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Chapter 74 Filling the moat

There was unconcealable pride in Wang Man's words. Xie Daoyuan nodded, and also pasted her pretty face on the looking hole, staring out intently.

Sun Enjun approached within fifty steps. In a flash, the arrows and stones on the city were fired at the same time. The archers squatted behind the battlements, and the arrows shot down the city like money. However, due to the narrowness of the city, although there were not many trenchers installed, Wei Feng asked someone to pull most of the trenchers in the city behind the city wall. Although the enemy was not visible, the calibration direction needed to be estimated based on the data reported above, which was quite troublesome. However, the trenchers were not accurate at first, and it was already very good to have two or three shots of ten shots. The difference between aiming and not aiming was not big. In addition, Sun Enjun was too dense, so the lethality of hundreds of shots at a time was quite amazing.

There are three types of stone bombs used by the trencher, divided into fifteen kilograms, thirty kilograms and sixty kilograms. The maximum range of fifteen kilograms is 300 steps, and then it decreases in turn, two hundred steps and one hundred steps respectively. Since it is designed to destroy the enemy's heavy weapons of siege, Wei Feng only uses sixty kilograms of bullets, and fifty and sixty steps is the best distance for the sixty kilograms to exert its power.

Accompanied by a sharp and harsh whistling sound, a bunch of stone bullets rose from behind the city wall and fell heavily into Sun Enjun. He saw a running sergeant hitting his forehead head head-on. In an instant, his head scattered like a watermelon being hit by a big iron hammer! But strangely, he could still run without his head. It was not until he ran two feet away that a blood column splashed out from his neck, and blood was splashed around him!

The man's body had just fallen to the ground, and another person hit the waist not far away. His body broke into two pieces in an instant. His upper body leaned back and his lower body rushed forward, which was extremely miserable. Someone was hit by his limbs. The powerful impact force immediately knocked his legs or arms away. The injured person could not die for a short time, and his scream made people shudder.

Even if the stone bomb hits the target, it still casts the force. It will hit the ground, including the air bomb, and it will bounce up and continue to cause damage. The jumper will eject in all directions according to the terrain of the bullet point. There is no rule, with the huge kinetic energy, sometimes it can even kill three to five people at once! Each round of stone bombs can cause about 100 casualties. The rewards of the jumper account for most of the money, and as many as possible, the scene is extremely shocking.

There was also a stone bullet hitting the wooden donkey covered with cowhide. With the dull loud noise, the sergeant inside suddenly felt dizzy, and even blood oozed out of some people's ears and noses. Although the wooden donkey's defense was extremely strong, it was hit by a sixty-pound stone bullet, and one could often be destroyed in just a few shots!

In fact, although the stone bomb is terrifying, it is limited by the low hit rate and insufficient number, and it cannot cause too much damage to the army of 50,000 people. The real fatal threat is the arrow. It is just that the stone bomb is hit by the flesh and blood, and the limbs fly. The violent lethality will be an incomparable blow to the soul and morale!

The battle situation had just begun and it had already entered a white-hot heat. Although some toad carts were pushed into the moat one after another, and some archers mainly composed of mutinous county soldiers shot arrows at the top of the city with wooden donkeys, under the fierce fire from above, the soldiers of the square fell to the ground and died, which made Sun En both regretful and anxious, and turned his head to look at it frequently!

If he was not so careless at the beginning, he should have rested at the time in Shanyin City. With his strong city defense and sufficient food and supplies, facing the siege of the court army, it would be no problem to support it for one or two years. But what's the use of regret? Sun En had no choice but to put his hopes on the army's catapult and crossbow to push forward quickly.

Lu Xun's lips turned around, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything. He found that Sun En was not versatile in military tactics and acted entirely with a sharp spirit. According to normal circumstances, the siege should be a catapult and a crossbow to attack the city first. He suppressed the defenders at the city with his extremely long range and terrifying lethality to cover his own siege. Sun En surged up, and at first glance, the momentum seemed amazing, but once the defenders organized effective defense, they could only cause major casualties for no reason.

However, it was too late to remind him at this time. If the Mingjin retreated and lined up and started again, it would have an adverse impact on Sun En's reputation on the one hand, and on the other hand, it would seriously affect morale. Now, only by relying on the absolute number of people in the altar, he can seize Shanyin with a saturated attack.

The first obstacle to attacking Shanyin is the River Protection City, but the toad cart can only be filled once, and it loses the cover of the mound of soil on the toad cart. No matter how fast the soldiers run back, at least 50% of them are shot dead below the city. This is the result of the archers shooting upwards with wooden donkeys or giant shields.

Seeing that the offensive was progressing so slowly, Sun En became more and more anxious. "Boom~~" A loud noise suddenly came from the front. Under the continuous bombardment of the catapult, a wooden donkey finally could not resist the pile of broken wood! This was the ninth destroyed wooden donkey. Although Sun En prepared hundreds of wooden donkeys, the siege began. How long can it last if this continues? Sun En couldn't bear it and shouted: "When will this be filled? Send the order and push the wooden donkey into the moat!"

The orders were conveyed forward layer by layer, and the archers were stunned. Can the giant shield be saved by losing the cover of the wooden donkey? But the gun shield soldiers hidden in the wooden donkey ignored it at all and immediately pushed the wooden donkey forward slowly. The archers could only support the giant shield.

The closer the wooden donkey is to the city wall, the safer it is, because the catapult cannot be hit. For the wooden donkey, the biggest threat comes from the catapult. The rocket is not a big threat. The raw cowhide is covered with thick gunpowder, and ordinary arrows are even more difficult to shoot through!

Seeing that Sun En didn't follow the rules, Wei Feng was also stunned. He understood that Sun En's misfortune was so that his side could not stop the wooden donkey from being pushed into the moat. So he would let him do it. What if the moat was filled? So he quickly shouted: "Send the order, replace the small bullets, try to hit the enemy's catapult!"

Small stone bombs not only hit farther, but also fire faster. Large stone bombs must be fired at fifty people at the same time to pull the tip rod. Small stone bombs can be halved, and the same manual operation can save time accordingly.

With the denser rain of bullets, Sun Enjun's casualties became increasingly serious, but Sun En ignored it and stared at the wooden donkey in front of him.

"Wow~~" In the huge splash of water, wooden donkeys were pushed into the moat, and the river was rolling. Sun En was immediately overjoyed. He turned his head and saw that the catapult and crossbow were also pulled to the predetermined battle position with stone bullets. The soldiers were nervously loading!

"Boom~~" Another rock bullet poured down. Three catapults and two crossbows were destroyed on the spot. The soldiers around were also affected by the fish. Dozens of people were smashed into meat paste. Sun En was not affected at all. He laughed and said, "Beat me, beat me hard!"
Chapter completed!
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