As soon as a hundred people left, hundreds of projectiles burst out and smashed into the location of the artillery, and all of a sudden, whether broken or intact, were overturned.

Fortunately, a hundred people retreated quickly, otherwise the situation they faced can be imagined.

And even so, more than a dozen people who retreated slowly were smashed and seriously injured on the spot.

"Come on in!"

When the soldiers on the walls saw their retreat, they immediately opened the gates and welcomed them in.

On the city wall, Sun Li looked at the dense artillery, and his whole heart sank. He had just seen the power of artillery and knew the horror of artillery.

Visually, the range of this cannon should be more than 100 zhang, and within this range, a single shot can punch a deep hole in a tree, and if it hits the city wall, you can imagine what the consequences will be.

The thieves were moving their artillery and coming slowly, getting closer and closer.

After the thieves passed through the dense forest, they appeared in an open field, which was an open space outside the city wall, and it was one hundred and seventy zhang away from the city wall.

Sun Like clearly saw the artillery and strength of the thief army.

With 800 artillery pieces and 8,000 troops, it can be said that they have done their best and have the determination to win.

They lined up in a long column of cannons, which were pushed by the soldiers, followed by those who carried the boxes, and some of them carried something like bamboo poles.

He knew it was called a firebolt.

"They can't be allowed to get any closer to the walls."

Sun Li was anxious.

At present, there is a great shortage of weapons to deal with the bandits, and the only useful ones are anti-aircraft guns, but the gunners have not yet arrived from the northern city.

The situation is very unoptimistic, and it is extremely passive, which is to watch the rhythm of the city breaking.

"What should I do?"

Just when he was anxious, he saw a group of people coming quickly, it was the artillery sent to Beicheng before.

He was overjoyed and hurriedly shouted, "Quick, the situation is urgent, prepare for the battle immediately." ”

The group was made up of artillerymen led by ten centurions, and they rushed back.

Sun Li hurriedly called ten centurions.

"What about the range of the anti-aircraft guns?" This is a question that must be known at the moment, and if the anti-aircraft guns do not have a long range, it will not do much.

One of them came out and said, his face solemn and eager.

"The general said there was no problem within two miles."

"Two miles?" Great distance! At this moment, the thieves are in this range, and the anti-aircraft guns are enough to threaten them.

Sun Li was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said, "Quick, launch immediately, and block them from approaching the city wall." ”

At this moment, it may be that the artillery of the thief army is relatively heavy, and the speed of movement is very slow, and there is still a distance of more than a mile from the city wall, which is the distance that can hit them.

"No!"

The centurions agreed in unison, but the next moment they frowned.

"Are there any restrictions?" Sun Li could see their faces.

The centurion stood up again and said, "Yes, the shells are limited, although we have anti-aircraft guns, but each person can only fire once." ”

Sun Li frowned.

One person can only fire once, only 1,000 artillery pieces, and only 1,000 rounds can be fired, which is not a big advantage for a thief army with 800 artillery.

From what he saw, each gun could be fired several times, adding up to thousands of rounds, which was quite embarrassing.

"That's it, stop them a hundred and fifty zhang away first, and if we can delay until the general's assault, we will succeed."

At that time, he saw the general leading the elite to quietly go from the side, he must have a plan, the general has not appeared at this moment, it must not be the time yet, he wants to fight for the general this opportunity.

"Go quickly, you don't have to fire them all, scatter them all over the city wall, fire a hundred rounds at a time, and delay as much time as possible."

A thousand artillerymen, led by the centurion, immediately went to the city walls to prepare.

The artillerymen were very rusty with anti-aircraft guns, but this thing was relatively simple to operate, and it took ten breaths to figure it out.

"Launch!" With the shouts of one of the centurions, a hundred shells flew out of the chamber.

Looking at the cannonballs speeding in the air, Sun Li was pleasantly surprised, what the secret general brought was terrifying, worthy of being a person with a big killing weapon.

In fact, this is also a big killer, which can be seen by looking at the power of the cannonballs in the distance.

Rumble!

The cannonballs exploded at the front of the thief army, and round after round of smoke and dust rose miserably, but this was only a hundred places that happened, and the long line of artillery of the thief army stretched for two miles, and it was impossible to take care of everything.

Perhaps the gunners were not yet proficient in operation, and they did not hit the main point, so they could not pose much of a threat to the thief army, and dozens of artillery pieces were destroyed by visual inspection, and it is impossible to see how much the soldiers destroyed.

But this action immediately stopped the thief army, and their march immediately stopped, and there were signs of retreat.

It's good to retreat, and if you retreat, you can delay a little longer, which is beneficial to them.

Sun Li looked overjoyed, raised his big hand, and motioned to the gunners to suspend firing.

It is not realistic to completely annihilate the thief army with a thousand shells, what needs to be done now is to stop them from advancing, since they have retreated, there is no need to waste shells.

At this moment, one hundred and sixty zhang under the city, Wu Guang and Zhao Ke were shocked when they saw the terrifying explosion, and they were all at a loss for what to do, and the retreat was ordered by Wu Guang.

But he only took five steps back and stopped, because the Qin army did not launch the terrifying object again.

"Brother Wu, what is this, it is so terrifying."

Zhao Ke was behind the artillery, and he could really feel the horror of this black thing, and his whole heart was worried, and he asked Wu Guang.

Wu Guang had never seen this thing before, so he couldn't answer Zhao Ke.

After a few breaths, recall.

In fact, he was also present when Huiji Mountain and the sand dunes encircled and suppressed Yingzheng, but the weapons used by the Qin army at that time were weapons that made a 'da-da' sound, and then they threw something that could be exploded, but that thing was not so powerful and the throwing distance was not so far.

Also, at that time, Yingzheng sent out even more terrifying things, but there was only one thing, but judging from the number of things seen at the moment, there were hundreds of them, and the power was not as powerful as that thing.

The Qin army has more terrifying things, this is Wu Guang's first thought.

This made him depressed.

"I've never heard of this black flying thing, and it must be another big killer weapon of Li Zhao."

"I have heard that Li Zhao's big killer weapon is terrifying, but there are very few of them, maybe they will be gone after they are launched, we don't have to be afraid, continue to move forward, and take Xianyang as soon as possible."

Wu Guang analyzed.

Zhao Ke listened to Wu Guang, after all, Wu Guang was the person who participated in the attack on Huiji Mountain and the sand dunes, and he knew the situation of the Qin army.

"Okay, let's go all out and take Xianyang."

The two hit it off and shook each other fiercely with one hand.

"The Qin army's explosive stuff has been used up, don't be afraid, continue to attack."

Wu Guang raised the marching flag to cheer everyone up, so the army continued to move, but this time it appeared to be cautious.

They found a feature in the shot just now, this projectile will hit the ground and explode, as long as it is not within the explosion range, and immediately lean down to avoid damage.

This is the consensus of many people, so some people are emboldened.

Five steps, ten steps, the speed of the thief army was noticeably faster.

Sun Lizhi's brows furrowed, he originally thought that the thief army would be slow for a few quarters of an hour even if it attacked, but he didn't know that it was only a quarter of an hour before it began to march.

He underestimated the adaptation of the thief army to the horror of the shells.

But so what, he still has nine hundred shells, enough for the thief army to eat a pot.

"Two hundred shells, fired together."

Sun Li raised the starting flag and threw it down fiercely.

With the order, the two hundred gunners learned from the experience of the last fire, and the firing accuracy was also better controlled, and in an instant, two hundred black things smashed forward.

Coming right above the thief army, it smashed down, followed by a terrifying explosion, with a chaotic scream.

Sun Li looked at it and curled his mouth.

This time the threat to the thieves was great enough, destroying hundreds of people, blowing up almost a hundred artillery pieces, detonating the boxes they were carrying, and inflicting even more casualties.

This frightened Wu Guang and Zhao Ke, and the two immediately ordered the army to retreat twenty steps, looking at the air in horror, for fear that something black would fall down.

"How can there be such a horrible thing, how many of them are there?" Zhao Ke hesitated.

It is suspected that if this continues, his artillery will be wiped out.

In just two rounds, more than 100 artillery pieces have been destroyed, and hundreds of troops have been lost.

He dared to assure that if the artillery and soldiers were not lined up, I am afraid that the casualties would be even worse.

Wu Guang also hesitated, frightened in his heart.

At the moment of the explosion, he personally felt what death is and what is roaring, if it were not for the soldiers to knock him down in time, I am afraid that he will be the one who died in battle.

I patted my chest, and my heart palpitated.

"Such a thing is so terrifying, I'm afraid that before we get to the city, the whole army will be wiped out, or we will retreat first, and then think about it in the long run." Wu Guang proposed to Zhao Ke.

Zhao Ke denied it, "I don't think so, our artillery has been exposed at this moment, if they retreat, they will be prepared, and it will be more difficult to take Xianyang at that time." ”

"I saw that black thing being launched when we were still a hundred and fifty feet away from the city, and I guess this thing's range was here."

"So be it! Let's attack in four rounds, two hundred guns each, and I don't believe they have a steady stream of projectiles. ”

Zhao Ke clenched his fists and said fiercely.

Wu Guang nodded, he also thought it was feasible.

As for how many black things there are, he doesn't think there are many, and if there are a lot of them, they will be fired not little by little, but all at once.

If there are a lot of them, even retreating won't help.

"Okay, that's it, first two hundred guns will be separated, and when we reach the four hundred paces, we will fire the artillery immediately."

The two clapped their hands again, and let the commander lead the two hundred guns forward.

Ten steps, twenty steps, and two hundred artillery pieces were constantly marching, which made Sun Li's face on the city wall extremely ugly.

There were only 700 shells left, and if it was planned before, each attack would have lost 100 rounds, and judging from the situation just now, it seems that the thief army already has a defensive strategy, and 100 rounds will not cause much casualties to them.

"How long is it until the time set by the general?" Sun Li frowned and asked the soldiers who came to deliver the message before.

At that time, the soldiers told him that as long as he held on for an hour, it seemed that a long time had passed, and he did not know if the time had come, and if the time came, he would not have so many worries, as long as he bombarded hard.

There is no need to be so aggrieved, it is like little by little, and it will not cause much harm to the thief army.

"Less than two quarters of an hour."

Two quarters of an hour is thirty minutes.

Sun Li frowned, judging from the current situation of the thief army, they were going to adopt a quick battle strategy, and he didn't know if he could hold on for so long.

But no matter what, he had to persevere, even if he risked his life.

"Blow it up for me, blow it up hard."

"Two hundred shells to blow up two hundred vanguard artillery, three hundred to blow up the army behind."

The thieves obviously wanted to use wheel warfare to consume the shells, but he didn't let them succeed.

"Launch!" Sun Li raised the starting flag high and threw it down fiercely, and suddenly, the sound of a thin rope came, this is the gunners adjusting the firing distance, and in less than five breaths, five hundred shells shot out fiercely, shooting towards the thief army at two heights.

Wu Guang and Zhao Ke looked at the double number of black dots in the air, their hearts beating with a puff, but they sneered.

The more the Qin army fired, the greater the consumption, and he did not expect to break through the city wall with the two hundred artillery pieces sent at this moment, but to consume the projectiles of the Qin army and prepare for the rear army to attack the city.

"I have to say that they were in a hurry, and they fired so many projectiles with only two hundred guns."

Zhao Ke smiled very strongly.

Wu Guang also smiled slightly, his eyes looked at the black thing flying in the air and was aiming at the two hundred artillery pieces and hundreds of soldiers, there was no trace of guilt in his heart, and he didn't seem to care at all about their upcoming death.

The black thing began to fall, and the target was exactly two hundred guns below.

However, this is not the case.

Zhao Ke's eyes were very sharp, and he saw some of the black dots at a glance that were a little strange, they did not smash down, but continued to gallop, as if the direction was towards them.

"Oh no, it seems that there is still a part of it coming towards us."

"What?" Wu Guang was taken aback, and his face changed in shock.

Zhao Ke shouted, "Hurry up and get down, get down." ”

After two rounds of bombardment, he also learned to dodge projectiles.

Thundered!

The first wave of explosions was the location of 200 artillery pieces, and the cannons were flying.

Rumble!

The explosion that lasted longer, the second wave of explosions, exploded in the back, filling the smoke with screams and mourning.

It lasted for ten breaths, and then the boom dispersed, and the wilderness was silent, and everywhere was miserable.

Here, it seems to have fallen silent, there is no madness of shouting and killing, and there is no passion for attacking, only the heart of apprehension and fear.

On the high wall, Sun Li looked at all this with satisfaction, and showed a chuckle.

Five hundred shells were consumed at once, but the effect achieved was noticeable.

Perhaps the thief army behind was not much defense, and the moment the 300 shells fell, many people were at a loss and waited for death to come, so there were so many casualties.

And the hundreds of armies in front of them were all wiped out, and most of the artillery was destroyed, for this, in Sun Li's expectation, after all, it was two hundred shells.

According to preliminary estimates, 2,000 thieves were annihilated and 300 artillery pieces were destroyed.

It's a good result, but it also consumes most of the shells, and there are only two hundred left.

Sun Li, who had just smiled just now, frowned again.

(End of chapter)