Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The smoke was filled with gunpowder outside the southern city, and the sound of guns roared like a thunderstorm. The attackers had retreated to the first line of defense, watching the messy scene of the brick limestone splashing on the wall.

The shelling stopped after a while. There was a brief silence outside the city wall, but there was a noise inside the city wall, "Take your weapons! Lined up..." The shouts of the military commanders, the sound of gongs and drums, a large number of North Han troops stood by at the opening of the upper city, and many defense equipment rushed out. Go to the top of the city.

However, at this time, Zhou Jun did not swarm the city like the original tactics.

On the ground of Zhou Jun’s camp, Guo Shao rode up to the front in person, and ordered loudly: "Proclaim the decree, stop the attack on the whole line!"

Gao Yanjian stepped forward and clasped his fist and said, "Your Majesty, the Jiannan Army has been determined to die for the country, and morale has not been shaken by this."

Guo Shao said sternly: "The more soldiers and soldiers are not afraid of death, the more I am afraid of them!"

...Not long afterwards, sporadic wandering horses ran towards the city wall and raced on the messy battlefield. The soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty didn't know what Zhou Jun rangers were doing. The cavalry attacked the city and there were so many people?

The North Han defenders in the city set off the ballista first, and the range of the ballista was more than two hundred steps away! However, there are not many heavy ballistas, and the sparse shots have no way to deal with the high-speed rangers. The catapults in the city also fired one after another, and still couldn't take the sporadic roaming. "Boom, dong..." The stones smashed into the mud one after another, not even one person hit.

A group of rangers unexpectedly moved far and wide, and within dozens of steps close to the city wall, their bows and arrows also greeted them. The arrows shot at the Zhou army cavalry armor clanking. Suddenly a horse hissed, a Zhou Jun knight's horse was shot, and the man on it fell off and the dust rolled.

But it didn't take long for the rangers to withdraw.

A general rushed to the banner of the Central Army of the Jiannan Army, rolled over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee, clasped his fist and said: "Your Majesty, the final general has been ordered to find out. There are 18 cannon pits around 50 steps, 100 steps. Six inside, two outside a hundred steps!"

"Good." Guo Shao waved his hand.

At this time, forty or fifty generals gathered on horses from all sides one after another, and saluted the emperor riding on the tall black horse. Guo Shao nodded, and then said directly: "In Nancheng more than a day, a total of more than 1,500 shots were fired, and there were only more than 20 missed shots within 50 moves. It is probably 75 shots before the missed shot reaches five. Ten steps away; after a mistaken shot, it may not be able to just damage one's own equipment..."

Guo Shao's tone is not strong, but he is calm, his speech is clear and his eyes are sharp. At this important time, he usually maintains a clear mind and state, and his emotions are calm but sharp.

The generals listened with wide-eyed eyes. Because Guo Shao's speaking speed was relatively fast, everyone might not understand the meaning at a time; but as long as they understood, Guo Shao was not blindly commanding, as long as they believed it.

He continued: "Therefore, I decided to stop the method of ant attachment to the city. These methods lose too much and cannot effectively consume the enemy. Change the attack tactics. You can't hope to rush the upper city in one fell swoop. Feeling the threat, constantly mobilizing troops and defensive consumption. Now let General Gao assign specific command responsibilities."

...By the afternoon, outside the two- to three-hundred-step-wide wall of Nancheng near Wengcheng, Zhou Jun gathered more than two hundred artillery pieces; the siege fortifications in other places remained the same, but the artillery and munitions were given to the key attack area.

A large number of soldiers pushing a wheelbarrow rushed past the city wall in a sparse arrangement, and the carts were filled with dirt! The soldiers were pushing soldiers, not Minzhuang, because the soldiers had armor to defend against bows and arrows. There were many archers, swordsman shields, and large ordnance between the wheelbarrows, and a large group of people slowly spread to the city wall like a tide.

The military commander of the Northern Han Dynasty observed and attacked the city?

The flags on the city’s head were swaying, and the Northern Han Army soldiers in a line rushed up the city wall, carrying ballistas, cauldrons, and oil barrels. Some strong men came up with stone rolling logs on their backs. There were a lot more people on the wall than there were just now. Crowd.

Unexpectedly, the Sergeant Zhou who was pushing the cart stopped at about a hundred paces. Then I heard the loud drums on the open ground outside the city. After a while, the sound of "Boom! Boom..." was heard, and rows of white smoke came out from the salvo of artillery.

The general on duty of the North Han Army screamed in a deep voice: "Oops! In the count!"

Zhou Jun’s artillery is probably fairly accurate, and they will adjust the angle when they are not shot on time. The heavy rolling stones roared from the sky!

The Zhoujun catapults that attacked within two hundred paces were also launched. Some gunpowder bags tied with stones (increasing weight) flew towards the head of the city. A bag of gunpowder suddenly caught fire in the air and exploded with a "bang"! The sparkling fire is more dazzling than fireworks. And the tumbling stone is still flying with explosive gunpowder, and an arc of fire and smoke is drawn in the air, like a rainbow! It was so bright that the defender looked up at the sky and was dumbfounded, but there was only one stone left on the wall, and it was over with a bang.

Another medicine bag fell on the wall, and the fuse in the bamboo pipe was still "chichi" burning. Everyone looked at the horror and avoided them. After a while, they exploded with a "boom", as if on the wall. There was a sudden fire, and the smoke was very heavy.

When another medicine packet fell, a soldier picked up a scoop and poured a scoop of "golden juice" on the medicine packet, but there was no movement.

But those hundred catties of rolling stones whizzed in, hitting the female wall, and the earth and rocks flying on the brick floor. They were very powerful! The dense crowd caused a catastrophic end, and screams rang everywhere. "Hey!" Suddenly a rolling stone violently smashed the iron pan, and even the stove and firewood below flew up. The "golden juice" in the iron pan splashed, and the soldiers around covered their faces and screamed "Wow". , A foul smell diffused.

The rolling stones fired by the artillery are very heavy, flying obliquely from mid-air, as if indestructible! With a "boom", the floor tiles on the city wall were directly crushed, and the stones and soil splashed like arrows! If the personnel are too close, there are several people injured by gravel alone. Even the hard soil below will be broken through a big hole! The thing that the soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty feared the most was this thing. The battles alone were very scary.

"Boom boom boom..." The flames and white smoke in the wilderness flashed in rows, and after each round of salvo, there would be terrifying stones whizzing down from the heights! A hundred kilograms of heavy objects fall from mid-air with great force. If it happens to hit the female wall, that part of the female wall will burst and collapse!

Ghosts cried and cried wolves on the city wall, and many people retreated along the ramp of the upper city, and the ordnance was damaged.

Amid the sound of the guns, the large Zhou soldiers under the city continued to advance. The huge cloud carts behind have been slowly being pushed closer, and one of them has slowly approached the city wall within a hundred steps. It was a large tank that was four feet tall!

The huge cloud cart is like a tower. There are many thick wooden wheels installed underneath. Oil drips on the wooden shafts. It needs dozens of people to push it. It moves very slowly and has almost no maneuverability. It is easy to become a large target and be damaged. It is troublesome and costly to build. Manpower is huge. But it is still considered a relatively strong ordnance when attacking the city. The three-story arrow tower on it is higher than the city wall. Moreover, the defensive conditions on the wall can be clearly observed from above.

Three rows of bows and arrows protruded from the arrow holes, and "swish..." threw arrows at the wall. The smoke on the wall was filled with smoke, and the smoke was like a faint cloud, and the black arrows in the "cloud" flew randomly. The loud shouts penetrated the gunpowder smoke, as if rushing into the sky.

Scattered rockets poured out from the city wall, "cracking" nailed into the thick plank above the clouds, and the tarp on the arrowhead was still on fire. But the wooden board in front of the cloud car was covered with a thick layer of mud, and the rocket was useless to it. The walls were also in a mess, so they didn't attack much.

After a long time, fireballs flew out of the city, and black smoke was drawn in the air. Blaze thrown by a catapult. Most of them fell on the ground, but they were all near the cloud cart, obviously coming for this thing. In the second time, many fireballs flew out, and a fireball covered with oil cloth hit the top of the cloud cart, and it suddenly cracked and the black oil spread out and the fire became more vigorous. A short time later, another fireball hit the cloud car.

A soldier rushed out of the arrow tower with a bucket of water, stood outside, and poured water on it. Unexpectedly, there was a "boom" of fire and oil splashing. The soldier immediately threw away what was in his hand, holding his head and screaming. Cleft heart.

The archer on the arrow tower hurried down the stairs. Everyone yelled. The cloud cart was pushed back by the people below. The flames and black smoke spread from above, and the battle was very big.

However, the Northern Han sergeants on the city wall evacuated most of them, but the catapult inside the city wall was still throwing stones outside the city.

Zhou Jun used a large crowd of people to spend about fifty steps of the city wall~www.readwn.com~ and one after another they inserted flagpoles along a line! It seems to be marking the approximate distance. At this time, a cyan flag swayed from side to side, and the sound of cannons in the back quickly ceased.

A group of soldiers pushed the soil and fell under the corner of the wall. There was not much soil in a car, but Zhou Jun's earth-moving truck was endless, digging a hole a hundred steps away. Some people even rammed the earth under the corner of the wall with a wooden scoop!

From time to time, people were hit by the stones of the catapult, but compared with the constant stream of people, the casualties were very small, and they could not stop Zhou Jun from working in the city.

Finally, there was a noise on the wall, and more soldiers from the Northern Han Dynasty were driven to the city again, and new equipment was also carried to the city. The movement was observed by the cloud cart with more than two hundred steps. The back screamed gold in unison, and the generals on horseback yelled among the people, "Go! Go back! It's time to fire..." The crowd under the city wall dropped their wheelbarrows and all kinds of things. Something, turn around and run away.

The crowd just retreated fifty steps beyond where the flag was planted, and there was a high red flag waving. The prepared artillery array immediately "boom boom boom..." suddenly roared, and the massive bombardment resounded through the world again. Although the lethality was still limited, it was enough for the people of the Northern Han Army to suffer another loss!

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