Chapter 1031: An Inexplicable Clay Pot in the Air
On the second day, early in the morning, it was just dawn.
The 100,000 Zhao troops had breakfast in the camp, and all of them put on armor, picked up spears, and marched towards Chang'an City, which was five miles away.
In half a month, 100,000 Zhao troops were dispatched for the first time.
Freshly made catapults were pushed out.
Zhao Jun's camp is only five miles away from the east gate of Chang'an City.
Standing on the wall of Chang'an City, you can see the camp of Zhao Jun's sheep for ten miles.
"Boom!"
On the wall, alarm bells are ringing.
The Xiliang army guarding the head of the city, some were nervous, and some were solemn.
"The Zhao army is here, the Zhao army is really coming to attack the city."
Someone shouted in panic.
How are they going to fight the enemy?
"Shut up all of them, if anyone shouts and screams, the warlord will deal with it."
Ma Teng and Han Sui came to the city wall together, and Zhao Jun was already close at hand.
Standing on the city wall, he could already hear the heavy and neat footsteps of the 100,000 Zhao troops outside the city.
Ma Teng Han Sui is also a veteran in the army, just listening to the footsteps, he knows that the Zhao army in front of him is all elite.
With the same number of soldiers, their Xiliang army really had no way to defeat the Zhao army.
However, what reassures them now and gives them confidence is that they have the city wall to rely on, and their number is twice that of the Zhao army.
Although the Zhao army was more fierce than their Xiliang army, Ma Teng Han Sui still had confidence in his heart.
Even if Zhao Yun personally attacked the city, they had Ma Chao to resist.
Zhao Yun couldn't tear through the gap with his men.
One after another, siege trucks were pushed thirty zhang away from Chang'an City.
Zhao Yun, who was holding the gunpowder in his hand, naturally would not choose to let the soldiers storm Chang'an City.
It is too unrealistic for 100,000 people to want to attack Chang'an City, which has 200,000 defenders.
No one would have thought that Zhao Jun would be able to succeed.
Even Zhao Yun didn't think that there would be a chance of winning in this way.
However, he did not rely on the 100,000 Zhao army, but the cooperation of catapults and gunpowder.
"Ready."
Tai Shici's lieutenant Chen Lie, holding a command flag in his hand, stood in front of a row of catapults.
"Launch."
The order flag fell, and dozens of head-sized stones flew up and flew towards Chang'an City.
It's only the first round, and these are all newly built catapults, and the soldiers in charge are also using them for the first time, so they can't fully control the distance of the catapults.
Many stones did not hit the city wall, but fell in front of the city wall one or two feet.
"Hahaha, this is Zhao Jun's catapult?" Han Sui laughed and shouted, "Zhao Yun, I'm standing here, can you hit me?" ”
As the first round of stones fell, the nervous Xiliang army on the city wall gradually stabilized.
Zhao Jun, that's all.
It was no different from the enemies they had faced before.
That is, the catapult is used, and the accuracy of the catapult is still so poor.
"Don't be afraid, Zhao Jun is not copper skin and iron bones at all, they are the same as us, they are all fleshy, and they will die if they are stabbed by a sword." Ma Teng shouted loudly.
Outside the city, the armor of the Zhao army was indeed better than that of the Xiliang army.
But Zhao Jun is also wearing armor, so they are not copper skin and iron bones at all.
"Ready." Hanlian literature
Outside the city, Zhao Yun and Tai Shici didn't care.
Chen Lie was still asking the soldiers to debug the catapult.
Now only the stones are used, and when the angle of the catapult is adjusted, it will be sure that it can hit the city wall. It will be replaced with a clay pot.
At this moment, hundreds of clay pots were placed on the back of the catapult, and Zhao Yuntai Shici personally looked at it.
Here, except for Zhao Yun and Jia Xu, who have seen the explosion of gunpowder, no one else has seen it.
Even Chen Lie, who is now in charge of commanding the catapult, doesn't understand what the hundreds of clay pots behind him contain.
"Launch."
Most of the stones in the second round smashed on the city wall, and some of the Xiliang troops were also killed.
Ma Teng Han Sui was already hiding behind.
"Let the catapult move five feet forward." Zhao Yundao.
He had just counted the time it would take for the stone to fall on the wall. Compare the time it takes for the lead to burn on the clay pot.
At a distance of more than 20 zhang, the Xiliang army on the city wall can also easily shoot the Zhao army with bows and arrows.
Although, in front of the catapult, a one-zhang high shield wall had been erected, but there were still arrows shot into the Zhao army.
Chen Lie braved the rain of arrows from the Xiliang army and once again commanded the catapult to throw stones.
These soldiers in charge of the catapult were all veterans, and although they moved five feet forward, they still smashed the stones accurately on the city wall.
"Replace the clay pot in the back." Zhao Yun ordered.
Although Chen Lie didn't know what the clay pot was for, he still obeyed orders.
Zhao Yun had already told him before that before throwing these clay pots, they had to use torches to ignite the exposed fuses.
With a wave of his hand, an extra soldier with a torch appeared next to each catapult.
On the city wall, Ma Teng Han Sui was still giving orders for the archers to aim at the catapults of the Zhao army.
They also saw the torches that appeared, but they didn't understand, why did Zhao Jun hold the torches when it was broad daylight?
"Shoot."
Ma Teng Han Sui didn't know the reason, but they didn't think it was anything, and continued to let the Xiliang army shoot at the Zhao army.
Inside the city, they had already prepared countless arrows and falling rocks.
The falling rocks and rolling logs are not needed now, but Zhao Jun is now within the range of bows and arrows, they will not be polite, it is impossible for them to just be beaten passively.
"They are not copper-skinned and iron-clad, look at some of them have been killed by arrows." Han Sui shouted.
Countless arrows rained down, even if there was a shield wall in front of them, but after all, it was impossible to block all the arrows.
And the location of the catapult is just a flat bottom, east of Chang'an City, there is no high soil slope, and there is all flat land within 100 zhang.
However, in front of each of the throwers, there was also a human-high shield, and their whole bodies were hidden behind the shield.
Those who were shot by the arrows were more likely to be the other soldiers on the side.
One by one, the clay pots were placed on the catapult.
In Chen Lie's password, there is also an extra ignition.
The fuse is ignited, and the clay pot is thrown in an instant.
Dozens of clay pots appeared in the air, and the fuses could be seen burning.
Tai Shi Ci kept his eyes open and did not blink.
Zhao Yun has said so many times, he must take a good look at how great the power of this gunpowder is.
Zhao Yun can swear that as long as gunpowder is used, Ma Teng Han will surrender.
can let Zhao Hui only send an army of 100,000 to conquer Ma Teng Han Sui.
On the city wall, Ma Teng Han Sui also saw that what Zhao Jun threw this time was not a stone, but a black clay pot.
"What is this for?" Ma Teng Han Sui was confused in his heart, and the other Xiliang troops on the city wall were also unknown. Zhao Jun: Is there no stone here?
What can the clay pot do, even if their heads are smashed, they with this helmet will not necessarily die, at most they will bleed a little.