Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 357 The Nine Earths Collapse (1)

"Boom——" "Bang——"

"Boom——" "Bang——"

"Boom——" "Bang——"

The roar of the cannon is very different from other artillery, and it is always accompanied by the trembling of the ground.The Han army couldn't fall asleep at the beginning. At the request of the officer, except for the soldiers on duty, the rest of the people lay down and rested.Gradually, more and more people fell asleep drowsily from exhaustion.

Zhou Yu stared at the flickering flames in the distance with red eyes, and the city walls shook instantly after each flash. "Boom——" "Bang——" "***," Zhou Yu's face was livid, and his fists were clenched tightly. Said: "You son of a bitch! There is a kind of rushing up!" It was dark all around, and the wind was whistling, as if mocking loudly.

Zhao Xingde slept together in the enemy's platform.Ma Rui wanted to take the cavalry out of the city at night to destroy the cannon, but he sternly refused.Apart from bombarding the city walls, the Liao army seemed to have no other big moves, but in fact, the 20 troops were waiting in full force, like a taut bowstring.The principle of the Han cavalry's attack is to attack the unprepared by surprise.And beside the giant cannon, there were countless ambush soldiers waiting for the Han army to go out.Even if he can't think about it for the time being, he won't let his subordinates die like this!

"Boom——" "Bang——"

"Boom——" "Bang——"

"Boom——" "Bang——"

The sound of cannon is like the sound of the sea's 'tide'. The disadvantage of Zhao Xingde's Nanshan Mountain is that there is no real cannon. Gradually, his forehead has become hot, and there seems to be some hope in the haze that he can penetrate the "tortoise shell." "It's the same giant shield car, but it's always in a trance. "What is the solution?" Zhao Xingde lowered his head in thought while inspecting the city, walking from the enemy tower to the attached fort, then from the attached fort to the clean room, and from the clean room to the workshop in Nanshan City.Blades such as knives and spears are easy to be broken when rolled, and craftsmen need to repair them in time.Seeing Zhao Xingde coming in, the craftsman nodded with a smile and said: "General Zhao is here." But the work in his hands didn't stop, a red-hot weapon was placed on the blacksmithing platform, and the room was filled with a familiar smell of charcoal and the smell of steel.Zhao Xingde simply sat down and watched the craftsman's hammer hit the red-hot iron one after another.His brows stretched a little, and he was still thinking about how to destroy the enemy's fortifications?

The work couldn't keep up, the blacksmith planned to start another furnace, and said to the side: "Give me a fire."

"Okay——" the blacksmith readily agreed, wearing thick gloves, he 'handled' the red-hot iron knife on the stove, the red-hot knife was still emitting a trace of heat, and smoothly pushed it into the nearby stove In the kindling wood. "The surface temperature of a dark red iron bar is as high as [-] degrees Celsius. When the surface of the iron bar is orange-red, the surface temperature reaches [-] degrees Celsius. When it is bright yellow, the temperature reaches more than [-] degrees Celsius. Continue to heat up to [-] degrees Celsius and melt into molten iron..." Zhao Xingde couldn't help recalling these numbers in his mind, remembering that he followed the master to look at the color of the blast furnace to judge the temperature of the fire, but his eyes were on the iron bars *** Among the firewood, the ignition point of ordinary firewood does not exceed [-] degrees Celsius, and it will burn blazingly quickly.The flames burned more and more intensely in his pupils, and suddenly, a group of brighter flames burned.

"Red hot bombs," Zhao Xingde stood up abruptly, "Red hot bombs!" Excitedly shouted: "Use red hot bombs!"

"General Zhao." Several craftsmen around looked at him with strange faces. "It's all right," Zhao Xingde danced excitedly on the spot, pointing to the charcoal stoves forging, and said in a deep voice, "Move these stoves to Zhenyuan Terrace. Hurry up!"

"General Zhao, there are still weapons to repair..." The blacksmith was a little confused, and someone came to pick them up early in the morning.

"Leave it alone, listen to me," Zhao Xingde said without hesitation, he turned around twice in place, muttered, and said: "I still need gauze and wet soil, prepare immediately!" His eyes were red , eyes wide open, the whole person is quite different from the usual Yan Yue's expression when talking, the craftsmen dare not neglect, and they prepare separately according to the instructions like flying.Zhao Xingde personally moved the stove with these craftsmen to Zhenyuan Terrace. He was still on the stairs of the enemy's platform when he suddenly felt the ground shake and the stove was almost knocked over.

The oil lamp hanging on the stairs kept shaking, and the flame flickered on and off. "Be careful——" Zhao Xingde didn't care about the burning of his hands, and while desperately holding the stove steady, he shouted, "What's going on?" No one answered in the narrow stairs, and the enemy's platform was full of noise, and people panicked Shouting, shouting, running. "The city wall has collapsed!" Zhao Xingde finally heard a sentence clearly. In an instant, his scorching eyes became as if they were frozen. He gritted his teeth sorely and forced himself to calm down. Looking at the terrified craftsmen, he said in a deep voice, "Come with me." , Move the stove to the enemy platform."

Zhou Yu felt the ground move, but he hadn't seen it yet. The city wall that was just hit by the shell was cracked, and the rammed earth was falling down. This section of the city wall was repeatedly attacked by the Liao army. The direct hit of the artillery, the inner layer of rammed earth has already been shaken loose.The rammed earth kept falling, and suddenly, with a bang, the city wall collapsed with a big hole.

"The wall has collapsed!" Zhou Yu, who almost fell into it, was the first to shout loudly, "Repair the city wall!"

"Who said the wall collapsed!" Du Chuijiao jumped up in a half-dream and half-awake state. Looking around, he opened his mouth wide in surprise. A gap in the city wall had already collapsed amidst the smoke and dust. "Follow me!" Du Chuijiao stood up, and was the first to run towards the soil bag that had been prepared. The soldiers of the Han army followed behind him. That part of the city wall surged away. "Quick, quick—" Zhang Tie carried a wooden pile and climbed up the collapsed city mound. Repairing the city wall is similar to repairing a river embankment. between the stakes.Now it's freezing cold, and pouring some water on it will freeze all the buildings, and it can barely resist the enemy.

Tong Yunjie looked out with binoculars.Not far outside the city, almost instantly, the number of lit torches suddenly increased, and then, the torches rushed towards the city center like a tide.It turned out to be cavalry, the palace tent army that had never directly attacked the city, each holding a pine torch, without any siege equipment, and rushed straight towards the gap in the city wall.Behind the palace tent army, there are more and more torches gathering, rushing towards the city wall, as if the tide of the sea is about to rush into the damaged seawall in an instant, and the creatures behind will be swept away. sweep away.

"Use shotgun shells for each gun position, and fire with all your strength!" Tong Yunjie ordered in a deep voice. While speaking, he walked to each gun position and patted the shoulders of those pale-faced gunners. , we will stay here!" The wooden leg made a "pop" sound as it walked on the ground.Because the city wall collapsed, many gunners felt as if the sky had fallen.The Lord will not be afraid in the face of danger, and everyone is calm. "Damn it, when I got here, I was fighting Liaogou!" "By now, Grandpa has already made money!"

"Boom——" "Boom——" the artillery on the top of the city began to roar, and scattered clusters of violent shotgun bullets in front of the city wall, forming a dead zone.The gunners of the Han army began to work in an orderly manner, as if there was no such thing as a collapse of the city wall.In an instant, a large number of cavalrymen of the Liao Army rushed to the front of the city wall under the rain of bullets. With the sound of "puff puff", some cavalrymen were shot and fell to the ground. Rushing towards the gap, the vanguard cavalry rushed up along the collapsed mound, and fought with the gunners of the Han army guarding the gap.

"First team fires—" "Back—"

"Second Team Fires—" "Back—"

Du Chuanjiao shouted the password loudly.Relying on the hastily arranged wooden stakes and soil pockets, more than a thousand gunners of the Han army were divided into five teams. After each team fired their guns, they immediately retreated. As soon as the sound was heard, he went to the training of spear-stabbing combat, but in the defense battle of Nanshan City, in order to get more firepower, Zhao Xingde used Sergeant Xia Xia as an officer, and carried out five-stage "shooting" on the gunmen in the city. train.

However, the section where the city wall collapsed was only a short ten feet long, and the firepower density of more than a thousand Han army gunners was not enough to completely prevent the palace tent cavalry from approaching, and many palace tent cavalry rushed to the front of the city wall.The gunmen of the Han army put on their spears one after another, using the guns as short spears, and guarded the gap without retreating a step.These cavalrymen are the pride of the Khitan people, and Yelu Dashi can even call everyone's name. They risked their lives to rush across the battlefield where the shells were flying, and rushed to the mound on their horses, facing the fire guns of the Han army. After being knocked down by the gunfire, as long as the cavalry was not dead, they all drew out their scimitars, raised their heads to attack the defensive line, and soon fought with the gunmen of the Han army who were stabbed.On this low mound, the two sides desperately hacked and stabbed each other.

"Master Dutong, Lord Dutong—"

Xiao Tachi was awakened from his sleep.In order to seize the gap in the city wall, the [-] Liao troops were not allowed to return to the camp, but camped directly behind the Liao army's artillery barracks, which was only [-] steps away from the city wall.Xiao Tachi even stayed in the Qianfeng Camp himself.He had just woken up, and before the soldiers could answer, he asked sharply, "Did the city wall collapse?"

"Yes!"

"All the vanguard battalion presses up, captures Nanshan City, and leaves no one behind!"

Xiao Tachi didn't care about putting on his armor and rushed out of the camp. He saw that there was already a Liao army rushing forward, and other vanguard troops were also pressing towards the city wall one after another.Although after the city wall collapsed, the various departments of the Qianfeng Battalion should immediately rob the city, these were all arranged by Xiao Tachi long ago.But Xiao Tachi still praised: "Which army is that rushing forward? So brave, which general is it?" The soldiers Bing said: "Yelubo and General Xiao Ping led the palace tent army up."