Chapter 331: Fire Attack
"The last general asks for a fight!"
"I am willing to be a pioneer!"
"Lord, give the order!"
Cowardly young master army!
These five words completely angered Liang Jun, mainly because he had come for a hundred miles, and he was indeed very aggrieved.
They all asked for war.
Li Huai was extremely speechless, this was obviously Tu Nao deliberately provoking them, how could he still be fooled, but he still said comfortably: "Don't worry, generals, this king has his own clever plan, generals, please go back to the camp and wait for the attack order." ”
Everyone looked at each other, and then gave up their hands at the same time.
"Yes!"
And they were all scattered.
"Lord Wang, do you really have a way?" Li Xin asked expectantly.
Li Huai glanced at him, there was a ghost!
He just said this as a last resort, he couldn't tell the generals, and Lao Tzu couldn't help it, or let's go back.
That's a morale boost.
However, there is always a way, as long as you are willing to use your brains.
The best way is to use the Great Grandmaster to forcibly kill it, and there is really a Great Grandmaster in the Liang Army.
That was Tie Mu, who had just broken through to the Demon Dao Grandmaster not long ago.
But how can one be enough.
If there is no way to outwit, then we can only consider the method of attacking, how to reduce losses, and give full play to the advantages of the Liang army, this is what Li Huai has to consider.
One of the biggest advantages is that Tu Nao does not dare to go out of the city to engage in battles, which means that he can do whatever he wants outside the city.
Li Huai glanced at the military flag waving in the wind, and suddenly a flash of inspiration appeared, just in this sunny spring, the east wind prevailed.
Why not attack with fire?!
First of all.
Cut off the water, and when the fire starts, the enemy will definitely think of using water to extinguish the fire, and if there is no water source, see what you use to extinguish the fire.
The order is carried out.
Soon, the sergeant cut a large amount of firewood from the nearby mountains and forests, and loaded it all on a small cart.
"Yan Gaoyang, prepare to cover!" Li Huai commanded.
"Yes!"
Yan Gaoyang dispersed the artillery and pushed the artillery up, but for some reason, the enemy did not shell it at the first time.
Maybe they think that it is not worth exposing the firepower of these guns, they are waiting for the big fish to take the bait.
That's what they want.
"Attack!"
Li Huai ordered.
Gollum! Gollum!
The soldier pushed a cart full of ignition and went into the enemy's attack range.
Sou! Sou!
Countless arrows suddenly flew from the city, attacking the people below indiscriminately.
"Fire!"
Yan Gaoyang waved the flag, the cannon emitted puffs of smoke, and the cannonballs flew up the city tower.
Rumble! Rumble!
The enemy immediately fired back.
Both sides were firing non-stop, and the number of artillery pieces was not very large.
During this period.
The soldiers of the Liang Army kept sending fire starters and piled them up under the city walls.
Almost.
"Give me an arrow." Li Huai beckoned.
The attendant immediately handed over an arrow.
Li Huai took out the dragon tooth bow and put on the arrow, he hadn't used a real arrow for a long time, this feeling was really nostalgic.
Sou!
As he let go of the bowstring, the arrows shot out faster, faster than any cannonball, and the hole reached the city wall.
The arrowhead rubbed against the city wall, rubbing some flames and encountering the ignition sprinkled with gunpowder.
Bang.
And a raging fire burned!
Taking advantage of the east wind, the fire clicked upwards and was extremely gorgeous.
"Keep sending ignition materials!" Li Huai commanded.
……
"Report!"
"General, the Liang army has set fire to the city!"
The herald reported to Tu Naoyu.
Tu Nao was stunned when he heard this, "Under the city? Set? ”
He had already considered that the Liang army might attack with fire, so he cut down all the grass and trees around the river in advance.
Unexpectedly, the Liang army still attacked with fire, and it was set on fire under the city.
What the hell do you want to do?
In order to figure it out, Tu Nao personally came to the city tower, and looked down, Liang Jun was still throwing fire starters, all of which were loaded with small carts, and at a certain distance, he pushed the small carts to the city, and he didn't care.
The ignition was not piled up, and the flame naturally couldn't burn too high, and it was still a big part away from the city tower.
Nothing other than to make the people on the castle feel a little hot, and it was completely bearable.
Tu Nao was even more confused.
"Let them burn, just attack the enemy who enters the attack range, and beware of the artillery bombardment of the Liang army." Tu Nao ordered.
I don't believe it, this fortress made of rocks can still be burned.
That's not impossible!
The fire burned for a long time.
Li Huai waved his hand and asked the soldiers to stop transporting the fire-initiating materials, and when this fire was finished, it was dark under the city wall.
It doesn't seem to have changed at all.
"Yan Gaoyang, order the artillery battalion to attack the burned city wall with solid bullets." Li Huai commanded.
Yan Gaoyang didn't understand, why did he shell the foot of the city?
But I didn't ask much.
In addition, without hitting the tower, the distance of this artillery battalion can be extended a little further and placed outside the enemy's firing range.
After everything is arranged.
"Aim at the burned foot of the city, fire a salvo, fire!"
Rumble!
The shells crossed an arc, and most of them missed, and this kind of artillery had no accuracy at all.
Fortunately, there are enough of them.
Still, some of them landed at the target location, and when the shell hit the city wall, something unexpected happened.
The city wall seemed to be made of tofu dregs, and a large piece fell down when it was smashed casually, and a huge gap appeared directly.
Everyone was shocked, what's going on? How did the strong walls suddenly become so fragile?
Hum!
Concubine Liu, who was not far away, smiled coldly, she was a person who specialized in playing with fire, so she naturally knew why.
The rocks are not afraid of fire, but they are afraid that they will be roasted by fire all the time, and the rocks that have been roasted will become very brittle and break when touched.
But she didn't understand the principle of this, she only knew that there was such a thing.
"Come again!"
Yan Gaoyang ordered the artillery battalion to continue to fill the gunpowder, and another round of shelling was carried out, but it did not have the previous effect.
The walls seem to have become strong again.
He also wants to do another round.
"Stop fighting, it's useless, keep attacking with fire!" Li Huai ordered.
The cart went on, but when it was not enough, the soldiers took up the timber and rushed down the city, leaving it alone.
Tu Nao stood on the protruding Moon Horn of the city wall, and also saw this scene, although he didn't understand the principle.
But I know that I can't let Liang Jun burn like this anymore.
Although the rock-stacked walls are strong, they have a big flaw, that is, they are not strong and there are gaps between them.
If the bottom is damaged to a certain extent, the rocks above will not be supported, and all of them will collapse.
Without the protection of the outer wall, the people on the city wall will become the live target of the Liang army at that time, and the ladder can easily be erected on the city wall.
It would be a bloody battle!
The fire burned again under the city.
"Extinguish the fire!"
"General, before the Liang army set the fire, we cut off our water source, and there is only drinking water left in the city, which is not enough to extinguish the fire." Adjutant Yu reported.
"Stupid! Do I have to use water to extinguish a fire? I don't know how to use sand, dirt, and stones, go quickly! Tu Nao scolded.
Only then did the adjutant react, "Yes!" ”
He immediately went to take people to fetch sand and soil to extinguish the fire.
Boxes of sand and dirt were poured down from the city, and the fire was indeed noticeably smaller, and if it continued like this, it was really possible that it would be extinguished.
Sooner or later, it will be stormed.
Fire attacks can only burn the outer walls at most, but cannot completely destroy them.
I can't care much about it now.
"Yan Gaoyang, push the cannon up and fight them!" Li Huai ordered, and he had long suspected that the number of Tu Nao's artillery should be seriously insufficient.
During the Battle of Longxi, Chun Yuyue failed to break through, and not a single artillery piece was brought out, and all of them were captured by the Liang army.
Not everyone is like Liangzhou, with a complete production line and a super high steel output.
How many cannons can they build in such a short time?
The Liang army has more than a thousand cannons!
Boom! Boom!
Yan Gaoyang directly transferred a full artillery battalion to the front, with a total of 500 cannons, including multi-barreled artillery.
Cover directly towards the head of the city.
"Fight back! Fight back! Tu Nao roared angrily, his eyes were bloodshot, looking hideous, in fact, he had been beaten out of the psychological shadow by the artillery of the Liang army.
There is no such unreasonable army as the Liang Army, who the has five hundred cannons in one battalion!
And in such a battalion, there are several Liang troops. (In addition to the three artillery battalions of the Shenwei Army, there are also artillery battalions in the Dingxi Army and the Zhenguo Army.) )
Rumble! Rumble!
The artillery at the head of the city also began to fire back, but in terms of quantity, the difference was too far, and if you want to fight the artillery battalion of the Liang army, you can't take care of the infantry.
If they want to fight the infantry, they can't take care of the Liang army artillery battalion.
Li Huai didn't believe that at this time, Tu Nao still dared to hide the cannon, it should be that the number of cannons was really insufficient.
But they have so many crossbowmen that I don't know where they came from.
In fact, they were all sent by the Holy Court of Light.
Because they had to cross the valley, there was no way to send something as heavy as a cannon, so they had to replenish their bows and arrows.
In this battle, the Bright Holy Court was not stingy at all, almost everything they wanted, they would give it.
In addition to Li Huai arresting their Archbishop of the Yang Palace and angering them, they really didn't want to see the left wing fall into the hands of the Liang army.
The two sides are in a tug-of-war.
Rumble!
With a series of loud noises, the outer city wall finally collapsed, and the configuration on the city wall was all exposed to the sight of the Liang army.
"One more artillery battalion!" Li Huai ordered.
Thousands of cannons are fired in turns, giving the enemy no time to breathe!