Chapter 1201 Heroism

August 9th, in the evening.

Daxia's 200,000 cavalry guards appeared on the border of the capital province of the Great Zhou Dynasty, causing an uproar.

The Battle of the Great Jin is the prelude to the entire Central Plains War, the pinnacle of China's war for hegemony, and the key battle to determine China's hegemony, which has attracted the attention of all parties.

Not only players in China, but players all over the world are paying attention to this battle.

Around the Great Jin Dynasty, Great Xia fought wits and bravery with the Six Nations Alliance, and staged a wonderful epic battle for players. As of August 8th, the Six Nations Alliance headed by Da Zhou still had the upper hand.

Kyoto is still standing, but Dajin is about to perish.

The Silver Hand was of course rejoicing, cheering for such a hard-won victory, and even the Azure Badge quietly breathed a sigh of relief, not wishing that Great Xia would really dominate China.

But in just one day, the war situation has taken a turn for the worse, which is jaw-dropping.

Panicked, Dichen prepared the border for war, and at the same time sent an order to Wu Qi to return to the army for rescue. At the same time, he was thinking of other ideas, to see if he could find reinforcements to defend Handan City.

That night, Handan was sleepless.

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In the early morning of the next day, the Imperial Guards of the Great Xia, who had recharged their batteries, officially entered the territory of the Great Zhou.

The first attack target was Pingshan City, the grain and grass transfer station that Da Zhou set up on the border. Basically, the grain and grass supplies that Da Zhou transported to the front line were transferred in this city, which was the general logistics base of the Da Zhou army.

Since it is a logistics base, it is naturally impossible to have no soldiers stationed there.

In fact, even when the battle on the front line was at its most stalemate, Pingshan City had 50,000 troops stationed there, and right now there was even an entire legion of troops defending Pingshan City.

The Great Xia Forbidden Army is all cavalry, can they break through this city?

At least the garrison general of the Great Zhou Army thought it was impossible.

Although Pingshan City is not considered a big city, nor does it have a moat, but it still has a five-meter-high city wall. The Great Xia Imperial Army has neither infantry nor siege equipment. How can they break into the city?

Even if the Great Xia Forbidden Army wanted to imitate the white terror psychological warfare of the Mongolian cavalry, it would be too hasty.

To put it bluntly, Pingshan City has more than 80% of the food and grass of the Great Zhou Army. The safety of the city is directly related to the success or failure of the Great Jin War, and life and death are at stake.

Even if the Great Xia Imperial Army slaughtered all the people in the surrounding villages, it is impossible for Pingshan City to surrender voluntarily.

Dichen panicked, not because he was afraid that Pingshan City would not be able to defend, but because he was worried that the Great Xia Imperial Army would directly bypass Pingshan City, enter the hinterland of the capital province, and head straight for Handan City.

In that case, the Pingshan City garrison would not dare to go out of the city to intercept them.

But the next move of the Great Xia Forbidden Army once again overturned the judgment of Di Chen and others. For some reason, early in the morning, the Great Xia Forbidden Army surrounded Pingshan City on the north, south, and west sides, leaving only the east side as a way out.

"What's the matter, are you a little too confident if you really want to attack the city?"

The guard of Pingshan City stood on the top of the city, looking at the Great Xia Forbidden Army outside the city, feeling uneasy for the first time, the Great Xia Forbidden Army is not a fool, it is impossible to waste precious time and do something uncertain.

"Could it be that there is some secret weapon?"

He really guessed it.

After the Great Xia Forbidden Army lined up outside the city, there was movement behind each legion. Arranged behind the regular cavalry is the armored beast cavalry brigade directly under the legion.

The armored beast base in Qiongzhou has long been on the right track and has formed a large scale. As the trump card of the whole army, the Imperial Guard is naturally the first group army equipped with an armored beast cavalry brigade.

This is done for two purposes.

One is to serve as a super heavy cavalry, invest in key battles, and gnaw the most difficult bones.

The second is to serve as the transportation team for the whole army.

Compared with war horses, iron armored beasts may be a little weaker in terms of endurance, but in terms of load, they are definitely ahead of war horses. Its tall body can even carry some large equipment.

The secret weapon of the Imperial Guards attacking Pingshan City was loaded by this brigade.

Under the command of the engineering soldiers, the soldiers removed the strange-shaped parts from the armored beasts, and then assembled them into a giant bed crossbow at a speed visible to the naked eye in the hands of five craftsmen.

It is not an exaggeration to say it is huge.

The three-bow and eight-ox bed crossbow is the largest of the crossbow machines, but the giant bed crossbow is three times as big as the three-bow and eight-ox bed crossbow.

Even more ingeniously, under the research of the Mo family, this set of equipment can be broken down into hundreds of parts. After disassembly, it can be easily transported with the armored beast.

Only ferocious beasts like iron armored beasts can hunch for a long time. You should know that in order to increase the explosive power of the bed crossbow, more than half of the components are made of steel instead of conventional wood.

Because it was too heavy, each legion only carried one.

Soon, the assembled giant bed crossbow was pushed to the front line and aimed at the three city gates.

"What kind of monster is that?"

The Zhou army at the head of the city had never seen such a huge crossbow, and they couldn't help pointing. Although they couldn't judge the lethality of the crossbow, the crossbow with thick arms was enough to make people's scalp numb .

The officers remained calm and scolded, "What are you afraid of? No matter how powerful that thing is, there is only one. Could it still shoot through the city wall? If so, the day lily will be cold."

When the soldiers heard this, they felt reasonable.

It is true that there are hundreds of siege equipment prepared for any siege, and it has never been heard that a city can be captured with only a strange bed crossbow.

It's not wrong to think so.

But is it really that simple?

Just as the defenders were discussing at the top of the city, the giant bed crossbow, under the cover of the cavalry, advanced to a distance of 600 meters from the city gate, and then stopped.

At this distance, except for the archers throwing from the top of the city, it is difficult to pose a threat to the Imperial Guard.

As the ace troop, the light cavalry in the Great Xia Forbidden Army are equipped with shields. With one move above their heads, the scattered arrows shot from the top of the city are like tickling, which is difficult to achieve.

While speaking, the giant bed crossbow was already in place.

"aim!"

Compared with the three-bow and eight-ox bed crossbow, the aiming system of the giant bed crossbow has also been greatly improved. Under the command of an experienced operator, the accuracy can be controlled within one meter.

This is very powerful and can carry out precise strikes.

"emission!"

With an order, the crossbow started to rotate rumblingly, making a roaring sound. It turned out that in order to obtain enough kinetic energy, its transmission was equipped with a small steam engine.

Then, with a "whoosh", the sharp arrow with the thickness of an arm pierced through the air, drawing an arc in the air, like a missile, and hit the city gate with precision, and then penetrated into the wooden city gate like a drill, only Show half.

Even if Pingshan City is not a big city, the city gate is still made of giant wood, a full thirty-five centimeters thick, and covered with a layer of iron, even if you use a siege cone, it will be difficult to destroy.

This giant bed crossbow was so amazing, the bolts on it easily pierced through the outer iron sheet and penetrated into the gate, almost piercing through the entire gate.

"This……"

The defenders at the top of the city were stunned when they saw it.

Just as the guards at the city gate were stunned, the cavalry in the front row of the imperial guards moved. A cavalry in the middle held a long iron chain in his hand, dragged it on the ground, and rushed towards the city gate under the cover of his companions. .

Under the cavalry's feet, the iron chains were coiled into a large pile, half a person's height, and at least five hundred meters long.

The other end of the iron chain is connected to a balance device, which is similar to the harness of a carriage, but it is longer than the ordinary harness, which can fully trap eight war horses.

"Quick, stop them!"

The guard at the city gate saw him. Although he didn't know what the enemy was going to do, he still instinctively felt threatened and ordered to kill the cavalry who rushed up.

For a time, arrows rained cats and dogs.

Under the heavy rain of arrows, the Imperial Guards as strong as Daxia couldn't hold it back, and casualties soon appeared, and cavalrymen were constantly shot off their horses, and they seemed to be dead.

The imperial guards were also fierce, they didn't care at all, and rushed straight towards the city gate.

The rain of arrows became more and more dense, densely packed, and there was almost no space to see. The companions around him kept falling down. The cavalry in the middle, holding the chains, remained unchanged, just staring at the city gate in front of them, staring at the arrows entering the city gate. arrow.

They were getting closer and closer to the city gate.

When the cavalry was only five meters away from the city gate, a large number of stones rolled down from the top of the city. Under the action of gravity, the huge stones whistling and blowing wind, whichever cavalry they hit, they will be finished.

Those unlucky ones were directly smashed into meat paste, and even the war horses under them also suffered.

In addition to the stones, there was also hot oil poured on their heads. Even if the cavalry had armor protection, the horses could not stand this.

Fortunately, the troops dispatched by the Great Xia Imperial Army this time were all heavy cavalry. Not only the cavalry were wearing full body armor, but even the horses were wearing armor, with only a few skins exposed.

Otherwise, they would not be able to approach the city gate at all.

A little closer, what greeted them was an even more unreasonable huge log, which could sweep across a large area with one log, making it more difficult for the cavalry to march, and the casualties continued to increase.

"dismount!"

At the foot of the city gate, the war horse became a burden instead.

Following the captain's order, the dozen or so surviving cavalry reined in together, their horses neighing, and they were uneasily digging the loess underground, billowing up smoke and dust.

After dismounting, everyone quickly got together, put the shield on their shoulders, spliced ​​it together, lowered their heads, and used all their strength to resist the impact of the rolling logs and stones on the shield.

Hot oil dripped from the shields, onto their heads and faces.

As expected of a real man, the imperial guards showed awe-inspiring heroism at the critical moment, and when the hot oil was poured on his head, blisters of all sizes immediately appeared on his face.

But they didn't even grunt or frown. Enduring the severe pain, they moved towards the city gate in an orderly manner. After walking the last two meters, it was also the most difficult and dangerous two meters.

It is only a stone's throw away from the city gate.

"cover!"

As the captain spoke, he dragged the iron chain and walked towards the crossbow that had entered the city gate.