Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 356 Yan Liang Changes Several Times (5)

The stone bullets fired by the Liao army's artillery fortress flew over the city from time to time. Although the aim of these stone bullets was low, some of them always fell inside the city.Inside the city wall, the stone throwers of the Han army remained unmoved.Although they couldn't see the specific situation outside the city wall, once the tortoise shell of the Liao army entered the shooting range, the city head would send out a signal, and they would immediately throw the fire oil tank.

Du Chuijiao stared at the slowly moving tortoise shell intently, and murmured: "Come on—come on—"

Suddenly, the tortoise shell seemed to have paused, shook in place a few times, and then stopped.

"Stop—" Wu Chun yelled angrily, but several horses still didn't stop in time, and there was a chaos among the crowded reining horses. With great difficulty all the horses were quieted down. "Quick, quick! Set up the iron barrel cannon!" Wu Chun hurriedly shouted.Just now when he was directly hit by the artillery at the top of the city for the first time, the wooden guard board made three loud noises of "bang" and "bang bang". Wu Chun was so nervous that he almost fell to the ground.Although I have tried the strength of the giant shield, the Liao Kingdom does not have the kind of long cannon that fires round iron bullets. Therefore, Wu Chun is also worried about whether the giant shield vehicle can withstand the shelling of the Han army. .Fortunately, after a few "bang bang bang", the giant shield car was not penetrated, and even because of the huge body of the car, the vibration caused by the shell was very small.Those riding horses who were accustomed to firing cannons at close range moved forward slowly without any response, but the people in the shield car all exhaled palely.

The artillery of the Han army was extremely fierce. During this quarter of an hour, the shell of the shield car kept ringing "bang", "bang" and "boom--", and all kinds of round iron bullets and stone bullets were as densely packed as in the summer rainstorm. Hit the shield car.From time to time, screams came from the surroundings. It was the infantry phalanx being attacked by artillery fire from the top of the city.Relying on the cover of the shield car, the gunners hurriedly separated the gun car and the shield car, and then put the cannon's mount directly on the ground, otherwise the wooden components would not be able to withstand the huge fire when the cannon fired. recoil.

"Why did you stop?"

Zhao Xingde frowned, and he stared closely at the "tortoise shell" that stopped three hundred steps away, as if it was the protagonist of the Liao army's offensive. As soon as the "tortoise shell" stopped, the other Liao army phalanxes also stood still, as if they were waiting for something.A haze shrouded Zhao Xingde's face, suddenly, a piece of wood in front of the tortoise's shell was pulled away, and a window was opened, and the inside was so dark that he couldn't see clearly.

"Not good, this is a giant cannon from the Liao people!"

Zhao Xingde drank it all of a sudden, and almost at the same time, there was a loud bang, and a gigantic boulder shot out from the "window".Immediately afterwards, the stone bomb weighing [-] jin hit the city wall with a "bang" sound at a huge speed. The closest pawns were barely standing.

Due to the lack of casting technology, the Liao army's iron barrel gun needs a lot of gunpowder every time it is fired, and the stone bullets almost fill the entire gun barrel. In order to adapt to such a large amount of "powder", The bore wall of the iron barrel gun was cast extremely thick.Although this is cumbersome, the power of the launch is great.With the stone bomb just now, Nanshan City seemed to be shaken twice in a very short period of time. The first time was the loud noise when the artillery was fired, and the second time was the moment when the city wall was hit.

The fortress where Zhou Yu was located was the closest to the city wall where he was shot, and he almost fell down from the shock. "The city wall is about to collapse—" Zhou Yu's thought popped out of his mind. He looked outside. Fortunately, except for the smoke and dust, the city wall was still there.Zhou Yu hurriedly 'rubbed' his eyes, turned around and yelled at the stunned gunner.

"What are you doing in a daze, motherfucker - give me a blast!"

All the terrified gunners of the Han army shouted loudly almost at the same time, and all kinds of shells rushed towards the damn turtle shell more densely.However, that stupid guy seemed to be naturally slow. He lowered the gun window baffle with a "snap", and then just squatted there, letting the Han army's artillery fire beating him motionless, but no matter what kind of artillery shells If it hits it, it will inevitably be bounced off, and at most it will bring some sawdust.

"Why didn't the city walls collapse!"

Xiao Tachi was about to order all the troops to rush up to rob the city, his expression darkened.The generals next to him didn't dare to take the stand, Guo Baoyi explained: "Lord Dutong, don't be impatient for now, this city is built solidly, and it will collapse after a few more bombardments." Xiao Tachi hummed, He didn't say any more nonsense, and stared fiercely at the city wall.

Zhao Xingde heaved a sigh of relief.Fortunately, the rammed earth walls of Nanshan City have withstood the test.He frowned and watched as the Han army's artillery shells kept falling on the Liao army's giant artillery bunkers, but they couldn't penetrate them. Instead, the shells bounced around and smashed into the nearby Liao army phalanx, causing many casualties.The Liao army's phalanx was also calm, as if they were sure that the city wall of Nanshan would be bombarded by artillery, and stood still under the shells of the Han army at the top of the city.

"Don't worry about the tortoise shell, attack the phalanx next to it!" Zhao Xingde ordered in a deep voice.

All kinds of artillery of the Han army at the head of the city turned around and opened fire with all their strength according to the phalanx of the Liao army within the range.This time, the artillery fire was more violent than usual. Solid iron bullets and rolling stone bullets, passing through the Liao army's phalanx, would inevitably bring up pieces of flesh and blood and howls.At this moment, the gun port of the tortoise shell suddenly opened again.

"Not good!" The Han army at the head of the city couldn't help exclaiming.

With a "boom", the eardrums of the Liao army seemed to be shattered near the ten-thousand-jin iron barrel cannon, and they forgot to dodge the shells for a while.The [-]-jin stone bullet hit the city wall of Nanshan again with enormous power. Because the location of the launch was very close, the impact of the shell was not far away from just now. This short section of the city wall, He has already suffered two heavy blows from [-]-jin stone bullets.There is more smoke and dust at the top of the city, which is the dust stirred up by the heavy impact on the rammed earth city wall.The smoke and dust dissipated, and two large pits were blasted out of the city wall, and the originally compacted soil was falling down with a rustle.

"Okay!" This time Xiao Tachi saw the effect of the bombardment clearly with a binoculars, and excitedly ordered loudly, "Continue to bombard me!"

It's a pity that the iron barrel cannon of the Liao Army has to prepare for a long time every time it fires.The giant shield vehicle closed the gun window again, and assumed a posture of lying down and being hammered.This can make both sides of the city and the city explode their lungs!

"Quick, quick—" Wu Chun in the shield car also saw the effect of the shelling too clearly, so he could only urge the artillerymen to work quickly.After each firing, there is a large amount of gunpowder residue left in the barrel, which needs to be scooped out by the gunner with a special large spoon. At this time, there is still thick gunpowder smoke from the muzzle, and the barrel is extremely hot, which is not only easy to burn Gunner, you can't cool it down with cold water right away, or you might blow up your chamber next time.Most of the people and animals in the giant shield car strangled their mouths and noses with wet cloth strips, so many people were coughing loudly.More people's ears have been half deafened by the sound of the artillery in the closed space, and the military orders not only have to be shouted loudly to hear, but also have to be drawn.

"not good!"

Zhao Xingde had a warning sign in his heart, no matter how strong the Nanshan city wall was, it would not be able to sustain such continuous bombardment of a certain section.His eyes fell on the tortoise shell, and he frowned. The thirty phalanxes of the Liao army were still standing in the distance.Not far behind the tortoise shell, there is obviously a palace tent cavalry army warning the Han army cavalry to go out of the city to fight back.The Liao army would rather endure the huge casualties from the artillery attack at the top of the city, and would not let the Han army destroy their victory weapon.The Han army in the city only has 3000 people. If they want to go out of the city for a bloody battle at any cost, it will fall into the arms of the Liao army.

"Du Chuanjiao, the sword and shield team will go to guard behind that part of the city wall." Zhao Xingde ordered in a deep voice, "Prepare soil pockets, wood and stones on the thick side of the city wall. Once the city wall collapses, the firearms reserve team will immediately rush up to seal the gap." Liao Xingde The army's Tietong cannon was unstoppable. For the Han army, the only advantage was that the movement of the iron barrel cannon remained unchanged and it was inconvenient to aim.With such continuous bombardment, any fool knows that the Liao army must have chosen this section of the city wall as a breakthrough.Zhao Xingde hesitated for a moment, and dismissed the idea of ​​building a concave moat and a concave wall behind the city wall.Once there is a gap in the city wall, the Liao army's offensive will inevitably come like a tide.No matter how strong the concave moat is, it is not part of Nanshan City's original city defense system. There are still gaps in Nanshan City's nearly perfect side fire arrangement.But the concave Hao alone is not enough to resist the surging Liao army.To defend Nanshan City, one must defend the line of the original city wall.After the city is broken, resistance, even street fighting, leads not to victory, but to death.

The military order was immediately carried out, and the barracks behind that section of the city wall were immediately vacated. Du Chuijiao led the sword and shield fighters, and Zhang Tie and other reserve firearms fighters were stationed beside them.The Liao army's [-]-jin artillery shells, like a giant's heavy fist, hit this section of the city wall one after another.Behind the city wall, everyone felt a little anxious.Even Du Chuijiao, who was usually not in good shape, had a serious expression on his face, and he only directed the soldiers to pack a large pile of earth and rocks into their bags. Once the city wall collapsed, they would use these things to block the gap as soon as possible.In addition, some bags were deliberately filled only with wood, because wood was lighter, and it would be faster to fill gaps with them if it was too late.

"Brother Zhang, do you think the city wall will collapse?" Huang Lun looked up at the flickering fire outside the city. The night fell, but the Liao army's shelling did not stop, as if he had made up his mind that the city wall would not stop until the city wall collapsed. land.Just in case, the reserve team of the Han army cannot sleep near this section of the city wall.

"Bah bah bah, you crow's mouth!" Zhang Tie scolded irritably, just rubbing the barrel of his gun.At this time, everyone was preoccupied with something heavy in their hearts, and this huge shadow enveloped everyone, making everyone reluctant to mention it.This dreary and tense night passed slowly amidst the howling wind and the sound of gunfire.