Deng Baichuan quickly mobilized 30,000 troops to go to the North Gate. Regardless of whether there were reinforcements or forced crossing of the river, with these 30,000 troops, the North Gate would be safe.
Just when Murong Fu breathed a sigh of relief, there was a sudden loud bang and a round black ball hit him.
"Brother-in-law, be careful!" Ah Zi screamed in fright and almost subconsciously jumped on him.
Between the lightning and flint, a flash of blue-red light flashed across Murong Fu's face, and a mysterious wave penetrated his body. The black ball flying at high speed paused for a moment, and then was pulled back by an invisible force.
Before it flew very far, there was another bang. The black ball exploded and flames shot out. It was clearly a bomb.
This movement immediately alarmed everyone on the city wall. Looking up, they saw a row of black iron lumps in the Mongolian army a mile away. Those were the earthen cannons of this era. There were actually not many of them.
A few, but as many as hundreds.
Guo Jing's expression changed drastically, "Where did Dayuan get so many artillery pieces?"
Huang Rong thought for a while and understood what was going on. She sneered slightly and said, "Businessmen pursue profits, and there are always some people who are blind to money regardless of justice. It is useless to pursue this issue now. What we should consider is how to deal with those things. You must know
Artillery is extremely destructive to the city wall and has a long range. With such a large number, our city wall will not last long."
Guo Jing was silent for a moment, "I will go out of the city again and destroy them."
"No!" Huang Rong blurted out, and then realized that there was something wrong with her words. She explained, "The artillery is located too far away from the city gate, and the martial arts colleagues cannot rush past it. Moreover, with the experience of the catapult,
The Mongolian army will definitely protect it well, and we have absolutely no chance of succeeding."
"Then what should we do? We can't just sit back and watch the city wall be destroyed!"
At this time, Murong Fu glanced at Wu Wei and said, "Temujin is in a hurry. It's time to go and pull General Shenwu up."
Wu Wei understood, waved to the Lingxiao Pavilion disciples behind her, and quickly descended from the tower.
The previous shot was just the lead shot, but the Mongolian army soon opened fire with all its strength. There was a constant rumbling sound, the stone bricks on the city wall shattered, and the smoke filled the air. The defenders quickly became disoriented and hid under the battlements and did not dare to come out.
The Mongolian army took this opportunity to advance quickly and soon reached the moat. Countless sandbags were thrown into the moat. Some soldiers also put ladders on the river and crossed the moat nimbly. Some even swam directly over.
This incident only happened during a cup of tea, but thousands of soldiers successfully crossed the moat.
"All troops, don't be in chaos, prepare boulders and rolling logs to prevent the enemy from attacking the city!" Deng Baichuan was so angry that his Dantian was filled with anger, and his voice spread loudly.
The defenders on the city tower reacted immediately and prepared boulders and rolling logs. They waited for the Mongolian soldiers to climb the city wall and then threw them down.
"Mr. Murong." Seeing Murong Fu's indifference, Guo Jing couldn't help but become anxious, "What should I do? You should come up with an idea!"
"Why are you so anxious?" Murong Fu smiled slightly, "Those artillery pieces are only slightly more powerful than catapults. Are you afraid of this, Master Guo?"
Guo Jing was furious. How could this be a little stronger? It was obviously a lot stronger. It took seven or eight catapult hits to break open a city wall. But as long as this artillery exploded on the city wall, regardless of the casualties of the soldiers, the city wall would be destroyed immediately.
It only takes two or three rounds of ammunition to break through a large section of the city wall. No matter how strong the city wall of Xiangyang City is, it will not last long.
Before Guo Jing could say anything more, Murong Fu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Master Guo. I have my own means to deal with it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Wei had already directed the Lingxiao Pavilion disciples to push eight large carts covered with black cloth onto the tower. These were the eight advanced artillery pieces that were two hundred years ahead of the times that Murong Fu asked Wu Wei to secretly manufacture.
Speaking of this, some people may wonder why these artillery were not installed on the city wall in advance?
Don't forget, there are Dayuan spies in Xiangyang City. Such strategic weapons cannot be exposed in advance. In addition, there are two artillery pieces that have just been completed, and he can't pull them out even if he wants to.
Guo Jing and his wife looked at the mysterious objects wrapped in black cloth, their faces full of confusion, wondering what kind of medicine Murong Fu was selling in the gourd.
Murong Fu did not explain. He looked far away at Temujin in the Mongolian army and smiled secretly in his heart, "Old Tie, let me show you what the power of technology is."
Following Wu Wei's instructions, the disciples of Lingxiao Pavilion quickly pushed the "Shenwu General" to each crenel and pulled away the black cloth. Everyone finally saw the true face of the Shenwu General. It turned out to be eight giant artillery pieces with long barrels and very long barrels.
Gorgeous, compared to the cannons of this era, it can be described as exquisite.
The prototype of General Shenwu was the original rifled cannon of later generations. However, after Wu Wei built it, it was not exactly the same as the rifled cannon. It was much larger, five or six times larger than the native cannons of the Mongolian army outside the city.
Behind Wu Wei were more than thirty soldiers. They were soldiers specially trained to use Shenwu General, also commonly known as "artillery".
Murong Fu glanced at the eight cannons and said with a smile, "Get ready to fire and kill all Temujin's garbage."
Wu Wei nodded, waved the command flag, and the soldiers took their positions. They first adjusted the gun body and accuracy, aimed at the place where the Mongolian army's artillery was placed, and then loaded ammunition.
The ammunition of General Shenwu was also specially made into the conical cannonballs that were more common in later generations. Each one was one foot long. Unlike this era, which were all round solid thunderbolts.
Huang Rong and others were stunned for a moment and couldn't help but wonder, could this thing destroy hundreds of the opponent's artillery pieces?
"Light the fire!" At this time, Wu Wei gave the order, and the soldiers immediately lit the fuse.
Murong Fu covered his ears with one hand, and pulled Ah Zi's little head over to cover it with the other hand.
"What are you doing, brother-in-law, I want to see!" Ah Zi refused, but at this moment, there was a loud bang, the whole tower shook, fire snakes flew, and eight cannonballs shot out, leaving a mark in the air.
There are white marks all over.
The sound when the artillery was fired was extraordinary, almost no less than the sound of its explosion. The soldiers who were close instantly fell to the ground, covering their heads and convulsing.
Even Huang Rong and Guo Jing, who were unprepared, almost fainted and their eardrums hurt.
Before everyone could catch their breath, another series of rumbles seemed to ring in their ears.
However, the places where the artillery of the Mongolian army were placed exploded one after another, fire clouds rose into the sky, and hundreds of Mongolian soldiers were instantly submerged.
In an instant, the shouts of killing below the city stopped, and the screams on the city also stopped, and the entire Xiangyang City became quiet. Everyone looked at the camp of the Mongolian army, looked at the fire clouds in the sky, and remained silent for a long time.
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Even the always eccentric Ah Zi was stunned on the spot.
Murong Fu's face turned a little red with excitement. He had not been so happy for a long time. Suddenly he pulled Wu Wei over and kissed her twice on the mouth, "Good Wei'er, you didn't let me down at all!"
Two blushes quickly appeared on Wu Wei's cheeks, and she opened her mouth to scold her, but swallowed the words back. She was also very happy. In order to create this eight-door divine general, she had hardly had a good night's sleep in the past month and a half.
After having a good meal, she worked hard. Now that General Shenwu has such power, she can be considered as living up to Murong Fu's expectations.
After the excitement, Murong Fu let go of Wu Wei and ordered, "Fire with all your strength and destroy all the remaining artillery of the Mongolian army, then expand the strike area and blow through the central army in front of them."
The cannon body of General Shenwu has been specially improved, and its firing range reaches seven miles. Temujin's current position is already within the firing range.
Of course, it is impossible for artillerymen to have such good eyesight as him and to be able to target Temujin six or seven miles away. And the accuracy of General Shenwu is not so exaggerated. Whether he can kill Temujin remains to be seen.
God willing.
Soon another round of artillery shells was fired, and the Mongolian army fell on its back and became a mess.
This time they were prepared, and everyone was not shocked by the sound of cannons. Guo Jing said excitedly, "Great, we defended, we defended!"
"Promising." Murong Fu rolled his eyes at him. With General Shenwu, he would of course want to cripple the Mongolian army as much as possible. It was not his character to be stubborn, because for the first time, this thing could cause huge damage.
If it is a shock, the effect will be much reduced in the future.
The artillery fire lasted for half an hour, and the Mongolian army suffered numerous casualties and was already in retreat.
The main reason why such casualties can be caused is that the power of General Shenwu is too terrifying. Almost most of the people who died were trampled to death. Otherwise, no matter how powerful General Shenwu's lethality is, the number is a disadvantage.
, it is impossible to kill so many people.
"Deng Baichuan."
"The end is here!"
"Lead the whole army out of the city and kill the enemy invaders below the city."
"The last general takes command!"
Not long after, Deng Baichuan personally led an army of 200,000 people out of the city and drove straight into the Mongolian army. Like wind and clouds, wherever they passed, it was unstoppable and almost a one-sided massacre.
At the same time, the Khitan camp outside the south city gate was also filled with flames of war. Hundreds of thousands of people fought together. It was Yelu Chongyuan's army and Zhao Hong's army that were fighting.
It turned out that after Zhao Hong ordered the intersection to be opened to bring in Yelu Zhongyuan's army, he immediately launched an attack and surrounded the 150,000-strong army.
"Huang Maoshuzi, if you don't keep your word, you will die a good death!" In the middle of the army, Yelu Zhongyuan kept scolding, "Don't listen to him, he is a fake, the real Yelu Hongji has died long ago, he is
It’s fake, you believe me…”
It's a pity that no one will listen to him now, because he said the same thing during the last rebellion, but it didn't take long for him to change his words again.
…
On a mountain more than 20 miles east of Xiangyang City, Huo Qingtong was riding a white horse with a bronze mask on his face, looking deeply in the direction of Xiangyang City, and after a while he wondered, "What is this movement? The momentum of this.
It’s so huge!”
There were two horses beside her, Wang Yuyan and Murong Xue were sitting respectively. Murong Xue said nothing. Wang Yuyan thought for a moment and then replied, "It should be my cousin's secret weapon that has been activated. General Qingtong, this opportunity cannot be missed. Now
It’s a good opportunity to strike.”
Huo Qingtong thought for a moment and said decisively, "Okay, send the order immediately and the whole army will attack!"