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Although there are four wooden wheels under the boulder return cannon, it is extremely heavy due to its own weight.
It also took more than 20 people to push together before it finally moved forward slowly.
Finally, when the boulder returned to the cannon and stopped beside Ma Chao, it stopped at his command.
Both the generals beside him and Cao Ren at the top of the city were very confused about this.
At first, when he saw the other party pushing such a huge thing out of the sergeant, he was a little worried.
Who would have thought that this thing would stop so far away from the city.
This distance is more than 500 meters. In Cao Ren¡¯s many years of experience in the army, nothing can pose a threat to him.
Although he had heard from Han Hao before that Zhang He in Wushi City had a divine arm crossbow with a range of several hundred meters.
But that kind of crossbow can only attack people, but it can't damage the hard city wall.
So Cao Ren didn¡¯t care at all and was very confident in himself.
Ma Chao did not pay attention to other people's doubts, but went directly to the scene to direct the gunner to load.
The biggest difference between the boulder cannon and the general catapult is that it does not use human power to launch it.
Rather, it is launched using the lever principle and the force released by the counterweight under the short pole.
At the end of the short pole, a wooden box was hung, and the sergeants were quickly filling it with stones.
The more counterweights in the wooden box, the greater the power it releases and the greater the range.
At this moment, the distance between the two armies is more than 500 meters. Naturally, they must be completely filled in order to exert their maximum power.
After the counterweight box was loaded, seven or eight gunners began to turn the winch and pull up one end of the counterweight box.
At the same time, the end of the long pole slowly descended, and finally reached the predetermined distance.
Immediately, several people carried a stone weighing two hundred kilograms and put it into the ammunition bag at the end of the long arm.
All loading work is finally completed.
Ma Chao looked at it expectantly, then suppressed the excitement in his heart and shouted loudly: "Fire!"
After the gunners received the order, one of them immediately used a mallet to knock the boulder back to the gun's firing mechanism.
There was a crisp sound, and the rope pulling the lever instantly separated from the base.
Under the action of gravity, the weight box quickly fell downwards, driving the long arm at the other end to rise rapidly.
When the weight box reaches the bottom, the long arm has also risen to its highest point.
The bullet bag on it just opened at this time, and the huge boulder inside was violently thrown out.
At this moment, everyone¡¯s eyes were fixed on the boulder.
Its speed was very fast, and it rushed towards the city wall with the sound of howling wind.
Originally, Cao Ren did not believe that the city wall could be hit at such a long distance.
But when the roaring boulders flew closer and closer, his thoughts finally changed.
"Moreover, the boulder seemed to be flying towards him. At this moment, Cao Ren's head was already obscured by the shadow of the boulder.
Seeing this, the guard next to him immediately flew over and pushed Cao Ren aside.
The huge force directly pushed Cao Ren, who was caught off guard, to the ground.
When Cao Ren came to his senses and looked back, the boulder finally fell.
"Boom!" With a loud sound that shook the earth, the tower behind Cao Ren was destroyed by a huge boulder.
After destroying the Qiao tower, the boulder still continued unabated and headed straight into the city.
After destroying several houses one after another, it finally stopped.
This blow was like a god coming down from heaven, and the huge destructive power instantly stunned all Cao's troops.
When the soldiers on Ma Chao's side saw the huge power of this trebuchet, they burst into cheers instantly, and their morale went up and down.
Cao Ren had already stood up, but the shock in his heart was still overwhelming.
Although the tower was not as strong as the city wall, the sight of it collapsing at the first touch made him truly feel the power of the opponent's weird catapult.
This also made Cao Ren feel a little lucky. Fortunately, he had escaped in time, otherwise he would have perished with Qiao Lou.
However, when Cao Ren turned around to look for the soldier who had just pushed him away, he was shocked to find out.
Because the opponent couldn't dodge in time, he was hit in the back of the head by the flying bricks and stones when the tower was destroyed. At this moment, he was no longer breathing.
Cao Ren couldn¡¯t help but feel sad, and quickly ordered people to carry him down so that he couldCollect the coffin and wait for a grand burial after the war.
At the other end, Ma Chao has ordered the gunners to reload for the second time.
The power of the boulder return cannon is well known to everyone, but its target still needs to be slightly adjusted.
The target of the next shot is the city wall.
As long as the city wall is knocked down, Ma Chao's army can march straight in.
There was another loud noise, and the boulder flew out again.
When Cao Jun on the top of the city saw this, they were so frightened that they all leaned over to avoid it. It seemed that they had a shadow in their hearts.
"Boom!"
With a violent impact, the aim was slightly off this time and did not hit the front of the city wall.
Instead, it hit the southeast corner.
The corner of the wall is usually the thickest part of a city wall, but with one blow, it was cut down directly.
This time, Cao Ren saw the destructive power more clearly, and felt as if he had been hit hard in his heart.
Although he doesn¡¯t want to admit it, the facts in front of him tell Cao Ren all the time: the city wall can¡¯t hold on for long!
He wanted to fight back, but he didn't have the equipment to compete with this distance.
At this moment, morale has been exhausted. If we attack hastily, it will definitely not end well.
While he was still hesitating, the third boulder return cannon attack had also been launched.
After two launch corrections, this one will no longer show any deviation.
The roaring boulder was flying towards the city wall, and in an instant, it hit the city wall directly in front.
Yangcheng is a small city, and the city wall is not very thick at all, so it cannot withstand the bombardment of huge rocks.
Therefore, we saw that the city wall was like paper, being smashed through by a huge stone, and then immediately collapsed, revealing a gap of more than ten feet long.
Since then, the city wall has been completely destroyed by huge stone cannons.
Cao Ren was horrified when he saw this, and immediately ordered his soldiers to block the gap to prevent the enemy from advancing straight in.
However, how can such a huge gap be easily filled?
Before one-third of it was blocked, the next shot came again and directly hit the wall next to it.
So, the gap became even bigger, dozens of meters long.
It was only at this moment that Ma Chao finally gave the order to attack with the entire army and march straight into the city!
Cao Ren also quickly mobilized his troops and gathered at the huge gap.
And when Ma Chao's army attacked, the boulder fired two more shots in succession.
The entire city wall south of Yangcheng collapsed.
There is no longer any obstacle between the two armies.
In order to block the enemy's attack, Cao Ren called back the generals who had been sent to guard other city gates.
Now, all Cao's troops are guarding the broken wall in the south, desperately guarding against Ma Chao's army. (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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