Chapter 57: The Conquest (continued)
Catapults, the most primitive long-range heavy siege equipment, also known as stone cannons, have the same effect as artillery, of course, in the martial arts world, artillery and gunpowder do not exist, everything is respected by martial arts.
Even on the Jiuzhou Continent, there has never been artillery, because there are more superior energy beast crystals and various energy deposits, and the energy cannon has long been a weapon to kill the enemy in defending and attacking the city, far better than the benefits of artillery.
In the phantom martial arts realm, the big battle siege is generally based on martial arts climbing ladders and climbing walls to kill the enemy, even if there are long-range siege equipment such as catapults, at most there are only dozens or hundreds of sorties, where is like Xia Fan's army took out tens of thousands of catapults in one fell swoop.
Tens of thousands of catapults are enough to surround Bianjing City, and the boulders that are full of sky are thrown down, like a rainstorm and thunder, without several rounds of attacks, and Bianjing City is afraid that there will be heavy casualties.
This Xia Fan doesn't play cards according to the rules at all, the battle in the martial arts world should be based on martial arts, he actually got so many catapults, what a pervert!
Even Qiao Feng, who was peerless in martial arts, changed his face greatly after seeing so many catapults, with his experience and experience, how could he not see the power of tens of thousands of catapults.
However, before Qiao Feng could come up with a countermeasure, tens of thousands of catapults outside the city had already popped out of their long arms, and countless round stones the size of the hug were flying in the air and smashing towards Bianjing City.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Countless people in Bianjing City erupted their grievances while panicked looking for shelters to avoid the boulders that were about to fall from the sky.
The hugging stones don't look big, but falling from a high altitude, the impact of gravity and inertia of the center of gravity is extremely huge, if it is smashed into a piece, even if it is a first-class master, it is also a light broken tendon and broken bones, and the heavy is the end of death.
"Bang, bang, bang... Boom, boom, boom..."
Stone rain fell all over the sky, in the roaring loud noise, smashed down on the city wall of Bianjing City, suddenly, the world turned upside down, and gravel flew all over the sky.
In the flying rubble was a wail everywhere, blood covered the city wall, too dense, the defenders on the city wall were too dense, the stones thrown by the catapults were too dense, so to speak, tens of thousands of stones, none of them missed, all of them were hit.
And these tens of thousands of stones don't seem to be too strong, whether they hit people or hit the city wall, they all exploded instantly with the help of a strong impact, turning into countless sharp and sharp gravels, blooming in all directions.
As a result, the sharp and sharp gravel caused a second injury, and this injury caused a far wider and more harmful loss than a direct hit by a stone ball.
The threat of death disturbed all those who were still standing, whether it was the original defenders of the Great Song Dynasty, or the warriors in the martial arts world, whether it was a high-ranking emperor and important minister, a martial arts master, or a low-ranking commoner, they all felt that death was so close to them at this moment.
Only Qiao Feng, Guo Jing and other top masters can ignore this rain of stones, and even they took the initiative to smash the boulders that fell from the sky and blast them out of the city, but there were only a few top masters, and when the rain fell, their efforts had little effect.
"Detection equipment, ready for the second round of attacks!"
Outside the city, there was a faint command from the Ming army in the distance, this was the second round of attacks on the catapults under Xia Fan's subordinate catapults.
"Stop, stop, don't fight, we surrender!"
The Great Song monarchs and ministers who had survived the stone rain just now cried and shouted, it was really terrible, too terrifying, this was a disaster they had never encountered.
In the Great Song Dynasty, there are few ministers who can ascend to high positions, and there are few who are loyal and unyielding, and they are not afraid of death, and it is their nature to be greedy and afraid of death, which is the essence of the entire court of the Great Song Dynasty.
Because the entire Great Song Dynasty is in the hands of the interest group headed by the Zhao royal family, except for a few people in the Zhao family, there is no one who is not afraid of death and is not greedy.
In the Great Song Dynasty, the truly brave and fearless civil and military ministers had already been excluded from the court, either in the opposition or assigned to the frontier, because they were not tolerated by the interest groups of the Great Song Dynasty.
"Stop, Xia Fan, let's stop fighting!" Qiao Feng also shouted loudly at this time.
Qiao Feng was born a hero, so he is naturally not afraid of death, but he is not afraid of death, which does not mean that he can watch his brothers die, watch his compatriots die, and there is no point in dying.
Qiao Feng is a hero, he can't do it, so he called a stop!
Qiao Feng's voice was not comparable to the ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, it was extremely loud, like a big bell, spreading all over Bianjing and outside, and Xia Fan naturally heard it.
At this time, Xia Fan smiled faintly, and with a wave of his hand, all the catapults suddenly stopped working, and Xia Fan knew that with Qiao Feng's stop, the war of the Great Song Dynasty was over.
"How, Gang Leader Qiao!" Xia Fan asked indifferently.
Qiao Feng looked at Xia Fan deeply, until Xia Fan felt a chill down his spine, and when the chrysanthemum tightened, he shook his head and sighed: "Admire! Brother Xia, I didn't expect you to have such a big hand, tens of thousands of catapults, you can't accept it!"
Catapults are large, bulky, and require high levels of mechanism, causing trouble but easily collapsing.
Xia Fan fought a war with more than 10,000 catapults, which had never been done before in the history of the Phantom Martial Arts Realm, and it was also very cost-effective.
If it weren't for the imperial ministers of the Great Song Dynasty who were too greedy for life and afraid of death, if it weren't for Qiao Feng's unwillingness to see the people and his brothers die tragically, Xia Fan might not have been able to end the war so quickly.
"Brother Xia Fan, you won!" Qiao Feng said: "However, there is no Qiao Feng who surrenders without a fight, I hope to have a real battle with you!"
Obviously, Xia Fan attacked the city with more than 10,000 catapults, although he won, but he couldn't really convince Qiao Feng, after all, what Xia Fan did was not what a real martial artist should do, it was really a bit despicable.
"Another battle?" Xia Fan smiled indifferently: "Okay! I'll fight you again." ”
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Outside Bianjing City, Xia Fan and Qiao Feng stood opposite each other, Qiao Feng was originally a burly grassland man, but compared with Xia Fan, he was half a cut shorter than Xia Fan, but the two stood opposite each other, and Qiao Feng's momentum was not inferior to Xia Fan.
"Gang Leader Qiao, you and I have a battle this time, if you win, I will let your beggar gang and all the Great Song warriors leave safely!" Xia Fan said.
"Oh!" Qiao Feng's eyes were different, this invitation, Qiao Feng was just unconvinced, he wanted to fight for a breath, and at the same time, he also left a trace of blood for the Great Song Dynasty martial arts world, a trace of resistance and blood, he never thought that Xia Fan would spare their lives.
"Conditions?"
"You win, there are no conditions, let you go" Xia Fan said: "But if you are defeated, then your Great Song Dynasty warriors will join my army as soldiers, and you Qiao Feng will be the third largest pioneer general in the world for me to conquer!"
"Good!"
Qiao Feng didn't think that Xia Fan would let go of the idea of the people behind him, he just wanted to have a big battle with Xia Fan, but now Qiao Feng has an absolute reason to win.
Ten years ago, Xia Fan had a big battle with Qiao Feng, and in that battle, the two sides fought to a draw.
Ten years have passed, and it has been rumored in the rivers and lakes that in the battle of Black Wood Cliff, Xia Fan showed more powerful combat power, even if he was besieged by several top masters, he was not his opponent.
However, Qiao Feng believed in himself more, since the battle with Xia Fan ten years ago, Qiao Feng's martial arts have also improved by leaps and bounds, reaching a more advanced realm, which is an indescribable level.
"Please!"
"Please!"