The curved stone path is usually hit head-on. It looks shockingly powerful. As long as it hits the ship, sawdust will immediately fly out, leaving a big hole in the deck, or the sail will be torn off heavily. If it hits another person,

His flesh and blood were even more bloody, and his death was miserable.

However, due to the curved path, it was impossible to hit the side string, so the stone could not cause fundamental damage to the ship. Moreover, the stone's accuracy was poor, and most of them hit the river. Also affected by the slow launch speed, although hundreds of

The trebuchets were launched at the same time, but only a small part hit the ship.

Although many stones were missed, the waves on the river were surging, causing the ship to bump and sway from side to side. This made the accuracy of the kerosene much worse than before, and only a small part could be hit straight ahead.

However, as long as it hits the hillside, sparks will fly up. Different from what people thought at first, defenders will swarm in at this time and risk their lives to put out the fire. Otherwise, the flames will devour everything around them.

Go in, including the trebuchet.

Braving the rain that was sometimes tight and loose, the fleet fired kerosene while firmly approaching Stone City.[

"Buzz buzz~~" Suddenly, there was a continuous sound of bowstrings from behind, and black shadows shot towards the top of the mountain. It turned out that the ships in the rear array had lined up in a row, and fired trampling arrows diagonally upward!

Among the Haimen navy that came to attack Stone City, there were fifty warships serving as the main attack force. Each ship was equipped with three to five throwing ballistae on the bow, which could fire hundreds of pyrotechnics each time. There were about

Thirty percent of them can hit the top of the mountain. Although there are dozens of them, they are scattered on the hillside of Nuoda. Moreover, the defenders put out the fire quickly and skillfully, but the effect is actually very limited.

But the stepping arrow is different, this is a spear that can be nailed into the city wall!

Fifty ships lined up in a row, firing more than a thousand salvos at a time. From the perspective of standing on the ship, although the hillside was not full of fire, it was an entire long area where branches and leaves were churning in an instant, and blood and flesh were flying everywhere.

, if I had to give an inappropriate analogy, it would be like being plowed through the sky by a huge plow!

Every time three to five rounds of stepping arrows are fired, the elevation angle of the crossbow will be slightly raised. After more than ten rounds, the stones struck have become much sparser, and the defenders as big as ants have dispersed.

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The power of the volley fired by more than a thousand crossbows is unparalleled. The spears directly shoot down small trees as big as bowls, and can penetrate even thicker trees. Wherever they pass, there are broken trees, trebuchets toppled, and missing limbs.

Broken arms littered the hillside. The scene was a mess!

Huan Wen, including the navy officers, were all stunned. They dared to swear that they would never forget this shocking scene for the rest of their lives. No one would have expected that the salvo of naval guns would bring such great damage.

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Unlike the sporadic point strikes of kerosene, naval gun salvos are real area strikes. No matter what kind of weapon, the increased density of strikes will cause horrific damage!

Huan Wen suddenly became energetic. In his original understanding, attacking Stone City would be an extremely difficult battle, but at this time, he saw the hope of quickly conquering it.

Huan Wen quickly shouted: "Go forward at full speed and climb to the city quickly!"

Under the cover of the stepping arrows, the boarding ship accelerated its speed, and huge amounts of liquid flew down. Stone City quickly approached. A large number of sergeants rushed onto the ship. Some of them stood on the bow of the ship with strong long poles. When there was still distance left,

At twenty feet, the oarsman rowed the big oar backwards. The speed of the boat suddenly slowed down, and it moved towards the Stone City in the reverberating rapids. At the last three feet, the soldiers all stretched out their long poles and pushed against the city wall with all their strength.

"Bada! Bada!" Although the speed of the ship slowed down, the huge inertia caused the long poles to break one after another. However, just because the support eliminated the final impact, the battleship shook slightly and the bow of the ship leaned firmly on

The city wall!

Immediately afterwards, the planks were erected, and groups of sergeants filed onto the top of the city.

Huan Wen was quite proud of himself. He actually had the feeling that it was too easy for him to be the naval commander. You must know that before the birth of the Liangzhou navy, naval operations had always been based on jumping gangs to join the ship, which was said to be a matter of life.

It is no exaggeration to say that the commander's insight into the overall situation and stability in battle are also extremely important. The Haimen navy does not need to go all out, nor does it have much requirements on command. As long as it can maintain the formation, it can be regarded as

qualified.

Just as he was indulging in this self-satisfaction, "Buzzing buzzing~" suddenly sounded a heart-stopping sound from the top of the stone mountain. Huan Wen couldn't help but look up and saw about a hundred black dots flying in from small to large sizes.

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In an instant, Huan Wen's hair stood on end, and a chill spread rapidly from his spine to his tailbone. He could tell that the stone's landing point was at the top of the city!

"Quick, get on the battlements! Take cover!" Huan Wen shouted loudly, with obvious anger in his voice.

The soldiers who boarded the city head hurriedly rushed to the inner battlements. As soon as they squatted down, there was a continuous bang bang sound on the city head. Stone chips and smoke were flying in a wide area of ​​more than a hundred feet. Although the stones were not too dense, they were extremely powerful.

Surprisingly, quite a few of them

Part of it hit the wooden plank that spanned the bow of the ship and the city head. With the sound of the plank shattering, the soldiers who had retreated to the ship fell into the river like dumplings. There were also some life-threatening bows, parapets, and ballistae in all directions.

Fall apart!

This round of throwing by the defenders is much more accurate than before, and there are few misses. This is similar to the Jie Zhao defenders at Huguan. They fixed heavy weapons to hit the target. They only need to mark them with effective training to figure out how to throw.

The most appropriate force and angle at the time.[

Obviously, compared to the moving target on the river, it is easier to just attack the city head.

For a moment, Huan Wen was ashamed and annoyed. He was only immersed in the success of the battle, but ignored that the warships moored on the river were too far away and the arrows could not hit higher places, so they failed to clear the trebuchets on the top of the mountain.

This gave the guards a chance to attack the city.

The warships used as cover were lined up in a row and wanted to move the ships laterally. I am afraid that no one in the world has this ability. If they want to move forward, they can only disperse the formation and regroup, but without their own orders, each ship dare not

Spread out the formation.

This made him realize that any negligence on the battlefield will bring unpredictable casualties, and it is not impossible for the battle situation to be reversed. As a commander, he is not only responsible for the victory of the battle, but also for the lives of the soldiers.

Responsible.

It is precisely because of this negligence that dozens of soldiers, wearing more than ten kilograms of light armor, fell into the icy river, uncertain whether they would survive or die, and this was all avoidable.

The confidence that Huan Wen had just gained disappeared in an instant. He understood that he was very young and still had a long way to go before he could grow into a qualified commander.

With self-blame in mind, Huan Wen quickly called out: "Quickly retrieve the fallen soldiers, kerosene greeted the top of the mountain, the severely damaged ships sailed backward, and the rear fleet used giant arrows to defeat the enemy! In addition, several more ships came up from the rear array.

Replenish!"

As flags were waved back one after another, ropes were thrown from the ships into the river, and kerosene also rose into the sky again. Several warships paddled backwards and slowly retreated. After a period of busyness, the scene returned to order.

Although the trebuchet on the top of the mountain was still firing, the suppression by kerosene was not as abnormal as the giant arrows, but it was more or less effective, and the stones struck were obviously not as dense as before.

You must know that the trebuchet is so heavy that it is impossible to transport it to the mountain. The ones deployed on the mountain are all built on-site with parts and components and cannot be moved at all. One less machine will be destroyed.

On the river, the warships sailed to the side one after another, making a circle and then coming back to gather. Although Huan Wen looked back anxiously, he knew that there was no need to rush, so he had to focus on the bombardment with the trebuchets on the top of the mountain.

, although the number of stones thrown is slowly decreasing, no matter how accurate they are, they are still quite threatening to the warships close to the city wall.

"General, someone is coming!" A general suddenly exclaimed!

Huan Wen and the generals on the bow couldn't help but take a look. On the left and right sides of the city near the river, the sound of dense footsteps grew from small to loud, and thousands of defenders appeared in sight. Looking at this posture, they were trying to take advantage of the situation.

When the battleship is anchored on the city wall, attack and capture the battleship.

"Looking for death!" Huan Wen couldn't help but smile coldly: "The crossbowmen on the outside are ready, and the ships on both wings are firing at the right time!"

The order was conveyed quickly, and the crossbows of the five warships on each side of the ship quickly changed their directions. The crossbowmen also braved the sparse stones to rush to the deck. This was a complete gamble. No one knew whether the stones would hit them.

The trebuchets on the top of the mountain also adjusted their directions one after another, trying to throw stones to both sides to coordinate with their own troops.

"I'm targeting them all!" Huan Wen waved his arms and commanded the warship in the middle to throw kerosene towards the mountain top at a faster rate.

Everyone knows that this may be the only counterattack that the defenders can do. Once the Qin army's outer battleships are deployed and they fire giant arrows at the top of the mountain, everything on the top of the mountain will be destroyed. If the Qin army takes advantage of the situation and climbs to the top of the mountain, condescending,

The defenders on the other three sides had no other choice but to retreat from Stone City.

The reason why Stone City is easy to defend and difficult to attack is not only related to the steep city wall, but also the key to Stone Mountain. The trebuchet is set up on the mountain and can be thrown farther. The price paid by the imperial coalition forces when they attacked Wangdun, who was besieged.

It is unimaginable, but now, the Qin army launched an attack from warships, equipped with ballistae with longer range, faster rate of fire, and more precise strikes, which immediately offset the advantages of Stone City.

"Let it go! Let it go!" The commanders on the left and right sides shouted loudly!

"Buzz buzz~~" The kerosene fell on both sides. Two thick walls of fire immediately ignited on the top of the city. The enemy troops quickly threw down the earth and rocks they carried to try to extinguish the fire. However, this first round of kerosene was just

As an appetizer, the fireballs that followed continued to pour out. Although they could only fire a few dozen at a time, the area at the top of the city was small and the targets of fire oil were relatively concentrated, so the bags of mud and sand bags had no effect at all.

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As the scale of the crossbow was adjusted, the kerosene sealed the way forward and then gradually fired back. The fire quickly spread across the city, and screams of misery were loud. Even if some people risked their lives and rushed through the sea of ​​​​fire, they were still killed by the powerful crossbows.

Down!

Huan Wen looked at it and nodded secretly. At this moment, "Tangtengteng~~" the familiar sound of bow strings sounded behind him, and grass and trees suddenly flew up on the top of the mountain. This made him completely relieved, even though there were still some trebuchets deep in the top of the mountain.

It can't be hit, but it can't make a big wave. As long as we are careful, it is a foregone conclusion to capture the head of Shicheng.[

Huan Wen suppressed his excitement, turned around and shouted: "Dismantle some ballistae, be careful, and follow me up the mountain!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian. Please vote monthly for your support.
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