Chapter 12: Artillery Boom
"Your Highness, it has been announced to the whole city through the loudspeaker."
On the city wall, Liang Liu, the deputy commander, came back from a loudspeaker taller than a person, came to the Nine Emperor Princes, and said very respectfully.
I couldn't help but sneak a glance at the big horn, and watched His Highness worship more and more.
It is still thanks to the wisdom of His Royal Highness, so that the scientific research institute has developed such a loudspeaker, the technical content is not much, but the practicality is very high, originally every time the beast tide hits, even if he tries his best, he can only let half of the people in Baishi City hear, and he needs to order someone to ride a horse to quickly rush to other places to convey orders, and it is easy to delay the fighter.
Since using this loudspeaker, as long as you use a little power to make it louder, you can hear it in the whole city, which is so convenient.
Broadcast speakers?
It's a novelty, and I'm afraid it's a magical thing that makes the sound spread throughout the city.
I thought there was a great master in White Rock City.
Emperor Qianwu and Gao Dali glanced at the things, although it was the first time they had seen them, but since they came to this White Stone City, there were so many new things that they all had some adaptation and understanding.
I was also amazed in my heart, and I didn't know how the head of the scientific research institute in Baishi City was long, and he actually researched so many magical things.
Li Changfeng nodded, stretched his waist, then stood up, picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked into the distance, and saw from a distance that the trees on the mountain ten miles away were shaking, and it was obvious that the evil beast had organized the beast tide again.
"It's really strange, these guys only came once yesterday, and it stands to reason that they won't come back every other day, something is strange."
Li Changfeng was a little puzzled, generally speaking, there would not be a beast tide once a year.
He has been in White Rock City for so many years, although there have been no less than ten beast tides, but on average, there are only two times a year, yesterday was the seventeenth, it stands to reason that the next one is estimated to be half a year later, how can there be an eighteenth beast tide so soon.
Of course, Li Changfeng didn't worry about dealing with these evil beasts at all, but as usual, he put on a special milky white armor and directly said: "Lao Zhang, give the order to prepare immediately, and all artillery pieces will immediately lock the firing range!" ”
"Subordinates listen to orders!"
Commander Zhang obeyed the order and shouted: "Prepare immediately!" ”
On the city wall, heavy cannons were installed with pitch-black cannonballs the size of human heads, and the black barrels emitted a cold glow, pointing out of the city.
The distance of ten miles is not short, but it is not long.
A quarter of an hour later, I saw a very fierce and tall beast rushing out of the mountains and forests, as many as a hundred, the thinnest one the size of a calf, and the largest one even as large as an adult cow, running in groups on the earth, causing the earth to shake slightly.
You can imagine how heavy it is.
Emperor Qianwu and Gao Dali's faces changed: "It's actually a Black Thorn Beast." ”
Emperor Qianwu is naturally no stranger to the Black Thorn Beast, and he fought against it when he led the army in the past, and it is a very difficult and difficult evil beast to deal with.
In the past, when he led the army to exterminate the evil beast, because of this black thorn beast, the army of Daqian could suffer more than 10,000 casualties, which was quite a terrifying number.
Hundreds of black-thorn beasts are coming, and if there is no army to stop them, it is even enough to slaughter a small city.
"I didn't expect it to be the Black Thorn Beast this time."
Li Changfeng frowned, he didn't expect it to be this terrifying evil beast.
There are many kinds of evil beasts in this world, and they are basically different from the animals known on the earth in the previous life, not only most of them are larger than lions, tigers and leopards, but they also eat human flesh and have rough skin and thick meat.
If it weren't for the prevalence of martial arts in this world, coupled with the great wisdom of Emperor Qianwu, while promoting everyone's martial arts to the world, while leading the army to fight with all evil beasts and killing countless evil beasts, today's Daqian would definitely not be so calm, I am afraid that the country would have become a country long ago.
It must be known that when he first crossed over and came to Baishi City, as a prince like Li Changfeng, he was almost eaten by an evil beast.
Don't look at the fact that Baishi City is now built unbreakable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but in the past ten years, many people have been eaten by evil beasts, so Li Changfeng was forced to build such an indestructible giant city in order to live in peace.
At present, what is attacking Baishi City is an evil beast called the Black Thorn Beast, the hair on its body is pitch black and shiny, in addition to being a little similar to the black panther in Li Changfeng's previous life, it is more hideous and stronger, and the huge head has six eyes, and the ears on both sides can also be opened like fans, and the sensitivity is very ten.
And compared to the evil beasts that were bombarded yesterday, the Black Thorn Beast was more flexible.
"Lao Zhang, according to the old method, use the giant ballista first, and the cannonballa is used for backup."
Li Changfeng ordered.
What a waste it would have been to use cannonballs directly in the first place.
Not to mention that it took less than a year to make gunpowder, and as for using it and making it into shells, it was only completed in the last month.
Nowadays, the production capacity of artillery shells is quite low, and the stock in the warehouse is even less high.
The reason why the shells were fired yesterday was also a whim of Li Changfeng, and it was just a matter of letting everyone know how powerful the shells really were.
Who knew that there was another wave of beasts today.
Moreover, the Black Thorn Beast is extremely flexible, and the accuracy of the artillery needs to be improved, so it may not be able to hit, so if it can not be wasted, it will not be wasted first.
On the other hand, the Giant Ballista's Giant Ballista Arrows can be recovered.
"Yes!"
Although Commander Zhang was eager to bombard these evil beasts with cannonballs again like yesterday, he also knew the preciousness of cannonballs and immediately conveyed the order.
Soon, the Black Thorn Beast Swarm rushed to a range of three hundred zhang away from White Rock City, and had already entered the range of the giant ballista improved by the Scientific Research Institute.
However, Li Changfeng was not in a hurry, and let these black thorn beasts approach quickly, and even picked up a skewer of roast chicken wings with golden butter from the charcoal stove next to him, and sprinkled them with spices, and suddenly the aroma of meat came to his nose, which made people appetizing.
I took a light bite, and all of a sudden, my mouth was full of tender meat that was just roasted, and the taste was moderate.
Not to mention Zhang Haihui, even Emperor Qianwu and Gao Dali couldn't help but swallow a handful of saliva quietly.
Please, this is a battlefield, the Black Thorn Beast Herd is coming soon, can you be serious.
can
I really want to take a bite, what should I do?
Li Changfeng finished a roasted chicken wing in three or two bites, picked up a bottle of cold wine bottle from the ice bucket, opened the cork and poured it into the sky, and said very happily: "In the summer, barbecue with beer is the most refreshing." ”
This wine seems to be very fragrant......
Emperor Qianwu likes wine, especially when fighting, and prefers to dry a bowl of spirits before the war before going to the battlefield, and now he smells the thick wheat fragrance emitted by the wine jug, and his eyes are a little glowing.
What kind of wine does this come from?
Why is it so fragrant?
I don't think I've ever tasted this kind of wine.
It's just that when I saw the tall maid come to Li Changfeng and gently wipe the wine and roasted chicken wing oil stains on the corner of his mouth with a silk scarf, he suddenly felt a kind of nervousness in his right hand and wanted to pull out his belt......
Just as Li Changfeng was eating roasted wings and drinking beer, the black thorn beast herd was rapidly approaching.
Two hundred zhang.
One hundred and fifty zhang.
One hundred zhang.
Fifty zhang ......
"It's coming!" Li Changfeng's figure stood up straight suddenly, enjoying the enjoyment, but when he was really fighting, he was never sloppy, his eyes instantly became sharp, and he shouted: "Launch!" ”
Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom
Twenty giant ballistae on the city wall were fired in unison, and twenty giant crossbow arrows the thickness of a human head were fired fiercely.
With a terrible roar, in the blink of an eye, there were seventeen black thorn beasts that were directly shot through and nailed to the ground, except for a few that were not shot, the other black thorn beasts were directly killed on the spot!
Three more black-thorn beasts escaped.
After all, 100% is unrealistic.
But in this wave, nearly one-fifth of the Black Thorn Beasts were killed in the blink of an eye, and the effect was still quite good.
Suddenly, Emperor Qianwu saw seven black thorn beasts the size of adult cows rushing quickly towards the city gate, and immediately changed color: "It's not good, the black thorn beast is about to hit the city gate!" ”
You must know that in addition to the majestic physique of the black thorn beast, its strength is even more amazing, and under a collision, the big tree that one person hugs will be broken alive.
With seven heads together, even the city gate could hardly withstand several impacts.
In the past, there were several cities that were collided with by the Black Thorn Beasts and broke the city gates.
Although the walls of Baishi City were very high, when the two of them came over, they saw that although the city gate was thick, it was only thick planks, and it might not be able to withstand the repeated impact of the Black Thorn Beast.
Commander Zhang pouted and said, "You two don't have to worry. ”
There were a few dull sounds banging, and when Emperor Qianwu and Gao Dali looked down, they saw the seven-headed black thorn beast that had struck the city gate and fell to the ground, its head bleeding, let out a roar, and struggled to get up.
Emperor Qianwu frowned: "Why is this happening?" ”
Commander Zhang said: "The surface of the city gate is made of wooden planks, and the inside is actually a whole two-foot-thick hundred-forged iron plate, and it is impossible for these evil beasts to break their heads and crash through a hole. ”
Emperor Qianwu: "??? ”
Gao Dali: "??? ”
The city gate, which is two zhang high and three zhang wide, is actually used as a large iron plate two feet thick!
It's so extravagant.
Emperor Qianwu wanted to kill this loser, you know, the gates of the capital are just covered with a layer of iron on the surface, and the inside is relatively solid iron and wood.
This kid is good, the entire city gate is basically an iron plate, or a hundred wrought iron plates.
It's really a great master who has to vomit blood when he comes.
Emperor Qianwu hated iron and said angrily: "Such a huge two-foot thick hundred wrought iron actually just made a city gate, it is too wasteful, if it can be made into weapons, it can be made into hundreds of forged high-quality weapons." ”
Think about it, hundreds of thousands of forged weapons are enough to equip a cutting-edge class.
Commander Zhang looked at Li Changfeng with gratitude, and snorted coldly: "What do you know, all this is because His Highness is merciful. His Royal Highness said that Baishi City is located on the edge of the Southern Wilderness, bordering the Southern Barbarians, and there are many miasma in the mountains and forests, it is a place where evil beasts are entrenched, and it is necessary to have a stable enough city gate to better protect the people in the city. ”
Hearing this, Emperor Qianwu knew that he had misunderstood Li Changfeng, and looked at Li Changfeng who was not far away, feeling more and more ashamed.
It turned out that all along, it was he who misunderstood Xiao Jiu.
Come to think of it, he's really derelict as a father.
Hey, why did Lao Zhang look at the prince like this, and the eyes of the two soldiers were the same......
Li Changfeng frowned, a little incomprehensible, but when he saw the Black Thorn Beast that had fallen in front of the city gate, he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.
Li Changfeng, who has always cherished his own life, in a dangerous place like Baishi City, where can he not protect himself, so he specially asked the scientific research institute to make such a large piece of 100-wrought iron plate to make the city gate.
Look, the effect is quite good, the black thorn beast can't even knock out a small hole when it breaks its head.
At this time, the black thorn beast under the city wall saw that it couldn't open the city gate, so it roared and wanted to climb up the city wall, using its claws to get stuck in the gaps or protrusions of the city wall, and actually climbed up little by little.
"Blade out!"
Commander Zhang drank.
At this moment, in the gap below the city wall, dozens of sharp blades one zhang long instantly appeared, flashing with cold light, and stabbed at the Black Thorn Beast.
Seven or eight black thorn beasts couldn't dodge, and were directly pierced by the blades.
However, for the entire Black Thorn Beast Group, it is not worth mentioning.
On the contrary, these black-thorn beasts actually used their equally sharp claws to step on the blade, and used the blade to quickly climb up the wall.
Emperor Qianwu hurriedly said: "The Black Thorn Beast has a very strong climbing ability, even the steep cliffs can climb up, and the blades embedded under the city walls will not hurt them, on the contrary, they will become their climbing objects, quickly withdraw the blades, and prevent them from coming up." ”
Commander Zhang led the old god to say in the tunnel: "Don't worry, Your Highness is so smart and prepared, it is impossible for them to climb up." ”
Without waiting for Emperor Qianwu and the others to continue to ask, they soon saw that more than a dozen black thorn beasts that had climbed to a height of six or seven zhang suddenly slipped and fell straight down from the city wall.
With a few pops, the black thorn beast that slipped down directly hit the sharp blade on the city wall, and was directly cut in two sections on the spot, and blood was spilled on the spot.
What's going on?
It stands to reason that even if the Black Thorn Beast climbs the cliff, it will not have such a sudden slip, let alone a dozen Black Thorn Beasts appear at the same time.
Emperor Qianwu and the others saw at this time that there was a thick layer of oil on the city wall seven or eight feet high, and they suddenly realized.
It turns out that after applying oil to the city wall, it can keep the surface of the city wall in a slippery state for a long time, and it is just six or seven feet high, at this time, the evil beast is slipped, and it must be easy to fall, and then accidentally hit the blade that emerges from the city wall below.
It's no wonder that seemingly useless blades pop up on the city walls, and that's how it ends.
The two sighed that the Nine Emperors were really smart enough, and they killed nearly one-third of the Black Thorn Beasts without losing a single soldier.
Moreover, the Black Thorn Beast was helpless against White Rock City.
One after another, more than 20 Black Thorn Beasts fell down, most of them were cut in half by their blades, and they were killed on the spot.
After seemingly understanding that there was nothing to be done about White Rock City, at the back of the black thorn beast herd, a black thorn beast as thick as a rhinoceros, standing under the city wall, roared very unwillingly, which was calling for the other black thorn beasts to leave.
Although the Black Thorn Beast is an evil beast, it also has a certain amount of wisdom, and it retreats when it knows it can't be done.
With the unwilling roar of the Black Thorn Beast, they immediately turned around and left one after another.
Although the soldiers fired a wave of arrows and ballistas in pursuit, the black thorns were completely dispersed, and due to their nimble size, they did not cause many casualties.
Emperor Qianwu and Gao Dali were shocked and sighed when they saw it, and the defense of the Secret Dao White Stone City was really powerful, and they easily resisted the invasion of a wave of Black Thorn Beast Tide and successfully survived the crisis.
Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Li Changfeng on the side suddenly snort coldly: "It's all here, and you still want to run?" Lao Zhang, artillery preparation! ”
Hearing this order, Commander Zhang immediately became excited: "Yes, all artillery is ready immediately, aiming at the Black Thorn Beast!" ”
"Launch!"
Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom
The next moment, a loud sound like a thunderbolt on a sunny day roared on the city wall one after another.
Under the shocked gaze of Emperor Qianwu and Gao Dali, the iron lump seen in the scientific research institute let out an earth-shattering roar the next moment, and then the blood-colored plain exploded in an instant.