Volume 1 Troubled Times Chapter 85 The First Appearance of Gunpowder
Yu Shot Shi and An looked at the soldiers who fled from the rout, and did not say much, and the commander of the guards beside him, Geshudalai, led the guards to tie up the soldiers who fled into the camp first.
The scimitar fell with a cold light, and dozens of heads were cut off, and then they were inserted into bamboo poles and placed at the gate of the camp for public display. Yu Sheshi and An are quite reasonable, there are too many soldiers who have escaped, he can't kill them all, but the first person to flee must not stay, kill the chickens and make an example.
"Dalai, go to the craftsman and see how the building is being built?" Yu Shotshi and An felt that the siege weapon of the building car was comfortable, sturdy and huge, and could accommodate hundreds of people, and it was the best weapon for siege.
Why not use a catapult? Sorry, there's no technology. Whether it was a small bed crossbow, a stone crossbow, or a large catapult, the Qianghu Khanate had no manufacturing technology. This kind of sharp weapon for attacking and defending the city, the drawings are top secret, and they are kept in the palaces of the Central Plains countries, and they will only be taken out when they are used.
Goshudale soon returned, he put his right hand on his left chest, bowed slightly, and saluted: "Master, the craftsman has not been able to build the building car yet, and it will not be finished until tomorrow at the earliest." ”
When Yu Shotshi and An heard this, they were angry in their hearts. He directly ordered: "Give me all the spare ladders, ladders, and battering rams that are left behind." Send me another 5,000 men to siege the city. This time it was commanded by Ashina Kuro himself! ”
That's right, yes, Ashina Kuro was left behind by Yu Sheshi and An. As Ashina Siyuan's youngest uncle, he became a hostage. Ashina Kuro listened to the order conveyed by Goshudale with an expressionless face, and without saying a word, put on a leather helmet, picked up a spear and shield, and came to the front of the phalanx of five thousand people. Five commanders stood in front of him, their eyes sharply scrutinizing the parachuted general.
Ashina Kuro didn't talk nonsense, and pointed out one by one: "You two thousand-strong teams, with flying ladders, quickly cross the battlefield and reach the wall of the enemy camp. You two teams of 1,000 people push the ladder. You thousand-man team pushes the battering ram. I hope you can show the courage to be a man, we are the wolves of the grassland, and the sheep of the Central Plains in the city make us our prey! Food! The king of the right valley has promised that as long as you take the walled city, you will be robbed for a day and a night. ”
According to the previous custom, the Badbeard people had to rob the city for three days and three nights, but this time the situation was different, the Badbeard Khan needed the support of Xiong Ben's army, so Yu Shot Shi and An only promised to loot for one day and one night.
Wang Rong sat on the ground, resting against the wall, his injuries obviously slowing him down, making it impossible for him to use crossbow arrows for a long time, let alone draw a bow and shoot arrows. What he didn't expect was that Zhang Songqi, the marquis, actually participated in the battle on the wall of the wall and did not take away his command.
"The Bearded Man is here again!" The sentry shouted from the watchtower downward.
Wang Rong hurriedly got up, and saw a large number of people approaching the wall. This time, the enemy's momentum is obviously different from just now.
"Captain, these bearded men are very fast." Li Sujie said softly.
Wang Rong nodded and said: "It is estimated that this is the only remaining 5,000 bear soldiers of the Qiangman, tell the brothers that they are all nervous, the test is coming, this wave of enemies has been repulsed, and you can rest today." ”
Li Sujie nodded in understanding, and Zhang Gengxiao walked over with a spear in his hand and asked, "Captain Wang, what do you need to order?" ”
Wang Rong asked with a happy and humble face, "How are the brothers of the Central Governor's Mansion?" The wounded are all properly housed, right? ”
Zhang Gengxiao nodded and said, "It's all settled, and now there are more than 6,000 people in the Central Governor's Mansion, how do you plan to arrange it?" ”
The soldiers under the jurisdiction of the central governor's mansion in Guangmu City are 10,000 people, yes, you read that right, they are 10,000 people. Among these 10,000 people, there are 4,000 regular soldiers and 6,000 township soldiers. This time, Zhang Gengxiao followed his father over and brought 4,000 regular soldiers, as well as 3,000 township soldiers, and left 3,000 township soldiers in Guangmu City to guard the city gate.
Wang Wei thought for a while and said, "Captain Zhang, in this way, the operators of the stone crossbow and bed crossbow on my side are all temporarily replaced by the wounded. So I want to separate some of my soldiers to operate the stone crossbow and the bed crossbow, so that the wounded can return to the wounded soldier to recuperate. The brethren of the Central Governor's Mansion divided some of them to operate the crossbow arrows, and the rest of my soldiers all switched to melee combat. ”
Zhang Gengxiao nodded, indicating that he understood, his soldiers were really not as strong as Wang Rong's soldiers in terms of combat effectiveness, just in the battle just now, Wang Rong's soldiers did not have many casualties, but the soldiers of the Central Governor's Mansion had hundreds of casualties.
On the ladder cart that was getting closer and closer, the soldiers of the Bearded Beard lay down on the lower part of the ladder in advance. When the ladder truck approached the wall, the upper part of the ladder fell down with a bang, slamming into the wall, and the iron hook was hooked to the log of the wall.
The violent shaking made the soldiers of the Yongjun army around him stagger, and the ladder soon revealed Xiong Benjun's foot soldiers wearing iron armor, iron helmets, and scimitar shields. The blades of the Yongjun soldiers' spears rubbed a string of sparks on his body, but they could not pierce the armor leaves.
One after another, the bearded and armored foot soldiers climbed the wall, and there were at least twenty people in the black, all of them with burly bodies and hideous faces, like a pack of wild wolves gathered.
A new battle soon ensued, and this time the Bearded Men were fierce, and they fought and rushed regardless of casualties. It is necessary to carve out an area at the top of the wall. The soldiers of the Western Governor's Mansion put up a fierce resistance, but the number of Bearded Men climbing the walls continued to increase.
Yu Sheshi and An saw that Ashina Kuro opened the situation with Xiong Benjun's foot soldiers, and decisively ordered the remaining soldiers to follow up, and invested another five thousand people.
Seeing that the wall had been breached, Wang Rong whispered to Wang Wei in order to prevent the enemy from continuing to climb the wall through flying ladders and ladders. After listening to Wang Rong's words, Wang Mo nodded, and rushed to the wall with his personal guards.
What everyone didn't expect was that instead of spears and sabers, they were holding two clay pots. When they were a few dozen paces away from the ladder truck, they threw the clay pot out. Each of them had an amazing arm strength, and the clay pot flew through the sky and landed precisely on the ladder cart.
The foot soldier of the Xiong Benjun who was climbing on the ladder reflexively raised his shield, but he did not wait for the sound of the clay pot breaking, but a deafening explosion sounded in his ears, and then he looked blankly ahead of him, the shield and the arm holding the shield were gone, and a fire engulfed him in an instant.
Under the wall, a series of explosions rang out, accompanied by one large fireball after another, and iron nails dancing around. The ladder trucks leaning against the wall were blown up and burned, hundreds of people were killed and burned to death, and many more were pierced through the skin by iron nails, causing several or dozens of wounds.
The deafening sound silenced the entire battlefield, and neither side knew what was happening. And Wang Rong yelled: "What are you doing in a daze!" The enemy has no reinforcements, so kill these bearded men on the wall! ”
Wang Rong's roar woke the Yongjun soldiers from a dream, and they quickly raised their swords and spears and rushed towards the isolated and helpless armor-clad foot soldiers.
And the impact of the explosion on the bearded people is immeasurable, a thunderbolt on a sunny day, is this the punishment of Changshengtian for himself? Ashina Kuro closed his eyes helplessly, and the soldiers who threw off their armor and fled for their lives, even if the elite were like bears rushing to the army, their faces were full of panic.
When the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the wall, the battle on the wall was nearing its end. The bearded foot soldier who climbed to the top of the wall was invincible with two fists, not to mention that there were more than four hands. They were stabbed to death and hacked to death, and the iron armor on their bodies was stripped off by the Yongjun soldiers. Wang Rong looked at the people who were panicking and fleeing under the wall, and breathed a sigh of relief, and another day passed.