第五卷 战争与和平 第二十一章 攻城塔
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我把碗里的菜往烙饼里一卷,拔腿就跑:“那咱们快去,决不能缺席第一战。”
张世磊兴奋道:“卑职也是这么想的。”
我们分别上马,其他亲兵都在刺史府门口等着,我们两下一汇合,立刻快马向城门赶去,我就见这一路之上到处有士兵巡逻,也有专门负责宣传的人在地势空阔的地方宣讲太守和元帅的话以求稳定民心,一些精壮男子组成了担架队、运输队以备不时之需,不过看来信州百姓对此早已熟悉,一切井然有序,就连妇女儿童也都忙着裁布条、熬药,一时信州城内人人不得空闲,战前气氛紧张而压抑。
我亮明身份一路畅通来到城脚下,上了城墙,史存道和李戬正站在风中往城外指指点点,士兵们已经是弓上弦刀出鞘,无数民夫把成捆的箭弩滚石运上城头。
我和两个老头打了招呼,顺着他们手指的方向看去,就见对面城下两箭之地外,黑吉斯军像蚁群一样缓缓而动,但始终并不前进,而是不断合数万人之力把一些巨型的攻城器械传递到阵前,看来还在做准备。除了城头对面,黑吉斯军两翼也已延伸到信州城城墙两边,城下视线可及之处密密麻麻都是各种高耸入云的攻城工具,说是一片枝桠横生的森林丝毫不为过。
我们正在看时,对面阵里冷丁抛出不计其数的巨石来,这些石头大的如坐墩相仿,小的也有西瓜大小,由上千台投石机抛上天空,划着弧线落向信州城头,史存道大喝一声:“注意隐蔽!”
不用他说士兵们自然也知道躲闪,那些石头巨大,又是抛物线,隔着将近300米的距离落下来,说实话人要想躲开并不难,而且石块就算砸在城墙上也构不成多大的损坏,所以投石机这种东西看似威力无穷,然而在实战中用的并不多,以至于后来慢慢退出了兵器舞台,于是我就想不通了,黑吉斯怎么会想起来用它,我们既不是蠢猪也没偷他们的鸟蛋……
但是我错了,我错误地忽略了数量起到的作用,一两块石头或许不足为畏,当无数石头满天繁星一样铺下来的时候,人实在不知道该躲哪块,而且有时候就算你知道该往哪躲,你要往那边去,你身边的人刚好要往这边来,两厢一挤结果都被砸个正着。
这一阵石头雨给城墙上的守军带来了不小的骚乱,一但被这玩意砸中,只亡不伤,用盾牌和刀剑抵挡都是徒然,所以洪烈军损失虽然不大,但是人人自危,这也许正是黑吉斯的目的——打压敌方势头以壮自己声威,从这个角度上说,再也没有比用成千上万大石头蛋子铺天盖地砸过来更给力的了。
第一波石头攻击结束,黑吉斯士兵们开始往投石机的皮囊里搬运新的弹药,接着第二波石击又到,两军相距本来甚远,但地势平坦,上千台投石机一起发动,木轴转动的吱呀声直刺人耳膜。
我随士兵们躲在雉堞下面,就听石头不断砸在墙壁外侧的声音,碎屑石粉崩溅,眼睛都睁不开,张世磊半蹲在我身边,大声道:“五少爷,怎么办?”
“低头!”
张世磊无语道:“除了这个呢?”
我背靠城墙道:“等着。”据我观察,那些投过来的石头都是经过打磨的,也就是说对方“弹药”并不会太充足,他们肯定不会以为仅凭这几波石头弹就能拿下一座城池,所以我倒想看看黑吉斯接着要出什么幺蛾子。
我顺着雉堞垛口向外张望,对面果然有了动静,黑吉斯士兵12人一组,肩扛着粗大的攻城梯开始向城墙缓缓进发,乍一看像无数长了腿的等号在移动,投石机集中开火显然是为了掩护这些士兵突进。
史存道冷笑道:“澹台朗善于攻城,从其携带器械就可见一斑,就算他带的都是各部零件,一夜之间竟能组出这么多也难能可贵了,咱们可得小心应付,别第一天就丢了人。”他对传令官道,“叫弓箭手准备,闻鼓为号进行还击。”
这时我就听城下发出“嗬嗬”的喊声,像是很多人同时在喊号子那种动静,我回头一看,顿时吓了一跳——就见黑吉斯的军阵里不知什么时候出现了几百个体积巨大的庞然大物,这些东西高近有三丈,厚有三米左右,外表是厚木板搭建,中间大概有柱子支撑,完整地看去是一个直角梯形,黑吉斯士兵每100人为一队,后面有人推前面有人拉,侧面的人则不住弯腰从这个怪物下面搬出滚木再垫到前面,原来这东西过于笨重根本无法装上轮子,士兵们便用滚木代替,这些人把持着这个大家伙缓缓向城头进发,我忍不住问史存道:“爷爷,那是什么东西?”
史存道道:“那是黑吉斯发明的攻城塔。”
“攻城塔?”
“没错,你看那家伙,一头是方另一面有个大斜坡,它和咱们城墙等高,敌军只需把方头那面支住墙角,另一面那个斜坡上造有台阶,他们就能像走楼梯一样冲上城头。”
我再看看这所谓的攻城塔,也顿时恍然,原来这就是一截巨大的可以活动的楼梯,之所以造成直角梯形就是为了稳固,这玩意往城头上一堵,既撬不开也搬不动,倒是个大麻烦,黑吉斯为了攻城造出这种稀奇东西,真可谓是苦心孤诣啊。
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这是昨天晚上那章。今天再发一个大章。攻城塔这种东西老花只在电影里见过,不过这玩意实际制造起来难度肯定很大,技术材料力学理论支持在古代都很难达到,造个小点的只能架在游乐场墙上逃票用……
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