MTL - Unparalleled Concubine-v2 Chapter 1046 Mind under fire

   Chapter 1046 The mind under the thunder and fire

   Seeing this move of the Southwest Army, the several court generals on the wall all looked surprised, and even Xie Jing, who was not very proficient in military affairs, showed disdain.

Catapults are of course a powerful weapon for siege, but as we all know, this kind of thing is only an auxiliary device, and the main force still has to be someone who does not want to die, and uses a ladder to go desperately. purpose of the city.

  Since ancient times, no one could conquer a city with just a catapult.

   What's more, the city walls are covered by half a person height or so, and you can avoid the arrows shot by the enemy and the stones thrown by the trebuchet.

  Chong Heng was the first to react, turned his head and shouted: "Everyone is short to avoid the stones, half of them are evacuated from the city wall, and the other half are paying attention to the enemy's movements, be careful that the enemy takes the opportunity to attack the city tower!"

This order is very wise, because removing the towers can avoid almost all trebuchet attacks, but once everyone has withdrawn, it will be difficult to see the enemy's movements. If the Southwest Army takes this opportunity to attack the city, it will be very difficult It is easy to pass through the "arrow attack area" of the city wall and get close to the city wall.

   Although Zhongheng came to Xiangyang not long ago, he was quite prestige in the Hanzhong army. After the order was given, everyone squatted and avoided. Then, one person out of every three people peeps out the enemy's situation from the arrow hole in the city wall.

In the past few months, whether it is Mu Ying or Li Shuo, they have strictly trained the accuracy of their slingers. They used stones of the same weight as a clay pot to train these pitchers day and night. Therefore, the first round of throwing The thunder of the sky almost all fell on the city wall!

  At first, the people of the court did not pay much attention to these stones.

   But when the stone was only a dozen meters away from the city wall, he had been paying attention to the balance of the enemy's situation. Suddenly, his pupils dilated and his face was full of horror.

  Because he saw that these "stones" thrown by the catapult were actually burning with fire!

   As the eldest grandson of the Zhong family, he naturally had some knowledge about Tianlei. This general Xiao Zhong reacted immediately and turned around and roared: "Get down!"

   However, time is running out.

   The first batch of twenty thunders landed on the city wall almost simultaneously.

   The fuse, which Lin Hu and others spent several months accurately calculating, exploded almost as soon as it was about to land!

   For a split second, on the west city wall of Xiangyang City, everyone's ears were shocked, and a huge roar exploded in their ears!

   And then, the shards of pottery scattered all over the sky!

   I don't know how many exclamations came over at the same time!

After the smoke of    "stones" dissipated, the entire city wall was covered with blood, and some of the unlucky people who were hit by the thunder, were directly blown up by the impact, and their limbs and arms flew far away!

   Even the seed balance on the city wall was sputtered by a few pieces of pottery because it was too close to watch the battle. There was no armor-covered area on the body, and several wounds were cut not deep or shallow!

Chong Heng's eyes widened in anger, and he glanced at the Southwest Army in the distance, and then vaguely saw that the second round of the Southwest Army's catapult had been loaded. He took a deep breath and gritted his teeth: "Everyone, take down the city wall. , take down the city wall!"

   At this time, the soldiers guarding the west city wall of Xiangyang were all Hanzhong troops. After hearing Chong Heng's words, some soldiers who were still able to move struggled to climb down the city wall!

   While they were withdrawing, the second round of "stones" arrived!

  The ruthless thunder and fire once again drowned the west city wall of Xiangyang.

   After the thunder and fire this time, the Hanzhong army who had not yet evacuated on the west city wall suffered heavy casualties!

The most vicious thing about Tianlei is its pottery shards. This kind of thing is scattered on the battlefield, and its lethality is too terrifying. What is even more terrifying is that in this "throwing version of Tianlei", Lin Hu also A few pieces of iron are added to each one. Once it is blasted, the power of the pottery pieces may not be able to break the armor, but the power of these iron pieces is enough to pierce armor and threaten the lives of almost everyone!

  The third round of "bombing" is coming!

   Zhong Heng on the city wall, looking at this scene and the Southwest Army under the city, trembling all over.

As a general's son, he naturally does not tremble because of fear. This trembling comes from a sense of powerlessness in his soul. If he can fight head-on with the Southwest Army, he is confident that even if the Hanzhong Army can't crush these Southwest barbarians, at least It is possible not to fall behind, but this kind of battle that is almost not at the same level makes this general's disciple feel helpless from the bottom of his heart.

   He didn't know what to do.

   He is not even qualified to fight back!

  Chong Heng Lang Leng pulled down the city wall, looked at the west city gate that had been blocked by bluestone, and smiled bitterly.

At the very beginning of the war, they knew that the sky thunder might be able to blow up the city gate, so they made preparations early and used an unknown number of stones to seal the city gate tightly to prevent the enemy from blasting it with the sky thunder. .

   But right now, the enemy doesn't even need to get close, and directly uses the catapult to throw the thunder on his own head!

   Withdrawn from the city wall, he looked up and saw two generals, Xie Jing and Pei Jin, who were also under the city wall.

Chong Heng took a few deep breaths before he calmed down, his face was bitter and his voice was hoarse: "We can't figure out why Li Houye dared to attack Xiangyang, and he only used 100,000 people to attack Xiangyang, now Li Houye finally let us know What's his confidence."

   said, Chong Heng pointed to the Tianlei that was still falling on the city wall, and said with some despair: "Two generals, this... how should we fight?"

  The Southwest Army used firepower to suppress the Hanzhong Army. In just a moment, no one dared to stand on the west city wall. This made it easy for them to get close to the city wall of Xiangyang City, and then set up a ladder to climb up.

   In other words, the city walls of Xiangyang City are almost useless.

Although Pei Jin's heart was already turbulent, but his face was expressionless, he said solemnly: "In any case, there must be no one on the city wall, no matter how many people die, there must be people on the city wall, otherwise the Southwest Army can easily break the city wall of Xiangyang. , enter Xiangyang."

   General Pei's voice was loud.

   "There are 150,000 defenders in Xiangyang. How many of these things can Li Changan make? As long as they run out of their things, Xiangyang will still be impregnable!"

"I disagree!"

Uncle Xie Jing's eyes were a little red, and he roared: "Why do I want my soldiers of the Hanzhong Army to go up the city wall and be killed by the southwestern barbarians? If you want me to say, just abandon the city wall and let these southwestern barbarians in. , we have more troops than them, and you may not lose in close street battles, why should the soldiers die in vain?"

Having said this, he looked up at the city wall and said angrily: "Climbing up to defend the city again, it's just death in vain. Their catapults are useless in melee combat, and they are close to each other, and their sky thunder doesn't dare to litter. I can fight with them in the street!"

  To be honest, although Xie Jing is unreliable on weekdays, what he said now is not completely unreasonable.

  Chong Heng and Pei Jin glanced at each other, both of them hesitated.

   Faced with this unexpected situation, they don’t know what to do now.

   So, Pei Jin turned his eyes and said slowly: "General Xie is the main general of the Hanzhong army. How does General Xie command the Hanzhong army, the old man will not interfere."

   Zhong Heng was also silent for a while, bowing his head slightly.

   "At the end of the day, obey the command of the general."

   (end of this chapter)