The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 260 Siege Weapon
"See Lieutenant Cai, I don't know what it means to summon your subordinates so late?" Huang Zu was about to go to sleep, because he had been tense all day today, and finally had a chance to relax, but when he was about to lie down, Cai Mao summoned him, He quickly put on his clothes and hurried over.

"There is no need to be polite, General Huang. Although Li Yuan's spirit was a little bit frustrated today, it also made me realize the gap between our army and Li Yuan's army. If Zhang Fei wasn't there today, our army's morale would have been severely damaged." A big blow." Although Cai Mao doesn't like Liu Bei, he also recognizes Liu Bei's role. As the head of the Cai family, how could he be a fool? The Cai family's glory today is inseparable from Cai Mao's efforts.

"As Lieutenant Cai said, today we have also seen the capabilities of Li Yuan's army. Li Yuan has countless strong soldiers and fierce generals, and the flying cavalry alone is enough to move us. From the Flying Cavalry Army, we can see that his soldiers have high combat quality and strict military discipline, and they are worthy of being a world-renowned strong soldier." Although Huang Zu didn't want to admit it, Li Yuan's army was indeed far superior to the Jingzhou army.

"Although we, as the defenders of the city, occupy a favorable location, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop Li Yuan's attack. Do you think I should hand over some soldiers and horses to Liu Bei and let the three of them help guard Jiangxia?" Cai Mao didn't look down on Huang Zu, he I have known Huang Zu for a long time, and I know how capable Huang Zu is. If I only rely on Huang Zu to defend the city, I really don't have much confidence, so he has such an idea.

"Liu Bei is very ambitious. If he is allowed to lead the army, I am afraid he will have future troubles. There are many rumors that Kong Rong in Beihai was poisoned to death by Liu Bei. Although there is not enough evidence to prove that Liu Bei did it, more or less They all have a certain connection with him, and after Kong Rong's death, Liu Bei has indeed become the biggest beneficiary, becoming the prefect of Beihai, if we hand over the military power to him, we are afraid that there will be endless troubles."

In fact, Huang Zu didn't want to hand over the military power to Liu Bei. After all, Liu Bei was an outsider, so he couldn't accept letting an outsider control the military power.

After thinking for a long time, Cai Mao said: "Well, now Jiangxia still has [-] soldiers. If Li Yuan attacks the city, he should besiege three gates. I will guard one gate with [-] soldiers for Liu Bei, and you will lead [-] soldiers to guard it." One gate, I will lead [-] soldiers to guard one gate, so that Liu Bei can assist in guarding Jiangxia and not let him lead too many troops."

"Do everything according to Captain Cai's orders." Seeing that Cai Mao had made a decision, Huang Zu stopped persuading him, but he always felt that it was not a good thing for Liu Bei to control the military power.

On the second day, Li Yuan asked the soldiers to light a fire and cook. After a full meal, he marched towards Jiangxia. This time, he prepared a very powerful siege weapon for attacking Jingzhou. He called hundreds of craftsmen to help design and build it a few years ago. These sharp weapons should have been invented by Cao Cao's adviser Liu Ye, but Li Yuan invented them first because he knew they would be useful when attacking Jingzhou.

After breakfast, the army started to set off. More than 5 soldiers marched at the same time. The scene was shocking and the momentum was huge. Cai Hao and others came to the top of the city to inspect it. Although they were mentally prepared, they felt different when they saw it with their own eyes. Li Yuan had too many troops, more than 5 people seemed to stretch out as far as the eye could see, people were next to each other, the dust was billowing when they walked, the flags were flying, and the scene was very spectacular.

Li Yuance immediately stepped forward and shouted to the city wall: "Cai Mao, I will give you another chance. If Kaesong surrenders, I can forget about the past. Your Cai family is still a prominent family in Jingzhou, and I will promote you, otherwise I won't let you go!" Blame me, Li Yuan, for being cruel."

"Hmph, Li Yuan, stop talking nonsense. If you want to fight, just fight. Don't waste your words. Liu Jingzhou has treated me as much as a mountain. How could I surrender to a villain like you?" Cai Mao snorted coldly, and Wei Yan killed him. Cai Zhong and Cai He, he is even less likely to surrender.

"Okay, I'm really capable," Li Yuan waved his hand, "Siege the city and launch the thunderbolt chariot!"

As soon as the words were finished, one hundred Thunder Carts were pushed out by thousands of soldiers. Every thirty soldiers controlled one Thunder Cart. The Thunder Cart was more than five meters high and had wooden wheels underneath. It looked extremely heavy. There will be a "creaking" sound, and the soil on the ground will leave a trace.

There is a bracket on the thunderbolt car, and a tripod underneath it is stable. A large wooden post is placed on the support. A thick and large leather bag is hung behind the wooden post, which contains more than a dozen stones of different sizes.

Cai Mao looked at these wooden carts strangely, wondering what the use of the Thunderbolt cart Li Yuan was talking about. Although he didn't know the purpose of the Thunderbolt cart, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, even he didn't know why.

When all the Thunder Carts were ready, Li Yuan immediately ordered the launch. Under Li Yuan's order, a hundred Thunder Carts operated at the same time. In an instant, countless stones flew up from the Thunder Carts and flew towards the city wall. However, because there was no calibration distance, As a result, many stones missed and fell in front of the city, and some of them entered the city. The houses in the city were immediately smashed to pieces, and countless people fled. Such an attack completely shocked Cai Mao and others.

"Soldiers listen to the order and attack again after calibrating the range!" Li Yuan ordered again.

The soldiers controlling the Thunder Cart moved immediately. Some people pushed the Thunder Cart forward, while others moved backward. In short, the range of each Thunder Cart was different. After all, the technology of this era was not yet developed, and it was possible to create The thunderbolt car is already very powerful, and it is impossible to make every thunderbolt car have the same range.

Cai Mao and the others have not reacted until now, because he just saw a stone that was big enough to cover him flying towards him and landed in front of the city wall. A huge hole was immediately opened in the ground below the city, and countless gravels were shot out , Set off bursts of smoke and dust, the sound of stones falling on the ground is deafening, the destructive power caused is not to mention killing people, it is no problem to smash people to pieces.

After seeing such a powerful destructive power of the thunderbolt car, everyone was not calm. They really couldn't understand where Li Yuan got these things. If Li Yuan had this kind of siege weapon, let alone conquer Jingzhou, even No one can stop him from sweeping the world.

Li Yuan showed a satisfied smile on his face after seeing the effect of the thunderbolt car. As a modern person, he is very aware of the importance of technology. A good siege equipment can save the lives of countless soldiers. In ancient times, siege warfare was the most consuming In the battle of strength, time and money, tens of thousands of soldiers were lost after a siege. Even if the city was taken down, the gain would not be worth the loss, so he had long wanted to invent a device that could destroy the city. Among them, Liu The thunder car "invented" by Ye was a great inspiration to him.

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