows seemed to have been calculated and hit the city wall without any deviation. And they were all concentrated at the top of the city gate and extended to both sides of the distance of two hundred meters. It was obvious that Qing Cang wanted to knock out the firepower in this area so that they could not affect the future city rushing cars.
His eyes were full of disbelief. This was impossible, this was impossible. It took a long time to realize the heat around him.
"Put out the fire!" At the same time, he began to pay attention to this legion, or he was wrong. This legion has his strength. It is obviously not a big deal to dare to attack a city that would have to be 40,000 people to break through with five thousand people. At the same time, a little doubt appeared in his heart. Why are the weapons and equipment they carried so advanced? Looking at the city bus as big as a bus, he immediately took a breath of air conditioning. What kind of legion is this? It's too terrifying.
Everyone began to get busy and joined the ranks of putting out the fire.
"Boss, it's bad. There are more and more fire crossbows, and fires are on many places in the city walls, and the fire spreads very quickly. We are not enough to extinguish these flames! And these fires cannot be extinguished with water, but they burn more vigorously!"
The arrow carried a large amount of tincture oil, which broke when it hit the city wall. A large amount of tincture oil poured onto the city wall. After a little fire, the fire quickly rose. These fires cannot be extinguished with water, and using water will only encourage the fire.
"Boss, no, we lost about a hundred people, were shot by arrows and burned to death by 100 people."
After only a while, more than a hundred people were lost, and Hua Yuanquan suddenly sat down. Obviously, such changes were beyond his expectations. After a while, he realized that he had to do something.
"Come, gather brothers to ride on horses, I will let them retreat!"
Finally he made a decision, and there was no other way. The fire continued to burn so much that they could not even extinguish it, so they could only solve it from the root. This was also what Qing Cang and the others were happy to see, and it would be better to consume the defenders in the city.
Hua Yuanquan led his troops out, with more than 2,000 people.
All of them were cavalry, and these were marching in a hurry. Obviously, they wanted to dismantle the crossbows because their target was the crossbows.
All this was seen in the eyes of the Chinese Legion. Qing Cang had already made a prediction, and Wu Chaojing couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
"The commander is indeed as expected. The gangsters defending the city are indeed going to come out to remove the crossbows."
Qing Cang smiled and said, "These people were about to quickly remove the crossbows and then roll back to the city."
Everyone asked, "Commander? What's next?"
Everyone was waiting for Qing Cang's next command. As the highest commander here, he was confident.
Zhang Liao shouted, "Commander, let me meet him!"
"Okay, you bring five hundred swords and shields and cooperate with five hundred hook and sickle soldiers. Don't advance, just guard the crossbow."
"yes!"
After Zhang Liao took his order, he pointed out a thousand soldiers to go and use his troops. Pay special attention to the conflict between the troops. Although the sword and shield are defeated by the cavalry, the sword and shield can provide defense for the goujian soldiers and wait for an opportunity to kill the enemy. Once a cavalry is caught off guard, the sword and sword will be welcomed!
"Captain Cao, you bring 700 knights. When they start the war, they will cut off their retreat. I want them to go back but not back! Captain Zou, order the archers to prepare and seize the opportunity to kill them without leaving any armor!"
After such a period of expansion, in addition to the number of knights, the number of crossbow archers and archers has increased, with an increase of 500 people, especially the number of spears has reached 1,000 people. With 1,500 people, the defense is strong.
The two took their lives and ordered their troops to leave.
Chapter completed!