I’m The King Chapter 1367: : Han flag world (fifty-seven) confrontation
Yin Cuo stood in front of Tan Feng with a face full of shame, "General, the last general is incompetent."
Tan Feng squinted his eyes and looked at Wulong County City in the distance, ignoring Yin Cuo, and allowed this general under his command to stand in front of him with a full head of a man. The subordinates who can't complete the tasks have always had a bad face. His style of work has also created vigorous subordinates. Once the task is issued, they must do everything well, because the general doesn't care about the process, only the result. Now in Tai'an, Sima Yan has already achieved his goal, but here he has messed up.
"How about our casualties?" Tan Feng asked after finally withdrawing his gaze.
Tan Feng finally opened his mouth, which made Yin Cuo feel as if he had received an amnesty, and hurriedly said: "Back to the general, we have lost more than a thousand (pig) (pig) (island) novel www.zhu.om, and seven of them died in battle." More than 400 people, more than 800 people were injured."
"What about the other party?"
"According to the estimates of the general, the casualties will not be lower than ours. After all, they are some local guards, and their combat experience is not as good as ours. Although there are strong cities, the casualties are not small. The most hateful is that Zou Peng, This person has rich combat experience and is not an easy character to deal with." Yin wrongly said.
"It's impossible for us to choose an opponent, but no matter who it is, it can't be the reason why you can't win Wulong." Tan Feng said coldly.
"Yes, the last general is incompetent." Yin Cuo lowered his head.
Looking at his own general, Tan Feng knew in his heart that he could only stop there. He, Sima Yan, and Gongsun Zhi were all staunch supporters of him, and they couldn't be hurt too much by a small setback. the other party's heart.
"They have a lot of gunpowder weapons?"
"It's not clear yet. They only use gunpowder weapons when we are about to attack the city, mainly ceramic grenades and explosive packs. Our siege vehicles cannot be relied on at all. It will be blown up when it is close to the city wall. It can't get close to the city wall, and it can't climb the city to fight, so it froze." Yin Cuo was a little helpless.
"They have gunpowder weapons. Don't we?" Tan Feng sneered.
Yin wrongly opened his mouth, they did have gunpowder weapons, but soldiers needed to throw grenades, but how could they throw them under the city. Now they can only rely on bed crossbows, trebuchets and other weapons to attack. Compared with the opponent who can easily use gunpowder weapons, this threat is not a concern at all.
"Push the trebuchet forward one hundred meters." Tan Feng said: "Your subordinates, prepare to fight on the city."
"Understood." Yin Cuo said loudly.
A dozen huge trebuchets were slowly pushed to the front of the formation, and Tan Feng's personal soldiers quickly took over these trebuchets. Yin Cuo was taken aback by the things that the soldiers of the Chinese army brought over. They were tightly bound small packages. Yin Cuo naturally knew that they were explosives.
Several soldiers gathered together to discuss in a low voice, and then began to adjust the throwing arms of the trebuchets. After tinkering for a while, an explosive bag was put on the trebuchet. Yin Cuo noticed that the explosive bag was on. There are also some small stones tied, and at the end of the explosive package, a long fuse hangs from the throwing arm to the ground.
"Get ready." A soldier squatted on the ground, holding two flints in his hand. Several other soldiers stood on the side of the trebuchet.
"Ignite, launch!"
Kaka sound, flints collide, and sparks burst out. The fuse was lit, and there was the sound of the fuse burning, and a soldier on the side of the trebuchet flipped the switch. The throwing arm of the trebuchet made a whirring sound and was raised high. The explosive package placed at the front immediately flew into the air, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, and flew towards the direction of Wulong County City.
Yin Cuo's eyes followed the trajectory of the explosive package, and he suddenly realized that such a simple idea, how could he not think of it? No, it's not unexpected, but there are too few gunpowder weapons in my army, and I always want to use them in the most critical moment, and don't want to waste them easily. Now the technology of gunpowder manufacturing is no longer a secret, but to Yingchuan Bing, it is still a luxury weapon. The annual output is not much, and in terms of quality, it cannot be compared with Qin and Chu. Not to mention the Han army, the Han army has always been far ahead of everyone in terms of ordnance.
"It's a pity!" Seeing that the explosive package fell powerlessly when it was more than ten meters away from the city wall, and hit the ground with a bang. Smoke rises.
"Add some more range, and the fuse should be shorter. The best thing is to let them explode in the air. Like this, the enemy has enough time to extinguish the fuse. Then we are not attacking them, but It’s time to send them weapons.” A soldier officer said repeatedly, and several soldiers got busy again, and began to adjust the mechanism on the catapult to make his shooting range a little longer.
At the head of Wulong City, Zou Peng's face finally changed. The enemy finally thought of using this move. He originally thought that the opponent would soon use the trebuchet to throw explosives to attack the city wall. If Yin Cuo on the opposite side used it a few days earlier Otherwise, the soldiers on the city would have collapsed a long time ago. They are not well-trained soldiers who have withstood the test of blood and fire, but just some local guards. When weapons like dynamite exploded above the top of the city, the scene of flying flesh and blood, and the deafening noise would quickly exhaust the morale in the city.
"How many dynamite packs do we have left?" he asked echoing.
"General Zou, there are not many more. We only used a total of more than one hundred catties of explosives. These days, we have to use some every day. This is the last stock." An officer replied loudly.
"Use the trebuchet to throw the ignited explosive package, the target is the enemy's trebuchet, immediately, quickly, quickly!" Zou Peng roared.
"Got it."
Under the city, another explosive package was raised high. This time, he landed on the city wall without hesitation. With the loud explosion, Yin Cuo clearly saw that a battlement mixed with several There were only severed limbs and several torsos, and they flew up high, faster than the rising smoke.
"Beautiful!" he yelled, "Boom them, Boom them!"
He yelled excitedly, "General, I'm going to prepare to attack the city right away. After doing this a few times, the morale of the custody of the city has dropped to a low point."
"You go, today, I'm going to have dinner in Wulong City." Tan Feng waved his hand.
More than a dozen trebuchets were all equipped with this kind of explosive package. Following an order, more than a dozen special ammunition flew into the sky and flew towards Wulong City. Almost at the same time, several similar explosives flew out from the city wall. Everyone above and below the city looked up at the explosives flying in the air. Beautiful, but deadly.
There were less than 20 explosive packages flying in the air, and the attack area was very limited. Most of the soldiers were staring at the attacking positions of the explosive packages. But the place where the explosive package was about to fall was in a panic, and the soldiers below were yelling and running around desperately, trying to leave this place that would definitely turn into **** immediately.
The sound of loud bangs sounded one after another, above and below the city, the attacked location was instantly shrouded in thick smoke. The noisy battlefield fell silent instantly, and everyone's eyes focused on the bombed place.
With the wind blowing, the gunpowder smoke gradually dissipated, looking at the place where the explosion just happened. Everyone gasped. Under the city, the location of the trebuchet was completely different from before. Most of the dozen or so trebuchets have been turned into pieces of broken wood all over the place. On the scattered wood, there are still stains of blood, and a round head is bouncing on the ground. Rolling, and finally stopped in the eyes of everyone, a pair of wide-eyed eyes. Seems to be still staring at everyone. A soldier closest to the trebuchet numbly pulled a severed hand from his shoulder. It was blown up and landed on his shoulder. He threw the severed hand on the ground. Bending down suddenly, retching.
In the distance, the expression on Tan Feng's face did not change the slightest after witnessing all this, "Come up with the catapult and blow it up."
On the city, a small part of the battlement of the city wall has disappeared, and there is no living thing in the center hit by the explosive package. A little farther away, many affected soldiers are lying on the ground in pain* * Some of them were injured by the porcelain pieces wrapped in the explosives, and their bodies were dripping with blood, while others were killed by the shock wave, with no visible scars on the outside, but blood was constantly gushing from their mouths and noses.
Looking at all this, Zou Peng sighed, and roared in a low voice: "Keep firing, keep bombing their catapults."
After giving this order, Zou Peng glanced at the deserted soldiers above the city, shook his head, turned around and walked down the city. In Wulong City, there were only some guards. In the battle of defending the city for a long time, he actually has many methods to choose from, such as going out of the city to counterattack. But it is impossible for these soldiers under his command to go out of the city to fight the enemy in the field, that is to die. Defending the city without a counterattack, such a defense of the city will eventually be unstoppable.
"Master Gongsun, retreat!" Zou Peng looked at Gongsun Kang and said dejectedly, "I can't hold it any longer. If my predictions are correct, the city will be broken today. Once the opponent is allowed to climb the wall, our soldiers will be killed in front of them." In hand-to-hand combat, neither skill nor courage is a match for the enemy."
"General Zou, haven't you been guarding very tightly?" Gongsun Kang asked in shock.
"The enemy has used gunpowder weapons. The only gunpowder weapon we can counteract has been used too much a few days ago. The little we have in stock is not enough to fight the enemy. It may take less than an hour for the enemy to kill us." Come to the top of the city, let's go, if you don't go, it will be too late." Zou Peng said.
Gongsun Kang stood up in a panic~IndoMTL.com~I will go to pack up immediately, and ask the general to protect me and retreat together. "
"You don't need to clean up anything. Let's go right away. When General Lu is successful, what do you want? Those things outside of the body, what do you need to clean up? It's true to save your life." Zou Peng stepped forward and pulled Gongsun up. Kang ran out in a panic.
Zou Peng's estimate was not wrong. After he and Gongsun Kang left Wulong City, waves of attacks under the city finally broke down the defense on the city wall. Influx.
A smile finally appeared on Tan Feng's face, and Wu Long finally won. His strategic goal has been fully achieved so far. Enter the city, have a good meal, and then sleep well. As for the resistance in the city, Tan Feng doesn't think there is anything to worry about.
Just as they were about to get on their horses and enter the city, there was the sound of horseshoes behind them. Several knights came flying. Well, Yingchuan County is lost, General Gongsun Zhi died in battle, and the Han army has occupied Yingchuan County."
The smile on Tan Feng's face froze instantly, and he could hardly believe his ears. (To be continued.)