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The golden light dispelled the night and brought light to the earth.

Dozens of cannons in front of the Wei army's array, the dark barrel of the cannon reflected the snowy light spots in the sun.

Cao Shuo rode on horseback and looked at the Jiaozhi city wall.

Lu Xun and a group of generals gathered around him, but Huang Zhong was missing.

Huang Zhong was next to the artilleryman at this time.

Walking in front of dozens of cannons, Huang Zhong turned around and pointed at the Jiaozhi City Gate: "Your task today is not to blow up more barbarians, nor to bombard the spears until they collapse, but to blow the city gate open for me!" There are only twenty or thirty thousand shirtless barbarians in the city, and if we blow open the gates, we will be able to rush in and slaughter them like pigs and sheep, and destroy them completely! ”

Next to each cannon stood six or seven Wei artillerymen, one of whom would carry a torch.

The technology of using a firing pin to fire a cannon has not yet been developed, and today's cannons also need to use a torch to light the fuse to cause the explosives in the barrel of the cannon to explode and push the shell out.

Cannons have the advantage of having a long range compared to catapults, the shells are more powerful, and the shells can explode.

However, this old-fashioned cannon also has its disadvantages.

The Wei artillery had more than one accident in which a shell exploded in the chamber, resulting in the injury or death of the artilleryman next to the cannon.

Cao Shuo has been urging Penglai to develop shells fired by firing pins, but Penglai's research and development speed is indeed too slow.

It's no wonder that their R&D is slow.

Cannons should have appeared on the battlefields of Europe after a thousand years or hundreds of years.

Because Cao Shuo came to this era, it appeared in the Central Plains nearly 2,000 years earlier.

Although there is a possibility that the cannon will cause accidents and cause casualties on your own side.

But its power on the battlefield is always not to be underestimated, so it is still transported from Penglai in batches.

In order to avoid more casualties caused by artillery explosions, the artillery was generally some distance from the main position.

Their position is often in front of the Chinese army, and the large arrays on both flanks can also protect them, and even if the enemy launches a charge, the soldiers can kill in time and protect the artillery from the battlefield.

In addition to being some distance from the main array, the cannons also maintain a certain width between them.

It is unlikely that any cannon will blow up.

Dozens of cannons are lined up, and the space occupied is indeed not small.

Huang Zhong's shout was no longer so clear in the ears of the artillerymen who were far away from him.

Even so, the artillerymen heard him shouting...

"The siege has always been carried out by soldiers who use their flesh and blood to fill it up." While walking in front of the artillery array, Huang Zhong continued to shout: "Since the lord asked Penglai to build a cannon, we don't need any other way to meet the city, as long as we take out the cannon and bombard it fiercely, we can blow up the city wall to collapse." Without climbing the walls, no more companions will die! Can you tell me whose credit it is! ”

"The merit of the lord!" Immediately, someone slapped Cao Shuo's ass!

"Of course!" This answer was not what Huang Zhong wanted, but he couldn't help but admit that the cannon was indeed invented by Cao Shuo and put into the battlefield, so he had to shout: "The credit of the lord is the greatest, but his credit is only to support us behind the scenes." On the battlefield, it was our artillery who collapsed the enemy's walls and opened the way for the army! ”

As soon as Huang Zhong shouted this, the artillerymen straightened their chests one after another, and their faces showed pride and pride that could not be concealed.

Since the artillery, it was indeed much easier for the Wei army to capture the city than before.

The artillery shattered the old dream that the enemy could stop the enemy from attacking the city by simply building a wall.

The thick walls are so vulnerable in front of the cannons!

"I say you have merit, and you can't be proud of it." Huang Zhong shouted: "The credit is earned by yourself, if you guard the artillery, but you can't even blow up the city gate, what is the use of asking you artillery?" ”

Huang Zhong first raised and then suppressed, and the artillery officers and men looked at him one by one, and the pride and pride on their faces were fading.

"The lord has given you the best weapon, and you say, what reason is there to disappoint him? And what reason is there for our comrades to brave the rain of arrows from the enemy army to climb the city walls? Huang Zhong roared and asked, "Tell me, is there a reason?" ”

"Nope!" All the artillerymen replied in unison.

"So what are you waiting for?" Pointing to the Jiaozhi city wall, Huang Zhong shouted: "Jiaozhi is in front, it was originally the city of our Central Plains, and the barbarians actually occupied him, this is a provocation!" If the barbarians dare to provoke us, we will have to make them regret it! Let them regret that they shouldn't have come to have a fight, and even make them regret that they shouldn't have been taken out of their mother's womb in the first place! ”

Huang Zhong is already very old, and this sentence that does not make people laugh when he says it in the mouths of other generals, from his mouth, the artillery officers and soldiers laugh one after another.

"I won't talk to you much nonsense." Huang Zhong continued: "I only have one request now, which is to blow up the city gate of Jiaozhi for me, and let me see the accuracy of you artillerymen!" ”

The order was issued, and the artillery officers and men turned their guns to the gate of Jiaozhi City.

Huang Zhong walked away from the front of the artillery array.

An officer then ran to one of the cannons in the middle.

The officer held aloft a small flag cut into a triangle.

He shouted, "Calibrate the muzzle of the cannon, prepare the ......"

dragged out his tone, and his "ready" shouted until he had to breathe before he turned to a roar of "put!" ”

As the officer gave the order, dozens of cannons let out an earth-shattering roar.

The cannon rumbled, and every time a cannonball was fired, the artillerymen would quickly fill the chamber with gunpowder, put the cannonball, and shoot the second one out.

Due to the different levels of proficiency of the artillerymen, the cannons, which could still be fired synchronously at first, gradually became uneven in firing frequency.

When the Wei artillery fired shells at the head of Jiaozhi City, Zhu Rong squatted behind the battlements like the day before, dodging the flying shells.

The exploding shells filled the walls with thick smoke and choked people coughing.

The deafening sound of the explosion forced the barbarian warriors at the head of the city to cover their ears.

Zhu Rong, of course, was no exception, and like the warriors, he covered his ears with both hands.

"They seem to be blasting the gates open!" Zhuge Liang ran to Zhu Rong's side and shouted loudly.

Just covering his ears, Zhu Rong didn't hear his shout.

Seeing that she didn't respond, Zhuge Liang shouted again: "King, the purpose of the Wei army seems to be to blow up the city gate!" ”

He shouted loudly, but the deafening sound of artillery muffled the sound.