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Chapter 437 Puyang Attack and Defense Battle

Yanzhou, Puyang!

Huang Long, who was helpless in Gao Lan's eyes, built the camp under Puyang City but was unable to do anything. Originally, the remnants of Ma Yan and Lu Kuang were placed under Puyang City by him, hoping to form a horned force.

But he was soon taught by Huanglong's artillery. Hundreds of artillery fired in a salvo, with shocking power. The camp under the city was easily shattered by the artillery, and the remaining soldiers even cried for their fathers and cried for their mothers and fled to Puyang City.

Gao Lan wanted to counterattack, but found that his longest-range trebuchet only had a range of 300 steps, which was less than half the range of Daqian's artillery. The trebuchet could not reach them at all.

So Gao Lan could only watch as Huanglong demolished the camp under the city and surrounded Puyang on three sides.

Although he still left the southern side for him to escape, Gao Lan didn't even dare to send out the exploration horses because he saw tens of thousands of cavalry roaring past. Now sending the exploration horses into the wild can only be courting death. It can be said that Puyang has become A lonely city!

"General, the enemy's artillery battalion has arrived!" Ma Yan said in a panic tone, pointing to the artillery moving not far under the city wall.

The black muzzle of the gun was already aimed at the city wall of Puyang. Having seen the power of artillery, Ma Yan was very frightened!

Seeing hundreds of artillery pointing at this place, Gao Lan's face was solemn. He had seen the power of artillery in Jizhou, but the artillery at that time played a supporting role at most, and he saw it again at the foot of Puyang City a day ago. The power of artillery.

Hundreds of artillery were fired, and a single bombing destroyed a battalion of soldiers. This power was completely different from that of Jizhou back then!

"General, why don't we rush out of the city and destroy these artillery pieces? As long as these artillery pieces are there, we can only be beaten passively!" Lu Kuang said excitedly! He was still unconvinced by his defeat. In both battles, the enemy was defeated. When encountered, his soldiers were dispersed by artillery.

Gao Lan shook his head and said: "The most important thing for us now is to defend Puyang City and buy time for the Lord and the others to gather their soldiers. Rushing out of the city will be a waste of sacrificing the lives of the soldiers! If Puyang City is captured by Huanglong, we will die without redemption. Got it!"

At this moment, the city became quiet! Gao Lan and the others looked strange!

"Artillery battalion, fire!" Suddenly, the war drums thundered and the artillery roared!

"Hugh, Hugh, Hugh!" Hundreds of roars came over, Gao Lan's face changed with fright and he shouted: "Hide under the city quickly!"

"Boom, boom, boom!" Hundreds of cannonballs either hit the city wall and bounced off, or hit the soldiers on the wall, beating them to pieces, leaving only a pool of blood, or hitting the towers inside the city, smashing them. Everything turned upside down. A small number of them plunged directly into the moat, causing spring waves.

Gao Lan and the others at the bottom of the city were not injured, but they were also frightened by the cannonballs fired into the city. The power of the cannonballs was so amazing that anything that stood in its way would be smashed to pieces. Gao Lan and the others saw it with their own eyes. Several houses near the city wall were directly destroyed by artillery shells.

Gao Lan said solemnly: "You two are guarding the east and west walls of the city. You must not let the Daqian army break the city wall!"

Ma Yan and Lu Kuang nodded and said: "No!"

Then the two of them left with their guards.

Gao Lan ordered again: "Leave a group of soldiers on the city wall to monitor every move of Da Gan's army. All the remaining soldiers will withdraw from the city wall and hide in the corner!"

This is the experience he gained in the Battle of Jizhou. Even if the artillery can attack in an arc, it cannot hit the corner. It can be said that the foot of the city wall is the safest place.

The messenger immediately conveyed Gao Lan's order! The soldiers on the city wall also quickly retreated!

But at this time, a new round of artillery bombardment continued, and facing the artillery Gao Gao felt that even the city wall was shaking.

When he saw the trembling soldiers, he felt a little restless.

This won't be his last battle, right? Will Puyang City become his burial place?

Although Gao Lan was also experienced in hundreds of battles, but after comparing the strength, equipment and types of troops on both sides, he found that he could not escape even if he wanted to.

The only way to survive was for Yuan Shao to lead troops to support Puyang, but he also knew that with tens of thousands of cavalry in the countryside of Puyang, it would be very difficult for Yuan Shao to support him!

Gao Lan built Puyang City very solidly. Huanglong bombarded Puyang City for a long time, but apart from smashing some watchtowers, parapets and city wall bricks, there were not many results left. Even if Puyang's city wall took thousands of cannonballs, In addition to making craters in Puyang City, this cannonball did not damage the main structure of the city wall. Puyang City still stands.

When the bombing was over, Gao Lan climbed up the city wall, checked the defense facilities on the city wall, and found that the main structure of the city wall was not damaged. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although the artillery of the Daqian Army was powerful, it could not damage Puyang's city wall. Judging from today's level of bombing, Puyang's city wall can hold on for at least a month.

Huang Long, who was observing the artillery battle with a telescope, was in a bad mood.

Although he knew that the forts built by Yuan Shaoxiu were strong, he did not expect them to be so strong. He bombed them with thousands of artillery shells, but only broke some city wall bricks.

Moreover, he could see from the telescope that Gao Lan had retreated the soldiers down the city wall in advance, which meant that he had not killed even a few soldiers with his thousands of shells. The result was too ugly!

But facing Gao Lan's tactics, Huanglong didn't have many good solutions. There was no infantry-artillery coordination in this era. Even the large army did not dare to stand in front of the artillery!

Although there is no one on the city wall at this time, if he dares to command the army to rush up, the city wall will soon be covered with Yuan Shao's soldiers. According to their experience, a Wubao stationed with 5,000 people, as long as the equipment is complete, can be enough Defend against an attack of 100,000 people.

Without artillery support, even if all 50,000 soldiers under his command were exhausted, they might not be able to break Puyang City.

Colonel Fuyun said: "General, we can use thunder cannons to bombard the soldiers on the city wall. The thunder cannons have a range of 200 steps, which is beyond the range of the crossbows of the Puyang defenders. We can lead the army to guard these 200 steps away. , and then used thunder cannons to bombard the soldiers on the Puyang city wall. If Gao Lan dared to lead the soldiers away from the city wall, we would send soldiers to set up ladders to attack the city. At a distance of 200 steps, Gao Lan would not have time to react! If he placed the soldiers on Below the city, there is no way to stop our attack."

"And if he leaves his soldiers on the city wall, we will continue to bombard his soldiers with thunder cannons to see whether Gao Lan has more soldiers or we have more thunder cannon shells!"

Huanglong was overjoyed. Fuyun's tactics had finally solved Gao Lan's tactics of resisting their artillery!

The shells of the thunder cannon contain 10 kilograms of black powder. Anyone within 10 steps of the shell will be killed. Even those who are 20 steps away can be affected. It can be said that the lethality of thousands of thunder cannon shells is far greater than that of thousands of thunder cannon shells.

Cannonballs need to be stronger.


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