The batch of equipment in Zhang Deqing's mind is the new gadgets made by the golden shopkeeper who was officially promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and his craftsmen, and the effect of this kind of thing is actually similar to the tripping thunder in later generations, and it is also triggered by tripwires, and the gunpowder hidden in the thunder will be ignited after it is triggered. With a loud noise, it shatters the inner tank of the thunder containing the oil and ignites the oil inside. When the oil ignites, it shoots the remaining oil out of the mine mouth and ignites it while it is in the air.

In other words, once the trip mine is triggered, it can form a fountain of flames. Moreover, after adding some other small seasonings to it, the golden shopkeeper can make the oil burn brighter, and at the same time, it can also burn longer. Because Li Wenyuan's army is now divided into three directions, among which the largest number of people and the strongest combat effectiveness is the team on the Western Front on the Western Turkic battlefield; The remaining two places are in the direction of Wuwei County and the direction of the Great Wall defense line, which could not be used for offense, but could only be used for defense and played a warning role, so Li Wenyuan was sent to the Great Wall defense line and the Wuwei County defense line respectively for corresponding tests.

After Zhang Deqing returned to the command post, he wrote an official document in his own handwriting, stating to Li Wenyuan that this new weapon could provide more protection for the troops defending the city at night, and he also felt that the army could also use this equipment to garrison the barracks when camping in the field to prevent the enemy from attacking at night. After the official document was written, it was sent to Dunhuang County overnight. After dealing with these, Zhang Deqing also felt a little sleepy. Therefore, after confirming that the staff officer on duty still insisted on handling the affairs of the defense line at his post, he also returned to his residence in the command post, lay on the couch and slept in his clothes, waiting for the Turkic attack the next day.

The night passed in a blink of an eye, and the next day, when it was just dawn, Zhang Deqing was awakened by a loud noise from the north of the Great Wall. At this time, his brain had just woken up from sleep, and before he could react to what was happening, the door was pushed open by a staff officer, and then a staff officer broke into the room and said to Zhang Deqing: "General, the Turks are attacking the city!" ”

At this time, the entire Great Wall defense line was already ringing alarm bells, and the sentinels were alarmed by the sound of tripping thunder buried outside the city, and they poked their heads out of the battlements and looked in the direction of the north of the city. At this time, unlike last night's night attack, this time the Turks really raised troops to attack the city.

So the sentries pulled the ropes around them, and at the other end of the ropes was the alarm bell in the watchtower leading to the city. So for a while, the whole Great Wall was full of alarm bells, and the soldiers resting in the watchtower were awakened by the sound of alarm bells, and they hurriedly put on their armor and returned to their proper position on the Great Wall, holding their weapons tightly in their hands, and nervously looking at the Turks who came to attack the city outside the city.

At this time, Zhang Deqing was still listening to the staff officers in the command post to report on the situation of various sections of the city defense, and did not rush to the Great Wall defense line at the first time. At this time, the military commanders of the various garrison troops on the Great Wall defense line handled the emergency situation in front of them on their own, so the staff officers on duty on the Great Wall defense line were under the command of the commander. All the strong bows and crossbows on the city wall fired at the Turks who were attacking the city, and for a while the arrows rained down, and the Turks who were charging under the city fell to the ground with arrows and suffered heavy casualties.

In normal times, these Turks would probably have retreated and reorganized the next attack. But this time, these Turks did not know what happened, and in the face of a large number of casualties, they were treated as nothing, and still rushed to the defense line of the Great Wall without fear of death. Some of the troops carrying the ladder were shot to death by the whole force, and the ladder fell on their corpses, and the Turkic troops who caught up behind did not hesitate to pick up the ladder and carry it directly on their shoulders, and continued to attack the defense line of the Great Wall.

The corpses of the Turks almost covered the path of their charge, and the Turks who charged behind almost stepped on the corpses of their comrades who had been shot by the defenders of the Great Wall of the city and continued to charge forward. I have to say that this strategy of charging in the sea of people is extremely useful in the era of cold weapons. At this time, after losing some of the besiegers, the Turks finally hung the ladder on the head of the Great Wall. Later, the Turkic troops began to fight on the city under the cover of the Turkic crossbowmen under the city.

Although the Turks had hung the ladder on the city at this time, the garrisons of the Great Wall did not panic in the slightest. First, because they are all veterans who have been stationed on the Great Wall for at least ten years, although it is an exaggeration to be experienced in a hundred battles, but at least the soldiers have also experienced more than ten battles; The second reason is that this kind of situation has already been encountered when they are conducting intensive training, and they have already had a complete set of ways to deal with it.

At this time, the garrison of the Great Wall near some of the ladders on the city wall put down their bows and crossbows, and erected a hardwood-roofed shed where the ladders were mounted, to resist the arrows thrown by the Turkic army under the city. Then they picked up the muskets on the side, leaned out of the battlements, and aimed their muskets at the Turks who were climbing up the ladder without hesitation.

For the convenience of climbing, the Turks carried light wooden shields that could only defend against bows, which could only defend against arrows shot from the city, and even if the stones were smashed with a little accuracy, they could break it, not to mention muskets that could penetrate the armor.

All of a sudden, black smoke rose from the Great Wall, and gunfire rang out. The Turks who were climbing up the ladder were shot and fell down the ladder, falling to the ground and not knowing their lives. Although this flintlock musket took a long time to load, the Turks could only use the ladder that had already reached the top of the city if they wanted to enter the city, so as long as five or even ten or twenty people blocked a ladder and took turns to shoot, they could ensure uninterrupted firepower. Coupled with the cover of a wooden shed with a hardwood roof, the damage that the crossbowmen covering the Turks under the city could do to the defenders of the city was extremely limited.

The Turkic troops attacking under the city were obviously intimidated by this never-before-seen weapon, and the pace of the siege slowed down for a while. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the defenders of the city used the batter to overturn several ladders that had already taken the head of the city, and even the Turks on the ladders were overthrown to the ground.

All of a sudden, the Turkic army under the city that was attacking the Great Wall was in a dilemma.

(End of chapter)