armyinform Chapter 263 Prepared a Big Killer
Chapter 263 Prepared a Big Killer
Chapter 263 Prepared a Big Killer
Chaisang, which is located at the forefront of Jiangxia County, is located at the intersection of Jingzhou and Yangzhou, as well as the junction of Yuzhang, Jiangxia and Lujiang counties. Nowadays, it is actually in a state of neglect.
Huang Zu did not have much influence on Chaisang's side. As for Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang County, he also concentrated his troops in Wanxian County and did not extend his forces to Chaisang, let alone Zhu Wei's side. It's just that many scouts and spies were sent on Chaisang's side.
Therefore, even though Chaisang belongs to Jiangxia County, he has no ability to hinder Zhu Wei's army.
The current Chaisang County is mainly dominated by local gentry and powerful forces, but it has spontaneously formed a gathering place for commercial companies that are open to the outside world, and it can be regarded as a city of free commerce.
Even a lot of goods from Zhu Wei Yuzhang's side will be transported to Chaisang for forwarding. It can be seen that Chaisang's business is prosperous. No wonder Chaisang is listed as the city where merchants reside in the Three Kingdoms game system.
But now Zhu Wei's army set off from Panyang by boat and passed Chaisang without any hindrance. The local forces in Chaisang didn't dare to have any thoughts about Zhu Wei's huge army on the water. to the four directions.
However, the speed of Zhu Wei's fleet on the Yangtze River was faster than the speed at which these news reached Huang Zu in Jiangxia. At least before Huang Zu responded and strengthened the defense line on the river in E County, Zhu Wei should have already Killed over there.
So after Zhu Wei's army passed Chaisang, they soon came to Qichun County in Jiangxia County through the Yangtze River waterway, and approached the Qichun County Shuizhai, the first river defense line established by Huang Zu in Jiangxia.
The terrain of Qichun County is long and narrow, shaped like a sail. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, and the landform is complex.
The north is a mountainous area, the central part is a hilly area, and the south is a landform of rivers and lakes close to the Yangtze River. During this period, lakes are dotted around, most of which are connected to the Yangtze River.
To be honest, Qichun County is not a big county. If Zhu Wei attacked this county, it would be very easy.
And Huang Zu set up the first river defense line in Qichun County, that is, set up a water army camp on the north bank of the Yangtze River in the south of Qichun County.
However, the Yangtze River basin in Qichun County is open, and the terrain on both sides of the river bank is full of tidal flats without any hills. Therefore, Huang Zu just found a relatively narrow area on the Yangtze River and set up a naval camp to restrict the passage of ships on the Yangtze River. control.
In fact, this water camp can't completely seal the river, and it can't stop Zhu Wei from going west along the Yangtze River. But if Zhu Wei doesn't care about the existence of this water camp, they can send troops to attack Zhu Wei's boat from the rear at any time. Team, cut off Zhu Wei's logistics supply line.
Theoretically speaking, this water army camp was originally Huang Zu's outpost defense line. The purpose was to delay some time for invading enemy troops, and give the Jiangshang defense line in E County a time to react, so that they could prepare for battle.
Zhu Wei was passing through Qichun County this time, and he was not planning to waste time by attacking Qichun County. He was just planning to capture Huang Zu's water camp on the north bank of the Yangtze River as quickly as possible. After eliminating this hidden danger, he could move on.
In this way, as Zhu Wei's fleet entered the waters of the Yangtze River in Qichun County, Zhu Wei quickly received news from the ships ahead.
After knowing that he had arrived in Qichun County and that the ships in front had discovered Huang Zu's water stronghold in Qichun County, Zhu Wei did not immediately order an attack on the water stronghold. Ling Cao surrounded the water stronghold, preventing people in the water stronghold from having the opportunity to report to the water stronghold in E County, and at the same time asked Ling Cao to persuade the water stronghold to surrender.
Zhu Wei was going to give Huang Zu's water village in Qichun County half a stick of incense (15 minutes) to consider surrendering, otherwise he would break the water village and not accept the surrender this time, but cut off all his right thumbs.
But then again, since this water village in Qichun County was Huang Zu's first line of defense on the water to defend Jiangdong, the water village was actually quite solidly built.
The walls of the water village are two stories high, and plank roads are also built on the wall of the water village camp, allowing soldiers in the water village to stand guard against the wall and shoot approaching enemy ships with bows and arrows.
In addition, trenches, antlers and other obstacles were set up on the shore of Luzhai to prevent the enemy from approaching. If the enemy attacked by force, it would be equivalent to attacking a military dock near the water.
Therefore, if there is really a strong enemy coming to fight, this water village can indeed delay for some time.
Although now facing Zhu Wei's huge fleet of one hundred thousand troops, it is definitely impossible for this small water village to withstand the strong attack of Zhu Wei's army. Even if Zhu Wei does not attack from the water and directly sends people ashore, it can be captured by force. This water village.
But Zhu Wei also didn't want to be delayed by this water village and affect the effect of his lightning attack.
Therefore, Zhu Wei hoped that the generals of Huangzu's tribe in this water village could surrender voluntarily. Anyway, according to the comparison of the current strength of the two sides, if the Huangzu soldiers in this water village in Qichun County wanted to save their lives, voluntary surrender was the best choice.
Of course, Huang Zu's officers and soldiers in the water village were really ignorant, so Zhu Wei could only choose to attack quickly.
Fortunately, when Zhu Wei sent troops to attack Jiangxia this time, he also prepared a water warfare weapon, that is, a bed ballista that combined gunpowder blasting tube technology and strong crossbow technology.
With this kind of gunpowder weapon that can be regarded as surpassing the conventional weapon technology of the Three Kingdoms era, capturing this water village in Qichun County will not waste much time.
This kind of bed ballista is a cross-age killer weapon that Zhu Wei bought from the powerful crossbow in the Three Kingdoms game system, and the craftsmen at Xun Yuzhang learned from it.
The raw materials for the bow strings of the bed ballistas were dismantled from those strong crossbows. Zhu Wei spent nearly 200 units of gold from the Three Kingdoms game system to buy [-] strong crossbows, and then re-disassembled and transformed them into fifty bed crossbows. gun.
The main difference between bed ballistas and ordinary crossbows and strong crossbows is that they are large in size and require a winch to open the crossbow strings, but this also shows that the bed ballista's crossbow strings are very powerful.
Then the crossbow arrows used by the bed ballistae are 1.5 meters long and two fingers thick, which is equivalent to the length of a short spear.
This kind of crossbow is modified again, and the body of the crossbow is made of fine bamboo or other synthetic bamboo pieces, and then black powder is filled inside, and the fuse is extended behind the arrow blade of the crossbow.
The crossbow arrows fired from the bed ballistae in this way can travel at least two to three hundred paces, and are powerful enough to pierce the hull of the target ship or the wooden wall or gate of the camp.
Then, as the calculated fuse ignited the gunpowder in the arrow body and exploded, even the so-called warship covered with cowhide, or the current water camp wall in Qichun County, could be blown open.
When encountering those warships like this, a few gunpowder arrows can blast holes in the warships and cause the warships to sink directly on the river to make up for the water warfare disadvantage between the ordinary river boats Zhu Wei is riding and the real warships.
Of course, using this kind of bed ballista to launch gunpowder arrows to attack the water village can easily blow up the defense line of the water village and enter...
(End of this chapter)