Yin Cuo stood in front of Tan Feng with a face full of shame, "General, the last general is incompetent. ”

Tan Feng squinted his eyes at the Wulong County City in the distance, ignored Yin Cuo, and let the general under his command stand in front of him with a big head, Tan Feng governs the army, rewards and punishments are also severe, for the subordinates who can't complete the task, he has always had no good face, his style of work has also created a vigorous and resolute subordinate, once the task is issued, he has to do a good job in all his ways, because the general doesn't care about the process, just cares about the result, and now on the Tai'an side, Sima Yan has already achieved the goal, and he is here, but he has messed up.

"What about our casualties?" Finally retracting his gaze, Tan Feng asked.

Tan Feng finally spoke, which made Yin Cuo like a pardon, and hurriedly said: "General Hui, we have suffered more than 1,000 casualties, of which more than 7,400 were killed in battle and more than 800 were injured. ”

"What about the other party?"

"According to the general's estimate, the casualties will not be lower than ours, after all, they are some local guards, and their combat experience is not as good as ours, although there are strong cities, but the casualties are not small. The most hateful is that Zou Peng, who has rich combat experience and is not an easy character to deal with. Yin said wrongly.

"It's impossible for us to choose an opponent, but whoever it is, it can't be a reason why you can't take Wulong." Tan Feng said coldly.

"Yes, the last general is incompetent." Yin Cuo lowered his head.

Glancing at his general, Tan Feng knew in his heart that he could only point to the end, he and Sima Yan and Gongsun Zhi were all firm supporters of themselves, and they couldn't hurt each other's hearts too much because of small setbacks.

"They have a lot of gunpowder weapons?"

"It's not clear yet, they only use gunpowder weapons, mainly ceramic grenades and explosive packs, when we are about to storm the city, and our siege engines will not be able to get through, and other things such as rushing cars will also be blown up when we are close to the city walls. Unable to approach the walls of the city, unable to climb the city to fight, it froze. Yin Cuo was a little helpless.

"They have gunpowder weapons. Don't we have one? Tan Feng sneered.

Yin Cuo opened his mouth, they did have gunpowder weapons, but grenades needed to be thrown by soldiers, but they were under the city, how could they throw them. Now they can only attack with weapons such as bed crossbows and trebuchets, which is not a threat at all compared to the ease with which the opponent can use gunpowder weapons.

"Push the trebuchet another hundred meters." Tan Feng said: "Your subordinates, prepare to enter the city to fight. ”

"Understood." Yin Cuo said loudly.

More than a dozen huge trebuchets were slowly pushed to the front of the formation, and Tan Feng's personal soldiers quickly took over these trebuchets. The things that the Chinese soldiers moved over made Yin Cuo startled, it was a small package that was tied up strongly, Yin Cuo naturally knew, it was explosives.

Several soldiers gathered together to discuss in a low voice, and then began to adjust the throwing arms of the trebuchets, and after tinkering for a while, an explosive bag was placed on the trebuchet, and Yin mistakenly noticed that the explosive bag was on it. There were also small stones tied to it, the tail of the explosive pack, and a long fuse hanging from the throwing arm to the ground.

"Ready." A soldier is half-crouched on the ground, holding two flints in his hands. Several other soldiers sided with the trebuchet.

"Ignite, launch!"

Kaka counts, flints collide, and sparks emerge. The fuse was lit, and the sound of the fuse burning, and a soldier on the side of the trebuchet flipped the switch. The trebuchet's throwing arm made a whirring sound and raised it high, and the explosive bag placed at the front of it immediately flew into the air, cutting a wonderful arc in the air, and flew towards the direction of Wulong County.

Yin Cao's eyes followed the trajectory of the explosive bag flying, and it suddenly dawned in his heart, how could he not think of such a simple idea? No, it's not that I can't think of it, but I have too few gunpowder weapons in my army, and I always want to use them in the most dangerous moments, and I don't want to waste them easily. Now the technology of gunpowder manufacturing is no longer a secret, but for Yingchuan Bing, this is still a luxury weapon, the annual output is not much, and in terms of quality, it cannot be compared with Qin and Chu, let alone the Han army, the Han army has always been far ahead of everyone in terms of ordnance.

"It's a pity!" Watching the explosive bag fall weakly when it was still more than ten meters away from the city wall, it slammed into the ground, and it was a moment later before there was a deafening loud bang and bursts of smoke rising.

"Add some more range, the fuse is a little shorter, the best thing is to let them explode in the air, like this, the enemy has enough time to extinguish the fuse, then we will not attack them, but send them weapons." One of the pro-soldier officers snapped up, and several of the soldiers got busy again, and began to adjust the mechanism on the catapult to make his range a little longer.

At the head of Wulong City, Zou Peng's face finally changed, and the enemy finally thought of using this trick, he originally thought that the opponent would quickly use a trebuchet to throw explosive bags to attack the city wall, if Yin Cuo on the opposite side used it a few days earlier, the soldiers in the city would have collapsed long ago, they were not well-trained, soldiers who had withstood the test of blood and fire, but just some local guards. When the explosive bag is a weapon that explodes above the city, the scene of flesh and blood flying, the deafening loud noise, will quickly deplete the morale of the city.

"How many more explosives packs do we have?" He asked in response.

"General Zou, it's not much, we only use more than 100 catties of explosives in total, these days, we have to use some every day, this is the last stock." An officer replied loudly.

"Use the trebuchet to throw the lit explosives pack, the target is the enemy's trebuchet, immediately, quickly, quickly!" Zou Peng shouted.

"Understood."

Under the city, another explosive bag was raised high, this time, he landed on the city wall without expectation, and with the roaring explosion, Yin Cuo clearly saw that a battlement, mixed with a few severed hands and feet, and a few torsos, flew high, faster than the smoke that rose.

"Beautiful!" He shouted, "Boom them, boom them!" ”

He shouted excitedly, "General, I'm going to prepare for the siege of the city right away, and after a few hits, the morale of the city will drop to a low point." ”

"Go ahead, today, I'm going to have dinner in Wulong City." Tan Feng waved his hand.

More than a dozen trebuchets were all equipped with this explosive pack, and with an order, more than a dozen special ammunition flew into the sky and flew towards Wulong City. Almost at the same time, from the top of the city wall, several of the same explosive packets flew out, and everyone looked up at the explosive bags flying in the air, and the flaming fuses staggered in the air, which was very beautiful, but very fatal.

There were only less than twenty explosive packs flying in the air, and the attack area was very limited, and most of the soldiers were staring at the location of the explosive packs. The place where the explosives bag was about to fall was panicked, and the soldiers below yelled in despair, trying to get out of this place that was sure to become hell immediately.

Loud noises rang out one after another, and the positions that were attacked were instantly covered in thick smoke up and down the city. The noisy battlefield fell silent for a moment, and everyone's eyes were focused on the bombed place.

The wind blew, and the smoke gradually cleared, looking at the place where it had just exploded. Everyone gasped, and the location of the trebuchet under the city was unrecognizable compared to before. Most of the dozen or so trebuchets had been turned into pieces of broken wood, and the scattered wood was still stained with specks of blood, and a round head was bouncing on the ground. Tumbling, it finally stopped in the middle of everyone's gaze, a pair of wide eyes. It seems that everyone is still staring. One of the soldiers closest to the trebuchet pulled a severed hand from his shoulder, which had been blown up, and landed right on his shoulder, throwing it on the ground, and the soldier suddenly bent down and retched.

In the distance, the expression on Tan Feng's face, who witnessed all this, did not change in the slightest, "Throw the trebuchet up, and blow it up again." ”

On the city, the battlements of a small section of the city wall have disappeared, and there are no living creatures in the center hit by the explosives bag, and a little farther away, many soldiers who have been affected are lying on the ground in pain, some of them are injured by the porcelain pieces wrapped in the explosives package, and the body is drenched in blood, and some are killed by the shock wave, and there are no scars on the outside, but there is blood between the mouth and nose.

Zou Peng looked at all this, sighed, and roared in a low voice: "Keep firing, keep bombing their trebuchets." ”

After giving this order, Zou Peng glanced at the colorless soldiers above the city, shook his head, turned around and walked towards the city, in Wulong City, there are just some guards, if it is the elite under the command of General Lu, he actually has many ways to choose from defending the city during this time, such as going out of the city to counterattack. But at present, it is impossible for these soldiers under his command to go out of the city to fight the enemy in the field, and that is to send them to death. Trapped in the city and without counterattacking, such a defense of the city will eventually be impossible to hold.

"Lord Gongsun, retreat!" Zou Peng looked at Gongsun Kang and said dejectedly: "I can't hold it, if my expectations are good, the city will be broken today, once the other party is allowed to climb the city wall, our soldiers will not be the enemy's opponent in hand-to-hand combat, whether it is skill or courage." ”

"General Zou, haven't you been guarding it very tightly?" Gongsun Kang asked in shock.

"The enemy used gunpowder weapons, the only gunpowder weapons we can counter, we have used too much a few days ago, and the little stored is not enough to fight the enemy, maybe it won't take an hour, the enemy will kill the city, let's go, it's too late if you don't leave." Zou Peng said.

Gongsun Kang stood up in a panic, "I'll go and pack up immediately, and ask the general to protect me and retreat together." ”

"You don't have to pack up anything, go immediately, wait for General Lu to succeed, what do you want, those things outside the body, what is necessary to clean up, and save your life is real." Zou Peng stepped forward and pulled Gongsun Kang up, and ran out in a panic.

Zou Peng's estimation was not wrong, after he and Gongsun Kang left Wulong City, wave after wave of attacks under the city finally broke down the defenses on the city wall, and Yin Cuo led the soldiers to rush in from the blasted city gates.

A smile finally appeared on Tan Feng's face, and Wu Long finally won it, and his strategic goal was completely achieved. Go into the city, have a good meal, and then sleep beautifully, as for the resistance in the city, Tan Feng doesn't feel that there is anything to worry about.

Just about to turn over and enter the city, but there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, several knights flew over, saw Tan Feng, rolled the saddle and dismounted, knelt on the ground, and cried: "General, it's not good, Yingchuan County is lost, General Gongsun Zhi died in battle, and the Han army has occupied Yingchuan County." ”

The smile on Tan Feng's face instantly froze, and he almost couldn't believe his ears. (To be continued.) )