Chapter 103: The Power of a Swarm of Bees
In the morning, Sun Kewang arranged for his subordinates to have breakfast early, looking at the tall city wall, he didn't have the slightest wave in his heart, what is the use of the high city wall? The final deciding factor in war is man.
And he has 10,000 old battalions under his command, as well as 40,000 homeless people, a total of 50,000 people, this huge number is enough to whip and cut off the flow, even if he uses human lives to fill in and use corpses to heap up, he can attack it.
When they walked to five hundred steps away from the city wall, the whole team stopped, the Ming officers and soldiers defending the city is still relatively powerful, relatively speaking, they are equipped with sophisticated weapons, and the bow and arrow are powerful, sometimes they can also encounter powerful firearms, but those don't matter, because there are many people, first let those displaced people go to attack the city, attract the firepower of the officers and soldiers on the city wall, these firepower is always limited, and when the firepower is weakened, he will let the people of the old battalion attack it, so that the big thing can be decided.
"20,000 men attacked the east gate, 10,000 men attacked the north gate, and all the men of the old camp were on standby at the west gate." Sun Kewang commanded.
The herald immediately conveyed the order, the war drums remembered, the black crowd began to squirm, the people on the city tower looked like they saw dense ants, this battle was too terrifying, those soldiers who were strictly trained were fine, but the people who assisted in defending the city were all afraid and worried.
The siege began, many homeless people with simple weapons or farm tools began to run towards the city wall, many people in the front row held rattan cards, to resist the lead bullets and arrows on the city wall, this rattan card to resist the arrows is barely enough, but it is impossible to resist lead bullets. The buckshot that poured down from the city wall pierced the rattan cards directly into the bodies of the peasant army.
After paying huge casualties, the peasant army finally took the ladder to the city wall, they climbed the ladder one after another, desperately climbing up, and the people on the city head also kept throwing arrows and throwing all kinds of stones and other objects down.
"General, the rebels in the northern city are about to climb the city wall!" A herald ran up to the news.
Sun Kewang looked at the battle situation at the head of the city, and he saw that the soldiers at the head of the city had basically been attracted to the north gate, so he ordered: "Let the people of the old camp attack the west gate, and the speed should be fast!" ”
"Yes, General!"
on the city walls.
Qin Yiming and Chen Daquan were above the west gate, and there were big cows and little monkeys, Sun Shirui and others next to them.
"Qin Qianhu, wouldn't it be too risky for you to arrange it like this, the thieves at the north gate have already attacked the city, you let the fierce tiger take the people to defend the north gate, what if you can't defend it?" Chen Daquan was anxious, just now Qin Yiming asked two thousand people to run to the north gate to assist the fierce tiger to defend the north gate, and Qin Yiming's main force was all at the west gate.
Qin Yiming looked at the city and said: "Lord Chen, rest assured, the eight hundred people of Ai Wannian can support at any time, the north gate and the east gate are just some rabble, there is nothing to be afraid of, the old camp of the thief has not moved yet." ”
"They're coming!" The little monkey shouted at this time, watching the black crowd under the city running towards the city, these people were extremely fast, they pushed siege vehicles, ladders and other siege weapons, and approached quickly.
"Don't worry, when they get to the city, they will beat me hard! Prepare the ** bag, fire oil, and a swarm of bees for me. Qin Yiming's eyes were full of murderous intent, looking at the team that was constantly approaching.
"Yes, young master!" The little monkey replied, and everyone looked down at the city again.
"Two hundred steps." The little monkey shouted.
"One hundred and fifty steps!"
"One hundred steps!"
"Fifty steps......
The little monkey counted the distance between the front row of the thieves and the city wall, but Qin Yiming saw the distance between the last row of thieves and the city wall, and at this time, the distance between the back row of thieves and the city wall was estimated to be five or six hundred steps.
"Call me!" Qin Yiming shouted.
At this time, first of all, the ** bag was thrown down from the city, exploded everywhere, sparks were all over the sky, those old camps under the city were caught off guard, and there were heavy casualties, they screamed more than once, and they fell to the ground and rolled over, extinguishing the fire on their bodies, because the people in front stopped, but the people behind continued to move forward, and there were more and more people crowded together in the middle.
"A swarm of bees, call me out!" Qin Yiming pointed to those crowded places and shouted.
At the battlements of the city head, many swarms of bees lit fires, and the jackdaw arrows whistled out, although there was no accuracy at all, but the number was huge, each swarm was loaded with hundreds of jackdaw arrows, they flew out in groups, in the range of forty meters in length and width, almost two arrows per square can be achieved, and the lethality is very terrifying.
When the rain of arrows poured down on the city, the first half of the entire old battalion team was almost devastated, this jackdaw arrow is not comparable to ordinary bows and arrows, the jackdaw arrow is powered by **, which can directly penetrate several people, and will produce huge wounds.
Looking at the rain of arrows flying down from the city, Sun Kewang saw such a magnificent spectacle for the first time, and he was stunned and forgot to command his own team.
"General, our old battalion has suffered heavy losses, is it retreating by beating the drum?" The man next to him reminded.
Sun Kewang came to his senses at this time, slapped himself in the face hard, and saw that his old camp had been broken in half, and many people were wailing and rolling on the ground.
"Damn, what are you waiting for? Get the old camp back! ”
On the city wall, Chen Daquan waved the smoke and dust with his hand, the smoke and dust of the swarm of bees were very large, just after a round of swarm of bees lit the fire, he directly seemed to be in a fairyland, the clouds and mist surrounded him, as if he was in Penglai, he had lost the perspective of the city, and the smoke of ** slowly faded, at this time the scene under the city shocked him and couldn't say a word.
Within a hundred steps of the city, it was like weeds growing in an instant, with countless arrows, and the corpses of those thieves were also covered with a layer of dense and dense, and in some places they were piled up, and those who did not die were screaming again and again, this ...... It's horrible.
"Qin Qianhu, are you a swarm of bees used by the southern army during the Battle of Jingjing? I heard that this kind of weapon caused great casualties to the northern army at that time, but then this kind of firearm was no longer useful, and the artifact battalion did not continue to be rebuilt, I didn't expect it to be so powerful! Chen Daquan saw the strength of a swarm of bees for the first time, and couldn't help but admire.
Qin Yiming clenched his fists and said: "This swarm of bee firepower has been strengthened by me, there are more jackdaw arrows in it, and the range of lethality is greater. ”
"Young master, the thief has retreated, the thief has retreated!" The little monkey shouted, pointing at the thieves who had fled back in the distance.
"Let the cavalry of Aiwannian attack and defeat the thieves at the north and east gates!" Qin Yiming ordered.
Originally, the peasant army at the north gate had a very strong morale in battle, and they had already hit the city, but at this time they didn't know what was happening, there was actually a retreat drum, they panicked all of a sudden, and when they saw that the rebel army at the west gate had retreated, they knew that they had become outcasts, and the team began to be confused, and at this time Ai Wannian's cavalry had appeared, and the whole team began to collapse.