The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 261 Defense of Mei County ([-])
March 268, [-] AD.The Jin army besieging the city took nearly two months, and after paying a heavy price of more than [-] people killed in battle and more than [-] people injured in various ways, they finally basically cleared the barrier walls outside the two cities of Mei County and Anguo. Get ready for the attack of the formation of large forces.

So on the [-]th day, the Jin army dispatched together from top to bottom and began to launch a full-scale attack on the east, north, and west walls of Mei County (the south city of Mei County is close to the Weihe River, and to attack this wall must first be attacked by water troops. Enter the Wei River. However, the width of the Wei River is not enough, and the whole process is within the effective killing range of the bows and arrows of the two cities. Attacking the south city of Mei County and the north city of Anguo City is suicide).

"Hey! Hey! Whoa!" "Huh! Hey! Whoa!"

The Jin army was not only busy dismantling the barrier wall in the past two months, they also built a large number of tall trebuchets and siege towers in the rear.At this moment, after the obstacles ahead were basically cleared, these big guys finally came in handy.

In this attack, the Jin army invested a total of [-] troops in Sanmen, Mei County.All of a sudden, there were many figures and banners fluttering.The sound of the drums beating, colliding with each other and intertwining in mid-air, made the soldiers walking among them feel the ground shaking.

"General Qi, the enemy's trebuchet has entered the range of our trebuchet!"

At this moment, on the tower of the north gate of Mei County, the guard of the Shuhan side is the young Jiang Su, the son of the great general Jiang Wei.After receiving the report from the soldiers under his command, he smiled slightly: "It's finally here. Order, eighty trebuchets on the north wall, shoot in salvo!"

"promise!"

Following Jiang Su's command, eighty bright fireballs suddenly and uniformly appeared in the midair above the city of Mei County. When these fireballs moved forward in the air, they pulled out another eighty black smoke ribbons.In an instant, these 270 huge fireballs fell heavily on the ground [-] to [-] steps north of the city wall. While causing the ground to throw up a lot of dust, they also made a huge and terrifying sound.

"In the first round of salvo, one enemy catapult was destroyed, and 35 fell into the crowd. 23 bombs were nearly missed. The rest of the catapults were far away."

"According to the results of the last round of shooting, adjust the weight of the counterweight and adjust the launch angle!"

"promise!"

"It's all there, the second round of salvo, let it go!"

"Hey~~~!"

Soon, the soldiers of the Shu Han quickly completed the second round of catapult launches.The result of this round is much better than the previous round.When the eighty stone bombs hit the ground again, Jiang Su on the tower clearly saw that seven of the opponent's tall trebuchets were directly hit.And the remaining more than 70 stone bombs all fell into the dense crowd, causing great damage to the opponent's soldiers.

"Why is the range of the opponent's trebuchet so far?" Seeing that the originally orderly formation on our side began to gradually become disorganized due to the accurate strikes of a large number of stone bullets, Yuan Qing, the former enemy commander of the Jin Army's northern line, felt helpless: "Before the order The army ran up, using ladders, ants attached to attack the city!"

Using ladders and ants to attack a city is the least technical method in ancient siege operations.But it is the most effective way.

On this day, Yuan Qing had 3000 soldiers under his command.And what about Jiang Su's side on the tower?Only [-] people.

Although most of the [-] trebuchets under the city were operated by soldiers and civilians, after excluding a certain number of professional archers, there were actually only more than [-] tiger infantry who were actually used for fighting.That's why Guan Yi said that the most annoying thing is this kind of untechnical ant-attached siege.

"Reporting to Major General, the enemy infantry carrying ladders is attacking our city wall, and they have entered the range of our bows and arrows."

"Archer, shoot!"

Countless bows and arrows shot down from the city wall, but only slightly slowed down the speed of the boundless crowd.

Although countless comrades were hit by bows and arrows, the soldiers of the Jin army in white robes and black armor were still running forward desperately.On the one hand, it is true that in the past two months, the Shu Han has had enough of the uselessness of the cement piles set up outside the city.On the other hand, there are rows of personal guards sent by Sima Wang in the rear, all holding huge axes to supervise the battle!
near!Finally, I got close to the city wall I had been thinking about day and night.But why is this city wall a little different?
You say that the city wall is as high as ten battles. After all, you have been given too much time to build it. We recognize this.But why is this city wall not a flat wall, but irregularly protruding polygonal faces everywhere?

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Li Shisan is from Donghai, Xuzhou, and used to be a farmer.More than three years ago, because of the defeat at Yang'an Pass, Luoyang's Chinese army was seriously downsized.As a last resort, a large number of local soldiers were recruited into Luoyang again.Because Li Shisan is more than eight feet tall, his saber skills are not bad.So he was selected to enter the Chinese army.

For more than three years, his life in Luoyang is still good: the military salary is more than three times that of before, and he doesn't have to bear any taxes.Not only is he exempted from tax, but his wife and children are also exempt from calculation and oral taxation.It can be said that these three years were the happiest time in his more than 20 years of life.

Because he cherishes the present life very much, Li Shisan worked very hard on the training ground of the Chinese army.After three years, he has become a chief, and he is in charge of nine brothers.

When Li Shisan was full of expectations and thinking about whether his position could be promoted again, great news came: the small bandits from Western Shu invaded again, and the Luoyang Central Army needed to enter Guanzhong to fight.For Li Shisan, this is tantamount to an opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune.

As a result, since I came to Chang'an at the end of December last year, three months have passed without a single battle.This made Li Shisan very depressed for a while.

Nowadays!Finally able to play!So when the battle started, Li Shisan was very excited.He walked quickly, and with his own soldiers, he rushed to the front of the army.

In order to pursue greater damage, the Han army on the city greeted the places where the crowd was densest, whether it was stone bullets or bows and arrows.Because of this, Li Shisan's department, which was at the forefront of the army, was not attacked.Therefore, when his troops came to the city of Mei County, all ten of them had beards and tails, and none of them were injured.

When he arrived at the bottom of the city, after nervously scanning the nearby city walls, Li Shisan roared: "Here, the walls here are straight. Wang Laoshuan and Ma Dalian, stand up the ladder!"

"Good Le!"

The place where Li Shisan chose the vertical ladder was the oblique side of a protruding bastion. Compared with the sharp protrusions everywhere on the horizontal city wall, this oblique side is particularly smooth.Therefore, Li Shisan and others naturally chose this place to climb the wall.

The ladder, which also lasted ten battles, was quickly erected under the joint efforts of several soldiers.But just as the ladder was erected, before Li Shisan had time to step on it, the whole ladder slid a long way towards the rear!

"What's the matter? Did you run away last night? Can't even hold a ladder steady?"

"It's not our problem!" The man named Ma Dalian didn't give himself any face: "The problem is up there!"

"above?"

"Yeah, there's something weird about the stacking wall above, it can actually slide! When the ladder is leaned up, it will start to slide backwards with a little force. You also know that this ladder is ten steps long, and it is very troublesome to manipulate. .The top is actually sliding, how can we make it stable!"

Yes, Sima Guan was imprisoned in Mei County during this period of time and had nothing to do, so he changed his tricks to strengthen the city defense.He installed steel pulleys on the outer sides of the crenels of all the city walls...

Because I had nothing to do during this period of time, and Dong Zhuo laid the foundation of the city wall of Mei County very firmly.So anyway, being idle is idle, so Guan Yi ordered his soldiers to keep raising the city wall.As a result, the city wall in Mei County is now as high as ten battles! (23.1 meters)
If the Jin army wanted to attack the city with ants, of course they had to build more than ten ladders.And such a long ladder, the speed of the relevant soldiers is like a turtle crawling when it is carried, and many soldiers of the Jin army were shot to death along the way.And even the soldiers of the Jin army who came to the city felt very difficult to hold the ladder after they erected it with difficulty.

The Luoyang Chinese Army has siege warfare training subjects.However, the city walls used for training are generally four or five feet high. For such a city wall, after the ladders are erected, it is generally not necessary to send people to help the ladders.Even if necessary, two people are usually enough.But now, there are no four people who can't support it at all.

And the shameless Da Sima added ball pulleys to the crenels of the city wall...

While Li Shisan and others were still looking for a place to set up the ladder, as more and more soldiers of the Jin army crowded under the city wall, the Shu Han archers on the city wall finally ended their long-distance shooting. Diffusion, focusing on the city wall.

(End of this chapter)