As we all know, although the large crossbow is powerful and has a long range, it is very slow and inconvenient to move and fire. It often requires dozens or hundreds of people to pull the bow. It is also difficult to fire the bow and the firing interval is too long. Therefore, it is generally not used in field battles during wars.

, the main purpose is to attack the city.

In the cold weapon age hundreds of years ago, there was no such thing as air superiority in the history of human warfare. It was a war term that slowly came into being and became popular after aircraft were manufactured.

In the backward cold weapon age, except for a few special areas on the earth, most of mankind's wars were fought on the surface. Because of this, there were so many ancient cities.

Ancient cities generally had a square structure. The walls were made of rammed earth. They were steep on the outside and sloping on the inside, making it easier for the defenders to defend. The soil used to build the walls was taken from the periphery of the walls, which formed a surrounding moat (called "chi" by the ancients).

, a suspension bridge is erected on the moat, there is a passage through the city, and there is a guard room at the gate of the city, which constitutes a very strong security and defense facility.

We all know that ancient wars were very fierce and arduous. Both sides would often charge hundreds of thousands or millions of troops, with white knives going in and red knives coming out.

Especially in ancient siege warfare, since the attack could only be launched from the surface, the fighting was extremely difficult and could be called the "meat grinder of war."

In that distant era when there were no aircraft, cannons, tanks and artillery shells, it was very difficult to conquer a city, and victory had to be paid at a huge cost of casualties.

Anyone who knows a little bit about ancient warfare knows that ancient siege warfare was not like what is shown in the movies, where a group of soldiers carried ladders and rushed up desperately.

In fact, in ancient battlefields, no general of an army dared to let his soldiers attack the city like this, because doing so would be a waste of death.

The ancients were very smart. Before building a city, they usually dug a wide moat and placed a large number of obstacles outside the city.

Under the double attack of the moat and obstacles, the attacking party has no chance or possibility of directly contacting the city wall. Even if you dig tunnels to attack the city, the water from the moat flowing back will drown your soldiers.

The most effective method and means of siege warfare in ancient times was "siege" - tens of thousands of soldiers surrounded your city and fought a war of attrition. Within a year and a half, you would be so hungry that you would obediently open the city gates and surrender.

Of course, sometimes the war is very tight, and your commander cannot let you besiege the city every day and engage in a war of attrition with the enemy. More often, you have to make a quick decision and carry out a strong attack.

The most common method of storming a city is psychological warfare. For example, the notorious Mongolian army likes to intimidate enemies and countries that are unwilling to surrender to them.

The Mongolian army is bloodthirsty and likes to massacre cities and destroy countries at every turn, and its reputation spreads to half the world.

In that backward era when transportation was basically by walking, communication was basically by shouting, and even war was by hands, it was quite impressive that a country's reputation could spread to half of the world.

During the period when the Mongolian army was at its most glorious and most effective, many generals who defended the city had a headache when they saw the flag of the Mongolian army.

The reason is naturally that these ethnic groups who grew up on horseback like to massacre cities. They massacre the city without opening the city gates, killing all men, women, old and children. Therefore, in the most glorious era of the Mongolian army, they relied on intimidation to fight.

When many countries heard that Mongolia was coming to attack their cities, they were so frightened that they could not eat or sleep. When the enemy was still 800 miles away from them, they took the lead in opening the city gates and kneeling down to surrender. This was the purpose of psychological warfare.

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For example, during the plague war, no matter who leads the army to attack the city, they will encounter some hard-to-gnaw bones.

The defenders of the city believed that the city had plenty of food and grass, and they refused to eat the enemy softly or hard.

Attack by force? You have neither planes nor cannons, so you still want to climb up my city with your broken ladders. This is my city, not the wall, okay?

Threatening? Who are you? Just massacre the city if you say you want to. Please, before you massacre the city, you must first destroy my city, okay? You can't scare away my iron-blooded son.

Besieging the city? Haha, let me tell you quietly, I have hundreds of millions of grain stored in the city, and there are countless fertile fields. There is plenty of grain to feed the dogs, and there is plenty of vegetables to feed the pigs. You will not be able to consume all the resources in my city in three to five years. Besiege my city?

How many three to five years do you have in your life?

If you fight, you won't be able to reach them, if you are sleepy and hungry, you won't be able to eat them, and if they are frightened, their psychological quality is tough enough. When encountering such a tough and unwilling defender, the generals who are attacking the city will also feel that their foreheads are big.

At this time, if you want to destroy the city, you need to use some more extreme methods and means, such as artificially creating and spreading plague.

Some frantic attackers would use powerful slings to throw dead animal carcasses and human feces at the enemy city.

In ancient times, sanitary conditions were poor and medical standards could not keep up. A small malaria attack could kill countless people, and plague was most likely to occur in small cities. Once the enemy threw a large number of animal carcasses and human feces carrying germs into the city,

, 100% will cause large-scale panic and infectious diseases in the city.

Once an infectious disease begins to spread in the city, if it is not prevented and controlled in time, half of the people in the city will die.

Of course, there are far more ways to attack a city than these.

For example, flood wars, digging rivers to divert water, and flooding cities with water.

For example, in a separatist war, you can bribe the enemy's defenders, cooperate with others inside and outside, and open the door to enter the city.

But in real wars, siege equipment is the most used.

During the Xia and Shang dynasties, human productivity was low and they basically could not manufacture large-scale siege equipment, so large-scale siege battles were unlikely to occur.

But by the Zhou Dynasty, especially the Spring and Autumn Period, with the development of the times and the progress of society, human science and technology had made great progress and could create high-quality war equipment.

The nature of war in the Spring and Autumn Period had begun to develop from plunder during the Xia and Shang Dynasties to conquest and annexation.

Due to the obvious demand for land, siege warfare also appeared and increased. With the increase in siege warfare, various siege equipment began to be manufactured by craftsmen like spring after rain.

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For example, hooks and ladders used for climbing city walls.

A ramming car used to hit the city gate.

Anthracene used for digging in the ground.

A trebuchet used to bombard enemy city walls.

Linchong, arrow towers, chariots, etc. for enemy observation and attack.

Among the many types of siege equipment, there is a very special weapon, which is the three-bow crossbow.

As mentioned just now, the three-bow bed crossbow is the pinnacle of ancient weapons, a heavy-duty long-range weapon that is shocking to people, and a nightmare for city defenders.

This instrument uses three bows to carry out long-range strikes against the enemy. It can launch a two-meter-long giant arrow to an ultra-long distance of 1,500 meters. It can be called an ancient Barrett sniper rifle.

Of course, the skilled craftsmen in ancient times did not design and manufacture such heavy weapons for the purpose of targeting military personnel. Using this thing to hit people is like using a cannon to blast mosquitoes. It can treat people like candied haws skewers.

This thing is very powerful and has a long range. In ancient times, it was generally used to attack cities, targeting walls instead of people.

The three-bow bed crossbow can directly drive a two-meter-long step arrow into the hard city wall. When attacking the city, dozens or even hundreds of three-bow bed crossbows will fire together, forming rows of "javelins".

"They were nailed to the city wall like a rainstorm, and the siege soldiers could use these giant arrows nailed to the city wall to climb up the city wall, which was very convenient.

Lin Shuhang believed that as long as he successfully imitated the giant version of the three-bow bed crossbow, he would be able to shoot these heavy vines onto the rocks on the opposite side.

How do you say there is a saying? It is called: As long as the power is strong, bricks can fly into the sky. Now that I am here with Lin Shuhang, I have changed the sentence and it is: As long as the power is strong, even mountains can fly.

Lin Shuhang has extremely strong hands-on skills, but then again, in the barren prehistoric continent, people with poor hands-on skills would not be alive today.

With the help of the mad general, Lin Shuhang used the remaining redwood trees to make two giant bows of the same specifications.

The three giant bows were combined together according to the ancient "three-bow bed crossbow" method. After many adjustments, in the early morning of the next day, a domineering super giant bow appeared in the barren prehistory.

"What the hell, what's going on? What's happening in front of you will shock all the spectators outside the venue.

"Isn't there just one bow yesterday? Why did it become three bows today?" Looking at the giant bow hundreds of meters long, the audience outside the live broadcast room started talking about it.

"This is a three-bow bed crossbow!" Someone recognized the giant bow that Lin Shuhang had modified. It was an enlarged version of the three-bow bed crossbow.

"Isn't it? After not seeing each other all night, you actually made a large version of the three-bow bed crossbow? This is too awesome!"

"My anchor is awesome, 666!"

"Such a big bow must be very powerful, right?"

"Does this need to be said? The power of such a big bow must be amazing. I look forward to the scene when the host launches this giant bow!"

"I seem to have seen a ladder several hundred meters long, flying in a long arc to the other side..."

"That scene must be shocking!"

In this regard, Lin Shuhang was full of confidence: "Don't worry, Old Tie, I will definitely do what you want today! Crazy General, are you ready? When you are ready, draw the bow and shoot with me!"

"Roar!" The mad general roared excitedly, and then he and Lin Shuhang began to pull up the thick bow string.

The embarrassing thing is that the bowstring doesn't move at all.

"Crazy General, work harder." Lin Shuhang gritted his teeth and pulled up again.

"Let me - open!" Lin Shuhang used 100% of his strength this time, and veins popped up on his tired forehead, but no matter how hard he and the crazy general pulled, the bowstring would not move at all.

An ordinary version of the three-bow bed crossbow would require dozens of adult men to pull it. What's more, this is an enlarged version of the three-bow bed crossbow. According to the proportion, at least 30 Titans can pull it together.

After trying many times, Lin Shuhang gave up drawing the bow completely. He found that he and the crazy general couldn't draw the combined giant bow.
Chapter completed!