The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1497
"Our scouts haven't seen each other for a few days." said the guard next to Zhu Zhen.

Now, if Zhu Zhen still doesn't know that something happened to those scouts, then his reaction is too slow.

"The scouts haven't returned, I'm afraid it's bad luck." The guard said.

The feeling of uneasiness in Zhu Zhen's heart is getting stronger and stronger. Now he understands that this is all Tang Jun's trap. It is not like what his second brother Zhu Chang said. Tang Jun wants to take advantage of the fisherman. Now Tang Jun's purpose Just trying to get rid of him, Tang Jun wants to take the whole island first, as for the strength of the island, Tang Jun is not afraid at all.

"Boss, now the Tang army has begun to attack the city." The guard said.

"Pass down the order, everyone, to perform their duties, let all the archers in the city go up to the city wall, and the knives and axes stand by on the city wall. In case the Tang army attacks the city wall and resists the Tang army, try not to let the Tang army approach the city wall, understand? "Zhu Zhen said.

Zhu Zhen also understood the gap between the swordsmen under his hands and the soldiers of the Tang army, so the best way is to keep the Tang army from approaching the city wall. This is a great test for the archers on the city wall.

Fortunately, there were enough arrows in the city, and the wealth of defense equipment also gave Zhu Zhen some confidence.

Outside the city wall, it is true that the Tang army attacked the city, but the Tang army's navy officers and soldiers were not busy building siege ladders, nor rushed to hit the city gate with huge logs, but directly set up a row of catapults outside the city wall. The parts were shipped directly from the ship, assembled outside the city, and lined up at a distance of [-] steps from the city wall, which looks really majestic.

In front of the catapult, there was a row of shieldmen standing on the ground with huge shields, ready to protect the comrades next to the catapult from the archers on the city wall.

Shen Haoqing was in front of the battle, while Liu Renyuan and Xuan Shijing were in the middle army.

After everything was ready, Shen Haoqing sent someone to ask Xuan Shijing and Liu Renyuan if they could start the siege.

At this stage, the siege of the city is to fight and consume, consume the people in the city and the equipment for defending the city, and use catapults to continuously invade the city and put them under psychological pressure.

"Since we've already set up our formations to attack the city, let's start." Xuan Shijing said, "After all, the time on our side was bought by the people in the two-wing camp with their lives."

"Yes!" After receiving the order, the messenger returned to the front army and informed Shen Haoqing.

Under Shen Haoqing's order, the former army's catapult began to attack the city. First, it threw stones, and then stones mixed with explosives were thrown into the city in bags.

When they came to Ryukyu this time, Xuan Shijing and Liu Renyuan made complete preparations as early as when they were in Chang'an, and took the lead in transporting a batch of gunpowder from Chang'an to the navy camp in Yangzhou.

They knew that they would fight when they came to Ryukyu, and besides fighting, they also had to mine. Gunpowder was useful for both fighting and mining. Therefore, Tang Jun didn't have to worry about the quantity.

Gunpowder, since it has been sorted out, is used for use, not stored in the warehouse for fireworks during the New Year and festivals.

The catapults in front of the formation began to "whirr" to throw stones and explosives into the city.And at this distance, the archers on the city wall have limited lethality, so they can only defend passively, watching the stones falling from the sky, those who are lucky can avoid it, and those who are unlucky can directly He was hit by a stone, rubbed a little, and was seriously injured.

At the beginning, it was just stones, but later, there were earth-shattering explosions in the city, like the sound of thunder, and suddenly exploded, some exploded around the soldiers, and some exploded on the roof. The top of the tent exploded.

It was only then that the people in the city realized that there were some oiled paper packages of a similar color mixed in with the stones. In the panic, no one looked at them carefully. The result was that once these unremarkable packages exploded, they would be worse than throwing them in. The power of the stone is even greater.

Tang Jun's explosive bag has also undergone many improvements. It contains not only simple explosives, but also some iron blocks, iron pieces and the like. Once it explodes, it will be killed or injured by these things. .

Although the routine of fighting is old-fashioned, it works.

Although the first wave of attacks from the catapults caused limited damage, they still put enormous pressure on the soldiers guarding the city.

The next step is the real siege.

The soldiers of the former army began to advance step by step with their shields covering their comrades. The Tang army advanced very steadily. After the archers on the city wall reacted, the Tang army had advanced nearly thirty steps. , and the catapult behind the Tang army was still continuously supporting the advancing soldiers, harassing the soldiers on the city wall, and even set up a bed crossbow on one side of the catapult.This is the number one offensive weapon in the army.

The craftsmen of Chang'an City Institute of Technology have already begun to explore how to launch gunpowder like a crossbow based on the structure of the bed crossbow.

Just relying on catapults is not enough. After a long time, the enemy will find the disadvantages of throwing gunpowder into the city with catapults. In this way, gunpowder will lose its advantage as a weapon of war. Only continuous research Only by inventing and opening up new uses can the advantages of gunpowder be brought into full play, which Xuan Shijing knows best.

As for the bed crossbow, in terms of combat form, it can be called the originator of artillery.

Under the efforts of the catapults, a gap appeared in the city wall, while the soldiers of the Tang army built a ladder to attract the attention of the city wall, and at the same time hit the city gate with a giant log.

Xuan Shijing didn't use ladders to attack the city walls since he led troops to fight. The price he paid was too high. Now that he had gunpowder and catapults, the ladders could only be used to attract people. Look at the eyes of the soldiers on the wall.

Xuan Shijing led troops to attack the city, most of them entered directly from the city gate. The city gate really couldn’t be opened, and it could be blasted, and even the city wall could be blasted, and it was better than the ladder to enter the city through the city wall. many.

This time the Tang army landed from the sea to fight, and did not build a well fence. If there was a well fence, then the archers on the Tang army's side would be more useful.

Although the city of Zhuzhen is said to be a city, the city walls are only built of huge stones, let alone the city gates.

The Tang army outside the city was like a wolf like a tiger, and after taking down Wang Xiwei easily, the officers and men of the Tang army's navy spent the whole day doing some ordinary training in the camp, or they went up the mountain to step on the spot, holding their breath in their hearts, but today , was finally able to vent his anger.

(End of this chapter)