Chapter XVIII: Two Feet 2
Lu Chan was also a little stunned when he looked at the cannonballs whistling and flying sideways in front of him. With the Chu people's natural fear of ghosts and gods, he is also very afraid of cannonballs.
Two feet! When he went to the commander of the shogunate yesterday to discuss the war, Shen Qing, the commander of the artillery battalion, told him such a number personally.
The artillery is transverse, and assuming that everything is correct, then the deviation of the shells from the front and back minus the width of the city wall is still two feet. This is an estimate in the most ideal state, and the real distance is that for various reasons, the shells will definitely fly out of the outer female wall. In the past, when the Qin army was shelled, the cannonballs hit a blood groove, but now it is his turn, maybe before he can climb the city, people will be hit in half by the cannonballs and die under the city wall.
Standing in front of the moat, the more he thought about it, the more scared Lu Chan shook his head, he hoped that the order to go to the city would be issued as soon as possible, but God had to go against him, and Shen Qing, who was extremely demanding about the shelling, had been shelled for more than a quarter of an hour, and he had not yet played the banner that had been prepared.
Twelve fifteen-pound cannons, the narrow city wall could not let them spread out one by one, and in the end, only four accurate guns were aimed at the front side of the south city wall and fired cautiously, and the remaining eight guns were all placed in front of the extension line of the city wall, so that even if the cannon was spread too large, it was also spread to the inside of the city wall, and it would not hurt the soldiers who landed in the city.
Unfortunately, even though only four guns were firing directly on the side of the wall, the dispersion was so large that the shells flew out of the wall after the first drop and landed in front of the wall, rather than on the head or inside of the wall. Shen Qing, who was frustrated, ran to Chengtong and shook his head again and again: "Fu is feasible!" Scattered more than two zhang. ”
"Why? Is the string different? "Chengtong understands artillery bombardment in terms of archery, which may not be correct, but it can be used.
"A few days ago, it rained heavily, and the air and moisture affected the gunpowder." There weren't many reasons that Shen Qing could think of. "Or more than artillery."
"What if?" Cheng Tong asked, the horsewhip in his hand pointing at the rising sun. "It's already early food, and then we will dig the city, and it's tomorrow to pull out the city. Every night and one day, the Qin people will equip one day, and there will be dozens or hundreds of sunken boats in the Han River......"
Cheng Tong was obviously a little excited, not only was he worried about the gunpowder needed to blow up the city, but he was also worried about the sinking boat in Hanshui. When he was excited to accuse, Jun Sima Dou often said: "There, there...... there"
Dou Chang's face was full of surprised expressions, and in front of the moat, those soldiers with shields and short swords in their hands and Mo Xiangjia on their bodies were already in action. Under the watchful eye of the guards, five siege ladders were erected on the moat. Because of the shelling just now, the firewood on the inside of the moat has long been shattered, and most of the planting trees that extend out under the city to block the ladder car are also broken. Under the wreak of cannonballs from time to time, the soldiers stepped on the ladder to cross the moat, and then stepped on the ladder and began to climb the city.
"What's the name of the pawn?" The Chu army has thirty divisions and four hundred and eighty pawns, and it is impossible to remember the name of each pawn commander unless he recites it specially. Cheng Tong heard the name of the captain of the city several times, but he often forgot it.
"General Yu, his family is Lu Ming, and after Lu ends." Lu Gao hurriedly spoke, and also said the ancestor of the Lu family.
"Lu Chan......" Cheng Tong repeated Lu Chan's name and nodded slightly. did not question Lu Gao's white lie - Lu Zhong was the ancestor of the Chu people, but Zhurong had no surname Lu and no Lu family. In this era, there are only two sources of the Lu family: one is that Tian Tong, the son of King Xuan of Qi, was sealed in Lu Township, and the descendants of Lu were born; Then there is the Yun surnamed Rong who was resettled in Anlu County. The Rong surnamed Yun previously built the Lu Hun State, and after the Jin people destroyed the country, the nobles and common people of the Lu Hun Kingdom took the country as their clan and called the Lu family.
In the state of Chu, family genealogy is very important. The aura of the ancestors will be bequeathed to future generations, and the sins of the ancestors will be passed on to future generations. Lu Gao hopes that Lu Qian will become the general of the Chu army, and to do this, it is not enough to be brave and brave, but also to have a family background.
The foot soldiers were already ascending the city, but the commander did not stop them, and the four artillery commanders and gunners who were firing directly on the side of the city wall had goosebumps all over their bodies, and an inexplicable current of heat was surging through their bodies. They knew that if they were not careful, the shells would hit their comrades.
"Putting ——!" After correcting the shelling parameters, the gunner shouted to fire. With a 'boom', the cannonballs flew to the head of the city under the gaze of the gunners and gunners, then jumped, then landed on the head of the city, and then jumped up again, until they flew out of this section of less than 600 meters of the city wall, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief and carried out the next loading.
The speed of the artillery bombardment slowed down instantly, and Lu Chan, who was holding a shield and taking the lead, was already on the ladder, and the iron crate on his head was next to the lower edge of the city. After all, it was a makeshift ladder, and the height of four feet and five feet was obviously too much, so he either climbed to the top of the ladder and jumped on the head of the city without a female wall, or stepped on the top of the city from the side of the ladder. Neither approach is good, especially the latter.
'Hu ......' cannonballs flew over the city, with a fierce wind. He didn't make a move right away, but waited for his men on the other four ladders. According to the details explained by Lu Gao, when he stepped onto the city, it was when the artillery ceasefired. Without the cover of the cannons, the Qin people in the city will soon rush up like a tide.
The time spent standing on the ladder was very short, but Lu Chan felt like a century had passed. His mind was full of fragmented memories and imaginations, he thought of the battle of Jucheng, the Mi Qian he saw under the lamp when Yingdu was drunk, and even more thought of the Qin Palace, which was stacked on top of each other, and also thought of the fact that after he died in battle, ** would be cut open by the doctor Yin, and a strange witch who had never met would reproduce his heirs......
"Officer! The official ...... "The long Shengri on the side of the ladder shouted, 'whew', the cannonball flew by, cutting off half of his head, the cannonball continued to gallop, hitting the chest of the scholar on the other ladder, and finally when he left, he cut the scholar on the outermost ladder in half, and the colorful intestines suddenly fell from the air, and the soldier of a ladder screamed.
"Up-" Lu Chan, who had retracted all his thoughts, shouted, and he quickly climbed to the top of the ladder, and then jumped heavily on the top of the city. After this action, the cannonade stopped.
The head of the city with a length of more than 400 steps was empty, and Lu Chan, who was standing at the head of the city, naturally saw the Qin army in Yunyang City, and they were all on the low wall behind the deep trench under the city wall. After the rumbling and frightening sound of artillery stopped, a Chu pawn suddenly appeared at the head of the city, and thousands of people did not respond to the half-sound. It wasn't until more and more Chu pawns climbed to the top of the city, and a banner with the word 'Lu' made overnight and with a crooked font fluttered at the head of the city, that they finally reacted and pointed at Chu pawns and shouted and beat drums.
"Good! Great goodness! Lu Chan ascended to the top of the city, followed him, more and more Chu soldiers climbed to the top of the city, and the Chu generals outside the city were extremely excited. Cheng Tong whipped and stomped his feet, in addition to saying good again and again, he also recited 'Lu Chan, Lu Chan', and he finally remembered the name of this little-known pawn chief.
"Shoot!" The Chu army outside the city was boiling, and the Qin army inside the city not only beat the war drums, but also quickly moved to the city under the crossbowmen behind the low wall of the deep trench, and shot at the Chu army at the head of the city under the command of the crossbow general.
The rain of arrows came like locusts, but unfortunately because of the angle, they were blocked by the shields in the hands of the Chu army. With the experience of fighting, Lu Chan was worried about the soldiers who approached quickly, wearing bronze armor, and they were also holding a large shield and a round shield in their left hand, and a short spear slightly higher than a person in their right hand. This is obviously not a Qin person, but a barbarian.
"Ascend to the city! Ascend to the city! Hurry up to the city......" Lu Xun turned around and shouted outside the city, at this time the transfer of the workers had been erected on the moat, and the ten ladders were full of people, but the armor and weapons were extremely heavy, and the soldiers had never been trained to climb the city, and there were only thirty or forty soldiers who climbed to the head of the city in half an hour.
The most important thing to get out of the city is to get to the top of the city. Ant attached, annihilated city, Linche, cloud ladder ......, everything is to send the soldiers to the city, the first soldier to climb the city is called Xiandeng, this is the most glorious title, even if it is the beheading of the Qin army, the first soldier can still be promoted to the doctor.
The Chu army has ascended to the top of the city, and what we need to do now is to defend the city and let more soldiers go to the city. Lu Xun was anxious about the slow speed of the soldiers, he was still shouting 'speed', and the barbarians who jumped and rushed to the city had already been killed.
"Array! The array ...... "Thirty or forty Chu soldiers occupy the head of the city more than 60 meters long, and the long one is in the west and Lu Chan is in the east. The head of the city, which is eight feet wide, can only stand two people according to the sword and shield guards. I don't know and a noble soldier stood in the westernmost place, Lu Chan and a noble soldier stood in the easternmost place, and behind them there were not only sword and shield guards but also archers.
Lu Chan raised a shield in his left hand, his body bowed, and when he wanted to talk to the honorable soldiers in his row, the crossbow arrows flew sideways and shot at the head with a clanging sound. It was impossible for the arrow to penetrate the iron gauntlet, and then just as the two of them were slightly distracted by the arrow, and there were a few 'ah' sounds in front of them, and the barbarian in bronze armor rushed to the front of him and jumped high in a few steps, jumping towards the gap between the two.
The archers in the back row of 'Refutation ...... quickly opened their bows, and then most of the arrows were shot at the barbarians' round shields. The arrow was blocked by the round shield, and Lu Chan was about to wait for the barbarian to land and raise the shield to push violently, when there was a 'bang', the square shield shook violently, and a copper spearhead came out through the shield, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back. Fortunately, the shield was solid, and the spearhead only showed two inches, so it could not be pierced again.
Lu Chan's square shield was pierced by a hole in the copper spear, but the square shield of the famous scholar on his side was trampled by the barbarian. With this kick, the barbarian in mid-air actually jumped back and landed safely a few feet away.
The jumping and jumping style of play Chu Jun had never seen before, Lu Qian at the head of the city was a little dazed, and Lu Gao under the city exclaimed: "This Ba people are also!" ”
The Ba people are mountain people, moving and jumping between the mountains and forests, and they have been like this since childhood. Even if they were wearing heavy bronze armor, it didn't affect their constantly jumping figures. The width of the head of the city can only stand two sword and shield pawns, which is equivalent to fighting alone, and the military formation cannot be played, but the archers behind the Chu pawns keep sending arrows to shoot the barbarians, delaying their sharp attacks.
When the "artillery is ......" Cheng Tong and Dou Chang were worried, Shen Qing found an excellent angle for artillery bombardment - if the artillery was moved back to the front of the city wall to fire, it could completely sweep away the Ba people who were crowded together at this time.