The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1330 Breaking Panyu
Naturally, horses cannot be used in siege operations. After Liu Yin gave the order to siege, the soldiers of the Tiger Cavalry Army jumped off their horses one after another. city ​​battle.

The Han army came out of Nanzhong this time, riding lightly, and did not carry any siege equipment. However, after defeating the two counties of Yulin and Cangwu, the Han army captured many siege vehicles, including the ladder siege vehicles. The siege equipment saved the Han army from the trouble of making ladders.

However, the ones rushing to the front are not the ladder troops, but the firearms battalion under the cover of the shield soldiers. The huge square shield is pushed on top of the head by the Han soldiers. Looking down from the city, you can only see densely packed Shield soldiers, but no Han soldiers can be seen.

It stands to reason that the ladder troops were first invested in the siege battle. Only by erecting the ladders first can the siege passage be built. The Han army did not set up the ladders first, but instead sent a shield soldier down the city. The rebels are inexplicable.

Guo Ma saw it clearly from the top of the city tower. The Han army actually sent out a phalanx of shield soldiers first, and he didn't know what the hell they were going to do.Guo Ma ordered the defenders to shoot a few arrows, but after the arrows were shot, they were all blocked by the shields, and they couldn't hurt the Han soldiers at all. Guo Ma had no choice but to watch these shield soldiers pass by. After crossing the moat, they gathered under the city wall.

The Han army first lined up the shield phalanx with only one purpose, which was to cover the firearms battalion from rushing to the city of Panyu.

Since the Firearms Battalion didn't bring a catapult this time, they couldn't carry out a long-range attack. They could only advance to the city and throw the bamboo grenade onto the city wall.

Panyu is the state city, and the city wall of the state city is higher than that of the county city. However, compared with the capital cities of Luoyang Jianye, it is a bit worse. Hands can easily throw bamboo grenades onto the city wall.

However, the thrower must go under the city wall to throw, otherwise, if they are far away, they will not be able to throw it on the city wall at all, and once they approach the city wall, they will be counterattacked by the defenders' bows and arrows, so the thrower must be in front of the shield soldiers. Under the cover, there is a chance to approach the city wall.

Just when Guo Ma and others guessed the true intention of these shield soldiers approaching the city wall, suddenly from the clump of shields, countless bamboo-like things flew out and landed on the top of the city one after another.

Before the defenders could understand, those bamboo knots emitting green smoke fell under their feet, and then, the first violent explosion sounded from the top of the city. The army was crying and howling, screaming again and again. It turned out that a soldier who was closer to the grenade had his leg broken, but it was seen that the broken leg had been flying away. The blood flowed horizontally, the bones were thick, and it was palpitating.

These people were far away in Jiaozhou, and had never seen or heard of the power of firearms. Seeing this scene, they were all stunned and unbelievable.

But soon a series of explosions occurred on the top of the city, and the entire city wall was reduced to a sea of ​​flames. It was Guo Ma who flashed so fast, I am afraid that even his arms and legs would be blown off.

Guo Ma fled down the city wall in embarrassment, secretly calling for luck. If he hadn't taken the opportunity to escape quickly, he might have been wiped out like that tower.

Under the continuous explosions, the entire west city wall of Panyu has no place to stand. Except for the dead bodies on the top of the city and the severe injuries of stumps and broken legs, almost all the rebels are already rolling and crawling. Fleeing down the city wall, everyone knew that the city wall was no longer a place for people to stay.

The Han army also tried to blast open the city gate with grenades. A dozen bamboo tube grenades were tied together, and a big hole was blown out of the thick city gate.

However, Guo Ma was very cunning. In order to prevent the Han army from breaking through the city gate, he had already ordered people to seal the city gate with earth and rocks. The Han army blew up the city gate, but they could not clean up the earth and rocks piled up on the city gate. , so the plan to enter the city directly from the gate of the city still failed, and the only way was to storm the city wall.

However, hundreds of bamboo tube grenades were thrown on the city wall, almost flattening the city wall. Seeing that the time was almost up, Luo Shang immediately ordered the shield soldiers and the firearm battalion to retreat, and the siege troops set up ladders to attack.

The movements of the Han army were extremely fast. These siege soldiers were all agile light cavalry. On horseback, they were like the wind. This time they climbed the ladder, and they moved like the wind.

Since there were no rebel guards on the city, the attack on the city was like walking on the ground. The soldiers of the Han army were full of energy, walked like flying, and filed up to the top of the city.

At this time, the rebels reacted. Guo Ma heard the dense explosions on the top of the city and suddenly stopped. Realizing that the Han army was likely to launch an attack on the city, he hurriedly ordered the rebels to climb the city, but before they rushed to the city wall , The Han army had already climbed up, and the two sides fought again on the top of the city.

A gang of rebels, how can they be the opponents of the well-trained cavalry of the Han army? The tiger cavalry army has been in battle for a long time. They are cavalrymen who can ride on horses, and they are cavalrymen who can cross the world. , Well-equipped armor, sophisticated and sharp weapons, whatever, they are all incomparable to the rebels who are not even fully equipped with weapons.

The only thing the rebels relied on was the tall city wall, and this line of defense was now completely broken by the Han army. It was equivalent to the two sides standing on the same starting line again, fighting fiercely for control of the city wall.

The royal family personally led the rebel army to counterattack, trying to regain control of the city wall, but although the Han army was small in number, its fighting power was unparalleled. The passage leading to the city wall blocked the counterattack of the rebels.

As more Han troops climbed to the top of the city, the battle has become less and less suspenseful. Guo Ma's face became extremely pale. He was originally confident that he had great confidence in defending Panyu City. With the current comparison of troops, there is great hope of defending Panyu.

It's a pity that the strength of the Han army is beyond his knowledge. Relying on these unknown firearms, the Han army easily took down Panyu City.

Guo Ma didn't want to sit still, so he fled eastward immediately. The city gate to the east was not sealed, so Guo Ma left a retreat for himself. He led his cronies, opened the city gate, and fled eastward. .

(End of this chapter)