Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 320

Rongling City is just an ordinary small county town, but the city wall has been strengthened by Liu Pan, the city wall is higher, and there are more parapets.

Like many ordinary counties, the circumference of Rongling City is less than ten miles - one mile in the Han Dynasty was about 400 meters, which means the circumference is less than 4000 meters.

However, smallness also has its advantages. The siege warfare of a small city and the siege warfare of a big city are completely two different concepts.

In a small city like Rongling, no matter which side the enemy comes from, the guard will stand on the tower in the middle, with a range of almost one mile to the left and right, and he has a commanding perspective, so it is easy to take care of the whole crowd.

If it were Luoyang and Chang'an, six or seventy miles away, as a defender, if your prediction is wrong, even though you are guarding the city wall, the enemy's key attack section may be several miles away from you, and the enemy will not be able to take care of any of them. The first troops came up to sweep out the safe zone and gain a firm foothold, but they didn't even know it yet.

In contrast, this situation does not exist in Rongling City. Standing on the tower, you can basically take care of the situation of a city wall.

And Chen Gong didn't intend to play tricks, and directly placed twelve ladders in front of the battle, eight in front and four behind, slowly pressing up against the south wall...

Some were pushed by the surrounding infantry with shields, and some... were moving slowly on their own?

At this time, there were eight "ladders" in the General's Mansion. Compared with ladders, they looked more like "covered bridges", that is, bridges with a canopy covering the bridge.

Similar to a boarding bridge in an airport, it can be moved to connect different boarding gates and aircraft doors.

Of course, it is only a "half bridge". You enter from the ground entrance and run up the stairs in the "corridor". The exit is at the top of a dozen meters high. If you push it to the city wall, you can put it on the parapet of the city wall!

Compared with ordinary ladders, the volume is "wider", because there are stairs that are folded twice inside, rather than a ladder that is simply slanted.

Although it is still very steep, at least the warrior can hold a shield or even a knife with both hands when climbing the ladder to fight back...

The other four are more regular, they look boxy, and they are also covered with defensive cowhide on the outside, so you can't see the inside, but you can vaguely see the arrow holes!

If you look through it, you can see that it is divided into five floors, connected by ladders, and there are soldiers on each floor, and the soldiers on the bottom floor are responsible for "riding" the huge "Lu Gongcar".

That's right, it's riding. Everyone's legs are used to push the winch and then drive the axles forward, so it looks like huge "boxes" approaching the city wall on their own.

Two different "ladders" also symbolize different siege concepts.

The effect of the "boarding bridge"-like ladder is to create a safer channel for climbing the wall, so that soldiers dare to climb the wall. It is equivalent to building a temporary external staircase outside the city wall, and there are shelters around and on the roof. Going up the city Hongqiao, which is like a corridor, you can go directly to the city wall.

The latter is an improved version of "Lu Gongche"-Lu Gongche is falsely named as Lu Gong, that is, Jiang Ziya, but it is actually a siege tool that only existed in the Song Dynasty.

Compared with the ladder, the idea is to build an additional city wall outside the city wall...

The top floor of Lü Gong's cart is level with the city wall, and it has a certain area. Once it is connected to the city wall, it is equivalent to forcibly "changing" a city wall occupied by the attacking party.

And before pushing completely to the city wall, you can also shoot at the same height as the defenders!

It is equivalent to a combination of a ladder and a well.

The General's Lu Gong Car has stronger "power" due to the addition of pedals and winches, so it can be built larger and carry more soldiers.

Both types of advanced ladders have their own advantages and disadvantages. The former is a relatively stable passage, but it is easy to be blocked by one man. The latter is a man-made city wall platform, but the supply of soldiers on it is slow.

At the same time, both have a common "flaw" - complex structure and high workmanship requirements for fine details.

Only with the assistance of a certain number of engineers trained by the Ministry of Civil Affairs can such complex equipment be built. Some of the grassroots "officers" of the engineering corps are not even generals, but grassroots officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs with official seals!

Just relying on the "siege equipment construction" skills trained by ordinary armies, even if you can barely get a shape, it is likely to be easily damaged due to some details.

At this time, there are eight ladders in front, four of which are covered bridge vehicles, four of which are Lugong vehicles, and the four behind them are all covered bridge vehicles...

Looking at the approaching behemoths, although the styles were very novel, everyone obviously knew that they should be siege equipment similar to ladders.

But the thick cowhide covering it not only made it look stuffy, but also suffocated the defenders' desire to fire arrows.

Fortunately it was already October, otherwise it would have been a test for the soldiers inside to withstand the heat.

However, the cowhide veil outside is indeed effective in resisting the damage of arrows...

Although they were bored and panicked, once they reached a stone's throw, the two sides still started shooting at each other.

There is a parapet guarding the city, and there are also baffles at the "exits" of the covered bridge and ladders, and on the top floor of Lu's public carriage.

As for igniting it with a fire arrow?
It's not that easy. Bai Tu mentioned it before when he was developing the dishes. Oil refining was not developed at this time. Whether it was tung oil or flax oil, it was not that easy to make fire arrows.

Tung oil is a technology that existed during the Warring States Period. However, tung oil is poisonous and cannot be eaten. It is mainly used for making paint and waterproofing. With the technology of the Han Dynasty, tung oil is thick and easy to paste. It cannot even be used to make lamp oil. During the defense of the city, If used, it is usually used as lubricant and poured on the wall to make it more difficult for the enemy to climb.

Flax oil is a raw material crop and technology introduced from the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty. It can be used to make lamp oil. However, when defending a city, it is not practical to light it directly and pour it down. Generally, it is better to boil it and pour it down with hot oil. The effect is better!
Otherwise, the burning sesame oil will disperse and extinguish quickly after being poured down, and the damage will not be as good as the hot oil... Don't forget that you can also add "golden juice" to the hot oil.

As for why not use hot water?
If you try it with a water heater at home, you will know that the water that feels hot when you cover the mouth of the nozzle with your hand will be moderate or even cool when it falls on your feet - when the water falls, the heat dissipates very quickly, which is a waste of effort. After boiling, the effective range is only one or two meters?Generally, you need to use golden juice or hot oil!
As for the so-called fire arrows, they are usually made of oil-soaked cloth wrapped around the arrowheads. Not only are they top-heavy, but the bow cannot be fully drawn in order to keep the fire from going out.

Generally, the function of the fire arrow is to ignite it remotely, that is, the fire attack has been prepared, and the fire arrow can be used to ignite straw and the like from a distance.

As for setting fire to the enemy with fire arrows?Only if the target is a tent in the camp, or in a water battle, can it land on the opponent's deck, or preferably the sail, there is some hope...

And when you really need a fire attack, rushing forward and throwing torches is definitely more reliable than fire arrows!
The only way to burn down the cowhide-covered vehicles like the Corridor Bridge Car and Lu Gong Car is to get close and rush in, and then throw the torch, and only rely on long-range fire arrows to "make a fool of yourself".

If you don’t want to go out to meet the enemy, you can only shoot at each other honestly...

Huang Zhong has never been afraid of anyone in this kind of thing!
Special blessed combat skill - Fierce Bow, activate!

(End of this chapter)