Lu Bu fought tooth and nail on the Huoshan Wubao. Dong Zhuo watched from the side, but found that Lü Bu was still driven off the Wubao and sighed: "It's just a little bit close. I didn't expect that Fengxian's bravery would not be able to resist the Tengjia army on the Wubao!"
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Jia Xu looked at the casualties around him and said regretfully: "This time the Bingzhou Army suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and most of the casualties were from the elite trapping camp. It can be said that the trapping camp was crippled in the first battle, and it was not captured this time.
Wubao, I'm afraid Fengxian and the others won't dare to fight so fiercely!"
Dong Zhuo felt heartbroken when he looked at the scene of corpses littering the fields under Wubao. The Bingzhou Army was also his confidant, and the trapped camp was the elite among the elite. Among Dong Zhuo's hundreds of thousands of troops, it was one of the armies with the highest combat effectiveness. For Dong Zhuo,
The casualties of these 2,000 people made him feel more distressed than the 20,000 casualties of the ordinary army. If it could be exchanged, Dong Zhuo would rather die than the 20,000 Han army!
It only took one day to attack and the losses were so huge. If we continue to attack like this for ten days and a half, all 20,000 to 30,000 troops will be filled into this fort!
Dong Zhuo asked: "Wenhe, is there any way to reduce casualties? Taiyuan County is full of dangerous passes. If we continue to conquer this pass, I'm afraid that my army of hundreds of thousands will be exhausted by the Tengjia Army!"
Jia Xu observed Huoshan Wubao and then said with a wry smile: "Prime Minister, the Tengjia Army's star-shaped fort is already difficult to conquer. With the Tengjia Army's large number of crossbows, it is even more powerful. If the enemy who attacked Huoshan Wubao this time had not been trapped,
camp, I am afraid that the number of soldiers will be two or three times as many as the city wall fell. However, the terrain of Huoshan Mountain makes it impossible for us to take advantage of the large number of people. If we really want to conquer this fort, we can only spend a long time.
The crossbows on the Wubao, the morale of the Tengjia Army, wait until the Tengjia Army is exhausted, and then forcefully conquer this Wubao!"
Dong Zhuo sighed and said: "We don't have time. The soldiers of the Tengjia Army seem to be endless. I already have no troops to defend this attack, but I didn't expect that the Tengjia Army can defend Taiyuan County."
A 100,000-strong army has been mobilized, and now this army will appear in front of us at any time. If we cannot conquer Huoshanwu Fort within 10 days, we will lose the chance to defeat the Tengjia Army!"
The Tengjia Army has spies in Luoyang City, and Dong Zhuo also has spies in Taiyuan County. The news that Wang Ge and the others recruited members of the Tengjia Army quickly spread to Luoyang City and Dong Zhuo knew about it. Taiyuan County can produce an army of 100,000, especially with speed
Dong Zhuo was shocked at how quickly this army came. Although he knew that the strength of this army might not be as good as the elite Central Army in his hands, relying on geographical defense, even if his army was wiped out, he might not be able to conquer Taiyuan County!
In fact, Dong Zhuo didn't say anything yet. March is coming soon, and the weather has begun to get warmer here in Huoshan. Even though Youzhou is further north than Taiyuan, it is also colder, but it will take less than half a month for Youzhou to become warmer.
The weather in the state should also be getting warmer. If Huangfu Song can't win by surprise, he is afraid that the defeat will be certain! Dong Zhuo can only hope that Lei Gong will conquer Taiyuan County and stop the siege of Huangfu Song's army!
Jia Xu thought for a while and said: "Prime Minister, we can only use wheel warfare. We divided the 150,000 army into 5 teams to attack day and night, making it difficult for the Tengjia Army in Huoshanwu Fort to repair. Under such a fierce offensive, we want to come to Huoshanwu
The Tengjia army on the fort can’t hold on for long!”
Dong Zhuo thought for a long time, then looked at Huoshan Wubao and said: "Just do it as you said!"
Then Dong Zhuo divided his 150,000-strong army into five groups, commanded by Lu Bu, Yang Ding, Li Jue, Hu Zhen, and Zhang Ji respectively, and asked each of them to lead an army of 30,000 to storm Huoshanwu Fort day and night.
Under such an offensive, the entire Huoshanwu Fort was soon in danger. Liu Shi kept asking Wang Ge in the rear for help!
After receiving Liu Shi's message asking for help, Wang Ge also accelerated his march. The vanguard of the army even took a rail carriage and entered Huoshan Wubao in less than two days.
Jinyang City is close to 500 miles away from Huoshanwu Fort. It takes 10 days for the army to march 50 miles every day. Dong Zhuo thought that the Tengjia Army's reinforcements would take a long time, but he did not expect that the Tengjia Army's rail carriages could
It can make the march speed exceed 300 miles, and the distance of 500 miles can be reached in only two days!
It can be said that Dong Zhuo did not expect the rapid transportation capabilities of the track, which made him miscalculate!
Dong Zhuo attacked fiercely for five days and suffered more than 30,000 casualties. However, he found that more and more soldiers were fighting in Huoshanwu Fort. Dong Zhuo finally felt that something was wrong, and he once again sent spies to inquire about the intelligence of the Tengjia Army.
Then he learned that Wang Ge, the general of the Tengjia Army, was using the tracks in Taiyuan County to continuously transport soldiers to Huoshanwu Fort. The number of defenders on Huoshanwu Fort now exceeded 10,000, and more and more reinforcements were arriving.
This made him realize that he had lost the chance to conquer Taiyuan County!
Dong Zhuo could only look at the northern sky and secretly said: "Brother Yizhen, I have tried my best. Whether you live or die next, you can only rely on yourself!"
March of the second year of Chuping (191) Youzhou!
The war in Youzhou collapsed much faster than Dong Zhuo expected.
In February, Banshi City, which had resisted the Tengjia Army's attack for more than three months, was captured, and it was the newly cast bronze cannons of the Tengjia Army that made the contribution!
The bronze cannons cast in Mayi did not go to the hands of Thunder God, but exerted their power in the hands of Huanglong. 50 bronze cannons were transported to Huanglong's hands by sleighs using the frozen Sanggan River waterway.
When Huang Long saw these artillery pieces weighing several hundred kilograms at first, he looked strange and asked, "What is this thing used for?"
He saw that all these things were made of bronze. When he lifted it, he found that the pipe was not moved at all, and it might weigh several hundred kilograms!
Then he was surprised and said: "A pipe like this may cost tens of thousands of dollars. This pile of pipes does not cost millions of dollars. We, the Tengjia Army, don't waste money like this! And what I want is black gunpowder.
It’s not something that’s just something that’s of no use! Black powder can also blow up city walls. What am I going to use this thing for? How can I throw it out with a trebuchet to hit the city wall! Even a prodigal can’t do such a thing!”
Sun Qing stroked the bronze cannon and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, you are short-sighted. This is an artillery piece, more powerful than a trebuchet! I am no longer the captain of the Stone Cannon Battalion, but the Artillery Battalion."
The captain.
When you see the power of this treasure, you will know that explosive bags are nothing. Anything in the way of the artillery will be destroyed. Find a hidden place and I will take you to see it!"
Then Huanglong took Sun Qinghe and an artillery piece to a hidden valley!
After arriving at the place, Sun Qing ordered his men to place the gunpowder, insert the fuse, compact the gunpowder, and put in the polished pottery stone cannonballs.
As a modern man, Xu Wei naturally knows what type of artillery shells are more powerful, so the artillery shells are not round shells, but like modern bullets, with one end pointed and one flat, so that the power of the artillery shells can be better exerted.
Moreover, the rifling was also created by Xu Wei, and the barrel is not as short as the original one in history, and is more slender. Although this is still the first generation of artillery, its power has exceeded that of the original history for hundreds of years.
A bit like a modern Napoleonic cannon.
When all the preparations were completed, Sun Qing took the torch and lit the fuse!
"Boom!" A huge roar startled Huang Long, and then he saw a burst of smoke and dust appearing a mile away. This was obviously the place where the cannonball hit!
Then Sun Qing smiled proudly and said: "What, this is much more powerful than the trebuchet, and the range is also longer!"
But Huang Long said: "Although the range is far, it doesn't seem to be very powerful. Judging from the smoke and dust, it doesn't seem to be as good as a trebuchet. A trebuchet can shoot projectiles weighing hundreds of kilograms, but your projectile is only about 10 kilograms."
It looks like this, but its power is just like this, it is not as powerful as black gunpowder, which can even blow down city walls!"
Sun Qing said angrily: "Brother Huang, you don't know the treasure! Although the projectiles of the trebuchet are heavy, they may not be as powerful as my artillery. I admit that black powder is powerful in blowing up city walls, but I have to blow up the city wall once."
It costs hundreds to thousands of kilograms. Brother, you have used thousands of kilograms of gunpowder and still haven’t blown up the city wall of Banshi City, and the black powder has to be buried under the city wall and consume a lot of time."
"My artillery requires 1 kilogram of black powder to be fired once. If it is fired hundreds of times, it will smash any city wall for you. If you don't believe it, let's use Banshi City to verify it. If the artillery is not as good as a trebuchet,
It's so powerful, why did Qu Shuai want to develop an artillery! Not to mention that the cost of this artillery is more than ten times more expensive than a trebuchet!"
Huang Long thought it made sense, so on the second day after the artillery arrived, he led his army to Banshi City again and placed 50 artillery pieces in front of Banshi City.
Sun Qing pointed these cannons at the Banshi city wall that had been blown apart by Huang Long and the others. Because of the winter, Yan Gang filled it with stones and wood and then watered it. Finally, an ice wall formed here, so that the two gaps
Instead, it became the strongest place in Banshi City!
At this time, Banshi City did not look good. After Huanglong did not blow up the city wall, he kept attacking Banshi City with trebuchets. The entire city wall was smashed with huge rocks weighing hundreds of kilograms, but when winter came
After the arrival, Yan Gang kept pouring water on the city wall and used ice to resist the trebuchet attack. Now the entire city wall has become crystal clear. Huanglong found that it was difficult to break through Banshi City in the winter, so he could only stop the attack and wait for the winter to end before attacking again.
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Huang Long's actions aroused the alarm of Yan Gang in Banshi City. After entering the winter, both sides tacitly agreed to stop the war. Today, Huang Long's formation made him feel strange. He also saw artillery, but he didn't know about these artillery.
What is it for?
But Huang Long mobilized 30,000 troops to prepare for the attack under the city wall. This was obviously not a good thing. He ordered all his men to climb up the city wall and prepare for defense!
After the artillery positions were placed, Sun Qing ordered his artillerymen to prepare before firing, when everything was ready!
Sun Qing shouted: "Fire!"
"Boom boom boom!"
Bronze artillery continued to make roaring sounds, and each 10-pound gun shot at the Banshi City Wall at several times the speed of supersonic speed!
"Boom, boom, boom!" Cannonballs hit the wall of Banshi City one after another, and ice began to fall off the frozen walls of Banshi City!
The soldiers on the city wall were stunned by this scene!
"This is such a weapon again!" Yan Gang was frightened for a while. New weapons appeared one after another in the Tengjia Army, and they were all so powerful that even Yan Gang was a little scared. When he heard the roaring sound, he could only faintly
Yueyue thought that this weapon was related to gunpowder, but knew nothing else.
He wanted to fight back, but found that this weapon was placed farther than the trebuchet. There was no weapon in Banshi City with such a long range, so he could only be beaten passively!
"Fire!" Sun Qing continued to shout after seeing the power of the artillery!
"Boom, boom, boom!" 50 stone bullets were fired again, this time directly hitting Ban Shichen's outer wall! The bricks on the city wall were smashed into powder by the shells!
"fire!"
"Boom boom boom!"
As Sun Qing continued to issue orders, the artillery not only fired at the breach in Banshi City, the ice was cracked, the bricks were smashed, the parapet was broken, and the soldiers hit by the artillery shells were turned into a ball of flesh and blood.
Under the attack, the gap in Banshi City became wider and wider.
"The Tengjia Army has the help of Lei Gong, our city wall is going to collapse!" The defenders of Banshi City shouted in panic. At this time, they had collapsed and were running around on the city wall one by one.
Yan Gang still wanted to control the army. He shouted: "This is not Thunder God, it is gunpowder. Don't panic, don't panic!"
But it was no use at all. The defenders of Banshi City were already very nervous under Huanglong's attack, but now they were completely destroyed by the bombardment of artillery.
Under Sun Qing's order, the artillery battalion continued to bombard Banshi City. The soldiers guarding Banshi City had never seen such a weapon as artillery. They were terrified and panicked. Finally, their morale collapsed and the whole army was in chaos.
Huang Long was overjoyed when he saw this scene, and immediately commanded the army to attack Banshi City. Banshi City resisted Huang Long for three months. It was helpless to resist this wave of attacks by the Tengjia Army. Finally, Huang Long took the opportunity to break through Banshi City!
All 15,000 defenders of Banshi City were annihilated, and Colonel Yan Gang died in battle!
Then Huanglong took advantage of the ice of the Sanggan River, used the Sanggan River as a road, used sled carts and bronze artillery, and quickly captured Beipingyi, Suanshi, Pingshu, Donganyang, Sangqian, and Dangcheng at the speed of a blitzkrieg.
Dai County, the entire Dai County fell.
After Daijun was captured, the Tengjia Army opened the Sanggan River grain road. They no longer had to take a thousand-mile detour to transport grain and grass from the grassland. Instead, they directly used sleds to transport grain and grass all the way from the Sanggan River. Among Xu Wei's army, Huang Long led it.
The army meets Xu Wei!
Huanglong's army suddenly rushed to Guangyang County to join Lei Gong, which shocked the entire Han army. Huangfusong and others did not expect that an unknown Huanglong could actually conquer the well-defended Banshi City in winter. It can be said that the entire Youzhou Army was shocked.
Youzhou's Yanshan defense line was almost broken into a sieve by the Tengjia Army. If Huangfu Song didn't still have 200,000 troops in his hands, the entire Youzhou would have fallen.