, because it defends the capital and the imperial family, it can be said that it is equipped with the most sophisticated soldiers and armor in the world. In addition, there is a huge arsenal in Yanjing City, which stores a large number of soldiers, armor, bows and crossbows, which Yanhu must seize.

The Huaidong Army has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in building armor over the years. Although Yu Wencheng's unit has only been formally established for four months, the armor rate of its generals has reached 50%, which is higher than the Chizhou Army, Jinghu Army, and Huaixi Army.

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However, the new auxiliary troops who surrendered to Yanhu were well-equipped town troops, frontier troops, or Beijing camp troops before they surrendered. Relying on later captures, their armor coverage rate was even as high as 70% or 80%, and the bows and crossbows they used were no better than

The Huaidong Army was half a point away.

The only difference is that the Huaidong Army has more heavy weapons.

Lin Fu asked Ao Canghai not to save the consumption of heavy crossbows in the battle at Huangpi, so Ao Canghai asked the troops to push a batch of reserve Scorpion crossbows, Shao crossbows and other heavy crossbows into the front line.

The bed crossbow and a large number of high-strength crossbows can only shoot the enemy flatly. When the two armies are fighting, the bed crossbow and the high-strength crossbow are ineffective because they cannot be placed in front of the formation; the infantry bow projectile is effective against armor and large shields.

The penetration ability of the Huaidong Army is limited, and there is no way to deploy them in large numbers in the formation. The Huaidong Army's scorpion crossbows and tip crossbows with a projectile range of three to four hundred steps can not only attack enemy fortresses, but can also be directly placed in the formation to attack enemy formations.

It will show great advantages.

Scorpion crossbows and tip crossbows are equipped with small wheels under the crossbow frame, and can be used with infantry in battle, making it easy to advance and retreat.

At the meeting point, both armies used armored soldiers, and both used shields and spears to stabilize the formation, preventing the other side from having a chance to break in. Ordinary bows and crossbows had limited damage to armored soldiers.

And when a stone bullet weighing 20 to 30 kilograms is thrown from a distance of 300 to 400 steps, even if you are wearing an iron helmet and armor, you will not escape the end of a broken head and broken bones. When a giant spear is thrown,

Penetrating iron armor is like piercing river mud - when each body is pinned to the ground by a spear and struggles and screams, the shock force is definitely not comparable to that of one or two heavy arrows inserted into the body.

After Yu Wendeng saw that the front formation was stabilized, he deployed more scorpion crossbows and tip crossbows behind the formation or on both wings, with dozens of stone bullets and several giant arrows at a time to attack the defenders who came out of the city to engage in battle.

At first glance, the Huaidong Army was not too strong to resist, but the Huaidong Army became more and more stable as they fought, especially as more and more heavy crossbows were concentrated behind the formation and on the flanks - Sun Jichang could not withstand such heavy casualties, and when he saw the Huaidong Army

The Eastern Army would not give him the temptation to approach the city easily and give him the opportunity to smash him with rolling stones and wood. In the end, he could only sit back and watch the Huaidong Army dig a long trench outside the moat bridge.

After asking the Huaidong Army to dig long trenches and completely block the passage out of the city for counterattack, Sun Jichang had the opportunity to truly experience the power of the Huaidong Army's intensive use of war weapons.

Dozens of stone-throwing crossbows were assembled across the moat, about 400 steps away from the base of the city wall.

Piles of materials were unloaded from the baggage and quickly assembled into a heavy catapult crossbow that was more than ten feet high. Under the bright moon with a corner missing, it looked like a giant beast lying there with its tail raised high;

Even closer, several nest cars stood up quickly.

The moonlight was very fast, so Sun Jitang could clearly see the size of the stones moved from the baggage at the top of the city. He thought that if such a big stone was hit directly on the top of the city, he did not believe that temporary logs were used on the top of the city.

The war tent built can block it for a while.

Sun Jichang believed that even if there were craftsmen familiar with the technology in Huangpi City, they would not be able to build one of these giant stone-throwing crossbows in three to five days. However, the Huaidong Army erected more than 20 crossbows outside the moat in one night...

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Stone bullets weighing more than a hundred kilograms were thrown, and the watch tower in front of the city gate collapsed with one hit, and it was all in ruins with two or three hits. The chariot built close to the moat was even more dangerous for the Huaidong Army's approach to the city.

The bed crossbow for shooting, the crossbow shooting platform for kicking.

Under the fire of Huaidong Army's stone-throwing crossbows, bed crossbows, and flying crossbows, the defenders were unable to gain a foothold in the section of the city covered with stone arrows. They could only hide to both sides, or directly hide in the hiding caves under the city.

Every time the city wall was hit in the front by a stone bullet weighing more than a hundred kilograms, the ground would shake, and the walls covered with masonry would also be cracked with clear marks, making people wonder how many people were hit in the same place.

If hit a few times, this section of the wall will collapse.

The defenders dispersed and no arrows were fired. The Huaidong Army immediately sent out troops, and the civilians swarmed down and filled the moat with cloth bags filled with soil. At the same time, they filled in several entry channels directly close to the base of the city wall.

Since the Huaidong Army's advance channel was staggered from the city gate, Sun Jichang was unable to leave the city to counterattack.

Since the Huaidong Army's heavy crossbows have a strong ability to cover and strike the city wall, they can use a crossbow mounted on a chariot to fire flatly, and a scorpion crossbow thrown from the city wall to drive out the defenders of a section of the city wall. The Huaidong Army can directly use ladders to climb to the top of the city.

After establishing a foothold at the top of the city, fight with the guards coming from both sides.

Sun Jichang also saw that he could not directly prevent the Huaidong Army from ascending the city, so he considered engaging in street fighting in the city.

Since the Huaidong Army's heavy catapult crossbows can only be fired outside the city, the defenders retreated into the city and opened up depth to avoid being directly hit by the Huaidong Army's heavy catapult crossbows. After taking advantage of the city wall,

It also avoids the disadvantage of insufficient heavy crossbows. Of course, as long as the preparations are sufficient, the defenders will still have the advantage of fighting in the city.

Eastern Hubei itself is a wasteland. When Hu Wenmu abandoned Huangpi, he evacuated all his generals and civilians, and the She family did not leave their children in Hanjin. Huangpi, except for a few young craftsmen, had 30,000 defenders in Huangpi city, among whom Sun Jichang

There are 20,000 troops in our headquarters, and 10,000 miscellaneous troops from General Ma Kuide sent by Luo Xiancheng.

It has to be said that Yanhu's method of restraining the newly attached troops was very effective.

Senior generals like Sun Jichang would never consider surrendering at all, and those ordinary soldiers, not to mention the military household system of Yanhu to win over them, as long as they participated in the massacre, their hands were stained with blood.

He also blocked his escape route in his own heart and became even crazier when fighting.

Although the Huaidong Army used heavy crossbows to clear the city wall so that the infantry could use ladders to attack the city head directly, but after climbing to the city head, the heavy crossbows could not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, so they could no longer provide effective cover, and had to guard the city head inch by inch.

They fought with the defenders. It was not until the fourth day when the troops arrived at the city that they completely occupied the East City Gate and opened the channel to directly enter Huangpi City from the East City Gate.

However, Sun Jichang dug a trench inside the east city gate, laid several barricades on the east-west long street, and launched a street battle.

Ao Canghai was not afraid of a war of attrition, so he ordered Yu Wencheng's troops to attack from the east city gate in turn and engage in street fighting, and Zhang Gou to lead his troops to attack from the north city gate - the battle of Jingxiang. The total troops mobilized by both sides were as high as 700,000 to 800,000.
Chapter completed!