Earl Chu Ye's abacus was good. If he had a cunning opponent, everyone would have a great time.
Unfortunately, he met an opponent who could not tolerate sand in his eyes.
Yan Naier doesn't care if you are acting, if you make her angry, she will kill you!
After Chu Ye completely gave up crossing the river, she immediately ordered the guns to be raised and aimed at the north bank position of Chu Ye's army.
"Let it go, let it go..."
Half shot, half solid cannonball.
It crossed over 200 meters across the river and smashed towards the north bank of Chu Ye's army.
"Shua..."
At this distance, the shotgun's lethality and hit rate are somewhat unsatisfactory.
But soldiers still fell one by one!
As for solid artillery shells, the lethality at this distance is extremely powerful.
Although the north bank of the Nu River has been rested, it is still relatively narrow. Tens of thousands of troops arrayed here are already overcrowded.
When every solid cannonball hits.
"boom……"
After a loud noise, a bloody road was plowed.
And because the ground here is hard, ricochet is easily caused.
Cannonballs weighing dozens of kilograms rushed through the crowd, completely breaking legs and bodies wherever they passed.
A round of shelling from a distance of more than 200 meters actually caused hundreds of casualties.
Earl Chu Ye almost jumped up. Wife Sauron, are you fucking stupid?
I no longer cross the river, I have already started acting, and you are still beating me?
And at this moment...
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Suddenly there was a whistling sound in the air.
The giant trebuchet hidden in the trench begins to show its power!
Hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder packets were thrown fiercely as if by a giant hand, and then fell into the formation of Chu Ye's army.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
Earth-shattering explosion!
Countless soldiers were shattered to pieces, corpses flying everywhere!
At this time, Yan Naier felt that although the artillery was very powerful.
However, the lethality at medium and long distances is not as good as that of a trebuchet throwing gunpowder packets. Especially when the enemy troops are very dense, the explosive power of several hundred kilograms of gunpowder packets far exceeds that of any artillery shell.
The advantage of artillery is that it can shoot farther and has a higher accuracy than trebuchets.
The biggest advantage is that when shooting shotgun at close range, the lethality is simply unparalleled.
Suddenly, Count Chu Ye wanted to cry but had no tears.
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Windlei Castle Defense Line Battlefield!
Just now, hundreds of cannons on the city wall were bombarded, and trebuchets threw hundreds of primitive cluster bombs. (The explosive bags are filled with lead bullets, fragments, etc., which are actually very different from cluster bombs. At least these small bombs will not explode.
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In an instant, more than one million projectiles exploded on the ground covering an area of more than 100,000 to 200,000 square meters.
Whether it was Li Li in the air or Sauron on the city wall, they could all be seen clearly.
That area was instantly empty!
Then, the entire battlefield fell into terrible silence. (Only in relative terms)
And Li Li seemed to have lost all consciousness.
You can't see it with your eyes, you can't hear it with your ears, it's just a roaring sound.
After a long while...
All the consciousness gradually returned to the body.
Then, he saw soldiers getting up one after another on the battlefield under the wall of Fenglei Castle.
Everyone has blood on their body, although they don't know whether it is their own or the enemy's.
When more than a million rounds of projectiles exploded just now, the area was instantly empty, as if everyone had died cleanly.
Actually, that’s not the case!
This is not in the sea, nor in the Nu River. Once shot, it is likely to fall into the water and disappear completely.
This is on the ground. After many projectiles and shrapnel are shot into the body, they may not be fatal immediately.
Moreover, the crowd was so crowded that it was very likely that some people had been hit by dozens or hundreds of pellets at once, dying to the point of death.
But some people were blocked by their comrades in front and were only scratched by shrapnel and projectiles.
In the end, there were still more than 20,000 soldiers who got up from the ground.
Sauron's visual inspection showed that hundreds of artillery fired volleys of shotguns and hundreds of catapults launched primitive cluster bombs, which should have caused more than 10,000 casualties to the army below.
Therefore, more than half of the first wave of soldiers who charged and attacked the city were still left.
Li Li's body seemed to have completely recovered its temperature, and he said in surprise: "We're not dead yet, there's still a lot left."
Only Turing Tuo knew that it was useless even if there were more than 20,000 people left, because the momentum of the attack on the city was stopped, and the order and formation were completely disrupted.
Originally, the distribution of fire shields was very particular so that most soldiers could be protected.
And now...
All these so-called fire shields bought at high prices were thrown on the ground.
really……
"Bang bang bang bang..."
Many holes in the city wall opened, and countless barrels of kerosene rolled down.
On the city wall, countless strong men lifted barrels of kerosene and smashed them down.
Then, countless rockets shot down...
Many small and medium-sized scorpion trebuchets began to launch.
It's still that terrifying powder pack cluster bomb.
"Bang bang bang bang..."
Soldiers who have lost their organization and command can only become a piece of scattered sand.
What awaits them is a one-sided massacre!
Burned to death!
Killed by gunpowder packet.
He was shot through the body by countless projectiles and died!
In the end, the first wave of 50,000 soldiers who attacked the city were completely destroyed.
They didn't even climb the walls effectively!
…
At this moment, preparations for the second round of bombardment of Fengleibao's defense line were completed!
"Boom boom boom boom..."
Hundreds of artillery pieces were fired at the same time.
The target is the giant trebuchet that is leaving the position!
50% are solid projectiles, 30% are blooming projectiles, and 20% are chain projectiles.
This was an experimental artillery strike. The purpose was to prove how powerful the explosive ammunition was under the current technical conditions.
Then there is the comparison of the lethality of artillery and giant trebuchets at medium and long distances.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
Hundreds of projectiles swept past like black lightning.
The results are very optimistic, but also very pessimistic.
The reason for optimism is that whether it is a solid bullet or a chain bullet, it is very lethal even in land battles.
Because there are too many Zili troops and the array is too dense.
When the solid bullet was fired, it plowed a path of blood. Wherever it passed, corpses and bones flew everywhere.
The chain bomb is even more terrifying, like a death scythe, flying all the way and cutting off countless heads, but its power is far inferior to that of a naval battle, and it is not suitable for land battles. Its range is also relatively unsatisfactory.
As for the blooming bullets, as expected, each blooming bullet contains more than ten kilograms of gunpowder, and its lethality is really average, far less than that of giant gunpowder packets. Moreover, the probability of a dud bomb is very high.
Before the advent of high explosives, explosive bombs were of little significance.
It's not optimistic because the target of Sauron's shelling this time is the enemy's trebuchet position.
However, after one round of shelling, less than ten giant trebuchets were damaged.
This result is not bad, but it is equivalent to the result of a hundred giant trebuchets.
The giant trebuchet has a lower hit rate, but it can throw hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder balls. Once it explodes, targets within the entire radius will be affected.
"Use giant trebuchets to destroy the enemy's trebuchets and giant crossbow positions." Sauron ordered: "All artillery, use solid shells to attack the Li army from a long distance!"
"yes!"
…
The body temperature that had just recovered a little now turned cold again!
Just now, he watched helplessly as the first wave of 50,000 troops attacking the city died cleanly.
Not only him, but also all the princes behind him could see it clearly.
It’s a really devastating blow to everyone’s confidence!
Li Li couldn't help but look towards Turing Tuo!
The first commander-in-chief of the kingdom seemed to be a few years older. Because of his frown, his originally very shallow wrinkles looked like cuts with knives.
"Do you want to go up to the second wave of siege troops?" asked Li Li.
Turingtuo shook his head.
Sending a second wave of 50,000 people there would make no sense.
War was changed, by Sauron's gunpowder and cannon.
Before the age of cold weapons, the number of soldiers played a decisive role.
At this time, in front of the terrifying war machine, large numbers are of little use, and at best they only cost people their lives.
"Throw fish oil bombs and try to destroy Sauron's giant trebuchet!" Turing Tuo said.
Turing Tuo discovered that although Sauron's artillery was amazing, its lethality may not be much greater than that of the trebuchet.
The giant gunpowder packets thrown by the giant trebuchet just now, especially the primitive cluster bombs thrown at the end, were so lethal that they were no less powerful than artillery shells.
As a result, the two armies then began a long-range bombardment.
Hundreds of trebuchets separated from the main army were throwing fish oil bombs wildly.
Countless explosives flew through the air and then fell into the opponent's position.
It has to be said that this fish oil bomb caused a lot of casualties to Sauron's army.
Once the army was hit, more than a dozen people were completely burned.
Once the trebuchet was hit, a raging fire immediately broke out.
The most terrifying thing was that after the gunpowder bag was burned, it exploded directly on the city wall. Not only did his trebuchet explode to pieces, but the bones of all the soldiers who controlled the trebuchet also flew everywhere.
In this way, the two sides exchanged wild blows.
Soon after, the entire walls of Sauron's Storm Thunder Castle seemed to be burning.
Sauron's hundreds of artillery were aimed at the Lili army a few hundred meters away, or thousands of meters away, and fired wildly.
The power of solid artillery shells in land battles completely refreshed Sauron's impression.
In naval battles, solid artillery shells did not show extremely shocking lethality, inferior to chain bombs, grapeshot and grapeshot.
However, in land battles, especially when the enemy's formation is very dense, the power of solid bullets is extremely terrifying.
"boom……"
Once hit, it actually penetrated dozens of meters away, and all the soldiers along the way were imprisoned, broken, or even shattered to pieces.
With luck, the cannonball landed on the soft dirt ground.
If you were unlucky enough, it would land on the hard stone ground and cause a ricochet, and its lethality would be even more unparalleled.
And the trebuchets from both sides hit each other!
Although Sauron also suffered heavy losses, in comparison, several hundred kilograms of gunpowder balls were much more powerful than fish oil bombs.
Each trebuchet salvo can cause seven or eight injuries to the Seli trebuchet position.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
In this way, both sides continued to bombard each other from a distance.
The reason Turingtuo did this was to regain the morale and confidence of the army.
Because the kerosene bombs were used to attack the defense line of Fenglei Fort, the scene looked really amazing.
After just a few rounds of salvos, the entire Fenlei Fort defense line seemed to be on fire.
From a visual perspective, Sauron's situation seemed to be at a disadvantage, after all, the entire defense line was on fire.
In this way, it diluted the tragic impression that the first wave of siege troops, 50,000 strong, was completely destroyed.
However……
This superficial advantage was completely destroyed by Sauron's artillery.
It's really amazing, it went too far.
In previous battlefields, as long as you were five hundred meters away, you were absolutely safe.
At this time, even two or three miles away is not safe.
Every round of Sauron's bombardment made all the army tremble with fear.
Because it is too terrible and cruel!
Projectiles weighing dozens of kilograms flew over and plowed a bloody path, easily taking away the lives of dozens or even dozens of people.
This kind of artillery either cannot fire accurately, and once it does, it will cause countless casualties.
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The Lord of Ironwood City is one of the princes who hates Sauron the most.
Of course, Sauron didn't do anything to him, and his hatred mainly came from fear.
Because his territory was in the Southeast Province, and after Sauron became the acting governor of the Southeast Province, he had been at odds with Sauron.
Every day he was in fear, fearing that Sauron would one day lead his army into his Ironwood City and kill all his people.
Now Li is leading hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Sauron. He is completely ecstatic and is waiting for Sauron's destruction.
Yesterday, the scandal between Xie Li and Turin Duo was exposed, and he was still frightened. But so what, his current mortal enemy was Sauron. He stood firmly on Xie Li's side and watched Sauron being shattered to pieces.
After the war broke out today, his blood was boiling and he wanted to take the lead and lead the soldiers to charge forward.
But after the battle started, he was instantly covered with ice.
The first wave of 50,000 troops was completely destroyed without even climbing up the city wall.
terrible……
Next, Li Li did not send any more troops to attack the city, but instead bombarded them from a distance.
The Lord of Ironwood City was so anxious that he roared: "Why don't you attack the city? Why don't you attack the city? If fifty thousand doesn't work, just one hundred thousand, one hundred and fifty thousand, or two hundred thousand! Kill Sauron with human lives and cut him into pieces.
ah!"
And at this moment...
Suddenly there was a roar in the air!
Then a black lightning flew suddenly!
The Lord of Ironwood City was shocked, what is this?
His dozen or so trusted warriors reacted quickly and immediately blocked the Lord with their bodies and raised their shields to block!
"boom……"
There was a loud noise, and the cannonball easily shattered the shield.
"Puff puff……"
Then, he directly tore the bodies of several close warriors.
Then, bang!
More than twenty kilograms of solid bullets hit the Lord of Ironwood City directly on the head.
His head, like a ripe watermelon, suddenly exploded and was completely shattered!
After crushing the Ironwood City Lord's head, the projectile seemed to have exhausted its remaining power and fell to the ground.
"ah……"
Immediately afterwards came the extremely shrill screams of the young master of Ironwood City.
Because, he suddenly felt that there was no feeling in his legs. When he lowered his head and looked, he saw a bloody mess from his crotch.
"Ah...ah...ah..."
Suddenly, he let out an even more miserable howl!
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The death of the Lord of Ironwood City brought unparalleled shock and terror to the senior leaders of the Lili Army.
At that time, he was three miles away from Fenglei Fort's defense line!
Just like that, he was hit in the head!
Isn't it safe to be two or three miles away? In fact, the Lord of Ironwood City was simply unlucky. If he was hit at such a distance, he could really buy a lottery ticket.
But these nobles and princes who are greedy for life and fear of death don't think so.
These cannonballs can kill the Lord of Ironwood City, so they can also be killed.
Suddenly, all the high-ranking nobles, all the princes, and all the senior civil servants had cold limbs and began to retreat like a tide.
As soon as these people retreated, the morale of the entire army dropped instantly.
"Your Highness, we must withdraw our troops, otherwise there will be a huge rout!" Turing Tuo said.
With blood dripping from his heart, he gritted his teeth and said, "The army retreated five miles!"
Suddenly, countless clangs sounded!
Hundreds of thousands of troops retreated in embarrassment, retreating five miles away.
Zhili's 450,000-strong army attacked Fenglei Castle's defense line. On the first day alone, it suffered tens of thousands of losses and retreated several miles.
This is not the scariest thing!
The most terrifying thing is the political consequences after his defeat!
Yesterday, he and Turing Tuo forcibly dismissed everyone's inner dissatisfaction.
Now, it is very likely that there will be a complete backlash!
After retreating back to the main camp, will anyone make an attack? Will there be a rebellion?
Or even take his severed head to offer tribute to Sauron?
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Note: This is the first update of more than 4,000 words, please support me! (To be continued.)