Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Chapter 520 Breaking Zhuo County.

The soldiers of the Qin Army did not attack the city at all, but chose to suppress the artillery fire first.The shooting of the artillery is far above the bows and arrows of Cao Jun on the city wall. Now Cao Jun on the city wall has no power to fight back at all.

Outside the city, successive cannons roared.Some shells hit the city wall, and after several consecutive shots, the wall stacks collapsed.

Many Cao Jun who were blocked under the city wall were buried by the collapsed rubble.

Although most of the shells hit the city wall, occasionally one or two shells fell right into the crowd.

Once a shell falls among the crowd, it can be said that there will be hardly any living people within a radius of several feet.Those Cao Jun soldiers who were unlucky and were in the center of the explosion were directly blasted into meat.

Qin Jun's artillery was only used when he entered the palace of Soochow.Therefore, this is the first time that the Qin army used artillery against the Cao army.

When he was really faced with the power of the artillery, Yu Jin knew that the power of the artillery was so terrifying.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Below Zhuo County, more than [-] cannons of the Qin Army were still roaring, firing shells continuously onto the city wall.

Yu Jin lay on the top of the city wall and watched secretly. He wanted to see what kind of weapon had such power.

The more Yu Jin looked at it, the more frightened he became, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became.Just thirty cannons are so terrifyingly powerful. If there are three hundred or three thousand cannons, wouldn't the Qin army sweep the world.

"This kind of weapon is so powerful, it must be very expensive to make, and the Qin army may not be able to equip it in large quantities!" Yu Jin thought in his heart.

In fact, Yu Jin's conjecture was really correct. It was really difficult for the Qin army to equip artillery.

Artillery is okay, although the manufacturing process is not simple for this era, but after all, artillery can be used continuously.

As long as you take care of it when you use it and maintain it properly, it can last for a long time.

But shells are different. Cannonballs are one-time consumables, and shells are different from bows and arrows. After bows and arrows are fired, they can be recycled after winning a battle. Cannonballs cannot be recycled.

As soon as the cannon is fired, ten thousand taels of gold is not just talk. The use of artillery is an extremely great pressure on finances.

Moreover, artillery has another disadvantage, that is, it is overcome by cavalry.Once the cavalry broke into the artillery position, the slow-moving artillery became a target for fire.

Artillery can be said to be very effective in siege, and it can barely be used to deal with infantry, but it cannot be used to deal with cavalry.

If you want to deal with cavalry, you still have to use muskets.And it can't be a relatively primitive front-loading gun, or at least a flintlock gun that fires fixed ammunition.

Today, Li Chen's arsenal, under the leadership of Huang Yueying, has begun intensive research and development of fixed-load ammunition and flintlock guns.

Of course, there are technical barriers to fixed-load ammunition and flintlock guns in this era.If you want to succeed in research and development, you have to overcome this technical barrier bit by bit.

Once the army is equipped with flintlock guns that fire fixed ammunition, the time for Li Chen to rule the world will naturally be ripe.

In this battle, Cao Jun fought with fear. You can't even touch others, and you can only be beaten passively. This is indeed a headache.

Outside the city, the [-] cannons of the Qin army were still roaring, but the city walls of Zhuojun could no longer hold up.

Dozens of gaps were blasted out of the wall on the city wall, and cracks like spider webs appeared on the city wall.

The damage to the city wall is not the most terrible thing. What makes Yu Jin feel powerless is that Cao Jun's generals are scared.

"Thor!"

"Qin Jun invited Thor!"

"The thunder from the sky is helping Qin Jun, we can't win!" Many Cao Jun's mentality has collapsed, and they are crying and howling.

Now, the morale of the soldiers is slackened, which is what Yu Jin is most worried about.Once the artillery fire stops, there is no doubt that it is time for the Qin army to attack. Then, how can these frightened soldiers resist the Qin army's attack?
After another continuous bombardment of a stick of incense, the artillery fire outside the city gradually became thinner.Due to long-term firing, some barrels have already started to heat up, and it is too late to cool them with cold water.

In this case, the already heated artillery can only temporarily stop firing shells.After all, when the barrel is hot, firing the cannonball forcibly is in danger of exploding the chamber.

Hearing the roar of the artillery gradually fade away, Chen Qingzhi immediately issued an order.

"Several generals, attack the city!"

Under the cover of artillery fire, the infantry of the Qin Army began to rush towards the edge of the city carrying the ladder.

"Quick, let the arrows go, let the arrows go!" Yu Jin saw the soldiers of the Qin Army approaching the city carrying ladders, and immediately shouted to order Cao Jun to release arrows to prevent the infantry of the Qin Army from approaching the city.

However, at this time, many soldiers of the Cao army had been scared out of their wits, and only a few soldiers responded to the ban. Most of the soldiers of the Cao army were hiding under the wall, not daring to show their faces.

This is the power of long-range fire suppression, I can hit you, but you can only stare at it.The most critical point is that under the suppression of long-range firepower, the infantry of the Qin Army can easily approach the city wall.

"Kill, kill, kill."

Under the cover of artillery fire, during the time of the Qin Army, the ladders of the Qin Army's infantry had already set up on the city wall of Zhuo County.

Today, the entire Zhuo County can be said to be in jeopardy.

The ladder was put on the city wall, and the soldiers of the Qin army climbed up the ladder one by one.

At this time, Cheng Yaojin's artillery outside the city had also turned off.At this time, it is no longer possible to fire shells, otherwise one bad one may hurt one's own people.

"Get up, get up."

"Stop the enemy, stop the enemy!" Yu Jin yelled, waving the sword in his hand.

However, even though the artillery fire of the Qin Army had stopped, many soldiers of the Cao Army still felt "buzzing" in their ears, and many people's heads were shaken like a ball of paste by the explosion.

General Cao Jun looked at these ordinary soldiers who were stunned in place, one by one, they kicked everyone with their big feet, and abruptly kicked these people who were huddled under the wall.

However, such a delay is already completely late.

At this time, all the soldiers of the Qin army rushed up densely on the city wall, and they were still rushing up like a tide.

Qin Jun's ladders were built very cleverly, and they were all placed at the mouth of the bombed city wall. In this way, it was more convenient for Qin Jun to climb.

These soldiers of the Cao family are not the opponents of Qin Jun under normal circumstances, let alone the fact that they are dispirited now, they are even less opponents of Qin Jun.

When the soldiers and horses of Qin and Wei came together, the generals of the Cao family could be said to be broken at the first touch, and they were no match for the generals of the Qin army.

(End of this chapter)