Chapter 597: Feathers

The attack distance of the stone fire bullet was about Li Xu, and the attack distance of the crossbow arrow was about 400 paces, and the sharpness of the long-range attack weapon above the head of Tzu Chi City greatly surprised the Yuan Servant, but he also understood that whether it was a trebuchet or a crossbow machine, the speed of firing was their biggest problem, and after a round of attacks, it would take a long time to prepare. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info so although the opponent's first round of attacks caused large casualties, it did not affect his influence, but kept pushing the soldiers forward.

In fact, there is no need for him to destroy it, the soldiers are also running wildly, everyone wants to get out of these two death zones as soon as possible, where to stay for a long time, can be lucky to avoid the first round of attacks, who can say that they can avoid the second round? It is better to say that the crossbow arrows run in a straight line, and those fireballs, after falling to the ground, cannot predict their direction at all, maybe a small stone can make them change direction suddenly.

The next moment, Wu Teng's eyes widened in shock, because to everyone's surprise, the second wave of fireballs in the city suddenly rose in their eyes, and once again pounced on the attackers who were swarming through. Under the banner of the Chinese army, all the generals who are familiar with the military formation exclaimed in surprise.

In Wu Teng's eyes, he also saw some other things, and unlike the first attack, the distance between the fireballs landing this time was obviously layered, and there was a difference of about fifty steps before and after.

In Wu Teng's image, the trebuchet that threw such a distance must be huge, and it was quite complicated to change their range. However, the trebuchet of the Thunderbolt Battalion in front of him not only played the second round at a very fast speed after a short round of attacks, but also changed the distance of the attack.

It is impossible to launch several batches of trebuchets in batches, because in Wu Teng's eyes, the two launches are raised on the same line, but the second time, some of the shooting distances suddenly become weaker.

He stared intently at the city, trying to make another confirmation.

Sure enough, after two consecutive rounds of attacks, there was already a fault in the attacking Fuyuan soldiers, and the area in the middle that was ruthlessly attacked by Huoyu was already sparsely populated, and they had either rushed to the front or cowered.

The officer desperately slammed down, and the Fuyuan soldiers who were cowering behind finally mustered up the courage to run forward again, and the third wave of attacks came as scheduled, which made Wu Teng creepy that this time, the distance of the blow was once again restored to about Lixu.

The Ming army's trebuchet not only fires extremely fast, but also can adjust the attack distance at will, this discovery made Wu Teng's hand tremble slightly, which subverted his previous perception of trebuchet. In Daqi, the trebuchet defending the city can only attack a certain distance, and the interval between attacks takes a long time, for the defenders, it is more used to deal with the siege towers or large pavilion ladders of the siegers, and it is rarely used to deal with the infantry.

But right now, the Fuyuan army that fell layer by layer in front of him was telling Wu Teng that the times were changing, and using such an attacking weapon was completely a nightmare for the besiegers.

After paying the price of thousands of people, the Fuyuan army finally pounced within a hundred steps, and within this distance, whether it was a trebuchet or a crossbow, because of the angle, it would be useless.

Above the city, I finally saw the figure of the Ming army.

The servant who had been pressed and beaten for a long time was already evil to the side of the gall, and pointed forward with a big knife: "Archer, release the arrow!" ”

One by one, the bows were raised, and at the same time, above the city, the cold and shining arrows in the hands of the Ming army were also aimed at them.

Feather arrows whistling in the air, the city up and down the city, at the same time someone looked up to the sky and fell, the city finally appeared casualties, which made Wu Teng breathe a long sigh of relief, and finally had to meet each other, after laying Ziji, he must get this trebuchet back, this new weapon, no matter who it is, is an out-and-out good thing.

He narrowed his eyes at the city, his eyes widening again. For when the archers under the city bent their bows again, the second arrow in the city had already been shot.

Archers, the comparison is speed. One step faster, is the difference between life and death. Moreover, this time Wu Teng saw that the soldiers in the city were not using ordinary bows.

Wu Teng couldn't help but turn his horse and walked forward for a distance.

The Ming army in the city is holding a kind of thing similar to a foot crossbow, an arrow is shot, and the crossbow machine in his hand is handed back to the back, after the hand is retracted, there is another same thing in his hand, flat end, aim, shooting, all in one go.

Beads of sweat broke out on Wu Teng's head this time, not because of the heat, but because he was really scared. The archer pulls the bow and shoots arrows, even if the arm strength is strong, after shooting three or five arrows, he has to let himself rest, otherwise the arm will not be able to withstand such frequent shots. But the Ming army in the city was obviously not bound by this, because they did not need to draw their bows and aim.

This is a completely new type of crossbow machine.

Wu Teng clenched his fists tightly, if the previous trebuchet surprised him, the crossbow machine that appeared in the hands of the Ming army now made him feel terrifying. No matter how powerful the trebuchet is, it is always a defensive weapon, and the range of use is not wide, at least it is impossible for them to fight in the field with a large group of military horses, but this kind of crossbow machine is different. Looking at the crossbow machine held by the Ming army, it is obviously very small, and one person can easily pick up a handle, they are one person winding and one person shooting. In the middle of a field battle, if it encounters such a non-stop crossbow attack, it will be disastrous for the other side.

In fact, now for the Fuyuan army, disaster has happened. The Fuyuan army under the city barely fired two rounds with the city, and it was completely suppressed, losing the cover of the archers, and the Fuyuan army under the city completely became the target of the city.

The Yuan Servant finally came to his senses, and if he continued like this, he was afraid that even if he attacked the city, he would not be able to take Tzu Chi, so he waved the flag, and the two armies immediately outflanked the other wall of Tzu Chi City, one left and one right.

Wu Teng nodded slightly, although his reaction was a little slower, it was much stronger than not reacting at all.

At the head of the city, Yang Zhi stood up, "I'll go to Nancheng!" ”

Zou Ming nodded, "I'm tired." I'll support you with half of the trebuchet. ”

"Good!"

Yang Zhifei got off the north city wall, and between a few ups and downs, people were already standing on the south city wall.

Tzu Chi City has small advantages, and the distance between the north and south cities is only 200 steps.

When the direction of Nancheng also launched an attack, Jiang Haokun, who had been a little anxious since the start of the battle, finally showed a smile on his face again.

But the next scene made Wu Teng almost can't believe his eyes.

The fireball rose from the direction of the north city gate again, but this time, half of it hit them in front of them, and the other half turned around and attacked the direction of the south city gate, separated by a distance of two hundred steps, but with his range, he could still cover about eight hundred steps.

This trebuchet can not only adjust the attack distance, but also change direction at will, which is also very good. We must get one to send back to China, if the Qi State can imitate this trebuchet in large quantities, and then get the crossbow machine in their hands, then what else can the Chu people get?

He couldn't help but ride his horse and take a few steps forward.

The trebuchet attacked on both sides, and under the dispersion of forces, the Fuyuan army that was besieging the city finally found an opportunity, and more people pounced on the city.

The crossbowmen retreated, still firing, knocking down the Fuyuan troops who climbed to the top of the city one by one, and the spearmen stepped forward, one after another, and the Fuyuan army that climbed up to the head of the city poked down the city one by one. The shield-bearer, the daggler, hid under the city walls and slashed the feet of the soldiers of the Far Army with his sword.

On the other side, Yang Zhi spread his legs and stood between the two wall battlements, the small sword flew around his body, cutting all the feather arrows shot from the city in two, but his hands were holding the black giant sword, and he seemed to have returned to the Valley of Ten Thousand Swords.

When the first Fuyuan army finally climbed the city wall on his left, before he could see the situation on the city, a small sword was already flying like lightning, and the head of this side went in, and the head of that side came out.

"Come and die!" Yang Zhi chuckled, his figure shuttled back and forth on the city wall, and the Fuyuan army who climbed the city wall fell down in rows, so fast that even the Ming army on the side of the city wall did not see it clearly. Of course Yang Zhi would not be stupid enough to rush down the city wall, one lesson is enough, last time, he was surrounded by Luo Yishui's troops, it was those soldiers who seemed to be vulnerable at all on weekdays, and almost beat him to death, and now behind him, there are rows of Thunderbolt battalion soldiers, they come and go suddenly, and they don't have to worry about being surrounded again.

The sun is gradually turning westward, but on the small Tzu Chi City, the Sun Moon King Banner and the Flame War Sword Flag are still flying high, and under the city, the corpses of the soldiers of the Fuyuan Army are getting higher and higher, and Jiang Haokun's face is becoming more and more ugly.

"Collect the troops!" Wu Teng shook his head, "It's impossible to take Tzu Chi today, the morale has been discharged, the attack is weak, and then urge the attack, it's just a loss in vain, we underestimate the Ming army, temporarily truce, build siege equipment, and come back tomorrow!" ”

Jiang Haokun gritted his teeth and wanted to increase his troops several times, but the mountains of corpses and the shrunken figures of the soldiers in front of him finally made him hang his hands weakly.

"Mingjin, collect the troops."

Xingchong came with confidence, but was dizzy by a blow to the head. In addition to the defeat, Jiang Haokun finally sobered up a little, a not famous thunderbolt camp is so fierce, what about the other world-famous camps of the Ming army?

In fact, he was wrong, the Thunderbolt battalion has its own strengths, these weapons they are equipped with, the Ming army has not been equipped on a large scale at all, and today, the Thunderbolt battalion is defending the city, and the Thunderbolt battalion, which has a large number of people in the rivers and lakes, just gives full play to its own specialties in this kind of city defense war, if it is really a field battle, they are not necessarily very powerful. (To be continued.) )