Chapter 923: The Gap Between Catapults and Catapults
The Bingzhou army seemed to be aiming at Sima Jun, the catapult was the first to prepare to throw stones, and the catapult suffered first, and before those dragging hands pulled the rope to pull the throwing arm up, the stone bullet with a large head roared and smashed the catapult to pieces.
At the same time, there were also those pitchers, rolling stone bullets and flying broken logs, which were not something they could resist, only the head of the rat.
Chen Qian gave the order to counterattack, but Sima Jun seemed to be powerless, and the speed of the catapult of the Zhou army was obviously many times faster than theirs.
The whole battle didn't last long at all, Chen Qian and Sima Shi stood behind and witnessed the destruction of the catapult array.
This scene can be described as tragic, more than 100 catapults under the attack of the stone bullets of the Bingzhou army, in less than half an hour, the whole army was wiped out, turned into piles of ruins, and a lot of Sima soldiers were killed and disabled, and the whole position was in a mess, and even a catapult was left intact.
From beginning to end, Sima Jun's catapult did not even launch a stone, and Sima Jun lost miserably in this showdown between catapults.
Whether it is the rate of fire, the range, the degree of hit, and the catapult of the state army has completely exploded the catapult of the Sima army, Chen Qian is very puzzled, it is also a catapult, why is the gap so big?
Sima Shi also frowned, originally hoping to use the catapult to blast a hole in the city wall of Jiexiu and provide some convenience for the infantry to attack the city, but he didn't expect that as soon as the catapult appeared, before he had time to play, he was smashed by others, what is going on?
"Xiu Yuan, what's going on, is the catapult of the state army so powerful, why don't we even have the strength to fight back?" Sima Shi turned his head and asked Chen Qian.
Chen Qian is confused, Sima Shi doesn't know, of course he doesn't know, but the facts are in front of you, so you have to believe that the catapult of the state army is more powerful than you and stronger than you, this is really not good.
"Eldest prince, presumably Cao Liang has improved the catapult, which is why it has become so powerful, you look at these thrown stones, all of them are like balls, the average size, and the stones we use are very different." Although Chen Qian couldn't see the true face of the catapult of the Bingzhou army, these stone bullets that fell on the position of Sima Jun were clearly visible, and it was obvious that these stone bullets were specially carved, the same size and appearance, and they were all carved into the shape of a ball of hun yuan, and this stone bullet alone would cost a lot of effort and cost.
The stone bullets used by Sima Jun are relatively rough, and the stone bullets are different in size and shape, which are completely incomparable with the stone bullets of the Bingzhou Army in terms of technology.
It can be seen that the catapult of the Bingzhou Army must have undergone corresponding improvements, otherwise it would not have become so powerful.
Sima Shi was dismissive of these spherical stone bullets, in his opinion, these things were a bit flashy, anyway, they were stones thrown out, and no matter how exquisitely carved they were, they didn't have any meaning.
Of course, it's no wonder that Sima Shi, the knowledge of people in this era in physics is almost equal to zero, and they don't know what the spherical stone bullets are used for.
However, Chen Qian's words reminded Sima Shi, I remember that when he was in Luoyang, Sima Shi sent someone to keep an eye on Cao Liang, and found that Cao Liang and Ma Jun had a secret relationship with Ma Jun in the matter, but Sima Shi didn't care at that time, Ma Jun was just a small thing to give before Zhishi, relying on some strange tricks to please the emperor, which was deeply despised by the ministers of the court, Cao Liang hooked up with this kind of person, but it did not attract the special attention of Sima Shi.
Now it seems that Cao Liang must have received Ma Jun's guidance and improved the structure of the catapult, so he was able to win in this catapult duel, and it seems that people still underestimate this Ma Jun.
The catapult was all destroyed, Chen Qian's first siege plan failed, but this was not the only plan, in fact, the use of the catapult was just an auxiliary tool, the siege of the ordinary Sima army was rarely used catapults, they could rely on the advantage of numbers, and use the tactics of the sea of people to attack the city to take Jiexiu.
Therefore, Chen Qian discussed with Sima Shi, and immediately launched the second siege plan, ordering Sima Jun's infantry echelons to attack Jiexiu City.
When the Sima army attacked, it used siege vehicles and ladders, the siege vehicles attacked the city gates, and the ladders attacked the city walls.
The crowd of people was like a flood bursting the embankment, surging towards Jiexiu City, and the shouts of killing were deafening and resounding in the sky.
In the face of Sima Jun, who is like locusts and ants all over the mountains, Yanghu is still calm and unhurried, and after fighting with Cao Liang for so many years, Yanghu has already developed the habit of not being surprised by changes, even if Sima Jun is strong, he can't shake his confidence.
What's more, in the first round of catapult duel, the state army has already seized the opportunity and destroyed all the catapults of Sima Jun, you must know that the destructive power of catapults is quite amazing, even if the walls of Jiexiu City are stronger than ordinary city walls, but they can't withstand the destruction of these big stones.
Now that Sima Jun's catapults have been lost, it will be difficult for Jiexiu's city wall to be substantially damaged, relying on the tactics of the sea of people to attack the city? Yang Hu sneered, then let Sima Jun taste the strength of the city defense like Jiexiu Fortress.
In the face of the all-out offensive of the Sima army, Yanghu ordered all the defenders to enter the battle, and at the same time, the attack of the catapults did not stop, and stone bullets smashed into the crowd one by one.
Catapult strikes fixed targets, it is easier to get it, for targets that can be moved, the effect is not obvious, but Sima Jun's Ren Liu is more dense, but it provides convenience for the catapult's attack, after each stone projectile flies out, it will always hit some inverted frieze eggs, and the spherical stone projectile keeps rolling after landing, and the secondary damage caused is also very powerful, Sima Jun's overcrowded formation, so that they can dodge the stone projectile is very difficult.
This made Sima Jun have to look up at all times to see if there were stones flying in the sky while attacking, although the proportion of hits was very small, but the impact on the morale of the army was great.
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