The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 352 Chapter 351
Under the city of Jinyang, in the camp of the Han army, both Xu Chu and Gan Ning returned without success. After two days of tossing, no sulfur was found.

This made Zhang Yan a little annoyed, and felt the scarcity of sulfur for the first time.

In fact, on the land of China, sulfur mines have always been relatively rare, and most of them rely on imports.

It's just that Zhang Yan didn't know this.

Zhang Yan is a mercenary. He has limited knowledge and limited science and technology. He cannot invent many things just because he came to the next life.

However, gunpowder, guns, cannons, and the ability to survive in the wild have always been his strengths.

According to the configuration method of black powder, Zhang Yan became the No.1 invention of gunpowder in this era, and this invention may change the whole world because of it.Because gunpowder was used in wars at least 900 years in advance.

"Where's Zhang Liao?" Zhang Yan asked with his head downcast.

"General Zhang hasn't come back yet..."

Zhang Yan waved his hands to Xu Chu and Gan Ning and said, "Forget it, you have been tired for several days, hurry up and rest."

"But the regent, we can't make thunderbolts without brimstone. Can we use other things instead?" Xu Chu asked.

Zhang Yan shook his head, and hurriedly sent Xu Chu and Gan Ning away.

In fact, it is not necessary to use sulfur to make gunpowder, but with the current technological foundation, it is impossible to make high-tech weapons at all, and only the most primitive methods can be used.

Just when Zhang Yan was sad, a soldier walked in from the outside, clasped his fists and said, "To the Regent, General Zhang is back!"

"Please!"

A moment later, Zhang Liao came in from outside the tent with a blank expression on his face. Seeing Zhang Liao's appearance, Zhang Yan seemed to know that Zhang Liao had no good news to bring back without asking.

Zhang Yan said lightly: "It's good to come back, you are tired too, go down and rest early."

"Prince Regent, don't you need to tell your subordinates about the gains from this operation?"

When Zhang Yan heard the word harvest, he immediately became energetic and asked, "What have you gained?"

"Please also ask the regent to take a look!" Zhang Liao pretended to be mysterious.

Zhang Yan said with a smile: "You still play this game with me?"

Although he said so, he had already got up and walked outside the tent. When he passed by Zhang Liao, he said, "You lead the way."

"Here!"

Zhang Liao led Zhang Yan to the back of the barracks. It was still the barracks dedicated to making thunderbolts. Zhang Liao walked in front and opened the roller blinds. The barracks piled up like a small hill like sulfur, which reflected Zhang Yan's sight impressively. eye.

After Zhang Yan saw the sulfur, he was overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly asked, "Wen Yuan, where did you get so much sulfur?"

"I bought it from a Western Region merchant." Zhang Liao replied truthfully.

Zhang Yan walked straight into the barracks, looking at these brimstones, he was so happy. In this way, he can manufacture thunderbolt bombs in large quantities.

Just when Zhang Yan was happy, Zhang Liao said at the right time: "I want to report to the Regent, I heard some news on the way back."

"what news?"

"Xiahou Dun, who is stationed at Yanmen Pass, has already led an army by water to support Jinyang. According to their speed, they should have arrived in Jinyang City by daytime today. I wonder if the regent has received the news?" Zhang Liao said.

Zhang Yan said with a chuckle: "Don't worry, this is what I expected. The reason why I didn't attack Jinyang immediately is because Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun's remnant party are in Bingzhou, and the garrison is easy to defend and difficult to attack." Even if Cao Cao is defeated, Xiahou Dun may not surrender. If he leads an army to attack Yanmen Pass, it will take time and effort. It is better to wait here quietly, waiting for Xiahou Dun to lead his troops and throw himself into the net."

"It turns out that everything is under the regent's control, and the subordinates are too worried."

Zhang Yan wanted to reward Zhang Liao with all this brimstone, but Zhang Liao was determined not to reward him, saying that it was not credit, but just a blind cat hitting a dead mouse.Besides, there are many people who are working hard to find sulfur with him. If he is rewarded only for one person and not for the others, it may cause dissatisfaction among the people, and he suggested that Zhang Yan keep this reward for future use. Used to buy sulfur.

After Zhang Yan heard Zhang Liao's words, he was very grateful, so he canceled the idea of ​​rewarding Zhang Liao.On the other hand, he called his personal followers and asked them to make thunderbolts overnight, preparing to go into battle tomorrow.

As a result, hundreds of people stayed up all night, working hard to make thunderbolts for tomorrow's use.

Overnight, these people who are familiar with the roads have produced nearly [-] thunderbolts, plus the [-] thunderbolts made a few days ago, so many thunderbolts are enough to raze the entire city of Jinyang to the ground.

At dawn, Zhang Yan got up and went straight to the rear army for inspection. He was very happy when he saw a mountain of Thunderbolt bombs.

Therefore, Zhang Yan ordered people to carry all the thunderbolts to the front army, and then handed them over to Gan Ning to keep them under strict supervision, and cut off all fire sources around them.

These thunderbolt bombs are secret weapons if they are kept well, and they are the trump card for destroying the enemy, but if they are not kept well, they will become a weapon for self-destruction.

An hour later, the sky was bright and the sun was rising. The golden sunlight shone on the land, as if covering the earth with a layer of golden light.

At this moment, Zhang Yan had already led the army to the foot of Jinyang City. Ten thousand troops were neatly lined up.

Zhang Liao led an army of [-] to the east gate of Jinyang City, Xu Huang led an army of [-] to the west gate of Jinyang City, and Tai Shici led an army of [-] to the north gate of Jinyang City.

Xu Chu, Gao Shun, Gan Ning, Lu Meng and others surrounded Zhang Yan and lined up outside the south gate of Jinyang City.

At the same time, Youxian King Qubei led [-] Xiongnu cavalry to the city of Jinyang. After explaining his intentions, Zhang Yan expressed his gratitude for Qubei's arrival, but he did not let the Huns participate in the battle, but acted as a bystander. , and watch from the sidelines.

Zhang Yan had already ordered the Thunderbolt to be divided into four, and prepared to attack the four gates at the same time, so that Cao Jun in the city could not take care of each other.

On the tower of Jinyang City, Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Xu You, and Man Chong were all standing at the south gate. They saw the Huns coming, but they just watched from a distance and did not take any action. Cao Cao asked Man Chong what's going on.

Man Chong was also at a loss. He didn't know what happened in the Shanyu court of the Huns at all, and why the cavalry of the Huns would take the initiative to show favor to Zhang Yan's army.

However, now is not the time to argue about this. Although the Huns came, they did not participate in the attack. This can at least reduce the pressure on Cao Jun.

However, Cao Cao didn't think so.In Cao Cao's view, there was a reason why Zhang Yan refused to let the Huns participate in the war. It should be because he was afraid that the Huns would mess up Zhang Yan's entire plan.

Zhang Yan's army had weapons like thunderbolts. Although Jinyang City was well-defended, it couldn't withstand the indiscriminate bombing of such weapons, and that kind of weapon was really abnormal, and no one could stop it.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao felt a headache. Originally, he had an army of Liannu that could compete with Zhang Yan, but that army had been wiped out in Jizhou, and many people had transferred to Zhang Yan's tent.

In this way, Cao Cao had no chance of winning by hiding in the city.

"Dong dong dong dong..."

The dull war drum was sounded, changing from slow to fast, and then the drumbeat seemed to be hit by a heavy rain on the drum surface, and the sound became more and more urgent.

Suddenly, all the drummers stopped beating the drums, and after the sound of the drums stopped abruptly for a moment, there were deafening shouts from all directions: "Kill!"

In the camp of the Han army, the catapults were all ready. Following the loud shouts, huge boulders were thrown into the sky by the catapults, and flew directly towards Jinyang City. Stone chips flew around Yangcheng, and Cao Jun's soldiers hid behind the female wall to avoid it.

At the same time, the infantry of the Han army at the forefront began to rush towards the moat carrying huge wooden boards.

Under the attack of the trebuchet, Cao Jun on the city wall couldn't lift his head at all.The stones kept flying towards the city wall, killing and injuring many soldiers of Cao Jun. The towers screamed again and again, already stained red with blood.

The infantry charging under the city quickly came to the edge of the moat, and directly set up the huge wooden plank. Only a muffled sound was heard, and the whole wooden plank lay across the moat.

Immediately afterwards, one piece after another was erected, and a wooden bridge was erected with these giant logs, allowing infantry and cavalry to charge to the city gate without any worries.

This time, it was Gan Ning who was in charge of the charge. Gan Ning led the soldiers, rushed across the moat at a fast pace, arrived directly under the city gate, threw all the thunderbolts he brought with him by the gate, and lit the thunderbolt After a while, everyone retreated a long way back and covered their bodies with shields one after another.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."

All of a sudden, there were loud noises, and the power generated by the explosion shattered the entire city gate. The enemy soldiers in the city gate were also blown far away, and those who were close to the city gate were all blown up. to pieces.

At about the same time, the four gates of Jinyang City were blasted open, and the Han army rushed into the smoky gates like a swarm, and ran desperately towards Wengcheng.

And the moment the city gate exploded, it also made the army behind feel excited. Everyone shouted and rushed towards Jinyang City in an orderly manner.

Zhang Yan was watching the battle outside, and when he saw the army pouring into the city, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. In his opinion, no matter how strong Cao Cao's army is, no matter how smart Cao Cao is, no matter how strong Jinyang City is , Facing his army, everything is nothing but floating clouds!
Explosions kept ringing in Jinyang City, one after another, and the rumbling explosions were shrouded in all directions. This shocked the Huns who were watching the battle from a distance, and they were all afraid of Zhang Yan's Han army.

(End of this chapter)