The Lvbu Army had already arranged the ballista troops in the ambush area. In the past few days, the Lvbu Army had suffered a lot of damage. However, Liu Bei's army on the city wall had suffered more damage. This was because the target of the Lvbu Army was a city. Liu Bei could only rely on luck to hit the Lü Bu's ballista troops or the Lü Bu's camp.
This was also why Liu Bei could not withstand it. Liu Bei did not know if the Lvbu Army below had enough stones. He only knew that if this continued, his Runan City would not be able to withstand it. There were already many places on the city wall that had caved in. The morale of the people and the soldiers in the city was very high. Therefore, Liu Bei would definitely go out of the city to eliminate the biggest threat.
The only thing that could quickly get close to the ballista without being discovered was the speed of the heavy cavalry. The Lvbu Army also knew that Liu Bei would come, so they set up an ambush. Because Liu Bei's cavalry was fast, Lü Bu did not want to pursue them at night. This was where the ballista came in handy.
The ballista was very powerful and could penetrate the armor of the heavy cavalry. At the same time, the ballista's continuous shooting range could catch up with the speed of the Xiliang Cavalry.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!" The speed of the ballista's projectile was very fast. In that instant, it formed a vacuum of huge arrows. Basically, no one could block the impact of the huge arrows. One huge arrow could penetrate several heavy cavalry.
"Ambush! Ambush! Quick, retreat! Retreat!" Liu Bei's Xiliang Cavalry commander shouted loudly. He wanted to let his comrades discover the ambush in time so that he could recover his losses. However, it was all in vain. The ballista's bowstring was already nocked. Although the heavy cavalry was fast, they could not be faster than the flying arrows.
Some people were shot to death on their horses. Some were turned into candied haws. The most miserable ones were the ones who were shot to death. Their horses were suddenly stopped halfway and the cavalrymen were directly thrown out. They were trampled into meat paste by their comrades who were running for their lives.
"Three hundred steps?" The young man looked at the power of the ballista. Three hundred steps was originally calculated by him. It was measured by human lives. He also used the catapult to make Shouchun's ballista unable to fight back.
However, what he saw today was different. "Four hundred steps!" Even after 400 steps, there was still power. This power was not reduced in the slightest. Even without the giant shield, the thickness of the heavy armor was not fake.
"Five hundred steps! Six hundred steps. "The young man felt that his breathing was a little hurried." Seven hundred steps! "He said with certainty. Only at seven hundred steps did he not suffer too much damage.
Seven hundred steps. Even so, those giant arrows still managed to kill a few Xiliang Cavalry.
The ground was littered with the corpses of the Xiliang Cavalry. There were also the cries of the war horses that were still alive. Blood dyed the ground red.
The young man swallowed his saliva.
"How is it?" Lü Bu's two bodyguards looked at the young man proudly.
"Those ballistae!" They thought that the young man was frightened by the scene in front of him. After all, the ground was covered with blood, corpses, and the cries of those who were still alive were enough to make people panic in the middle of the night.
However, they did not expect that the young man's face changed in an instant. His eyes were shining with a green light, making the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry beside Lü Bu feel that they were not wolves, but this young man was.
"Those ballistae!" The young man did not care about the corpses and directly rushed towards the ballistae.
How could he care about the corpses on the ground? Even if the minced meat stained his shoes and pants, and his legs were covered in blood, he was still fearless. It was as if he was walking on a muddy road.
"Aiya!" Lü Bu's bodyguards saw the young man running over and could not help but be shocked.
"Ahhh!" A Xiliang cavalryman who fell off his horse was not completely dead. He struggled to get up and the young man was indeed the closest to him. He knew that he would not survive, so he wanted to drag someone down with him. His eyes were filled with malevolence as he rushed towards the young man. The war blade in his hand was about to swing down.
"Be careful!" Lü Bu's bodyguards shouted. However, the young man did not move at all. He watched as the war blade of the dying Xiliang cavalryman was about to fall.
Suddenly, the young man took out a small object from his sleeve. A cold light was emitted from the small object. The saber that was about to descend suddenly stopped. The Xiliang Cavalryman who was struggling on the verge of death fell to the ground, unable to get up again.
"Are you alright?" The bodyguards ran over and asked the young man.
"I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me." The young man took out an object from his sleeve. It turned out to be a small crossbow.
"Who cares about you? We are just afraid that you will rush over. The ballista over there is our army's secret. Your current task is to look after the ballista, not the ballista." The bodyguards said to the young man. Liu Mang was very strict with the ballista. He would not let Liu Bei or Cao Cao get it. The bodyguards were afraid that the young man would touch the ballista.
"Good, good, good!" At this time, although the young man's eyes were burning, he was still sober. Ballista? It was better to deal with the ballista first and then deal with the ballista later. Anyway, there was still time.
The young man nodded and ran towards the ballista. "Let's go. Bring me to see your lord!" The young man said to the bodyguards.
The bodyguards were puzzled and asked the young man, "Is the problem solved?"
"Solved!" The young man said indifferently.
"Okay, let's go!" Although the bodyguards were puzzled, they still brought the young man to Lü Bu.
"What? It's that simple? "Lü Bu looked at the young man in front of him with a strange expression.
"Yes, it's that simple." The young man waved his hand. Lü Bu covered his face and did not know what to say. It turned out that the young man's answer after such a long time was to let Lü Bu pull the ballista back 500 steps. This was because the catapult that the young man designed for Liu Bei only had a range of 500 meters.
"What kind of idea is that? We don't have many stones left!" An impatient general said.
"Not many stones left?" The young man frowned. He wanted Lü Bu to pull the ballista back because the ballista was powerful even 500 steps away. However, he did not expect that the Lvbu's Army did not have many stones left. It was no wonder. After all these days of high-intensity projectile shooting, it was inevitable that this would happen.
"Okay!" The young man thought for a while. "How many stones do you have left?" He asked Lü Bu.
"It's only enough for half a day tomorrow," Lü Bu replied.
"It's enough!" The young man nodded. "Do you have a brush and ink?" He asked Lü Bu.
"Huh?" Lü Bu was puzzled, but he still brought the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
"Like this, like this!" The young man scribbled on the paper.
"What are you drawing? Are you messing with us?"
"Wait!" Although Lu Bu could not understand it, he was able to see the general structure of the ballista. This was the general structure of the ballista. This young man had even drawn out some of the details inside the ballista.
"Like this. Pull up its angle and adjust its angle. That's it. Just these few angles will do. Your ballista only needs to be installed 500 steps away from the city wall. According to my angle, you will definitely destroy all the catapults on the city wall. "The young man was very confident.
Lü Bu did not understand these things, so he could only take the drawing out and give it to the launching officer.
The officer was also very strange, but seeing the young man's confidence, he did not say anything.
The next day, the Yangzhou army once again appeared in front of Runan City. On the city wall, Lü Bu could see that Liu Bei's face was very gloomy.
No matter who it was, if the enemy wiped out thousands of heavy cavalry, they would be sad. Moreover, they did not even touch the enemy's shadow. That was why today, Liu Bei's face was very ugly. However, in order to boost the morale, Liu Bei still stood on the city wall.
"Prepare to attack!" Lü Bu gave the order, and the war drums roared. One by one, the ballistas were loaded with stones.
"Milord, you should go down the city wall. It is very dangerous here!" Liu Bei's gatekeeper said to Liu Bei. Next, the catapults would fire, so it was inevitable that some of the stones would hit the city wall.
"No, today, I will live or die with Runan City." Liu Bei said resolutely. His face showed that he was not afraid of death. It was very admirable, and it raised the morale of the soldiers.
If it was possible, no one would want to stay on the city wall. Liu Bei was no longer a hot-blooded young man. Now, Liu Bei had entered middle age. He only thought about how to protect his life. Cherishing his life, this way, he would be able to conquer the world. One must know that he, Liu Bei, did not have any children.
The reason why Liu Bei went up the city wall was not only because the morale of the soldiers in Runan City was very low, but also because he had thought about it for the past few days. Although the Yangzhou army's ballistas were very dense, they rarely hit the city wall. Therefore, the officers placed the catapults on the city wall.
Liu Bei had also noticed this. That was why he decided to take the lead.
The effect of Liu Bei being the Lord was very good. The morale of the soldiers in Runan City had greatly increased. Even the accuracy of the catapults had increased a lot. On the other hand, the ballista cannons of Yangzhou seemed to have lost their aim. Two rounds had already been fired, and they had all been thrown into the city. Some of them didn't even touch Runan City.
"Is this your method?" A sarcastic voice overflowed from his words.
"Humph!" The young man coldly snorted. He personally went forward and calibrated the angle of the ballistas. "Well, you try again!"
"Boom!" A huge rock was sent flying. At this time, this huge rock was directly thrown to the two sides of the city gate tower without any deviation.
"Boom!" The sound made Liu Bei, who was on top of the city wall, startled. "What happened?"
Soon, someone came to report that a catapult had been shot down by the Lvbu's Army's ballistas.
"Don't worry, Lord, this is just a stroke of luck." The lieutenant on the side comforted Liu Bei. Liu Bei also nodded, because the other Yangzhou army's ballistas were also shooting at the same time.
Liu Bei was relieved, and the young men below began to adjust the ballistas one by one.
"Boom, boom, boom!" On top of the city wall, Liu Bei finally realized that something was wrong. This was because in the beginning, when one or two huge stones fell on top of the city wall, it was a stroke of luck. But now, one after another bombarded the city wall. What was this? Did it fall into a pile of shit?
"Not good, not good, Lord General!" A soldier ran up the city wall in a panic and shouted loudly.
"What are you panicking for?" Seeing his subordinate make a fool of himself, the lieutenant on the city wall shouted angrily. "Didn't I tell you to calm down, calm down! “
The soldier took a deep breath to calm himself down. "General, over there, over there, more than half of our catapults have been destroyed. “
This time, it was the lieutenant's turn to lose his calm. "Say that again! “
"General, more than half of our catapults have been destroyed by the enemy, now there are only a few left."
"Good, good, good!" Suddenly, there was an excited shout from below the city wall. The lieutenant then realized with a sad face that the remaining catapults had also been destroyed. He did not have time to feel sad. Over there.
"Hua, hua, hua!" A sound was heard.
"What's going on, what's going on?" The ground shook, and Liu Bei panicked. It turned out that their city wall had become the main target of the ballistas.
"Lord, quickly go down the city wall, quickly go down the city wall." They could no longer stay on the city wall, if they continued to go down, they would die.
"Haha, haha!" The Lvbu's Army soldiers looked at Liu Bei's battered and exhausted state and laughed loudly.
"Good, now that the catapults on the city wall are gone, the threat has been reduced by half. Pass down my order, once the boulders have been thrown, all troops attack, capture the city wall, capture Runan!" Right now, Liu Bei's morale was at its lowest. The city wall had collapsed, their lord's whereabouts were unknown, and their catapults had been destroyed.
It could be said that after the last round of bombardment from the catapults, once the scaling ladders were used to climb up the city wall, Runan City would be captured.
"Reporting, reporting, reporting, reporting, Lord, a letter from Yangzhou." A messenger suddenly rushed in front of Lü Bu and handed a letter to Lü Bu.
Lü Bu picked up the letter and read it. His expression was very complicated, there was a struggle, there was a kind of anger, but more than that, there was worry.
"What's going on, Lord?" Zhang Liao asked Lü Bu.
"Wen Yuan, prepare to withdraw the troops."
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