The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 552 Flexible Use
Li Yuan had already seen Cao Jun arranging catapults in the city. He smiled and said, "Cao Cao really wanted to use catapults to attack the city. It's a pity that I used this method when I attacked Xiangyang. I'm afraid he didn't I know that our army has even more powerful Thunderbolt vehicles."

"The archers back up and roll out the Thunder Cart!" Under Li Yuan's order, the archers began to retreat, and more than 40 Thunder Carts were pushed out. Originally, the Thunder Cart was more than five meters high, but because they are now used on the city wall, some The height is high enough, and the stones used don’t need to be too heavy, so now the thunderbolt car has been changed to only two meters high, which is much more convenient to transport.

Cao Cao also noticed some movement on the city. When he saw the archers on the city disappear, he wondered, "Could it be that Li Yuan knew that our army's catapults are powerful, so he asked the archers to retreat in advance?"

Guo Jia, who was standing next to Cao Cao, thought it was possible, nodded and said, "Maybe Li Yuan already knew that our army has catapults, which can easily destroy the city wall. His intelligence ability is really strong."

However, the next moment Cao Cao and Guo Jia were stunned, because they saw more than 40 equipment similar to their catapults appearing in the city, Cao Cao was even more puzzled, and said: "Why did Li Yuan's army also have catapults? How did they know about the catapults?" How to make it?"

"It's unlikely. Only the lord, me, and Liu Ye know how to make a catapult. How could Li Yuan know how to make a catapult?" Just as Guo Jia finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something. "By the way, Li Yuan once came to Yecheng pretending to be Zhao Yu. Could it be that he had inquired about the making method of the catapult from Liu Ye at that time?"

"It's possible, but it's impossible for Liu Ye to reveal this secret so easily. Forget it, we can't figure it out if we're struggling now. We'll find out when we ask Liu Ye after the war is over." Cao Cao doesn't want to worry about this now. The most important thing is to capture Qiao County first.

Although Qiao County is still called a county, Huang Zhong has been guarding Qiao County for decades. Under Li Yuan's request, Qiao County has been developed into a big city. Far better than other cities, it is still very difficult for Cao Cao to capture Qiao County even with catapults.

When Cao Cao's catapult entered the attack range of Li Yuan's Thunderbolt Chariot, Li Yuan immediately ordered: "The Thunderbolt Chariot is ready to attack, target the enemy's catapult, and load the stone bombs!"

Under Li Yuan's order, the soldiers began to load the stone bullets. The stone bullets used this time were much smaller than the usual stone bullets used to attack the city. They were only the size of a fist, so they were very convenient to use and not too heavy. , and this time not only one stone bomb is fired, but a bunch of stone bombs are fired. Because the stone bomb is light in weight, more stone bombs can be fired at one time.

"Launch!" Li Yuan ordered.The soldiers started to shoot stone bombs one after another, and saw forty thunder carts throwing stone bullets into the air. One thunder cart can fire more than ten stone bullets at a time, so forty thunder carts can fire more than 500 stone bullets at a time. The thunderbolt car can throw stone bullets farther by taking advantage of the height of the city.

Cao Cao's soldiers were still trying to push the catapult forward, and the distance their catapult fired was far inferior to Li Yuan's Thunderbolt, so Li Yuan had already started attacking while they were still pushing the catapult.

Cao Cao couldn't help being stunned when he saw the stone bullets flying down from the air. In the next moment, more than 500 stone bullets began to fall from the air, and precisely hit the more than 100 catapult bodies he had made with great difficulty.

"Boom!" There were huge roars one after another, and more than 100 catapults were basically hit by stone bombs. Although the catapults were huge, they were not hard, because they were all made of wood, and they could not withstand the attack of thunder vehicles. At present, more than 30 catapults were smashed to pieces and could no longer be used, and other catapults were also damaged to varying degrees.

In addition to the damage to the catapult, the soldiers who pushed the catapult were also attacked. The stone bullets the size of a fist hit them enough to cause fatal injuries. They fell to the ground screaming in pain, and many people were beaten until their bones burst. The scene was a bit scary.

A soldier who was unlucky was hit in the head by a stone bullet, his brain exploded on the spot, and his body flew upside down. The soldiers around him looked back one after another and saw that the soldier's head had turned into a mass of red and white. "Must", the body twitched a few times on the ground and no longer responded. Scarlet blood sprayed out from the broken neck, and the ground was stained red with blood after a while.

Death may not be the scariest thing, what scares the soldiers even more is the scene of tragic death. They would rather be stabbed to death than be hit by this heavy stone bullet. It might be better if they are killed. Unable to be smashed to death is definitely the most painful, that kind of horrific wound is enough to make people want to die.

"What's the situation? Why can Li Yuan's stone bullets hit so far!" Cao Cao looked at the scene in disbelief. Up to two hundred steps away, which is twice as long as the catapult. This range is almost the same as that of a bow and arrow. Although the height of the city wall can hit farther, in Cao Cao's view, this is too far, and it is even close to Hit in front of him.

While Cao Cao was still thinking about it, the Thunderbolt Chariot's second round of attack had already come, and another five hundred stone bullets fell from the sky and hit the catapult ruthlessly. This time, more catapults were damaged, and many people Being crushed to death by stone bullets, the soldiers who pushed the catapults could no longer bear this irresistible attack. They abandoned the catapults one after another and ran back, not even having the chance to escape.

Not only the soldiers, but even Cao Hong, who was commanding in front, had to run back. No matter how powerful his martial arts skills were, he couldn't resist the attack of the thunder chariot.After Cao Jun’s soldiers fled, the catapults completely became targets. Under the four-wheeled attack of the Thunderbolt Chariot, Cao Cao’s [-] catapults were completely scrapped. It took him a lot of effort to build these [-] catapults, but now even Li Yuan's thunderbolt car destroyed a single stone bomb without firing it, and Cao Cao was very angry.

When Cao Hong ran away, he picked up a stone bullet that was not very broken on the ground. He ran to Cao Cao and said, "Look, my lord, Li Yuan's stone bullet is much smaller than the one we use. No wonder he can hit this far."

Cao Cao glanced at the stone bullets in Cao Hong's hand, and only then did he know why Li Yuan's stone bullets could hit so far. It turned out to be much smaller than his stone bullets. Of course, Li Yuan's use of stone bullets to hit people is not siege. That's why he used such a small stone bullet. When attacking the city, he would use a larger stone bullet, otherwise he would not be able to cause damage to the city. However, Li Yuan's flexible use of the Thunderbolt Chariot gave Cao Cao a headache.

(End of this chapter)