1. Bow and arrow: a long-distance and high-speed killing device, equivalent to a modern gun.
In the history of ancient wars, the battle between cities was the most tragic way of war in ancient times. In order to attack the city more effectively, many abnormal instruments were born, among which the heavy crossbow is a terrible killer. The most representative heavy crossbow is China's three-bow bed crossbow.
The three-bow bed crossbow, also known as the "eight-ox crossbow", is as big as a javelin with hardwood as its axis and iron as its wings, and its range exceeds 1000 meters. It is a veritable killer weapon, which can be used not only in the field, but also in the offensive and defensive wars between cities.
This thing is quite spectacular when it is launched, and it can be nailed directly into the wall at close range. (Ancient city walls were mostly rammed with earth) When flying in the air, hundreds of "javelins" were nailed to the city walls, which siege soldiers could use to climb up.
2. Rushing into the car, also called "near rush" or "opposite building", is a kind of armored siege tower, that is, destroying the city walls and gates with the force of collision.
To put it bluntly, this thing is to smash rammed earth walls and wooden gates by its own weight acceleration, and it is often used at the end of the campaign.
3. The ladder, the ladder as high as a cloud, sounds very domineering.
There were many ways to attack the city in ancient times, but most of them were based on the premise of reaching the city quickly, so a ladder that could directly cross the barrier was bred.
In order to ensure the safety of the ladder pusher, the ladder has borrowed from the improvement experience of the ladder in the late Tang Dynasty since the Song Dynasty. The bottom of the ladder is designed as a car with shielding on all sides, and the outside is reinforced with raw cowhide. People push carts in the shed, which can effectively resist the stones and bows and arrows thrown by the enemy from the wall. Friends who have seen The Lord of the Rings should still remember the scene of the siege by the ladder. The towering city wall collapsed quickly because of several ladders, which shows the role of ladders.
4. catapult
Slingshot was used in the Spring and Autumn Period and became an important siege and defense weapon after Sui and Tang Dynasties. This is an ancient chariot. Install pivot and bouncing stone. Because it sounds like Lei Zhen, it's named Thunderbolt.
Its appearance is the progress of technology and the need of war. The original catapult was simple in structure, with a huge lever, a long end filled with stones in a suitcase or wooden basket, and a short end tied with dozens of ropes. At one command, dozens of people pulled the rope at the same time and used the lever principle to throw stones.
The first large-scale use of catapults in the history of China War should be Li Xin's attack on Chu. Chu army secretly prepared a large number of slingshots. When Qin Jun crossed the river, they were suddenly launched at the same time, and countless sharp stones hit Qin Jun like dark clouds. Two hundred thousand Qin Jun was completely defeated, and Li Xin committed suicide himself. This shows the power of the catapult at that time.
Step 5 grab the hook
One end is connected with a rope, and the soldier can climb the wall by throwing the rope on the wall. However, the risks are great. When he was halfway up, he was discovered by the enemy. When he cut the rope with a knife, he fell.
Grab hooks are generally used for night raids.
There are basically so many siege machines, but there are also many siege methods.
(1) besieged city: surrounded by heavy troops, starved to death for three to five years, you opened the door and surrendered.
Being besieged by the enemy is terrible, food is decreasing day by day, and physical strength is weakening day by day ... There have been many incidents of eating human flesh because of being besieged in the history of war.
Fire attack: throwing flames at enemy cities with bows and arrows and slings can do great harm to the enemy.
③ Tunnel warfare:
Tunnel warfare is not the patent of anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in Jizhong Plain. In ancient times, attacking an indestructible city would cause great losses to our own side.
Sun Tzu's art of war says, go to the army to cut the plot, then cut the cross, then cut the soldiers, and then attack the city; The method of siege is the last resort. Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, it is the stupidest way to attack the city.
④ Water hammer
As the name implies, it is to attack the enemy with water instead of soldiers.
The main forms of water attack are "damming the city", "breaking the bank against the enemy" and "trapping the enemy without water".
Most of the ancient city walls are rammed earth, so watering with water naturally becomes a shortcut to siege. I'll soak you for two or three days, and if I don't touch you, the wall will collapse into mud.
⑤ Soil erosion
Fill another city directly with soil. It seems that Mongolia used this method when attacking a city. One hundred thousand cavalry each carried a bag of sand and threw it under the enemy wall. In just half a day, they can build a heaped-up mountain, and then the army will go straight into the city along the heaped-up mountain, killing all the way, and they will be powerful and domineering.
6.pestilence
Throwing rotten cattle, sheep, and even human bodies and excreta into enemy cities with slings, thus spreading diseases and plagues, making the enemy helpless.
Very disgusting and abnormal tricks!
⑦ Noise
It's also a disgusting move. Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers stand at your door beating gongs and drums, swearing and making noise day and night. One day is fine for two days, and after ten and a half months, the spirit collapses.
8 spy infiltration
Everyone knows about Trojan horses, right? It's a headache to mix in a group of special forces.
These are all common siege methods in ancient wars.
Generally speaking, the siege party has an absolute advantage. Call if you can. If you can't beat it, it will take the body back to China, and people won't run out of the city to chase you. Although it will be a great loss to play hardball, on the whole, the siege side holds the initiative in the battlefield, and historically, the siege side declared the end of the campaign by attacking enemy cities.