Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 414 Teach Han Xin to Be a Man

"Did the traitor Xiang Kang take the wrong medicine? Why does he always attack this general's army first without saying a word? Where did this general offend him?"

"Your Majesty is here!"

Seeing the Han army lined up in front of the barracks, it was obvious that they were going to attack their own camp first. When Han Xin was standing on a high place in the camp, his teeth were itching with hatred, and there was a shout behind Liu Laosan, and Han Xin turned around quickly. Seeing that it was indeed Liu Laosan leading a team of guards and hurried over, Han Xin hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted, and asked, "My lord, the battle is imminent. This is the front line of the battle. Why did you come in person?"

"Don't worry, come and take a look for yourself." Liu Laosan replied casually, and then said: "It's not that I don't worry about you, but that little traitor Xiang Kang, I must see with my own eyes what tricks he wants to play, my lord." There is only one bottom in my heart."

While speaking, the Han army has already made moves. Driven by Niu Mala and many Han army soldiers, the mysterious weapon of the Han army that made Han Xin extremely vigilant and made Liu Laosan suspicious was invented more than 500 years in advance. The heavy trebuchet finally officially appeared in front of the bumpkins of the Nanyang Army and the Southern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army who were also bumpkins!

Because of sufficient manpower, and because enough qualified timber was felled in the Xiangcheng area, the number of counterweight trebuchets used by the Han army on the Yexian battlefield this time directly exceeded that used on the Puyang and Julu battlefields. The counterweight trebuchet reached an astonishing size of fifty. The huge body and thick and long throwing arm made people daunting. After lined up, the soldiers of the Nanyang Army still felt the murderous aura immediately, and countless soldiers of the Nanyang Army couldn't help whispering and discussing in low voices...

"What is that? What is it for?"

"It seems to be a trebuchet, the kind of trebuchet we used when we attacked the city before? But why is it so big, how many people will it take to pull it?"

"It can't be a trebuchet, right? From such a distance, how could the stones thrown by the trebuchet hit our camp?"

Not only the soldiers of the Nanyang Army, but after shielding the sun with their hands and trying to look around for a long time, Liu Laosan couldn't help asking Han Xin, "These are the new Chinese trebuchets that the Chinese captive handed over? Look upside down. Indeed, but such a big trebuchet, how many soldiers would it take for the traitors to pull it? Also, even if the traitors can spare no effort in manpower, it is impossible for the traitors to smash the stone so far, right? "

"I don't know either." Han Xin shook his head, and said with a gloomy expression, "I just hope that Zhou Bo and Lu Jia are right. That traitor captive was exaggerating. He didn't brag about the trebuchets of the traitors." so powerful."

At this time, three thousand soldiers of the Han army had already lined up to protect the counterweight catapult fleet. At the same time, many Han soldiers were busy preparing around the catapults, but because of the distance and lack of telescopes, Both Liu Laosan and Han Xin couldn't see exactly what preparations the Han army officers and soldiers were making, but they saw thick smoke rising from the fire in that area from a distance. It was obvious that the Han army officers and soldiers were preparing the legendary incendiary bomb.

Not only that, even at this point, Xiang Kang's nature was still hard to change, so he sent an envoy to come forward with a white flag, came outside the Nanyang Army camp, and shouted at the Nanyang Army soldiers guarding the camp gate, "Please report your General Han Xin, just said that he promised our King of Han, and we can take the opportunity to do it. Our King of Han will definitely fulfill his promise and give him a title and city, and we will never treat those who follow your general to surrender to us!"

Before the envoy of the Han army could finish yelling the words of separation and slander, the furious Nanyang army officers and soldiers shot arrows one after another, shooting the envoy of the Han army and fleeing. After the situation was reported to Liu Laosan and Han Xin, Xiang Kang was familiar with it. The bad-natured Liu Laosan immediately sneered and scolded: "The little traitor raised by the maidservant, the dog can't change it and eats shit, I want this king to fall for your evil, dreaming! The hen crows, the rooster lays eggs, this king They all believe it, Nai Weng is the first one not to believe that our General Han is colluding with you secretly!"

Han Xin didn't say a word, knowing that Liu Laosan's words were actually scolding himself, but secretly wondering, "What is wrong with Xiang Kang, a traitor? How can you say that he won't let me go?"

After some preparations, the soldiers of the Han army who were preparing around the catapult team suddenly dispersed and retreated. Liu Laosan and Han Xin also immediately understood that the main event was finally about to begin, so they quickly cheered up and opened their eyes wide. Watching every move of the Han army's catapult team, what surprised Liu Laosan and Han Xin was that the huge team of draggers they had imagined did not appear. The small number of soldiers of the Han army were still busy beside the trebuchet. Liu Laosan and Han Xin, both of whom had used the trebuchet on the battlefield, were unavoidably even more suspicious. They secretly said together: "What's going on? There are no soldiers dragging the rope, How does the trebuchet throw stones?"

Or because of the distance and lack of binoculars, Liu Laosan, Han Xin and others just saw the flag of the Han army waving, and fifty huge Han army catapults almost raised their arms together, throwing the dark things one by one. To the sky, those big black things really flew out of the range that is absolutely impossible for ordinary trebuchets, and whizzed into the interior of the Nanyang Army camp with smoke...

At this moment, the hearts of Liu Laosan and Han Xin almost stopped beating together, and their eyes widened together, keeping their eyes on those strange black things, nervous that those strange things fell from the sky...

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound of those strange things falling to the ground was not very loud, but what made Liu Laosan, Han Xin and all the Nanyang Army officers and soldiers unbelievable was that after those strange things landed, huge flames erupted immediately, instantly igniting the surrounding area. Camp tents, luggage and various combustibles, as well as some Nanyang soldiers who could not escape were spread by the flames, and their hair, beard and clothes were immediately set alight, and they immediately uttered screams like killing pigs, and fell to the ground. Rolling all over the ground.

Seeing this scene, the Nanyang Army officers and soldiers were of course in an uproar, screaming one after another, while Liu Laosan and Han Xin's faces were ashen, and they immediately understood that the Han Army prisoner was not lying about at least two points - that was the Han Army's prisoner. The new trebuchet can indeed smash out weird fire bombs that can be set on fire!It can also hit miles or even farther!
On the other side, seeing this situation in the high ground of the Western Chu military camp in the distance to the west, Liji couldn't but feel very grateful besides turning pale, and openly said: "Thank God, fortunately, the Han bandits attacked Nanyang first. If the Chinese thieves come to attack our camp first, we will definitely be miserable!"

It's okay, after all, it was the soldiers led by Liu Laosan and Han Xin. Even though they were frightened by the terrifying power of the Han army's incendiary bombs and their morale was frustrated, after the initial panic, the Nanyang soldiers immediately started to put out the fire , and was not completely flustered by this.However, what caught the soldiers of the Nanyang Army by surprise again was that not long after they started to put out the fire, the second round of incendiary bombs from the Han Army had come down again, and most of the targets were directed at the camp of the Central Army of the Nanyang Army!
The sound of the big pottery urn falling to the ground is still not very loud, but because the pottery urn is still filled with tung oil, after it hits the ground and explodes, the original incendiary bombs of the Han army can shoot out a large area of ​​flames, in addition to igniting the surrounding area. In addition to all the combustibles, it can also burn to death the Nanyang soldiers who were unable to avoid the burns. The beard and hair of these unlucky Nanyang soldiers were burned, crying and howling. The fire broke out, the skin was scorched and the flesh smelled bad, screams continued, and the most critical Nanyang Army Central Army camp suddenly fell into chaos.

"The trebuchet of the traitor can control the direction, and you can hit it wherever you want!"

Han Xin finally screamed out, and immediately understood that the Han army wanted to use incendiary bombs to severely injure his Chinese army camp first, and completely attack and shake his army's morale. The Chinese army camp was built at a high place in the camp. With such an obvious target in front of them, the Han army naturally adjusted its previous attack order, giving priority to Han Xin's Chinese army camp, and giving the Nanyang army a disarm.

On the other side, Liu Laosan's face gradually turned blue, and he finally began to regret that he did not listen to Han Xin's harsh advice, did not retreat quickly to avoid the sharp edge of the Han army, and chose to stay in Ye County to fight the Han army.

Fortunately, after the Han army only dropped three rounds of expensive incendiary bombs, they stopped wasting ammunition and began to install net pockets to modify stone bombs. There was complete chaos, fire and smoke everywhere, and Nanyang soldiers running to put out the fire everywhere. The morale of the army was frustrated, and they were no longer as confident as before.

Liu Laosan and Han Xin also have hope, that is, they still believe that the confessions of the Han army captives are exaggerated. Cause direct damage to the strong fortress they spent manpower and material resources to build-if this is the case, this battle must still be fought!
The catapult team of the Han Army quickly satisfied Liu Laosan and Han Xin’s desire to know the truth. After the throwing arms were all equipped with net bags and solid stone bombs, when the flag was waved, a huge stone bomb weighing about 50 yuan and 150 catties flew in the air. From the beginning, whistling spun and smashed towards the Nanyang Army's camp, and because the Han Army's catapult operators had accumulated a lot of experience in actual combat, even in the first round of throwing stones, nearly half of them hit the Nanyang Army's camp wall.

"Boom! Boom!"

The sound of the boulder falling to the ground was far louder than the incendiary bombs. Under the incredible gazes of Liu Laosan, Han Xin and others, they smashed huge gaps and long cracks into the walls built by the soldiers of the Nanyang Army. , landed a few feet deep, bounced still can continue to hurt people, just like a giant fist of ghosts and gods, smashing huge wounds on the seemingly impregnable Nanyang army barracks.

Not counting that, there were still stone bullets tumbling and smashing into the crowd of Nanyang soldiers, immediately splashing waves of flesh and blood and countless noises and screams, and another stone bullet hitting the arrow tower built by Nanyang soldiers hard, The originally strong archery tower collapsed like paper, and the archers of the Nanyang Army who squatted on the archery tower and prepared to shoot arrows to fend off the enemy screamed and fell into the dust. Their tendons were broken, their bones were broken, their heads were bleeding, and they were directly hit by stone bullets from the Han army. Needless to say, the military tent in the middle, before it even had time to make a sound, it sank deep into the ground and disappeared.

Faced with such a terrifying scene, even the generals and soldiers of the Song Army, who had seen advanced weapons such as gunpowder bed crossbowman A after more than 500 years of battle, were still terrified, let alone still at the end of the Bronze Age. The Nanyang soldiers on the ground were just a round of stone bullets, and the Nanyang soldiers on the top and bottom of the camp were already frightened, screaming again and again, and they couldn't even imagine what kind of terrible scene they would face next, and their morale and fighting spirit plummeted. bottom.

"As expected of Han Xin." Liu Laosan lowered his head weakly, and said in his heart: "Seeing the little things, I should listen to his advice and retreat first at any cost. Ye County, it is impossible to hold on."

Next, the soldiers of the Nanyang Army guarding the wall of the camp can only be described as being in hell. Huge stone bullets keep whistling and flying. As long as they can't dodge a little, even if they are only slightly hit by the stone bullets, they will be seriously injured immediately. Even the end of death.And even if the soldiers of the Nanyang Army escaped by chance, the solid wall under their feet would be directly smashed into a huge gap several feet wide and deep, making it difficult to stand, let alone stand in that position and shoot arrows to fight.

In fact, the most unlucky ones were the Nanyang soldiers on the watchtower tower. In order to increase the firepower of bows and arrows, Han Xin asked the Nanyang soldiers to build a large number of watchtowers behind the wall at any cost, which formed intensive firepower with the wall and the sheep and horse wall. By this time, these archery towers full of Nanyang soldiers had completely become live targets for the Han army's trebuchets, and soon became the key targets of the Han army's trebuchets because of tactical needs. If it hits, a tall archery tower will be smashed into sawdust immediately. The Nanyang soldiers on the upper floor screamed and fell into the camp one after another. There were no small casualties.

The stone throwing tactics of the Han army are not limited to this. In addition to focusing on the archery towers near the gate of the Nanyang barracks, the Han army's trebuchets also tried their best to throw huge boulders on the walls on both sides of the gate of the Nanyang barracks, and gradually smashed the walls in this area. It was riddled with holes and gaps everywhere, and along the way, the precious lives of many Nanyang Army soldiers who guarded the camp gate were harvested. Without a single soldier being killed or injured, many casualties were caused to the Nanyang Army.

Seeing such a situation, at the beginning, many soldiers of the Nanyang army were very fortunate that the huge stone of the Han army had never hit their camp gate, but a military genius is a military genius after all. After a period of time, Han Xin suddenly After waking up, he shouted angrily, "No! The Chinese bandits want to weaken our camp gate guards first, and then concentrate their efforts on smashing our camp gates, so that the Han bandit soldiers can directly enter our camp!"

After discovering this situation, there was nothing he could do about it. Although Han Xin subconsciously planned to let the saber trolley forward to block the camp gate when the camp gate fell, Han Xin suddenly woke up before he could utter the order— — Even rammed earth walls can’t stop the huge stones of the Han army. Isn’t the wooden saber cart in front of the huge stones of the Han army no different from toys?So Han Xin had no choice but to quickly figure out how to deal with the next situation.

Before Han Xin came up with an idea, the Han army had already taken action. First, the long shield hand covered the bow and crossbow, and set up a temporary fortification at a distance of 4000 steps outside the gate of the Nanyang Army's camp, opening up firepower points to suppress the remaining bases. Go up to the garrison, and then, more than [-] soldiers of the Han army divided into two teams strode forward, and lined up outside the bow and arrow range of the Nanyang army to wait for orders. The firepower began to bombard the north middle gate of the Nanyang Army's camp!
It's purely overkill!It was just the first round of unison, and five or six boulders hit the gate of the North Camp of the Nanyang Army one after another. Without any effort, the seemingly incomparably strong gate of the Nanyang Army Barracks was smashed into sawdust, and the hidden The Nanyang soldiers behind the gate of the barracks were severely injured and killed, their flesh and blood flew all over the place. The remaining Nanyang soldiers were frightened and scattered, all screaming, "The door is broken! The door is broken! The Han bandits are about to come in!"

Han Xin closed his eyes in pain, and immediately understood that he no longer had any hope of blocking the attack of the Han army with his fortifications. Whether he could persevere could only depend on whether the soldiers under his command could block the Han army with their flesh and blood. The crazy attack.

Liu Laosan's pat on the shoulder made Han Xin open his eyes again. Liu Laosan didn't show any expression, but said lightly: "General, you are right. I regret that I didn't listen to your advice. But it's useless to regret now." Now, it’s up to you next, try to block this attack of the traitors for me, at least let me hold out until it’s completely dark.”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Han Xin cupped his fists and said solemnly, "I will do my best."

Liu Laosan nodded, and said: "You must take care of yourself, no matter what, you must go back alive to meet this king. In the future, this king will listen to you, even if you think you should give up Wancheng, this king I won't hesitate!"

After saying that, Liu Laosan, who has never been in danger, immediately took his guards and slipped away from the back door, and fled back to his camp to prepare to retreat overnight.At the same time, seeing that the situation was not good on the high ground in the west, Liji also hurriedly ordered to his own soldiers: "Quickly, go to contact Han Xin and tell him to hold on to us until it is completely dark! Yes, immediately load the food, grass and weapons we need, and prepare dry food torches, the more the better!"

At the same time, after seeing clearly that the gate of the North Camp of the Nanyang Army had been successfully smashed open, Xiang Kang first sent someone to order the catapult team to change the target and bombard the east gate on the left of the North Camp of the Nanyang Army, and then ordered lightly: " Beat the drum, attack, and teach Han Xin how to behave."

With the sound of war drums, the two thousand soldiers of the Han army who lined up immediately shouted and charged, carrying trench bridge vehicles and flying ladders, and rushed towards the opened middle gate of the North Camp of the Nanyang Army like a tide.Behind them, Long Qi, the vanguard of the Han army, was eager to gear up, gritted his teeth, and roared with red eyes, "Quick! Quick! Hurry up for me! You must take down the camp gate for me and open the way for us to enter the army!" "

"General Long, after opening the way to advance, the last general should go first, right?" Zhang Zhong, another general of the Han army next to him, asked with a smile.

"I didn't tell you not to go first!" Long Qi replied angrily, and said, "As long as the way to advance is opened, you go first. Whether you can block the counterattack of the Nanyang bandit army is up to you!"

Zhang Zhong smiled and did not speak. He just turned his attention to his immediate team. Five hundred heavy armored soldiers of the Han army in steel armor, even with steel protection on their faces, had already lined up with steel weapons. When the front team opens the way, they can immediately stride forward, like a group of human tanks, to kill the dense crowd of Nanyang Army who will definitely swarm.

By the way, neither the generals of the Nanyang Army nor Han Xin himself have ever really seen the heavy armored soldiers of the Han Army. This kind of special arms should have appeared at least in the Tang Dynasty!A brutal massacre with great disparity between strength and weakness is about to appear in front of the military god Han Xin!

(End of this chapter)