The original name of Wugaoguan is Tiger Prison, and it is named after King Mu of the Western Zhou Dynasty who imprisoned the tiger here. Guancheng is located majestically, connecting Songyue in the south, bordering the Yellow River in the north, and the mountains are staggered, which is a natural danger. "One husband is the key, ten thousand people are not open" and it is a place where soldiers of all generations must fight.

It is also one of the key points in the history of countless dynasties and changes, which determines the outcome of the victory.

From the Spring and Autumn Period Lu Yin Gong defeated Yan Shi here; During the Warring States Period, the six states of Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, and Wei garrisoned Hujiaoguan and confronted Qin; When Chu and Han fought for hegemony, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought for the city here; to the key battlefield of the eighteen princes of the late Han Dynasty to discuss Dong Zhuo, the place where the three kingdoms performed in the performance of the Three Kingdoms and the place where the three heroes fought against Lu Bu;

Even at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Taizong, who was still the king of Qin, personally led the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry here, and broke the decisive place of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande's coalition army. It can be said that the world is changing and many popular vicissitudes of life.

It's just that when the previous dynasty opened the country, in order to avoid the suspicion of Li Hu, the ancestor of the Li Tang Dynasty who traced back to the three generations, he specially changed his name to Tiger Prison. In the Yiwei Rebellion, the Tiger Prison was also an important barrier and basis for Luodu to be able to preserve a corner and resist the attack of the Kwantung towns and horses in turn.

Today's Tiger Prison Pass, before the Northern Expedition of the National Dynasty, has not heard of a soldier for hundreds of years, and it is inevitable that it is a little deserted and in disrepair, and it has been repaired and rebuilt urgently.

The Heluo Plain, surrounded by eight rivers, is surrounded by continuous hills in the east, and only one is left along the shore of the river, rushing out of the narrow valley road, but at the end of the Huanghuai Plain in the east, it is blocked by a towering wall that is several zhang thick and wide.

This is where the world is dominated - the tiger prison pass,

In the horn pass and fan-shaped field in front of the pass, there are already thousands of people in armor, all kinds of flying yellow flags, Qingyou flags, evil flags, horseshoe flags, uniform or mottled military formations, representing various subordinate military orders. The smoke they exhaled was like a cloud, enveloping the sky for a long time, and under the gloomy sky, it seemed like a cloud urging pressure, which was suffocating and regrettable.

And in front of the mutilated and mottled fortress, more than a dozen moats filled with corpses are still as if they were yesterday. It's like a tired and greedy beast, I don't know how many flesh and soul of the armor-clad warriors will devour.

It's just that, with the sound of all the urgent drums and horns, a large number of people and horses moved, and countless shining armor lights, like a rolling mercury tide, slowly and resolutely spread across the field, and there was still no movement or reaction on the city except for the fluttering flags all over the city.

It wasn't until it was very close that it seemed to come to life all of a sudden, and all kinds of rolling stones and trees, bricks and tiles fell down like raindrops, drowning the vanguard sequence of ascending the city.

Under the command of Guo Yaoshi, more than 20 artillery trucks were lined up in turn, and from the spokes and tailframes, they were fixed by the buried earth and stones. Erect a large row of protective nail boards, and place the medicine cart and the bullet table separately.

Then, check the inner chamber and the door, in turn from the unscrewed breech, fill in a number of medicine cakes and cast iron balls, close the bolt, insert the medicine wire and the fire tube, rotate the axle disc on the frame, slightly adjust the direction and firing boundary, and then tighten the lock and pull down the lead rope.

I only felt a slight delay, and after the violent vibration and reverse, in the sound of the whole jet roar, the scorching projectile that dragged out the trail of fine white smoke fell obliquely on the wall of the gate along a faint arc that was difficult to catch with the naked eye, and banged and knocked out several shallow craters covered with cobwebs.

This result makes people sigh when they see it,

Sure enough, it is a famous city in Xiongguan, and those temporarily rebuilt military fortresses cannot be compared. It is said that in the process of construction and repair, a large amount of rice juice and animal blood were added at any cost to increase the degree of adhesion.

It is said that in the hands of Liang Gong of the previous dynasty, the mortar used to strengthen the city defense and straight roads was also invented, so even after a hundred years, it is still strong and strong. Even if it's artillery, it's only a few walls under the bridge.

However, this result seemed to be enough to encourage and cheer up the friendly troops, who roared and cheered more and more, and crawled towards the city like a dense colony of ants clinging to the cake.

The artillery crews are readjusting the firing range, and the heavy equipment assembled and deployed on the spot in the friendly camp is also beginning to exert its power one by one, only the dull sound of machinery and buzzing can be heard, and the traditional stone cannons and crossbows are throwing out many stone bullets and crossbow guns from afar, and most of them hit the lower part of the city wall, splashing large clouds of dust and a little crumble,

Obviously, whether it is accurate or scattered, it is a little weaker than the effect of artillery bombardment, and if it is not a direct hit, it is estimated that the damage is quite limited.

However, the first few waves were also used to demarcate the firing range and range, until most of the impact points were determined, and after the Guancheng was up and down, they were replaced with large fire oil bombs and hollow crushed pottery bombs unique to the Southern Dynasties.

With each hit, a great fire rose up on the walls, and the unfortunate ghosts who could not dodge were screaming and wailing like torches in human shape, and they stumbled and threw themselves from the city, or were assassinated and cut down by their companions, and pushed down with the embers, and the scene was still terrible.

As the name suggests, the crushed pottery bomb is to use the impact of the shattered fragments to create a lethal effect. However, if it hits a building, it will not be effective. The existence of these special ammunition is also the reason why although the Southern Dynasty has the inheritance of most firearms, it has never been able to replace other large siege equipment with artillery.

As the side of the defenders, they obviously have a lot of experience with the firearms of the Southern Army.

Then, I saw buckets of water being poured on the wall from the inside out, which suddenly made the wall and the buttress slippery and unable to hang up hands and feet, and also somewhat stifled the spread of the projected incendiary.

Only our army's continuous artillery can continue to create stable casualties and destruction. From under the large bricks and stones that have fallen and broken, it can be clearly seen that the white rammed earth wall blank inside, even if the projectile hits it directly, it is just a large or small pit.

Therefore, after a few rounds of test firing not long after, the target and angle of the artillery regiment were concentrated on the wall of the city, focusing on the killing and suppression of personnel. Occasionally, a few shots were fired through the battlements of the gate, bouncing and dancing, and suddenly splashed patches of blood and stumps in the gate.

It's just that, because the angle is too high, and it is the outer structure of the ladder horse wall, even if my firecracker team goes forward, the shooting height and elevation angle that can be hit are quite limited, but it is not as good as those shooting teams with bows and crossbows facing the city, approaching the projectile and covering, so I can only be a little depressed and temporarily reduced to a spectator in the battlefield.

The projection support in the rear is gradually strengthened, and the battle for the city in front is also in full swing.

Holding up their cards to cover themselves and their comrades, the first steppers who rushed up in the rain were soon killed or wounded, and became one of the bloody decorations on the trapezoidal wall. In just a few moments, it devoured the lives of at least two or three thousand people, and created an equal number of light and serious wounded.

From the base of the wall to the head of the city, the short road of death was quickly filled with bloody corpses and flesh and bones. The living step on the corpse as a tiptoe and climb up, and then be hit or shot more than halfway, becoming a new stepping stone for future generations.

There were also some people who were accidentally injured by the shattering objects that they had struck at the head of the city, and fell down without a sound, and were pushed up by more people. Dead or wounded human bodies, almost immediately piled higher and higher.

After having enough height, the raindrop-like flying hooks were thrown on the top of the city, and then the defenders who were too busy to cut them off, but there were still many people who came up to the rope, biting short soldiers, and jumping into the battlements, although these sporadic breakthrough points were quickly slashed or poked by the top of the fork spear and pushed out, but also created more opportunities for others to climb the city and pounce.

As the ladder continued to be built, and after being destroyed and knocked down, more than a dozen towering climbing vehicles, also loaded with archers and armor, slowly approached Guancheng under the advance of the daredevils.

There were also large chariots covered with mud and mud wrapped in several layers of cowhides, carrying iron heads, along the passages that had been cleared and laid out by the former military service, and rushed firmly under the city gates, rolling away the stones, torches, and other incendiary objects thrown on the city, and sliding away on both sides.

The cart with mud bags on the outside, the cart full of donkey heads filled with earth, the nest cart that condescendingly watched and gathered, and the board cart that covered the nurses' advances.

All of a sudden, all kinds of classical siege equipment, like hideous beasts, appeared in the sequence of attacking the city.

And as a stop and gap on the battlefield, under the guidance of a pontoon (manned hot air balloon) suspended in the air,

More crossbows, stone cannons, and tubular flying fire mines also marked the firing boundary one after another, and the bombardment smashed on the city, and all kinds of thick smoke and fire shrouded most of the city, which looked like a huge momentum, far overpowering our own artillery bombardment.

Obviously, although it was a feint, the intensity of the battle and the dedication were not inferior to the needs of the main attack.

While admiring the cruel beauty of this blood and fire, I pondered how much price and sacrifice it would take if it were my people to conquer this majestic pass, and the final result was quite frustrating.

At this stage, no matter how elite my subordinates are, they can't withstand such consumption, at least until the key technologies such as artillery and explosives achieve mass production breakthroughs, they can only honestly take people to pile up.

After all, the firearms unit is not omnipotent, and in the face of such a situation where it is difficult to make a trick and lacks room for stretching, it can only find a way from other aspects and ways, and sure enough, the more cannon fodder, the better.

This is also a wake-up call for me, who fought a little smoothly in the early stage, and felt a little indifferent to both the enemy and the friendly forces.

Suddenly, a rider came out of my side and brought Xu Qing's latest sustenance. The main meaning is quite simple and to the point, which is to hope that I can take on the periphery of vigilance.

There is no other reason, because the defenders in the city are a little weak and lacking in momentum this time, and they are worried that they will take some additional measures and plans while holding back our army head-on.

And our department is the only army that has not gone all out to attack.

At this moment, among the troops at the front, a loud shout and noise suddenly erupted, drawing our attention to the past.