readx;?readx; Chapter 659: The Fierce Battle (I)

Even though Qin Lei has figured out the best solution, limited by the level of productivity, the speed of hand-made production alone is really outrageous. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

From the advent of the first artillery in the winter of the third year of Tianyou, to today's three and a half years, the Qin army has done its best to produce a total of more than 200 Franc machines and 40 red-coated cannons, and the only thing that is gratifying is that as the craftsmen become more and more skilled, the time for producing a Franc machine in seven days and a redcoat cannon in a month has been shortened to three days and fifteen days, which should be able to supplement the losses in the war.

Qin Lei knew very well that due to the crude manufacturing process, the power of the artillery could not reach the level of the eighteenth century, so he unreservedly brought more than 250 long and short cannons to the front of the Tiger Prison Pass, and bombarded the strong Guancheng with fierce firepower.

If there are too many ants, they can bite and kill elephants, let alone cannons? More than 200 long and short guns were divided into five groups and fired intensively at five different targets, and although the accuracy needed to be improved, a dozen shells always hit the target in each salvo. No matter how strong it was, the turret was smashed to pieces and crumbling, and the unlucky ones collapsed in the first salvo, and few of the shooters inside escaped.

This ferocious weapon, combined with more than 1,000 catapults and thousands of anti-aircraft bed crossbows, forms a terrifying three-dimensional crossfire network...... The flying meteors emitted by the catapults indiscriminately covered the city and ignited a raging fire; Cannons focused on arrow towers and bunkers, and giant crossbows beckoned to the bare crowd at the top of the city. This triple attack wave swept through the head of the Tiger Prison like a hurricane.

In just half an hour, the arrow towers on the head of the city were destroyed, and the magnificent city gate tower was the focus of the Qin army, and it collapsed into ruins less than a quarter of an hour after Chen Liefeng transferred the command post.

Under the cover of unprecedentedly powerful firepower, the soldiers of the Qin army began to push the carts towards the wide moat in front of the pass. Chen Liefeng in the city gate tower saw it clearly, and hurriedly ordered everyone to take their places and attack the Qin army that filled the river.

But there were no more people standing on the city, and all the targets of the activity would be attacked by the Qin army like a hailstone, and the overseer killed a few Qi soldiers who were cowering, and finally pushed them out of their bunkers to the city, and even though they were stoned to death and shot hundreds to death. The frightened soldiers retreated like a tide, and no matter how the warlord team drove them, they would never take a step beyond the thunder pool.

Seeing this situation, Chen Liefeng also knew that his subordinates were indeed powerless, and if he insisted on forcing it, it would have no effect except for increasing the number of casualties. I could only grit my teeth and say, "Stop." Then he watched the moat that blocked the enemy's soldiers, and let the enemy fiddle with it at will.

The Qin army's river reclamation technology was quite advanced, and it only took half an hour to build more than a dozen wide pontoon bridges. Seeing that the passage had been completed, Prince Yong, who had been waiting for a long time, waved his command flag and shouted: "Attack!" ”

The drums of the exhilarating war rumbled, and the advance infantry division of the Fourth Army spread out according to the mode of attack, either clustering siege engines and mobile arrow towers, or holding up mobile ladders, shouting loudly, and quickly swarmed up and passed the pontoon bridge over the river.

But the Qin army's catapult also had to stop...... The Flying Fire Meteors thrown by these big guys are fierce and fierce, but they are too lacking in accuracy, if they don't stop, and they don't even need to be defended by the Qi army, the siege troops of the Qin army will also be smashed.

In order to avoid accidental injury, the Qin army's Franc machine also stopped firing, and the red-coated cannon raised the elevation angle, relying on the advantage of long range, and fired the cannonball over the city wall and towards the tiger prison city. Only the thousands of precision-striking bed crossbows were still desperately firing at the head of the city, trying to keep the Qi army suppressed.

But cannonballs and flying fire meteors are the source of pressure, as soon as these two big killing weapons stopped, the Qi army suddenly felt the pressure greatly reduced, the sharp whistle blew on the city head, and a large number of Qi soldiers hiding under the city wall swarmed up, sending the re-prepared rolling wood, rolling wood, arrows, boiling oil and other materials to the city, Chen Liefeng also put a thousand box crossbows on the west city wall, which is a powerful and powerful city defense weapon unique to the Qi country, which can penetrate any armor, not even a shield. If it weren't for the fact that it would take a certain amount of time to re-place the crossbow arrows every time it was fired, these crossbows alone would have been able to block the Qin army's offensive.

As soon as the Qin army crossed the river, the Qi army was basically in position, and a tragic offensive and defensive battle began.

The officers of the Qi army ran back and forth on the city wall, waving the long sword in their hands, and ordered their soldiers to pour a ** arrow down in a hoarse voice. I saw patches of blood splashed under the city, each of which represented a fresh life.

At this distance, the rolling stone and the wood are actually more terrifying, the Qi army threw the grinding disc-sized stone, the heavy wood with iron nails from the city, and fell into the Qin army formation in a blink of an eye, after smashing the Qin army in the front row to the bones and tendons, and then by the strong inertia, continue to roll backwards, where it must be overflowing with brains, flesh and blood are blurred, it is unbearable to see, for a time the screams, moans, and cries under the city came one after another, so that the Qi soldiers who have been deflated since the beginning of the war have a big breath of evil.

Although the losses were very heavy, the Qin army still stubbornly leaned the huge car-type ladder towards the city, and the building car finally entered the firing range, and the shooters on the shooting tower began to shoot wildly, trying to suppress the enemy in the city, so as to reduce the damage of the besieging comrades.

Coupled with the concentrated support of the bed crossbow in the distance, the losses of the Qi army were equally heavy, and the dumplings generally fell from the top of the city and fell to pieces. But what kind of place is Tiger Prison Pass, all the people of Qi are clear, and none of them retreat. The soldiers of the rear team are also on standby at any time, as long as the front is tight, they will not hesitate to make up for it, and there is no need to threaten the warlord.

There were too many Qin troops attacking the city, and there were as many as 200 ladder trucks alone, although half of them were destroyed before they reached the city wall, but the remaining 100 were finally close to the city. The weakness of this ladder truck is that it is bulky, but the advantages are just as prominent...... With its steady body, once it is close to the city wall, it cannot be pushed away, forming a solid passage with a large slope, which greatly reduces the difficulty of the soldiers to attack the city.

The soldiers of the first wave of attackers, holding iron shields and braving the rain of arrows, half-ran and half-climbed along the ladder, and soon reached mid-air. But the strength of the Qi army was to defend the city, and they hurriedly put the rolling stone the size of a millstone up the ladder, and the stone rolled down the sloped staircase. But all the ladders that were stoned, the Qin troops on them were all killed and wounded, and there were not many left...... It's a bit of a cocoon, and if it's that kind of simple ladder, it wouldn't be so miserable.

Seeing this, Qin Li immediately ordered the cavalry to advance. The predecessor of the cavalry division of the Fourth Army was the skillful and fierce Longxiang army, all of whom carried strong bows and crossbows, and when they received the order, they understood it and approached the city wall to suppress the enemy with bows and crossbows.

This trick worked immediately, accompanied by the rain of arrows in the sky, the casualties of the Qi army suddenly increased greatly, and the officers and soldiers standing in the front line were like crops lodging, and all of them were killed and wounded in a blink of an eye.

In the meantime, the Qin army suddenly felt that the pressure was greatly reduced, and without the commander's order, the infantry generals shouted and shouted, and reorganized the troops to attack the city.

Seeing this, Chen Liefeng no longer hid his strength, and he ordered a red flag to be raised. Even as there was a whining sound of breaking wind, stones the size of the bottom of the pot flew out of the city wall and landed right in the cavalry formation of the Qin army. Caught off guard, many cavalrymen and horses were smashed into pulp. What's even more terrifying is that those stones will actually shatter, and after they hit the ground, the chips will be like knives, and they will hurt the surrounding circle of Qin troops.

This move had an immediate effect and had a strong deterrent effect. The dragon cavalry had to turn their horses' heads and distance themselves from the range of the catapults, not daring to get too close. In this way, although there is no threat of boulders, the suppression of the city head has become useless.

The rear soldiers of the Qi army immediately filled up their positions and re-launched a fierce resistance under the city.

However, the Qin army under the city has already killed the red eyes, they hold their shields high in their hands, bite the sharp blades in their mouths, brave the rolling wood, stones and even boiling oil smashed from the city wall, and climb up frantically, and finally someone broke through the defense and rushed to the city wall!

The soldiers of the Qi army had already prepared, and as soon as they saw someone coming up, they had several spears of six zhang, stabbed them through, and then threw them high off the city wall. Everyone knew that once the Qin army gained a firm foothold, it was time for the entire army to be annihilated.

Under the resistance of the Qi army's full of lethality, the Qin army attacked the city several times, and was driven down several times, and the number of casualties continued to rise.

This made Qin Lei, who was watching the battle from afar, very distressed, but the commander-in-chief of the siege was Qin Li, as long as he didn't stop, the siege couldn't stop for a moment.

He saw that the retreating troops had regrouped and organized an attack again, and Qin Li even went to the front line in person to personally organize the attack within the attack range of the Qi army, so that the morale of the officers and soldiers whose morale had begun to decline rose again.

The battlefield was filled with gunsmoke and the music of death everywhere......