Chapter 3027 Formula Gunpowder Decisive Trump Card
Under the Huguan Pass.
After a brief mutual pause to recuperate, the two sides started competing again.
The sound of war drums roared, and Cao's army formation outside the city separated and rolled out shield chariots one after another.
Although most of the villages outside the pass were fortified by Jia Qu, so that Cao Jun could not find ready-made planks and wood to make shield carts, they also had their own methods.
The Huguan Pass is surrounded by mountains, and there are always trees in the depths of the mountain forests. Although the journey is a bit far, over a period of time, Cao's soldiers and auxiliary soldiers also cut down a lot of trees. Cao's army slightly processed the trees and tied them up.
Together, they become a rough shield chariot or a large shield. Although the styles of these large shields are not the same, they still have the function of shield defense.
This kind of rough shield vehicle tied with thick wood cannot be shot by ordinary ballista vehicles unless it is hit by a stone bullet or burned in the front. Moreover, even if the ballista vehicle is hit, it will often lose its power due to this.
It was greatly reduced and had no lethal effect on Cao's soldiers hiding behind it.
Cao Jun followed the shield chariot and came slowly. It was quite similar to the later model of advancing with tanks and infantry, except that the shield chariot could not fire.
On top of the first few shield vehicles, they were also specially crafted. In addition to installing two more pairs of wheels, the original four-wheeled shield vehicle became an eight-wheeled vehicle, making it easier to push.
Some thought was put into the protection, and it was wrapped in a thick layer of cowhide, smeared with mud, and splashed with water. Even if a rocket pierced it, it would not burn.
Of course, other shield carts are basically rough. Some are simply like trees tied together. Even the wheels are decorations and cannot turn at all. They can only be carried by the soldiers behind them.
Let's go...
Jia Qu stood on the Huguan pass and looked down. Such shield chariots were arrayed, covering the entire battle line. Compared with the last time when Cao's soldiers attacked the city on a large scale, this time, both in terms of numbers and attack force,
There are many more weapons and equipment in the city. It seems that Cao Bing's determination to attack the city is not small.
Seeing such a situation, the defenders on the Huguan Pass could not help but become nervous, and the guards standing next to Jia Qu also breathed a little heavily.
Jia Qu ordered the use of catapults to hit a wave remotely...
Both sides have catapults, but the problem is that Cao Jun cannot see the layout of Jia Qu's catapults, but on the contrary, the placement of Cao Jun's catapults can be seen in the pass. In the case of one light and one dark, Cao Jun's catapults
The loss rate will obviously be much higher than that at Huguan Pass.
Jia Qu also has problems here. After all, the stone bullets are not as endless as in the game. Every time one is consumed, one is missing. Nowadays, some stones in the city have to be dismantled to serve as stone bullets, and this kind of belt
The angular stone bullets also caused the accuracy of the catapult to drop significantly again.
On the contrary, the catapults on Cao Jun's side are not so focused on accuracy. Anyway, Huguan Pass is so big, as long as it is thrown over it, it will be profitable no matter where it hits...
Therefore, it is difficult to say who took advantage of the ultra-long-range catapult bombardment. It can only be said that from the perspective of battle damage rate, Cao's army's losses would be greater.
In the middle and long range, before there were shield chariots, Cao's army was basically overwhelmed by the pressure on the passes.
The condescending shooting of the crossbows and powerful crossbows is undoubtedly a nightmare for any assembled battle formation. Cao Jun can hardly talk about restraining the crossbows at the city head, and can only fight for attrition. Yes, human lives are used to attrition, after all, the crossbows
Carts and catapults are the same. They have to be used a certain number of times. If they are used too much, either there will be a problem here or something will break there. At present, only 50% to 60% of the ballistae can still be used normally, and the rest are not broken.
Yes, it's being repaired.
In addition, there is also a huge loss of crossbow arrows on both sides.
There is still a certain amount of stock at Huguan Pass, but Cao Jun's side has almost bottomed out.
In the coverage of the battlefield, almost all arrows and crossbows from both sides were pierced everywhere...
What? Collect it and continue using it?
It won’t work.
Most arrows and crossbow shafts are made of wood. Under high-speed impact, many of the arrows and crossbow shafts that miss the person will break, while those that hit the person will most likely have to break first because of the need to remove the arrow.
You can take it again and again, so it is useless. From ancient times to the present, whenever a war breaks out, money will flow out like water.
What is flowing at the same time is not only money, but also blood and life.
At this time, Le Jin took a total of 2,500 soldiers of Cao's army who attacked Huguan Pass, 3,000 auxiliary soldiers, in addition to a large number of laborers, as well as ordinary people captured from the surrounding areas.
The most important means is the two hundred elite soldiers on standby behind the array...
Jia Qu is indeed implementing the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, but it is inevitable that he will have some great cleverness. Perhaps these great wise men are used to confronting the officials in Shandong and have not been able to adapt and adjust. However, in any case, these great wise men are now
He became the cannon fodder in the front.
Cao Jun's attack method is still the old model, without many changes.
Auxiliary soldiers and laborers pushed the large shield and shield chariot forward. Behind the shield chariot, there were lightly armored archers who were good at shooting as a cover. Behind the shield chariot were various climbing equipment, ranging from simple
There were everything from ladders to city-mounting vehicles, and those elite heavy infantry wearing iron armor and double-layer armor were at the back of the hidden array.
When the stone bullets whizzed out from the top of the city, no matter up or down the city, everyone looked up and looked at the flight path of those stone bullets...
"boom!"
When the stone bullet hit the shield car, the moment seemed to be stagnant in everyone's senses, and then they saw the shield car falling into pieces, and screams were accompanied by pieces of wood, sawdust and gravel flying up together.
Cao Jun was hit by rocks and wood, and the slaves lay on the ground. Some were rolling over covered in blood, while others died quietly.
Most of the shield vehicles hit by stone bullets from the front could not escape the result of being shattered into pieces, but most of the stone bullets failed to hit them head-on. Even some stone bullets bounced off the ground and only hit them a second or third time.
Because the kinetic energy of the shield vehicle is greatly attenuated, it cannot cause complete damage to the shield vehicle.
The hit rate of the catapult itself is low, and because the stone bullets were changed to strips of stones, everything is left to God to roll the dice. But even if it fails to hit the shield vehicle, these stone bullets will still be on the ground.
Rolling and jumping up and down, as long as Cao's soldiers were touched, they would suffer at least broken bones and tendons.
As you move forward, you enter the killing range of the ballista.
As the ballista roared, the thick crossbow gun roared down.
This time, the hit rate is much higher than that of the catapult. Basically, five or six out of ten shots can hit...
Among the six crossbows that hit, four of them penetrated and scattered two shield carts, incidentally injuring some Cao soldiers behind the large shields. The other two crossbows destroyed the shield of a shield cart.
It collapsed, revealing a large gap and losing its concealing effect.
However, that was the end of the free-for-all period for the ballistas on the top of the city. Because Cao Jun moved forward crazily, he soon entered the range of the final short-range bow and arrow. The archers from both sides began to greet each other. With the different accents of both sides,
But with the same brief greeting in the same tone, the arrows from both sides crossed each other, flew high with a sharp whistling sound, and then turned around and came down.
The arrows are of similar format to each other, but the effects they have on both sides are different.
Although many of the battlements on the Huguan Pass were damaged in the initial process of stone bullets hitting each other, there are still many that are intact after all, and even the damaged battlements cannot be penetrated by bows and crossbows. Therefore, on the Huguan Pass
The soldiers on Jia Qu's side only needed to hide behind the battlements in time to avoid most of the damage, but most of the archers on Cao's side were not so lucky.
Although there is a shield chariot for protection, there is a certain height difference between the shield chariot and the city wall. This height difference is destined to mean that only a small number of archers who are relatively close to the shield chariot can be protected, and even archers who are farther away can be protected.
Although he hid behind the shield car, he was still exposed, so after the two sides exchanged greetings with arrows and crossbows, a series of screams rang out.
Especially those who push and lift shields are even more miserable. They don't even have armor on their bodies, they are just real leather and flesh fighting against arrows and crossbows. And when the arrows fall in pieces, they can't even hide behind the shield.
The people behind the car were not qualified, so they could only watch the arrows and crossbows falling and piercing their bodies. Some of the unlucky ones were hit by seven or eight arrows and were nailed directly to the shield car.
A dozen large wooden shields that had lost their support fell to the ground, but soon another group of laborers were driven up and raised the shields amidst the rain of arrows.
In a war, the lives of these people are not even as important as a large shield made up of several pieces of wood.
Le Jin's general's flag has been moved to a place eight or nine hundred steps away from the city gate of Huguan Pass.
This is actually a dangerous distance. If the catapult had a slightly better aim, it might be possible to hit it. Unfortunately, the round stone bullets with small wind resistance in the early days of Huguan are basically exhausted. Although the weight of the stone used now is not reduced, the power is not reduced.
, but the accuracy and range have been greatly reduced...
But anyway, there are still risks, but Le Jin doesn't take it seriously.
He even hoped that Jia Qu, who was guarding the city, could send people to sneak attack him, so that he could seize some opportunities, instead of spending his flesh and blood to fight the losses at Hu Pass like he was doing now.
That's right, it means using flesh and blood to exchange it, and it may not be possible to exchange it.
There are some dark clouds floating slightly in the sky, but the cold wind is always blowing, not too big or too small.
I could still eat some multigrain pancakes before, but...
Le Jin's face seemed to be covered with ice and snow, and he was so cold and cold.
Beside him, several drummers beat the war drums to an earth-shaking sound, but Le Jin's heart was not filled with passion.
Huguan was stronger and more difficult to attack than he had imagined.
The green bricks on the outer wall of Huguan Pass were smashed by stone bullets and fell off a lot, but what was exposed under the green bricks was not loess at all.
Le Jin had previously sent people to dig a hole in the wall where the outer layer of blue bricks had been smashed off, but it turned out that they could not dig in at all. According to the reports from the soldiers, although the outer layer of green bricks at Huguan Pass fell off,
But there is another layer inside that I don’t know what it is, it looks like stone but not stone, and there are some iron bars running through it...
Damn it, who heard that you have to saw iron bars when digging a city wall?!
Le Jin knew that those were the secrets of the Hussar's new city wall that had been passed back by the spies in Tongguan. What Le Jin didn't expect was that the newly built wall was not only in Tongguan, but also in Huguan!
If I had known...
It’s useless if I knew earlier, I’ll still come when I have to!
Looking at the battle ahead, the military lord next to Le Jin muttered: "The crossbows at Huguan are really sharp... I'm afraid our army will suffer a lot of casualties..."
Le Jin was silent.
Le Jin's eyes stayed on the elite soldiers and soldiers behind the wooden shields.
Of course, Le Jin did not expect that these five hundred elite soldiers could conquer Huguan Pass in one fell swoop, but with the gunpowder used to cover it buried under Huguan City, it shouldn't be a problem?
Now, one has to wait a little longer.
Suffer it for a while at the risk of human life.
After the kerosene or golden juice in the pot is used up...
When you see too many dead people, everything becomes numb.
The wooden shield chariots continued to move forward, dominated by ten shield chariots carefully built by Cao Jun's soldiers. Beside the side and behind the large shield chariots were simple large shields made by Cao Jun's soldiers bundled with thick wood. They were densely packed in layers, covering what was behind them.
People pushed closer and closer to the city wall.
Those unarmored labor cannon fodder, under the orders of Cao's military supervisory team at the rear, staggered like the living dead and rushed up from the rear, carrying various tools in their hands...
It is said that these people are afraid of death. Faced with such a tragic situation, they still rush forward bravely. It is said that these people are not afraid of death. However, as soon as they are hurt in any way, they run out screaming.
"Fire oil and golden juice are ready!"
Jia Qu issued orders in an orderly manner. Jia Qu believed that these shield carts and wooden shields were very threatening. Only by destroying these shield carts could the Cao soldiers behind them have nowhere to hide and become active targets.
On the city wall, there was a row of large cauldrons boiling gold juice. The smell filled the city, causing the surrounding soldiers to lose their sense of smell.
Fire oil can be used against people, but it is mainly used to burn down siege equipment, while gold juice is completely aimed at people.
The power of golden juice is much greater than that of ordinary boiling water, because golden juice is viscous. If it is stained with boiling water, it will fall off if you shake it. It may be just redness and swelling, blisters or something, but is it golden juice? If it is stained with golden juice, shake it off.
It can't be thrown away, and more importantly, it also has additional magical attack effects...
Human beings are undoubtedly smart, especially when it comes to dealing with human beings themselves, and they are willing to spend time thinking about it. Only humans understand human weaknesses best. From pouring gold juice on the heads of ancient war cities to poisoning the sea in later generations, in fact,
All in order to better eliminate human beings themselves.
The thing used to hang the cauldron of golden juice is a movable crossbar, which can be pushed to move within a certain range. Then look at the ladder over there, where there are the most people, so you can move the cauldron over there, and then
Pull the rope tied to the cauldron, and there will be a clatter of "giving everything to everyone".
Of course, you can also use a manual ladle to dump, but whether it is quantity or quality, it is obviously not as spectacular as moving the crossbar and dumping the entire cauldron.
The power of gold juice is quite terrifying. Even if Cao's soldiers react faster and use shields to cover it, as long as the exposed skin is slightly contaminated and not treated in time, it will form an ulcer that cannot be cured in this era.
, until death. Unless after being infected, the injured area is treated immediately with the determination of a strong man to cut off his wrist, and the entire burned area is directly cut off before effective cleaning and bandaging, otherwise once the toxin erodes into the body, it is basically waiting to die.
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Le Jin stood on the high platform at the rear, watching the battle on the other side of the city wall. He saw all the stone bullets fired by the Huguan defenders. Some of the stone bullets flew far away and even landed in front of the high platform under his feet.
not far away.
The soldiers died one by one while working hard, and the wooden shield chariot and cloud chariot ignited by kerosene became a huge torch.
The smell of blood, the smell of rot, the smell of burning and the secretion of hormones are intertwined.
"General..." The confidants beside Le Jin couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted, "Do you want to reorganize the queue..."
Le Jin shook his head, "Go on, beat the drum!"
The war drums roared again, encouraging the remaining courage.
Cao Jun once again pushed the remaining large shield chariots forward, and the gold juice and kerosene on the city were also consumed in waves of attacks...
"This is the moment!" Le Jin raised his arms and shouted, "Soldiers step forward quickly to cover and bury the gunpowder!"
The elite armored soldiers who had been displayed on the back line finally moved at this moment. Under the big shield, they covered Cao's soldiers carrying gunpowder across the battlefield and headed straight to the city!
Le Jin clenched his fists tightly and widened his eyes. Logically speaking, he should be a veteran on the battlefield. Not only does he not take his own life seriously, he also doesn't take the lives of others seriously.
.But at this moment, Le Jin felt like he was on the battlefield for the first time. He could only hear the pounding heartbeat in his chest mixed with the sound of war drums.
Rush over quickly!
Naturally, they also noticed this group of elite soldiers on the Huguan Pass, with arrows whizzing down.
Many elite soldiers were shot, but not much damage was caused.
Two layers of heavy armor are indeed an almost impossible task for bows and arrows at medium and long distances.
The ammunition of the catapults and crossbows was also exhausted. One or two scattered crossbows, even if one or two elite soldiers were taken away, could not stop the progress of the other soldiers.
The gold juice has been used up. Even if there is still some, cooking still requires a process...
It's definitely too late to pull now.
Kerosene is very effective against large siege equipment, but when faced with small and fast-moving elite soldiers, it is often unable to cause effective damage.
The soldier who was splashed with kerosene retreated back and rolled around in the sand. As long as he was not exposed to open flames, he took off his armor and was done.
Seeing the elite soldiers escorting the gunpowder soldiers rushing under the city gate of Huguan Pass, Le Jin couldn't help but raise his arms and ordered the Chinese army to assemble immediately and stand by. He also immediately got off the high platform and with the help of the guards
A second layer of outer armor was put on underneath.
Le Jin felt that as long as gunpowder could blast open the city gate of Huguan Pass, he would naturally have a chance to attack directly and seize Huguan Pass!