Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 584: Battle of Luoyang (VII)

Cao Zhen looked up at the sky. There were many small black spots in the sky, and they were getting bigger rapidly. Anyone with a little common sense would know that this was a sign that something was about to fall.

"What is this..."

Cao Zhen muttered something to himself, but before he finished speaking, he saw a black dot rapidly growing in his field of vision, and then landed on the city wall in front of him.

This thing looks like a package or something, square and neat.

"boom!"

However, the next moment, the fuse in the package burned to the end and an explosion occurred immediately.

Almost all the countless Wei soldiers on the city wall experienced this scene. Only a few smart ones, although they didn't know what it was, instinctively threw it down the city, injuring several Han soldiers. The rest of the packages basically fell on and inside the city wall, causing a series of explosions.

Cao Zhen faced an explosion at a very close distance. Although the guards beside him rushed over to block the life-threatening damage for him at the critical moment, the strong impact still immediately knocked him flying, and he hit the parapet and lost consciousness.

Suddenly, the entire wall was covered with explosions, with stones flying everywhere, blood and flesh flying everywhere. The originally neat Luoyang City wall was instantly in pieces, and the top of the wall was even blown down by one or two meters in a severely damaged area. After all, the wall was still a stone structure at this time, and it was common for it to be blown to some strange place and cause partial structural collapse.

"Damn it! This is witchcraft by the Han army!"

The Wei army soldiers had never seen such a battle before. Those who survived by chance were so terrified that they wanted to escape to an empty corner and wait for the battle to end.

"The effect is good, let's do two more rounds."

Feng Xi looked through a telescope at the city wall that had just been blown flat and nodded with satisfaction. A wave of supplies had just arrived from Wancheng a few days ago, including a lot of gunpowder, so Feng Xi was not as tight as before. At this time, the siege could fully utilize the firepower advantage of the Jingzhou Army.

As Feng Xi's order was issued, the hundreds of soldiers on the front line repaired the pits and repeated the process, releasing a second round of explosive packs when the Wei soldiers on the city wall were still in chaos and had not yet recovered.

The power of this round of explosive packs was far greater than the first round, because the first round of explosions loosened many structures, so the harvest of the second round of explosives was far greater than before.

Including the winch on the city wall, it was directly blown away by the second round of explosion, and then carried by the suspension bridge, smashing straight into the moat with a "plop" sound.

"It's really spectacular, what a fatal impact."

Feng Xi looked at the series of explosions on the city wall and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

With the end of three rounds of indiscriminate bombing, the Luoyang city wall was blown down in several places, not to mention the people standing on it. The Han army could enter Luoyang directly by walking on the brick and stone ruins.

"Grand Commander, the power of this Flying Thunder Cannon is truly amazing."

Ma Su, who was standing next to him, was also holding a telescope, but he was so shocked that his mouth was wide open. Feng Xi naturally smiled but said nothing.

That’s right, Feng Xi’s method is the famous flying thunder cannon in the future, but it is not the classic style that uses oil barrels, but another kind of traditional flying thunder cannon.

This method is to dig a trapezoidal pit with a maximum depth of nearly one meter on the ground, with the short end being 30 centimeters and the long end being 40 centimeters, and the cross section being a 50-degree right triangle. Then, according to the required distance, it can be divided into half-dig and full-dig types. However, the quality of gunpowder today is not as good as that of later generations, so full-dig type is naturally preferred.

In later generations, the range of a half-dug type was 300 meters, and that of a full-dug type was about 500 meters. Today's gunpowder quality is not up to standard, so even a full-dug type can only reach about 100 meters, which is barely half the range of a half-dug type in later generations.

The method of using this traditional flying thunder cannon is also thanks to Feng Tunan's memory. After joining the army, Feng Tunan once saw a yellowed booklet, which recorded many strange and bizarre traditional methods. These things are just right in today's environment.

Feng Xi still remembers the name of that booklet, which was called "Textbook of Infantry Unit's Assassination, Bombing, Blasting and Earthwork Operations (for Training Militia)". Many of the methods in it were used by Feng Xi in the training of the Jingzhou Army.

This traditional flying thunder cannon is simple and convenient to use, and is compatible with the heavy firepower that the Han army urgently needs. Therefore, after being tested in Jiangling, a large number of detonating tubes and explosive packs specifically for the flying thunder cannon were produced, leading to the current situation.

"Kill, attack the city!"

Now, many holes in the city wall of Luoyang City had been blown down, the suspension bridge had also been blown down, and there was no effective resistance on the city wall. The Han army encountered almost no resistance after rushing in.

As for Cao Zhen, although he was knocked unconscious by the explosion at the first moment, fortunately, his loyal guards helped him down from the city wall, so he managed to escape the second round of bombing. However, even so, Cao Zhen's face was blackened and burnt, and he looked very miserable.

The violent explosion at the South Gate naturally could not be concealed from the other two gates and Luoyang City.

Cao Li, who had been extremely anxious since the Han army surrounded the city, was frightened when he heard the loud noise from the south gate.

"What's going on! Is it thundering?"

Cao Li loudly asked the guards outside, but he was a little nervous. He also knew that the sound of ordinary thunder could not be as loud as the one just now, unless it was a thunder from heaven that destroyed the world.

"Your Majesty, it's not thunder, it seems to be the noise coming from the south gate."

The guards outside were also startled by the loud noise, but they could clearly distinguish that the loud noise came from the south, so they were able to respond so quickly.

"Go! Find out for me what happened!"

Cao Li shouted loudly, and the guards did not dare to delay. They ran out quickly and tried to find out what was going on at the South Gate.

However, there is no need to inquire about the current situation of the South Gate. The Han army easily crossed the city wall and entered the inner city of Luoyang. After a not-too-fierce battle, the Han army successfully captured the gates of the inner city and the outer city.

Cao Zhen's original arrangement was to defend step by step, and as the Han army was attacking the city, most of the troops were still concentrated on the outer wall. Only when the outer wall fell or the city gate was lost would they retreat to the inner city.

However, the outer wall was devastated by the Han army. How many defenders could the city walls have? After the Han army poured into the city like a tide, the Wei army in the city walls was quickly wiped out. Then the city gates were opened by the Han army, and the Han army outside the city immediately poured into the city.

By the time Feng Xi led the Shenwu Camp into the city, the area around the city gate had already been cleared by the Han army. Feng Xi rode on his "Yanyun", passed the city gate, and walked on the streets of Luoyang.

(End of this chapter)