144 Overcoming Difficulties
Compared with the paddle-wheeled ships with thousands of sails and masts, these small boats, which are slightly smaller than the craft, are not conspicuous. They are dragged by cattle and horses through the port stores and are submerged in the towering heavy buildings on both sides, and are even more unaware of it.
The biggest difference between it and the average wheel boat is four wheels. This wheel is forged in fine steel, and is by no means comparable to the standing wheels that paddle, but is the wheels that are actually driven by the boat.
In other words, the one dragged by a cow and horse was actually a craft cart for land and land, not a boat.
The biggest difference from the rail car is that this car does not require tracks and can drive on ordinary ground. For this reason, Ji Guojiang Building has optimized the body structure and improved the wheel transmission. It also has several watertight compartments in the cabin to increase buoyancy and prevent damage during wartime and water leakage and sinking when crossing the moat.
With the help of heavy buildings on both sides and the darkness, more than a dozen ladder-carriages, each slowly drove towards Yecheng five miles away under the drag of twenty heavy oxen.
The Yellow Turban Thiefs on the city were all attracted by the Han army, who were thrusting forward in the east and south, and the two camps were thrust forward. The sky was dawn. Outside the range of the crossbow on the city, the Han army craftsmen set up the first pillar. The defenders on the city were seen from afar and breathed a sigh of relief.
The Han army was just setting up camp forward, not siegeing the city.
"Be careful to guard and don't underestimate the enemy." After a night of hard work, the tiredness surged. Coach Qu left his words, and then he went back to the camp to sleep without mentioning it.
"Here!"
When he was down the wall, Qu Shuai looked at the white sky. It is not advisable to have another black bird, otherwise it will inevitably be exposed. Let the Han army be safe for a day and it will not be too late to set fire to the camp tonight.
When he thought of this, he sneered and walked down the city.
Watching Qu Shuai go down the city, the guards on the city yawn in groups of three or three, and they all go back to everyone.
The sound of ramming outside the city was like thunder. The strong man Lishi, bare-armed, rammed thick piles into the ground. The antlers were holding the horses and surrounded the camp. The walls of the camp could be temporarily used as barriers. After the sharpened wooden piles, most of the uniform military tents were erected.
While peeking, I suddenly saw a commotion in the camp. Thousands of Han elite cavalry rushed straight to the city gate.
"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows!" The arrows on the top of the city were like locusts, but the elite cavalry suddenly turned around before the rain of arrows. They rushed around the west and north of the city.
Why...is it happening?
Before he could react, he heard the sound of drums in the west of the city and the north of the city. The defenders on the city exclaimed: The enemy attacks, the enemy attacks—
"I'm so stunned, go and support!" The leader of the Yellow Turban roared angrily with a knife.
"Oh!" The Yellow Turban Thief Army divided into two groups, heading west along the city wall, and rushed towards the north second gate in chaos.
In just one winter, the farmer holding a hoe could not transform into a well-trained soldier. Even the most basic orders were forced to do so. The real main force of the Yellow Turban, the giant thieves and bandits who licked blood from the knife, lived in the camps in the city. Those who were sent to the city were all miscellaneous soldiers and brave soldiers. Imagine that the walls of Ye were high and thick, and there was a moat connected to the Zhang River under the city, how could the Han army easily break through? Besides, even if they attacked the city, it would be too late to come to support from the camps in the city.
Among the treacherous thieves, there is only the leader of the city guarding and some combat power.
The leader was the first to be hit. He strides and turns along the wall to the northwest. As soon as he passes through the corner tower, the scene in the north of the city immediately jumps into his eyes.
"This is..." The Yellow Turban leader was stunned.
I saw more than a dozen strange-shaped boats lined up under the city. Before entering the range of the crossbow, they slowly turned the body of the car under the drag of many heavy oxen.
The twenty majestic oxen who were originally pulling the cart in front turned to the stern of the boat and turned into a push cart!
Buzz! The crossbow volley.
A dark cloud of death flew out from the city wall.
The roar was like thunder. Before the reaction was enough, the spear-like crossbow arrows had already roared and pierced.
The enamel armor covered with the hull was blown up in response to the sound. The deck was even full of spears. It seemed miserable, but in fact it was nothing serious. Even the spear could not penetrate the thick iron-packed deck. How could it hurt the warriors in the cabin?
The cattle herd of chariots running at the stern of the boat were covered by a tall hull and a stern tower, and safely avoided the shooting of the crossbow.
Three-wheeled volleys, most of the enamel armor on the hull was shattered, and the deck was densely packed with spears.
After rushing out of the range of the crossbow, the ship officer in the room gave an order: "Rise the sail!"
The soldiers in the cabin immediately moved the handle. The gears drove the mason rod and slowly rose. Then they spread horizontally like folding fans. The phoenix wing sail hidden in it fell rapidly. When the wind blew, the bow of the boat was covered.
"Shoot, shoot arrow!"
The arrows were like rain, and all the sails were broken.
"Quick, change the Rockets!"
The rockets shot randomly, but were still knocked down by the sails.
What is this that can prevent fire!
"Haha!" Huangfu Song, who was leading the Sanhe Knight to rush around the city and witnessed everything from afar, couldn't help laughing out loud.
Seeing the head of the carriage surging towards the moat.
The ship officer shouted: "Broken tail!"
The boatman in the cabin immediately moved the handle, like a gecko's tail broken. It was connected to the push rod of the cattle, and stood separated from the hull.
The ladder and the cart plunged into the moat.
Seeing the carriage rushing into the water, cheers sounded at the top of the city. But before the cheers landed, the carriage accelerated and surfaced suddenly.
Bang!
With a loud bang, soil and rocks splashed. The hook claws shot from both sides of the bow hit the wall in a sound. The gears turned in reverse, and the two wire ropes connected to the hook claws were then tightened, slowly dragging the cart to the wall until the bottom of the boat was stranded and stood on the shore, without moving at all.
"Spread your wings!" the ship officer shouted again.
The wings of the ship slowly flipped, and the mechanism hidden in the bleb of the ship revealed its original appearance.
These are... all kinds of changes, and the Yellow Turban thief was as stupid as a wooden chicken.
Not enough to react.
The folding ladder is covered with solid wood. It has stretched out from the belly of the boat and has been slanted to the top of the city.
"Sukushi!Sukushi!" The leader of the yellow turban was so angry that he was in his eyes. There were such mechanisms in the world!
"Be careful, Mr. Qu!" The Yellow Turban Army around him exclaimed.
The wind breaks the body.
The leader of the yellow turban rushed out and hit the wall hard. When he looked down, he saw a crossbow passing through his chest and nailed him to the wall with arrows.
"Uh--" The leader turned his eyes and became extremely angry.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of steps outside the city like a drum. A cold light flashed. The bandits were holding up the stone and making a move to smash the ground, and the headless corpse was pulled down by the stone and sprinkled with blood and fell into the river.
Then a general, covered in blood, flew to the top of the city. A pair of halberds in his hand weighed eighty kilograms. When he danced, he shone cold light and the sound was like thunder. If he touched, he would die, and if he touched, he would die.
It's the thunder.
The Killing God who swallowed the sword and the god armor was one of the four evil spirits, Dian Wei, the Central Army Captain.
The warriors hiding in the ship were all white-collar soldiers under their command.
A hundred Bai Li, like a mad tiger, rushed to the top of the city. The Fengyu Steel Knife raised his sword and fell. The Yellow Turban Thief collapsed and broke into a ground.
Not to mention the Yellow Turban Army, even the Xianbei King Cavalry could not stop Danyang Baili's hard attack.
The thief army crowded over the city, split into pieces. Under the sword curtain, there were no living people.
Blood flowed into a river for a moment.
The quick knife cuts the mess and kills all the thieves. Dian Wei then cuts off the lock and opens the city gate.
The suspension bridge fell with a bang, and Huangfu Song waved his knife and pointed it.
The Sanhe Knight rode his horse into the urn.
Chapter completed!