Chapter 672: Siege on
In the east of Manchester City, a section of the seemingly inconspicuous city wall became the focus of the siege battle.
Outside the city, there are more than 2,000 blasting torch stone carts, torch stone carts, stone throwing trucks, etc., nearly 10,000 large siege crossbows, and endless firepower is vented on this seemingly ordinary city wall!
Xianbei people are not fools, it is naturally impossible for the Pingzhou army to hide such a big movement, and the Xianbei army has already prepared. The walls were heavily guarded.
Rolling stones, sasswood, bed crossbows, stone throwing carts, shooting rods and other facilities are densely arranged, and no less than 100,000 defenders are arranged on a section of the city wall that is not very long.
Before the battle officially began, on the city wall, Kebi could look out of the city expressionlessly, with a faint worry in his eyes.
The area of Touman City is so large and the city wall is so wide, but the offensive node chosen by the Pingzhou army is precisely the weakest link in the city wall.
I didn't believe it was just a coincidence!
"The Pingzhou Army must have an internal response in Touman City, and it is also a very high-level internal response!"
After a silent speculation in his heart, Kebineng had an even more headache. If it was an ordinary general, Kebineng would have directly ordered the arrest. What you want at this moment is to kill mistakes rather than let them go.
But the problem is that any military general who is qualified to know the weak points of the city's defense is a high-ranking and important general in the Xianbei army, and even Ke Bineng can't be arrested for no reason.
Kebineng, who was already suspicious, looked at everyone like a spy at this time, although he didn't show it for the time being, but the seeds of doubt had been planted.
If Shang Ji knew what Kebineng was thinking, he would definitely laugh out loud three times with joy.
Although Thousand Illusions is powerful, it is not strong enough to directly place chess pieces in the core generals of Kebineng. can accurately find the weakest defense point of Manchester City, relying on the interpretation skills of the artifact [Vena].
As soon as the Vena book comes out, any mountain, river, terrain, city and village within 3,000 miles can be seen at a glance, and Touman City is naturally no exception. Unfolding Vena, Shang Ji simply discovered the weakest area of the city wall of Touman.
As for Kebi Neng to have a misunderstanding because of this, he was suspicious of his senior generals, which was completely unexpected.
"Lord, the siege force is ready, dare to ask the lord if he has started the siege?"
Kou Xian trotted to Shang Ji's side and asked excitedly.
Don't wonder Kou Xian is excited, compared to Liu Meng, Su Huan and others who have been promoted to S-level generals and mastered the special weapons at the prefecture level, as a veteran whose qualifications are not inferior to Su Huan, his sense of existence on weekdays is far inferior to Su Huan, and even Qin Ping, Lu Kuang and others who are one step later.
A large part of the root cause is that the class [Mechanic] under his command has no chance to show his style.
In the previous few major battles, although the Pingzhou Army also attacked the city and plundered the land, there were not many hard-fought siege battles, and Kou Xian could only sit on the cold bench all the time.
And before, Li Xu, Fu Yao, Gao Xiang, Zhao Shen and others, who sat on the cold bench like him, relied on the brilliant performance of elite infantry such as giant shield soldiers, heavy armored sharp spears, giant axe soldiers, and strong crossbows in the north, and showed off their sense of presence fiercely, and under the command of Zhang He, they resisted Kebineng's crazy attack, and caused huge casualties to the enemy, and collectively earned a sigh of relief for the infantry corps in Pingzhou.
While Kou Xian was happy for his colleagues, he naturally couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, after all, the armourers he commanded had no record of making a move so far.
Who knew that the loss didn't last long, and the opportunity came!
Kebi can shrink in the head of Manchester City, the city is high and deep, and ordinary troops are at a loss, which is the best opportunity for the armourers to show their might!
"Let's get started!"
Looking up at the dense siege equipment, Shang Ji's heart was full of pride and high spirits!
The cost of these stone carts and siege crossbows is quite expensive, and they are more expensive than the high-level special troops. Although it has never really played a role before, the investment in it has never stopped. The annual cost of building siege equipment accounts for about a quarter of the total military expenditure.
Similar to the situation of large siege equipment, the construction of naval warships was more expensive, but in the first battle of Goguryeo, the naval division had already shown its value and won the respect of the whole army, this time it was the turn of the siege troops!
"Yes!"
Kou Xian shouted, then turned around excitedly, stepped forward quickly, and shouted: "The lord has an order, start attacking the city!" ”
"Whew-"
A long trumpet sounded, and at the same time the flag was waved, and the siege troops began to move slowly but surely.
"Bang Bang Bang !!"
The longest-range blasting torch cart was the first to strike, and one by one the bursting torch stones smashed into the city wall with a sonic boom.
"Boom-boom-boom-"
A series of explosions rang out from above the walls of Touman, debris flew and screams rang out, and some of the defenses were destroyed.
In fact, in the siege positioning of the Pingzhou army, the role of the blasting torch stone cart is to suppress the enemy's firepower, destroy the opponent's stone throwing vehicle and other large defensive equipment, and provide cover for our army's attack.
The attack distance of the Burst Torch Stone Cart, which was far beyond the ordinary Stone Throwing Cart, and the Xianbei people were not as good as Lu Bu in Jiuyuan in terms of large-scale equipment manufacturing.
Coupled with the bonus of the title of [City Destroyer] and the role of the manipulator, even if the Xianbei people's defensive equipment is condescending, they can't help the bursting torch stone cart in Pingzhou!
Not to mention the burst torch stone car, even the ordinary torch stone car with a shorter range can form a suppressive effect on the Xianbei people.
The Burst Stonecart stopped in a relatively safe position, and then began to unhurriedly aim at the opponent's siege engine, while the Stonecart and Stone-throwing Carts continued to move forward.
In the end, the siege troops formed four offensive echelons: the bursting torch stone car, the torch stone car, the stone throwing car, and the large siege crossbow. Among them, the Burst Stone Carts and Stone Torch Carts were completely out of the attack range of the Xianbei defenders. The Xianbei people can barely attack the stone throwing carts and large siege cities, but under the suppression of the fire of the blasting torch stone carts, as long as they dare to show their heads, they will directly attack with fire.
In the end, all that was left on the walls was a large number of bed crossbows with smaller targets.
However, in the Pingzhou army, both the stone-throwing vehicles and the large siege crossbows used the improved version of the male loser, and each of them was equipped with a defensive facility similar to a shield car, and the ordinary bed crossbow did not work well for them.
For a while, the Xianbei people were completely in a state of passive beating, and with the passage of time, there were many obvious damage points on the city wall, even if there was still a long way to go before the real breakage, but this was still a good sign.
Everyone understands that the lonely city is not defended, and without the ability to fight in the field, no matter how strong the city wall is, it will be broken one day. The erosion of the Liaodong war situation in the late Ming Dynasty is the best proof.
Compared with the wild boar skin, Shang Ji's siege ability is stronger, while Xianbei's defensive ability is not as good as the Ming army, and it is no problem to break through Manchester City within a month.
The premise is that Kebi can really run out of donkey skills!
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