The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 484 Luoyang is Luoyang ([-])
Time entered May, and with the unification of the prisoners of war, Ji Han's trench digging work accelerated suddenly.By May 500th, the many branch trenches connecting the outer ring (300 meters from the city wall) to the inner ring ([-] meters from the city wall) had all been dug.Li Xiang, who was very satisfied with the progress of the project, directly added meat to the prisoners' meals.And it is clearly stated that as long as the quality of the project can continue to be guaranteed as before, then the meat added to each meal will not be cancelled, and will continue until the end of the war.

Then, the prisoners of war, whose morale was high again, began to quickly excavate the planned inner ring.

300 meters, which has entered the effective range of the trebuchet set up on the tall tower of Luoyang.Therefore, starting from the excavation of the inner ring, the Luoyang defenders, who had been on the sidelines, began to use trebuchets to attack the Han army captives who were digging trenches under the command of the princes in charge.

However, under the protection of a layer of earth wall, the effect of such an attack is very poor.

"Huh? Brother Wang, why are you here? My little brother has not been attacked here."

"Hmph, if Brother Wei doesn't come, I don't know how you'll go prodigal!"

"Uh, Brother Wang, what do you mean by saying that? I don't understand very well, little brother."

On May [-], Sima Lun, who was guarding the south gate, excitedly ordered nearly a hundred trebuchets to be fired at the section he was in charge of after learning that the enemy's engineering team had entered the range of his trebuchets.In just one hour, thousands of stone bullets were fired.Moreover, as a son of a family who received a good education since childhood, Sima Lun also asked the defenders to light the stone bombs before firing them.As a result, half of the sky was covered with long tail flames pulled out by burning stone bullets, which appeared magnificent for a while.

After these stone bombs landed, they did cause some troubles to the prisoners of war team who were under construction: I just dug them out, and the piled soil was blown back into the pit by your stone bombs.I was digging a hole in the trench, when suddenly a large pile of soil debris almost buried me alive...

The effect is just that.Out of thousands of stone bullets, only one stone bullet broke out. After being thrown from the city wall, its parabola was perfect.

However, it happened that there was no one in that section of the trench at that time!

Therefore, thousands of stone bombs caused zero casualties to the Han army!

"Today, Wen Ju, who is in charge of the city's supplies, came to report to Brother Wei, saying that it was King Zhao, and you asked him for a thousand stone bullets around noon today?"

"It's true. Brother Wang, the Han army facing this line of defense, my brother, has already entered range. This morning, my brother ordered someone to throw a thousand stone bombs. Then I will naturally ask Wen Ju to make up for it in the afternoon. Is there any problem?"

Before the outcome of the Daluze Battle was decided, Taiyuan King Sima Gui, who had been serving as the nominal commander on the Bingzhou front, was no longer a military rookie.Hearing Sima Lun's words, of course he was furious: "No problem, it's a big problem! Let me ask you, brother, how long does it take a craftsman to polish a thousand stone bullets? The thousand stone bullets will be effective if they are fired. how?"

"Hey, why is it that Brother Wang is like those ordinary people who are so penny-pinching? How can we count these small things when we are doing things? The enemy army is approaching, and they want to launch a thunderbolt to break their courage!"

"Hey!" Sima Gui wanted to slap this guy when he heard this, and finally remembered that his father's name was Sima Yi, while his own father's name was only Sima Fu, so he held back: "Zi Yi, can you You know, how long does it take a craftsman to polish a stone bullet? Luoyang is now an isolated city, and the materials in the city are less. Today, the stone bullets you shoot out in an hour need ten craftsmen to polish them for a month. It is in the Luoyang city defense inventory. One percent of the total amount of stone bombs. Our plan is to stick to it for at least half a year! Bearing His Majesty's great trust for my brother, of course we have to count every penny."

"Of course," Sima Gui's tone became more excited when he said this: "If your stone bullets can produce good results, I don't have much to say. But look, what you shot this morning , Have you achieved any results? Have you slowed down the enemy's progress? Have you made the opponent panic? How many enemy troops may have been killed?"

"Hmm...huh!" As Sima Yi's youngest son, Sima Lun received the most love from his father and brother since he was a child.At this time, after being trained by Sima Gui for so long, he was already very self-cultivated.After Sima Gui directly pointed out the fact that he had no results and wasted supplies.This guy jumped up all of a sudden: "The enemy army is getting closer and closer to the city wall! If there is no stone bomb, just stare at it like this, I'm afraid that when the enemy digs to the root of the wall, you don't know what to do What! Isn’t this king throwing stones to ask for directions? Ah! Taiyuan King! What right do you have to yell at this king here? If you hadn’t lost Taiyuan County, Guan Zifeng would have come here to confront this king? Huh?! "

"You... you you you... good! The world of Zhongda's family, what does our Shuda's family care about? I don't care! I don't care! Come on, prepare the car, I want to enter the palace to meet His Majesty, begging for bones! "

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Let's not talk about a bunch of bad things inside the Sima family.On May 300th, there was a burst of cheers from the city of Luoyang: the trenches in several sections had all been opened, which meant that the inner ring [-] meters away from the city wall of Luoyang had also been completely completed.

"Hey, Master Shan, is the progress this month not bad?"

"Well, not bad. It's good to be able to maintain this speed while being harassed by the enemy."

"So the mountain chief, did the students pull the trebuchet into the trench?"

"Yes, try it at 300 meters first. If the effect is not good, then dig further ahead."

"Here!"

The captives of the Han army have been digging trenches desperately for the past two months, and the craftsmen of the Han army have not rested during this time.

In the past two months, the big trees on many mountainous areas near Luoyang, such as Yushan, Mangshan, Qingyaoshan, Jingzishan, etc., have had bad luck and were cut down by the craftsmen of the Han army.Then it was taken to the rear army barracks and cut into various parts.

With Guan Yi's permission, the prisoners of war, under the order of the Han army, quickly moved the various parts along the trench to the direction of the city wall.After obtaining the inner ring trench, under the command of various craftsmen, they quickly started to assemble in some specific areas of the trench that had been dug relatively wide in advance.

"My lord, my lord, something is wrong, please go to the city quickly and have a look!"

A few days ago, the lawsuit between King Taiyuan and King Zhao came to Sima Yan's court.Sima Yan had no choice but to play [-] boards each: This is definitely favoring Sima Lun.

But even so, Sima Lun was still not happy.During this period of time, the son and brother completely lost the passion he had just received, and spent every day eating, drinking and having fun in a private house under the city wall.

On this day, he was called by his subordinates, reluctantly boarded the top of the city, and under the guidance of his subordinates, he watched the city for a long time...

"You called me up, what exactly do you want me to see?"

"My lord, the Han army is assembling trebuchets in the ditch outside the city."

"Huh? What do the Han army want to do? The trebuchets our army set up on the city tower are very difficult to project stone bullets to them. They set up trebuchets so far above the ground that they couldn't hit us at all. what!"

"My lord, the trebuchets of the Han army don't need to hit us, as long as they can hit the city wall."

"What's the use of hitting the city wall?"

"Oh, my lord, although the walls of Luoyang City are extremely thick, they are only rammed earth walls. As long as the Han army's trebuchets can hit our city walls, they can use hundreds of trebuchets to aim at a certain section of the city wall Thousands, tens of thousands of fixed-point bombardments were carried out. No matter how strong the Luoyang city wall is, it will not last long."

"Ah? Then you still don't fight back?"

"Your Majesty, I understand the purpose of the trenches dug by the Han army... In short, the enemy troops are now protected by trenches. It is difficult for us to hit them, but they can easily bombard our city walls!"

(End of this chapter)