Under Dugu Ce's full supervision, the two catapults were built in just over a day.
Many of the people Deng Bao and his team brought had experience in building catapults. The catapults they built this time were larger and seemed to have a longer range.
After a simple test firing, they roughly figured out the range and power of the catapult.
Compared with the catapults made in the Sole River, it is a great improvement.
It can throw a stone weighing about 60 to 70 kilograms about 300 meters.
This distance is a nightmare for the catapults in Yufeng City.
"Push it up and start smashing!"
Yun Zheng had already lost his patience and gave the order directly.
As Yun Zheng's order was given, a large number of soldiers began to push the catapults slowly forward.
Looking at the catapults pushed by the Northern Army, the defenders of Yufeng City couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
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The general defending the city, Tian Tong, noticed the panic of the soldiers around him and immediately shouted, "Why are you panicking? The enemy only has two catapults. We have so many catapults on our city wall. Are you afraid of just two catapults?"
Besides, they are condescending.
Their catapults can hurl farther!
If the enemy dares to push the catapults up, they are simply seeking death!
Tian Tong didn't take the two catapults seriously at all. He immediately ordered the soldiers defending the city to adjust the angles of the catapults. As long as the enemy's catapults came into the attack range, they would be destroyed immediately!
Under Tian Tong's command, the soldiers defending the city calmed down a little and began to adjust the angle of their stone throwing.
They have also loaded about 50 kilograms of stones.
Under normal circumstances, this type of catapult used to defend the city is loaded with about thirty to forty kilograms of stones.
However, they had the advantage of geographical location and could load heavier stones.
If a fifty-jin stone hits the enemy's catapult, it is likely to fall apart.
Just when they were ready, the enemy's catapults stopped moving forward.
Tian Tong estimated that this distance was beyond the attack range of their catapults.
"It seems that the enemy is afraid!"
Tian Tong rarely smiled, but there was a hint of madness in his smile.
Of course he knew that if they went out of the city to fight, they would definitely not be a match for the well-equipped Northern Army.
If the Northern Army continues to besiege Yufeng City like this, Yufeng City will be lost sooner or later.
But Yufeng City now has sufficient food and so many defenders. If the Northern Army wants to capture Yufeng City, it will have to pay a heavy price!
Forcing them to open the city and surrender is just a dream!
This is not a city break!
The country is destroyed!
In this battle, Qiuchi fought too poorly.
It’s time to let the enemy see the bloodiness of Qiuchi men!
Just as Tian Tong was daydreaming, the Northern Army had already begun adjusting the angle of the catapult, and then began loading stones into the catapult's basket.
"General, what is the enemy trying to do?"
The deputy general asked in confusion, "Is the enemy trying to fire a test shot? At such a long distance, the enemy's catapults shouldn't even be able to reach our city walls, right?"
The deputy general was puzzled, and Tian Tong was also puzzled.
According to his experience, if the enemy's catapults want to reach their city walls, they must advance at least fifteen to twenty feet, right?
The enemy has started test firing now?
Can the enemy's catapult reach so far?
Tian Tong was secretly puzzled, but he remained calm, "Maybe it's a trick of the enemy, let's wait and see!"
Under the watchful eyes of Tian Tong and the soldiers defending the city wall, the soldiers of the Northern Army finally installed the stones.
"put!"
Following an order, a soldier pulled the hook of the catapult hard.
The next moment, one end of the catapult suddenly sank, throwing the huge stone weighing nearly 70 kilograms at the catapult on the city wall.
Looking at the flying stones, Tian Tong's face changed drastically.
"Back off! Back off now!"
Tian Tong shouted loudly, asking the soldiers around the catapult to disperse.
Just as the soldiers were dispersing in panic, the huge rock came crashing down.
However, because the angle was a bit off, the stone did not hit the catapult on the city wall, but only killed a soldier defending the city who was fleeing in panic, and left a hole on the ground of the city wall.
Looking at the tragic deaths of the soldiers, the soldiers defending the city couldn't help but turn pale.
No one expected that the enemy's catapults would hit them from such a long distance.
Just when they were distracted, the Northern Army began to fine-tune the angle of the catapult.
A moment later, another big rock fell down.
This time, the stone hit the catapult on the city wall accurately.
"boom……"
Accompanied by a loud bang, the catapult made a series of "cracking" sounds and then fell apart.
The scattered wood also hit two slow-running Qiuchi soldiers. Although it did not kill them on the spot, it caused them to vomit blood.
Looking at the catapults falling apart, the soldiers defending the city suddenly fell into panic.
"King Jingbei has issued an order: You have three days to open the city and surrender! Otherwise, when the city is broken, no one will be left alive!"
Just when everyone was in a panic, thousands of Northern Army soldiers roared in unison.
The voices of thousands of people gathered together. Not only the soldiers on the city wall, but even the people in the city who were nearby could clearly hear what they were shouting.
"The King of Jingbei has issued an order..."
Thousands of people repeated Yun Zheng's instructions over and over again.
The two catapults were also not idle. They constantly adjusted their angles and attacked the defenders or catapults on the city wall.
The constant attacks of the catapults could not cover up the voices of thousands of people.
When the city is broken, no one will be left alive!
Many people are hearing this sentence repeatedly.
The catapult is not actually a powerful weapon.
Even if the catapults were loaded with stones and smashed down, with luck, at most a few people would be killed.
There are so many soldiers defending Yufeng City. If we let them take their time to destroy the city, it would take who knows when.
But this thing is very intimidating!
If the enemy's catapults were swung there, the lives of the soldiers on the city wall would be threatened.
Who can guarantee that the next stone will not hit him?
Everyone has a fear mentality.
Under this fear, many people did not even dare to stand on the city wall, let alone defend it.
Moreover, the Northern Army now only has two catapults.
But with two of them they could build more catapults.
Once there are more catapults, they will throw stones at a certain place on the city wall, and sooner or later the wall will be broken down.
In an instant, many soldiers defending the city began to waver.
Even some generals in the army began to waver.
Dugu Ce stood beside Yun Zheng and asked with a smile: "Your Highness, if Yuan Fu sent someone to negotiate and asked to keep the throne, would you agree?"
"Of course I won't agree to this! Qiuchi must be destroyed!"
Yun Zheng did not hesitate at all. He stared at Yufeng City in the distance with a cold gaze and said firmly: "There will be no more Qiuchi in the world, only the Great Northwest Protectorate!"
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