Chapter 320 Eight Bull Crossbow
"Everyone, are you okay?" Facing a group of people who followed Liu Bei earlier than Ma Di, Ma Di raised his hands and asked in greeting.
The late emperor was very kind to the people throughout his life. As a general of the Han Dynasty, he naturally could not do anything to rob the people.
However, Ma Su still reminded him, hoping that these old and new people could move south. Ye County and Kunyang are about to become the main battlefields of Wei and Shu. It is too easy to be affected if they stay here.
"What General Han says is whatever he says, let's go south now!"
"I haven't been back for many years. Let's go back to Xinye."
"General Han must be careful. The Wei army is cruel and cruel. Don't be hurt by them!"
These old and new people had no objection to Ma Su's persuasion and immediately expressed their preparation to flee south.
Previously, they were held hostage by the local Wei army's field soldiers and were unable to escape south. Now that General Zuo's Han Heavenly Soldiers have returned and the Wei people have escaped, they naturally want to escape back to Xinye.
After persuading the people to flee south, Ma Di turned his head and gave serious orders to the troops not to disturb the people. These people are all former followers of the late emperor and are the Han's own people. Anyone who dares to disturb the people will be dealt with by military law.
Even though Ma Su had no formal status, he was extremely strict in implementing military orders. In Shanma Su's headquarters, nearly a hundred people were punished by military law.
Once it disturbs the people, Ma Su will never tolerate it.
After Ma Su emphasized, the Han army did not commit any crime against the people, and no one dared to plunder the people. Twenty thousand Han troops quickly attacked the city of Ye County and began to encircle it on three sides.
Ye County is where Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, started his career. When the old Liu went north, it was at Bowangpo nearby that he burned Xiahou Dun's army.
Here, after the Wei army heard that the Han army was besieging Wancheng, they quickly brought all the soldiers and horses outside the city back into the city. When the Han army came over, the Wei army had already defended the city and had been waiting for a long time.
"General, I'm afraid this city is not easy to fight." Wang Ping, as the deputy general, reported to Ma Su after a while.
"The city of Ye County is small, and the defenders in the city have been preparing for a long time. According to a certain strategy, we should surround this place and attack Kunyang first."
"Otherwise, if the northern Wei army rushes into Kunyang, the subsequent battle situation will probably be unfavorable."
Wang Ping's suggestion seemed good, but Ma Su could only shake his head and said,
"We can no longer go around. Ye County is stuck on the grain road. To besiege Kunyang, Ye County must be captured first. If Ye County cannot be captured, even if we capture Kunyang, we will not be able to defend it."
"But Zijun, don't worry, we are already prepared for the attack."
"That new weapon in the army?" Wang Ping's eyes flashed, and then he cupped his hands and accepted the order.
"Get ready to attack the city!" Ma Su nodded slightly, then waved his hand and gave the order to attack the city.
The Han army's siege equipment had been built in Wancheng, and was assembled on carts all the way. At this moment, Ma Su gave the order, and the Han army quickly launched all weapons such as ladders and arrow towers and began to attack Ye County.
"The Shu army is attacking the city! The whole army is on the city!" The Ye County defender was shocked and immediately ordered the defenders to go to the city to defend.
More than ten thousand soldiers of the Han army were divided into three echelons and advanced one after another pushing arrow tower ladders. The ladder in front was covered with iron sheets to protect against rockets. At the same time, there were soldiers carrying sand on their backs to be wary of the defenders using kerosene.
What followed were several arrow towers, all with serial crossbowmen firing frequently at the city head. The dense rain of arrows made the Wei army almost unable to lift their heads, and they cooperated with the siege troops.
But even so, the Wei army still stubbornly defended the city. The Han army launched many attacks on the city head, but they were all pushed down because it was too narrow.
However, Ma Su was not anxious about this. He laughed when he saw that the Wei army continued to invest troops to guard the city.
Finally, facing the fierce attack of the Han army, the Wei army had to throw all its reserves into the battlefield. Seeing this, Ma Su finally stood up abruptly,
"Wei Jun's reserves should all be used, now!"
Several new bed crossbows were quickly launched from the Han army's formation. The reason why it is said to be a new style is because the bed crossbow of the Han army is a composite bed crossbow with several strong bows stacked up and down.
The Eight Ox Crossbow is the hardest piece of black technology that Ma Su has come up with. Master Pu Yuan studied it for several days before making it out. Ma Su took out several bed crossbows in one breath and aimed at the city gate of Ye County at the same time.
Ye County is a small town. The city gate is not a gate, but a double door. Its strength is completely incomparable to that of a fortified city like Wancheng.
Several extremely powerful bed crossbows were pushed forward by the Han army and simultaneously launched an attack on the city gate. Several crossbow arrows with terrifying penetrating power penetrated directly through the gate of Ye County!
Such a terrifying bed crossbow cannot be blocked by the gates of a small city.
"Continue to fire arrows to destroy the city gate, and prepare to charge the car!" Seeing that the power of the bed crossbow did not disappoint, Ma Su was overjoyed and immediately waved his hand and ordered.
The defenders of Ye County were all at the top of the city. They did not expect that the Han army's target was the city gate. When they finally managed to squeeze out their troops to defend the city wall, the Han army had already pushed up the rams, and in one fell swoop the city gate was riddled with holes.
"The city gate is broken! Soldiers, charge!"
As soon as the city gate was broken, Ma Su immediately rushed up to the horse as if from muscle memory, and rushed out with the gun in hand excitedly. Wang Ping was left with a confused face, and it took him a long time to realize that he was a bit dumbfounded.
"General Ma, you are the commander-in-chief now! Why did you rush out again!"
Encouraged by Ma Su, the Han army soldiers quickly launched a general offensive. Thousands of elite soldiers filed in and fought with the Wei army on the streets of Ye County.
In just one hour, the highly motivated Han army defeated the defenders of Ye County. Seeing that the situation was over, the guard took a few personal guards and fled to Kunyang.
Ye County, the gateway to Nanyang, was captured so easily.
"The power of this bed crossbow is really scary!" Wang Ping was a little surprised when he saw the power of the Eight Ox Crossbow.
"I really didn't expect it. The range is at least five hundred steps, right? General Ma has come up with something good this time!"
Generally speaking, even if you are fully prepared to attack this kind of city, it will take several days of continuous siege before you can conquer it. As a result, General Ma took out his eight-oxen crossbow and defeated the city in just half a day, which was extremely fast.
However, before Wang Ping had time to enter the city, he saw Ma Di walking out of the city with a smile on his face covered in blood, and quickly gave an order.
"That group of cowards have run away. They have divided their forces to control Ye County to pacify the people. The remaining troops continue to attack Kunyang. The Eight Ox Crossbow has appeared in Ye County. Kunyang will be on guard soon, and we must fight quickly! "
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"What? Can the Han army's bed crossbow penetrate the city gate?"
Kunyang's guard felt a little weird when he heard the report from the soldiers who had escaped from Ye County.
"How is this possible? How powerful is the bed crossbow to break through the city gate? Isn't it because you were afraid of being held accountable? Did you deliberately arrange it?"
"General Wen, what I said is true! If the Han army didn't have this thing, Ye County would never have been conquered!"