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- There was silence on the entire battlefield, and then, there was a burst of cheers from the rebel camp.
Luo Chenglong's body began to tremble, and a terrible crack had opened on the city wall under his feet.
More than a dozen green bricks finally couldn't withstand the terrifying impact, and turned into rubble with a crisp sound.
Immediately afterwards, as the city bricks cracked, the blue-gray stones inside the city wall appeared in front of the rebels.
"Hurry! Hurry, kill those trebuchets!"
Luo Chenglong was breathing heavily. If they reacted slower and fired a few more rounds, it would probably be the end of Jinsuoguan.
A stone the size of a millstone weighs hundreds of kilograms. After being launched by a trebuchet, its terrifying power frightened everyone.
Even the city wall made of blue bricks is already overwhelmed at this time.
¡°Damn it, keep aiming at their trebuchets!¡±
Luo Beichuan's teeth clenched, and there are still more than sixty trebuchets left.
But now, the city wall of Jinsuoguan can no longer withstand several bombardments.
If the bombardment continued like this, even if they could completely eliminate these trebuchets in the end, the city wall of Jinsuoguan would have collapsed long ago.
The huge grandstand in the Han army's camp is indeed very conspicuous from the city wall, but based on distance estimates, it is at least two miles away from their position.
This kind of trebuchet made of pure steel, according to their experiments in the general prison, can only reach a distance of 800 steps at most.
But at this time, they are condescending after all. If they adjust the shooting angle to the highest, they might really have a chance to cause them some trouble!
Even if you can¡¯t kill those damn bastards, you can at least attract some firepower!
As long as they can project gunpowder bombs near the stands, I believe they will never dare to attack the city wall so brazenly again!
Two miles away, this is also the best position to observe the battlefield. No matter how far the distance is, you will not be able to see clearly. After all, human vision is limited.
"If they were further away, they wouldn't be able to command the army as well as they do now."
Of course, what¡¯s more important is that this distance is a distance that no long-range weapon can reach in this day and age.
Today, Luo Beichuan is preparing to challenge this distance.
¡° If you succeed, the whole city will live; if you fail, the whole city will die
"Bring the hammer!"
Luo Beichuan gritted his teeth.
Someone immediately handed over a hammer. Luo Beichuan directly picked up the sledgehammer and hit the limit rod hard.
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When the trebuchet was being made in the prison, he followed the whole process. Of course he understood that when the trebuchet was being made, it was actually farther away.
It¡¯s just that after exceeding that distance, there is no way to ensure the accuracy, so when they were making it, they directly blocked the distance of the limit rod.
It now seems that this mechanism to ensure accuracy is really superfluous, after using violence to push the limit lever to the limit.
Luo Beichuan gritted his teeth, then took out a gunpowder bomb from the iron box next to him, and estimated the length of the fuse of the gunpowder bomb based on the distance of two miles.
With everyone watching, he lit the fuse directly, and then hit the activator with a hammer.
"Woo¡ª¡ª"
The dark gunpowder bombs, accompanied by a burst of wind, headed straight for the rebel camp below the city.
"You must win, you must win!"
Looking at the direction he was aiming at was Zhang Yuchong, he was praying with all his heart.
At this time, this is the only way to stop the rebel attack.
However, the development of things always has its own set of rules, and many times it does not depend on human will at all.
Although he had adjusted the limit lever to the limit, and although they were now condescending, the gunpowder still did not land on the stands as they expected.
"Boom¡ª¡ª"
One thousand five hundred steps!
This distance has made everyone raise eyebrows, but it is still of no use
"How to do how to do!"
Luo Beichuan began to become irritable, and he was still five hundred steps away.A hundred steps.
"Boom¡ª¡ª"
"Boom¡ª¡ª"
"Boom¡ª¡ª"
The enemy's trebuchets began to explode again, and stones the size of millstones kept slamming towards the city wall.
Although the accuracy of these trebuchets was not very good, some stones fell into the crowd of rebels, directly killing a large number of their own people.
There were also some stones that crossed the city wall and flew far away, but after all, there were still a few pieces that hit the spot where cracks had just occurred.
The huge cracks on the city wall frightened everyone. Once the city wall collapsed, they would surely die.
These people under the city are no longer soldiers of the Han Dynasty. They are just a group of rebels. They have no moral principles.
They have wasted too much time and sacrificed too many manpower in this city. In addition, the people in the city helped to defend the city. After the city is broken, a bloody massacre will definitely be inevitable
"How to do how to do?"
Luo Beichuan was so anxious that his head was covered with sweat, but now, the distance of five hundred steps was like a divine punishment.
"Calm down! Keep calm, there must be another way! It's still too late, there must be another way!"
Although the entire city wall was now locked in a deadly battle, Zhang Yuchong still tried his best to keep his tone calmer.
Anxiety cannot solve the problem, and fear cannot solve any problem. What they need now is how to make up the five hundred steps!
"I'm giving you the order, I must keep these trebuchets after the city is broken, and none of the people who operate the trebuchets are allowed to be killed by me!"
Looking at the big hole that had just emerged in front of the stands, Liu Xun¡¯s face was full of disbelief.
"It must be at least 1,500 steps from the city wall to here, right?"
Liu Yan looked at the crater and murmured to himself.
"Yes, absolutely yes! What do you think your kid is doing? He doesn't want to kill us, does he?"
If it were something else, Liu Piguang might not have a say yet, but when it comes to the trebuchet, he really is the one with the most say among the four princes and kings.
¡°After all, these trebuchets were all made by his people.
This thing was the weapon used by Qin Shihuang to destroy the six kingdoms. After the conflict between Chu and Han, the shape of this trebuchet was changed and its range was even more terrifying.
From the original three hundred steps, it has now been increased to five hundred steps. Moreover, the longer the projection arm, the farther the thrown objects can be thrown.
In order to drive out these big guys, he plundered countless good wood from his treasury.
"I think, why don't we move back a little bit?"
Liu Xiongqu, the king of Jiaodong, said with some anxiety. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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