Chapter 32 Autumn is thick and snow falls
The moment the first crossbow arrow from the city broke through the air, pinning the reckless overseer to the ground, the faces of many reckless soldiers turned snow-white. ◎ Smart kids remember the pie super fast hand hit the update faction ◎
Next, when the terrible howl was connected, and the huge crossbow arrows fell fiercely near the gap in the city wall with violent power, most of the reckless soldiers immediately woke up, and the Yunqin defenders on the city wall did not have any idea of directly giving up the city wall, and delayed the launch, just to make their formation as dense as possible.
No matter how loose the formation on the periphery is, when approaching the city wall, in the absence of a large ladder, the breakthrough point of the Damang army can only be the collapse of those city walls, and when they rush to these gaps, the Damang army will naturally become very dense, and every crossbow arrow, every rotating flying blade, can often be like plowing a field, plowing out a tumbling wave of blood.
It's just that some experienced and reckless generals don't understand ... With the Da Mang army already climbing these gaps in the city wall, and there was no Yun Qin heavy armor and heavy cavalry in sight at all, how could the Yun Qin army prevent the Da Mang army from rushing up the city wall and pouring into the city wall in a very short period of time?
The total damage of a city defense crossbow is not only how much damage each crossbow arrow brings, but most importantly, how many crossbow arrows can be fired.
Not enough time... What's the point of only having time to shoot three or four crossbow arrows?
With this in mind, an ordinary reckless officer quickly climbed on the crumbling rubble.
This section of the wall collapsed so badly that some of the reckless soldiers who had been pierced by the huge crossbow arrows fell forever in front of the collapsed wall, but for those of them who were not shot by the crossbow arrows, it only took less than three stops to climb to the top of the collapsed wall.
The reckless officer who was glad that he was still alive was still puzzled in his heart, and saw a huge black shadow standing not far in front of him.
It was a giant made of giant wood and steel, and only the craftsmen of Yunqin and the national strength of Yunqin could build a huge number of giant fixed catapults in this world.
In the chaotic rain, under the shadow of this awe-inspiring behemoth, this reckless officer saw seven or eight Yunqin black-armored soldiers.
"Shoot!"
Without any hesitation, the reckless officer issued a military order sharply.
The archers in the dense army of reckless infantry around him, under the threat of death from the huge crossbow arrows above the city wall at this time, have also exceeded their usual limits, even if they gasp violently, they all took off the bows and arrows they were carrying at a faster speed than usual, and released a round of arrow rain.
This Da Mang officer saw that all the seven or eight Yunqin black-armored soldiers were hit by arrows.
Several of them were even hit by more than 20 arrows.
However, he saw that even when these Yun Qin black-armored soldiers fell, there seemed to be a sneer and disdainful smile on their faces.
The smile made him feel like he was falling into an ice cave.
He thought that this kind of giant stationary catapult was not something that seven or eight Yunqin soldiers could use together... Moreover, just by swinging the radius of the throwing arm, it can be determined that even if the last heavy stone can be thrown, it will definitely not fall near the gap, at least a hundred steps outside the city wall.
There was a loud bang.
The Yun Qin giant catapult in front of him reversed.
At the moment when those Yun Qin black-armored soldiers were killed by arrows and fell, this giant catapult fell down, like a broken Optimus Giant, and swooped down towards the gap where he was.
The eyes of this reckless officer were finally filled with a look of despair and fear, filled with the shadows of countless giant trees and steel components.
This gap in the city wall is a purgatory for adults.
Heavy logs and iron plates smashed down on top of the heads of the reckless infantrymen, making a dull crashing sound like beating clothes, and then with blood and flesh, they broke apart, crashed and bounced between the rubble.
Stone chips, dust, and smoke rose in the rain and fog.
And not only this gap, but almost all the giant catapults behind the gap in the city wall have collapsed one after another.
The dull sound of impact and the screams and howls of the reckless sergeants in the rain, fog and dense dust filled all the reckless soldiers outside the gap with shock and fear.
Although this kind of lethality is still limited, this method is enough to shock and deter.
Because those huge trees on the giant catapult were even heavier than the palace beams, if it was not an ordinary infantry soldier who was filled in at this moment, but heavy armor and ordinary cultivators, they would also die under such a collapse.
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"The most important thing in this kind of street warfare method of abandoning the boundaries of the city wall and facing the enemy in the whole city is not whether you have the courage to do so, but whether you can build a trap in the city that kills more people than holding the city wall, and whether you have the ability to complete the deployment and mobilization of the army that has been divided into parts in a very short time. ”
In the rear of the entire army of Da Mang, who was advancing at this moment, there was a comfortable carriage dragged by six war horses.
The curtain on the carriage door was made of green bamboo and was not rolled up.
There were seven handsome cultivators with swords and dressed in the magnificent court costumes, always with a genuine humility towards the teacher, listening to the teachings of the people in this carriage.
"In the Yunqin Empire, the person who knows how to defend the city the most, and who is also the most capable of putting the entire city into a killing array, is Tang Chuqing. One of the chief instructors of the Yunqin military, responsible for the defense of the entire Zhongzhou army. ”
"As for this kind of giant catapult as a weapon, it's not that simple. ”
The man in the carriage whispered, "Even if you want to bring down these giant catapults, can you guarantee that these giant catapults will follow your wishes and fall to the place where you want them to fall?
"The only one who can know Yun Qin's giant catapults so well, and can make these Yun Qin catapults fall towards the place where he wants to dump, is only Chu Yehan, the master master of the Yun Qin military. ”
"So now Tang Chuqing can't be sure whether he is in this Dongjing Mausoleum, but Chu Yehan is definitely in this Dongjing City. ”
"Master. Among the seven sword-wielding cultivators, one of them had a navy blue scabbard and was covered with bat-like patterns, and a handsome man in his thirties said respectfully: "It's just that even so, the collapse of these giant catapults won't delay much time, I don't know what the purpose is. ”
"I have always taught you to look at things from the big picture, and to look at things differently, not to look at things from the eyes of ordinary people. Because the enemies you are facing are not ordinary people, and what they think in their minds is definitely not the ordinary thoughts that ordinary people think. The calm and gentle voice in the carriage sounded again, "I never think about this time, if I can't do it, I will naturally have more means to delay some time, and the most important thing is to focus on the problem... Tang Chuqing is a holy master, although Chu Yehan is only a peak national master, and he is still one step away from the holy master, but he has the nickname of Jin Tieren, and he has many strange soul soldiers on his body, and his combat power is no less than that of the holy master. According to the previous accurate information, if Tang Chuqing was really there, there would be at least four Yun Qin Saint Master-level masters in the city. In this way, by the time of the real confrontation, the number of Saint Master battles in Eastview City will exceed that of Zhongzhou City half a month ago. ”
"Relatively speaking, there are many armies and few cultivators, and it is the army that determines the outcome of the battle, but if the strength of the cultivators is extraordinarily strong, sometimes, the key to determining the outcome lies in whether these powerful cultivators on both sides can appear in the most suitable position... Also, there are some means of surprise victory for both sides. ”
"Even if it is me, if I want to leave the Dongjing Tomb alive, I am afraid it will not be easy. ”
Hearing these words coming from the carriage, the seven sword cultivators who were listening to it were all shocked in their hearts, and they felt that autumn was already strong.
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"Almost. ”
Still on a section of the city wall where the crossbow who trained and defended the city with a single blow and accurately shot the reckless overseer, the grim black-armored Yunqin general said unhurriedly to the elderly sergeant named Lao Cheng beside him.
By this time, quite a few of the reckless soldiers had recovered from the devastation and extreme fear of the collapse of the original giant catapult, and many had already climbed up at the breach of the city wall not far from them.
The gray-haired old sergeant nodded, quickly adjusting the ballista, and the other dozen or so Yun Qin sergeants just waited calmly.
"Okay. ”
The gray-haired elderly sergeant quickly spoke.
At this moment, the sound of arrows breaking through the air rang out.
A young black-armored sergeant stood directly in front of him, and suddenly there were six or seven more arrows on his body.
"Death!" the old sergeant held the body of the young Yun Qin sergeant who was standing in front of him, and let out a loud cry with tears in his eyes.
"Click!"
A black-armored sergeant with an arrow in the arm did not move slowly, and the hammer in his hand once again struck off the buckle pin, and the old sergeant's shouting, the crossbow arrows of the city defender's crossbow flew towards the gap in the wall again.
This time, on the arrows of the crossbow arrows of the city-defending crossbow, more than a dozen ropes were dragged.
Behind the dozen ropes were packages wrapped in wax-impregnated tarpaulins of ordnance.
The bottom of these packages had been pierced, but they were just casually sealed with pieces of oiled paper, like the patched clothes of some beggars in the city in Yun Qin.
These packages were not light, and with a bang, all the ropes shook in an instant, and even the castration of the crossbow arrows containing terrifying power in the air was abruptly stagnant.
Under the earthquake, some of the oiled paper at the bottom of these packages was cracked and torn.
Some very fine, reddish white powder spilled from the cracks.
Although the package was heavy, it had obviously been tested, and it was still carried up by the terrifying power of the city's crossbow, and the white powder gushing out of all the cracks in the air was like countless people pouring flour in the air.
On the city wall of the East Tomb, at the same time, the crossbow arrows shot from many crossbow machines were pulled up in such a package.
"Zheng....Zheng....Zheng...."
When many crossbow arrows fell with all their strength, the city wall of the Dongjing Tomb was like snowfall.
These delicate powders, white and reddish, were as cold as rocks when they were sprinkled, but in the rain, they quickly became scorching, and when they fell on the skin of the sergeant, in the eyes, and even after entering the mouth and nose with the breath, they became even hotter and stinger, like tiny flames, burning.
"Ahh
Countless reckless soldiers screamed in horror, their eyes seemed to be blind, their entire mouth, nose, and lung tubes were tingling and burning so that they could not breathe at all, many of them fled desperately, and even jumped from the city walls, and many fell to the ground, rolling, convulsing, but even more painful.
"What is this!"
A reckless general looked at the "snow" in the gap in the city wall in front of him with a pale face, and asked a middle-aged scribe-looking reckless cultivator beside him in shock.
"It's not poison, it's lime powder ... There's also plenty of paprika. The middle-aged scribe-looking reckless cultivator's nose trembled slightly, catching a trace of breath coming from the wind and rain, and said solemnly.
Dongjing City is rich in chili peppers, and it has the title of "Spicy Dongjing", and it is not unusual for the Yunqin military to prepare a large amount of chili powder mixed with dry lime powder... Whether it is very spicy chili powder or limestone powder that heats up quickly when exposed to water, it is not fatal for a while, but it is precisely because these two things are not fatal, but they will be extremely painful when inhaled, and they can create horror and chaos even more.
In the extreme chaos of the Great Mangbu Army, the Yun Qin sergeants next to the ballista on all the city walls still continued to get on the ballista winch non-stop, and fired the crossbow arrows towards the Great Mang Formation at their fastest speed.
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