Chapter 391: Gunpowder Strikes 3
"Speed up, projectile! Give me a hard lesson, bastards! Wei Dong, who was next to the trebuchet, shouted.
He knew that Zhao Xun had already explained that the black powder scattered outside the city was burning very fast, don't look at the current fire, it will only take a short time to disappear.
At that time, the earth-shattering thunder thrown again cannot be completely detonated, and the effect will naturally not reach the maximum.
"Calm down! Sedation! Sedation! ”
"Beware of the clay pots and barrels thrown by the Xiaoguo Army......"
"Let's retreat......"
On the entire battlefield, countless officers and soldiers of the Martial Army were desperately shouting, but they could not prevent the chaotic scene from happening, and a large number of Soldiers and Soldiers were at a loss to do anything. Many people were not injured, but the strong smoke and the smell of stimulation completely crushed their psychological defenses. In the face of an unknown thing, their courage and will are very weak.
"Poof!"
It was the earth-shattering thunder that fell, and they did not shatter, and there was no fire around them, so they had to fall there silently until a flame lit them. Then, the spark that flew from nowhere ignited, and there was a loud boom, and the consequences can be imagined.
"Boom ......"
The incessant explosions turned the outside of the city into a complete living hell. From the top of the city walls, the entire outside of the city seemed to be in the crater, and the sound of explosions continued to rumble. Mixed with clusters of firelight. The entire battlefield outside the city was full of black smoke, and from the city, there was already some situation inside that could not be seen, only the firelight was not lit, and bursts of explosions shook the sky.
"Boom ......"
The whole world was dark, but I could see the dazzling fire, and I didn't know what was going on in these eyes. Almost every soldier who entered the range of the trebuchet's projection, at this moment, their minds were blank, they didn't understand what was going on, in their opinion, they must have made a mistake, or they were in a nightmare. As soon as you wake up from a nightmare, everything in front of you will disappear. However, the strange thing is that despite the unbearable pain in his body, and even the lack of arms and legs, this nightmare has never woken up.
And the dozens of soldiers and soldiers who ran out behind and the soldiers of the Men who watched the battle in the rear army were also pale and at a loss at the moment. Many people were still babbling about something, as if they wanted to get rid of this terrible scene.
In fact, not all earth-shattering thunderbolts can explode smoothly. In the beginning, in order to detonate these things, trebuchets specially projected clay pots full of gunpowder powder so that they could be broken and scattered. Subsequently, while the earth-shattering thunder was ejected, these ignitions were also continuously ejected.
Why don't you ignite the earth-shattering thunder and throw it out? The problem of the lead has not been solved at all, and the current fuse is only made of twine wound with gunpowder, which is not very stable. Besides, if the lead is long, it will also leave a chance for the enemy to dodge. If the lead is short, it is easy to have an accident, and it is impossible to accurately determine the time period of the explosion.
But no matter what you say, this earth-shattering thunder can be regarded as a double blow to the Yan Army, both physically and mentally.
"Patriarch, let the soldiers withdraw! In this way, there are not many 15,000 soldiers. The generals and the heads of the left and right households around Qi Yuanyi said in unison, their faces were miserable.
"Blow the trumpet, let the soldiers withdraw!" Qi Yuanyi said with a pale face.
However, in the midst of this earth-shattering explosion, the sound of the horn could not convey a clear message at all. Moreover, the soldiers of the Divine Warrior Army had long been so shocked by the earth-shattering thunder that their ears were buzzing, and they couldn't hear anything at all. As for the horn of the troops in the rear, it was not heard at all.
Some of the soldiers heard it, but it was not the earth-shattering thunder that fell that made them miserable, and they were so dizzy by these hateful special stone bombs that they choked on tears and snot.
Not only the north gate, but also the west side, the south side is slightly less, that is because the south side is not the focus of the enemy army, and the east side is the "living road" specially left by the Yan army for the Xiaoguo army. Is there a lack of one in the circumference, how can you do it without leaving a road......
Compared to the north gate, the soldiers of the west gate were even worse. Because begging for help is the first word, today we must take the city of Andong and attack it with a large army. Now it's okay, the 35,000 army saw that the defense of the Xiaoguo army was not very strong, and almost rushed out. Well, when Shaking Heaven Thunder thought about it, the vast majority of these Yan soldiers were trapped.
Seeing this, the commander of the Ximen of the Yan Army, the brother of the beggar Yi, Qi Wendao, was angry, not only did not let the soldiers retreat, but sent the remaining soldiers to carry out a strong attack......
As a result, naturally, more sky-shattering thunderbolts were thrown up, constantly shattering on the battlefield of Xicheng, pouring a large amount of black powder, or producing violent explosions, powerful air waves, splashing countless iron nails and thistles, bringing huge casualties. The shattering of the flying powder increased the range of the flames, and from time to time a long wall of fire appeared, and the black powder was ignited. The black gunpowder that was detonated erupted into a complete ball of fire, stinging everyone's eyes.
The ladders of those Warriors had long been thrown to the ground, and next to them, there were a large number of corpses and wounded of the Warriors. The wounded, who were still breathing, were lying on the ground groaning in pain, almost everyone was charred and black, and some were covered in blood. Others could not see any blood, most of them were knocked down by the air wave, and then their whole body was in severe pain, their whole brain was blank, their bodies could no longer stand up, and even they did not know where their wounds were.
Speaking of which, those soldiers who were pierced through the body by iron nails and thistles were the most deadly, and the iron nails and thistles that were ejected by gunpowder were no less powerful than sharp arrows after being inserted into the human body, and more importantly, this kind of thing went in, and it could not be found, and there were many more.
Secondly, there is the shock wave from the explosion site, when the black powder explodes, it will create a huge air wave. Even if he has thick armor on his body, once these earth-shattering thunders explode around him, he will definitely be staggered by the impact, or even blown up. Besides, the armor can't protect the whole body.
The visual and auditory effects of the explosion were also significant. In particular, the suffocating smoke and the stimulating choking smell had a very big psychological blow to the soldiers.
The sergeant who had never seen this kind of weapon did not know how to lie down on the spot, nor did he know how to find cover, but he just ran around in a daze, or subconsciously retreated, but he didn't know that behind his back, there was also such a special stone projectile, which could explode from behind at any time.
These soldiers are almost going crazy, this kind of weapon that is comparable to the heavenly thunder, how can mortals resist it?
"Attack! Attack, kill me, as long as we take the city wall, we will no longer be afraid of this weapon of the Xiaoguo army. Qi Wendao shouted angrily, he was watching the battle in the rear, although he knew the effect of this weapon on the soldiers, he still desperately commanded the soldiers to attack the city. He thought that the Xiaoguo army in the city did not have much strength to defend it, and he did not receive a military order to withdraw the army, but today's military order was to take Andong City.
"General, you can't attack anymore!" The general beside Qi Wendao said with red eyes. But when he saw more than a thousand of his subordinates entering, he didn't react anymore, and many of the soldiers delayed their actions and trembled, because they were terrified and had no courage to fight.
"Let the soldiers prepare and fight back!" Zhao Xun coldly ordered.
The personal guard battalion, the Fifth Provincial Army, the 20,000 Minzhuang Army, and the 30,000 Baggage Battalion were all prepared and prepared in the north, west, and south of the city. With the cavalry as the vanguard, prepare to go out of the city to counterattack the Indigo army. Only a few thousand young men and a small number of soldiers were left in the city, who were temporarily recruited from Andong City to inspect the entire city.
Whether it is the army, at this moment, their eyes are full of excitement, the army has besieged the city for several days, and today the Xiaoguo army has a divine soldier and completely defeated the army. What's more, all the soldiers knew the solution of this battle, and the Yan army was simply stupid by this weapon of the Xiaoguo army.
Behind the three gates were three or four thousand cavalry, and these cavalrymen were carrying several explosives packs, waiting to leave the city. This kind of explosive bag wrapped in gray linen cloth is about 30 catties, and the effective killing range is more than ten zhang square.
"Let the trebuchet stop firing, send a message to the First Army outside the city, and prepare for a major counterattack!"
"Fruit Warrior!"
"Dare the world!"
After the earth-shattering thunder stopped, the wilderness fell silent. Suddenly, tens of thousands of soldiers in the city shouted in unison, changing the color of the heavens and the earth.
"Open the gates! Kill me! ”
The three gates opened at the same time, and tens of thousands of soldiers poured out at the same time, killing the Yan army outside the city.
After the Xiaoguo army stopped projectiles, the black smoke over the battlefield gradually blew away with the cool summer breeze. And after the Xiaoguo army left the city, the Yan army outside the city fell to the ground nine times out of ten, and there were corpses and motionless wounded everywhere. Seeing the scene in front of him, Sergeant Xiaoguo couldn't help but secretly take a breath.
Some of the soldiers who had escaped the catastrophe were already in a state of complete panic, and they were all burned by the earth-shattering thunder, and they didn't even notice that the Xiaoguo army had been killed. All he could hear was the buzzing roar and the light of the fire, and everything else was long gone.
It wasn't until 3,000 cavalry galloped in front of him that the soldiers of the Yan Dynasty realized that the Xiaoguo army had been killed.
"Fight back!"
"The Xiaoguo Army has come out, everyone fights back!"
Several officers who were not injured under the protection of the guards saw the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army, and immediately roared wildly, but as soon as they roared a word or two, they were beheaded by the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army who galloped by.
"Haha, these bastards also have today, brothers, kill me!" The soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army roared excitedly.
The task of the Fifth Mansion and the Minzhuang Army was naturally to directly attack the enemy barracks and completely defeat the enemy army. And the task of the baggage battalion is naturally to close the battlefield, capture prisoners, and collect weapons. The reason why he did this was because Zhao Xun was worried that in this battlefield, there would be earth-shattering thunder that did not explode. Therefore, let the baggage battalion without weapons clean up the battlefield, and at the same time reduce the casualties of the Xiaoguo army.
The cavalry of the personal guard battalion is naturally responsible for the key area of the northern city, opening the way for the infantry of the Xiaoguo army. Fortunately, after training, a lot of war horses were captured from the hands of the Yan army, so there were more than 6,000 soldiers on horseback of the Xiaoguo army who attacked in Beicheng, although they were not regular cavalry, but after all, they were much faster on horseback.
"Patriarch, what now? Our besieging army was defeated, losing more than 13,000 people, and the morale of the soldiers has plummeted......" said the general beside Qi Yuanyi in a trembling voice.
"Report! Patriarch, Xiaoguo Army...... The Xiaoguo Army has come out! Straight for us. ”
"Arrogance, the Xiaoguo Army is too deceitful...... "Qi Yuanyi roared with a blue face.
"The whole army is ready, we will fight to the death with the Xiaoguo army!" The beggar shouted angrily. But the generals and soldiers around him couldn't help but tremble, and some lowered their heads slightly.
At this time, although there were more than 25,000 soldiers around Qiyuanyi, the whole army had already lost their souls at this moment, how could they still have the courage to fight against the Xiaoguo army?
"The patriarch is angry, today the Xiaoguo army used abnormal weapons, and my army is disheartened, it is really not suitable to fight with the Xiaoguo army!" A veteran said urgently.
The rest of the generals also echoed the voice, and it was obvious that now, they didn't want to fight against the Xiaoguo Army, and they didn't have the courage to fight against the Xiaoguo Army.
Qi Yuanyi wanted to scold, but after glancing around, he saw that his subordinates really had no desire to fight, and he couldn't help but feel sad. Seeing that the Xiaoguo army was about to be annihilated by himself and Andong City, he didn't expect this kind of change. Why does the Xiaoguo Army have such a thunderous weapon? Could it really be as they said, that the commander of the Xiaoguo Army has the help of Thor?