three kings

Chapter 285 Entering the Central Plains "Fan Pao" Shows off His Power
Sun Can looked at the enemy soldiers rolling towards him, and glanced at the soldiers beside him. There were [-] elite soldiers, well-trained and high-spirited.Each of them has polished their swords and are only waiting for an order from themselves.

As long as they open their mouths, they will use their bodies to defend the city walls of Xudu.

Sun Can is very satisfied with the state of the soldiers. Years of experience on the battlefield have taught him to trust his own judgment, and even more so, to trust every soldier under his command.As long as you trust him and care about him, he will give everything for you, even if it is death, he will never hesitate.

The horn of the first advance was sounded, and the first trial attack officially began.

The opponent's soldiers rushed out of their own camp, Gao Lan commanded very experienced, and the whole army moved forward at a slow speed.In this way, it will not enter the range of Sun Can's bow and arrow, nor will it cause chaos in the catapult formation in front of the team, and at the same time, it can also cause a certain amount of psychological pressure on the soldiers defending the city.

Sun Can looked at Gao Lan appreciatively, nodded to Liu Hua, and continued to look at him. If he wanted to shake these soldiers under his command with only this level, he would be too overconfident.

Behind the catapult, five thousand soldiers lined up densely on the ground.The sharp sword gave off the breath of death.Heavy steps, uniform.Although there are only 5000 troops, the rigorous lineup, billowing smoke and huge shouts make them look like a flood.

"Give me an order to Yafu!" Sun Can squinted his eyes and looked forward, "Don't let the opponent approach so quickly, hit me with a cannon, and show them some color first! The target is random, the crowd, the car group Can."

When the opposing army reached about [-] paces, Sun Can issued his first order.

"Fan Pao" is one of Sun Canjun's new weapons.

Liu Huaben is a professor of biology, born in science, and has some research on physics. He uses some natural laws he learned in physics classes.After repeated research on the principle of leverage and force, and recruiting experts from all over the world to make catapults, the shortcomings of "catapults" were improved, and "Fan Pao" was carefully developed by Liu Hua with the wisdom of all people.

The messenger ran away as if flying with his legs up, and after a while, with the sound of dull and dense war drums, a huge stone weighing about [-] kilograms screamed towards Gao Lan's soldiers with a "huh" .

Catapults were not widely used in the Han Dynasty. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" also said in the "Siege of the City" chapter that "the ants will be overwhelmed by their anger, and one-third of the soldiers will be killed, but the city will not be pulled out, and this attack will be a disaster." The main means of attacking the city at first was the ladder. Soldiers climbed the walls like ants.

Therefore, the performance of the catapult is relatively poor, usually only 250 steps away, and the type with better performance like the "Thunderbolt" is only [-] steps away.Even so, he was regarded as a monster by Guan Yu.

As for Sun Canjun, a catapult with a distance of [-] steps has never appeared before the Han Dynasty.

Because of this, Gao Lan was defenseless.

A cannon stone fell fiercely on the group of soldiers, and immediately ten soldiers were affected, three of them were hit by the boulder and their brains were cracked, and several others were also injured to a certain extent.

Gao Lanjun suddenly exclaimed and became a mess.

Gao Lan reacted and immediately yelled. At this time, another flying stone fell beside him.

In the smog, Gao Lan coughed and shouted sharply: "The whole army retreats, the whole army retreats..."

The astonishing power of "Fan Pao" made him dizzy, and the splashed gravel cut a large wound on his face, and the blood was flowing, staining his neck red, making his handsome face look very terrifying .

Although Gao Lan was usually very fond of the soldiers, but at this time the order could no longer be conveyed. Countless artillery stones kept hitting the army, and the impact was far and accurate, and it was extremely powerful.Countless sharp stones smashed towards the army formation like dark clouds, wailing, not only that, but the leading siege equipment could not be spared, and the damage was even greater.

Gao Lan took a deep breath and waved his hands to disperse the dust in front of him. The scene in front of him was horrible. The shelling just now hit him three steps away, and several orderlies beside him were directly hit. Oddly shaped.

Several cannonballs fired by Sun Canjun lay there quietly. Gao Lan took a breath. The cannonballs weighed about thirty kilograms. I really couldn't believe that the opponent's cannonball carts were so powerful.

Looking forward, Gao Lan was even more stunned. The siege team at the forefront of the team had all been completely smashed to pieces.More than [-] catapults were lost, and the ground was covered with huge boulders.

It turned out that Gao Lan looked at the Pao Shi on the ground, and suddenly realized that the Pao Shi was all wheel-like boulders, weighing about sixty catties.In general, the catapults use roughly the same cannon stones in order to be fired simultaneously, so the spacing is single.While the opponent is far away, use small stones, and when close, use big stones. The attack can be far or near, and it is extremely flexible.What's more, the opponent's catapult was already powerful, but if it was replaced with a boulder, it would be even more powerful, and it could leave a big hole in the ground with just one hit.

"Ming Jin withdraws troops!" Gao Lan shouted unwillingly, his morale was taken away, and it was meaningless to continue the battle.

Gao Lan retreated, and the walls of Xudu City cheered loudly!

The first wave of the opponent's attack was due to the great power of "Fan Pao", and Gao Lan's vanguard army was repelled without even crossing the moat.This is very gratifying news for Sun Canjun who is in a disadvantaged position.

This joy did not last long, and Gao Lan commanded the army to charge for the second time.

This time Gao Lan learned the lesson from last time, gave up the catapult, and led the team directly to the moat.

Filling up the moat is the first step in the siege.

Sun Can quietly looked at Gao Lan's army under the city. Whether it was rhythm or military appearance, this army showed that they were well-trained.

Seeing that the opponent was almost within the range of the bow and arrow, Sun Can issued an order calmly: "Archers step forward and prepare to shoot."

With one order, tens of thousands of bows and arrows appeared on the battlements of Xudu, and they aimed at the slowly pressing army.

The two sides, the enemy and ourselves, are quietly confronting each other inside and outside Xudu with two diametrically opposed purposes.

The war is about to start.

Even the battle-tested veterans had beads of sweat dripping from their hands unconsciously.At this moment, although there was no loud sound of killing, the silence before the battle made the atmosphere even more depressing.

The drums of battle finally sounded.

The siege troops rushed forward while uttering deafening shouts.

The moment the battle broke out, a rain of arrows covering the sky and covering the sun slanted down from the city of Xu Capital, as dense as raindrops, passing through one corpse after another.

The siege team was obviously very experienced. The death of their comrades did not stop them from attacking. They held up their shields and threw sandbags towards the moat quickly and methodically.

(End of this chapter)