I heard that they were gunpowder weapons bought at a high price from the territory of the Far Eastern Army!" The captain almost leaned into Yin Shishi's ear and shouted. The shouts of killing around him became louder and louder, and the two of them had to close the distance.
Get very close. But if you do this, you will be easily targeted by the crossbows under the city.
Sure enough, as soon as he turned his body sideways, an iron-feathered crossbow arrow more than seven feet long whizzed in against the pillars of the city tower, grazed the two people's ears and flew past, forcibly wiping out the Yin Shishi's right face.
A bloody cut.
"Protect the general! Protect the general!" The soldiers of General Yiwei's Yinshi division rushed forward and threw the general directly behind the female wall. Immediately after, three iron-feathered long crossbows roared towards them, killing the two men who had no time to dodge.
The soldiers shot them through and nailed them to the center of the tower with their body heat.
"Bang!" Sparks flew everywhere, and brick fragments flew everywhere. The soldier who had a transparent hole in his stomach screamed and tried desperately to cover the hole with his fingers, but he watched his own blood shoot out like a fountain, staining the tower red.
Carved beams covered with auspicious patterns.
The carved beams and painted buildings instantly became clear in the eyes of the dying person, then slowly blurred, and finally, hidden behind the boundless darkness, they turned into low Sanskrit chants.
"Hold up your shield, go up to the crenel, hold up your shield, go up to the crenel!" The captain pushed away the bodyguards who were pressing him down, and shouted crazily. Those arrows just now were by no means random shots without a target, they could be shot with such accuracy and such accuracy.
The rapid series of attacks showed that the enemy's powerful crossbows had advanced at least fifty steps.
However, Master Yinshi was already shaken to his core by the words "gunpowder weapons".
"Who can buy the Poison King's gunpowder weapons at a high price? You sons of bitches..." Master Yin Shi's expression changed. If he had just guessed that those bastards were members of the Far Eastern Army before, now he has
We can be sure that these bastards are members of the Far Eastern Army.
But when he heard that gunpowder weapons had entered Chang'an City, Master Yinshi breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had never seen the power of the Far Eastern Army's gunpowder weapons, he had heard about it for a long time. It was a method comparable to that of gods!
With these gunpowder weapons, Chang'an City may be able to defend it. If he can persist to the end, he will vote for King Qin An. With his previous achievements in digging Li Yuan's ancestral tomb for him, and if he defends Chang'an City, he can do anything in the Far East.
Getting a good position in the army group is.
"General, don't worry. General Mao and the others will send some gunpowder weapons here later." While the captain was busy directing the defense of this section of the city wall, he did not forget to say a word of comfort to Master Yinshi.
"I understand, let's defend the city well!" Master Yin Shi took a deep look at the captain, whom he had always regarded as his confidant, and nodded without saying much.
At this time, this was already the last round of crossbow suppression by the Li family's army outside the city, and then the Li family's army was about to board the city.
Master Yin Shi knew that without gunpowder weapons, he would definitely not be able to defend Chang'an City.
At this time, he had hope again in his heart. After sighing in his heart, he roared loudly and rushed all the soldiers who were hiding in the city tower to avoid arrows to the city wall, and then waited for the gunpowder weapons to be delivered.
On the city wall, most of the archers who were hiding behind the crenellations and fighting against the enemy had been killed long ago. The remaining people were suppressed by the arrows from the city walls and could not raise their heads after leaning over the battlements.
Before the supporters in the tower could get closer, their shields were filled with arrows.
Several weak soldiers were pushed back inward by the pressure on the shields. If they were not blocked by the bodies of the robes, they would have almost fallen off the city wall.
"Put up a shield wall, set up a shield wall, lift up the archers, lift up the archers!" Yin Shishi's voice sounded from behind everyone, as cold as ice.
Forced by low-level officers, the soldiers had to squat behind the battlements, hold their shields upright, and then use their bodies to hold them firmly.
Several captains ran around behind the shield wall, kicking the surviving archers up with their feet, forcing them to fight back. The smoke under the city wall was so thick that it was impossible to see where the enemy troops were. But the archers only needed to
If you shoot at the noisiest place, you will definitely gain something.
The situation is as judged by Yin Shishi, the rebels are very close to the city wall. Within a distance of less than fifty steps, the trajectory of the crossbow arrow is almost a straight line. In this case, the power of the arrow increases sharply, but for those behind the shield
The chance of people causing harm is greatly reduced.
The Sui soldiers, who had gained a breather, cheered up and carried large stones to the edge of the city wall.
The enemy was right under their noses. They couldn't see it, but they could feel the sound of breathing getting closer and closer. Finally, several thick wooden stakes appeared in front of the defenders. They were the top of the ladder, and they were still smoky.
Mark of.
"Smash!" Yes
People shouted. Then, hundreds of stones fell down the ladder. The screams were almost followed by the sound of the stones hitting the target, which was so shrill that it was unbearable to hear.
Another round of feather arrows, and countless Sui warriors holding stones fell down.
There was another round of counterattack, and the attackers who were clinging to the ladder fell down like ants.
Life is as humble as an ant.
"ah--!"
"I am your ancestor for eight lifetimes!"
Mixed in with the hoarse screams, there were a lot of curses. There were short and fast Hedong accents, and there were also deep and soft Guanzhong accents. The two places were very close to each other, and the soldiers on both sides of the attack and defense looked almost the same.
Same black hair, black eyes, yellow skin.
Maybe they have the same last name, or maybe they are distant relatives.
However, at this time today, the people of Hedong and Guanzhong above and below the city must live and die.
They are strangers to each other and have no hatred whatsoever.
Master Yinshi didn't pay attention to this at all. He stared at a group of soldiers carrying several boxes to the top of the city.
Before anyone came to report, he took a deep breath and ran over excitedly.
"General, this is the gunpowder weapon sent by General Mao." An officer clasped his fists and reported to Master Yinshi.
"Open it!" Master Yin Shi glanced at the officer and snorted coldly.
"I obey my orders."
The officer clasped his fists and accepted the order, waving his hand for someone to open one of the boxes.
Master Yinshi looked at the mysterious weapon in the box that was similar in shape and size to an adult's fist. His breathing became a little rapid involuntarily, and he asked tremblingly: "What is this gunpowder weapon called?"
"Report to General Yin, call for grenades." The officer reported quickly.
"How to use it? Will it be difficult for our soldiers to operate it?" Master Yinshi asked.
"Don't worry, General Yin. These twenty people brought by your humble position will all be used. Scatter them on top of the city here and let the soldiers protect them. They can use these three boxes of grenades." The officer replied loudly.
Master Yin Shi glanced at the group of soldiers escorting the grenades with a complicated expression, nodded, and ordered: "Let them guard the city here thirty steps apart. I will arrange for people to protect them."
The officer breathed a sigh of relief and immediately led his men to make arrangements with grenades.
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Under a crimson and white battle flag, General Li Anyuan under Li Yuan in the north led five thousand soldiers to launch a frenzied attack on the east wall of Chang'an City.
About half of the soldiers fell on the way forward, and the bright red blood stained the ground into bloody mud, causing the brothers who were following behind to slip every step.
But Li Anyuan did not let the team stop to rest. He knew the importance of Chang'an City to the Li Yuan Group. Whoever attacked the city first would have already secured his position as the founding hero, even if he did not have any major military exploits in the subsequent battles for the world.
Li Anyuan ordered the attackers to disperse into an attack array of a hundred people. The brother walking in front held a large shield high to block the arrows flying from behind the thick smoke. The shield bearers were followed closely by bows and arrows.
With their hands in hand, they bent their bows as they walked, and fired a volley at the command of the captain. The arrows tore through the smoke and made the defenses on the city wall jingle.
More than ten steps away from the archers, there are towering siege ladders reaching into the clouds. The soldiers pushing the ladders try to get as close as possible to the carriage where the ladders are placed, so as not to become the target of the opponent's sharp archers.
However, despite their caution, some people were still shot by stray arrows while marching. The blood of the deceased was smeared on the edges of the pale wood stubble, making it so red that it hurt the eyes.
After dozens of ladders, there are five behemoths made of giant wood, tendons, nails, and ropes.
It was a craftsman Li Shimin hired from the Far Eastern Army's Fanyang County territory at a great expense, and spent a great deal of money to build a siege weapon that could launch more than two hundred kilograms of stones 150 steps away.
When attacking other cities these days, this thing caused the defenders to suffer a lot. It only took about half a day for the civil structure of the city tower to collapse. When the body of the guard was found under the beam, the soldiers on the city immediately dispersed like birds and beasts.
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The first wave of tentative attacks failed after two hours. General Zuo Yiwei, Yinshishi, who defended the city wall on the east side of Chang'an, was very experienced in the battlefield. Without using grenades, he attacked with rocks and boiling water.
This caused a huge blow to the morale of the soldiers, causing many brothers to tremble while looking at the city wall after retreating.
However, this also depends on the generals and managers of both offense and defense.
The rich experience was within the expectations of the generals.
"Shield bearers, form where you are!" Li Anyuan ordered loudly after the front row of soldiers advanced to within fifty steps of the city wall. The guards around him immediately blew the horns and passed the leader's order into the arms of every soldier.
ear.
"Woo-woo-woo-woo!" Li Jiajun announced the start of the second round of attacks with a sad rhythm. The shield hand quickly poked the huge wooden shield into the soil under his feet, then squatted down and hooked the shield with his arm
The handle at the back. Simple fences were constructed on the battlefield in an instant. Behind the fence, the archers raised their bows at the same time.
"Archers, shoot three rounds!" Li Anyuan's order came as the sound of a horn. The archers who heard the order quickly released their bow strings.
The feathered arrows were like locusts, breaking through the thick smoke and smashing towards the city with the sound of wind. Most of them were blocked by the opponent's shield wall, while a few got through the gaps in the shield and killed the enemy behind. Some of them fell down halfway and hit on the ground.
On the surface of the city wall, the freshly condensed blood ice was smashed, revealing the original appearance of the city bricks.
"Ballista, attack the city head, volley!"
With the sound of deadly horns, the powerful crossbows in the archer team also began to unleash their power, roaring across the space of dozens of steps, smashing shields, and smashing the defenders' formation to pieces.
The second round of feather arrows caught up in time to make up for the gap caused by the powerful crossbow. There were endless screams on the city wall, and the shouts below the city wall were loud. Without any emotion, Li Anyuan pulled out a yellow corner flag and danced it back and forth.
The sharp weapon Li Shimin secretly dug from the Far Eastern Army's Fanyang County craftsmen began to exert its power. Huge stone projectiles flew up with a "soar" sound and disappeared. A few breaths later, a dull loud noise came from the top of the city, followed by a series of
A desperate cry.
"Fire!" Aim at the watchtower! Li Anyuan ordered again. Another stone projectile rose into the air, penetrated the smoke, and hit the looming watchtower. This projectile had a slightly larger range and flew past the top of the watchtower.
, bringing up a piece of broken bricks and rubble.
The third stone bullet quickly adjusted its trajectory and hit the center of the watch tower squarely. The wooden guardrail and a small section of the low wall collapsed together, and the entire watch tower was crumbling.
The defenders quickly launched a counterattack, and dozens of crossbows fired at the place where the stone bullets were rising.
But this kind of siege weapon is covered with iron and is very strong, even if it is hit by a crossbow, it will be useless.
"Then what... use gunpowder weapons and grenades!" Yin Shishi shouted loudly.
The officer who had previously reported to Master Yinshi and introduced the grenade had already reacted before Master Yinshi's order was received.
He roared loudly, exerted all his strength, and swung out his right arm fiercely. A grenade in his hand crossed the parabola and accurately landed on a catapult imitated by the Far Eastern Army of the Li Jiajun.
There was a loud "boom" sound.
The strong and extremely accurate catapult fell apart in an instant, killing dozens of Li soldiers nearby. The rocks that didn't have time to fly rolled down from the broken swing arm, smashing the panicked soldiers into pulp.
"Help!" The soldiers who were pressed under the wooden beam shouted for help. Several brave men stepped forward to help, but before they could move the beam away, a round of crossbow arrows shot through the air from the top of the city, killing the fallen.
The lander and the helper were shot through together.
The wailing was endless. But Li Anyuan couldn't hear anything. His face turned ugly. Not only him, but all the Li family soldiers who heard the explosion, including Li Yuan who was watching from behind, turned ugly.
Almost all Li Jiajun shouted in unison: "It is the gunpowder weapon of the Far East Army."
When everyone roared, there was an unconcealable look of fear in their expressions.
"Damn gunpowder weapon, damn Wang Junlin..." Li Yuan's face was so gloomy that water could drip from his face. He never believed that there was only this gunpowder weapon in Chang'an City.
"Wang Junlin indeed has arrangements in Chang'an City..." On the other side, Changsun Wuji and Hou Jun were gathered together. They looked at each other with the same solemn look on their expressions.
"Second Young Master sent someone an urgent letter yesterday, in which he mentioned that Wang Junlin might have some preparations in Chang'an City. Now it seems that is indeed the case." Hou Junji frowned tightly, "The defenders have gunpowder from the Far Eastern Army.
Weapons, this battle will be difficult to fight."
Changsun Wuji nodded and said, "Yes, Tang Gong made a plan yesterday to break the city within ten days. Now it seems that it may be difficult to achieve it."
Hou Junji thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily the case. It depends on how many Far Eastern Army members there are in Chang'an City, and how many Far Eastern Army gunpowder weapons there are."
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ps: The second update of more than 4,000 words is here——————