Three Three Four: Xie Wei was defeated! Xie Ning gave birth to a son!
Sauron's army fired the first salvo of more than a hundred super-giant trebuchets, and a hundred gunpowder packets smashed down the giant crossbow and trebuchet positions of the mighty army!
"Boom boom boom boom"
Huge fireballs and billowing smoke completely enveloped the entire battlefield.
In Gui Xingfu's secret letter, Hong Tianlei was never mentioned.
Therefore, it was the first time for the mighty 150,000-strong army to see this earth-shattering explosion, and they were truly heartbroken.
It was like the earth was shaking.
The power of the explosion of five hundred kilograms of gunpowder is astonishing!
On the position of the mighty army, all they could see was an extremely huge trebuchet, which was torn apart by a huge force like a child's toy and scattered in all directions.
The giant crossbow was even worse, being shattered into pieces.
Soldiers near the explosion were immediately shattered to pieces.
The soldiers who were dozens or hundreds of meters away also flew away and vomited blood.
Countless war horses were frightened and ran wildly, causing chaos in the cavalry camp of the mighty army.
Sauron's side, with just one salvo, sent the mighty army flying.
The 150,000-strong army looked at each other with faces as earthy as the color of earth.
This, what kind of weapon is this?
Explosive thunder? Or shocking thunder?
Why is there such a loud noise and such an alarming momentum?
Duke Zhiwei was completely changed, and he didn't know anything about Hong Tianlei.
Sauron killed Grand Duke Lanshi, the king of Yelan Principality. Although he was defined by the Dragon Temple as angering the dragon, he sent thunder from the sky.
But Li Li directly judged that this was Sauron's doing, and used a very special explosive to kill Grand Duke Lanshi.
It's not like Li Li has never seen anything like this before. The alchemist from Yaozhou created a liquid and a crystal that would produce a terrifying explosion.
This kind of crystal is still used as an aerial signal arrow.
But both explosive liquids and explosive crystals are extremely expensive and cannot be manufactured on a large scale.
From Li Li's point of view, Sauron's killing of Grand Duke Lanshi had exhausted all the explosives produced by his secret warlocks.
But I didn't expect that Sauron would actually use this thing on the battlefield, and in such large quantities?
Duke Zhiwei's limbs felt a little cold. He knew that this battle would be difficult to win, and he might really have to risk his life!
The smoke clears!
Sauron and Zhiwei both quickly checked the damage caused by the first salvo.
The mighty army's giant crossbow position and giant trebuchet position cover a full area of about half a square kilometer.
At this time, it was completely covered with craters, and whether it was a giant crossbow or a giant trebuchet, the damage rate exceeded 30%.
Seeing this lethality, Sauron was overjoyed, while Zhiwei's heart was bleeding.
The accuracy of the trebuchet is very poor, with a hit rate of one percent within four to five hundred meters.
But the explosive explosion of four to five hundred kilograms of gunpowder was so shocking that everything within a few dozen meters was shattered into pieces.
Hundreds of gunpowder packets exploded on the ground about one square kilometer, which almost achieved the effect of carpet bombing.
It can be said that the greater the number of super giant trebuchets, the better the coverage effect will be.
Of course, the consumption of gunpowder is also extremely alarming!
Sauron felt that the gunpowder he had accumulated for more than a year might be completely consumed in this battle.
However, the gryphon's air strike effect is much worse than expected.
First, throw it from a height of several hundred meters. If you are attacking a castle, it is fine, but if you want to hit a small or medium-sized target, it is almost impossible. The error rate is too high.
Moreover, only five gryphon beasts were too few to form a carpet-like coverage.
The most important thing is that when they attacked Linhai City, the opponent had no dragon archers. In the Zhiwei army, there were dozens of dragon archers, so it was impossible to throw gunpowder in the air and behead Duke Zhiwei.
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Even if the gryphon flies five or six hundred meters high, it will still be shot by the dragon shooter.
And if it flies to an altitude of one or two thousand meters and the error of air throwing is too large, then the so-called aerial beheading will lose its meaning.
Just now, five gryphon beasts launched an air attack on the enemy's giant crossbow and trebuchet positions. As a result, they were shot by a dragon archer from the opponent's side 600 meters away, and their necks were shot directly. Although they did not die, they were still alive.
was seriously injured.
Therefore, Sauron immediately ordered that the gryphon beasts should no longer be used for fighting, but instead be used to convey orders and observe the battlefield.
"Your Majesty, our fifty-three giant trebuchets, nineteen have been damaged. Two thousand three hundred giant crossbows, more than seven hundred have been damaged. There are more than 300 casualties in the trebuchet position, and there are more than 300 casualties in the giant crossbow position.
More than nine hundred people!"
Duke Zhiwei immediately received reports of casualties and damage.
Suddenly, my scalp felt numb.
This was just Sauron's first salvo.
The first salvo from our side caused minimal damage to the defense line of Sauron Wind Thunder Castle.
Sauron's first salvo caused so much damage.
A decision must be made immediately, whether to remove all the trebuchets and giant crossbows, otherwise, after only four or five rounds of volley strikes, all the long-range attack equipment on our side will be wiped out.
Once all the long-range firepower is removed, human lives will need to be used, and the number of casualties will be astronomical.
But if they don't withdraw, his giant crossbow position and trebuchet position will be passively beaten.
"Don't withdraw." Duke Zhiwei ordered: "Not only will we not withdraw, the siege army will prepare immediately, with giant crossbows and giant trebuchets, to attack the city immediately. The first wave of siege army, enter!"
"Yes!" the deputy commander shouted loudly.
Then, the shocking war drums sounded!
"Bang bang bang bang bang"
"Siege the city! Siege the city!"
Immediately, the siege troops that had already been assembled began to run wildly.
One square after another, tens of thousands of troops rushed towards the Fenlei Fort defense line like a tide.
"The giant crossbow position, change the rows of arrows, and fire a volley"
"Giant trebuchet position, salvo"
"Swish swish swish"
The dense rain of arrows flew directly from the top of the siege army, like a heavy rain, and hit the defense line of Feng Lei Fort hard.
"Puff puff puff puff."
The soldiers on the city wall kept falling to the ground and dying.
This time, the giant crossbows of the mighty army no longer shot three or four-meter giant arrows, but two-meter-long thin arrows. A giant crossbow could shoot ten arrows at a time.
Therefore, the second round of volley fired more than 10,000 arrows, taking away the lives of more than 100 people in Sauron's army.
However, the soldiers on the city wall remained motionless like pillars.
At this time, you have to face the rain of arrows. If you are really hit, it will be unlucky. If you hide and run around, the casualties will be even greater.
Sauron and Zhuang Zhixuan were riding on griffins, overlooking the battlefield from a height of several hundred meters.
Duke Zhiwei's tens of thousands of troops, covered by the firepower of trebuchets and giant crossbows, rushed toward the city wall crazily.
A total of three phalanxes and an army of 30,000 people conducted the first round of siege, and the black pressure came like a tide.
Ten minutes have passed since Sauron's side fired the first round of volley at the giant trebuchet. There is no way, this kind of giant trebuchet will take at least ten minutes to complete a shot.
"Super giant trebuchet, ready, salvo"
A roar like a thunderbolt.
Suddenly, more than a hundred giant gunpowder packets drew a black line in the air, and once again crashed towards the giant crossbow position and giant trebuchet position of the mighty army.
"Boom boom boom boom boom"
Another earth-shattering explosion, another soaring fireball, and billowing smoke completely obscured the entire battlefield.
Zhiwei's siege army charged from both sides of the giant crossbow and trebuchet positions. However, they were still affected by the shocking explosion, and the corpses of hundreds of soldiers flew everywhere.
However, the 30,000 siege troops were getting closer and closer, and soon they were only 300 meters away from the defense wall of Fenglei Castle.
"Arrange arrows on the giant crossbow, prepare, and fire."
The thousands of giant crossbows on Fenglei Castle's defense line were all replaced with ten thin arrows in a row.
Suddenly, tens of thousands of arrows, like a heavy rain, hit the mighty siege army.
"Puff puff puff puff."
Countless blood splashed and countless soldiers fell to the ground.
But even if there were tens of thousands of arrows, the casualties would only be a few thousand.
The remaining 28,000 or so siege troops were still running wildly. Everyone knew that at this time they could only run as hard as they could and that it was impossible to retreat.
"The siege enemy is two hundred meters away from the city wall! Archers are ready, medium-sized scorpion trebuchets are ready, launch!" Sauron roared!
The more than 20,000 garrison soldiers on the city wall suddenly loosened their strings.
"Swish swish"
Another round of tens of thousands of arrows rained down, once again taking away hundreds of enemy casualties.
"Swish swish swish"
Hundreds of medium-sized trebuchets were fired, and hundreds of gunpowder packets crossed the arc and fell into the siege army formation!
"Boom boom boom boom"
Another earth-shattering explosion.
Nearly 100,000 kilograms of gunpowder exploded in positions within a few hundred meters.
Once again, countless soldiers were shattered into pieces and corpses flew everywhere.
Thousands of soldiers died!
A terrible explosion occurred nearby, and countless soldiers stood there as if struck by lightning.
"Don't stop, charge, charge"
The commander of the mighty army roared desperately.
Now is the interval between Sauron's army's trebuchet launches, which is the most precious. We must use this gap to rush up the city wall.
"Charge, charge"
Although the volleys of giant crossbows and medium-sized trebuchets caused huge casualties to the Zhiwei siege army, more than 20,000 people still rushed under the city wall.
"Bang bang bang bang!" Countless siege ladders were slammed onto the wall.
The huge battering ram began to pound the city gate.
Although the trebuchet gunpowder charges were amazing, the interval between launches was too long, so they still could not stop the enemy from rushing under the city wall.
When Zhi Wei from the Chinese army camp saw more than 20,000 soldiers already climbing the city wall, he suddenly shouted with great joy: "Second wave, third wave of siege troops, charge in relay, advance!"
Suddenly, another 50,000 troops charged madly under the thundering drums of war.
The entire battlefield was filled with fighting that shook the sky!
One to two hundred siege ladders were successively set up on the walls of Fenglei Castle's defense line.
One after another, giant warriors held up a large shield and climbed up the siege ladder.
Behind him, there were dense crowds of people.
Countless soldiers, like ants, climbed up the walls of Fenglei Castle.
Seeing this scene, Zhiwei was once again ecstatic.
With such an endless stream of climbing the city wall, despite the shocking casualties, they were still able to break through the Windlei Castle defense line in the end.
Sauron's trebuchet tactics are amazing, but the launch speed is too slow!
However, at this moment, a terrible scene appeared!
When the majestic army rushes under the city wall, this is the beginning of the nightmare!
Countless kerosene barrels on the city wall were smashed down like crazy!
Each round of trebuchet firing takes time, but manual throwing does not require it.
Thousands of strong men from Sauron's army frantically threw barrels of fire and oil.
"Swish swish swish"
"Bang bang bang"
In a short period of time, thousands of barrels of kerosene fell.
Countless kerosene barrels smashed against the city wall and the ground, shattering violently, and the crude oil inside splashed out.
In just a short moment, the ground under the entire city wall was covered with a thick layer of kerosene.
Almost every soldier in Zhiwei's siege army was splashed with pungent fire oil.
Then, thousands of small and medium-sized gunpowder packets were thrown down.
"Boom boom boom"
The violent explosion ignited all the tens of thousands of kerosene barrels that had been dropped previously.
Boom boom boom!
The shocking fire burned completely!
Millions of kilograms of kerosene were ignited, causing a sea of fire!
The damage caused by the gunpowder explosion is one-time, but the burning of kerosene is indeed continuous.
Zhiwei's tens of thousands of siege troops were all crowded under the city wall, and were instantly surrounded and devoured by the entire sea of fire!
Under the four-mile city wall, it became a terrifying purgatory.
"Ahhhhh"
A shocking and shrill howl.
Countless soldiers screamed, struggled, and ran away in the fire!
The sharpest weapon for defending the city is boiling oil.
But in the era of cold weapons, boiling oil was poured down, and the amount was only tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of kilograms at most, and it would take several days and be poured down countless times.
After Sauron dug a crude oil mine, the kerosene resources were completely endless for the battlefield at this time.
At one time, tens of thousands of barrels of kerosene, weighing more than a million kilograms, were dropped.
Looking at the burning hell below.
"Keep throwing" Sauron shouted!
"Swish swish swish"
Countless strong men frantically threw barrels of kerosene from the holes in the city wall.
Really adding fuel to the fire
Millions of kilograms of kerosene were poured on the ground for four miles, creating a sea of fire that was hundreds of meters wide and two kilometers long.
Duke Zhiwei's tens of thousands of troops were all buried in the two to three hundred thousand square meters sea of fire.
"Swish swish swish"
At this time, the super giant trebuchet on the Fenlei Fort defense line fired its fifth round of salvo.
"Boom boom boom boom boom"
At this time, the giant crossbow positions and giant trebuchet positions of the mighty army were in pieces. After two hundred thousand kilograms of gunpowder and carpet bombing, not a single complete trebuchet could be found, and almost no one could be found.
A complete giant crossbow.
Duke Zhiwei was trembling all over and his limbs were cold!
At this time, the entire battlefield was filled with thick smoke. Under the city wall, there was a sea of fire.
"Father, hurry up and withdraw your troops, otherwise all 80,000 troops will be folded under the city wall." Youyou shouted loudly.
Duke Zhiwei seemed to wake up suddenly and shouted: "Retreat the troops, withdraw the troops!"
Suddenly, hundreds of bells were sounded in the majestic army.
This is the signal to retreat!
Then, Duke Zhiwei waited in the thick smoke to see how many troops successfully retreated.
I don’t know how long I have been waiting!
The smoke has cleared and the fire is out!
"Father, only more than 3,000 people successfully retreated!" Prince Youyou stepped forward to report.
A total of three waves of 80,000 troops participated in the siege, but only 3,000 returned, and the rest were all killed.
Including the giant crossbow position and the giant trebuchet position, there were more than 5,000 casualties.
In just four hours, Duke Zhiwei's 150,000-strong army lost 85,000 people, leaving only more than 60,000 people.
There were more than half casualties, but they couldn't even climb up the wall of Fenglei Castle.
Not only that, but the casualties on Sauron's side were minimal.
He spent astronomical amounts of kerosene and astronomical amounts of gunpowder in exchange for this astonishing result.
Duke Zhiwei, who was standing on the commander's platform, looked at Sauron on the castle in the distance. The distance between the two sides was two thousand meters.
However, Zhiwei seemed to feel that Sauron was laughing!
In just half a day, more than half of his 150,000-strong army suffered casualties, while Sauron's army was not damaged at all.
Duke Zhiwei has never suffered such a disastrous defeat!
We shouldn't be so impatient, we shouldn't be so eager for quick success, we should be steady and wait for the arrival of Turing Tuo's army.
In that case, it wouldn’t have been such a disastrous defeat!
Zhiwei first felt a sharp pain in his heart, and then there seemed to be a huge force tearing apart his internal organs. His stomach spasmed violently, and hot blood gushes from his intestines and stomach and rushed up to his throat.
"Poof", hot blood suddenly spurted out.
Then, Zhiwei felt his eyes go dark, his body felt cold, and he felt dizzy.
"boom!"
Duke Zhiwei's tall body suddenly fell to the ground, completely fainting and unconscious!
at the same time!
Yan Empire Kyoto, in a manor!
From the time of labor pain to now, Zhen Ning has been in pain for more than three hours, but she still hasn't given birth.
Dystocia!
The baby is strong, but the fetal position is incorrect!
Zhen Ning's screams were completely hoarse and exhausted.
Prince Ji Min outside the house was frightened and frightened.
Sometimes I covered my ears and didn't dare to stop, and sometimes I knelt on the ground and prayed desperately.
Inside, midwives, maids, and medical monks were constantly coming and going.
Pot after pot of blood was poured out.
There have been three waves of female medical monks who came from the Dragon Temple.
Four midwives sent from Yan Empire Palace also came.
Still not born!
Princess Zingning's screams ranged from hysterical at the beginning to dying at the end.
Prince Ji Min went to the back and kept kneeling on the ground, praying and praying!
"Whether it's a dragon, a demon, or any other god, please, please hold Zining, keep her safe, and keep her mother and son safe!"
"God bless Ji Ning, bless Ji Ning!"
"Sauron, I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you!"
"I, Ji Min, am willing to shorten my life for ten years, no, twenty years, thirty years! In exchange for the peace of mother and son Zhen Ning!"
"Please, please, please"
Prince Ji Min knelt on the ground, trembling, talking to himself, and praying!
suddenly
"Ah" Princess Zhenning roared!
"Wow, wow, wow" then, a loud cry came from the house!
Finally, I was born!
Prince Ji Min's legs went weak outside the house and he collapsed directly to the ground, his whole body completely soaked.
"Woo!" Then he covered his face, sat on the ground and cried loudly!
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