Chapter 66 Collapse in the Nine Earths -1
"Boom-" "Bang-"
"Boom-" "Bang-"
"Boom-" "Bang-"
The roar of the cannon was very different from other cannons, and it was always accompanied by the trembling of the earth. The Han army could not sleep at first, and at the request of the officers, except for the soldiers on duty, the rest of the people lay down and rested. Gradually, more and more people fall asleep groggily from exhaustion.
Zhou Yu's eyes were red as he stared at the flickering fire in the distance, and in an instant after each flash, the city wall shook. "Boom-" "Bang-" "Fuck," Zhou Yu's face was pale, his fists were clenched, and Zhou Yu, who had always been moody, slammed his fist on the battlement and scolded: "This turtle grandson!" There's a rush up! "It was dark and dreary on all sides, and the wind whistled with it, as if it were a loud mockery.
Zhao Xingde's armor was unsolved, so he stayed in enemy Taizhong with his clothes. Ma Rui wanted to lead the cavalry out of the city at night to destroy the cannon, but he sternly refused. In addition to shelling the city wall, the Liao army seemed to have no other major moves, but in fact, the 200,000-strong army was waiting for it, and it was like a tense bowstring. The principle of the Han cavalry attack was to attack it unprepared. And next to the giant cannon, I don't know how many ambush soldiers were waiting for the Han army to go out. Even if he can't think about it for the time being, he won't let his subordinates die like this!
"Boom-" "Bang-"
"Boom-" "Bang-"
"Boom-" "Bang-"
The sound of the cannons was like the tidal sound of the sea, and the slow bombardment of the cannons was so dull that it made people desperate. Zhao Xingde's disadvantage is that there is no real giant cannon, gradually, his forehead has become hot, and there seems to be some hope in the haze, which can penetrate the giant shield car like a "turtle shell", but he is always in a trance. "What the hell is the solution?" While inspecting the city, Zhao Xingde bowed his head and pondered, from the enemy platform to the attached fort, and from the attached fort to the clean room, and from the clean room to the workshop in Nanshan City. Blades such as knives and spears are prone to curling and breaking, and craftsmen need to repair them in time. Seeing Zhao Xingde walking in, the craftsman nodded with a smile and said, "General Zhao is here." The work did not stop, a red-hot blade was placed on the iron-striking platform, and the room was filled with the familiar smell of charcoal burning steel. Zhao Xingde simply sat down and watched the craftsman's hammer hit the red-hot iron one by one. His brow furrowed a little, still wondering how to destroy the enemy's giant shield barrier.
Unable to make time, the blacksmith planned to open another furnace, and said to the side, "Give me a fire." β
"Wellβ" the blacksmith readily agreed, and with his thick gloves he wielded the iron knife that had burned red from the stove, and the red-hot steam of the knife was still steaming, and plunged it into the burning wood of the nearby stove. "When the surface of the iron bar is orange-red, the surface temperature reaches 800 degrees Celsius, and when it is bright yellow, the temperature reaches more than 900 degrees Celsius, and it continues to heat to 1,500 degrees Celsius and melts into molten iron...... Zhao Xingde's mind couldn't help but recall these numbers, remembering that he followed the master to look at the color in the blast furnace to judge the temperature of the fire, but his eyes looked at the iron bar inserted into the firewood, and the ignition point of ordinary firewood did not exceed 300 degrees Celsiusand soon it was on fire. The flames burned more and more in his pupils, and suddenly, a brighter flame burned.
"Red hot bomb," Zhao Xingde stood up suddenly, "Red hot bomb!" Excitedly shouted: "With a red hot bomb!" β
"General Zhao." Several craftsmen around him looked at him with strange expressions. "It's okay," Zhao Xingde pointed to the charcoal stoves that struck iron, and said in a deep voice: "Move these furnaces to Zhenyuantai." Be quick! β
"General Zhao, there are still blades to make up for ......" The blacksmith was a little embarrassed, and someone came to fetch it early in the morning.
"Don't worry about it yet, listen to me," Zhao Xingde said without hesitation, he turned around twice in place, and said in a deep voice: "I still need gauze, wet soil, go and prepare immediately!" His eyes were red, his eyes were wide open, and his whole face was very different from that of his usual speech, and the craftsmen did not dare to slack off, and they prepared separately as instructed. Zhao Xingde personally moved the furnace to Zhenyuantai with these craftsmen, and was still on the stairs of the enemy platform, when he suddenly felt that the mountain shook for a while, and the furnace almost overturned.
The oil lamps hanging on the stairs kept shaking, and the flames flickered and dimmed. "Be careful-" Zhao Xingde didn't care about his hot hands, and while desperately holding the stove steady, he shouted: "What's the matter?" "There was no one answering in this narrow staircase, and I could hear the noise inside the enemy platform, and people were shouting, screaming, and running in panic." The walls are falling! Zhao Xingde finally heard a sentence clearly, and in an instant, his burning eyes became like freezing, he gritted his teeth sorely, forced himself to calm down, looked at a few frightened craftsmen, and said in a deep voice: "Follow me, bring the stove to the enemy platform." β
Zhou Yu felt that the ground moved, he hadn't seen it yet, the city wall that had just been hit by the cannonball had cracked, and the rammed earth was falling down, and this section of the city wall had been directly hit by the Liao army's artillery many times, and the rammed earth had already been shaken loose. The rammed earth kept falling, and suddenly, with a "boom-" sound, the city wall collapsed with a big gap.
"The wall is falling!" Zhou Yu, who almost fell in, was the first to shout, "Quickly repair the city wall!" β
"Who said the wall collapsed!" Du Fujiao jumped up in a half-dream, looked left and right, and suddenly opened his mouth in surprise, and in the smoke and dust, the city wall had collapsed into a gap. "Follow me!" Du Fujiao stood up, and was the first to run towards the earthen sac that had been prepared, and the Han soldiers followed behind him, despite the rammed earth still collapsing, desperately rushing towards the missing section of the city wall. "Quick, quickβ" Zhang Wei carried a wooden stake and climbed up the collapsed city pile, repairing the city wall, similar to repairing the river embankment, it is better to first lay the wooden stakes in the collapsed mound, and then pile the bags of earth between the wooden stakes. Now that it's freezing, pour some more water and freeze the earth, barely able to resist the enemy.
Tong Yunjie looked out with a clairvoyant mirror. Not far outside the city, almost in a moment, the number of torches lit suddenly increased, and then the torches broke towards the city like a tide. Everywhere it is. It was actually cavalry, the palace tent army, which had never directly attacked the city, everyone held a pine torch in their hands, did not carry any siege equipment, and rushed straight towards the gap in the city wall. Behind the palace tent army, more and more torches were gathering, rushing towards the city wall, like the tide of the sea, and in an instant it was about to pour into the broken seawall, sweeping away the creatures behind it.
"Use shotguns at all gun emplacements to fire with all your might!" Tong Yunjie ordered in a deep voice, and as he spoke, he walked to the various gun positions and patted the shoulders of those pale gunners, "Sacrifice yourself to rejuvenate the Han, just today, we will stay here!" The wooden leg walked on the ground and made a "pop" sound. Because of the collapse of the city wall, many gunners felt that the sky had fallen. The Lord will not be afraid of danger, and the hearts of the people will be calm. "Damn, when I got here, I was originally desperate with Liaogou!" "At this point, grandpa has already earned!" "Ammunition, ammunition!"
"Boom-" "Boom-" The cannon at the head of the city began to roar, scattering clusters of furious shotguns in front of the city walls, forming a death zone. The Han gunners began to work in an orderly manner, as if there was no such thing as the collapse of the city wall. In an instant, a large number of Liao cavalry had rushed to the front of the city wall in the rain of bullets, with the sound of "poof", there were constantly cavalry shot and fell to the ground, but these palace tent cavalry actually did not stop, without any hesitation and rushed straight towards the gap, the forward cavalry actually rushed up along the collapsed mound, and the Han army gunners guarding the gap fought together.
"First team fire-" "Retreat-"
"Second team fires-" "Retreat-"
Du Blowhorn shouted the password loudly. Relying on the hastily arranged wooden stakes and soil bags, more than 1,000 Han gunners were divided into five teams, each team immediately retreated after the firecrackers, and the second team continued to come up.
However, the section of the city wall collapsed was only more than ten zhang long, and the firepower density of more than 1,000 Han army gunners was not enough to completely prevent the palace tent cavalry from approaching, and many palace tent cavalry rushed to the front of the city wall. The Han gunners stabbed their guns one after another, using them as short spears, and guarded the gap without retreating. These cavalry are the pride of the Khitan people, Yelu Dashi can even call everyone's name, they rushed through the battlefield of the shotgun at the risk of death, rushed up the mound of horses, and stepped on the fire of the Han army, after the war horse was knocked down by the fire gun, as long as the cavalry did not die, they drew out their scimitars, and attacked the defense line upwards, and soon fought with the Han army gunners who were stabbed with guns. On this low mound of earth, the two sides desperately slashed and stabbed each other.
"Toto-sama, to-sama-"
Xiao Tachi was woken up from his sleep. In order to seize the gap in the city wall, the 20,000 Liao troops were not allowed to return to the camp, but camped directly behind the Liao army fortification, which was only 500 steps away from the city wall. Xiao Tachi personally stayed in the Qianfeng camp. He had just woken up, and before his soldiers could answer, he asked sharply, "Is the city wall collapsing?" β
"Yes!"
"The forward battalion is all pressed up, capture Nanshan City, and leave no one behind!"
Xiao Tachi ran out of the camp without wearing armor, and he saw that there was already a Liao army rushing in front, and the other forward battalion units were also pressing towards the city wall one after another. Although after the collapse of the city wall, the various units of the forward battalion should immediately seize the city, these are all arranged by Xiao Tachi a long time ago. But Xiao Tachi still praised: "Which one is that in front?" So brave, which general is it? The soldiers said: "Yelubo and General Xiao Ping went up with the palace tent army. β