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On the stone steps leading to the top of the fortress, the blood has already condensed, and the blue-white road has turned purple and black in a few days of bloody battles, and the Dingzhou Marine Corps has suffered more than 1,000 casualties on this road about 100 meters long, and still has not taken the fortress, and what is even more fatal is that the information from the Military Intelligence Department has sent reinforcements from Luoyang on ships and down the river, and it will only take five days at most to reach Qingtan.

Seeing that the second battalion, which had rotated the first battalion to attack, had returned in vain again, and the corpses and wounded soldiers were carried back and walked in front of him, Zheng Zhiqiang gritted his teeth, pulled out his saber sharply, and strode forward, "Guards, follow me!."

I can't do it! … The first battalion and the second battalion, which had just retreated, both commanded and held Zheng Zhiqiang, General Zheng, you are the commander of the first army, and you can't risk attacking......

Zheng Zhiqiang took a sip, You two bastards, you have been fighting for many days, and you haven't advanced an inch, what can you do if you don't get old? Do you count on you, I can't count on you......

The two generals were red-faced, gritted their teeth, and lowered their heads, they had done their best, and the soldiers were sacrificing their lives to attack, but in the face of this kind of natural danger, it was really beyond human power to change, seeing the roaring Zheng Zhiqiang, the commander of the second battalion, Chang Kuan's face flushed, and Huo Di drew his sword and walked up, General Zheng, I personally led the team to rush up, if I can't take it down, either I die on it, or I let my own soldiers bring my brain back......

.Wait a minute! … The artillery captain who had been staying below grabbed Chang Kuan and looked back at Zheng Zhiqiang, General Zheng, the fortress in front of us is a stone wall, and the Shenwei cannon can't be dragged up and even the stone-throwing crossbow can't stand on it, without these heavy weapons, the brothers who can't break the stone wall are sent to death when they go up, and they can't fight like this....

Zheng Zhiqiang's face was gloomy, how can we fight if we don't fight like this, in addition to exchanging lives for lives and grinding the opponent to death with superior forces, can we have any good way? .

I've been thinking about it these days, I don't know if it's okay? Why don't General Zheng let us go up and give it a try??

What can you do? They can't hit it, let alone you, unless you can get the Shenwei cannon to go up.... Zheng Zhiqiang said.

The artillery captain said: The elevation angle of the Shenwei cannon is not enough, and it will not play any role if it goes up, but the cannon can't go up, but the ammunition can go up, and we can use gunpowder!.

Zheng Zhiqiang's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward and grabbed the captain. You say, you say, how to use it?.

General Zheng, the gunpowder used to fire the cannonballs, we wrapped him, put iron nails and other things in it, and then installed the fuse and ignited it and then shot it into the wall with a crossbow, the gunpowder exploded, and those iron nails and other things would become the most powerful killing things, as long as we killed and injured a large number of enemy troops behind the wall, it would not be a problem for us to attack it.... Captain Dao.

Zheng Zhiqiang jumped up suddenly, Bastard, you didn't say it earlier!.

The captain's face was embarrassed,... It's just that the shooting angle of the eight-bull crossbow is not enough!.

Zheng Zhiqiang exhaled,... We can't lift the Shenwei cannon, and we can't lift the eight-bull crossbow, Chang Kuan, come here!.

Let the soldiers in a group of eight carry the Eight Ox Crossbow Red I and carry it on their shoulders and launch it...... Zheng Zhiqiang said.

Chang Kuan was taken aback,... General Zheng, the recoil of the eight-bull crossbow is amazing, how can the manpower resist it?.

Zheng Zhiqiang gritted his teeth. Choose those who have good physical fitness, eight people can't do it, then ten people, even if every one is fired, these ten people are killed or injured, but the losses caused by the explosion of gunpowder into the other party will always be greater than this number, now we have a battle loss ratio with the other party is one to ten, we die ten people, can change the opponent as long as it can reach one to one, we will win, go!.

The last general understands.... Chang Kuan nodded heavily and turned to leave.

General Zheng, I'll go up in person...... Artillery Captain said.

Zheng Zhiqiang said, this is a life of nine deaths, and if you die, I can't explain it to General Deng......

The artillery lieutenant smiled,... General Zheng, how much gunpowder is the most powerful, how long the lead should be to make the explosives explode after falling on the stone wall, these need to be understood by our specialized technicians, the general does not need to worry about me, it is an honor for a soldier to die on the battlefield, we are also soldiers, we can win for the victory of the Dingzhou army, even if I die in battle, I have no complaints......

Zheng Zhiqiang stared at the other party, "Okay, we Dingzhou soldiers, there is no cowardice, you go, take Qingtan, I will give you the first credit, and ensure that you are promoted to general......

The artillery captain smiled: ... If I come back alive, thank the general again ....

Zu Yan stood on the stone wall, staring at the Dingzhou army below, ten days of hard fighting, the defenders above the fortress suffered extremely heavy casualties, there were already about a thousand people who would never be able to stand up again, and about hundreds of them were caught off guard by the opponent's Shenwei artillery bombardment on the first line of defense.

The ferocity of the Dingzhou army's attack made him feel alarmed, if he was in command of another army, in the face of such a high casualty ratio, he would definitely give up, but the opponent rushed up again and again, and after returning home, it would not be long before he would launch a more ferocious attack again. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

On the stone steps in front of the stone wall, the original color can no longer be seen, the purple-black color of the blood condensation is shocking, the opponent's attack is so fierce, Zu Yan has personally come to sit in the town since yesterday, this is the last natural danger of the fortress, if it is lost here, the fortress will definitely not be able to hold it, three thousand defenders, about a thousand casualties, and another thousand people will turn into battle and stay here.

General, they are coming up again!.

Get ready for battle! Eight bull crossbow ready, ballista ready, archer ready! … With a stack of orders, rows of archers poured onto the city wall, pulled the bow and wound it, and the eight-ox crossbow also squeaked and twisted the bowstring, and loaded the crossbow sound Dingzhou soldiers opened the way with a big shield, dozens of iron shields up and down left and right like a turtle shell slowly moved forward, after advancing for a distance, it stopped, the top of the turtle shell suddenly opened, and with a shout, twenty strong men held two eight-ox crossbows, four people in front, six people in the middle, and ten people in the back, and the ten people in the back wore heavy Kai, and the base of the eight-ox crossbow was rigidly pressed on the shoulders, Behind them, several teams of Dingzhou troops were next to each other, and they turned out to be using their bodies to resist the people in front.

Zu Yan exclaimed, the Eight Bull Crossbow was too heavy, and it was a flat shot, due to the reason for the shooting angle, the Dingzhou Army could not use this heavy weapon to attack his own army in the attack, he would never have thought that the Dingzhou Army actually came up with this method, Zu Yan didn't have to think about it to know that under the strong recoil when the Eight Bull Crossbow was launched, the soldiers holding the back seat were seriously injured if they did not die.

Aim at their eight-bull crossbow and shoot!. Zu Yan shouted.

A rain of arrows rained out, and on the stone steps, the front shield was raised high, and the sound of clanging was endless, and among the turtle shells, the artillery captain shouted in a low voice: "Ignition!.

The torch ignited the fuse instantly.

The trigger was hooked, and the eight crossbow arrows on the two eight-bull crossbows buzzed, and they came out of the string and flew towards the stone wall with a burning line of fire.

With the launch of the Eight Bull Crossbow, the huge anti-shock force made the ten heavily armored soldiers in the back seat fall back suddenly, and the sound of the heavy armor clicking and sinking came clearly, which was also mixed with the sound of broken bones, and the figure of the ten people falling backwards was stiffly resisted by the soldiers of the whole team behind them, and the people had already fainted in pain, but because of the support behind them, they still stood up.

Substitutions!. An officer shouted an order, and immediately ten more heavily armored soldiers stepped up, while ten more seriously wounded soldiers were immediately carried off the battlefield.

Eight crossbow arrows flashed over the stone wall, and with a ding, they shot into the dense formation of defensive soldiers, and several unlucky taxis were pierced by the eight-bull crossbow arrows on the spot, and died without a snort, and the eight-bull crossbow arrows were heavily nailed to the ground, still trembling tails, and the fuse burning on a package was rapidly shortened.

The sound of explosions one after another made Zu Yan on the stone wall look back in shock, the eight-bull crossbow that had just been shot in exploded, and the sound of swishing resounded throughout the entire defense line, compared to the situation when the crossbow arrows were fired in just now, the casualties were only more than a dozen people, this time the soldiers were swept to the ground one by one, and what was even more tragic was that most of the people did not die but fell to the ground in pain, screaming miserably.

Zu Yan's lieutenant officer died on the ground not far from Zu Yan, his entire head was cut off in half, and his brain was sprayed all over the ground.

The term flashed in his mind, but the other party was obviously firing the Eight Bull Crossbow, and Zu Yan's mind instantly became chaotic.

Ignition!.Artillery Captain gave the order again.

.Launch!.

Eight more crossbow arrows came out of the string, and unlike the last time, this time, with the launch of the crossbow arrows, it was the Dingzhou marines who swarmed up, and they shouted and charged upward.

The opponent was a little stunned by the explosion of the first round, until they rushed up tens of meters and remembered to fight back.

The loud sound sounded again, and several pro-soldiers behind Zu Yan rushed up, pressing Zu Yan under him, Zu Yan felt a hot neck, and tried his best to turn over, but saw a pro-soldier rolling softly to the side, his head, back, and full of iron nails of a finger length.

Eight ox crossbows, eight ox crossbows, aim their crossbow arrows and knock them down...... Zu Yan screamed bitterly.

On the stone wall, several eight-bull crossbows were fired at the same time, and the huge crossbow arrows pierced the big shield in front of the artillerymen, and then shot through the soldiers' bodies.

Ignition!. Looking at the blood flowing under his feet, looking at the corpses of his comrades piling up higher and higher in front of him, the eyes of the artillery captain were full of tears, and he gave another order in a hoarse voice.

It was the first time he had faced death so closely, lying on the ground one by one in front of his comrades.