Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 622 Fire!
The screams were accompanied by crackling explosions!

The ball hit the man, and the flames on the ball spread out in an instant, along with drops of boiling oil, some of which fell on the horse under him. The ferocious man screamed even more. It was a heartbreaking howl. He fell directly from the horse, held his head in his hands, and rolled on the ground. The flames quickly rose.

On the other side, the exploding ball was radiating with fire. Part of it spattered around, and when it landed on the ground, a little flame rose. Another part fell directly on the three or four horses on the side and the riders on them. .

Suddenly, the flames started burning on these people's bodies.

The horse can be considered a war horse. It has been specially trained. It can run away from swords and guns, and is not afraid of charges. But suddenly it caught fire, which was something I had never encountered before. It suddenly panicked. With a kick of its hind hooves, its two front hooves flew into the air. Get up!

"Put out! Put out the fire!"

Seeing this scene, the surrounding riders had to stop charging. A small area of ​​charging stopped for a moment, and then these people shouted. According to their experience, such a small flame fell on On the body, it is not too dangerous.

Most of those people whose bodies were on fire were nomads who had good riding skills and were confident in their riding skills. Therefore, even though the horse was going crazy, they still remained calm and pulled the reins to calm the frightened horse. Then he reached out and slapped the flames on his body very quickly.

This kind of reaction speed also reflects their extraordinary ability to react in battle and their tough heart.

But the result surprised them very much. When they slapped their hands, not only did they not extinguish the flames, but they actually got the flames on their hands!

He still had clothes on his body, which could still be used as a cover, but his hands were made of flesh and blood. When they burned, the skin immediately cracked and the flesh and blood ached, and everyone screamed in agony!

Not only were they screaming, but the vicious man who landed first was also screaming, because at this time, his whole body was almost on fire, and he couldn't stop it.

Not only was the flame on his body unstoppable, but even his mount was half on fire. It had gone crazy, jumping on the spot, not caring about anything!

The horse was so chaotic that it neighed miserably one after another under the burning flames and ran rampant, causing chaos among the soldiers and horses running around. What was even more frightening was that as soon as the horse bumped over, it collided with other people and horses. The fire was about to spread to other horses. Once the horse was on fire, it was then transferred to the human body. He slapped it again and again with his hands, but it would burn his hand as well, and suddenly there were more screams.

In the end, they had no choice but to fall off their horses and roll on the ground due to the burning pain. Not only because of the pain, but also because they wanted to use this method to extinguish the flames on their bodies.

It has to be said that this method of extinguishing fires does have some effects, but together with those people who were splashed before, just this round ball caused nearly twenty or thirty riders to stop, fall off their horses, and roll over. It seems that There aren't many of them, but when charging, the front row will affect the charging troops in the back row.

There was a sudden lag in the charging queue. Looking from a distance, it looked like a river rolling forward. Suddenly, there was a rock rising out of the water, causing the water flow to separate.

Such a change didn't seem like much to the charging queue or Duan Wenyang behind him. He just thought it was the power of city defense tools such as trebuchets, so he threw down a series of rewards. Waiting to suppress the fear in everyone's hearts and continue to attack the city!

However, if you can stand on the city wall and look down from a high position, you can immediately see the changes in the queue, as if ten people rushed forward side by side, and as a result, a ball passed by, and one of them fell behind!

Jiang Yang stood at the top of the city, holding the scale hard and holding his breath as much as possible. He looked at the changes below, and suddenly felt a sense of confidence in his heart!
Can win!Maybe we can really withstand the charge of these barbarians!
Thinking like this, he immediately pulled the trebuchet with his companions around him and placed the balls. At the same time, someone specially took the red-hot hollow iron cone and inserted it directly into the ball to heat it. The ball gradually burned, and the expressions on everyone's faces were a little excited, nervous, and full of fear and anticipation.

Jiang Yang and Jiang Xi came from the same village and were originally in the same team. However, as Yanwu was re-divided into teams, their fates changed. As Jiang Xi emerged in the battle in the city, he set his sights on After receiving the merit, Jiang Yang directly joined the scout team, while Jiang Yang was part of the martial arts who were transferred back after the Battle of Dangcheng. He was considered a veteran seed and was finally selected to serve as the aimer of the single-shot cannon, responsible for adjusting the angle.

In fact, when they heard the news, many martial officers, including Jiang Yang, were worried. Even if they had defeated the Xianbei tribe once, even a farmer like Jiang Yang knew that compared with Duan Bu, But the Bo Zhen Department is not worth mentioning at all, and the two sides are not at the same level in terms of size and military strength!
As for the Bo Zhen Ministry, after the statistics, the troops invested before and after were only [-], and even counting those who escaped midway, I am afraid it was less than [-]. The real difficulty was that they coerced the people and forced them to become thieves.

And Duan Bu's own soldiers and horses alone have twenty to thirty thousand, plus the small troops that have been summoned, this number is seven or eight times more than the total number of guards in Dai County!
Even though Daijun was defending the city, his troops had to be divided into many places, and most of them were new soldiers. Even these new soldiers themselves knew that the situation was not good. Logically speaking, some of them should have been timid and fled, but after several late meals, they were stirred up. The courage in my heart.

"According to the prefect, our family is here. If we retreat, our blood relatives will be slaughtered. If we fall into the hands of barbarians and are demoted as slaves, we will never be able to recover!"

These are all reasons why warriors like Jiang Yang have no way to retreat, and the scene in front of them has inspired their desire for victory!
All these suddenly gathered the courage in their hearts, which made their strength seem to have increased a lot, their movements became more skillful, their coordination was much less jerky, and their speed increased. The balls were placed on the single tip On the gun.Crunch!Crunch!Crunch!

A series of more than a dozen single-shot cannons were tightened at the same time. Although the shouts of killing were loud on the entire city wall, and there was even the sound of bowstrings playing, they could not suppress the sound of the square wood of the cannon bodies rubbing, tightening, and deforming.

It's like a person is slowly accumulating energy!

Jiang Xi pulled the rope and adjusted the angle. The sweat on his forehead could not help but flow down. He stared nervously at the battlefield below, at the overwhelming cavalry and the approaching ladder under the cover of many arrows!
Power rose from my waist, straight to my arms, and manifested in my hands. I entered the rope and tensed faintly, as if a thunderous strike was brewing.

at last!

As the iron cone heats up, each torch gradually burns, emitting bursts of burning smell.

Following the order, Jiang Yang and the other targets shouted loudly, and then he and everyone released the rope in their hands.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
The sky roared, but this time it was no longer a tentative fireball, but more than a dozen flying together!
Not only that, as soon as the firecrackers flew out, they started to pull the gun rope again and prevent it again!

Before the firecrackers were launched, new firecrackers were placed again.

In the guard shed on the city wall, Chen Zhi stood upright, looking at the fire poles flying through the air one after another, and narrowed his eyes. Behind him, Chen Zi, Su Liao and others raised their hearts at the same time.

This time Duanbu attacked the city, the strength of the two sides was very different, and the other side had the secret support of Wang Jun, the ruler of Youzhou. Therefore, Daijun had no reinforcements. If he wanted to open up the situation, he could only rely on this new method relied on by the prefect. Equipment, if this thing doesn't work, then according to the original method of defending the city, we can only grind it hard.

But with Wang Jun supporting Duan Bu, as time goes by, the Daijun family itself will rebel, and Chen Zhi's party will only fall apart.

Outside the city, Duan Wenyang, who was leading his army to press back, also saw the dozens of firecrackers flying out of the city. Especially at ten o'clock in the evening, when the sky was still dark, the light of a few fires stood out, making them particularly eye-catching.

"Is that...a stone on fire?"

Duan Wenyang had seen rockets in the past, but just looking at the flight distance, it was definitely not something an arrow could reach, and the weight was not something an arrow could carry, so he was stunned.

At the moment when he was stunned, more than a dozen fireballs had fallen into the charging cavalry. In an instant, several people's bodies were on fire, repeating the first scene.

But this time, because of the number, there were more screams!

Suddenly, a small part of the torrent of charging cavalry was blocked, and even Duan Wenyang had to pay attention.

"Are you attacking with fire? But how can a mere stone on fire stop my army!" He narrowed his eyes, waved his scimitar in his hand, and the soldiers around him fired loud arrows towards the city wall.

This is the order!
This torrent of cavalry was not blocked and kept moving forward!
However, this is only temporary, because the second round of volleys of fire has already arrived!
Immediately, the riders who saw the power of the flames tried to avoid it. Before the fire pole fell, the cavalry team that was targeted became chaotic.

There are also those who are brave enough to face the fire and roar: "Don't be afraid! As long as we stay calm, this thing will not have much impact, at most one or two people..."

But before he could finish his words, the fallen fire pole exploded. This time, there were not only sparks and sparks, but also thick smoke and many burning fire poles. They exploded in mid-air before they even hit the ground. Then, the iron caltrops spurted out like raindrops, covering an area and falling on the man and the horse, as well as on the ground! ?There were originally a lot of people rolling on the ground because their bodies were on fire, but now as soon as the thorns fell down, the ground was covered with spikes, and they were immediately knocked down!
The screaming people and voices have reached another level!
(End of this chapter)