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- Following Luocheng Long¡¯s order, Luo Beichuan hurriedly led more than thirty men to rush up the city wall.
"It's time for you to show off your power. Is half an hour enough to assemble the trebuchet?"
The large trebuchet under the city was getting closer and closer to the city wall. When Luo Chenglong spoke, his eyes were still searching under the city.
¡°Don¡¯t worry, General, it won¡¯t take half an hour, just a stick of incense is enough!¡±
Luo Beichuan and the others were all inexplicably excited. It was finally their turn to put them to use. These trebuchets produced in the prison were originally designed to be used with gunpowder bombs.
In order to put this thing into use faster on the battlefield, they have spent a lot of time in the past few months.
The trebuchets produced by General Jiang are not big in size.
But they are all made of pure steel, and the elastic parts are driven by springs.
In terms of power, it is even better than the traditional wooden trebuchet, and can accurately launch gunpowder bombs to preset targets.
Because of the large-scale use of springs, the accuracy of this trebuchet is much better than that of traditional trebuchets.
The traditional trebuchet can only roughly control the distance. The drop between the front and back is about 17 or 18 meters.
But after simple calibration, the accuracy of this pure steel trebuchet can reach three to five meters.
This is almost a leap forward, because all the ammunition they project are gunpowder bombs!
And according to the data provided previously, the killing radius of this gunpowder bomb is six meters!
In other words, they can almost hit all targets within their own range without missing a shot.
"Very good, I will send soldiers to protect you personally, and I will leave the matters here to you!"
After Luo Chenglong finished speaking, he bowed his hands towards them.
Zhang Tu had told him before he came that these people were the king's treasures, and if possible, let Luo Chenglong ensure their lives as much as possible.
"No!"
Luo Beichuan also looked excited and immediately started working with his men.
There were civilians who had already carried all the parts they needed to the city wall. After skillfully opening the box, they immediately directed their hands to assemble it.
"Boom¡ª¡ª"
The enemy's trebuchet began to attack. A stone the size of a millstone hit the city wall so hard that even Luo Beichuan felt his feet shaking.
Fortunately, the terrain of Jinsuoguan is dangerous. When the city wall was cast, apart from the outer city bricks, most of the filling in the middle was made of solid large bluestones.
"Compared with the rammed earth walls in other places, this one is not twice or twice as strong, so it can barely defend itself.
Everyone¡¯s mouths were dry for a while. The power of the trebuchet was really terrifying. This was something that even Luo Chenglong felt was troublesome. The trebuchet just now was just a prelude.
"Zhang Yuchong!"
Looking at Luo Beichuan and the others who were working nervously on the city wall, Luo Chenglong shouted.
"The end is here!"
Zhang Yuchong rushed over in a hurry.
"Take your two hundred men with you, all of them hold shields for me, and carefully protect the safety of those craftsmen! Even if you die, don't let anything happen to any of them!"
Luo Chenglong said with red eyes.
"But General, we"
Zhang Yuchong is the leader of his personal guards. If he takes people away at this time, who will guarantee Luo Chenglong's safety?
"Stop talking nonsense, do you want to disobey military orders? As long as they are safe, we will be safe, otherwise, sooner or later, this city will be demolished by these trebuchets!"
"No!"
Zhang Yuchong had no choice but to call out quickly, passed by a few of the most reliable people, and carefully ordered them again, asking them all to hold shields and follow Luo Chenglong closely to protect Luo Chenglong's safety.
Then he turned towards his team, selected two hundred people, and lined up in front of the craftsmen.
Although they have already experimented with the assembly of the trebuchet countless times when they were in charge, they have been practicing it every day since they came here.
But when they actually arrived on the battlefield, their speed was still much slower than usual.
"Boom¡ª¡ª"
"Boom¡ª¡ª"
"Boom¡ª¡ª"
With the second round of launches by the rebel trebuchets, this time many boulders have been launched directly onto the city wall.
After a stone the size of a millstone was thrown by a trebuchet, you can imagine its power. It bounced on the city wall and almost never found anyone alive as long as it touched the ground.
A bloody alley was suddenly opened on the city wall!
Luo Chenglong¡¯s right hand was trembling. What he was looking at from a high place was naturally further away than everyone else.
In just such a short time, at least thousands of people were lost on the city wall.
¡°Hurry up, hurry up, you sons of bitches!¡±
One of the boulders hit them right next to them. Several civilians who were assisting them in carrying supplies were directly hit and turned into pulp on the spot.
Fortunately, Zhang Yuchong reacted to them in time, and someone immediately used a tower shield to block them, and then the trebuchets were barely damaged.
The cruelty of the battlefield far exceeded Luo Beichuan's imagination. Under the huge psychological pressure, even their movements began to go out of shape, their bodies were shaking constantly, and cold sweat was constantly breaking out on their foreheads!
The oppressive feeling of death suddenly fell heavily on everyone's heart. After all, they were all craftsmen in prison, not killers who were accustomed to killing on the battlefield.
"Hold on! If you can't do it, all these brothers will die in vain!"
Zhang Yuchong also saw some clues. It seems that the things these people are playing with are not as simple as they seem.
Luo Chenglong has just made it very clear that only if these things can function normally can people like them survive.
"Huh¡ª¡ª"
"Brothers, please stay calm and don't worry. Let these sons of bitches be arrogant for a while. We just need to follow our usual training. Don't look around and focus all your attention on your hands!"
Luo Beichuan glanced at him gratefully, then took a deep breath to calm down, and hurriedly said to the craftsmen around him.
"No!"
Emotions seem to be contagious. After Luo Beichuan's hands became stable, the hands of all the craftsmen also began to slowly stabilize.
Ten trebuchets made of pure steel have finally been erected on the city wall! (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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