The Era of Generals

Chapter 269   Last Days Purgatory

Throwing stones at this distance?

The captain expressed disdain for this, and even felt that the commander of the opponent was probably just a rookie.

Although the power of the catapult was fierce, it could not compare with the bow and arrow in terms of attack speed. Every time a round of catapult was launched, the city would have to be silent for a long time.

Taking advantage of this interval between attacks, they had to rush a long way again at the speed of their cavalry, and were one step closer to approaching the city gate.

If it is said that the siege troops of one's own side are mainly conventional infantry, it is okay to say that this attack interval is not fatal, but they are not dead, but they are mainly cavalry.

The charging speed of cavalry is so fast that it is far from comparable to that of infantry.

If the trebuchet can make four or five attacks from the moment the infantry begins to charge, it can only make two or three attacks against the cavalry.

What's more, the opponent is still early!

The lieutenant sneered in his heart, it had been a long time since he had encountered such a rookie-level commander.

In his eyes, Chen Ze is just a rookie who is in a hurry when he sees an enemy appearing.

Only rookies don't understand that holding the hole card in your own hand is far more threatening to the enemy than playing it out.

Originally, he was still worrying about when the opponent would launch the strongest attack, but now the captain is extremely certain in his heart, and he also saw that there were far more stones coming from Xifeng City than expected.

That is to say, the opponent must have brought the trebuchets from other city gates, so the defense of other city gates has been reduced to the lowest point.

"Talent!"

The captain sighed in his heart, and even began to show disdain for the original commander of Xifeng City, what kind of idiot would be taken away by this rookie?

Throwing stones at this distance can really...

Thoughts are often just a matter of a moment. When he saw dozens of flaming catapults rising from the top of Xifeng City, countless thoughts flashed through the captain's mind like lightning.

Then, then, his heart that had just fallen back into his stomach suddenly lifted up again.

This throwing stone!

How could this throwing stone fly so far? !

Being able to reach the rank of captain, of course he knew the attack distance of the catapult very well, but because of that, when he saw the catapult that should not have fallen on them explode suddenly, the horror in his heart could not be described in words .

This is almost a mile away!

What kind of trebuchet can do such an ultra-long-distance attack?

And it's not just one, it's dozens!

Xifeng City actually has such a secret weapon, how come he never knew about it?

"Hurry up, hurry up..."

In desperation, the captain immediately ordered the cavalry to disperse, but it was too late.

How fast can a stone fall from the sky when the stone is launched one step ahead of them?

The captain didn't make a detailed calculation of how fast it was, but he knew that it must be faster than the cavalry known for their speed!

From discovering that the attack distance of the throwing stones was unusually far, to when he urgently ordered the troops to disperse to avoid the attack of the throwing stones, there was no time at all!

boom!

Boom boom boom!

For a moment, at a position about one mile outside Xifeng City, dozens of meteors fell to the ground like a terrifying scene, as if the end of the world was coming, and no one could maintain even a shred of reason in the midst of it.

The earth is trembling, the horses are screaming, the boulders are rolling, and the flames are rising!

Everyone's minds were completely blank, and everywhere they could see were stumps that had been smashed to pieces by boulders, and the painful roars of their own comrades in the flames.

How dense is the formation of the heavy cavalry charge.

Originally, this dense charge formation was to guard against possible ambush by the enemy, so that they could tear everything in front of them to pieces!

But right now, this heavy cavalry with strong defense and impact is being smashed into pieces by the powerful burning falling rocks.

"Aren't they idiots?"

At the head of Xifeng City, Meng Yang exclaimed, it was the disdain that popped up in the head of the cavalry captain before.

That's right, from Xifeng City, isn't the other party an idiot?

Knowing that there are trebuchets on the top of the city, they still dare to put up such a formation to give away the head. What is this kind of behavior if it is not an idiot?

Chen Ze looked calm.

Of course, he was the instigator of the ongoing tragedy outside the city.

The cavalry captain was estimating the distance between the two sides, so why wasn't he?

It's just that the estimates of the two are fundamentally different.

Chen Ze knew very well the calculations made by the cavalry captain, but the calculation he was doing here was totally unknown to the captain.

How did he know that Chen Ze's catapult attack ranged so far away, and the artillery fire was so dense.

There are specially modified trebuchets, Chen Zena's calculation method is far beyond the current world, and even Cheng Yu, a famous minister of Cao Wei, gave the ambush strategy. The soldiers in charge of manipulating the trebuchets are in good condition, When the power is doubled, it is understandable to be able to hit such a long-distance throwing stone.

But the enemy can't understand it!

"This...how is this possible?!"

The cavalry who fell into the doomsday couldn't think anymore, but Bao Jianye, who was in the middle of the army, and even the lieutenant who had a hint of evil expectation in his heart, had already looked straight.

This throwing stone is too far away!

Amazement came out of everyone's minds, and no one could turn a blind eye to this ultra-long-distance stone-throwing attack. The only thing that could be done was the word shock.

"Quick, retreat!"

Shocked for a moment, Bao Jianye was also a supervisor after all, he was the first to recover from the shock, and quickly gave orders to the flag soldiers.

Why do you need his order?

People are not fools, those cavalrymen who bumped head-on into the horrific falling rocks have long been desperately reining in their horses, trying to stay away from the attack range of the catapults.

But... heavy cavalry!

How could it be said to stop?

Under the heavy armor covering the whole body, the weight of each cavalry is an exaggerated figure. In addition, the horses are also covered with armor. Due to inertia, they can only watch themselves being dragged into the world by stepping off their beloved horses. The realm of eternal doom.

This round of stone-throwing volley did not say that there were countless casualties, but at least ten thousand people were killed by the stone-throwing. The remaining tens of thousands of vanguard troops were also terrified by the shock, and their formation had long since disintegrated into sand.

The role of the cavalry is the threat to the enemy brought by the group's intensive charge, especially this kind of heavy cavalry. Once the charge speed is not there, it will be extremely difficult to run again.

For a while, I saw a large number of cavalry wandering and roaring in the land of the end of the world, which was burning with flames everywhere, but they couldn't evacuate for a while.

So, under Chen Ze's cold order, another new round of trebuchets was finally reloaded.