When false magic attacks meet real physical damage.
The result is clear at a glance. The mages invited by Liuyang Guards Liu He have become cannon fodder.
True cannon fodder.
Liu He didn't sleep well all night. Yesterday, he clearly heard the rumbling sound of cannons at the top of the city.
The sound frightened him more than the explosion of a bomb.
What to do now? Hold on or evacuate.
The courier left the city overnight yesterday, and Liu Jinpeng's reply will not come back until this afternoon at the earliest.
Liu He felt that he might not be able to survive until the afternoon.
Everyone under his command is in panic. Yesterday's defeat had a huge impact on morale.
Liu He really couldn't muster the courage to face the monster with the rumbling cannon.
But I am not willing to withdraw my troops, and I still haven't figured out what that thing is.
Just like this, I finally stayed up until daylight.
"Boom boom boom!"
Early in the morning, the sound of cannons rang out against the sunset.
"General, the officers and soldiers are attacking!"
"Have you entered the city?" Liu Heteng turned over and got up.
"No...they are using magic to attack the city!"
Liu He frowned. The officers and soldiers had not entered the city, so there was no need to think about escaping now.
Liuyang is not a small place, and the officers and soldiers will definitely not be able to surround it. You can leave at any time if you want.
Liu He felt relieved now that he had a way out.
Bite the bullet and arrive at the edge of the east city, I hear the roar of cannons.
The guards climbed up the city wall with their big shields in hand, and immediately saw some black tubes lined up two hundred paces away.
The black tube fired out the iron lumps with white eyes and fire.
The iron bumps stirred up a layer of rubble on the city wall.
However, the damage caused by the city wall is actually not great.
But some of the iron lumps flew up to the top of the city to gather the defenders. Regardless of the big or small shields, they were smashed directly. The defenders who raised their shields would also be smashed into pieces.
Seeing this, Liu He suddenly relaxed a little.
The evil magic cannot directly destroy the city wall, so they can defend it.
"Tell the brothers that their thing is a stone machine, not some magic trick!"
"Guard Liuyang and eat meat tonight!"
Liu He said hello, turned around and entered the tower, and began to calmly direct the battle.
At this time, under the city, Song Chengwang had people bombard him for a while.
Although some defenders were killed, the Crouching Tiger Cannon did little damage to the city wall.
Solid bombs are not explosive bombs, and the city wall made of three-component soil and foundation stones cannot be destroyed by the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
The first few shots made the defenders at the top of the city run in panic. In the end, the defenders stopped running and even dared to shoot arrows to fight back.
"These thieves are indeed quite capable. They can still hold on to the city wall against the Crouching Tiger Cannon."
Yu Ming held up his telescope and looked at the changes in the city from a distance, and couldn't help but sigh.
"What should we do now? Rush for a while?" Song Chengwang turned around and asked.
Even though he was a young man, he could only shoot a cannon, rush into formations and attack cities, etc. It was really not his strong suit.
Of course, the tiger crouching artillery camp does not need to practice the ability to rush into the battle and climb the city.
Yu Ming looked at it for a long time and shook his head and said: "Don't worry, the damage in the battle on the city is not small. Don't forget that we have more than just the Crouching Tiger Cannon."
"What else did you bring? A musket?" Song Chengwang asked in surprise.
"Explosives!" Yu Ming said with a frown.
"Guo Ming, bring the explosives here, light them and shoot them with bows and arrows at the top of the city!" Yu Ming ordered loudly.
"Uh..." Song Chengwang then remembered that they still had explosives.
Because the explosives can be used at a shorter distance and are not as powerful as the Crouching Tiger Cannon, they have not been used in the recent battles. Song Chengwang even neglected that he carried a lot of explosives.
Soon Guo Mingming came back with explosives.
Guo Ming personally tied a stick of dynamite to the bow and arrow, then fully drew the bow and asked someone to help him light it on fire.
"Zheng!" The bow rang, and the arrow flew out with explosives.
But the effect is not ideal.
It fell to a distance of seventy or eighty steps.
If you want to use a bow and arrow to shoot explosives to the top of the city, you have to get about fifty steps away.
It's already so close, it's better to just throw it up with your hands if you get any closer.
"Haha. I took it for granted." Yu Ming smiled mockingly.
"Can this be fired with the Crouching Tiger Cannon?" Song Chengwang built a stick of explosives.
"It will explode."
Yu Ming shook his head. Wang Dabiao had tried it, and Song Yang asked him to experiment with explosive shells.
Wang Dabiao's research has not been successful so far. Of course, direct firing of explosives has also been tried.
Yu Ming looked at the explosives, then picked up his binoculars and looked over the city wall.
Suddenly, an idea flashed through me, and I remembered my experience last year when I was managing an iron mine in Daye.
"Explosives can even blow up mines, and maybe they can also blow up city walls!" Yu Ming suddenly thought of this.
"How to operate?" Song Chengwang asked hurriedly.
"There are holes for blasting mines, and the city walls..."
Wang Ran shook his head. He often went to Daye and knew how to operate bombs to blast mines.
"Hey! Look at that city wall, the opportunity is right there." Yu Ming said with a smile.
Wang Ran took a telescope and looked at it carefully for a while, and immediately discovered the opportunity mentioned by Yu Ming.
Liuyang's city wall has been damaged by earthquakes and has many cracks.
If you insert explosives into the cracks, it should have the effect of exploding ore.
"You can give it a try!" Wang Ran nodded in agreement.
Liuyang is the last battle before Changsha. If Liuyang can use this method to blow open the city wall, then Changsha can too.
If we want to test this method, the cost of trying it in Liuyang will definitely be lower than that in Changsha.
"Guo Ming!"
"Obsessive duty and obey orders!"
"You lead a charge and put explosives into the gaps in the city wall!"
"Got the order!"
"Song Chengwang!"
"The end is here!"
"Raise the angle of the tiger crouching cannon and suppress the city head!"
"Got the order!"
"Sir Wang, the archers will be shooting together with the tiger crouching cannon to cover Guo Ming's charge into the formation!"
"good!"
Everyone received their tasks and prepared on their own, while Yu Ming sat in the center and took charge of the overall situation.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The Crouching Tiger Cannon sounded again, and the shells roared directly towards the city.
The defenders at the top of the city who were under heavy rain of arrows did not dare to show their heads.
"General! Oh no! They are charging into the city!"
"Quick! Shoot the arrow! Shoot the arrow! Be sure to suppress it! Prepare the spearmen, don't let them climb up!" Liu He shouted loudly.
But his soldiers didn't dare to shoot.
The firepower under the city was too dense, so they could only throw it at an upward angle, which was not only accurate but also much less powerful.
"boom!"
A cannonball hit Liu He's side, directly beating one of his men into pieces.
Liu He was covered in blood gradually, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly grabbed the tower.
"kill!"
"Come on!"
The shouts of death from the city made Liu He's heart tremble. In addition, the defenders could not form an effective counterattack, and he no longer felt that he could resist for much longer.
"Gold juice! Thunder stones! Rolling logs! Get them all ready for me! No one is allowed to retreat. Anyone who retreats will be cut down!"
At this time, Liu He also became fierce and planned to force the defenders to carry it down.
"General! General! The army has withdrawn!"
After a while, my subordinates came to report.
"Withdrew? Haha! Okay, if you can defeat them once, you can defeat them the second time!"
Liu He laughed.
It seems that we have seen the dawn of victory again.
The defenders at the city head thought the same way. It seemed that they could repel the officers and soldiers once, and Liuyang was defended.
Just when the defenders were relaxing a little, there was suddenly another rumble.