Da Wei Chun

Chapter 518 Explosives Are Not Everything
Dozens of chariot crossbows rose one after another, and the "swish" sound of crossbow guns piercing the air was endless.It's a pity that the distance is a bit far away. Even if the crossbow gun is shot on the trebuchet, at most it will make a crisp sound, and then it will be shot down.

There is always a time when the crossbow guns are shot out, so what should we do then?
Is it possible to watch Wei Jun approaching the city, erecting ladders and building cars?
After watching for a while, Yuan Ji's expression settled down, and he ordered Yuxiu to stop the bed crossbow, and shouted again: "Don't panic, wait until the bandits and enemies get closer before shooting... Yu Xiu ordered the crossbowmen to set up their shields, first Cover the crossbow..."

Following his order, a piercing gong sounded from the top of the city.The crossbowman immediately loosened the crossbowstring.Then several people worked together to cover a large shield covered with linen on the crossbow.

It was more than a hundred feet away, and it was not very clear. Li Song wondered: something that can be lifted by several people must be made of wood.As long as there is a round of rockets, the shield and crossbow will be fired, so why does Yuan Ji need to do more?
Just being suspicious, Li Song paused when he heard the messengers running back and forth shouting, with a strange expression on his face:
"Wei thief should be throwing thunder, don't be afraid... This thing sounds loud, but it is not thunder or divine punishment, it is actually a bluff of the enemy... But listen to the thunder, and you will be safe if you fall under the shield ..."

The voice was very loud, and he shouted seven or eight times. Even Li Chengzhi of the Chinese Army heard it very clearly.

The more Li Song heard it, the more he wanted to laugh, thinking that Yuan Ji was really unnecessary: ​​no matter how thick the shield is, after throwing two or three rounds of grenades, it will probably be overturned, so what's the use?
Li Chengzhi was thoughtful.

I really didn't expect that Yuan Ji knew how to decompress his mind without a teacher?

Anyone can shout slogans, and they are nothing more than "victory", "fight to the death" and the like.However, it is really rare for Yuanji to reduce the pre-war burden on soldiers in such a targeted manner, similar to using the "spiritual victory method" to anesthetize soldiers.

This should be a common trick like "Mahayana believers", right?

It seemed that Yuan Ji had spent a lot of thought and made sufficient preparations.Maybe it will be wrong.

Guessing secretly, he looked towards the front of the battle again: Li Song ordered Li Zhang to set up the gun mount, pull up the counterweight, and was about to throw mines.

is coming……

On the city hundreds of feet away, Yuan Ji's pupils shrank like needle eyes, and an uncontrollable fear rose from the bottom of his heart.

But no matter how fearful he was, he could only grit his teeth and stand firm.Yuan Ji knew very well that if he dared to retreat from the city, the morale of the defenders in the city would be wiped out immediately.

"Yu Xiu!"

"The end is here!"

"Don't wait for the thunder to sound, send an order immediately, and order all the soldiers to fall under the shield."

"promise!"

Yu Xiu was very puzzled, but still answered honestly.

Yuan Luo had no such worries, and asked excitedly and fearfully, "How did father see it?"

"Why use it?"

Yuan Ji pointed to the city, "Don't look at the enemy's crossbowmen who lighted torches, they were used to attract thunder! Luo Er, don't worry, with a father around, you won't be able to hurt you..."

"The child knows!"

Under the guidance of his mother since childhood, Yuan Luo is much more mature than children of the same age.Knowing why his father brought him to stand on the city, even though his whole body was shaking with fright, he still stood up straight and gritted his teeth.

He didn't even dare to blink his eyes, for fear that when the thunder hit the top of his head, there would be no time to dodge it.

"Stand up a shield!"

A low shout from his father came from beside him, and Yuan Luo felt his arms tense, and was pulled by Yuan Ji to squat down.Immediately, his eyes darkened, and a large shield nearly ten feet wide stood on top of his head.

It should have just been splashed with water, and from time to time, turbid water droplets dripped from the gap between the joints of the boards and fell into the neck.

Yuan Luo was shocked by the ice.

"Luo Er, come..."

Yuan Ji caressed the back of his head, and let out the hole that was only blocked by a fist, "Look carefully, if you see it a few times, you won't be afraid..."

Yuan Luo responded instinctively, and as soon as his eyes were close to the hole, he saw a thing flying towards it with a long smoke trailing behind it.

But it should be due to lack of strength, the thing hit halfway up the city wall and fell down again.

Hearing another "boom", Yuan Luo felt that the whole city was shaking.

"Steady...Steady... If you dare to move, you will be killed, punish the nine clans..."

There were sharp roars from the city, one after another so loud that it suppressed the explosion of the grenade by a bit.

Hearing the thunder-like explosion, seeing the dazzling flames, turning over like an earth dragon, and the shock as if the city wall was about to collapse, the soldiers under the shield trembled in horror, wishing to get up and run.

But when he thought of his parents, wife and children in the city, and the rewards promised by the Commander-in-Chief and the Chief Minister a few days ago, he had to grit his teeth and endure it.

As long as one survives one day, regardless of life or death, each soldier will be rewarded with a bolt of silk, a catty of gold (copper), and ten catties of grain.

But if you dare to flee without a fight, your family will be punished...

There are generous rewards on the one hand, and extremely ruthless military laws on the other. With the superposition of the two, the fear of "Heavenly Thunder" and "God's Punishment" seems to be less serious.

It's not that there were no soldiers who were frightened immediately, but just as they were about to stand up, they were either held down by their companions beside them, or they were slashed by Wu Shizhang and the like.

This time, Yuan Ji practiced the law of joint seats: but there are fugitives, Wu Shichang cuts off his feet, Shichang cuts off his nose, Zhuangshuai chops off a finger, and the same soldiers will be executed.

Moreover, there is a law enforcement team hidden in the stone house under the city wall. They are afraid that they will be shot into hedgehogs before they even leave the city.

So for the time being, there has not been a large-scale collapse...

The grenade has already been thrown for a round. According to common sense, the city is already in chaos at this time.

But Li Song didn't see the defenders running around like headless chickens, let alone heard the heart-piercing screams.

On the contrary, the city was dead silent, as if there was no one alive?
see the hell?

Li Song opened his eyes wide and looked hard, but he couldn't see anything except the smoke from the grenade.

He heard the guards beside him calling him, saying that the commander had orders.Li Song looked down and saw that Li Rui had rushed under the cloud cart with a red Tangqi on his back.

"The commander-in-chief has an order: two brigades in the artillery battalion, one brigade will shoot continuously to suppress the defenders on the city. The other brigade will move forward...the two brigades alternate, and stand a hundred paces below the city..."

It seems that Mr. Lang thinks that the artillery battalion's accuracy is too poor, and he is going to get closer for some precise strikes.

The distance of [-] zhang is indeed a bit far. Regardless of the fact that most of the grenades were thrown over the top of the city, only a few of them hit the city wall, and very few of them landed in the wall.Even if there are one or two, they are definitely deceived.

While the shooting range is reduced by half, the accuracy is far more than doubled.

Of course, the crossbow at the top of the city also more than doubled the threat to the artillery pawns and artillery vehicles.

Although it is protected by outer armor and the artillery array is extremely sparse, I am afraid that a blind cat will catch a dead mouse.With the impact force of the crossbow, it is entirely possible to knock the trebuchet over within a hundred steps.

What's more, what if Yuanji opens his mind and returns the other body with the other way?
At about a hundred paces, archers with stronger arms can throw rockets over.

As long as one falls into the grenade box, a gun carriage and several gunners will be blown into the sky.

Li Song didn't dare to say anything, he hurriedly ordered Li Zhang to act according to the order.Seeing that Li Rui was still under the car, he asked suspiciously again: "But Mr. Lang still has an explanation?"

Li Rui nodded, and said with a strange face: "Uncle Six, Mr. Lang invites you to watch the formation together!"

Watching?

Who commanded the artillery formation?
As soon as a thought came into his mind, Li Songmeng raised his head.

Suddenly, there was an extra watchtower on the front right wing.There are no flags and banners upstairs, and the downstairs are not infantry, but cavalry.

The rest of the cavalry were sent to the front of the formation by Li Chengzhi to protect the two wings of the infantry.Only a brigade of tiger cavalry was left in the Chinese army in case of emergency.

No need to guess, Mr. Lang must be in the watchtower...

Li Song's heart tightened: "But where did I mishandle it, and I annoyed you, wanting to change generals?"

The war started, what could be wrong?

Li Rui shook his head and said mysteriously, "I don't know either. But when I came to deliver the order, Mr. Lang once joked: If Li Song fights like this, even if it is dark, he will not be able to open this turtle's shell!"

turtle shell?
Lang Jun should be talking about Yuan Ji in the city, and he probably made some arrangements, otherwise why didn't the defenders panic a bit?
Li Song took three steps and made two steps, flew on his horse, and ran towards the watchtower on the right wing.

And within a dozen or so breaths, Li Chengche's watchtower moved forward about seventy or eighty steps.

Going forward more than ten zhang, you can see Li Zhang's gunners are quickly setting up the gun carriage.

too close.

If there were stone cannons in the city, one shot could smash the ladder in two...

Li Song felt a faint chill in his heart, and quickly boarded the cloud car.Seeing that there were only Li Chengzhi and Li Shixian in the watchtower, and Li Cong and a few of Li's cronies waiting for orders, he had no more scruples.

Just as he was about to remonstrate, he saw Li Chengzhi raised his hand, pointed to the top of the wall and said, "Don't talk too much, come and see!"

Li Songshun looked at the reputation, and with just one glance, he was shocked by the scene at the top of the city.

On the huge city wall, there is not a single soldier?

What about people?

Um, no, someone...

Most of Li Zhang's front brigade had moved to about a hundred paces, and the more nimble gunners had already set up their gun mounts and began to test the guns.

It happened that a grenade was thrown against the wall.

But the strange thing is that the thunder did not stabilize, but slipped down?

Shouldn't it be?

Li Song took a look, and saw something strange just by counting breaths.

For some reason, the top of the city, which is more than ten feet wide, has become a slope at this time. When the grenade falls on it, it will naturally slide down the slope.

What's even more weird, but when the grenade falls, the slope will still rise and become more inclined?

Recalling the shouts in the city just now, Li Song instantly understood: it wasn't a slope at all, but a shield.There are people hiding under the shield...

No wonder the explosions under and inside the city were so loud, but the walls were as silent as death?

For a moment, Li Song only felt thunderbolts, as if his faith had collapsed.

He originally thought that, just like conquering Manchester City, at most a few rounds of throwing, the defenders in the city would collapse without a fight.
But he didn't want to be guarded so easily?
"Lang Jun, this city wall...why is it slanted?"

"Isn't that easy?"

Li Chengzhi replied unhurriedly, "After dismantling the inner parapet wall and putting a wooden shield on it, the top of the wall will naturally become a slope. If the slope is not enough, just increase the outer parapet wall. How oblique..."

"How did Yuan Ji get so many and such large wooden shields in such a short period of time?"

"The wooden shields are not enough. Could it be that Yuanji won't remove the door panels and the bottom of the car from the households?"

Li Chengzhi couldn't help but sneered and said, "I think you are really stupid. If you still don't understand, just take a good look at this watchtower..."

Glancing at the ridge-like roof, Li Song's old face turned red.

He was only thinking about the fact that the grenade was blocked, but for a moment he forgot that in this era there are ways to prevent stone cannons and stone bullets.

It's like rushing cars and watchtowers. The roofs of the cars are all slopes. If there are stone bullets hitting the city, the slope will take off most of the force.

Yuan Ji just applied this method to the city wall.

In contrast, there is not much difference between grenades and stone bombs.Falling on a slope will still slide down.

Li Zhang also couldn't do the level that the grenade exploded as soon as it landed on the slope...

"What about the soldiers?"

Li Song asked unwillingly, "The thunder weapon is like divine punishment, and it explodes within a short distance. Why can the thieves on the wall treat it like nothing?"

In all honesty, Li Song felt that it could be called a ban, and even the white-armored soldiers who regarded death as home might not be able to do this.

Why can Yuan Ji do it?
"The military prophecy said: Under the fragrant bait, there must be a hanging fish; under the heavy reward, there must be a dead husband... It is nothing more than luring it with profit and forcing it with death..."

Li Chengzhi laughed softly, "Furthermore, most of the people in the city are foolish people. It is true what Yuan Ji said: Although the thunder is powerful, it can't hurt the slightest bit. After one or two passes, you won't be so afraid..."

Is it that simple?
Li Song was so anxious that he felt his eyes go dark, and his body shook uncontrollably.

It's not just the collapse of faith, it's all hopeless.

If it's like the words of the gentleman, doesn't it mean that when the city is attacked, this thunder weapon is useless?

No wonder he often reminded himself: In case of a field battle, explosives are always beneficial.But if the city is attacked, a thousand catties of gunpowder can be gathered in one place, and it is possible to blow through the city wall.

And the gunners need to drill holes in the wall with arrows and fill all the explosives into the wall. Otherwise, at most, they will just hear a noise and blow off a layer of skin...

"Hehehe..."

The more uncomfortable Li Song was, the happier Li Chengzhi was.

He had been waiting for this day so that Li Song could wake up.He thought that as long as gunpowder is in hand, there will be no enemy in the world.

It's better than a strong one who fell down and couldn't get up in the future...

"I told you a long time ago that explosives are not omnipotent, and they can shock people's hearts when they are first used. If you are lucky, you can defeat others without fighting. Just like when you destroyed Du Lun's tribe and you captured Touman Time.

But the more times you use it, the deeper the enemy will understand it.In the end, it's just a more powerful weapon... Just like Yuan Ji, although he saw this thing for the first time, but after the description by the Lu brothers, he knew that the thunder was man-made, not a punishment from heaven, so the courage in his chest naturally grew stronger A few points.

In addition, there was no way for him to retreat, so he had to rack his brains to guard against it.Therefore, it is not surprising to be able to come up with these coping methods! "

Li Chengzhi paused for a while, and looked at Li Song seriously, "It's only natural that you attack and the other defends. It's just to see which side's method is stronger... I just don't know, can you break his lightning protection method?"

Yup……

Li Song suddenly regained his spirit: "I still have rockets, which will surely burn Yuanji's shield wall!"

Li Chengzhi said with a smile: "Then use it!"

Li Song always felt that Mr. Lang's smile had bad intentions.

Is it possible that the rocket is not good?
(End of this chapter)