Text Chapter 404 The Artillery Shows Its Might and the City Gate is Broken
Early the next morning, because of the heavy fog in the sky last night, the sun is rising, the fog has not yet dissipated, the Liangshan military horses have been set up outside Zengtou City, the central infantry battalions, the cavalry on both wings are ready to fight, the Liangshan military horses are all black clothes and black armor, long black like all over the pine forest, Chao Gai and others are draped all over the body, each with a blade, and the war horse under the crotch is ready to move.
Seeing that the military horses of Liangshan were so magnificent, they naturally did not dare to slack off, even the old lady of Zengtou City also personally went to the city wall to encourage them, and returned to the city for safety reasons.
Chao Gai looked at the time when it was almost time, and with a wave of his big hand, the rumbling war drums resounded in the sky, and more than a dozen artillery pieces were launched in the military formation, all of which were just developed by Liangshan, and the power of the new artillery will be greater than before, and the range is much farther, thanks to several technical talents in Liangshan, mainly thundering Ling Zhen, Saigong losing Lu Heng, and Tang Long, the money leopard.
More than a dozen artillery pieces came to the front of the formation and lined up, the muzzle of the black hole was facing the city wall of Zengtou City, and many artillery battalion sergeants were busy adjusting the shooting angle, and when they were all done, the artillery battalion commander would thunder Ling Zhen towards Chao Gai, Chao Gai nodded, and the latter signaled.
"All of them, listen to my commands, fire!" With an order, the command flag was lowered, and the artillery battalion sergeants next to him raised their torches, quickly filling gunpowder and shells, and then a gunner lit the fuse.
"Boom, boom, boom......", a loud bang shook the sky, resounding through the sky, Liangshan military horses are used to it, so there is nothing to do, and then look at the military horses of Zengtou City.
After this loud noise, many people were so frightened that they fell to the ground, some of the sergeants fainted directly, and some of them still stood firmly, but their legs trembled like a sieve, and a few of them even had a large piece of their armor wet.
Immediately after that, more than a dozen hot solid cannonballs weighing five catties flew directly to the city wall of Zengtou City, like the sickle of death, jumping on the extremely strong city wall and smashing more than a dozen big pits, in the screams of the military horses of Zengtou City, Liangshan's was still rumbling and firing.
"Three rounds of rapid fire! Put! ”
Thunder Ling Zhen then ordered, but the excited expression on his face could show how excited he was at this time.
"Boom, boom, boom......" was another rain of cannonballs, mercilessly arcing, flying to the city wall of Zengtou City.
Looking at the roaring rain of bullets, the tall and sturdy city wall of Zengtou City immediately fell into hell on earth, no matter who it was, in front of this hot cannonball, rubbing it would break the muscles and bones, and touching it would be broken bones, there was not much place on the city wall, this time, they were even more unable to hide, unavoidable, this time the aftermath of the cannonball has not been dissipated, followed by the second and third rounds......
After three rounds of shelling, there were very few horses left on the city walls, and there were broken limbs, mutilated corpses, human internal organs, and wailing wounded soldiers...... The occasional scream or two seemed to tell people about this endless tragedy.
And Shi Wengong and others were covered by the guards and went down the city wall at the first time, but there were still people who were killed on the city wall by artillery fire because of the untimely retreat, that is, the deputy teacher of Zengtou City, Jinbei Su Ding.
Looking at the devastation, there have been several big holes and collapsed city walls, as well as the countless flesh and blood limbs in the ruins of the wall, everyone was stupid, where can this be compared to manpower, could it be said that the Liangshan thieves really obey the will of heaven, with the help of the gods, so as to rain down the thunder.
Chao Gai saw that the new artillery had such power, and he was also very excited at the moment, and everyone in Liangshan next to him was also excited, this is their Liangshan artillery, with this, it is simply invincible, invincible, any enemy, any army will collapse in the face of such a powerful force.
Lin Chong, the head of the leopard next to him, was also excited at the moment, looked up to the sky and smiled, and said: "Brothers, this is the sound of artillery, moving like thunder, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, not to mention the powerful power, it is enough to scare the enemy off the horse, hahaha." ”
"I didn't expect that there really is such a powerful weapon in the world, Your Majesty. With artillery, we no longer have to be afraid of those barbarians on the grassland, and we can also recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun that were taken away by the Liao. Next to him, Hu Yanzhuo twisted his gray beard and said, his eyes full of excitement.
Dadao Guan Sheng also nodded, and said excitedly: "And this weapon can also have a surprise effect, the horses at the city gate just now were surprised because of this loud noise, and it can be used to deal with cavalry." ”
Seeing the excitement of everyone, Chao Gai was also happy, and said at the moment: "What the two brothers said is exactly what I and the brothers of Lei Lingzhen vigorously developed the original intention of artillery weapons, this artillery attack is invincible, it can be called the king of war, even the cavalry is inferior by three points, my Liangshan military horse is invincible in the world, hahaha." ”
Hearing Chao Gai's words, General Lu, a military advisor who is too learned, nodded slightly, and then said: "What my brother said is very true, so this batch of artillery must be kept secretly, so as not to leak the secret of the artillery, and then use it for the enemy." ”
"Well, what the military advisor said makes sense, this batch of artillery will be handed over to the garrison department for management." Chao Gai groaned for a while and said, the Garrison Division is his most trusted Praetorian Guard, and it is really not safe to hand over such a weapon to others.
As he spoke, the artillery fire had stopped, and everyone was shocked to see the devastated and dilapidated walls of Zengtou City, which had collapsed in several places, and the shock was followed by a burst of excitement.
At that moment, Chao Gai pulled out the sword at his waist and ordered: "The soldiers and horses of each battalion are ready to attack, Xu Ning, the golden gunner, the double whip is burning, and the three brothers Zhang Qing without feather arrows lead the men and horses of the headquarters to wander outside the city, and they must not let go of a single soldier." ”
"Yes." The three of them answered the order.
"Other generals, follow me into the city, capture Shi Wengong alive, kill him!" After Chao Gai finished speaking, he patted the war horse under his crotch and hissed the dragon and tiger beast, and rushed out first. Immediately after, Liangshan's tens of thousands of troops also began to charge.
At the same time, the rumbling of war drums and the terrible sound of bull horns shook the valley, the cavalry on both wings roared to meet the attack, and the infantry also unstoppably arrogantly stride, just like the scene when the black tide swept through Zengtou City, and if the rumbling thunder resounded through the valley, it was like thousands of angry waves crashing against the mountains. Long swords and scimitars fluttered, spears and spears whistled and flitted, dense arrows rained like locusts crossing the border, and dull shouts and short roars made the mountains and rivers tremble!
The frightened Zengtou City military horses soon spread the terrifying news throughout the city, Zengtou City mourned all over the sky, and the second general Zeng Mi was furious, and killed a few soldiers who tried to escape in a row, so that those panicked soldiers could settle down, but the Liangshan military horses had already rushed into the city, even if the Zengtou City military horses settled down, it would be useless.
"Kill!" Thunderbolt fire Qin Ming had already held back the fire in his belly, and when he saw that the city was broken, he thought that he was fighting bravely, and rushed into the city first, roaring, and the mace in his hand kept harvesting the lives of the soldiers of Zengtou City.
At this moment, Qin Ming saw an enemy general next to him, he knew, at this time, Zeng Rong's fourth son, Zeng Kui, one of the five tigers of the Zeng family, Zeng Kui had been frightened stupid by the earth-shattering artillery at this time, his eyes were empty, his face was miserable and white, and he was holding a spear in his hand and waving it subconsciously, like a walking corpse.
Qin Ming saw that it was a joy at the moment, and it was time for me to make meritorious service today. At that moment, the horse ran directly to Zeng Kui and killed him, before Zeng Kui could react, he may not have reacted anymore, a mace whistled and smashed directly on Zeng Kui's head, Zeng Kui spit out a mouthful of blood, flew out, kicked his legs, and the dead body fell to the ground.
As soon as Shi Wengong saw that the general trend was gone, he knew that Zengtou City could not be saved, and his good brother Su Ding also died in the artillery fire.
But just walked not far, then saw a man and a rider in front of him, a horizontal gun, waiting for him there, when he saw Shi Wengong coming, he immediately shouted, and said: "Shi Wengong, I have been waiting for you for a long time, and I still don't get off the horse and surrender." ”