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Chapter 425 The Han Army’s Lightning Saturation Attack
"Send me an order to raise 30,000 troops in the capital. I will go to Linjin Pass in person!"

"Master, your body..."

"Zhuge Liang will definitely come in person, and I can't be absent."

It was just dawn on March 30th.

Jiang Wei began to mobilize his entire army and launched a fierce attack on Linjin Pass.

What shocked the Wei army was that, standing on the tower of Linjin Pass, they saw at least two hundred heavy artillery pieces.

No warm-up, no shout-outs.

Under the early morning sunshine, Jiang Wei had two hundred and eighty heavy artillery fired in front of the city.

Then five thousand people were mobilized specifically to provide a steady stream of shells for the heavy artillery.

Next, two hundred and eighty heavy cannons began to smash stone cannons weighing a hundred kilograms one after another against the city wall of Linjin Pass.

The Wei army was not unprepared. For example, trebuchets, crossbows, and archers were set up on the top of the city. They also set up wooden frames overnight, and placed armored infantry in the city.

Ten thousand cavalry were also mobilized in the nearby military camp, ready to fight a big battle with the Han army head-on at any time.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the Han army came up, they started to play high saturation tactics!

Jiang Wei was on horseback, and with his men, he personally inspected the artillery and artillery shells.

Jiang Wei was very excited. He said to the artillery battalion: "My sons, our army has been in Guanzhong for nine full years! Now it's time for us to go east! I promise you that the opportunity to make contributions is right in front of you. Capture the city in front of you. , cross the Yellow River, and get promoted to a noble rank, just before your eyes! Long live the great man!"

After saying this, Jiang Wei pulled out his sword.

After receiving the order, the messengers rode their horses, split up, and began to wave the order flag.

"Quick! Fill the stone cannon!"

"Adjust direction!"

"Pull the rope!"

"Don't be impatient, hold still!"

"..."

In the artillery camp, powerful sounds came and went.

Those huge trebuchets made a crunching sound and began to accumulate strength.

The first stone cannon soared into the sky, and in the next moment, more than a hundred stone cannons appeared in the sky at the same time.

It looked like a dense meteor, drawing an arc in the sky and rushing towards the city of Linjin.

At that moment, the heavily armed Wei army, wearing iron armor and holding shields, fell into despair.

More than a hundred stone cannons were smashed down.

It hit the city wall, causing it to crack.

Hitting the top of the city, a large number of Wei soldiers wearing iron armor were smashed into rotten flesh and rolled down the top of the city.

Minced meat and blood were scattered all over the floor, and also drenched the Wei troops below.

As soon as people raised their heads, they saw stone cannons flying across the sky.

Those stone cannons that crossed the city wall were like a terrifying frenzy, demolishing the houses in the city and plowing hideous bloodstains among the Wei troops who were waiting for them.

Everything happened so fast that even the junior and senior officers of the Wei Army were unable to react. The defense that the Wei Army thought was the strongest was destroyed like a piece of rotten wood.

And all this is just a moment.

Because there are more than two hundred heavy guns.

After the first batch of more than a hundred pills was sent out, the next hundred or so pills followed.

Appearing in the sky, it was like a meteorite falling from the sky, continuing to hit the city that had collapsed.

The large piece of twisted armor and rotten flesh continued to be smashed into the broken bricks of the city wall, like pounding glutinous rice.

It continued to smash into the city, just like the previous wave, it hit the ground with no loss of power and continued to roll forward, like a torrent, flattening everything.

The first time they met, the city wall at Linjin Pass had collapsed, blood was dripping from the top of the city, and screams could be heard one after another.

Linjin Gate Guard General Wen Hou had never seen such a fight before, and everyone was frightened. He shouted in a panic: "Don't mess up! The enemy has no stone cannons!"

The Wei army at the head of the city was in panic.

The Han army's heavy artillery made a crunching sound again, and the trebuchets roared like monsters crawling on the ground one by one.

Once again, dense stone cannons rose into the sky and hit the city head with high saturation.

Rumble…

Dust was everywhere, everything seemed to be smashed to pieces, the city walls collapsed even more, and countless people were killed in the city.

Without giving Wei Jun a chance to breathe, the third wave came.

The surviving Wei troops at the top of the city had completely lost their will to resist and crawled down the city. Some even jumped directly.

Finally, under the impact of the fourth wave of violent storms, the city wall of Linjin Pass collapsed, leaving a large area of ​​flesh and blood in the city, like a bright red carpet.

At this time, the forward heavy infantry of the Han army began to dispatch. They poured in in large numbers from the gap and began to harvest the defeated Wei army.

On March 30, the sixth year of Yanxi's reign, the Han army made a lightning raid on Linjin Pass.

In less than a morning, Linjin Pass was lost.

The emergence of heavy artillery changed the rules of siege.

Heavy artillery is regarded as a weapon for siege, but it may not determine the outcome, because the enemy is also learning, and the enemy has learned street fighting.

For example, the Battle of Jiangling.

But the battle of Linjin Pass was different. Jiang Wei was the first to use heavy artillery intensively.

He used the most violent bombardment to destroy the city wall and the defenses near the city wall, and shattered the Wei army's will to resist.

This tactic makes everyone shudder.

On that day, a large number of Wei troops surrendered, and a large number of Wei troops fled.

This important pass between the Wei River and the Yellow River was captured by Jiang Wei with thunderous force.

Sizhou has been exposed to the front of the Han army.

That evening, Zhuge Liang arrived at Linjin Pass.

When the sunset filled the sky, I met Jiang Wei.

"Prime Minister!"

"Uncle, I have good skills. In less than a day, I captured Linjin Pass!"

"It's all because of the Prime Minister's good teachings, and it's also because the General's heavy artillery is so powerful!"

"You are the first person who can use it like this!"

Zhuge Liang got down from the carriage and Jiang Wei supported him.

"Prime Minister, our army has begun to cross the Yellow River." Jiang Wei pointed forward, "Our scouts also sent news that a large number of Wei troops have been mobilized in Luoyang."

"Sima Yi will definitely come in person." Zhuge Liang said, "This battle is related to the safety of Sizhou. Sima Yi will defend Sizhou and use heavy troops to deal with the southeast. He wants to defend from the west and attack from the east!"

"Defend from the west and attack from the east?" Jiang Wei didn't understand.

"Defend Sizhou, and after taking Ruxuwu in the southeast, build up a large navy to attack Jianye!"

"If we take Linjin Pass, we can send troops to Luoyang and let him have three heads and six arms. If Luoyang is lost, how can we attack eastward?"

"Luoyang is where the majority of Cao Wei's troops are gathered. Cao Wei must have had two stirrups. Sima Yi should focus on preventing us from going to Luoyang. At the same time, he will mobilize the troops from Bingzhou to go south and attack us from both directions."

"Then what should we do now?" Jiang Wei said.

"I have recalled Wei Wenchang. He will be back within five days and let him attack Taiyuan. Sima Yi wants to attack us from both sides, so we will attack first and cut off his weakest side."

On the first day of April, Sima Yi, who had just sent troops from Luoyang, suddenly received a military report from Linjin Pass.

"What! This is impossible!" Sima Yi was shocked.

(End of this chapter)