Great Zhou Tianzi

An hour passed, and the generals and soldiers of the Zhou army had already had their fill of wine and food half an hour ago, and now they are all full of energy, and they are all gearing up, waiting for Ji Jie to order Yinfeng.

Wang Jian led a group of generals to climb the city wall. He wanted to personally supervise the battle and boost the morale of the soldiers. In his opinion, as the defensive side, his strength was almost equal to that of the Zhou army outside. It should not be difficult to defend the city. When the Zhou army was almost exhausted, they sent elite cavalry out of the city to crush the Zhou army. This battle will surely win.

Wang Jian looked far away, and what he saw were the three cannons placed in front by Zhou Jun. He pointed in that direction and asked the people around him, "What are those three things? Why did Zhou Jun put them in front?"

After looking at themselves, they all shook their heads.

Wang Jian smiled indifferently and said, "It must be Ji Jie's trick again. I don't believe there is anything that can hit so far. It is six miles away from our city wall?"

"A full six miles!" A general made a conclusion after careful calculation.

Behind the artillery, Ji Jie smiled and said to Ou Yan: "Xianyang City is five miles long from east to west, which means that more than [-]% of the buildings in the city are within the range of my artillery! Ou Yan, it's almost time, you can start running!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ou Yan turned around and ordered the people he had brought: "Check the artillery and prepare to load it!"

"The No. [-] gun is good!"

"The No. [-] gun is good!"

"No. [-] Cannon is good!"

The gunners of the three guns shouted in unison one after another, Ou Ming nodded, and continued to order: "Load one round of armor-piercing shells, target the city gate, six miles away, adjust the corresponding elevation angle, and start preparing!"

The gunners immediately adjusted the elevation angle of the gun barrel to above the "scale six", which represented a distance of six miles. One opened the tail bolt, and the other loaded the shells. The skillful movements of the gunners showed that they had undergone systematic training.

The cannonball does not have a shell, but a warhead plus a high-explosive powder pack. The technology at this time cannot produce a shell that can be fired by a striker in the true sense.

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Xianyang City, Xiangguo Mansion.

Lu Buwei angrily threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, and said angrily: "Wang Jian, a brat who smells like milk, actually confronted me in court, what can he do? He won a few battles, what's the matter?" How ugly!"

A doorman said with a smile: "Master Xiang, don't be angry, it's not worth it! Who made the current state of Qin only rely on Wang Jian as a general? Let him be happy for a few days. When the Zhou army is defeated, Master Xiang will lead the group If the minister impeaches him, even if he has eight mouths, he can't explain it clearly!"

Lu Buwei nodded and said: "Your words are reasonable, why should I bother with him, he is just a knife in my hand, I will continue to use it when I use it, and hold it for a while, and wait for the time to come." Throw it away immediately, hum!"

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"Fire!" Ou Ming suddenly lowered his raised right hand.

"Boom... bang... bang..."

The three cannons were fired in sequence, with an interval of less than one second between them. The cannons were ejected and flew towards the city gate at high speed. The firing hand pulled the cannon bolt, a small amount of gunpowder smoke and gunpowder residue automatically slid out, and the loading hand reloaded.

"What?" Wang Jian's eyes widened. Three small black dots were flying towards this direction quickly. His heart trembled for no reason, and he had a very bad premonition.

"Boom boom boom..."

The three shells did not hit the city gate, but hit the nearby city wall. The violent explosion was deafening, and the air waves generated directly swept several Qin soldiers standing by the side into the sky, and then fell heavily to the ground. Come, kill directly.

"What the hell is this?" Wang Jian took a step forward and leaned forward to look down. When he saw the location where the city wall was hit, he gasped!

A crater with a diameter of more than half a foot was formed at the place where the bullet was shot, and many of the surrounding city bricks were blown away, exposing the rammed earth inside.

The lethality is so huge and the range is so far. Wang Jian has never seen such a powerful weapon. It is not surprising. The artillery is a product after 2000. How could he have seen it?

Through the binoculars, Ji Jie clearly saw the huge damage caused by the shells to the city wall. He was very satisfied with this, and said with a smile: "Go ahead, you don't need to aim at the city gate in the future, let me blast the city gate first. Then attack the city, and finally blast open their city gate, the brothers rushed over together!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ou Ming continued to direct the firing.

In the second round of volley, a shell directly hit the top of the city gate, knocking off the top cover and killing many nearby people. Wang Jian was lucky to escape, but his face was pale and pale from being frightened. .

"General, it's too dangerous here, let's hurry down!" Several generals picked up Wang Jian, who was already dead on the spot, and walked down involuntarily. God knows whether they really care about the general's comfort, or if they are afraid of death and wish to hurry up. leave.

"The artillery fire extends into the city, one tenth of a mile at a time!" Ou Yan pointed at Xianyang City, and ordered the artillery: "Give me a round-trip bombing, so that the people of Qin know how powerful our Great Zhou is!"

The artillerymen immediately went into action, and the shells exploded in the city. The city was in chaos, and the place where the bullet was shot screamed again and again.

"Boom!" A shell landed in a side room of the Lu Mansion, directly blowing up the house into rubble. The three servants in the room were killed on the spot, and several people around were also injured in varying severity. .

"How could the city be attacked?" Lu Buwei rushed into the courtyard and asked, "Why didn't you hear the sound of our counterattack?"

A frightened servant stumbled in and said, "Reporting to the master, I heard that the Zhou army fired six miles outside the city. Our army's trebuchets have a limited range and cannot fight back!"

Lu Buwei took two steps back and muttered to himself: "If you can't fight back, that means you will only be beaten. How could things have developed to such a degree? How could Zhou Jun be so powerful? Impossible, impossible..."

Speaking of which, Lu Mansion was really unlucky, three cannons bombarded the city back and forth, only he was hit by two shells in a row, causing countless casualties, and Lu Buwei also had his arm broken by the knocked down bookshelf.

The one who was most surprised was Wang Jian. He and a group of generals were hiding at the base of the city wall. This was the safest place for them.

Ji Jie specifically asked Ou Yan not to fire at the Qin Palace. It would be a pity that such a luxurious palace was destroyed in the flames of war. Besides, Zhao Ji still lived in it. How could he bear to do anything to a poor woman like her.

"This is a map of the distribution of troops in the city!" Ji Jie gave Ou Yan the information sent by the intelligence department, and said, "The deterrence in my heart is almost done. The next step is to focus on their catapult positions and barracks. I will let them The Qin people have completely lost confidence in this war, the focus is on the trebuchet position!"

Ou Ming said with a smile: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely take down their catapult position. When our army charges, they will never shoot a single shell!"