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Chapter 309 Brilliant Stars and Myriad Bone Relics ([-])

The moment the white smoke rose, Young Master Chi thought of a word that he had heard frequently in recent years.

gunpowder.

I've heard of it, I haven't seen it, but it doesn't prevent me from thinking about it.

The rumbling sound that came after a while seemed to verify his judgment.

Its flame is purple, its smoke is white, and its sound is like thunder.

It's just that he didn't know why the opponent used gunpowder so far away. In his opinion, gunpowder should be a defensive weapon, just like hot water or dung thrown down when defending the city.

Before the formation, ten iron pellets rolled on the dry and flat ground, and shot densely into the archers and shield-wielding elites assembled by the Wei army.

With the speed of harvesting life, the scorching iron ball shattered the legs of the front row and the ribs of the back row.

Not many people were killed in the first bombardment, only twenty or thirty, but the dense formation for shooting and raising shields close to the city wall was instantly torn apart.

The soldiers of the Wei army never thought that they would be attacked at such a long distance, and they had never seen such a bloody scene of iron pellets colliding.

Almost at the moment when the iron ball hit the ground, the formation that was originally lined up instantly dispersed, many people retreated, and many people avoided to the sides.

The sound of the drums remained the same, but the footsteps of the soldiers were chaotic and they dared not move forward.

Young Master Chi noticed the chaos ahead and quickly understood the situation ahead, so he could only ask people to beat the drums continuously to restrain the soldiers, keep the formation and not rush indiscriminately.

The opposite city wall is weird, and the defenders are Mohist disciples, so if they rush indiscriminately, they will suffer heavy losses.

But the restraint of the drums was no match for the first appearance of this unreasonable weapon.

In the chaos, white smoke came out for the second time, and the team that hadn't fully launched the siege formation was completely confused, and some people had already dropped their armor and dragged their troops to retreat.

Inside the city, Meng Sheng stood on the city wall, watching the situation of the Wei army, waiting for the third shelling.

As expected, the speed of the Wei people's deployment was severely slowed down. Even though the two shellings did not kill a few people, the scene of blood and flesh flying all over the place shocked the Wei soldiers greatly.

Siege has never been a long line of swarming, especially the countries that have fought for hundreds of years, they all know that they need to expand their array to break through from one or more points, use archers to suppress the top of the city, and rely on elite soldiers to attack.

Either dig the city wall, or climb, or hit the city gate with a car.

Those who can take the lead in attacking the city must be the elite, so they can't be in a mess. They must maintain their formation to be able to break through immediately after approaching the city wall.

And in view of the organization level of the ten-step-one-drum maintenance series, the speed of advancement must be slow, and the elites holding shields can't stop the heavy iron ball shells at all.

A sharp voice came from outside the city, Wei Jun was rearranging his ranks, if he didn't line up like a flock of sheep and charge forward, Young Master Chi knew that it would be a rout.

The disciples of the Mohists on the rammed-earth fort really took the time to follow the steps to clean the barrel, wipe out the sparks inside with a damp cloth, and clean up the remaining gunpowder slag inside.

The guards on the city wall were not panicked either. The feeling that they could hit others but not others could greatly reduce the panic of soldiers.

Meng Sheng glanced to both sides, and found that, as expected, the two armies of Zheng and Han had already deployed and launched an attack on the city wall first. Relieve the pressure on the north wall, thereby concentrating those training musketeers on the east side.

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The north wall, the concave star-shaped earth wall, has already led more than 500 gunners to arrive.

The Zheng people's feathered arrows flew, but these people hid in the breast wall battlements prepared in advance, and observed from the observation hole behind a simple masonry structure.

This is a very thin masonry structure. If there is a cannon on the opposite side, this is simply a living target.

However, the opponent did not, so there was no need to repair the city wall to that weird, sloped, and compacted soil layer in order to defend against the artillery fire on the opposite side.

The people of Zheng didn't know what happened to the people of Wei. The elite shield infantry had crossed the moat and were slowly advancing under the wall full of pits and bamboo sticks.

A smile appeared on Shi's face, Zheng Ren chose the wrong position for this attack.

Their main attack direction is to leave the place where the two concave surfaces of the city gate meet.

Perhaps for the attacker, the place where the two concave surfaces meet is the most suitable place to deploy troops.Otherwise, it will be difficult to deploy troops to attack the prominent star-burst convex surface.

It's just that for the defenders, a straight section of the city wall and two concave slopes can also maximize their own firepower, making it impossible for the attackers to defend.

The shield can indeed prevent the feathered arrows and crossbows in front, but how can it defend against the side ones?

He walked out of the brick wall, and the soldiers he brought had already unfolded the wooden fork bracket, and the bulky Huomen hand cannon was facing the attacking Zheng Jun on the bracket.

It turned out that the 500 gunners deployed here plus the [-] mobile forces brought by Shi were assigned to both sides of the concave wall, waiting for the enemy to continue to approach.

Some brave men were also beside the brazier, and they took out those simple gunpowder mines that could be thrown from the reserved rammed earth pit, ready to throw them at any time.

Drums were beating outside the city. Seeing that the elite Zheng people, carrying wooden ladders and covering with shields, had approached within twenty steps, they were about to launch an attack.

Shi Shi yelled in his direction, and the messenger behind him also waved the flag.

Those gunners who have been trained for several months, looking at the powder used to start the fire piled up near the fire door, thanked that there was no wind and rain today.

The slow-burning matchstick slowly approached the gunpowder that ignited the fire, and after waiting for a cry, the matchlock ignited the gunpowder.

After a puff of white smoke, the gunpowder used to ignite the interior quickly emitted a burst of purple fire, which ignited the strong propellant powder filled in the hand cannon.

bang... bang...

It's not neat, but it can be counted as a salvo.

The gunners on the concave walls on both sides lit their hand cannons almost at the same time, and the lead bullets flew out. The whole city wall seemed to be on fire, and gunpowder smoke with a pungent sulfur smell was everywhere.

Flames also burst out from several lightweight Tiger cannons that were bound with iron sheets and could only fire crushed stones.

The gunpowder mine lit in the hands of the brave man was also thrown towards the place where Zheng people were concentrated.

All of this was almost at the same time, because the Zheng people had never seen gunpowder, nor had they seen such a method of warfare, and they tried to beat it to collapse in an instant.

This can only be used once, and you will need to shoot from a distance in the future, and this time it is mainly a psychological deterrent.

Six hundred crude firearms still have enough lethality at a distance of fifty paces.

The soldiers of Zheng under the city did not expect this situation at all, and more than [-] people were shot in an instant. The shields held in front could not defend against the attack from the side.

The Zheng soldiers who were hit by the lead bullets rolled on the ground in pain. If they died in time, those who did not die were hit by the heavy hand cannon, leaving huge wounds.

And those who were hit by the shotgun sand were bleeding all over their bodies.

What is even more frightening is that the gunpowder mines thrown from the city walls may not kill a few people, but the impact and explosions in crowded places are still a nightmare that these soldiers who have never seen gunpowder weapons cannot endure .

Many people froze there, completely forgetting what they were going to do.

The formation was broken, and those who approached with shields threw away their shields; those who carried the wooden ladder kept the wooden ladder under their feet.

On the city wall, those musketeers who fired for the first time were reloading in a panic. The follow-up peasants and soldiers were holding spears behind the city wall and waiting for the enemy's possible climb. Only the remaining brave men continued to attack. The gunpowder mine was thrown down.

In the smoke, Shi observed the movement below, and conveyed an order to the Mohist next to him who was about to deliver the command flag.

"Open the small side door, let those warriors attack, beat the drums to cheer, and wait until the moat returns!"

The first wave of Zheng's soldiers who hit the city wall below were already in a panic. Just as Mozi often taught, if the enemy starts to disperse, they must launch a counterattack immediately. panic.

The enemy is in chaos, this is an appropriate judgment.

Hundreds of people were injured in an instant, as well as the loud noises and explosions that had never been experienced before, all of which completely disintegrated Zheng Jun's offensive this time.

The Mohist who sent the order immediately waved the flag. The Mohist near the small side door in the city saw the signal and asked someone to open the small side door. More than forty warriors who were good at hand-to-hand combat, wearing leather armor or iron armor, rushed out roaring. small gate.

There was loud drumming and explosions at the top of the city, and the Zheng people under the city had already begun to disperse.

There are not many warriors attacking in more than 40, and it is impossible to fight against the Zheng army under the city when it is upright, but in this case, the retreating Zheng army cannot turn around and resist at all, like a ripped lamb, the only way to be slaughtered and defeated .

The pawns who were used as cannon fodder in the other directions did not have the strength to attack the city wall at all. The peasants and soldiers in the city, supported by the momentum of the gunpowder and mine throwing places every [-] steps, also supported and disintegrated the offensive below.

It seems that there are [-] people in the Shanxi-Zhengjiang coalition army, but there are not many people who can really be regarded as elites, and few can maintain field battles. Most of them are only peasants and soldiers performing martial arts in winter, and it is difficult to play any role.

Under the temptation of contempt to break the city in one fell swoop, as long as the first wave of the enemy's offensive is defeated, it is appropriate to judge that even if the Zheng people did not suffer much damage, they can no longer organize an effective siege today. The pawns exhausted the defenders.

A siege requires a long preparation time, and it also requires a lot of elites to be placed at one point. The first wave of elites retreats, and it is necessary to regroup and stir up emotions to organize the next attack.

It's just... this time it's the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, each with their own ulterior motives, and I'm sure that to defeat the Zheng people this time, what the Zheng people have to do is to wave their flags and shout like a mountain.

Before, it seemed that Xiaoyi could be broken in one fell swoop, but driven by his competitive heart, he will definitely use all his strength to break through the city in one fell swoop and climb the city first.

However, once suffered a blow, especially this kind of blow and shock that seems to have crossed the era, the three countries have their own ghosts, and will only preserve their strength and hesitate to move forward.

(End of this chapter)