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A well-defended city can accomplish the established strategic goals without attacking it, so there is no need to run into a bloodshed.

Jincheng is not just a simple fortifications perfection, it is basically a hedgehog-like fortress, no matter from any angle, you can see the consolidated fortifications, and there are many long-range defense weapons.

"Since it is the military center of the Liang State, it is really expected." After Xie An arrived, of course, he had to check the defensive arrangement of Jincheng with his own eyes: "There is a bed crossbow between every 30 steps, and one is arranged at 80 steps. Catapult, these are on the bright side."

The height of the city wall is four feet high, and the higher the height, the longer the range of the long-range weapons will be. There is also a one-mile outer defense belt outside the city. Jincheng should take the attackable range into consideration when arranging the defensive chain.

"Outside the main city, there are at least four military fortresses of different sizes. They are located within five miles of the main city." Zhong Xing raised his finger to the fortress contained in the large barracks: "When we came, they were Take the initiative to give up and destroy the fortress."

Xie An hasn’t read about the fortress, so he just said, "Let’s take a look."

A single city is not enough to defend, and it is impossible to withdraw all troops into the city when defending the city. Otherwise, it will become a turtle in the urn. It can also attract the enemy to attack and create opportunities for the main city to attack the enemy.

The military fort that Zhang's Liang army voluntarily abandoned, it was actually only a frame left, and no place could be damaged intact. Most of the walls and load-bearing pillars collapsed, and some intelligence can only be identified by looking at the foundation.

"We found something." Zhong Xing took Xie An to an indoor open space where the soil seemed to have been refurbished: "There should be a tunnel here."

There is not much water under the surface of Xiliang, and the stone content in most of the soil is not too high. It is indeed not difficult to dig tunnels or something.

"So, there are still underground passages between the military fortresses and the main city?" Xie An frowned. He said, "With tunnels, they can get reinforcements and supplies at any time."

As for the attack and the use of tunnels dug by the enemy to attack the main city, people with normal minds would not do that. If the enemy dared to dig the tunnel in advance, it must be fully prepared inside. If you want to use the psychological preparation of filling the tunnel with corpses, even if it is enough to penetrate the tunnel, watering the other end will not only lead to a waste of it. A large number of people will die again.

The tunnel offensive itself needs to be attacked, and once it is discovered, it is self-defeating. Even if they enter the city from a tunnel, the enemy will definitely set up an ambush in advance. As soon as people go up the tunnel, they will be surrounded by a set of arrows and groups. There are not enough lives to die.

"We still have to fight..." Xie An presided over a siege for the first time. He pondered for a while, and said: "The enemy's military fort is not like the main city..."

Zhong Xing knew instantly.

Previously, they were only forwards and would not carry large-scale siege equipment. The main force came means that the large-scale siege equipment should also arrive. To deal with those military fortresses that don’t have many city defense equipment, they can use their own long-range attacks. The city equipment is submerged.

The main commander consciously selected the target to attack, and ordered the command to be delivered. It should be a busy man.

Zhang Chong, who regards the castle tower as the headquarters, will observe the movements of the Han army outside the city when he has time.

After the arrival of the Han army, they only entered the army camp and expanded the camp appropriately. Some necessary obstacles such as horse-repelling were also increased. Then they sent out small groups of troops, probably transporting water from the surroundings, which has come and gone. Many times.

In ancient times, the first element in building a city was water source. Only areas with sufficient water sources were suitable for building a city, otherwise it would be a big trouble for residents to use water.

Jincheng is located on the edge of the Yellow River. Originally, river channels were opened to lead to the moat, and water channels were built to draw water into the city. These water channels are actually fortifications and a large number of defenses.

Before Xie An led the main force to arrive, Zhong Xing had already tried to build a bridge over the Yellow River. Of course, Zhang's Liang army would come out to harass. The two sides fought a dozen times, both large and small, but there were not many casualties between each other.

"Lord, look over there..." Huang Yan raised his finger to somewhere: "Those... are catapults?"

In fact, Zhang Chong had long noticed the movement of the Han army camp, and he was not surprised to see a large number of dump trucks being pulled out by human and animal forces. He had heard how the Han army attacked the city of Shijie Zhao, and they used a surprising number of long-range attack equipment to cover it. The Dingxiang battle used the most long-range attack equipment, and he repeatedly bombed nearly three. moon.

"It's okay." Zhang Chong must stabilize the military's mind: "There is a fortification mile outside the city. The enemy's equipment can't get close. Even if it gets close, it will be attacked by our army bed crossbows and stone dump trucks. They can't stand firm." Sweet marriage is not discounted, Mr. Li's beloved wife!

Huang Yan originally said that the Han army was going to attack the military fortress, so after listening to Zhang Chong's words, he didn't say much, so as not to confuse the army.

What makes Zhang Chong more concerned about is that the appearance of the Han Army’s stone dumper seems to be different from the appearance of Zhang’s Liang Army. It's time to see how far the range is.

Zhang's Liangguo certainly has the technology to make catapults. The style is actually the same as that of the Jin army. The range can be up to one hundred and sixty steps, but there is no need to mention the accuracy.

Zhang’s Liangjun’s catapult can throw the stones one hundred and sixty steps on flat ground, and the range from the four-foot-high city wall can be increased by twenty or thirty steps.

According to the unit of measurement, one li in ancient times was 300 steps, and one step was summarized by 1.5 meters, so one li was four hundred and fifty meters. (Some dynasties made it clear that one mile is 300 meters in modern times.)

The range of the catapult placed above the city’s head is actually still within the range of its own fortifications, and can only be used when a part of the fortifications outside the city are captured. The bed crossbow placed above is different.

The style of Zhang’s Liangjun’s bed crossbow is still the same as that of Jin’s. The difference is only in the selection of bowstrings. For example, the Jinjun lacks enough tendon... that is, the quality of the bed crossbow is poor. , So that the Jin Army bed crossbow generally can only reach about 200 steps, but Zhang's Liang Army bed crossbow can shoot 250 steps because of the excellent bowstring quality.

The bed crossbow at the head of the city has a range of 250 steps, plus the increase in range caused by altitude. The result of their experiment is that it can shoot outside of their own fortifications, and can defend outside the city when the enemy launches an attack. The military provides remote support.

"Be careful!!!"

The big drink was made by the soldiers of the Han sergeant. They pushed the dump truck to the military fortress closest to the barracks. When they were close to about two hundred steps, the military fortress launched a long-range attack.

"Dodge the crossbow arrow!!!"

As soon as the voice fell, the crossbow arrows shot by the military fort also lost their kinetic energy and fell, and a strange sound began to appear, which was accompanied by the muffled and screams of the arrows.

"Where's the shield? Hurry up and organize a shield formation!"

The military fort does not only fire a wave of crossbow arrows, it shoots a wave every time. The distance is clearly from the strong crossbow, and the number is quite large.

Of course, Zhang's Liang Army must have strong crossbows. This can be regarded as one of the characteristics of the Chinese army. As long as it is the main force, it must be matched with strong crossbows. The difference lies in more and less.

The crossbow of Zhang's Liangjun continued to the style of the pre-Han, and the crossbow of the pre-Han was improved from the former Qin army, and the Qin army acquired technology from (Warring States) Korea.

It can be said that since the emergence of the self-strength crossbow, the armed forces of Huaxia Civilization are basically equipped with strong crossbows. What is strange is that in the Northern Song Dynasty, the technology of Huaxia Civilization was worse than Xixia’s, which led to the Northern Song Dynasty cracking Xixia’s god-armed crossbow. If you get the treasure. The technology of the Xixia God Armbow is actually the legacy of Li Tang.

The range of the crossbow is the key, which also depends on the long-range penetration. The strong crossbow of the Han army has a range of up to 450 steps, and the range of the **** arm crossbow is more than three hundred and forty steps, but the **** arm crossbow After firing more than 240 steps, you can still enter the elm half arrow. It can be seen that the **** arm crossbow still has amazing penetrating power at a range of more than 370 meters. This is not the case with the strong crossbow of the Han army. arrive.

"Where are the crossbowmen? They are dead!"

"Already rushing, the big guy will hide again."

"What the fuck..."

It should be said that the Han army is a bit arrogant. They still tried many times before approaching 200 paces. They failed to seduce the Zhang Liang army in the military fort and fired a crossbow arrow. They waited for the Han army to push the dumpling vehicle to the distance and just stopped. When preparing for launch, it is a burst of head-and-face shooting.

"Wind, wind, wind... Gale! Gale! Gale!"

A war cry came from the ear, and the sound fell, followed by a huge bowstring humming. What was visible to the naked eye was a "big net" made up of densely packed crossbow arrows rising from the ground. The airborne sound moved forward in midair, and then covered the military fort in the distance.

The counterattack of the Han army's strong crossbow troops came quickly and suddenly. The Liang army, which formed an arrow formation in the military fort, hurriedly dodged while looking at the hands.

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There are too many crossbow arrows. Once the arrows are left in place, the crossbow arrows on the body are densely packed, and the ground is about to become a jungle of crossbow arrows. It should be said that the entire military fortress is filled with the power of the Han army. Crossbow arrows.

The needed long-range suppression came, and the soldiers around the drapery hurriedly moved. They left the drapery and ran back.

"What's the situation?" Suffer was slightly confused. He was looking out from the observation port of the military fort: "Why did you leave the catapult and ran away?"

"Congratulations, General, General Congratulations." The main general of the military castle blew out anyway: "The enemy was killed and fled. The enemy's offensive did not take shape, and then left..."

Before the compliment could be finished, the Han army who ran away turned back.

The drapery is a powerful crossbow that enters the military fort. It is impossible for your own crossbow troops to suppress it all the time, so of course some measures must be taken.

Abandoning the boulder cart and running back, it does not mean that the boulder cart is discarded, but to get some fences, shields, etc., and toss them while taking advantage of the gaps that our strong crossbow troops are still suppressing. Building around the stone cart is equivalent to building an anti-arrow fortification on the spot.

"Pile up the grass, pay attention to the support frame, and cover it with thick soil later."

"Know, know!"

To put it bluntly, whoever stipulates that the dumper should be in an unobstructed open space, as long as it does not hinder the loading and launching of the dumper, you can arrange it as you like.

Suofe looked a little surprised: "The Han army...how much experience should this have?"

There were other things that surprised Zhang's Liang army. The Han army built simple fortifications on the spot. When the dump truck was pushed again, even the fortifications built could be moved, pushing forward another twenty or thirty steps. , Just start the formation.

"They..." Suofe was not only surprised, but also intensely uneasy: "...still building a tunnel!"

The rappeller needs stone bullets, which is equivalent to a supply line, so there can be no obstructions in the middle, otherwise how many deaths and injuries should be caused each time the stone bullets are supplied?

The tunnel is a kind of good thing. Who invented it is controversial, and it is certain that it was used extensively in Qin Dynasty. The corridor for military use is a kind of road with surrounding shelters. The main purpose is to prevent the enemy from sneaking attacks. The first large-scale use was the Qin army general Zhang Han.

The military fort’s general murmured: "The enemy has stopped firing crossbow arrows."

Yes, the firing of the crossbow arrows stopped, but the boulder started shooting.

The first round of stone bombs was fired by only three dump trucks. They were fired at a distance of about 180 paces from the military fort. The arm swing was completed, and three loud noises were heard after a while.

Suofu could perceive the ground shaking, then shaking, and three shaking suddenly, and all kinds of noises came from his ears behind him.

In fact, only one of the three stone bullets hit the building of the military fort, and the other two smashed into the open space. The building was hit, and the stone bullet smashed through the earth wall with great force, but did not cause the building to collapse or the entire wall toppled over. It can be seen that Zhang's Liang army made a lot of effort when building the military fort.

"You can't let the enemy use the catapult unscrupulously." Solve looked at the military fort and said categorically: "Organize an attack, and be sure to destroy the enemy's catapult!"

The commander of the military fortress is reluctant to implement the military order, and he also understands that no matter how strong the fortification is, it will collapse if it is repeatedly smashed~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Whether it is killed during the period or the military fort is destroyed, he flees anyway. If you don't get rid of it, you naturally know that you should work hard.

Xie An was observing from a distance with a telescope. It seemed that he had seen enough before he retracted his sight, and asked the marching commander Shi Yuanqiao: "When can the bridge crossing the river be built?"

In fact, Yuan Qiao had just arrived at the back of the team. He first learned about the situation from Zhong Xing, and then took over the heavy-duty troops. He was in charge of repairing the bridge.

"If it is near Jincheng, it will take about half a month for the current to be relatively turbulent." Yuan Qiao had to suggest: "The surrounding rivers should be surveyed, and the place where the water flow is stable should not be let go of the shallows."

What Xie An wants is that the army can cross the river, and what feasible plan can be found is a matter of marching history.

"A certain will ask the king for more troops..." Xie An didn't have much confidence, and he groaned for a while before saying: "Otherwise, he can only be dangerous."

Yuan Qiao raised his brows and nodded in agreement.