One mile south of Jicheng, Sun Fudu looked at the city occupied by the Jin army, and sighed secretly in his heart, although the strength was superior, he did not have much confidence in capturing Jicheng.

Jicheng was raided and occupied by the Jin army, and the 5,000 cavalry of the department were defeated, which cast a shadow on Sun Fudu's psychology and made him full of fear of the army of Hua'an.

However, he is a general, and now, he personally led the troops to the city of Jicheng, whether he can really break through the city or not, he has to show his attitude.

In order to prevent the main force of the Jin army from chasing from behind, Sun Fudu sent a small number of troops to be stationed thirty miles south of Jicheng to monitor the movement of the main force of the Jin army.

After a period of preparation, the various siege weapons of the Zhao army have entered the position and are ready to attack Jicheng at any time.

In the four directions of Jicheng, the north gate is close to Weishui, the army can not be deployed, and the terrain at the east and west gates is not very good, so the south gate has become the best direction of attack, although the city gate has been filled, but the outermost few wooden planks block the view, so that Zhao Jun can not see the specific situation of the door.

The general looked at Sun Fudu and said, "General, our army is ready to attack the city." ”

Sun Fudu exhaled, his eyes stared at Jicheng in front of him, and ordered: "Order, beat the drum to attack the city." ”

"Knock knock knock......" The war drums of the Zhao army's array sounded, and the siege operation officially began.

The 10,000 soldiers of the Zhao army at the forefront. Lined up in a tight siege formation, surrounded by a large number of siege equipment, slowly approaching Jicheng.

In order to guard against the Jin army's arrow rain attack, the Zhao army's sword and shield soldiers lined up in a tight formation, and the rows of shields were densely lined together, forming a huge shield, which was enough to withstand any arrow rain strike.

Seeing Zhao Jun's shield soldiers approaching so closely, Hua An, standing on the city wall, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which was exactly what he couldn't ask for. The tighter the formation of the Zhao army. The more conducive to the black powder to exert its lethality, you must know that the gap between the shields can block the arrows, but it cannot resist the explosive power of the black powder.

"General, the Zhao army has entered the range of the bow and crossbow." When the Zhao army advanced to the city wall of Jicheng a stone's throw away. A subordinate general reminded loudly.

Hua An smiled slightly. He said softly: "The whole army is on standby." No one is allowed to attack. After speaking, he stared at the army of Zhao who was killing.

"Big brother, the fifth battalion of the pro-soldiers has been assembled under the city, when will it attack." That's when it happened. Wang San gathered five battalions of his own soldiers with a total of 5,000 men and horses near the city gate and asked Hua'an for his life.

Hua An looked back in the direction of the city, and saw that the five thousand guards were ready to go, nodded, and said softly: "Defend the south gate, it is enough to be a flying army, let the five battalions of the pro-soldiers be on standby temporarily, and once the Zhao army is loose, immediately go out of the city from the west gate and chase and kill the Zhao army." ”

"Yes, big brother." Wang San nodded in response, and stood with Hua An, looking in the direction of the outside of the city.

"Big brother, the siege formation of the Zhao army has not decreased back then, if our army does not have a new weapon like black powder, it will really have to pay a lot of casualties! Wang San looked at Zhao Jun, who was in a strict formation, and sighed softly.

Hua An stared ahead, nodded and said: "Although Zhao State occupies the land of ten states, it is also surrounded by enemies on all sides, in the long-term continuous war, the combat power of the Zhao army is naturally getting stronger and stronger, but now our army is no longer what it used to be, and there are new weapons such as black powder, and the Zhao army has fallen behind." ”

"Yes! As soon as the soldiers of the Zhao army approached the city wall, our army could give them a big gift. Wang San said excitedly.

Hua An smiled when he heard this, looked at the soldiers of the Zhao army who were gradually approaching, and ordered softly: "Order, let the soldiers get ready, and light all the torches." ”

"Light the torch." The subordinate general conveyed the order loudly.

Soon, on the south gate wall of Jicheng, a large number of torches were lit, and these torches were naturally used to ignite the black powder fuse.

Sun Fudu, the general of the Zhao army, who was standing outside the south gate of Jicheng and commanding the battle, couldn't help but be surprised when he saw so many torches lit at once on the head of Jicheng, and a very uneasy feeling came to his heart.

At this time, the 10,000 soldiers of the Zhao army have approached the city wall, and dozens of ladders have also been erected on the city wall of Jicheng.

Seeing that the city had already gathered a dense crowd of Zhao army soldiers, Hua An and Wang San glanced at each other, smiled at the corner of their mouths, and ordered: "Light the fire and prepare to attack." ”

Hearing the order, the soldiers of the guards defending the city immediately lit the fuse of the black powder in their hands, and after waiting for a while, they threw the square black powder packets into the Zhao army cluster that was besieging the city.

Seeing the fiery squares above his head smashing downward, the soldiers of the Zhao army subconsciously raised the shield in their hands, wanting to use the shield in their hands to resist the attack of the Jin army on the city wall.

However, they were obviously mistaken, the cube that the Jin army threw down was not a stone but an explosive black powder, something they had never seen before.

"Boom Boom Boom ......" The black powder that fell into the enemy group exploded one after another, and produced a huge popping sound and firelight, in the vicinity of the black powder explosion, there was a circle of Zhao soldiers were blown away, and more Zhao soldiers were surrounded by the fire ignited by the black powder explosion, becoming a burning man.

"Ah...... Uh......" The injured Zhao soldiers let out a terrible howl, and all kinds of painful sounds were endless.

The power of black powder is too great, the effect of a round of projectile is far more than a hundred times the stone attack, under the attack of black powder of the Jin army, the soldiers of the Zhao army suffered heavy casualties, a large number of soldiers were killed on the spot, and many soldiers became cripples with missing arms and legs, and there were countless fire men running around, and the siege formation of the Zhao army collapsed completely, and countless soldiers began to flee to the rear.

As soon as the Zhao army's formation was chaotic, the weakness was instantly exposed, and Hua An immediately ordered: "Soldiers, release arrows, release arrows." ”

"Whoosh...... The crossbow of the Wudang Fei Army shot out and shot at the fleeing Zhao siege soldiers.

The soldiers of the Zhao army, who were blown up by black powder, were no longer able to form a shield array to dodge arrows, so they fell to the ground one after another in the process of fleeing, and the losses further increased.

Seeing that a round of black powder attacks achieved such a huge success, Hua An'an was greatly surprised, this situation is enough to show that black powder can not only be used for siege, but also can be used for defending cities, whether it is attacking or defending cities, the effect is not generally good.

"Big brother, the power of this black powder is extraordinary! In just one round of attacks, the Zhao army was like a lost dog, in this case, even if the Zhao army had 100,000 troops, it would not be able to break through the city. Wang San looked at the defeated soldiers of the Zhao army who were fleeing, and said happily.

Hua An nodded and said: "With these black powder, the strength of our army will be greatly enhanced, and Sun Fudu's tens of thousands of horses are not too much of a threat to our army, but there should not be much black powder left in our army, if Sun Fudu disperses his team and attacks the city a few more times, our army will have to pay some price and fight a bloody battle with the Zhao army who is besieging the city." ”

"Big brother, Sergeant Zhao has been blown up by black powder, I think this Sun Fu doesn't dare to attack the city again, at least, he won't dare in a short time." Wang San Zhengse said.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "Borrow your auspicious words, I hope so!" ”

The Zhao army was defeated and fled, and the soldiers of the Jin army defending the city were naturally very happy, but the psychology of Sun Fudu, the main general of the Zhao army, was both angry and shocked.

He looked at the 10,000 army under his command, and the casualties were heavy by the black powder fired by the Jin army defending the city, and he couldn't help but be extremely angry, but it was the first time he had seen the power of black powder, and he still didn't know much about the situation of black powder, so his heart was full of extraordinary surprise.

The huge cracking sound and incomparable power produced by the explosion of black powder made Sun Fudu feel terrified, he had never seen something so powerful, for this reason, he did not dare to attack again, but tried to stabilize the army behind the city to prevent the Jin army from killing out of the city.

Gazing at the direction of the gate of Jicheng, Sun Fudu finally understood why the Jin army could break through Jicheng in a very short time, it turned out that the scout's report was not wrong, and there was indeed such a powerful siege weapon in the Jin army.

Most of the 10,000 siege troops were killed and wounded, and a general who returned to the rear of the army formation limped in front of Sun Fudu and said softly: "General, the firearms of the Jin army are really powerful, our army has suffered heavy casualties, and thousands of soldiers have been killed. After speaking, he looked lonely.

When Sun Fudu heard this, he nodded, and said softly: "I can't imagine that I haven't seen it for a few years, the Jin army Hua'an has such a sharp weapon, this threat to our army is really too great, in the eyes of this general, Jicheng can't be captured, it's better to withdraw the army immediately and go to Xinyang City for temporary refuge!" Also, it is necessary to immediately inform General Ma in the direction of Liangzhou about this situation, and let General Ma know about the situation here, so as to prepare accordingly. ”

"Yes, General." The henchman beside him hurriedly responded.

Sun Fudu stared in the direction of Jicheng, paused for a long time, and ordered softly: "Order the whole army to go to Xinyang City immediately." ”

"Yes, General." When the general heard this, he immediately gave the order to march eastward.

Sun Fudu led an army of more than 20,000 people to slowly march in the direction of Xinyang City in the east, and paid attention to the movements in the direction of Jicheng from time to time to prevent the Jin army from going out to attack secretly. ‘

Seeing that Sun Fudu led the army and planned to leave, Wang San looked at Hua'an and said loudly: "Big brother, Sun Fudu is going to run, and the five battalions of his own soldiers are ready to go out of the city to pursue at any time." ”

Hua An stared at the direction of the Zhao army's retreat, shook his head, and said softly: "No, the Zhao army is retreating in an orderly manner, and the strength is several times that of our army, our army must not rashly pursue, so as not to cause too much damage." (To be continued......)