Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Boom!" A thunderous sound tore through the early morning tranquility of Jinyang City, and several sparrows fluttered in the air in a panic and flew to the distance. The sun has just risen on a sunny day, and it is red as blood in the winter. The North Han sergeants on the city wall heard the thunderous voice for unknown reasons, and they all looked on. Behind the first dirt wall, more than 500 steps away from the city, a burst of gunpowder rose.

That's not thunder, but cannon! After many days of preparations for the siege, the cannons finally sounded impatiently.

This loud noise not only disturbed the deadlock between the sparrows and the confrontation, but also disturbed all parties... Great Zhou, the Northern Han Dynasty, the northern government of Liao, and even the southern government of Liao in Youzhou. Guo Shao has received all kinds of signs that even Youzhou has the possibility of mobilizing troops and horses to rescue Jinyang.

The battle of Jinyang involving all parties kicked off at this moment!

Guo Shao sat on the horse with his sword and looked up following the voice. The muzzle velocity of the stone bullet fired by the artillery is indeed not very fast. The naked eye can see that the round stone is throwing a ball in the air, and after a while it falls to the ground, and a "bang" is heard from a distance, hitting the soil outside the city. in.

Then it stopped, only the noise of people and horses in the surroundings.

The generals and officials did not say anything. They narrowed their eyes to look at the place where the gunpowder was rising to the east. Guo Shao also looked at it and waited patiently.

A military commander on the artillery formation looked over and shouted, "Elevate by an inch!"

A loaded thick ￠|short mortar gun was immediately slashed from the pile of sacks by the soldiers, and then a sandbag was stuffed in the ear of the gun. A young general took a rope ruler to measure it quickly and said: "Okay. Up."

Several soldiers carried sandbags and stuffed the gun barrel. The thick iron gun seemed to be buried in the sand to fix the position.

Not long afterwards, there was another loud bang, and under the explosion of a large amount of gunpowder, the muzzle seemed to be spewing fire, and white smoke burst out! The huge cannon sound seemed to reverberate outside the city wall. Just after the cannon sound, I heard the cough of "cough cough".

Guo Shao raised his head, looked at the flying stone bullets, and said silently: Middle! in!

Under everyone's gaze, the stone bullet flew towards the top of the city about five hundred steps away with the expectation of everyone. After a short while, it suddenly fell on the wall. A hundred catties of stone bullets just hit the target! With a "bang", I could vaguely see earth and rocks splashing on the wall, and dust flying around, as if it had exploded. The stone bullet was so heavy and powerful that it at least smashed the floor tiles on the city wall into pits.

Seeing this situation, the soldiers cheered.

Before long, the artillery deployed in the front sounded one after another, and for a while thunder and lightning flashed on the camp outside the city. Hundreds of cannons all fired at a time, the momentum was very loud, and the earth was shaking|trembling!

Moreover, Guo Shao deployed more than a hundred cannons on the Jinyang Siege Camp, and the military inspector had cast more than three hundred of the same dragon cannons, all of which were transported to the front line of Jinyang! Because this kind of cannon is used for siege.

Heavy stone bullets attacked the city wall in front of them. The earth and rocks of the city were all flying, and the bricks on the wall fell down. The battlefield quickly became a mess, with fire and smoke everywhere.

Guo Shao watched the magnificent scene for a while. He had not yet adapted to such a loud sound. Even far away from the artillery array, his ears were also "buzzed".

A lot of artillery bombarded, but the results of the stone bullets were still uneven. The specifications of the Long Xiao Cannon, the weighing of the gunpowder, and the near and far angles of the barrel are all unified, but it is still difficult to avoid errors; the casting technology and measurement methods are still relatively rough and difficult to be accurate.

However, the knowledge and technology used is far ahead in this era... The law of parabola and ballistics will not be discovered until many years later. But for Guo Shao, these are just junior high school physics knowledge.

At this time, more than three hundred artillery pieces outside the fortifications that spanned more than a dozen li were roaring, and the battlefield became more and more heated.

Many volleys were fired in bursts, as if the sound was blowing Jinyang city walls. Listening to the sound, Jinyang seemed to collapse before long... But the actual effect still felt that there was a big gap! The average thickness of the city wall facing Jinyang is ten steps (a dozen meters). This kind of black gunpowder artillery cannot be overturned. However, it is only a matter of time before the walls are covered with bricks and the female walls on the walls are severely damaged. .

Another big effect is that there are a large number of defenders on the wall, and shelling can also cause damage; and consume their morale.

So on the first day of the siege, the Zhou army did not send out a single soldier to attack the city. They had been bombarding continuously, consuming a lot of gunpowder and stone bombs. It didn't stop until evening.

However, the Zhou army was not afraid of being consumed. All the northern Han army cities in the southern region were controlled by the Zhou army. Military resources were continuously transported from Fenshui and Qinlu post roads. The resources of the whole country were taking on this war!

The first row of howling guns are deployed 500 steps away from the city wall; the heavy weapons of the North Han Army are nothing more than catapults and ballistas. These weapons have a range of only two to three hundred steps, so unless they rush out of the city, Otherwise, Zhou Jun cannot be reached. The North Han Army was beaten for a whole day and never returned.

...The sun goes down, and the hustle and bustle of the whole day is gradually quiet. The air was filled with smoke, the choking smell of gunpowder remained for a long time, and the city was lit up successively.

The faces of several generals were smoked black and dirty, put their weapons outside the big tent, and walked into the big tent of the Chinese army. It was very lively inside. Although they were tired all day, they were very excited by the power of the artillery (much stronger than the catapult) because there were no casualties, and there was a lot of discussion in the tent.

After a while, Guo Shao also walked in and sat down in the upper position. Everyone immediately calmed down, clenching fists and saluting.

"Everyone, don't give a gift and sit down at will." Guo Shao said kindly.

Everyone bowed together: "Thank you for your kindness."

The generals sat down on the left and right, and the general Gao Yanjian said: "Chen Guanzhi, Long Xiao Cannon is much more powerful than the catapult, but it is just shelling and cannot attack the city. The minister thought that in order to capture Jinyang as soon as possible, he had to Siege."

When someone said something, Guo Shao turned to look at him and listened attentively, but nodded with encouragement and appreciation, and would not speak easily.

When he was a military commander, he encouraged the generals to express their opinions and judge for themselves. Sure enough, Liu Renzhan also said, "Can we use gunpowder to explode Jinyang City?"

Guo Shao responded: "You can try it, but the acupoint attack is very time-consuming. It takes nearly a month to successfully dig a tunnel to bury the gunpowder... I think this time it may not be as easy to use gunpowder to blow up the city. Zhao Kuangyin knows that gunpowder can blow up the city. For the specific tactics of Jinyang, he will enter the North Han Dynasty to defend this way; as soon as the opponent is prepared, the chance will be much worse. Besides, Jinyang Chenghou, I don’t know how effective it is."

After he said that, he was also speculating on the effect, if he did successfully blow down the city wall again. The gap is very small. Because the city wall is high and thick, a large amount of soil and rock may accumulate in the gap to affect the attack speed...At this time, if the defenders are prepared, deploy troops in the small gap and fix the fortifications, because the contact area is too small, it is very likely to change Delay tactics for consumption.

At this time, Wang Pu said: "When the Liao army arrives, if Li Chuyun can stop the Liao army, Jinyang will be an isolated city. There is no reason for the isolated city, but the time is short."

Guo Shao agreed, and said: "The Wang Shijun made sense ~ www.readwn.com~ to attack a majestic city like Jinyang. In the end, he would continue to consume the defenders and kill their hope... Let the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty feel the hope of stubborn resistance, and they will have a chance to capture Jinyang.

Everyone talked a lot, said a lot of ways, and how to flood Jinyang City with Fen Shui. But these are all the same old tunes. Someone has said that they have to wait until the summer water season, and they are also aimed at killing the endurance of the defenders.

Just then, the soldiers came in with dinner. A group of martial arts immediately turned their attention to the food, and it seemed that everyone was hungry after running around all day.

In the army’s food, the difference between generals and soldiers is not that big. Even Guo Shao eats the same food as the emperor, and the generals are embarrassed to open a small stove alone...If they really want to do it, who are not thousands of subordinates under these generals, It's easy to get some big fish and meat.

And now, one is wheat cakes, which are filled in baskets, and the tube is full; the other is salted soup of cured meat and vegetable leaves, which is packed in wooden barrels.

Everyone didn't care about it, they were all used to eating anyway, and they asked their relatives to fetch their respective large iron cups, use the iron cups to make soup, and then divide the wheat cakes.

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