Turbulent Times Chapter 1522: Li Shimin’s Unknown Prophet

"I heard that it is a gunpowder weapon bought at a high price from the territory of the Far Eastern Army!" The shouts of killing around were getting louder and louder, and the two of them had to get very close. But in doing so, it is extremely easy to be targeted by the strong crossbows under the city.

Sure enough, as soon as he turned his body sideways, a seven-foot-long iron feather crossbow bolt whizzed in against the pillar of the tower, brushed the ears of the two of them and flew past, hardening Yin Shishi's right cheek. A **** **** was wiped out.

"Protect the general! Protect the general!" General Yiwei and Yin Shishi's personal soldiers rushed forward, throwing the general directly behind the parapet. Immediately afterwards, three iron feather crossbows whizzed towards them, shooting through the two soldiers who had no time to escape, and nailing them to the center of the tower with their body heat.

"Crack!" Sparks flew everywhere, and brick dust flew around. The soldier who was shot with a transparent hole in his stomach screamed and tried to cover the hole with his fingers, but he watched his own blood spurt out like a fountain, staining the carved beams on the city tower full of auspicious patterns.

The carved beams and painted buildings instantly became clear in the eyes of the dying, and then gradually blurred, and finally, hidden in the boundless darkness, turned into a low Sanskrit singing.

"Raise the shield, go to the crenel, hold the shield and go to the crenel!" The captain pushed away the guards pressing on him and shouted frantically. The few feathered arrows just now were definitely not random shots without a target. The ability to shoot such accurate and rapid serial attacks shows that the enemy's crossbow has advanced at least within fifty steps.

Yin Shishi, on the other hand, was already shaken by the word "gunpowder weapon".

"Who can buy the poisonous king's gunpowder weapon at a high price, you sons of bitches..." Yin Shishi's face changed, if he had only guessed that those **** were from the Far East Army before, So now it is certain that these **** are members of the Far East Army.

However, when he heard that gunpowder weapons had entered Chang'an City, Yin Shishi breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had never seen the power of gunpowder weapons in the Far Eastern Army, he had heard about them for a long time.

With these gunpowder weapons, Chang'an City may be able to defend. If he can persist until the end, he will vote for King Qin'an. To be able to get a good position in the Far East Army Group is.

"General, don't worry, General Mao and the others will send some gunpowder weapons here later." While the captain was busy directing the defense of this section of the city wall, he did not forget to say a word of reassurance to Master Yin.

"I see, let's defend the city!" Yin Shishi took a deep look at the captain who had always been regarded as his confidant, nodded, and didn't say much.

At this time, this was the last round of crossbow arrow suppression by the Li family army outside the city, and then the Li family army was about to ascend the city.

Master Yin knew that without gunpowder weapons, he would definitely not be able to defend Chang'an City.

At this time, he had hope again in his heart, and after feeling a lot of emotion in his heart, he roared loudly, and rushed all the soldiers who were hiding in the tower to avoid arrows to the city wall, and waited for the gunpowder weapons to arrive.

On the city wall, most of the archers who hid behind the crenels and shot at the enemy had long been killed. The rest of the people were suppressed by the feather arrows below the city, and they could not raise their heads after bending over the battlements.

Before the supporters in the tower got close, the shields were shot with feathered arrows.

Several weaker soldiers were pushed straight inward by the pressure on the shields. If they were not blocked by the bodies of the robes, they would have almost fallen off the wall.

"Stand up the shield wall, erect the shield wall, help the archers up, help the archers up!" Yin Shishi's voice sounded behind everyone, as indifferent as ice.

Under the persecution of junior officers, the soldiers had to squat behind the battlements, straighten their shields, and use their bodies to resist them.

Several lieutenants ran stooped behind the shield wall, kicking up the surviving archers, forcing them to fight back. The smoke under the city wall was so thick that it was impossible to see where the enemy was. But as long as the archers shoot at the place where the human voice is the most noisy, they will definitely gain something.

The situation is just as Yin Shishi judged, the rebels are already very close to the city wall. Within a distance of less than fifty steps, the trajectory of the crossbow arrows was almost a straight line. In this case, the strength of the arrow increased sharply, but the chance of causing damage to the person behind the shield was greatly reduced.

The soldiers of the Sui army, who were breathing heavily, lifted up their spirits and lifted large chunks of stones to the edge of the city wall.

The enemy is right under their noses, they can't see it, but they can feel the sound of breathing getting closer. Finally, several thick wooden stakes appeared in front of the defenders. It was the top of the ladder, and it still had traces of smoke and fire.

"Smash!" Yes

People yell. Subsequently, hundreds of stones fell down the ladder. The scream was almost followed by the sound of the stone hitting the target, which was so shrill that it was unbearable to hear it suddenly.

It was another round of feather arrows, and countless powerful soldiers of the Sui Dynasty who were holding stones fell down.

It was another round of counterattack, and the besiegers climbing on the ladder fell like ants.

Life is as humble as an ant.

"Ah——!"

"Your eight-life ancestor!"

Mixed with the hoarse screams, there was a lot of cursing. There is the short and fast Hedong tune, and there is also the deep and soft Guanzhong tune. The two places were already very close to each other, and the soldiers on the offensive and defensive sides looked almost the same.

Same black hair, black eyes, yellow skin.

Maybe they have the same last name, maybe they are distant relatives.

However, at this time today, the people from the east of the city and the people from Guanzhong must live and die.

They are strangers to each other and have no hatred.

Yin Shishi didn't pay attention to this at all, he stared at a group of soldiers carrying several boxes to the top of the city.

Before anyone came to report, he took a deep breath and ran over excitedly.

"General, this is a gunpowder weapon sent by General Mao." An officer clasped his fists and reported to Master Yin.

"Open!" Yin Shishi glanced at the officer and snorted coldly.

"Subordinates obey."

The officer accepted the order with folded fists and waved for someone to open one of the boxes.

Master Yin looked at the mysterious weapon in the box, which was similar in shape and size to a fist held by an adult, and his breathing became a little rapid involuntarily, and he asked tremblingly, "What's the name of this gunpowder weapon?"

"Report to General Yin, call the grenade." The officer hurriedly reported.

"How to use it, will it be difficult for our soldiers to operate?" Yin Shishi asked.

"Don't worry, General Yin, the 20 people brought by the humble officer will be used by all. Scatter them over the city and let the soldiers protect them. They can use the three boxes of grenades." The officer replied loudly.

Master Yin took a complicated look at the group of soldiers escorting the grenade, nodded, and ordered: "Let them stand guard at the top of the city at an interval of 30 steps, and someone will be arranged to protect them. "

The officer breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately led someone to carry the grenade to make arrangements.

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Under the crimson and white battle flag, Li Anyuan, Li Yuan's general in the north, led five thousand soldiers to attack the east wall of Chang'an City frantically.

About half of the soldiers fell on the way forward, and the dark red blood stained the ground with **** mud, causing the brothers who came up behind to slip.

But Li Anyuan didn't let the team stop to rest. He knew the importance of Chang'an City to the Li Yuan Group. Whoever invaded the city first, even if there is no great military exploit in the battle for the world later, has already secured the position of the founding hero .

Li Anyuan ordered the attackers to disperse into an attack array of hundreds of people. The brothers walking in front held their large shields high, blocking the arrows flying behind the thick smoke from the formation. The shieldmen were followed by the archers. They bent their bows as they walked, and fired salvos under the order of the captain.

A distance of more than ten steps away from the archers is a towering siege ladder. The soldiers pushing the ladder tried to get as close as possible to the carriage where the ladder was placed, so as not to become the target of the opponent's sharpshooter.

It's just that although they were cautious, some people were shot and killed by Liu Ya on the way. The blood of the dead smeared on the edge of the white stubble, so red that it hurts the eyes.

Behind dozens of ladders, there are five colossal vehicles made of giant wood, tendons, iron nails, and ropes.

It was a craftsman that Li Shimin spent a lot of money digging from the territory of Fanyang County of the Far East Army, and spent a lot of money to build a siege weapon that could launch more than two hundred catties of stones one hundred and fifty steps away.

When attacking other cities these days, this thing has caused the defenders to suffer a lot. It only took about half a day for the civil structure of the city tower to collapse. When the body of the guard was found under the girder, the soldiers on the city immediately dispersed.

The first wave of tentative attacks failed after two hours. General Yin Shishi, Zuo Yiwei, who defended the city wall on the east side of Chang'an, had rich battlefield experience. Before using grenades, he used stones and boiling water to deal a great blow to the morale of the attackers, causing many brothers to retreat and tremble while looking at the city wall.

However, this is also the main general of the offensive and defensive sides

The experience is well within the expectations of the generals.

"Shields, form your formation on the spot!" Li Anyuan ordered loudly after the soldiers in front advanced within 50 steps from the city wall. The guards around him immediately blew their horns, conveying the leader's orders to the ears of every soldier.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" Li Jiajun announced the start of the second round of attack with a mournful rhythm. The shieldman quickly poked the huge wooden shield into the soil under his feet, then squatted down, and hooked his arms around the handle behind the shield. Simple fences were built on the battlefield in an instant. Behind the fences, the archers raised their bows at the same time.

"Archer, shoot three rounds!" Li Anyuan's order came as the sound of horns. The archers who heard the order quickly let go of their bowstrings.

Feathered arrows are like locusts, breaking through the thick smoke, and smashing towards the top of the city with the sound of wind. Most of them were blocked by the opponent's shield wall, and a small part got through the gap of the shield and killed the enemy behind. There were also some who fell halfway and smashed on the surface of the city wall, smashing the blood ice that had just frozen, revealing the original appearance of the city bricks.

"Ballista, attack the top of the city, fire!"

According to the sound of the horn of death, the crossbows in the archers' team also began to show their power, whizzing across the space of dozens of steps, smashing the shields, and smashing the defenders' formation into pieces.

The second round of feather arrows caught up in time to make up for the gap caused by the strong crossbow. There were endless screams on the city wall, and the shouts under the city wall were loud. Without any emotion, Li Anyuan pulled out a yellow corner flag and waved it back and forth.

Li Shimin's sharp weapon made by craftsmen secretly dug up from Fanyang County of the Far East Army began to show its power. The huge stone projectile flew up with a "thump" and disappeared. After a few breaths, there was a dull loud noise from the top of the city, followed by a series of desperate wailings.

"Let it go!" Aim at the enemy building! Li Anyuan ordered again. Another stone projectile rose into the air, pierced through the smoke, and hit the looming tower. This projectile had a slightly longer range, and it flew over the roof of the enemy building, bringing up a piece of broken bricks and tiles.

The third stone bomb quickly adjusted its trajectory and smashed into the center of the enemy building squarely. The wooden guardrail and a small section of the low wall collapsed together, and the entire watchtower was crumbling.

The defenders quickly launched a counterattack, and dozens of bed crossbows fired at the place where the stone bullets jumped up.

But this siege weapon is covered with iron sheets, which is very strong, even if it is hit by a bed crossbow, it is useless.

"Then what... use a gunpowder weapon and a grenade!" Yin Shishi roared loudly.

The officer who reported and introduced the grenade to Master Yin had already responded before the order from Master Yin arrived.

I saw him roaring, exerting all his strength, and swung his right arm violently. A grenade in his hand crossed a parabola, and landed precisely on a catapult of the Li Jiajun imitating the Far East Army.

There was a loud bang.

The strong and overly accurate catapult fell apart in a blink of an eye, killing dozens of Li Jiajun nearby, and the rocks that hadn't had time to fly out rolled down from the broken swing arm, smashing the panicked soldiers into pieces Bolognese.

"Help!" The soldiers who were crushed under the wooden beams called for help. Several brave Pao Ze stepped forward to help, and before they could move the beam away, a round of crossbow arrows shot through the air from the top of the city, piercing both the fallen and the helpers.

The wailing was endless. Li Anyuan couldn't hear anything, his face became ugly, not only him, but all the Li family troops who heard the explosion, including Li Yuan who was watching the battle behind, all turned ugly.

Almost all the Li family troops roared in unison: "It is the gunpowder weapon of the Far East Army."

When everyone roared, there was an unconcealable fear in their expressions.

"Damn gunpowder weapon, **** Wang Junlin..." Li Yuan's face was so gloomy that water dripped down. He never believed that there was only this gunpowder weapon in Chang'an City.

"Wang Junlin really has arrangements in Chang'an City..." On the other side, Changsun Wuji and Hou Jun gathered together, and they looked at each other with a serious look on their faces.

"The second son sent someone an urgent letter yesterday, which mentioned that Wang Junlin might have some preparations in Chang'an City, and now it seems that this is the case." Hou Junji frowned tightly, "The defenders have the Far East. The gunpowder weapons of the army, this battle will not be easy to fight.”

Changsun Wuji nodded and said: "That's right, Mr. Tang made a plan yesterday to destroy the city within ten days. Now it seems that it may be difficult to do it."

However, Hou Junji thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "That may not be the case, it depends on how many Far Eastern Army personnel and how many Far Eastern Army gunpowder weapons there are in Chang'an City."

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