Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Son of the Sacred Fire Fights Heavenly Might
"Long! Prosperous! Prosperous! Prosperous! ”
The sound of the enemy's neat pace shook the pulse of the earth, like the heaven and the earth beating the war drum of sorrow, in ancient times, the battle was mostly in the daytime, because the night did not distinguish between the enemy and me, but there was a white snow reflection, and the two sides were clearly armored, and the night had a covering effect on the raid of the Qibi He Li troops, so Li Jing only fought at night.
For Xu Zhen, it was more advantageous to have a night because the effective range of the heavy artillery "Zhenwu General" was two miles, and the ordinary bow and crossbow had a power of 100 steps, and before the enemy was close, his Zhenwu General was already enough to create a massacre!
Ashinarier narrowed his eyes, his eagle-like eyes saw through the wind and snow, and saw seven or eight phalanxes under Ganzhou City, relying on the shadows, it was speculated that the number of the other party was not large, and he was suddenly a little puzzled in his heart.
However, his self-confidence and ambition are enough to overwhelm any tricks of his enemies, the heat exhaled by the brethren is enough to melt the cold snow, and the blood of the brethren is enough to change the color of the heavens and the earth!
Without Xu Zhen's orders, the brothers of the Shenhuo Battalion had already put all the horses back into the city, carried the boulders, and fixed the six cannons in front of the city gate in a fan shape, like a semicircular barrier, protecting the city gate, and there were a thousand heavy armored cavalry on the left and right of the Shenhuo Battalion, just waiting for the Shenhuo Camp to sweep away, they would attack decisively!
Li Chunfeng stood at the head of the city, looking at Xu Zhen's proud back of the wind and snow, feeling that Xu Zhen was like blending into the night and the wind and snow, which made people more and more impenetrable, as if he was beyond this world, although he was standing among the sergeants, Li Chunfeng felt that he was like a phantom of nothingness, looking down on the entire battlefield as an outsider!
The muzzles of the six guns were of different heights, slowly raised from left to right, one higher than the other, and Li Chunfeng knew that it was to obtain different firing ranges through the adjustment of angles.
Because Yan Lide fixed the cannon body on the gun carriage, it was impossible to adjust the muzzle height during use, so Xu Zhencai set the six guns to different ranges.
In this process, Li Chunfeng also presided over the work of range calculation, and it was precisely because of this calculation work that he realized how amazing Xu Zhen's intelligence was!
He Li Chunfeng was obsessed with arithmetic, and he studied the mystical works left by the previous dynasty, such as "Zhou Ji Sutra", "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", "Fixation", and "Sun Tzu Sutra".
However, the method used by Xu Zhen to calculate the trajectory is quite novel, and several of the new theories mentioned have never been seen, although Xu Zhen emphasized that it is contained in the secret texts of Zoroastrianism, but Li Chunfeng can see that this method is not circulated in ancient times, but it has the idea of opening up a new path, it is difficult to imagine what a wise and extensive soul lives in Xu Zhen's young body!
People who are good at shooting may be able to estimate the strength and accuracy of arrows, and even refer to factors such as the influence of wind, but most people can only understand and not speak, knowing it but not knowing why, but Xu Zhen accurately calculates all factors, which also allows Li Chunfeng to see another door to the way of calculation.
This thought made Li Chunfeng feel a little frightened, just like a saint who opened his eyes and began to observe the world with a gaze that was beyond the world!
Xu Zhen naturally didn't know that Li Chunfeng was thinking about this, his attention was all on the black and oppressive enemy army in front of him, and the two-mile road was about one thousand meters, which was also the effective range of General Zhenwu, and the extremely oppressive enemy phalanx was neatly aligned, with a murderous aura, and soon entered the range!
"Yarrow Cannon, fire!"
Xu Zhen pulled out his long knife, pointed at the enemy phalanx two miles away, and shouted violently, behind the sixth heavy artillery, Yinzong took the torch and lit the fire line at the end of the cannon!
These eight Zhenwu General artillery guns, and Xu Zhen named the name of the Zoroastrian evil god, the Yaluo cannon has the highest muzzle, the farthest range, at this time do not seek to kill, just think about experimenting, if the artillery is weak, and then adjust one by one, so that the sergeants of other battalions are ready to fight to the death.
"Zizizi!"
The thick, short line of fire burrowed into the cannon like a glowing snake, and everyone held their breath!
This move is related to the entire Ganzhou, the lives of everyone on the battlefield, and it also includes the lives of the soldiers of the Ashina tribe opposite!
"Boom!"
This is the muffled roar of the heavenly dome! It's the roar of the earth! It's like there is an ancient beast underground, about to break through the ground, the earth shook violently, and a ball of fire spit out briefly from the muzzle of the cannon, just like the thunder that Grandpa Lei cleaved!
The soldiers retreated one after another, and the brothers of the Shenhuo Battalion were terrified and began to chant the scriptures of Zoroastrianism.
Li Chunfeng and Yan Lide muttered to themselves, they participated in the research and development of the Great General Zhenwu, and at this moment, seeing the artillery so prestigious, they immediately shed tears, this is a moment to witness the change of the world, and this feat, with their credit, this is enough to go down in history, with their sweaty figures!
Xu Zhen's ears were buzzing, and he was dizzy for a while, but he gritted his teeth and looked at the enemy phalanx opposite!
Ashinarier's side was obviously also taken aback by this loud noise, they didn't know that Xu Zhen had artillery, they only felt that it was a muffled thunder, but there was a lot of snow in winter, how could it attract thunder?!!!
Such an abnormal change in the celestial phenomena made the originally high morale of the Ashina soldiers a little uneasy in their hearts, because they had long heard that there was a "wood-burner" among the **, it was Yeerbo of the Holy Fire Sect, who had shown miracles in the Salle Department, at this time the winter thunder shook and saw the flickering flames on the opposite side, could it be that the legendary son of Ahura invited the gods?
The sergeants began to discuss, and Xu Zhen's name spread far and wide, but Ashinarier felt the instability of the people's hearts in advance, and sent a team of supervisors to stop the sergeants' discussions, and encouraged them.
"Brothers! We are all descendants of the wolf mother, the king of the grassland, this Xu Zhen is just a villain in the Tang Kingdom, he has gained some good luck, and he has played some tricks to hide people's ears, what is there to be afraid of Hu Tianman's Sect! Wait until we trample the city and see if he survives!" ”
Ashinarir was encouraged, and the morale was really reversed, and the soldiers were high-spirited and iron-clad, shouting while marching: "Hao Re! Hot! ”
However, a strange hissing sound was mixed with the neighing of people and horses, and an iron bullet the size of a watermelon fell obliquely into the camp of the foot soldiers in front of him like a meteorite!
"Boom!"
A foot soldier and the big shield in his hand were smashed into powder in an instant, the flesh and bones were splattered everywhere, the aftermath of the cannonballs spread everywhere, four or five soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and the phalanx was blasted open a small hole!
Although the casualties are not large, placed in the battle array of tens of thousands of people, it is like a drop in the ocean, not to mention, but everyone is occupied by fear!
Because they can't explain why this iron bullet fell from the sky, because they are still two miles away from **, because they know that this is something that human beings can't do!
The tragic death of that foot soldier and the power of the iron bullet seemed to enter the chest of every soldier with the cold breath, dragging out the fear they suppressed again, and the breath of death spread everywhere like that pervasive cold air, transmitted to the depths of everyone's heart!
Ashinarier's heart jumped, and he couldn't explain what the hell was going on, but as an iron-blooded general, he knew that if he didn't contain this fear, this battle would definitely be lost!
"It's their catapult! Don't be afraid! Speed up! Advance! Advance! ”
Ashina roared angrily, the overseer team brandished their scimitars, driving the already frightened soldiers, and kept speeding up their pace, but even they themselves didn't believe that this was a catapult, Li Jingjun wanted to break through, and it was not a siege, how could he move out of the catapult, even if it was a catapult, it was impossible to cross such a long distance!
When the enemy's heart was shocked, on the other hand, everyone was quite disappointed, because when the cannon was fired, although the thunder was shocking and the sound was shocking, the vision was blurred, and the iron bullet entered the mud cow into the sea, and there was no feedback back at all!
However, Xu Zhen stood at the forefront, he could clearly feel that the enemy army had a brief commotion, and seeing that the Yarrow cannon was reloaded again, Xu Zhen waved the long knife again!
"Boom!"
Because the infantry phalanx moved forward, this time the iron bullet exploded into the center of the infantry phalanx, exploding a small blank space again, and the blood burst out in an instant, like a huge red peony blooming on a white cloth!
"Something is wrong! Burn the wind! Burn the wind! ”
Ashinariel finally sensed the danger, guessed that this may be a new type of ordnance invented by the enemy, the Tang Dynasty is full of talents, and has experience in military industry improvement, it is not surprising to create such a strange ordnance, as long as he advances at full speed, so that the archers can get an effective range, under the attack of feathered arrows like locusts, he will be crushed to the point of no defense!
Seeing that the enemy was accelerating, Xu Zhen's face was as calm as water, and he ordered the fifth cannon and the fourth cannon to follow the Yaluo cannon to fire, because they had rehearsed in advance, and the seamless connection between the three cannons was implemented in order to get the highest efficiency, so the cannon rumbled continuously, just like the giant spirit god in the sky was beating on the canopy!
Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, the rangers at the city gate were also so nervous that they were sweating all over, although the war horses under their crotch were a little farther away, but they were frightened by the sound of cannons, and they also became extremely irritable, in their eyes, Xu Zhen's Shenhuo camp was undoubtedly a failure!
"General! This erector misleads people! There is no prestige but no real killing, and a lot of money, food and property are wasted, but such an empty shell is created, and the general is asked to order, a certain army will rush to kill, and it is bound to die! Xue Wanche and other veterans hurriedly asked for their lives, but who is Li Jing, his eyes are like torches, and he has already seen the panic of the enemy camp in his eyes!
Seeing that the veteran was so anxious to jump to his feet, Li Jing was calm and comfortable, looked at Xu Zhen, who was in command, and did not turn his head, and said calmly: "The old man believes in Xu Duwei, this battle will be won!" ”
As he spoke, the enemy had entered a range of one mile, but Xu Zhen was firing five cannons one after another at this time, accumulating into a tower of sand, although the number of people killed and injured slowly became considerable, but it still could not shake the enemy's numerical superiority, and it was gratifying that the enemy's morale had been frightened off by the strange power of the artillery!
Seeing that he was about to enter the range of the enemy's archer phalanx, Xu Zhen finally raised the long knife in his hand, turned around and signaled to the two cannons at the head of the city, as well as the first cannon that had not yet fired, and ordered in a deep voice: "Load the stone bullets!" ”