This method can send troops directly to the enemy's city. At that time, whether they are climbing ladders shot out by crossbows, or doing earthwork and digging city walls, it is all very convenient.
The tops of traditional goose carts are mostly made of logs, covered with several layers of iron sheets, raw cowhide, etc. for enhanced defense. Some more sophisticated ones will also pile up some earth and rocks to prevent the enemy from rolling stones and logs, or simply pour oil and burn them.
However, Qinghe's goose cart is much simpler. Thanks to Qinghe's steel production, most of the goose cart's structure has been replaced with standardized steel products. There is even a double-layer steel plate with cork sandwiched in the middle as armor on the top, which makes it look quite imposing as it drives along.
It’s a pity that I can’t develop steam power, otherwise I could make a few armored vehicles like this, and who could compete with me in a field battle?
Lin Hai thought regretfully.
In this situation, the people who watched the situation most seriously in Qinghe were the students who came for internships from Qinghe Industrial Zone, major laboratories and various majors of Qinghe College.
They all observed carefully with their own tasks in mind, and many even followed the army forward despite being attacked by arrows and stones, just to verify the effects of their ideas or designs on the real battlefield.
Another person who looked very serious was Hong Jiu.
Since Hong Jiu was recruited by Yan Zipei, he could be considered a member of the Imperial Eagle Guard. Hong Jiu was very clear about this, so he greedily looked at every detail of the Qinghe Army, muttering to himself and gesturing with his hands while watching. It seemed that he wanted to enhance his memory in this way to avoid forgetting.
If conditions permit, he would probably take out a small notebook and record it carefully.
But Lin Hai was also very clear about this.
These were deliberately shown to him.
After all, Lin Hai didn't want to spit out the Khmer he had swallowed, but in the short term, he didn't want to continue fighting, so he needed a pair of eyes to help the empire see Qinghe's military strength, and he also needed a mouth to go back and tell the empire clearly from a third-party perspective how powerful Qinghe was.
This is something that no one else can replace.
After all, if Lin Hai boasted about how powerful Qinghe was, the empire would probably attack even faster.
Who hasn't seen a pufferfish?
As for Pan Liangyong, there was really not much he could do at this time except standing firmly on the city wall to calm the morale of the troops.
Qinghe has not yet launched a large-scale infantry charge, so as the defenders, they can only use the remaining artillery carts to attack as much as possible after Qinghe's goose carts enter the artillery cart's range. Well, they also have to prevent Qinghe from discovering the coordinates of the artillery carts and being eliminated.
Once the goose cart reaches the city, things will be even simpler.
These soldiers know how to throw stones when they need to, throw wood when they need to, and pour oil when they need to. There are also quite a few thunder stones and rolling logs stored on the city walls, and there are more than a dozen boiling oil pots on this side of the city wall alone, which should be enough.
But Pan Liangyong still felt something was wrong.
The personal guards reported that the Qinghe army used the same attack mode on all four sides of the city walls.
In other words, the Qinghe army's attack methods, attack intensity, and attack force on the four city walls were the same.
This is unscientific!
Any kind of attack can be divided into main attack and feint attack.
Even after killing the reinforcements, the Qinghe army had far more troops than those in the city, but didn't he know that concentrating the siege equipment would help to break the city more quickly?
Such an even division of troops means that they have a hidden trump card that can replace the concentration of equipment and manpower.
But I can't find this killer weapon.
This is the source of Pan Liangyong’s inner uneasiness.
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, Lin Hai is very confident in his own strength, so he adopted an average attack method because he felt that even if he averaged his attack power, he could easily defeat Jingdong.
This is weird.
Lin Hai doesn’t know how to fight, but doesn’t Cheng Guorong know either?
Even if he took Jingdong by doing this, it would be the most thankless way.
If we rule out the possibility that Lin Hai is a psychopath, it further proves that Qinghe must be hiding something.
Do you want to rely on goose carts to dig the city?
No, it's impossible.
Although these goose carts were very well made, it was still a lot of trouble to squeeze more than a dozen soldiers under one cart.
If it was a large-scale attack on the city, it would make sense to hide the first-mover elite troops inside and storm the city walls in one fell swoop. However, the subsequent infantry formation of Qinghe remained held back, so what were these first-mover elite troops doing rushing up the city walls?
You're not here to see what the Khmer defenders had for lunch, are you?
If they want to dig the city wall, the number of these vehicles is too small, and there are no spare goose carts at the rear. With only these vehicles, how long will it take to dig the city wall?
You don't think we'll just sit there and wait for them to dig, do you?
"General, the inner moat of the city has been completed." An officer climbed up the city wall to report.
"Before, there was only the sound of digging tunnels on the north side of the city wall, but what about now?" Pan Liangyong felt as if he had grasped something.
"Later, there was more movement from the north, but no movement from other directions. We had already prepared an inner trench. We could fill it with water in the high ground and use smoke in the low ground. They would be in trouble!"
This made Pan Liangyong even more confused.
They wouldn't be thinking of using the outside attack to cover up the underground tunnel digging, right?
If that's the case, then we should be able to rest assured today. After all, the inner moat is fully prepared and the enemy can't rush in. Moreover, in a fortified city like this, even if a hundred or eighty people rushed in, it wouldn't mean much.
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