Chapter 10: The Power of Artillery

Xiliang's engineering troops have been assembled at the south gate, the formation is staggered, the siege ladders, building cars, and shield armor soldiers have gathered in the forefront, the archers are in the middle, and the main soldiers of the siege are at the end. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ma Chao looked at the rigor of his soldiers, and a trace of pride suddenly rose in his heart, the hardships in Xiliang all the year round made these soldiers extremely brave, even in the face of the well-equipped soldiers in the Central Plains, there would be no deficiency.

On the other hand, the Gunpowder Army behind them, they seem to be a group of cowards, seven or eight hundred steps away from the city, what kind of siege is this? Ma Chao can also see it now, Yuan Yun's plan is to let Ma Jiajun in front, he just promised to blow up the city gate, but at the moment, it seems that he doesn't plan to do such a thing as blowing up the city gate.

Now, since Yuan Yun is willing to take the lead, the Ma family is famous, after all, it was provoked by the people of the imperial court, so the reason is very sufficient.

As far as Ma Chao is concerned, if there is chaos today, it is a hero who can replace him, why bother to listen to the orders of an empty shell court, but his son Ma Teng has made up his mind to advance and retreat with the Han court.

In fact, everyone knows that today's court is just a toy of Cao Cao, and the Son of Heaven is a clown, but his father Ma Teng is still willing to obey the dispatch, which is simply unreasonable, Ma Chao is very dissatisfied with this, but there is nothing to do.

The god of war is like himself, and now he wants to act as a pioneer for a young marquis, which makes Ma Chao have a trace of jealousy, but he still gritted his teeth and honestly chose to attack the city, after all, stability is related to the gateway of Xiliang, and it must not fall into the hands of others.

After walking around the Gunpowder Army camp yesterday, Ma Chao felt that there were a lot of incredibles in the Gunpowder Army, such as the magical gunpowder, and a kind of wine that was lit at one point, but this wine had a strange taste.

The most amazing thing is Yuan Yun's guard, a spear-wielding guard outside the tent has such a powerful martial art, his entourage has been fighting with him for many years, no one knows their combat power better than him Ma Chao, that white-faced guard actually has to fight ten at a time, and now I feel insulted when I think about it.

However, this spear-wielding guard is indeed outstanding, ten entourages are not enough for him to cook, even if he deliberately wrestles with it, he doesn't take much advantage, I just don't know why such a hero is willing to become a small guard of Yuan Yun?

Could it be that Yuan Yun really has any great charm that he didn't discover?

Ma Chao was a little confused, no matter how he looked at Yuan Yun, he didn't look like the kind of master who made people want to follow him for life at first sight, could it be that he used some immortal magic to bewitch people's hearts? After all, it is rumored that he is a child of immortals, so he naturally knows some skills of the immortal family.

Thinking like this, Ma Chao looked back at Yuan Yun's position again, the gunpowder army was still gathered in front of a big iron pipe, and he didn't know what they were doing, after walking so many ways, they had to carry such a huge iron can, not to mention, it was very time-consuming and laborious, and it also affected the movement speed very much, this group of people was really unguessable.

At this moment, a deputy general came to Ma Chao's side and immediately hugged his fists: "Dashuai, the front battle has been prepared, and you can attack at any time." ”

Ma Chao retracted his gaze at Yuan Yun, and then looked at the deputy general: "Ling Ming, don't be impatient, Yuan Hou said that he would help us clear the stable city wall, and then open the city gate for my army commander to drive in, we will wait." ”

This deputy general is none other than Xiliang General Pang De, after listening to Ma Chao at this moment, he looked at the gunpowder army in the distance with disdain, and immediately spat and continued: "They are all timid rats, since they want to sweep the city wall for our army, why do they still hide in the back?" It's obviously a bunch of cowards. ”

Ma Chao was still calm and reasonable, shook his head and said: "Our spies have already said that the battle of Chang'an, these gunpowder troops are definitely not cowards, and we have sent Qiang people to test them before, Ling Ming, can you kill all the more than 2,000 Qiang soldiers in a few incense sticks?" ”

Pang Dewei was stunned, shook his head and said: "No, I was also outside the valley that day, fortunately I was stopped by my entourage and did not enter the valley, otherwise it would be difficult to be alone, as soon as those loud noises came out, the whole valley burned, and the art of gunpowder is indeed worthy of its name, but they are so far away at the moment, what role can they play?" ”

Ma Chao looked back at the position of the Gunpowder Army again, shook his head and said, "I don't know, let's see how Yuan Hou arranges." ”

As soon as Ma Chao finished speaking, he saw a herald running over with a banner, and when he arrived in front of Ma Chao, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said: "My marshal sent a villain to ask the general, when can you launch an attack on the city?" ”

Ma Chao and Pang De looked at each other, and the former immediately replied: "Go back and tell your family's handsome, you can start it now, and we will see your family's marquis show his might." ”

The herald shouted in response, turned and ran back to the Powder Corps camp.

Not long after, Ma Chao saw that the very huge iron pipe was moved by dozens of people, and then some people began to stuff things into the iron pipe, and finally even put a huge iron ball in.

Pang De on the side was also very confused, and was about to ask Ma Chao again, when he suddenly heard a huge explosion, like thunder, shocking, before the two of them could react, they saw that the front of the gate of Anding City burst open instantly, and all the sand and gravel and soil were lifted into the air, and some boulders even fell in front of the Ma family's army, which frightened those soldiers and couldn't help but take several steps back.

Ma Chao and Pang De glanced at each other again, and they heard continuous shouts from the gunpowder army's position, but they couldn't understand the meaning of the words at all, what octave high, four degrees to the left.

Rumble!

A loud bang came from the gate of Anding City, and the huge smoke from the explosion filled everywhere, and it was impossible to see what was happening, and everyone focused their eyes on it.

Waiting for the smoke to be gradually blown away by the cold wind, everyone found that the originally very strong Anding South City Gate had collapsed, and the heavy solid wood gate had disappeared, leaving only half of the burning broken wood blocks, and the surrounding city walls also appeared many cracks, looking crumbling.

Ma Chao gasped and said with some surprise: "Could it be that they are using the magic weapon of the Immortal Family?" I thought it was strange that more than 300 people were marching with such a heavy iron pipe, which was simply unreasonable, and now I know that this thing is so powerful. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Pang De next to him to reply, Ma Chao immediately recruited a personal soldier, and then pointed to the gunpowder army position behind him and said, "Go and ask Yuan Hou, what are the things they use?" ”

The soldier snorted, and ran out, very fast, and he wanted to know in his heart what that big black iron pipe was, and the power just now was terrifying.

After Ma Chao finished ordering his own soldiers, he immediately turned back to Pang De and ordered: "Collect the siege ladder and building cart, the pikemen come forward, and the enemy will soon be killed." ”

Pound only then sobered up, immediately clenched his fists to receive the order, and then hurried to the front, and in a short time, the formation of the front army began to change, and a group of soldiers with spears rushed to the front, and set up their shields, as if facing a great enemy.

At the same time, the third shell of the cannon was again discharged, and went straight to the gate of Anding, but this time it was a little crooked, and it hit the top of the wall at once, and suddenly a scarlet blood mist flew up, and the wall immediately collapsed in half, and many of the soldiers standing on it fell to the ground, and some of the heads were broken and bleeding.

Yuan Yun looked at the third shell, and kept smiling bitterly in his heart, the cannon without rifling, the hit rate basically relied on Meng, the second shot just now was right, but the third shot was not good, and he originally wanted to completely collapse the city gate with another shot, but the result was a deviation of 108,000 miles.

Ma Jun's face was covered with sweat, he never had any extravagant hopes about this kind of thing, he just wanted to fire a few more shells, and there was always a time to hit, so after the craftsman completely cooled down the cannon, he once again ordered the soldiers to start filling gunpowder and cannonballs, and prayed in his heart, hoping that this shot could hit.

Rumble!

There was another loud bang, and the whole battlefield seemed to be quiet except for the sound of cannons, and the soldiers were still shouting the trumpet of courage, but they were all out of interest at the moment, and everyone was waiting for the fire-breathing monster to spit out more, so that there was no need to climb over the city wall.

A cloud of smoke from the explosion rose from the top of the wall again, and this time it was even farther off, if the wall was not high enough, it would have shot into the city.

Yuan Yun looked at it and shook his head again and again, his expectations for this cannon were almost half disappointed, it seems that this kind of thing can really only be used for deterrence, or it can only wait for mass production, and then it will be released at the same time, and then it will not matter if it is accurate or not.

Yuan Yun was very disappointed, but it doesn't mean that others will be disappointed, the soldiers of the Gunpowder Army saw that they had such a sharp weapon, and their morale was immediately boosted, and the soldiers led by Ma Chao were also greatly stimulated, at this moment everyone had red eyes, and they were ready to rush into the city to burn and kill, today there is an artifact to help, that is, to pick up military merits in vain, how can this opportunity be missed?

After a while, only to hear a shout from the city, a group of Zhang Lu soldiers finally rushed out, in addition to their basic combat equipment, at the end of the team there were people beating gongs and drums, a few guys in big red robes were dancing the gods, and kept muttering words like incantations.

Suddenly, several extra-long horns were erected on the city wall, and then bursts of whining sounds, and the whole atmosphere immediately became deeper, and Zhang Lu's soldiers seemed to have changed in an instant, and the original panic on everyone's faces turned into a thick killing intent at this moment.

Just when Yuan Yun was curious about what these people were doing, a cannonball landed in the middle of the group of big red robes with a sharp sound, and in addition to the gravel, there was also a pink mist, as well as all kinds of flesh and bones, and the scene instantly quieted down again.

As the blood mist gradually dissipated, I heard Ma Jun's voice shouting, "Obscure...... Bad luck, how to ...... How did it hit crookedly again. ”

Yuan Yun smiled bitterly and supported his chin with his hand, the battlefield that was originally very solemn and solemn was actually added a bit of funny color at this moment, and those enemy soldiers who were originally red-eyed returned to fear.

Ma Chao's control of the battlefield was very good, just looking at the change in the enemy's expression, he had already made a judgment, and immediately ordered Pang De to start rushing with a large army, and 10,000 people rushed up in an instant, sweeping the entire Nancheng gate like a tide.

Zhang Lu's soldiers seemed to have lost their strength after seeing that all those big red robes were dead, and when they saw Ma Chao's soldiers rushing like a tide, the formation immediately loosened, followed by a large-scale collapse.

Without good formation support, the whole battle turned into a one-sided slaughter, and the enemy's commander Yang Ang, in order to save the scene, chose to break off alone, blocking Pound's horse head head.

Yuan Yun saw this and immediately came to the spirit, the legendary battle array heads-up is about to appear, this kind of drama in the Three Kingdoms period, he has been looking forward to it for a long time, so he immediately straightened up on horseback, just to see the grand occasion of the confrontation between the two generals in front of the battle.

With a poof, just a knife, Yang Ang's head was cut off by Pang De, and there was not even a pause in the middle, and just before Yang Ang's head hit the ground, Pang De actually bent down and stretched out his hand, and grabbed the hair of Yang Ang's head.

Then I saw Pang De stick this head in the big knife and raise it high, and shouted with full anger: "Yang Ang gave the head, can you still dare to fight?" ”

With Pang De's shout, there was a collapse at the south gate again, and the huge door hole had been blocked by countless boulders, and the enemy army even had many people who did not have time to retreat, so they were all blocked out of the gate, and only the butcher's knife of Ma Chao's soldiers greeted them.

At this time, I saw another enemy general stand up and shout above the tower: "The people are in the city, and the city is falling." ”

Ma Chao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he snorted coldly: "Zhang Lu still has a few good men. ”

After snorting coldly, Ma Chao said to the soldiers beside him: "Call General Pang De back, let's give the enemy some respite, and then launch an attack, and if you lose, you will be convinced that the other party will lose." ”