Chapter 29: The Raid

There are not many records in history that win more with less, but if they can be recorded, it proves that they are really great, and such records are bound to be thrilling, and hearing them will make people's blood boil. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

But when it comes to Yuan Yun, it's not very interesting, more than 10,000 people blocked the 30,000 defenders behind the city gate, not only winning more with less, but simply bullying the majority with a few, and the majority didn't dare to come forward, so they could only hide and be turtles.

It has been four days, the gunpowder army has not launched an attack, the defenders have not rushed out to rob the camp, everyone seems to have accompanied the leader to the meeting, and everyone has remained silent.

This kind of less is more, and it is more boring.

Yuan Yun was standing on top of the sentry tower at the moment, yawning constantly, and there were even tears in the corners of his eyes, he had just taken a nap, but he still had no energy.

Yawning is contagious, Yuan Yun finished fighting, Shi Shen also hit one, and then it was Xiao Liu's turn, followed by the soldiers on the watchtower, and gradually this yawning expanded to the bottom of the watchtower.

When the whole camp had yawned almost once, the uplifting thing came.

Five huge water hose trucks were pushed out, which were originally used to fight fires, but after Yuan Yun redesigned and renovated, it sprayed out no longer water, but pungent gasoline.

In addition to the belly of the car loaded with a large amount of gasoline, there are six old oxen used as a propulsion, the whole body of the car is made of steel mixed with solid wood, not afraid of arrows and boulders, as long as it is forward, with an infantry, it is a primitive fire-breathing tank.

The only drawback is that there is not much gasoline in it, and it has to be refilled after spraying it four or five times, and because it is not too well sealed, it is easy to leak oil, and if it is hit by enemy rockets at this time, it will be an absolute disaster.

For this reason, Yuan Yun only let half a car load of gasoline, so that he could only spray two or three times.

But even so, the lethality of the water dragon car is amazing enough, after the nozzle is erected, it can be sprayed into the air for more than ten zhang, and the city wall of this era cannot be stopped at all.

Zhang Liao has been pounding the water dragon car these days, so the gunpowder army did not launch an attack on Chang'an Dongcheng, and at this moment everything is ready, and it is time to use it.

The soldiers of the Gunpowder Army were divided into two groups, one group protected the two flanks of the siege team on the left and right, and the remaining group began to advance towards the east gate under the cover of the sword and shield men.

The people and horses of the brigade followed the water dragon car closely, which was originally forbidden by Yuan Yun's order, but he was really worried that the water dragon car would suddenly leak oil, and then it would be accidentally ignited, so if it exploded, the people in front of the car would definitely be very miserable.

But people are like this, once they feel that there is danger, they will unconsciously lean on their own big objects, which is almost instinctive.

At this moment, the siege team had advanced to half the distance, so even if Yuan Yun saw his own men and horses like this, he could only cry out in vain, just hoping that the enemy army would not shoot rockets.

The defenders of Chang'an seemed to be really embarrassed, and after shooting a few rounds of arrows, they found that they couldn't help the behemoth in front of them at all, so they immediately changed their tactics and began to pile up boulders and rolling logs on the city walls.

Zhang Liao did not listen to Yuan Yun's obstruction this time, and personally rushed forward with the water dragon car, the black armor on his body was crackled by the enemy's bow and crossbow, and he would subconsciously dodge at the beginning, but when he got to the back, he didn't care at all, let go of his war horse, and moved forward steadily with a large rain of arrows, and it didn't take long for him to become a hedgehog.

The enemy soldiers on the wall were very frightened when they saw Zhang Liao like this, this enemy couldn't shoot no matter how he shot, it was really too evil.

Zhang Liao took a few more steps, and instantly took out a big bow from his back, the bow body was dark, and the black armor was very matched, it was actually made of steel, looking at its weight, it was more than 20 catties, and it was estimated that few people could pull such a huge bow.

Zhang Liao took a deep breath, quickly confirmed the target through the visor, and with a bang, an officer at the head of the city was immediately shot through the chest, and that person was even carried by a huge force and flew directly into the city.

And the momentum of the bow and arrow shot by Zhang Liao continued unabated, and the arrow nailed to the Lizi banner at the head of the city with an arrow behind the person, and the thick flagpole kept shaking.

Zhang Liao seemed to be very dissatisfied, so he shot three more arrows in a row, and the arrows all hit the flagpole.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the flagpole slowly broke open and fell the city wall, and then the enemy soldiers realized that the arrows were blunt, and the arrows were all black, made of pure steel, and they were very heavy in their hands.

As soon as the enemy's flagpole fell, the soldiers of the Gunpowder Army instantly howled loudly, shouting desperately for the power of Zhang Liao's arrows.

The guards at the head of the city looked at such a powerful arrow and lowered their heads one after another, and no one wanted to be the next target.

Suddenly, there was a loud creak at the gates, and the tall ironwood gate opened completely, and in an instant, a group of cavalry rushed out, and began to launch a surprise attack on the gunpowder army position with great speed.

Zhang Liao sneered, put away the giant bow, and then pulled out the long sword on his waist with his backhand, and shouted in his mouth: "Regardless of the number!" ā€

Those sword and shield men were stunned when they heard this, and they didn't understand what this order meant?

The soldiers of the Powder Army were all happy, and this order meant that they could unleash their hands and feet and launch indiscriminate attacks without restraint.

Just when those sword and shield men were surprised, the gunpowder soldiers had already taken down the steel crossbow from their backs, and then they were very skilled in putting on the crossbow arrows, without an order, they had consciously divided into three or four rows, and with the cover of the huge shield of the sword and shield hands, they quickly squatted down, and untied the gunpowder bullets on their waists, and carefully placed them on the ground.

In a moment, the cavalry rushing out of the city was already in front of him, and in an instant, he saw ten thousand arrows firing at once, and immediately made the cavalry in the first few rows turn on their backs.

Before the action of these overturned cavalry was over, the second row of crossbow arrows was fired again, and a large number of cavalry fell to the ground and fell from their horses, and the screams of people and the neighing of horses were endless.

The few remaining cavalrymen could no longer stop the momentum, so they could only continue to sprint, but what was waiting for them was a burst of gunpowder bullets.

Those sword and shield bearers who used as cover finally saw the frontal combat power of the Gunpowder Army, and in almost a moment of incense, more than 2,000 cavalry were all annihilated, and not a single one of them survived, not even a few horses.

What is even more terrifying is that those gunpowder soldiers have already loaded their crossbow arrows again, and skillfully removed the gunpowder bullets from their waists, only to find that the enemy is gone, and the longing and disappointment in their eyes are like man-eating devils.

The gates of Chang'an were closed again, and it seemed that they no longer planned to send cavalry out to charge, because they could not reach even ten steps in front of the enemy's formation.

Those sword and shield bearers couldn't help but secretly rejoice, the cavalry is not the best, after all, they are all infantry, there is no solid position to defend, against the cavalry is a dead end, now those cavalry are frightened by the gunpowder army comrades around them and dare not go out, this battle is much easier.

Zhang Liao was not as optimistic as these sword and shield men, he had already sent the herald out, and ordered the escorts on the left and right flanks to start unfurling those steel wire nets and triphorses, and the enemy's frontal charge had been defeated, which meant that they would change their tactics and try to outflank them from both flanks.

After all, most of Li Wei's troops were cavalry, and letting these warriors on horseback guard the city wall was like letting the groom do the work of a cook, and there was absolutely no good result.

Sure enough, not long after Zhang Liao's order was issued, the sound of horses' hooves rumbling from both wings was heard, and the left and right sides were attacked at the same time.

Zhang Liao smiled slightly, ignoring the situation on the two wings at all, and it could be judged from the delay in the gunpowder bullet that the enemy did not even rush ten paces away.

Greeted the water dragon car that was left behind, and today's show is finally about to start.

The defenders on the city wall were surprised that those terrifying-looking behemoths could only sprinkle water, except for the pungent smell of water, there was no lethality at all.

So many people stood up again and began to prepare to give each other a little color to see.

Just as they stood up from behind the city, they saw that the gunpowder army under the city had already lit rockets, and then they were shooting up in rows.

Then the scene exploded, all the images in the eyes were crazy flames, and the nose was suffocating air, and every bite that entered the lungs seemed to swallow a thousand needles, making people just want to tear open their chests and be released.

The war finally turned into a large-scale massacre, and the battle mode of one knife and one soldier was gone, Zhang Liao looked at the large areas of enemy troops burned to death by the flames, and couldn't help but feel a little lost.

With the existence of these big killing weapons, the personal martial arts of the warrior immediately become dispensable, and what can be done by a machine is completed by another person, even if the other party binds your hands and feet and lets you kill, you can't catch up.

There was a dead silence above the eastern city of Chang'an, except for the flames whirring in the wind, and some looming pained wails, there was basically no other sound.

The black city wall makes people look very uncomfortable, Zhang Liao is ready to order someone to blow up the city gate, and then walk directly into the city from the gate, it is estimated that no one has attacked the city like this in history.

Suddenly, there was an alarm bell in the camp in the rear, and the bell rang very urgently, which was a signal of a sneak attack.

Zhang Liao nervously stopped the soldiers who were about to blow up the city gate, and then immediately ordered to go back to the base camp, Chang'an City could not be lost, but if the camp was lost, it would be completely finished, not to mention that Yuan Yun and Jia Xu were all in the camp, and there was no way to lose.

It was also at this time that a hose car suddenly caught fire, and the residual gasoline continued to flow out, so that the ground around the car was covered in flames.

There is no good goods in a hurry!

Zhang Liao remembered Yuan Yun's warning, and decisively ordered: "Burn all the water dragon carts on the spot, and spread that the left and right wings of the guards began to shrink, and quickly return to the camp!" ā€

After giving the order, the soldiers who had escorted the water hook cart before were reluctant, but they still released the residual oil in the cart and threw the torches over.

In an instant, several huge flames rose under the city of Chang'an, and those water crane carts that were transported thousands of miles away instantly became useless waste.

Zhang Liao did not stop at all, and hurried back with the soldiers, because the sound of the alarm bell became more and more urgent, which meant that the enemy had rushed through the first line of defense, and there were only more than a thousand soldiers in the camp now, and the rest were all craftsmen who would be used as camps, and Lang Zhong of the medical battalion, and these people could not be lost.

When Zhang Liao returned to the camp, he finally saw the situation of the enemy army clearly.

More than 10,000 cavalry attacked from the rear of the camp, constantly organizing a charge, more than 1,000 gunpowder soldiers resisted desperately, and most of them were killed and wounded, and the position also retreated to the edge of the camp.

Zhang Liao immediately ordered the returning gunpowder army to form a formation, the mortar cannons and steel crossbows opened the way, the gunpowder shells were finished, and gradually advanced towards the enemy position.

The cavalry reacted very quickly, and when they saw the main force of the gunpowder army returning, they immediately began to retreat in an orderly manner, walking very crisply, and in an orderly manner, without any panic.

With their horses' legs, they quickly broke away from the battle and quickly disappeared into the wilderness.

"Unlucky, this Li Yu is cunning enough, and this group of cavalry doesn't know where it came from, and our scouts are completely unaware."

With Yuan Yun's complaints, Zhang Liao finally saw an old man and a young man walking out of the billowing smoke, and he was finally relieved.