Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 359 High Dimensional Fights Low Dimensional War
When Zhang Yang stood on the city wall of Hanoi and saw the Han army coming in the distance, he had a vague premonition that this battle to defend the city was unnecessary.

He had heard that Liu Xie was a skilled emperor, and he had also heard that Liu Xie was a wise and cunning commander.But he has never heard that Liu Xie is still a master tactician in this era.

Facing the scattered siege army of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Yang was desperate besides despair.Under the deployment of Liu Xie's battle array, Zhang Yang only felt that he was not fighting against the Han army, but was fighting against another high-dimensional combat method of the same kind for hundreds of years later.Moreover, it is still the kind of high-dimensional and low-dimensional, which can be broken with just a little finger poke.

Right in front of the Han army, there are groups of soldiers holding Zhangba long spears and shields.These soldiers were all wearing heavy armor, the chain iron armor was matched with the leaf armor on the outer cover, so that every time they stepped on the ground in unison, the ground trembled slightly.Not to mention, their bodies, which are obviously a lot stronger than ordinary people, and their unblinking aura, it seems that there is a sea of ​​swords and fires ahead, and they will take a unified step, and just keep killing them like this.

And Gao Shun, who rode behind this army on horseback, looked at this scene with a gratified face: the formation of long spears, marching forward indomitably, defeating powerful enemies, and taking strong generals, this is the real camp that is trapped in the formation!

What's more, this army is still an elite soldier who has accepted Liu Xie's military training concept and forged it in an all-round way.At this moment, when attacking the city, they can advance forward as infantry; if they charge to fight, each of them can ride bad horses and form a sharp knife soldier to kill the enemy; wind.

Such a trilogy that can adapt to any battle formation, is incomparably brave and well-equipped is the most perfect camp in Gao Shun's heart!And this is his military dream that will never be realized by following Lu Bu who can only go around everywhere.

Faced with such an army, Zhang Yang almost gave up the idea of ​​sending troops out of the city to attack the Han army almost as soon as he saw them.He could almost imagine that if his own army attacked, it would inevitably be stopped by this mobile army fortress with long spears and huge shields as repelling horses.After that, he will be killed by the five-featured cavalry of the Han Dynasty on the two wings of this tribe in an instant.

It's even possible that it's not the turn of those five-sense riders to take action at all.Because at this time, Zhang Yang was already in a cold sweat and saw that at the rear of this army, there was a soldier holding a sharp crossbow... As long as his cavalry attacked, they would undoubtedly be hit by arrows like rain. Treatment, by the time the cavalrymen of the self-army rushed to this army in a panic, they had already become fish on the chopping board.

However, even though he was shocked by Liu Xie's exquisite and unparalleled battle formation, Zhang Yang still had a little bit of luck in his heart.After all, although Liu Xie's defense is strict, the price he pays is the lack of offensive power.And Liu Xie is undoubtedly here to attack the city, what is he doing with such a tight defensive camp?Could it be that he came to show off the wealth of the Han family, and that he could already compete with them for food and grass, so that he could consume himself to death?
But before this absurd idea made Zhang Yang smile, his black and red face was immediately covered in panic, his fingers trembling, he looked at the machine that slowly came out behind Liu Xiejun, and stammered non-stop thinking about the machine beside him. Dong Zhao, who was also horrified, asked, "First, sir, then, what is that?"

"Should it be a catapult?" Dong Zhao asked, but he was no longer calm and sure.At least, Dong Zhao has never seen or heard of a catapult that can still move!

Everyone knows that the use of catapults to attack a city is generally more effective in deterring the morale of the enemy than in actual siege.Only a really protracted stone throwing can chip away a section of the city wall.Moreover, you have to pray for the favor of luck.

Although the earliest history of using catapults in China can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period, the real record about catapults is the Battle of Guandu six years later, and Liu Ye helped Cao Cao improve the catapult into a Thunderbolt catapult.Faced with the suppression of firepower from Yuan Shao's high oar tower, Liu Ye installed wheels under the base of the catapult, so that the catapult could move in a small range to find the target, and then destroy Yuan Shao's high oar tower.

It can be seen from this that the catapult before Guandu, although the name contains the word "car", is not movable.Therefore, the accuracy of the catapult is completely determined by God.Moreover, the stones thrown were only about [-] catties - with such power and precision, it was impossible to level a section of the city wall within a month.

At this time, the catapults of the Han Dynasty were rumbled and pushed under the city wall, and the wooden wheels were rolled out deep marks under the huge weight, which made people shocked when they saw it.And it was by observing this that Dong Zhao discovered that there were not many throwers near the catapults in the Han Dynasty!
Since the Han Dynasty, according to Dong Zhao's knowledge, the larger the catapult, the more throwers nearby, and there are dozens of people at a time, and hundreds of people at most.The size of the trebuchets in the Han Dynasty is far larger than the large trebuchets of this era, but why? ...

And Liu Xie silently watched these catapults run over, but couldn't help but sneer in his heart: the ancestors discovered the principle of leverage a long time ago, but it's a pity that they only made the catapults into large-scale 'manpower' projectile weapons, such craps!

Did you see that, human!Yes, the launch power of the trebuchet in the Han Dynasty depends on the number of people, how much food these people have eaten last meal, whether they are full, whether they are in a bad mood due to love and marriage problems, whether they are in the mood to pull the rope... …

Knowing the principle of leverage, you will die if you add a counterweight.How about saving those manpower and letting them fight the enemy?Anyway, if you die in battle, you don't have to worry about food, love and marriage...

Of course, this vulgar idea disappeared in a flash in Liu Xie's mind.After all, he had successfully brought the 'Huihui Cannon' improved by the Arabs over 1000 years later to Hanoi.This kind of catapult, due to the ingenious addition of counterweights, not only can be thrown without a lot of manpower, but also greatly strengthened the throwing distance.Moreover, the weight of the thrown stones has also been increased.

Finally, the [-] troops of the Han Dynasty were waiting in full battle, and slowly stopped.The majestic military power and overwhelming fighting spirit, as well as the excited eyes of every Han soldier looking at the soldiers at the top of the city like hungry wolves seeing their prey, made everyone terrified before Zhang Yang's army fought. After scoring three points, I couldn't help but want to step back.

After all, no matter who they are, if they are only regarded as props with copper coins and military exploits hanging around their necks, they will feel uncontrollably frightened.

But Zhang Yang still didn't want to give up, because at the bottom of his heart at this moment, there was still the last trace of luck left: What's the use of your Han army's strict defense?What's the use of your fighting spirit and well-equipped equipment?What's the use of your siege equipment being so bluffing? !He stopped at a distance of [-] steps from the top of the city, did he really come to show off and then go back?From such a long distance, even the condescending mountain-destroying crossbows on the top of the city can't shoot it. What are you doing standing so far away, what are you doing? !

"Who said that you can't attack the city if you are far away?" Liu Xie carefully looked at Zhang Yang's almost distorted face on the top of the city with a telescope, and sneered evilly.The next moment, the command flag was in hand and held high in the sky.

"General, I think...we'd better..." Dong Zhao, who was at the side, felt a little uneasy, and began to persuade Zhang Yang.

But before he finished speaking, he heard a deafening symphony in his ears, as if the whole earth shook.After that, he raised his head suddenly, and his fair round face instantly turned into a pale crooked face: "Ah! Ziyue... His grandma, grandma, the Han army's siege weapon can be thrown so far! The emperor wants to... ...the capture of Hanoi without a single soldier!"

The next moment, the stunned Hanoi soldiers realized that the sky in front of them suddenly darkened.It wasn't until their brains were suddenly stimulated by horror that they consciously looked up at the sky.However, at this moment, they saw the most terrifying scene in their lives.

Countless flying stones, sharp arrows whizzed, or covered the sky with sharp whistles that pierced the air and covered the sun. After drawing countless parabolic arcs in the sky, they fell down like a downpour in an instant!Wherever Yashi went, there were either broken walls or broken buildings, or howling ghosts and wolves.Huge smoke and dust exploded suddenly, like a smoke dragon raging in Hanoi city...

And after this moment, Liu Xie leisurely waved the smoke that could not reach him, and slightly blew a kiss to Zhang Yang on the top of Hanoi City: "Brother Yang, don't be so cowardly, your name is Zhang Yang, you must be flamboyant and eccentric!" Order... Hahaha, this is just an appetizer, I will definitely love you very much!"

So, the next moment, Liu Xie ordered the flag to fly in the sky, and the colorful golden dragon scales on the flag reflected the scorching sun, lifelike.And the ferocious five claws seem to leap out of the flag, trying to crush the broken city of Hanoi...

(End of this chapter)