Turbulent Times Chapter 1545: The equipment of the Far East Army is different

However, it is not good for the reputation of myself and the second son to let these people come in with guesswork and suspicion. After all, I am the one who wants to be the prime minister, and the second son is going to be the emperor. This reputation still needs to be paid attention to. one time.

After a little thought, Liu Zhifei said: "If you want to enter the city, you will have to be questioned one by one when you come in. The answer must be in the local dialect, and you must be able to say the names of relatives and friends in the city. This proves your innocence."

As soon as Liu Zhifei finished speaking, most of the people below suddenly turned around and ran away. After Huang Weiyang pretended to be stunned for a moment, he ordered the archers to shoot under the urging of Liu Zhifei and others, but because of some surprises, the reaction was not timely, and several people were not shot.

"Hahahaha... just received the news that Huang Shaoqiu defeated Li Zitong and other three-way rebel navy, and it seems that he is going to start attacking Yangzhou City, but this kid is nothing more than that, and he wants to use this small trick. Hmph! Now that the plans are exhausted, I'm afraid the city will be attacked today." Liu Zhifei laughed and said.

Everyone next to him agreed and said yes.

Huang Weiyang also echoed, thinking that the scene just now killed two birds with one stone.

On the one hand, he can make himself a reassuring person in Liu Zhifei's heart, without being too guarded or suspicious.

After all, there have been too many examples of the Far Eastern Army using divisive and internal countermeasures when attacking the city in recent years. As the person in charge of Yangzhou City, Liu Zhifei is also Yu Wenzhi and the most trusted staff confidant, so he will inevitably meet the generals below. Be vigilant and suspicious.

On the other hand, it also gave Liu Zhifei the illusion that there is no one from Wang Junlin in Yangzhou City.

"The Far East Army is really impeccable in its work, but it is said that it has never received the support of the powerful family. Even Wang Junlin and the powerful family have become deadly enemies. Although King Qin An's power is now in full swing, can it really succeed?"

"That Xiang Yu was also invincible in the world back then, and he was invincible for a while, but in the end he was not defeated by Liu Bang, so he had to kill himself."

Huang Weiyang thought to himself, and a trace of hesitation flashed away in the depths of his eyes. Two steps behind him, Xu Jingzong, who was dressed as his guard, didn't notice it.

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In the afternoon, the sky cleared, and the accumulation on the ground

There was not much water, so Huang Shaoqiu led an army of 20,000 to the outside of Yangzhou City. There were only 2,000 cavalry, and the rest were all dressed as infantry, but they brought all kinds of siege equipment.

As soon as Huang Shaoqiu's troops arrived, the soldiers rushed out, spread out their formations, and began attacking Yangzhou City directly with the sound of drums.

At the head of Yangzhou City, Liu Zhifei sneered when he saw this, thinking that it was so.

While he ordered the generals to be in place according to the previous deployment, and commanded the troops to prepare for the battle, he ordered 5,000 cavalry to prepare to leave the city.

He had a high spirit. When he saw that the opponent had only 2,000 cavalry, and he was from a naval force, he didn't want to hide in the city and keep guarding blindly. Let the cavalry go out of the city to attack the opponent.

But to Liu Zhifei's surprise, Huang Shaoqiu didn't attack the city with all his strength, but just lined up an army formation outside the east gate to charge the city. And in the southeast corner of the city, not more than a hundred steps away from the city wall, there were more than thirty catapults of a type I had never seen before, lined up in three rows.

Could it be that you want the catapult to attack from a distance first, and then attack the city?

Liu Zhifei has also seen the power of the catapult with his own eyes, and now there is one on top of Yangzhou city.

When dozens of kilograms of stone and mud bombs fall from the sky, even if they miss, the roaring momentum is quite frightening.

But in fact, all veterans know that the accuracy of the catapult is extremely poor. If it throws stones at places where the army is densely packed, it can still cause great damage. However, it is impossible to destroy the city walls with this accuracy when used to attack the city. of.

In addition, there were more than 30 soldiers busy around the catapults, and there were only more than a hundred people in total. On average, they got on a catapult, but only talked about six or seven people. This is far fewer than the usual number of people operating a catapult.

As far as Liu Zhifei knows, even if it is a small catapult, more than 20 people are required to pull the rope, and as the size of the more than 30 catapults outside the city, it is reasonable to say that there are no thirty or fifty people working together. How can the shells be thrown far away?

And the biggest problem with the catapult is that there is no way to guarantee the accuracy of each catapult. Dozens of people pulled on the pole like pulling fibers, and the previous effort and the next effort hardly remained the same.

I hit the target last time, but the next time I can miss it thirty or fifty steps away. Also

In order to make the slingers behave consistently when pulling the rope, they have to be trained, which takes a lot of time. Therefore, the catapult generally only plays an auxiliary role on the battlefield.

It's just that Liu Zhifei always felt that something was wrong, and Huang Shaoqiu's siege deployment was also a little abnormal. He suddenly remembered that the Far Eastern Army's equipment was very famous on the northern battlefield, and it was famous for its precision and speed. , I didn't think of it for a while.

"No, they still have gunpowder weapons. If they use this catapult to throw them, the consequences will be disastrous." Liu Zhifei just thought of this, and when his face changed, he was about to observe and think further, when he saw that the catapults of the Far Eastern Army had already arrived. reacted.

There was no one pulling at all, but the lower lever suddenly rose up. As if rounding his arms, one of the small black spots flew up from a catapult in the middle of the position outside the city, crossed a perfect parabola, and crossed a distance of two hundred and fifty steps, and there was a loud bang , suddenly hit the front of the city wall ten steps away.

This is clearly stipulated in the Far Eastern Army’s operating regulations on catapults. A catapult is used to measure the distance and accuracy first, and then all catapults use this as a basis to judge various data differences, and then make adjustments.

So, at the next moment, all the catapults moved forward by a distance of ten steps, and then, more than 30 lower poles were suddenly raised.

More than 30 small black dots flew up from the catapult position outside the city, crossed more than 30 perfect parabolas, and crossed a distance of about 240 steps. There was a loud noise, Almost all of them slammed into the city wall, half of them hit the front of the city wall, and two stones smashed into the city.

Until he gained a firm foothold in the trembling city, Liu Zhifei still looked at the more than thirty catapults outside the city in disbelief.

Several small but deep cracks extended on the outer city wall more than ten steps to his left, and more than a dozen defenders on the top of the city were smashed into meatloaf on the spot when they couldn't dodge.

In addition, there were dozens of defenders, whose heads were bloodied by the splashed gravel, and they ran around with their heads in their arms, screaming in pain. In the panic that appeared on the ground, Liu Zhifei found that the defenders on this city wall showed signs of morale collapse.