The flag officer on the command tower began to wave the command flag.
Su Chen received the order, drew out the horizontal sword from his waist, and said loudly: "The target is the top of Qingfengguan City, covered by three rounds of firepower!"
Accompanied by the dancing flags of the artillery battalion.
The artillery squads started to move one after another.
Adjust the angle, load ammunition, light the fuse...
Under the gaze of the officers and soldiers of the Wei Army and Liangzhou Army.
Two hundred artillery pieces made an earth-shattering sound.
Bang, bang, bang...
Accompanied by bursts of roaring sounds, tongues of flame spurted out from the cannon's muzzle.
Gunpowder bombs were like locusts all over the sky, covering the top of Qingfengguan City.
The Wei army officers and soldiers were stunned!
The Liangzhou Army defenders felt a storm in their hearts.
They really didn't expect that the pitch-black barrel could actually shoot the black ball over a thousand steps.
The catapults and crossbows at the top of Qingfengguan City can only shoot a distance of seven to eight hundred steps, which is nearly twice the difference.
Li Chengdao looked at the cannonballs that were like locusts, with a look of horror on his face, and roared: "Hide! Be careful to hide!"
He also didn't expect that the artillery could shoot such a long distance, which was simply appalling.
The garrison at the head of Qingfengguan City was instantly in chaos.
In a blink of an eye.
Cannonballs have also roared towards the city.
Cannonballs landed one after another on the city walls, city heads, arrow stacks and towers.
Rumble...
Rumble...
When the gunpowder bomb hit the ground, the heat wave carried the shrapnel and swept out instantly, ruthlessly devouring everything on the top of the city.
No matter the defenders, buildings, or siege equipment, nothing was spared.
The top of Qingfengguan City was instantly filled with thick smoke.
Many defenders fell into a pool of blood before they even had time to scream.
Li Chengdao was standing at the top of the city, and a cannonball landed not far from him.
Before he could react, the heat wave pushed him out and hit the arrow stack.
Immediately afterwards.
Continuous screams began to sweep from the top of the city.
"Ah! My hand! My hand!!!"
"Help me! Someone help me!"
"Help! What on earth is this!"
.......
The defenders were stunned in an instant and without any preparation.
One round of bombing caused heavy losses to the top of Qingfeng Pass.
at the same time.
The eyes of the Wei army and the Liangzhou army in the pass all fell on the city head.
The power, range and lethality of the first round of artillery baptism at Qingfengguan City shocked everyone.
Just a few moments.
The top of the city of Qingfeng Pass was reduced to a Shura purgatory.
The artillery fire outside the pass did not stop, and the second round of shelling had begun.
The officers and soldiers of the Wei army were all dumbfounded and shocked as they looked at the smoke-filled city.
"This...is this a bit too exaggerated!? At a distance of 1,500 steps, that fireball-like thing was shot to the top of Qingfengguan City!? Is the range of this artillery as high as this?
exaggerate!?"
"My dear mother! The artillery is a magic weapon borrowed from the sky by the Prince Consort! Otherwise, how could it have such huge lethality? With just one round of bombing, the top of Qingfengguan City will be turned into ruins!"
"Hahaha... You are truly worthy of being a prince-in-law! He always surprises us. If the bombing continues like this, Qingfeng Pass will be blown into rubble without us even having to attack it!"
"The Prince Consort has single-handedly changed the pattern of the war! He was more than a thousand steps away, but he was still admiring the city gate, and the Liangzhou Army was unable to fight back!"
.......
The officers and soldiers of the Wei army looked at the smoke-filled Qingfengguan city wall and sighed with emotion.
Originally, in siege battles, the defenders had a huge advantage, especially at a dangerous pass like Qingfeng Pass, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. The defenders could block several times the number of enemies outside the pass.
The siege side basically uses human lives to fill the gap.
Therefore, Guo Mingcheng has full confidence in Qingfeng Pass and Baima Pass. With these two passes, Liangzhou can be protected without worries.
Although Li Chengdao was worried, he also had full confidence in Qingfeng Pass.
But it's different now.
The artillery of the Wei army had just appeared and caught the Liangzhou army by surprise.
On the battlefield, the most terrifying thing is long-range fire suppression.
Especially in the cold weapon era, when remote equipment was not developed.
The artillery of the Wei army was simply a dimensionality reduction strike in the cold weapon battlefield.
Long range, explosive range damage...
This basically wiped out the defender's defensive advantage.
Inside Qingfeng Pass.
The officers and soldiers of the Liangzhou Army in the pass looked at the smoke-filled city head, their eyes widened, their faces livid, full of shock and disbelief.
The city head was still impregnable just now.
In just a short moment, it turned into a purgatory.
Smoke filled the air, fires shot into the sky, and screams continued...
It is simply like purgatory on earth.
"Fa... what happened? The city head... why did the city head suddenly become like this? What on earth did Wei Jun shoot in!!!"
"This... this... this is the damage caused by the Wei army's weapons to our Qingfengguan city. How is this possible!? A demonic method! This must be a demonic method!"
"The general is still at the top of the city! Save people! Go and save people quickly!!!"
"Damn it! How are we going to fight this battle? How are we going to fight back!?"
...
Qingfeng Pass instantly became a mess.
The officers and soldiers of the Liangzhou army were all frightened and at a loss.
They have never experienced such a war.
At this time, the most miserable thing was the Qingfeng Pass garrison at the head of Qingfeng Pass.
They withstood three full rounds of nearly 600 shells.
This will become an unforgettable nightmare for their entire lives.
Light yellow and choking smoke filled the entire city.
The catapults, crossbows and other defensive equipment on the city's head had long been reduced to pieces by the bombing.
Stones and rolled logs were scattered all over the ground.
Rubbles, tiles, and wooden blocks were scattered randomly all over the city.
The top of the city is almost reduced to rubble with pits and potholes.
However, the power of the artillery was not very great, so it did not cause much damage to the wall.
But the situation at the top of Qingfengguan City was miserable.
Corpses lay everywhere, blood flowed into rivers, severed limbs and arms were scattered all over the ground, and mourners filled the city.
The injured defender screamed in pain.
The defenders who were lucky enough to escape were hiding in the ruins with their heads in their hands, shivering.
They have been fighting for half their lives and have never experienced such a cruel battlefield.
The defenders of Qingfeng Pass watched helplessly as countless cannonballs fell beside them, even at their feet.
They watched helplessly as shrapnel penetrated their chests.
They watched helplessly as they were swallowed up by the heat wave, but they were unable to do anything.
The artillery made the Qingfeng Pass defenders feel deep despair.