Liu Mang also went to rest. He didn't know that letting the Black Flag Army eat hot food and sleep on top of the city wall would affect these soldiers. The way they looked at Liu Mang was no longer strange. A day ago, perhaps because Xu Sheng was their leader, they helped Liu Mang to protect Wan Cheng. But now it was different. They looked at Liu Mang with firm eyes. Liu Mang had only seen this kind of eyes from the City Guard. It was that kind of loyalty.
The Black Flag Army already regarded themselves as a member of Liu Mang's Army in Wan Cheng. Once a person has a sense of belonging, it is very scary. Just like what is the soul of the Lvbu's Army! That is Lü Bu himself. The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry Formation Breaker worship Lü Bu to a certain extent. As long as Lü Bu is there, even if they fight to the last soldier, they will absolutely not retreat.
Even Song Xian, Wei Xu and the other generals who betrayed Lü Bu finally gave their hearts to Lü Bu. In the end, they used their lives to make up for their mistakes.
The next day, Liu Mang had not yet put on his armor when he was pulled up by Huang Zhong. Liu Mang sucked in a cold breath. He finally knew why Sun Ce retreated yesterday. He let go of Wan Cheng yesterday not because he was merciful, but because he had a plan. Today, he wanted to catch all the soldiers guarding Wan Cheng in one fell swoop.
In one night, Sun Cejun erected four tall buildings in his camp. Each of them was dozens of meters high. Looking from the city wall, these buildings were taller than Wan Cheng.
Vaguely, there were figures moving about on top of the tall buildings. They held bows and arrows in their hands and climbed up the four tall buildings from the ground like ants.
"Well Fence!" Liu Mang gnashed his teeth as he said the name of this tall building. Just like the siege chariots, this was also a siege weapon. Compared to siege chariots, siege chariots were much better. They would only smash the gate and enter the city through the gate passage. If you block the gate passage like Liu Mang, then siege chariots would be useless.
But the well fence in front of them was different. This kind of thing was completely used to deal with people. Siege vehicles were only used to deal with walls, but the well fence was used to deal with people. It was a sharp weapon, in other words, a killing weapon.
The Well Fence was invented by Mozi. King Chu had once used it to attack the Song Kingdom. The Song Kingdom was a small kingdom and he knew that he was no match for the Chu Kingdom in field warfare. Therefore, he withdrew his military forces and gathered nearly fifty thousand soldiers in his kingdom. He also prepared enough provisions to resist King Chu.
In the first month and the second month, because King Chu invaded, the soldiers of Song Country fought fiercely for their homeland. King Chu's 200,000 troops were not able to capture the capital of Song Country. Instead, he suffered 70,000 to 80,000 casualties. If this continued, King Chu simply could not win. Moreover, if he could not capture Song Country, Chu Country would suffer a great loss. Then the other neighbors of Chu Country would not be so easy to get along with. They would definitely sharpen their swords and prepare to loot the fire.
Just as King Chu was at his wits' end, a Mohist disciple came in front of King Chu and offered him the Well Fence. It was completely prepared for the siege of the city. It should not be called a siege weapon, but a killing weapon. The well fence was a mobile arrow tower. It could attack the enemy's siege weapons on the city wall. Mounted on it, any type of troops could shoot from afar. Typically, it was built three and a half stories high. Below it was a pulley that allowed it to shoot from a high vantage point.
King Chu spent two days to build ten well fences. He ordered his men to enter the well fences. A total of 10,000 archers were placed on the well fences. They rained arrows down on Song Country's capital from a high vantage point. There was not much space to hide on the city wall. Coupled with the fact that Song Country's soldiers were densely packed, they were in trouble.
Originally, Song Country was meant to defend the city. They were the ones dealing with King Chu from a high vantage point. Their arrows could hit King Chu's army, but King Chu's army could not hit them. Now, the tables had turned and King Chu's army was shooting at Song Country from a high vantage point. A city wall was meant to be a defensive object. It could withstand an enemy several times its size. But now, in front of the well fence, it became a land of death. None of the Song Country's soldiers on the city wall could last more than five minutes. Countless arrows rained down on Song Country, killing and injuring countless people. Song Country's soldiers had no choice but to climb up the city wall. Once there was no one on the city wall, it would be the time for King Chu to destroy Song Country.
Therefore, that battle was extremely tragic. Elite soldiers died. Ordinary soldiers died. Ordinary soldiers died. Ordinary soldiers died. In the end, even Song Country's palace guards and maidservants climbed up the city wall. But they were unable to change the final outcome. Song Country was destroyed. It was divided between Chu, Qi, and Wei.
The entire Song Country had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and soldiers. In the end, only less than a thousand were left. The rest were all killed on the city wall. Their corpses almost blocked the Song Country's entrance.
Since then, the well fence became a weapon used to kill people and besiege cities. It was used by the major vassal states. The defenders were all afraid of it.
Of course, the Well Perimeter was not impossible to deal with. The Well Perimeter was invented by Mozi, and Mozi had once used fire to break through it. The Well Perimeter was tall and mighty, but it moved very slowly and was easily damaged. As long as a light cavalry or a strong troop charged under the Well Perimeter, it would not take long for the Well Perimeter to be completely destroyed. Furthermore, they would be able to eliminate the enemy who had already climbed up the Well Perimeter. It was impossible to survive a fall from a height of tens of meters.
But now there were two very important problems. First, Liu Mang had no soldiers in his hands. The City Guard and the Black Flag Army were responsible for defending the city wall. There was no chance for him to divide his troops. Once the number of people on the city wall decreased, it was possible for Sun Cejun to break through Wan Cheng.
Second, Liu Mang can only smile bitterly. He has already blocked the gate of Wancheng city. Previously, when Sun Ce used the battering ram, Liu Mang did not care about breaking the gate. Liu Mang ridiculed Sun Ce. But now, Sun Ce could not enter and he could not go out. Not to mention that he did not have soldiers to destroy the well fence, even if he had soldiers, he could not send them out. The passage was completely blocked.
"Little Lord, what should we do?" Xu Sheng had never seen the well fence before. This kind of thing was very rare since the Warring States Period. It was because it was too harmful to the heaven and earth. In a war, whether it was killed by the well fence or destroyed by the well fence, the number of soldiers who fell from the sky was in the tens of thousands. Therefore, a very unified secret was that no one used the well fence anymore. Who would have thought that it would appear again after the Warring States Period.
"It did not appear yesterday, but it appeared today!" Liu Mang slowly said to himself. Sun Ce's Army had indeed rushed to make this. Last night, Sun Ce had mobilized 10,000 troops to cut down trees to make this. This was the reason why he was able to make it before dawn.
"What should we do?" Liu Mang did not want to sit still and wait for death. If the well fence was close to Wan Cheng's wall, then the entire garrison of Wan Cheng would be exposed to the well fence's attack range. At that time, the casualties would be disastrous. Although Sun Ce did not have dozens of well fences like King Chu, four of them were enough to place 3,000 archers.
3,000 archers would continuously shoot from above, and Liu Mang would not have any way to attack them. Just thinking about it was terrifying.
"Attack from afar!" Huang Xu opened his mouth. He was not a person who did not know how to fight. After staying with his father for a long time, Huang Xu was also influenced by his father. However, Huang Xu was more inclined to be like Su Fei, Zhou Yu, and Huang Zhong.
"Attack from afar?!" Liu Mang froze for a moment. Once the sky was bright, Sun Cejun would attack. The city gate had been blocked. Sun Cejun could not enter, and Liu Mang could not go out. It was impossible to rush out of Wan Cheng to destroy the well fence, so they could only attack from afar. However, Liu Mang knew how to attack from afar! The well fence was higher than Wan Cheng's wall. If Wan Cheng's archers and Sun Cejun were to shoot at the well fence, then the unlucky ones would be Liu Mang's Army. Not to mention, Sun Cejun could not give up on attacking the wall. If the Black Flag Army raised their bows and arrows, how could they drive the enemy down the wall?
"Little lord, you forgot. We still have one thing! Its power is absolutely great. It can directly destroy a well fence! " Huang Xu reminded Liu Mang. The threat of the well fence was too big. It must be eliminated. Even if an ordinary arrow hit it, it would only tickle it. Only something powerful enough could deal with it.
"What do you mean?!" Liu Mang also remembered. If these well fences reached the outside of Wan Cheng, then Wan Cheng would not be able to defend. Their escape route would also be blocked by Liu Mang. In the end, they could only fight to the death inside the city.
The dialogue between Huang Xu and Liu Mang made Xu Sheng confused. What was that thing? What thing could directly destroy a well fence? Xu Sheng saw that the well fence could allow thousands of people to climb to the top. Naturally, it was built very sturdy. How could it be so easily pierced by an arrow? Even if it was cut by an axe, it would take a while!
Huang Zhong looked at his son and Liu Mang. His eyes flashed. That thing seemed to be able to deal with the well fence.
"That's him!" Liu Mang's mouth curled into a smile. "Someone, bring out the ballista!" That's right. Huang Xu and Liu Mang were talking about the ballista. The ballista that almost killed Sun Ce. This thing was very powerful. One arrow could pierce through two warhorses and break the Tyrant of Western Chu's iron spear.
Using this thing to deal with the well fence was absolutely possible. The accuracy of the ballista was very poor. However, with a sniper like Huang Xu, there would be no problem.
Sun Cejun was installing the last straw on the well fence. This straw could allow the soldiers to block damage from other places, especially arrows. Although the well fence was high enough, some people's arm strength was very strong. If an arrow hit the well fence, it would be able to injure the soldiers on the well fence.
"The sky is about to brighten!" Sun Ce woke up in the middle of the night. Lu Su had been busy the whole night. Lu Su had seen the well fence in an ancient book in his family. It was written that the well fence was a killing weapon. In the past, when the King of Chu attacked the Song of Song, his well fence broke through a hundred thousand soldiers. Lu Su didn't believe it, but he still made it today. Looking at his work, Lu Su smiled. Three thousand archers and arrows raining down from above. Just thinking about it was terrifying. What was worse than being hit by the enemy and not being able to retaliate?
Now the roles were reversed. The one attacking the city was Liu Mang, and the one defending the city was Sun Ce. Liu Mang's four thousand soldiers had to face an army of tens of thousands.
While Sun Cejun was on the move, Liu Mang was not idle either. The ballista was moved out from the city gate tower by the landowning households. The ballista had already been shot, and the marks left by the flying arrows were still there. It was this thing that almost decided the outcome of the battle.
It was this thing that made Gan Ning and the Lvbu's Army avoid the battle. It was also this thing that made Su Fei die in the navy camp. It was also this thing that could be used by Liu Mang to deal with Sun Ce.
A ballista needed dozens of people to move, and it was extremely heavy. Liu Mang replaced the bowstring with a huge arrow. Liu Mang was a bit embarrassed. This was because the ballista was supposed to be the bane of the well fence. However, the ballista on the wall of Wancheng city was actually a prototype of the ballista. It was used by Liu Mang as an experiment. He only had one bowstring left. It was not the improved one installed on Gan Ning's ship. It could be used repeatedly, but it was a one-time use one. The bowstring would break after being used once.
When he used it to deal with Sun Ce, it broke a bowstring, and now this was the last one.
What should he do? There were four well fences on the opposite side, but Liu Mang only had one chance. Even if he hit the target, he could only destroy one well fence.
"Give it to me!" Huang Zhong said. He stepped forward and stroked the weapon. He was an expert in archery, so how could he not see the horror of this thing in front of him. Although it was very simple, once the bowstring was loaded, its power could make a refinement stage martial artist afraid. If there was a person who was good at archery, then even a refinement stage martial artist would have to suffer a grievance.
If Liu Mang let Huang Xu shoot the arrow to deal with Taishi Ci, then Taishi Ci would be nailed to the ground on the spot. Even if Sun Ce broke through, it would be after his horse died. Without the horse, Sun Ce would not be able to survive.
Huang Zhong waved his hand, and four or five of his soldiers took a big bag. The big bag was extremely heavy, and it was very strenuous for four or five of them to carry it.
Huang Zhong took the bag from their hands and single-handedly lifted the heavy bag. He was worthy of being at the peak of refinement stage, and his strength was very strong.
Huang Zhong took out something from the bag. Xu Sheng did not recognize it, but Liu Mang and Huang Xu sucked in a breath of cold air. In Huang Zhong's hand, wasn't that a steel arrow made entirely of wrought iron?
Liu Mang was afraid of this thing in Huang Zhong's hand because Huang Zhong used it to deal with his father-in-law, Lü Bu. Lü Bu was such a proud person, a war god, and someone who had already stepped into the peak of refinement stage. Even so, Lü Bu was in a very sorry state. He lost his helmet and weapon and was sent flying. He almost died under that steel sword.
Huang Xu was afraid that his father would use it again! This steel arrow wasn't something that could be used whenever one wanted to. Every time it was used, it would consume a lot of energy. Refinement, refinement! Refinement was to refine one's energy, and this arrow consumed the energy that one had painstakingly cultivated. This was also why Huang Zhong used it against Lü Bu and used the golden sword against Sun Ce.
Lü Bu had already reached the peak of refinement stage, and Huang Zhong knew that if he didn't use this arrow, he wouldn't be his opponent. As for Sun Ce, it wasn't that Huang Zhong looked down on Sun Ce, but Sun Ce wouldn't be able to defeat him.
Huang Xu believed that he already had eighty percent of his father's archery skills, but that didn't include this thing. Once it was included, Huang Xu wouldn't even be able to match half of his father's archery skills.
Huang Zhong was already at the peak of refinement stage, but he could only use this kind of steel arrow twice. The third time was Huang Zhong's limit.
"Father, do you really want to do this?" Huang Xu was a little hesitant. Three arrows was already his father's limit. Huang Xu was very worried!
"Is there any other way?" Huang Zhong smiled and patted Huang Xu's shoulder. His son had grown up. In the past, he was the one who cared about him. But now, he knew how to care about himself. They were already at the point of life and death. Why should they care so much? If Wancheng city was broken, no one would be able to escape.
"Little lord! My bow was originally an imitation of the crossbow. Although Zhong didn't train it to the extreme, he was still able to shoot through those walls! So leave the remaining three walls to me! " Huang Zhong went all out. For so many years, he only did this when he fought against Lü Bu. Even when he fought against Lü Bu, Huang Zhong didn't use the second arrow. But today, Huang Zhong was going to make an exception. It had been a long time since he was this crazy!
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