Chapter two hundred and seventy-ninth, the moderate Li Kuo
The slingers who stood on the wall of Xiyuan City all had the same personality as their general. For several days in a row, their entire expression showed no sign of relaxation.
Holding a monocular telescope, Zhao Pan looked at the military formation opposite and squinted his eyes, "The number of troops has increased..."
In the first few days, the opponent's strength was only about two thousand, but today, Zhao Pan took a visual inspection and found that the strength gathered outside the city had risen to at least three thousand.
"It seems that this trip is coming for real." Zhao Pan, who realized this, put down his telescope and shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him, "Everyone cheer up! The slingers confirmed.
After checking the slings in their hands and the number of stone bullets in front of them, the crossbowmen responsible for controlling the three-bow crossbows and the heavy crossbow arrows were checked again to ensure that everything is perfect!"
Orders were issued quickly one after another, and the changes in the atmosphere on the city wall made the soldiers who defended the city tense up. At the same time, at this time, a high-pitched horn sound came from the distance, and the huge army of Shangyuan City
The siege army began to advance, and Zhao Pan's eyes immediately fell on the two huge siege towers. According to what they had discussed before, these two siege towers were undoubtedly the ones that needed the most defense!
It is difficult to have any innovations in siege warfare routines, but this time, Shangyuan City's siege army unexpectedly performed something a little different.
I saw that the opponent immediately gave up the use of the bed crossbow. There was no doubt that Zhou Southeast was guarding against Luo Ji's three-bow bed crossbow. After seeing the range and power of the bed crossbow that far exceeded the ordinary bed crossbow, he pushed
When the bed crossbow comes out, its range can't be compared to the opponent's, isn't it waiting to be sniped by the three-bow bed crossbow on the opposite side?
In addition, although Songhe City is now captured by the enemy [Biqudao www.biqudao.xyz], it is his own city after all, and it will not do him any good to cause large-scale damage to the city wall.
In this way, Zhou Southeast launched his two siege towers quite simply. The focus of the entire siege battle suddenly shifted from the common 'break the city gate' to 'capture the wall'. It was clear that he wanted to
Relying on his two thick-skinned siege towers, he pushed them all the way up, and then captured the city wall in one go.
Facing this changed routine, Zhao Pan acted very calmly. After all, Luo Ji had already analyzed this style of play with him quite thoroughly. In short, first confirm the opponent's advancement configuration...
The shield and axemen were at the vanguard, followed by the halberdiers and ladder troops. As the highlight of this siege battle, two siege towers were placed on the left and right sides of the entire military formation, with a large number of siege towers below.
The soldiers gathered their strength and were pushing the siege tower forward slowly.
In order to protect these soldiers from being shot to death by random arrows, the general Li Kuo who commanded the siege also specially arranged two large shield troops to form a shield wall to protect them all the way. The center of gravity of the entire military formation was there. It was simply
It can be said to be clear at a glance.
At the same time, the offensive of the siege troops can be divided into two types: fast attack and slow attack. On the opposite side, the Shangyuan City defensive general Li Kuo, who was evaluated by Zhou Yi as a conservative, is obviously an expert in slow attack.
The entire military formation was not moving very fast, but the calm aura made Zhao Pan feel a trace of obvious pressure, making him fully aware that this battle would not be easy.
"Huh——" He breathed out a long breath gently, adjusted his breathing, and concentrated his eyes again on the advancing military formation on the opposite side, and then ordered loudly, "Three three-bow beds."
Crossbow, after the opponent's siege tower enters the shooting range, directly focus on the siege tower on the left with all your strength, and aim at the wheels at the bottom of the siege tower as much as possible! Don't worry about the one on the right."
After receiving Zhao Pan's order, the soldiers who controlled the three three-bow crossbows quickly adjusted the attack angle of the three-bow crossbows. Then, when the siege tower entered their range, there was a series of muffled sounds.
, three huge heavy crossbow arrows flew out from the city wall one after another, hitting the siege tower on the left!
It was too late, but it was too soon. The moment the heavy crossbow arrows hit the bronze baffle of the siege tower, the three consecutive loud noises were simply deafening. The power and range of the three-bow bed crossbow were obviously stronger than the ordinary bed crossbow.
Li Kuo, who was behind him, shrank his pupils. Even after Zhou Southeast had warned him, the power of the three-bow crossbow still shocked him.
Then his eyes quickly swept away. After confirming that the siege tower was fine, Li Kuo couldn't relax at all. The opponent's first attack attracted his attention. The three crossbows on the wall set fire at the same time.
He attacked the siege tower on the left side of his formation, but ignored the siege tower on the right. The opponent's intention to defeat them one by one was so obvious that it put a lot of psychological pressure on Li Kuo.
Everyone knows that as the distance gets closer, the destructive power of the bed crossbow will become stronger and stronger. He has fought so many battles in his life, but this is the first time he is worried about the safety of the siege tower.
On the other side, Zhao Pan, who was standing on the top of the wall, was also shocked by the defensive power of the siege tower. Although the first attack of the three-bow bed crossbow was stuck at the limit of its effective range, he faced three heavy-duty missiles in a row.
The siege tower was able to perform basically smoothly during the bombardment of crossbows. There was definitely a lot of stuff underneath, which stabilized the entire center of gravity. There were probably dozens of soldiers pushing, but they were still pushing so hard.
The main reason for the slowness is that the portion is not light.
Originally, if we directly attack the wheel under the siege tower and blow it up, the siege tower will basically be useless. But the problem is that in the era of cold weapons, long-range attacks have a clear parabola, which has the highest hit rate.
The long-range weapons are basically bows and arrows, and large instruments like bed crossbows will inevitably make sacrifices in terms of hit rate. You let the crossbowmen operate the bed crossbows to attack the siege tower, which is no problem, but you let them aim
If you hit the two rows of wheels under the siege tower, you are making things difficult for others.
The battle is still going on. As the enemy siege army advances steadily, the slingers, who have won by strength, begin to fire wildly. The overwhelming rain of stone bullets forms a powerful suppressive force, further reducing the enemy's siege army's power.
Propulsion speed.
Li Kuo tried to command the archer troops to counter-suppress the slingers on the city wall, but the rain of stone bullets on this side was too fierce, and the unabashed numerical suppression simply overwhelmed the archer troops. After Zhao
With the special skills of Pana's gold-level slinger, the ferocious offensive that broke out was enough to make a large number of people stunned!
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