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Chapter 313 Brilliant Stars and Myriad Bone Relics ([-])

What Duke Lu Yang thinks is not clear, or whether it is clear or not is not important and meaningless.

What he wanted was not Duke Lu Yang's promise, but the [-] field Chu divisions that Duke Lu Yang could control could attack the exhausted Shanxi-Zhengjiang allied forces at any time.

It's just that the word "possible" is enough for defending the city.

Luyang is the foundation of Duke Luyang and the entire family of Duke Luyang, which determines that the Jinzheng coalition forces must beware of Duke Luyang's attack, and it is impossible to use all their strength to attack Niulan.

The [-] allied forces seem to have the upper hand, but Niu Lanyi only needs to inflict thousands of casualties on the other side, and Jinzheng has no choice but to retreat or besiege the city and wait for a decisive battle with Duke Luyang.

The defense on the first day was caught off guard and ignorant of gunpowder, and gained respite.

It seems that the Jinzheng coalition forces suffered few casualties, and they also knew the kind of weapons that sound like thunder and fireworks, but for the mob guarding the city, they also gained time to integrate their forces and more importantly, confidence.

As far as the peasants and soldiers are concerned, it is true that when they attack, they start and fail again.But when defending the city, it is just the opposite. If you can defend it once and it seems to be easy to defend, then you will be full of confidence next time.

Therefore, when the coalition forces of Jin and Zheng attacked the city again, the soldiers guarding the city wall were full of confidence.

A musketeer was arranging his hand cannon, smelling the unique bitter smell of burning matchlock soaked in vinegar and other medicines, without shaking his hands.

He has participated in battles. The biggest difference between his previous battles as a farmer and this time is that this time there is hope.

Shi told them that if they showed bravery in battle, the Mo family could pay them to move to Pei County.

This person didn't know that Pei County was there, but he knew that it was a paradise, a paradise like the one sung in the song.

There are only 300 places and everyone is eager to fight for it.

And those people who are better than others still want to stay here and continue to live, but they still have hope, that is, they hope that they can petition Lu Yanggong to leave a few Mohists to rule here, exempt those who cannot afford the interest, and exempt A bright future after all this.

The Mohists always say that rewards and punishments are clearly defined.The word reward, the most important thing is to reward what others want, and at the same time it is what you have.

In addition to the rewards, there is also the strict law of the Mo family to defend the city, and the rhetoric of fifty cuts and twenty cuts has not changed.

There are rewards and punishments, and only then can Niu Lanyi fight for the name of the Mohists, and the confidence that the arms of the Mohists can be sold all over the world.

Through the slightly distorted grass under the sunlight, it is suitable to observe the movement of the Jinzheng coalition army. This time, it seems that the Jinzheng coalition army is preparing to spread out on a wall.

At the same time, the two wings are also moving north and south. This is deliberately done for the eyes of the city, so that all the troops in the city cannot be concentrated on the east wall.

The troops on the north and south flanks may be feigned attacks, or they may be just containment, but they may actually launch a surprise attack when necessary.

Therefore, even if this possibility is clearly shown in the city, Shi would not dare to mobilize too many farmers and soldiers from the north and south wings to the east wall.

During the three-day preparation, the Shanxi-Zhengjiang Allied Forces produced a lot of wooden ladders, rush cars, shield cars, and various siege equipment at this time.

The three armies of Zheng, Han and Wei took joint action, rushing towards the east wall in a dark manner.

Shi also gathered all the cannons and [-] gunners on the east wall, plus half of the crossbowmen and archers. Today will be the most important day for defending the city. It is impossible for the attacking side to fight hard for several days. It is possible to save strength and wait for the opportunity, and it will not fail to make a gesture that it may go north for a decisive battle at any time.

Shi said to the messenger Mo Zhe behind him: "Tell Comrade Gunner, bombard Zheng Jun's formation, and ignore the Wei people who have the largest number."

The messenger left, Meng Sheng looked at Shi, and said with a smile: "Are you trying to force Zheng Ren away?"

Shi shook his head and said: "It's not that they are forced to leave, it's that the coalition forces of the princes always have different ideas. The Xuanyi Department has been in Zheng State for a long time, and the Zheng people are worried about the three Jins. This time the coalition forces have different ideas, and the Zheng people will not try their best. "

Meng Sheng thought about it for a while, and roughly understood what Shi meant, and asked, "Wei people must use their full strength this time. Today's battle is not easy."

Shih hummed, sighed and said: "If they can defend today, they will not launch too much offensive in the future. Or they want to use some tricky methods, but the giants have already understood and summarized those tricky methods. How can they What about success?"

While speaking, the copper cannon had already started the first round of bombardment, avoiding the Wei and Han armies, and bombarding fiercely in the direction where the Zheng people gathered.

Zheng's soldiers kept falling to the ground, and the drums kept beating, but the marching speed slowed down significantly, and they fell behind the Wei and Han armies.

Young Master Ji, Zi Ma and others were all behind the formation, seeing that only Zheng people were bombarded in the city, they also guessed the meaning of the defenders.

The people of Zheng are now a little behind, and Young Master Chi understands that he must be the main force attacking the city today.If the people of Wei attack the city with all their strength, and there are signs of breaking the city, it is possible that the people of Zheng will also attack the city with all their strength.However, once the siege is not going well on his side, the Zheng people are likely to retreat, and they will not even approach the side of the city wall.

"Pass the order! Beat the drums quickly, and move forward with all your strength!"

With the sound of an order, the sound of the drum became more rapid. The Wei soldiers who charged forward heard the strange sound of the iron ball shells in the air, and secretly rejoiced that they were not attacked this time. Those Zheng people were really unlucky.

After the archers were in place, they began to shoot towards the top of the city, but the top of the city did not launch a counterattack. The only cannon that could match the range of the bow and arrow was used in the direction of suppressing Zheng Jun.

The wooden dog holes on the battlements and the city walls blocked most of the feathered arrows, and the concave and tortuous walls also prevented the archers of the Wei people from covering the whole area.

The sound of jingling arrows hitting the soil or masonry came from my ear, and I was unmoved. I hid in the masonry tower and ordered: "When the enemy is within forty steps, you can shoot in salvo. After the salvo, free reload!"

Those musketeers hiding behind the battlements did not panic either. The battle a few days ago gave them enough confidence to quietly wait for orders.

Firecrackers are different from archers.

Archers need more space, a wider field of vision, and a flatter city wall.

But the firecrackers can shoot out from the battlements and some reserved shooting holes, which is much more difficult for archers.

When the first batch of Wei soldiers had reached about forty steps, the order for the first round of salvo was issued accordingly.

Wei Shi in the front row was shot and fell, and the originally neat formation was instantly loosened, ignoring the orders from behind. The survivors could no longer bear such casualties, and rushed forward screaming.

Those who carried the wooden ladder desperately crossed the walls of the country that had been soaked in blood a few days ago, and supported the wooden ladder. Several people supported the wooden ladder, and the people behind were about to climb up with the shield.

An iron gunpowder mine landed next to the wooden ladder, and the burning fuse was like a countdown to death. After the loud noise, the Wei soldiers who supported the wooden ladder either fell to the ground or fled in panic.

The peasants and soldiers holding spears on the city wall shouted and supported the wooden ladder with barbarian spears. Dozens of people pushed it down forcefully, hitting several Wei soldiers hiding behind the shield chariot.

Armed with various tools, they quickly excavated the city wall under the cover of the skinned shield vehicle.

Neither the falling wooden ladder nor the screaming soldiers could distract them. They knew that as long as they dug a hole, they would be safe.

Whether it is the lead bullets flying randomly or the gunpowder mines thrown from above, they will not bend into the holes dug under the city wall.

However, just after they dug a few times, the gunpowder pots in the wooden frame that fell from the sky exploded around them, igniting the covered animal hides, and also igniting the soldiers who were digging.

The flames and smoke were like a ghost town in the north, and those who were still able to move threw away the tools in their hands, screaming and fleeing backwards, but were hit by lead bullets shot from the top of the city.

The most miserable are those soldiers who are close to the city gate and want to break through the gate.

Mozi wrote "Beicheng Gate", which clearly pointed out that there must be concave walls on both sides of the city gate, so that the city gate should be in the center of the concave surface, so that one side can be attacked from three sides, no matter how many soldiers are close to the city gate. It is impossible to have many defenders who spread out on three sides.

And the overall concave city wall also put the Wei people in front of the city gate in a situation where they were attacked from three sides.

Those two stone-shooting cannons, which were quite large in diameter but had a short range, hit the middle of the Sima squad of the Wei people holding the shield. More than 20 people were hit by a large stone ball weighing more than [-] kilograms, and lost their fighting ability in an instant. How could those wooden shields survive? Can it stop a hundred-jin stone ball falling from a height of thirty or fifty steps?

In the forts on both sides of the city gate, the lightweight shotgun Huzun that fired sand and stones had also ignited the fuse.

Facing the Wei soldiers who were hitting the city gate, a total of six gates were deployed on both sides, filled with gravel, and a puff of thick smoke was spraying on those Wei soldiers who were screaming and struggling. More than ten people covered their faces Or the body, screaming and lying on the ground.

Two gunpowder pots with wooden frames were thrown down, igniting the clothes and armor of many Wei people, and screams were heard endlessly.

The running walls every few tens of steps, the overall concave polygonal structure, and the appropriate gunpowder made the Wei soldiers feel the power of the Mohist city defense technique.

Originally, many things of the Mohists were beyond the times, not to mention the "universal love" and "human beings are nothing more than old and young, high and low", which can be transformed into equality and fraternity, even the most concerned city defense techniques.

For example, the idea of ​​"walking the wall", even though Mozi did not clearly point out concepts such as cross firepower and shooting dead angle, instant firepower when troops are deployed, and comparison of the length of straight lines and curved sides, but its connotation already exists.

For example, the concept of "collecting grain and rice is recorded in the book and returned at a fair price in the future". In the feudal era, the only army that could achieve this was probably the army that froze to death and did not demolish houses.

When these concepts that transcend the times meet the weapons that conform to the times, the power that emerges is far beyond what the so-called strong army of this era can resist.

The powerful army of this era, at this moment when the Qin army with heavy infantry and military merits has not yet appeared, the only one recognized at this moment is the Xihe military pawn.However... at the moment this army is not Xihe soldiers.

In field battles, those chariots are still stronger than the peasants and soldiers in the city.But to attack the city, what is the difference between them and the peasants and soldiers defending the city?
(End of this chapter)