Great Sui Dynasty

Following Wang Bo's order, the rebels' second wave of large-scale offensive resumed.The leaders of the other three battalions had no choice but to order their own troops to launch a second round of attack on Licheng after receiving the order. Of course, even the West Camp was no exception. Under the direct threat of the enemy, they still had to bite the bullet and attack the west gate of Licheng. It would be better to die later than to die now.

The second wave of attacks by the rebels was far less violent than the first wave, perhaps because the first wave of offensives did not achieve much, and they were a little disheartened, that is to say, they failed again.Or because Youshi is in winter, the sky has already started to get dark, and the body's physiological reactions have become sluggish. In short, it is not as aggressive as before.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything. The rebels' offensive on the East City Gate has not diminished but has become more violent!

"My lord, look, what is that?" A county commander said to Yang Wei, because in his eyes, two giant machines appeared behind the rebel army, which he had never seen before.

"That?" Yang Hao didn't see it at once, because he hadn't seen a trebuchet much.

Since the Northern Dynasties, all parts of northern China have basically been under the control of nomads, and they are generally not very good at defending the city, so the enemy rarely used trebuchets to attack the city.Of course, with the exception of Mongolia, a nation that is good at using trebuchets.

Chinese trebuchets first appeared in the Warring States Period, using manpower to pull the tips connected to the crossbar together at a place far away from the catapult, and throw the stone projectiles, divided into single tips and multiple tips.Under normal circumstances, a large trebuchet requires hundreds of people to operate at the same time. Of course, it is much easier to use war horses, but it is difficult to control.

"It seems a bit like a trebuchet, but it seems that the structure is so simple?" Yang Hao said uncertainly

"The trebuchet? What is that?" The commander muttered, "My lord, be careful" and threw Yang Hao at the moment. At this moment, a large stone fell from the sky and hit Yang Hao hard. place on the front wall.The city walls were shaken.

"Ah!~"

There were several shouts from below the city.

Yang Hao stood up and patted the dust off his body.

"My lord, are you alright?" the county commander said worriedly.

"It's okay, don't worry." Yang Wei gave him a reassuring look. He was recalling the situation of various weapons in the military theory class in his previous life, including weapons in the cold weapon era, so he was distracted.

"The trebuchets are indeed used by the rebels. The trebuchets are powerful, but they have a weakness that they are slow to move, and require a lot of manpower to control, and they cannot be used frequently, otherwise the service life will be greatly reduced."

"The medium and large trebuchets of the rebel army have a range of about 120 feet to 150 feet (360 meters - 460 meters), just like just outside their range, we are very lucky." The county commander introduced information about the trebuchet.

"As you saw just now, the trebuchet is very powerful. Let the soldiers be prepared. When they see the rebels throwing stones, they should dodge quickly. It is useless to hide in the arrow tower, even the arrow tower will be destroyed. It seems that our The battle is very passive!" Yang Hao said worriedly, the rebels made such a siege weapon, although it was only two mere two, it made them condescend and sometimes disappeared.

"It seems that hand-to-hand combat is necessary, tell the soldiers to prepare for hand-to-hand combat." Yang Hao ordered

"Yes, my lord." The conductor had seen the power of the trebuchet, and knew that Yang Hao was right.

"Waste, can you hit it with such a long shot? Push it a little bit and you will die! Could it be that their bows and arrows should be able to shoot over?! What a bunch of waste! Tell them, push the trebuchet forward a little bit, give me the city I smashed the arrow stacks on the ground, and smashed those Sui dogs to death!" Wang Bo saw that the stones thrown by the trebuchet did not fall on the city wall, but fell on the heads of his own people, so he looked like Very angry.

It's really hard to understand how much energy he spent trying to get such a big rock back.

The trebuchet moved forward slowly and stopped outside the range of the Licheng archers.

"Lajin, install stones."

"put!"

As the voice of the conductor ended, the stone roared and flew towards the head of Licheng.

"Hide!"

"Oh!"

The defenders of the city had been ordered to hide when they saw stones flying towards them.However, this stone did not hit the city wall. After all, it was the first time for the rebels to use this kind of siege weapon, and it was normal for them to be unskilled.

Almost all the stones that came after could hit Li City, and the soldiers guarding the city kept dodging, and the scene became chaotic for a while.

"Come on, Sui Bing is scared, go! The wealth of Licheng is waving to us!"

"Rush! Rush! Rush! Kill~" Encouraged by the catapult, the rebels rekindled their fighting spirit and rushed towards the city wall wave after wave.

The roar of stones and the shouts of the rebels seemed to dominate the battle at the East Gate.

"Wahhaha, as I said, let you go to hell to defend the city!" Wang Bo laughed presumptuously

"My lord, what should we do? We can't even stick our heads out, so how can we fight this battle?" a commander said anxiously

"Don't worry, when the rebels attack the city wall, the trebuchets will stop, and then it's time to see each other's true abilities. Don't worry, there are always opportunities to fight back." Yang Hao said, unless Wang Bo ignored his own People, if the rebel army still does not stop throwing stones when they attack the city wall, then it can be declared that Wang Bo has nothing to fear.

Sure enough, the high-spirited rebels quickly boarded the top of the East City Gate with siege engines, and the catapults also died down at the same time.

"Now, the whole army is going to attack me! Fight back these rebels!" Yang Hao let out a roar, and the guards and soldiers roared out like a flood, venting their anger to their heart's content. .

The rebels who came in a hurry were scattered by the angry army, and the two openings that were opened were closed again immediately, and the rebels trapped inside were being strangled mercilessly. Although the rebels were also resisting, they faced The anger of nearly ten thousand people will be burnt to ashes sooner or later.

"Trebuchet, trebuchet. Throw it at me! Throw it at me!" Wang Bo couldn't help becoming angry when he saw the gap that was finally opened, and was taken back by the Sui army after only one face-to-face.

"Marshal, there are still our people on the city wall!" said a general

"I can't care about that much anymore. I will let those Sui dogs be buried with them. They should be able to rest in peace." Wang Bo said indifferently

But it doesn't feel very good to hear these words in the ears of the people around.

"Then if we were in this situation, would we also be used as sacrifices by the Marshal?"

"Wang Bo didn't know it yet, but what he said caused his subordinates to distance themselves from him, sowing the seeds of failure!

"Installation of stones! Release"

"Crack~

"Crack~

……

"What's going on?" the little leader who commanded the catapult asked after hearing the sound instead of the stone being thrown.

"Report, the Lajin is broken, I'm afraid I can't throw a stone." An operator said

"What, why don't you die? You can't throw stones anymore because your stretching tendons are broken. Do you want everyone to die together?" The little leader was very angry. The catapult cost them a lot of manpower and resources to build The two cars were all scrapped now, and he could imagine what Wang Bo would do when he heard the news.

The most important part of the trebuchet is the tendon, and of course the spring is the best.But obviously, there were no springs in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, even a good stretching tendon was difficult to manufacture, so the rebels can find a few stretching tendons that can be used, which is already very good.

Just now they threw stones endlessly, which put tremendous pressure on the Lajin, so it is normal to break the Lajin this time.No matter who gets this kind of big killer, they won't be willing to let go until they enjoy playing it once.

"Look, my lord, it's very strange. Why didn't the trebuchets of the rebels move?" said a county commander. He felt very strange just after leading people to clean up the rebels on the city wall and regain control of the city wall. .

"It's nothing surprising. If you wait for the movement of the rebels' catapult, it will explain two things." Yang Wei guessed

"One is that the trebuchet of the rebel army is broken; the other is that the rebel army has no more stones, but the latter situation should not happen, but it is difficult to guarantee."

"Everything will wait and see. I believe they will not let it go like this. Order the soldiers to be careful."

"Yes, my lord." The commander of the county replied respectfully.

"What? What did you say? The trebuchet is broken, and you say it's broken?! What use do I need you?" Sure enough, Wang Bo was furious when he heard the news that the trebuchet was broken. The siege weapon that came out was scrapped only once, can you not be angry?

"Pull it out and cut it!" Wang Bo said with veins showing

"Spare me, Marshal, spare me!" Although the little leader had already expected that the ending would not be very good, he didn't expect Wang Bo to kill himself, so he hurriedly begged for mercy in fright.

"Forgive you? A guy who has done more than succeed but failed, what's the use of keeping you? Drag it out, cut it off!" With a wave of Wang Bo's hand, two guards came over and pulled the little leader up and dragged him out.

"Forgive me, forgive me, Commander, please forgive me~"

"Crack~

Before the words of destiny could be uttered, there was a "crack" sound, and the head fell to the ground.Everyone else in the tent felt a chill in their necks.

"Continue to attack the city! I don't believe it, Licheng cannot be captured without the trebuchet!"

"Order everyone to attack and not to retreat, those who retreat will be killed~ no~ pardon!" Wang Bo said word by word with a ferocious face

"Attack, attack, those who retreat, cut!" The large-scale human offensive of the rebels began again.

"My lord, look, the rebels have started attacking the city again, but the catapults still haven't moved." Commander One County said happily.

happy?That's right, joy.Without the threat of the trebuchet, he wouldn't be afraid to fight with real swords and guns.

"Well, get ready. This wave of offensive will be more violent, and it will be dark soon. If we defend this time, the rebels will probably withdraw, but our defense equipment is running out, not many~" Yang Hao murmured.