328: Return to the line and lose the big defeat! Spit blood!
For Gui Xing negative, there are only two tasks.
First, declare war on Tianshui City. Second, seize Rock Island.
Next, Linhai City will be completely defeated, and the task of completely wiping out Tianshui City will be handed over to the army of Zhiwei and Turingtuo.
Because Sauron was dead, the king finally acquiesced to Linhai City's declaration of war on Tianshui City, so the first step was successfully completed.
The next step is to capture Rock Island in the second step.
From Gui Xing's point of view, this is also a simple matter.
Although Tianshui City's navy shrank and refused to fight, it turned the navy into an army and huddled in the stone castle.
But how big is the mere Stone Island Castle? Although it took two years of construction, it is not even half the size of Nanlin Castle.
The castle is backed by a steep cliff, with large areas of flat land directly in front and on the left and right sides, which can fully accommodate an army of 40,000 people.
Forty thousand troops were spread out on the ground in front of the castle. The dense mass formed a fan shape and surrounded the entire castle. It looked as if it was going to completely submerge the small castle.
Hundreds of giant crossbows moved from the battleship were neatly placed on the front battlefield.
According to Guixing negative's prediction, it would take up to one day to completely capture this small castle.
"Start the war!"
With an order, the shocking war drums sounded.
"Swish, swish, swish, swish..."
On the front of the castle, hundreds of giant crossbows were fired at the same time, and giant arrows more than three meters long were shot out like raindrops.
This terrifying giant crossbow has a range of over three hundred meters.
Carry out two rounds of trial shooting, and then continuously adjust the giant crossbow position.
On the left and right sides of the castle, the returning 20,000-strong army surged toward the castle. Because the walls on both sides were short, they didn't even need a siege ladder. They could just use rope hooks to climb up.
Gui Xingfu actually wanted to attack this small stone castle from three sides with the force of thunder.
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On the rocky castle, Yan Chuoer acted as the commander-in-chief, Duke Zhiting's escort commander, Suo Feiyang, and Suo Mu respectively commanded the three sides of the castle.
Returning to the negative three-sided attack tactic, the momentum seems to be extremely amazing.
On the left and right sides of the castle, countless enemies swarmed up like ants. The power of hundreds of giant crossbows firing at the same time suppressed everyone on the front wall so that they could not raise their heads.
Queen Yanchuoer gave an order.
"On the left and right, scorpion machines are ready, gunpowder bags are ready!"
Hundreds of scorpion trebuchets suddenly opened, and dozens of kilograms of gunpowder bags were placed on the throwing plate.
This kind of scorpion trebuchet is relatively small, it is a small and medium-sized trebuchet, and its general projection distance is only more than a hundred meters.
"Archers on the left and right, prepare!"
Suddenly, there were more than 6,000 soldiers on the left and right, all with their bows and arrows ready!
"Directly ahead, heavy trebuchets are ready, giant kerosene barrels are ready!"
On a dozen super-heavy trebuchets in front of the castle, four or five soldiers worked hard to place a giant kerosene barrel on the throwing plate. This giant kerosene barrel contained more than 500 kilograms of kerosene.
Yan Chuoer looked at the enemies on the left and right, getting closer and closer, and soon they were within the 200-meter range.
"All archers, release!"
Following her order.
"Swish, swish, swish..." Thousands of defenders in the stone castle released their bowstrings at the same time.
Thousands of arrows were shot out like a heavy rain.
"Puff puff……"
Countless arrows rained down, and the returning troops on both sides of the castle fell to the ground one after another.
For such a dense siege army, the hit rate of the arrow rain can reach nearly half. In the first round of salvos, the siege army that returned to the city suffered more than 200 casualties.
However, this casualty will not change Gui Xing's negative expression.
It was only 200 meters away from the castle. The defenders could fire several volleys, no more than four, which would add up to six to seven hundred casualties.
For an army of 40,000, these casualties were not large.
And when the siege army got close to the city wall, it was another kind of fighting.
The siege armies on both sides continued to charge like a tide and had already entered within 150 meters.
"Scorpion trebuchet, launch!"
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Following Yan Chuo'er's order, hundreds of scorpion trebuchets threw hundreds of lit gunpowder packets.
"Bang bang bang bang..."
After hundreds of gunpowder packets fell to the ground, they were like rain falling on a pond, making no sound.
The returning troops who were attacking the city were still stunned. This thing was just a cloth wrapper, and it couldn't kill anyone even if it was hit by it.
But then...
"Boom boom boom boom..."
Hundreds of gunpowder packets exploded violently, each weighing dozens of kilograms. Within a few meters, all bodies were shattered into pieces and bodies flew everywhere.
The entire ground was shaking, and countless firelights burst out.
Countless corpses flew into the air.
The returning siege army was completely stunned!
This, what is this? It's like thunder.
The whole ground was shaking, and my ears were ringing as if I were deaf.
This gunpowder looks very amazing, but its lethality is not that huge.
The explosion of hundreds of gunpowder packets only caused more than a thousand casualties.
However, the siege armies on both sides were so frightened that they instinctively stopped.
Gui Xingfu was also shocked by the gunpowder explosion, but when he saw that the siege armies on both sides were delayed, he immediately roared: "Continue to attack the city, continue to attack the city."
Then, the armies on both sides continued to charge desperately.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Next, the castle defenders were completely free to fire, constantly bending their bows and nocking arrows, and shooting continuously.
The distance of 200 meters became a hell. Guixing, with an army of 20,000, rushed across the distance of more than 200 meters and reached the castle, suffering more than 2,000 casualties.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Countless soldiers rushed under the castle wall and began to throw rope hooks and climb the wall.
However, they discovered to their horror that the entire city wall had been smeared with something. It was completely slippery and impossible to climb or use force.
Light the fire, but this greasy thing won't burn at all.
As a result, more than 10,000 soldiers were trapped under the castle alive, unable to climb up at all.
"Swish, swish, swish..." At this time, the defenders on the castle shot arrows downwards and threw small gunpowder packets downwards.
"Boom boom boom..."
The dense siege army suddenly fell to the ground like a stack of wheat.
Casualties increased sharply.
When I returned home, my scalp felt numb. I really don’t know what this explosive thing is?
"Retreat, retreat, retreat..."
Following the return order, the retreat bell rang in the rear camp.
More than 10,000 soldiers who finally rushed under the city wall began to run back desperately.
Then, they were once again subjected to a torrential rain of bow and arrow fire, and another round of scorpion trebuchet fire.
Hundreds of gunpowder packets exploded violently again.
After they completely retreated into the army formation and counted the number of people in each battalion and various places, Gui Xinghuo found that of the 20,000 troops in the first round of siege, only 15,000 were left, with more than 5,000 casualties.
The open space on both sides of the castle was filled with large pits and corpses everywhere.
Gui Xingzhen couldn't help but feel his scalp numb. He thought this small castle would be easy to attack, but he didn't expect that five thousand people were lost in the first round of attack.
In particular, Sox's secret weapon, which was like thunder (gunpowder), brought huge casualties.
More than 70% of the casualties of more than 5,000 people were caused by the terrible thunder.
The entire outer wall of the castle was painted with that slippery stuff, and there was no siege ladder, so it was impossible to climb the wall with a rope hook.
The tactic of attacking from three sides will no longer work. We must concentrate our efforts on attacking the front and break through the castle gate.
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An hour later, the returning troops changed their formation and displayed all their troops in front of the castle.
And Yan Chuoer immediately mobilized most of his military forces to the front of the castle.
"The giant crossbow suppresses..."
Go back and give the order!
Hundreds of giant crossbows were replaced with rows of arrows, and each giant crossbow shot more than a dozen arrows at the same time.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
With each round of riding and shooting.
Every round, thousands of crossbow arrows hit the wall like a rainstorm.
"Pa bang bang..."
Giant crossbows poured down like a torrential rain, immediately suppressing the front of the castle and making it impossible to raise its head.
"Break the door..."
Thousands of soldiers charged wildly, covering a battering ram in the middle, and rushed towards the castle gate.
On top of the city.
"Super heavy crossbow, shoot!" Yan Chuoer ordered.
"Huh huh huh..."
With waves of trembling muffled sounds, a dozen super-giant trebuchets hurled more than 500 kilograms of kerosene barrels three to four hundred meters away.
"Hiss, hiss..." Every kerosene barrel lit up the fuse.
"Bang bang bang bang..."
More than a dozen giant kerosene suddenly hit the ground more than 300 meters away, hitting the giant siege crossbow formation of the returning army.
The hit rate was pathetic, only three giant crossbows were hit.
But... after the dozens of feet of kerosene barrels hit the ground, the kerosene inside splashed out and hit the burning fuse.
"boom……"
Suddenly, all the fire oil burned brightly.
Dozens of hundreds of giant crossbows were damaged at once, and in order to extinguish the fire, the fire suppression of the giant crossbows had to be paused.
At this time, the medium-sized scorpion trebuchet on the top of the city began to change direction, moved to the top of the city, and began to throw terrifying gunpowder packets.
Thousands of soldiers hid behind the three-story battlements, bent their bows and nocked arrows, and started firing round after round.
After suffering nearly half of the casualties, they finally made it to the city gate.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Countless gunpowder packets, boulders, and kerosene barrels were thrown down.
The super-heavy trebuchet has been re-tensioned and is ready for the second round of volley.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
After a heart-shaking roar, a dozen giant gunpowder heads were thrown hundreds of meters and hit the giant crossbow position of the returning army.
Countless kerosene burned once again, and dozens of giant crossbows were damaged!
"Rush, rush, rush..."
Gui Xing negative gritted his teeth and sent wave after wave of soldiers to charge.
Then, countless soldiers fell one after another, dying in this short distance of 300 meters.
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Night falls!
There has been a fierce battle on Rock Island for six hours.
This small stone castle is still standing.
On the entire battlefield, corpses piled up like mountains.
"Father, there were nine thousand casualties today, including three thousand killed in battle, two thousand seriously injured, and four thousand lightly injured." Gui Qinzhong said: "Most of the giant crossbows that were removed from the battleship were also damaged."
Gui Xingfu closed his eyes in pain. The 40,000-strong army had lost more than 20%. If it was a field battle, I'm afraid the entire army would have collapsed.
"How many people were killed or injured by the opponent's thunder?" Gui Xingyan asked.
Gui Qin Zhongdao: "More than 70%!"
Gui Xingfu's heart twitched violently. If it hadn't been for these terrifying thunderbolts and kerosene bombs, the stone castle would have been breached today.
He knew in his heart that whether it was thunder (gunpowder) or kerosene bombs, they were things that could change the pattern of war and were a military revolution.
Fortunately, Sauron is dead. Otherwise, if he had mastered these two super weapons, he would really overturn his position, and the Gui clan would be dead without a burial place.
However, Gui Xingfu was very surprised. Sauron was already dead. Why were the defenders of the Rock Island still fighting so hard?
Do you want to die together with him when he returns and carries the army? No, that's not the case. Although Rock Island is important to Sox, if you lose it, you will lose it. Money is not as important as life.
With so many kerosene bombs and so many thunderbolts, wouldn't it be good to use them to defend Tianshui City?
It's useless for you and I to return to the navy and die together. I'm just disrupting Shidao. What really wants to destroy you is the 400,000-strong army of Turing Tuo and Zhiwei.
"How is the morale of the army?" Gui Xingye asked.
"There are complaints everywhere." Gui Qinzhong said: "Especially the Luanyang City army has been threatening to withdraw from the battlefield, but the rock bandits sent by the rock demon are still murderous."
Gui Xingfu brought an army of 40,000 this time. Only a few thousand people really belonged to Linhai City. The rest came from Luanyang City, various princes from various counties, Haishi and Yan Pirates from Yingzhou Island.
It's okay if the battle goes well, but if it doesn't go well, it will turn into a mess.
"Is there any trace of the Tianshui City battleship on the sea?" Gui Xingnegative asked.
"No." Gui Qinzhong said: "Our reconnaissance speedboats have been sent out for hundreds of miles, but no trace of the Tianshui City warship has been found."
Then, Gui Qinzhong said: "Father, what if... I say what if we can't conquer the Rock Island?"
Gui Xing said negatively: "There is nothing to do. When the deadline comes, Zhili will still convict Sauron of treason, and then an army of 400,000 will still attack Tianshui City, and Suo Clan will still be destroyed. But... our Linhai City
The Gui clan may not be able to get much benefit after the war."
Gui Qinzhong said: "After the war, can we rescue my sister?"
"Absurd, stupid..." Gui Xingfu said sternly: "You should think that Gui Qinshao is dead. If it weren't for her stupidity, how could the Gui clan of Linhai City be in the situation we are in today? Why would we go out to take chestnuts from the fire for Xili?
"
Then, Gui Xingfu ordered: "Get ready and fight again tomorrow!"
"Yes!" Gui Qin Zhong said.
Gui Xingfu continued: "Send people to Baiyun County, Luanyang City and other places, use large cargo ships to transport trebuchets, giant crossbows and siege ladders, and prepare for a protracted war."
"Yes." Gui Qin Zhong said.
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The next day!
The shocking war drums sounded again.
Gui Xingfu once again launched his army and launched a crazy attack on the Castle of Rock Island!
Once again, the battle raged from morning to dusk.
Still unable to break through the gate of Rock Island Castle, a dozen temporary siege ladders were made, and dozens of warriors climbed up the castle.
But in the end, all the warriors who climbed up to the outside of the castle were killed, and more than a dozen siege ladders were all burned down.
In the battle on the second day, the returning army suffered another 6,000 casualties, leaving only 25,000 of the 40,000-strong army.
Morale was completely low, and there were even signs of mutiny.
If all the soldiers hadn't known that Suo Shi would definitely die and that behind them stood the future king, His Highness Ji Li, with such heavy casualties, this mixed army would have completely mutinied long ago.
Although the Sox's defenders on Rock Island are exhausted, both the Scorpion trebuchet and the super giant trebuchet have been damaged by nearly half.
Most of the kerosene bombs, gunpowder packets, and even arrows have been consumed.
But Gui Xingfu knew that the fierce siege battle was over and he could not launch a third attack.
"Give me the order to suspend the attack tomorrow and change to encirclement tactics, forcing the defenders in the castle to run out of ammunition and food, and to run out of fresh water." Gui Xing gave the order.
"Yes." Gui Qinzhong said: "Then when will we launch another attack?"
Returning back, he said: "Wait for the reinforcements to arrive and the siege materials to arrive."
"Yes!" Gui Qin Zhong said.
Then, he sighed heavily.
This battle was so ugly. An army of 40,000 attacked a small castle with 10,000 defenders. They fought for two days and suffered more than 10,000 losses before being defeated.
What he will face when returning home is not only the loss of face, but also the greater loss of profits.
After the demise of the Suo family, the Gui family will definitely not have a share in the division of interests in the Luanshi Saltworks.
Even the three hundred miles of territory that Tianshui City wants to cede to the Gui clan will be discounted, or even nothing will be gained.
With such a defeat in the battle, Gui Xingyi felt extremely pressured.
I originally thought that it would be easy for a navy of 40,000 to defeat a navy of 10,000, but this time the war was about to kill a tiger.
Unexpectedly, Soxh would completely give up naval warfare and turn to land warfare. A mere castle on a rocky island would break off several of his front teeth.
"Damn Suo Clan, he even bit me before he died." Gui Xing said angrily: "In the future, I will definitely kill every one of you, Suo Clan, to get rid of this bad breath in my heart.
"
At this moment, Gui Qinzhong, who had already left, rushed in.
"Father, eldest brother sent a message from Fei Yao in the main city of Linhai!" Gui Qinzhong held a secret letter in his hand.
This flying harrier should have arrived a day and a half ago, but the route to Rock Island is still very unfamiliar. This group of flying harriers have only trained a few times, so 90% of the dozen or so flying harriers were lost. The remaining two
After only half a circle around a few islands, one finally flew to its destination and was intercepted by the harrier trainer of Linhai City!
I got the secret letter and found that it was marked with the highest level. It was extremely urgent!
I was shocked when I returned home. The main city of Linhai should be safe and sound. Why would I return to Qin and fly a harrier to deliver an urgent secret letter?
When I opened it, I saw the secret letter written by Gui Qin:
"Father, Sauron is still alive and led his army north to attack Linhai City two days ago.
Nanlinbao has fallen, Guiqinqu has been captured, and my main army of more than 10,000 Gui clan has been completely destroyed.
Now, Sauron's army has surrounded the main city of Linhai and is in danger. Please send troops to rescue!
In addition, according to my guess, Gui Qinshao may have been rescued by Sauron.
My Gui family is in danger, extremely urgent, extremely urgent!"
After reading this letter, Gui Xingfu suddenly felt his scalp numb and his eyes darkened.
Then, I felt a sharp pain in my chest.
"Sauron, you bullied me too much, bullied me too much!" Gui Xingnuo roared, and a mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out!
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