Chapter 180: The Black Demon Returns
In the early morning of the next day, the weather in the cold spring was particularly good, Li Yong spit white mist and rode his Xiaobai, looking at Lanzhou City in the distance, the artillery positions of the black army were busy arranged, and the infantry began to arrange with new tactics, the three-stage attack was no longer suitable for the Xishan nine-type musket, the new tactics were improved by Xue Rengui, and the linear combat came into being, Li Yong had to admire Xue Rengui's military talent, not a loss is a famous general in the history of the Tang Dynasty, the twenty-pound heavy artillery was placed by the artillery, and then the position and angle were constantly adjusted with sights, The infantry was arranged in a linear pattern, and the new Xishan Type 9 musket was equipped with yellow smokeless gunpowder, and it was difficult for anyone to break through such a firepower network, and the defenders of Lanzhou City also discovered the situation outside, but those people were tinkering eight miles away, and there was no other action at all, but Li Yong quickly let them know what it means to sit at home and cannonballs come from the sky.
"Report, the artillery is ready, please instruct."
"Then let's start, the artillery attack will take half an hour, don't save me, I want Lanzhou City to become the beginning of the nightmare of the Tuyuhun people."
"Yes."
The communication corps immediately came to the artillery position and gave Li Yong's order to the artillery commander, and after receiving Li Yong's order, the bald artillery commander touched the hair on his head without a single hair and said loudly.
"Little guys, the commander ordered to bombard the broken city, let those savages see what civilization is, and test the cannon."
"Reload, prepare."
The artilleryman skillfully put the new yellow smokeless gunpowder into the gun hole, and then a solid bullet slid down the gun hole, and when everything was ready, the gunner raised his hand, and when he saw that everyone had raised his hand, the gun commander shouted.
"Put~"
"Boom~" A loud bang resounded all around, and everyone in Lanzhou City heard the sound of thunder, and they all looked at the sky curiously, thinking that the spring rain was coming? The fiery red cannonballs that were burned by gunpowder crossed Li Yong's position like meteors, like the tall Lanzhou city and flew away, the Tuyuhun soldiers on the city wall saw a red black ball flying towards them, and then hit the city wall under their feet with a "boom~", they all felt the city wall tremble slightly, they didn't know what it was, they were afraid of the unknown and human beings, the bald artillery commander touched his big bald head and looked at the special sight of the artillery, and then quickly changed the order.
"Adjust the muzzle of the gun to rise ten degrees, and the solid shells will fire for a quarter of an hour, and the whole gun will fire rapidly at the same time."
Having received the order to adjust, the artilleryman, who was responsible for adjusting the angle of the artillery, began to adjust, and as soon as it was done, raised his hand and shouted loudly.
"Good~"
"Reload solid bullets, rapid fire."
All fifty heavy guns in the artillery position were quickly loaded, and when all the guns were reloaded, the red flag that could be fired was raised, and the bald commander's raised hand waved down fiercely while shouting.
"Open fire."
The red flag that means that it is ready is also waved at the same time, and the artillerymen who got the order to open the cannon have pulled down the rope one after another, and the rope is tied to the flint behind the gun, and then the flint ignites the gunpowder in the barrel, and the fierce yellow smokeless gunpowder sprays out the shells in the barrel, "boom~" The sound of fifty heavy guns firing together is much louder than the sound of only one just now, and the entire artillery position is blown up by the shock wave generated by the gunpowder firing, "Woo woo~" The cannonballs flew in the air and made a screeching sound, making the Tuyuhun defenders on the city wall feel that the sky had collapsed, and when the solid bullets with powerful impact smashed into the city wall at their feet, the entire city wall was crumbling.
"It's those artifacts, get down."
Finally someone recognized the artillery, they also studied, the solid bullet of the artillery only crawled on the ground, it was not so easy to be hit, the main general of Lanzhou City knew that it was those divine soldiers who began to retaliate against them, he knew that he would definitely not be able to resist, he immediately sent his own soldiers to Fu Yun to send a call for help, Li Yong just concentrated the superior forces to attack one frontally, and the other three did not care at all, he needed someone to spread the news of the black demon's return to Tuyuhun, especially the stupid beep king Fu Yun, Li Yong asked people to bring a stool, He sat on the hillside wearing armor and grinning, the long knife on his waist was untied by him, he looked at Lanzhou City in the distance with the hilt of the knife with both hands, and the shelling of a quarter of an hour ended quickly, Lanzhou City is not a big city, it was shelled like this, and the city wall only had cracks in many places, and it had not collapsed, Li Yong raised a hand and said.
"Change the order, let the twenty-pounder artillery suspend the shelling, let the thirty-pounder come and do not stop the shelling until the walls fall."
The bald artillery commander received Li Yongxin's order, and then raised the white flag, and the artillerymen who were busy loading stopped their work after seeing the white flag, and the order was forbidden.
"Let the twenty-pounder cannon rest, change the thirty-pounder cannon, the city wall of Lanzhou City will not fall, don't stop the shelling, even if the artillery is scrapped, it doesn't matter, the son of a bitch raised it, this broken city is quite tough, today Lao Tzu will not smash you to pieces, Lao Tzu is raised by the stepmother."
Ten thirty-pound heavy guns lifted their camouflage, and then loaded ammunition according to the order, the red flag that could be fired was raised again, and the bald commander finally ordered the cannonball, with the red flag of the cannon, the muzzle of the ten thirty-pound heavy guns spewed out terrifying flames, even in Lanzhou City, six kilometers away, the fire could be seen, I thought that those black soldiers saw that the city wall could not be broken and stopped, and when they were happy, they just stood up from the ground and saw the fire farther away, although the sound was much smaller than just now, But they knew that the shelling was coming again, and they crawled on the ground again, but this time the shells were not like just now, and the larger shells smashed on the already broken city walls, and the gravel kept falling off, and it was a matter of time before they collapsed, and some unlucky soldiers were hit by the flying stones smashed by the shells, and they were directly sacrificed or bloody, and fear, endless fear began to spread in Lanzhou City, and the people and defenders inside had long remembered the terrifying black hell demons back then, and now they are making a comeback again, It is because their lord and the Tubo people conspired to kill these demonic soldiers, the power of the thirty-pound cannon is not something that the ordinary city wall can bear, if the twenty-pound cannonball is a hammer, the thirty-pound cannonball is the big hammer used for demolition, after the third round of shelling, the solid Lanzhou city wall began to collapse, and even the cavalry can enter the three collapsed gaps, and Li Yong, who has been observing, gave the order again.
"The thirty-pounder cannon continues to fire, and two more gaps will be opened for me, and the twenty-pounder cannon will be replaced by explosive shells, and the enemy troops on the walls will be covered, and I will all roll them into the city."
The twenty-pound that had just rested for a while immediately came to work, and the solid bullets that had just been loaded and unfired were poured out and replaced with more lethal explosive shells.
"Fuse ten, angle up twenty degrees, one test shot."
The Tuyuhun soldiers who were still climbing on the city wall saw several collapsed city walls in the distance, and the collapsed city walls buried the soldiers above, they knew that they were finished, but before they could come to their senses, a cannon with a fuse flew above their heads, making it shine dazzlingly in front of their eyes, and finally they heard the last sound in the world, "boom~" After a loud bang, the explosive bomb exploded on the city wall, and when it exploded, the Tuyuhun soldiers below were directly killed and shocked to death, Some distant ones were also beaten into a hornet's nest by the ironclad tiles in the bombs and lost their combat effectiveness, those shells that could smash down the strong city walls had already terrified them, and now this shell that could still explode on their heads, even if they crawled, it had no effect, they began to want to escape from the city wall, but how could the artillery of the black army let them go.
"Adjust the angle, lower it by five degrees, reload the explosive projectile, adjust the fuse by twelve, and fire the whole gun."
The ammunition supply gunner immediately adjusted the fuse of the explosive bomb, the woodpipe delay fuse was adjusted to a scale of twelve, with the help of the shell wooden support, so that the shell flew more stable and farther, with the launch of the red flag waved, fifty guns fired again, with the back ten heavy artillery, the whole position came out of the sound of the sky falling apart, the shells flew to Lanzhou City like rain......, the infantry who stood in front looked at the head of the fiery red shells flying over their heads, and saw the three collapsed city walls, I know how powerful my artillery is, fifty explosive shells flew to the city wall of Lanzhou City and exploded, those Tuyuhun soldiers who were still crawling were blown up directly into minced meat or mutilated bodies, and those who did not die were also blown up with blood all over their bodies, rolling and wailing on the ground in pain, the entire Lanzhou city wall became a human purgatory, seeing the explosion of the Lanzhou city wall, the infantry who had not shot was holding a musket and calling excitedly, the two pairs formed a sharp contrast, the black army's artillery carpet bombardment, There are almost no people alive on the walls of Lanzhou City, and the thirty-pound heavy artillery has once again burst the three city walls, and now this side of Lanzhou City has been abolished, even if the other three come to support, it is no longer meaningful, take so many troops to defend the six gaps, and the artillery of the black army is still continuing, there is no sign of stopping at all, as the city wall is cleared, Li Yong adjusted the order again.
"The thirty-pounder artillery replaced the explosive shells, all the distant artillery targets changed, shelled the city of Lanzhou, the infantry advanced one kilometer, and the small artillery followed."
If Li Yong's order is changed to the Tang army in the Tang Dynasty, it will definitely be stopped, because they will not make a move against the people, whether the people are Tuguhun or Datang, they will not do it, but in the hearts of Li Yong and the black army, since your king has made a mistake, then you, as his people, will have to bear the same anger, after receiving the order, the infantry in front began to advance in a neat pace, and the artillery readjusted the angle, and then the entire Lanzhou city was devastated by shelling, Explosive bombs flew into the city and then exploded, the houses were blown up, whether you were soldiers or innocent people, all of them were swallowed up by the merciless artillery fire, especially the ten 30-pound heavy guns, which were about to catch up with the power of 155 mm howitzers, and a shell could directly blow up a house to smithereens, and the Tuyuhun people and soldiers running around were completely covered by the fierce artillery fire of the black army, and a general covered in blood ran to the tent of the main general.
"General, I can't stand it, those artifacts are too terrifying, the city is already in chaos, their divine soldiers should soon attack from the collapse, let's retreat quickly."
"Bastard, Lanzhou City is the most valued city by the lord of the country, if we give up, we will become sinners of the Tuyuhun people, hold it, keep it for me, as long as the reinforcements from the lord of the country arrive, we can repel these demons, and our god will bless us."
The blood-soaked general withdrew from the general's tent, looking at the bombed Lanzhou City, the people and soldiers who screamed and ran around in fear, and the people who fell in a pool of blood and did not breathe were groaning in pain, how to fight this battle, people destroyed half of the entire Lanzhou City in just one hour, even if their own lord may not be able to resist, the general walked out of the barracks in a daze, unfortunately, a cannonball was flying to him, he didn't know it, and then, there was no then, the black army attacked Lanzhou City for more than an hour, From nine o'clock in the morning, it was almost noon, and Li Yong, who was shining in the warm spring sun, felt very warm.
"Stop the shelling, all personnel rest in place, and continue after lunch."
"Yes."
Li Yong asked everyone to stop, so that many people couldn't understand, including his black army, but the military discipline of the black army was very strict, not to mention Li Yong's highest order, after the artillery stopped firing, they quickly began to cool down the hot barrel, and the logistics support troops began to distribute meals to the combat troops, and the infantry who didn't shoot a single bullet in the morning was very depressed, Cheng Chuliang sat on a stool, wiped his musket with a cloth, and said to himself.
"Brother, it's coming, I'll be able to drink the blood of those savages in no time."
Li Yong took the lunch box and ate his lunch, and Xue Rengui and other senior officers sat around him to eat together.
"Do you think it's strange that I'm suddenly very hot?"
Seeing that they didn't speak, Li Yong didn't blame them, because knowledge determines everything, and Li Yong explained to them while eating.
"First of all, the artillery shelling has been continuous for more than an hour, the barrel of the artillery is unbearable, Lanzhou City is only our first stop, if we lose a large number of artillery at once, it is not good for our operations behind, second, our artillery bombardment has brought great psychological fear to the enemy, originally they thought that they would definitely die, but now there is a sudden ceasefire, what will they think? That's right, they will definitely wonder, are we running out of shells, are we going to attack in the city? All suspicions are fatal, when we have eaten and drunk enough and rested, and give them a blow to the head, they will have a psychological breakdown, and when the time comes, their dream of pulling us into street fighting will be shattered, and at this time our infantry will go in and clear it, is it safer? In the end, the purpose of our coming is to destroy the Tuyuhun who have weapons in hand and can ride on horses, and if we continue to press, they will escape, and we must learn to fly kites, loosen and tighten, and by the time they want to run, they will find that it is too late. ”
After hearing Li Yong's strategy, Xue Rengui and the others felt that the eighteen-year-old boy in front of them was too terrifying, and he actually controlled people's hearts so clearly, with Li Yong's explanation, Xue Rengui and other senior officers did not eat in a hurry, and made some jokes from time to time, and after returning to their respective units after dinner, they also found a place to take a nap, because there was still an hour before the attack time in the afternoon, the boss said, the afternoon is the time for their infantry to perform, how to do it if you don't have a good rest, after hearing the order of their commander, Except for the soldiers on guard, the rest of the soldiers began to rest in place, and in Lanzhou City, after seeing the ceasefire of the black army, the Lord General knelt happily on the ground and thanked his god.
"Thank you Immortal Heaven for bless your people, those damned demons' weapons will definitely not be used, as long as they dare to enter my city, they will be wiped out by your people."
Although the soldiers on the city wall suffered heavy casualties, there are still more than 30,000 troops in Lanzhou City, and the people in those cities are all on horseback, so Li Yong will not be stupid to finish this set with him, if there is no artillery, then it is really a fool, Lanzhou took advantage of Li Yong's rest to rescue the wounded soldiers and people, and gathered the fleeing rout, preparing to fight with Li Yong in the streets, but they waited for more than an hour without waiting for Li Yong's infantry, waiting for the continued attack of artillery, And the artillery covers a larger and farther range, that is because the artillery positions have also begun to move forward, and it is a free artillery bombardment, and the entire Lanzhou city is within the scope of Li Yong's artillery bombardment, and the infantry is also assembled in six gaps, waiting for the final order to enter the city. Lanzhou City is now in addition to despair is despair, there is no second word to describe, the rout that finally gathered was directly annihilated, who let you gather together, anyway, I also saw, a bang is enough, hit you will be embarrassed, the artillery fire of the black army lasted for an hour again, at this time Lanzhou City was already full of smoke and fire, and all that came from it were painful wails and cries.
"Stop the shelling, order the infantry to enter the city, shoot freely, those who resist, those who have something in their hands, I don't count cow dung or coins, kill them directly."
After Li Yong finished speaking, he stood up directly from the stool, hung the long knife back on his waist, turned over and rode his Xiaobai, and then ran in the direction of Lanzhou City, as the artillery fire gradually subsided, the artillery shot out the shells in the artillery and then stopped loading, and the horn of the infantry attack sounded from the rear. "Woo woo woo ~ " After the dull horn sounded, commanders at all levels led their teams to begin to enter the city from the collapse of the city wall, they have practiced the tactics of street fighting, but they have not been in actual combat, they are three or three combinations, guarding around, Cheng Chuliang with two subordinates carefully walked into Lanzhou City, what they saw was the smoke and flames of the house, as well as the remains of the house that was blown up by the shells, and the corpses that fell to the ground and kept bleeding, judging from their clothing, they knew that it was the Tuyuhun people, They saw a Tuyuhun soldier whose arm was blown up and walked in a daze, he saw Cheng Chuliang and them, and wanted to stretch out his hand to ask them for help, but in exchange for a bullet from Cheng Chuliang, a gunshot of "bang ~", with rifling and yellow smokeless gunpowder, how powerful it is, you can know in the experiment, the soldier with a broken arm was directly shot in the head by Cheng Chuliang, his head was lifted like a watermelon, and his brain was directly exploded, followed by a veteran and a recruit, and the recruit couldn't help but vomit directly when he saw it, Cheng Chuliang glanced at him and said.
"It's good to get used to it, remember, these people are savages, kill them all, obey the commander's orders, understand?"
"Bang~" Lanzhou City began to sound gunshots everywhere, one after another Tuyuhun soldiers and suspected offensive personnel were killed, those who were frightened and trembling and sat on the ground and incontinent Tuyuhun soldiers were also shot by the black army's weapons, only those people who were considered non-offensive with empty hands had a chance to live, this group of demons with masks and invulnerable black armor came back again, this time they also brought weapons that shattered the sky and the earth, the black demons returned, and Tuyuhun was in danger of being wiped out.