"The situation is not good, everyone. In less than half an hour, the city towers have collapsed. The Luoyan Army's siege weapons are too powerful. I am afraid the city will be difficult to defend." Chen Bin said hoarsely.
"Yes, I'm afraid this situation is troublesome. Commander, do we still have to go to the city? Do we want to report to Prime Minister Lu... no... the emperor?" Zhu Zhirong, who has been promoted to deputy privy envoy, said in a deep voice.
Chen Bin didn't answer, and Yuan Ping shouted from the side: "Two adults, time is urgent. Although the city tower has collapsed, the city wall is still there. At this time, we must seize the time to go up to the city to defend it. The destruction of the city tower does not mean that the city gate will be broken.
Ah. How can we hesitate at this time?"
Wang Jun also said: "Yes, outside the north gate, didn't the Jurchens also demolish the north city tower and razed all the fortifications above the city wall to the ground? Didn't we also hold on? My two lords, maybe the matter is okay.
So bad."
Chen Bin's face was calm, but he was sneering in his heart. These two people had no brains at all. They didn't know the ferocity of the other's firearms. Chen Bin knew that when the late Emperor Guo Xu attacked Funiu Mountain, he was hit by a fire vehicle from the top of the mountain.
, others may not care about what led to the serial explosions of the flame cars, but as the commander of the Imperial City Division, Chen Bin deliberately learned about it afterwards. The Imperial City Division specializes in collecting all kinds of intelligence, and Chen Bin has long been trained to do so.
He has a habit of collecting all kinds of information and checking it out. Not long ago, he heard the roar of firearms and came to inquire. On the way, he met a soldier sent by the tower guard to report, and he already asked for details. According to the soldier's description, he
It has been basically concluded that the firearm used by the opponent to blow down the turret was the original firearm.
Chen Bin felt a little chill in his heart at that time. If the opponent had ten such powerful firearms to attack the city, it would be a disaster. However, he still held on to some hope, hoping that these firearms would not pose a threat to the city wall. But at this time,
He saw the city tower collapse in front of him, and all this happened in less than half an hour before the opponent launched the siege. In just the short time he flew from the palace to the outer city, the city tower was destroyed.
Collapse. This is enough to show the ferocity of the opponent's siege weapons. Wang Jun compared the Jurchens' siege with the Luoyan Army's siege now. It is obvious that they are wrong and there is no comparison at all. The Jurchens siege,
It took a large number of siege catapults to hit the city head for several hours before the Fengqiu Gate tower in the North City was knocked down. However, it only took the Luoyan Army less than half an hour, which shows the difference in the siege methods between the two sides.
But Chen Bin will not argue with Wang Juan and Yuan Ping. He can survive to this day because he always makes the best choice for himself when encountering problems, and rarely makes enemies in the court. Even if Wang Juan and Yuan Ping
Even though their official positions were under his own, he would not scold Wang Jun and Yuan Ping. At this moment, Chen Bin was thinking about what would be best for himself.
"Master Zhu, Commander Wang, and Commander Yuan, let's do this. The three of us will immediately go up to the city wall to organize a defense. I will rush back to the palace immediately to report the situation to the emperor. At this moment, we need to be prepared with both hands. Naturally, we must defend the city to the death, but
If the city cannot be defended, the safety of the emperor cannot be ignored. As the commander of the inner palace, my duty is to protect the emperor. At this moment, I must stay with the emperor. I must ensure the safety of the emperor. Let's work separately, what do you think?
"Chen Bin said in a deep voice.
After Zhu Zhirong heard this, he immediately cursed in his heart. How could he not know Chen Bin's intention? This bastard wanted to sneak back and refused to go to the city.
We are fighting. He wants to run away and tell me to fight. This old guy is too cunning.
However, Zhu Zhirong did not criticize it and said hurriedly: "This is a good idea. Let's work separately. If there is an accident, we can keep the emperor safe. However, I am not very expert in commanding wars. I am just a deputy privy envoy."
He is just a nominal general, but he is not a real military commander. I can't help much when I reach the city. Well, I can come up with an idea by following Mr. Chen. Commander Wang, Commander Yuan and the generals go to the city to command the defenders.
Cheng. What do you think, Mr. Chen?"
Chen Bin knew what he meant. If he didn't point it out, he didn't have to expose him, so he nodded and said: "It's okay, Mr. Zhu really has no experience in fighting, and he really can't be of much help. If the two commanders have no objections, then
That’s settled.”
Wang Juan and Yuan Ping had no choice but to nod in agreement. Although they felt it was not necessary, they should defend the city with all their strength at this time. If the city is broken, everyone will die, and there is still a way out. Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong are going to
Isn't it superfluous to protect the emperor? But time was tight, and the sound of killings on the city could be heard. The two of them were anxious, so they didn't want to argue anymore and nodded in agreement.
Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong turned their horses' heads and galloped away towards the way they came. Although Wang Juan and Yuan Ping usually disagreed, they were in agreement today. They both shouted in unison and led dozens of generals to clapped their horses and headed straight for the city gate.
And go.
Outside Nanxun Gate, the roar of Shenwei General's cannon was still deafening. The soldiers operating the cannon were sweating profusely. After each cannon was fired, the cannon bore was flushed with large amounts of water and the body was cooled down to ensure that the cannon bore would not overheat.
.Because the previous Shenwei General Cannon had the disadvantage of overheating the barrel, causing the barrel to deform, which would cause the gunpowder and shells to become stuffy inside, leading to a serious explosion accident. Therefore, this time we need to take precautions, use clean water to cool down in time, and
It can flush out impurities in the barrel.
The cannons of the ten divine cannons were sizzling with white gas. The soldiers who loaded the gunpowder carefully filled the medicine bags into the medicine chamber. The soldiers who loaded the bullets wiped the solid iron bullets with a dry cloth until they were shiny, and they were extremely gentle.
Put it into the barrel of the cannon, then run away, cover your ears, open your mouth and squat down. The cooperation of these newly selected gunners was still very unfamiliar before, and they were a little busy, and they did not cooperate with each other tacitly. But as the cannonballs fired one after another
After firing, their cooperation became more proficient, and they seemed to adapt to the roar of the divine cannon. They were no longer as frightened as before.
The aiming position of the gun muzzle was quickly fine-tuned after the city tower collapsed. Lin Jue gave Liang Qi the order to bombard the city walls surrounding the city gate. Lin Jue marked the specific locations, which were located on the three sides of the city gate.
Within a few feet above, below, left and right of the city gate openings. Lin Jue even marked the isolated location about a dozen feet wide in the middle of the three city gate openings. Lin Jue's idea is obvious.
The position between the gates is actually an important bearing point. Because we were worried that the arches would collapse, we designed the shape of the three city gate arches. The span was too large, and the arched gates could not withstand the pressure from above. And the Nanxun Gate is
The largest city gate in Bianliang South City has a huge flow of vehicles, horses and people, and it is necessary to ensure the smooth flow of the city gate, so the city was designed with three arched doorways. The two walls in the middle, which are about ten feet wide, are actually
An extremely important support point. Lin Jue wanted to destroy the city gate arch.
when
However, this requirement may be too harsh for Liang Qi. After all, although the Shenwei General Cannon has a simple aiming scale, the error is very large. If you want to focus on the walls between the middle arch holes within the range, then
Just like an archer who has to pierce a poplar with a hundred steps. Liang Qi and his soldiers had only been exposed to the Shenwei Cannon for half a month, and they were not given the opportunity to practice because they could not afford the loss and time did not allow them to complete such a difficult task.
, it is indeed too difficult. But Liang Qi is extremely shrewd. On Peach Blossom Island, most of the people who went with him died, but Liang Qi was able to hide under the cliff alive, and finally got together with Lin Jue
Gao Muqing completed a series of impossible tasks together, which shows that this person is by no means an ordinary person. Lin Jue asked him to take charge of the infantry firearms battalion, not only because he was an absolute confidant, but also because Liang Qi was willing to study hard.
Be willing to use your brain. Today's actual battle is about troop training. The important task of exploring the nature of Shenwei General Cannon and completing the calibration target can only fall on Liang Qi.
The sound of cannons rumbled, and the cannonballs shot through the air with a dull whistling sound. At first, they shot up and down the city gate arch, seemingly irregular and accurate. But soon, the cannonballs began to be clearly concentrated near the city gate.
The position was hit, and Lin Jue's frown began to relax from this moment on. He knew that Liang Qi and the others had found the feeling. Once the temperament of each Shenwei General's cannon was figured out, and the deviation angle of their fired shells was known,
The angle of the muzzle can be adjusted to minimize the error. When three iron bullets in a round directly hit the city gate hole, Lin Jue knew that it was only a matter of time before it hit the middle partition wall.
While the Shenwei artillery bombardment continued, more than 6,000 Luoyan Army infantrymen also rushed to the moat opposite the city gate. Ruan Ping's engineer battalion pushed dozens of huge flatbed trucks, with stacks of stacks several feet high on them.
Stacked wooden rafts. These are exactly the components designed by his engineering battalion to quickly build a pontoon bridge.
There are ruins within sixty or seventy steps above the city entrance, and there are no defenders anymore. Only the bows and arrows of the defenders within a few dozen steps on the walls on both sides can hit the soldiers of the engineering battalion. The Luoyan Army Shield responsible for the protection
The soldiers simply set up flying geese shield formations on both sides to protect the soldiers of the engineer battalion in the middle from safely building the pontoon bridge. Although the arrow towers on the wall of the city guard, high-throwing arrows and long-range crossbows continued to
The soldiers and horses of the Luoyan Army were shot and killed, but without intensive frontal firepower, the Luoyan Army's engineering battalion could not be stopped from building a pontoon bridge.
The two carts were pushed to the moat by the soldiers, and then the front frame of the flatbed cart was removed. The cart quickly tilted forward, and the large wooden stool on the cart slid off the cart into the water like a folding fan, and quickly fell into the water.
Stretch open. Each vehicle is loaded with ten hinged wooden rafts, about ten feet wide. Such rafts quickly expand on the water into a large floating raft that is twenty steps long and ten feet wide.
Platoon. The floating rafts on the two carts were quickly hinged together to form a more stable giant wooden raft two feet wide and twenty steps long.
Numerous engineers drove piles on the shore and quickly fixed the wooden rafts to the wooden piles on the shore. More than two hundred soldiers carried huge iron anchors to anchor the wooden rafts on both sides. After the wooden rafts quickly stabilized their position, the next cart
He was pushed directly onto the raft and went straight to the front of the raft to unload. The raft was extended again, and so on, constantly and rapidly pushing the pontoon forward.
