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Volume 1 Chapter 255 The Magical Use of the Sling

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    Yes, touch your hand and get a new name.  But I really didn't do it on purpose, I just acted subconsciously.  She quickly laughed and said: "Sanniang is joking, what can I do in broad daylight? I just want to ask you, do the stones used in the catapult have to be this big?" "If they are not so big, how can they be thrown far?  ?" Li Yaoguang rolled her eyes at me again, and hid her delicate hands behind her back, as if she was afraid that I would act rogue and molest her tender little hands at any time. But the blush on Li Yaoguang's pretty face finally faded away.  Some, his eyes turned and fell on those huge trebuchets.  "Such a large catapult can be thrown at least three hundred steps as far as possible." "More than three hundred steps? Doesn't that mean it can be thrown a mile or so, which is powerful enough, but how many people do it take to be able to throw it that far?  "I looked at each catapult, and there were dozens of young men. I couldn't help but feel dizzy. Could it be that such a thing requires so many people to control it?  "Such a large catapult requires fifty people to pull it, and a larger catapult needs a hundred people to pull it." Li Yaoguang's words left me speechless. This was completely beyond my belief, and it was even more different from me.  The catapults seen in later generations of ancient war blockbusters and medieval war blockbusters, uh, no, that should be called catapults, not catapults.  But the problem is that there is not much difference between those catapults and our catapults, except that the catapults used stones to bear the load and relied on inertia, while the catapults of this era relied on human drag to form power.  .  Well, the difference is not big. It can be completely changed to a mechanical catapult that uses non-human power.  Not only does it save a lot of manpower, but it also makes the operation of the catapult easier. Well, if we put two sets of pulley systems on it and then transform it into a mechanical inertia catapult, I believe it will definitely not be better than the one in Central Asia in the Middle Ages.  The Arabs made poor slings.  Just as I was stroking my chin and thinking about it, the sound of war drums came from the distance again. I didn't care to think about it anymore. I rushed to the edge of the city wall and looked down. Along with the smoke and dust formed by stepping on the ground, rows of helmets were pierced.  A's rebels appeared in sight again.  Standing on a high place, you can see at least hundreds of ladders, and further away, there are about a dozen catapults used for siege, and several siege vehicles with triangular roofs, or should be called city siege vehicles.  The car is right, and there are five towering arrow towers. Countless people are roaring, pushing these three or four feet high, square, like fortresses, slowly forward.  Seeing these arrow towers, I couldn't help but take a breath. These things are already as high as the city wall, and not only are door panels nailed to the heights of the arrow towers, but they are also covered with things like cowhide.  It is to enhance the ability to resist attacks, and according to the relevant information that I have seen in later generations, this thing is definitely the nemesis of the city defenders.  After seeing this thing and taking another look at the catapults, I finally understood that without these catapults, I am afraid that many servants would have died today.  "They have such good things, why didn't they use them last night? If they had used them, I might have been in big trouble last night." I couldn't help but murmured in a low voice. Li Shimin, who was standing next to me, was very worried.  He turned his head speechlessly.  "Brother, if such a big frame of the archery tower is pushed over in the middle of the night, it will definitely make a lot of noise. In this case, if there is a sneak attack, it is clearly coming. Isn't it sick to push something in the middle of the night?  " Hearing this guy's explanation, I almost slapped myself in the mouth. Yes, such a thing must be screaming weirdly when pushed. I'm afraid you can hear the noise two miles away from the city. What the hell is that?  of attack.  "Are they about to attack the city? Are there many rebels coming?" Li Xuanba was squeezed in the back and couldn't see him as he was jumping up and down for a long time. He could only ask loudly from behind.  "At least 20,000. It seems that Yang Xuangan really wants to open a gap from us." Chai Shao replied loudly. After hearing this, I couldn't help but take a deep breath. Ancient wars are really bad.  People are human beings, and they only get 20,000 at a time. I don¡¯t know how many of the 20,000 people will survive until the end of the war.  I squinted my eyes and looked up at the sky. It was less than two hours since the last battle ended. It seemed that Yang Xuangan really wanted to use this place as his main attack point.  Damn it, could it be that this guy saw that he was a time traveler, so he tried his best to break the myth that time travelers have no tricks and are invincible in a hundred battles?  At this moment, the noisy drumming was heard from the north, and everyone's expressions changed. Pei Yuanqing smashed his mouth and shouted in a low voice.  "It seems that Yang Ni's army intends to attack from both sides, so that our Luoyang defenders cannot support each other." Presumably Yang Xuangan's intention is to prevent reinforcements from everywhere.  Yang Gongdao gave orders with a cold face, asking everyone to go to their respective posts to be on guard.  Also prepare those catapults. The opponent's arrow tower is the greatest threat to the defenders on the city wall and must be dealt with as soon as possible.  Then he said to Yang Shidao, this guy is so sorry.With a cry, he quickly ran down the tower and rushed to ask for help. In fact, Zhang Tong'er, the general of Ying Yanglang who was in the reserve team in the city, could not have known such a big movement. However, if Yang Shidao came forward, he could at least urge the other party.  Come quickly for reinforcements. ????????????? But I no longer cared about admiring it, and rushed to my defense area, asking those people to prepare the crossbow arrows and check whether the crossbows in their hands were damaged.  Bundles of crossbow arrows were placed in position.  And just behind me, a catapult was also positioned, aiming at the arrow tower closest to us.  In front of this defense zone, there were at least three siege vehicles and an arrow tower. Seeing these things, I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.  I took a few steps back, approached Pei Yuanqing, who came to help me defend, and asked in a low voice: "Do you think our losses will be great in today's daytime siege?" "Don't worry, these thirty-five troops will throw stones.  The carts are enough to smash all the siege equipment of those guys. If I were Yang Xuangan, I would gather at least fifty catapults and ten arrow towers, and the elite men under me would be the vanguard, and the rebels on other city walls would respond with shouts.  The city does not dare to use all its strength to defend one side. In this way, there is at least a 30% chance of breaking through the Shangchun Gate. Now, with so few siege equipment, it is completely delusional to try to break the city. "Brother Yuan Qing, I can't help but realize.  Hearing you say this, I feel more relieved.  But thinking about it, Yang Xuangan must be worried about his future. After all, my famous Sui general, Hu'er, is now in the land of Donglai. There are more than 100,000 navy soldiers. If he gets the news here, he will definitely come to help at night.  , when the time comes, he will have no chance to attack even if he wants to.  " "It's funny, I have been following my father into battle for several years.  Last year, I accompanied the emperor on his northern expedition. I had seen a lot of wars, so I could naturally make a rough guess.  When Pei Yuanqing said this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. "It's a pity that hundreds of thousands of our elite during the Sui Dynasty were buried in the bitter cold of Liaodong."  Even I was hurt.  I was originally glad that I could at least have a good rest for a while, but I didn't expect that Yang Xuangan actually plotted a rebellion and came to attack Luoyang, the eastern capital.  " "From what Xiongtai said, you don't see the emperor going to the north, right?  "This guy looks like he is only in his early twenties at most. He has actually been fighting on the battlefield with his father for several years. It seems that it is not a lie to say that the ancients were precocious. Otherwise, he would not have been a prime minister at the age of twelve. Such a brat  In the future, your child will be a child, let alone the Prime Minister, and you will be a member of the Communist Youth League.  "Pei Yuanqing glanced at me, thought for a moment, shook his head affirmatively, and said: "Last year, the elite division of one million soldiers lost nearly half of its troops, but it could not even see the top of Pyongyang City, so it could only send its troops back to the court.  Not to wait for the people's strength to recover, they would go to the north again. I originally thought that the outcome would be the same as last year. I didn't expect that Yang Xuangan's rebellion would mean that the emperor would have no choice but to return without success.  " As we were talking, the drums in the enemy camp changed and became more exciting. The rebel formations that were originally standing in the open space began to slowly move towards us. And the heavy arrow tower was shouting slogans again.  "Don't worry about the catapult. Let me smash the arrow tower first." I turned around and ordered Zheng Chen. Zheng Chen and Liu Yantian moved one to the left and the other to the right.  Then he went and greeted the commanders of the catapults. The thirty or so catapults also began to move under the command of their respective commanders. "Hurry up, move an inch to the right, no, come back a little bit."  "It's parked right, it's in this position, it can't be moved." "And you, Yuan Fang, go down there and try to get a few hundred bricks.  "I whispered to Li Yuanfang again. "Sir, the only things we need to defend the city are big rocks and wooden sticks. Those bricks can't kill anyone at all, they can only injure people at most.  "Li Yuanfang said in a low voice. "You just do it honestly, and you will know when the time comes.  "I rolled my eyes at this guy and said viciously. Li Yuanfang helplessly called on twenty or so people to run down the tower with him and ran towards a half-built house not far away. There was at least tens of thousands of dollars there.  Brick. ¡°Brother Xian, what do you want people to do?  "Pei Yuanqing asked me with some confusion. "My little brother asked them to get some bricks. They might be of great use in a while.  "I look very confident. Unfortunately, only men can appreciate my handsome appearance, not pretty girls. I couldn't help but subconsciously turned my head and looked south, and I happened to see a handsome man dressed in bright clothes.  Li Yaoguang, who was wearing dazzling Mingguang armor, looked even more heroic. She was holding a good bow, waiting quietly for the rebels to enter her range. With a shout, fifty people in catapults were behind her.  Qingzhuang grabbed his hands and worked hard together, and the throwing spoon drew a beautiful circle, and threw a stone bullet weighing dozens of kilograms away. Then he saw a black shadow streaking across the sky, heading towards the distance.  The arrow tower fell.
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