After the deafening explosion, there was a brief silence on the battlefield. After a while, low cries of pain started to sound. As the smoke dissipated, the screams gradually merged into a chorus of wailing. The source of this chorus is Huang Dagen - he ordered people to throw down the largest grenade. This grenade weighs eight pounds and should technically be called a small bomb. Because it is too heavy for throwing, and because of limited resources, Ouyang Xuan has ordered that it will not be produced for the time being. It's just that there are not many grenades in Liuliba currently, and the city defense battle is from a high position, so they don't need to be thrown very far, so they are used all together. Just now, I used this big killer in an emergency situation, both for emergency purposes and to test the actual combat effect - the bandits gathered at the base of the wall were too dense, and Huang Dagen really wanted to see the power of the explosion.
As Huang Dagen expected, the killing effect of this black melon was astonishing. Not only did it collapse several long ladders, but even the giant shield more than ten meters away from the explosion point was pierced by the explosive fragments. A rough estimate is that this giant grenade knocked down at least twenty people. Especially the bandits around the explosion point were blown to pieces, while the bandits a little further away stood frozen in fear. Although the Liuliba soldiers on the wall knew the power of gunpowder weapons, they were shocked and overwhelmed by the huge power. However, they quickly calmed down under Huang Dagen's loud orders and threw another shot at the crossbowman behind the giant shield. Second batch of grenades. This batch of thrown grenades includes three four-pound grenades and seven two-pound grenades. Except for two small grenades that were thrown into the ravine beside the road due to excessive force, the other grenades followed a parabola and fell directly into the group of crossbowmen who were still standing together. After a series of explosions, the crossbowmen were knocked down, and several people were even pushed into the ravine by the air waves. After the smoke of gunpowder passed, the unknown bandit shouted in despair, "Liuliba has invited the thunderbolt from heaven, run quickly." Immediately, the bandits who were still able to move dropped their weapons and fled toward the rear in a swarm, leaving only dead bodies and corpses on the ground. The wailing wounded.
The fleeing bandits didn't run far before they stopped, because Xiong Ben from behind caught up with his soldiers. This bear was also cold-blooded, and he showed no mercy when killing his own people. After ordering his soldiers to kill several bandits who were leading the escape, he quickly stopped the rout. Xiong Ben drove the remaining bandits and migrant workers to the siege equipment, reorganized their formation, and prepared to attack again. He was observing the battle situation from behind just now, and he knew that Liuliba's grenade was the sky-blasting thunder equipped by the Lianghuai army, but it was much more powerful than the army. It is precisely because the power of the sky-blasting thunder in the official army is not generally equipped in the army. Xiong Ben served as a junior high school in the Southern Song Dynasty army for many years. Although he has not seen it with his own eyes, he has heard about the sky-blasting thunder. In his observation just now, he discovered that Liuliba's grenade did not explode immediately after it hit the ground. He could use a shield to pull it away before it hit the ground. Even if it exploded, its killing effect would be limited.
Xiong Ben decided to take command personally, not because Ni Shiyou had been knocked to the ground by a grenade just now. He didn't care whether the second-in-command in the cottage lived or died, but he felt that with his own wisdom and martial prowess, he was sure to win Liuliba. What gave him confidence was not only that the siege equipment had been assembled, but also because he had full confidence in his personal troops. It is said that although Xiong Ben's personal army only has about 50 people, he carefully selected the fierce ones among the bandits. In addition to their high combat prowess, this bodyguard was absolutely obedient to his orders, which was what he relied on to rule the Wanjiaping bandits. Of course, he was also unambiguous about the Guards. In addition to delicious food and drink, they were also equipped with the best equipment. Not only did everyone have leather armor, but they also had five pairs of iron armor. The armor coverage rate was higher than that of the regular army, or even lower than that of the regular army. The personal troops of the officers and generals were poorly equipped. In terms of close combat prowess, the Liuliba soldiers were definitely no match for the Xiong Ben soldiers.
Xiong Ben was arranging the team while giving lectures. He encouraged the bandits by saying that Liuliba only had thunder from the sky, and could not invite thunderbolts from heaven. He promised that as long as Liuliba was breached, the property and women in the village would belong to whoever snatched them, which aroused the ferocity of these desperadoes. Xiong Ben's personal troops also held long swords in one hand and light shields in the other, standing in formation behind the siege equipment. This place is about 200 meters away from the village gate. This distance is far beyond the Liuliba bow and arrow range. Even if there is a stray arrow, it will be easily blocked by the wooden shield.
The bandits reorganized their formation, preparing to attack after the siege weapons showed their power. While the bandits were busy carrying stones, loading crossbows, and working together to turn the winches of the siege equipment, the fish-scale shield array on the wall suddenly spread to both sides, revealing an iron column with a black hole. The direction of the black hole was facing the column. Bandits in formation. It turned out that Huang Dagen and Cao Ergou on the wall were shocked when they saw the siege weapons assembled by the bandits, including two light catapults and four ballistae. They knew that if the bandits were allowed to fire crossbows and stones, not only would the large shield on the wall of the village be unable to stop them, but even the wooden gate of the village would be shattered after a few stones. Once the gate of the village is broken, bandits swarm in, and Liuliba may not be able to defend it.
In desperation, Huang Dagen ordered the shield array to get out of the way and lit the fuse of the artillery himself. A few seconds later, as a huge explosion sounded, the plot after the giant grenade exploded was repeated. In fact, the bandits were not completely defenseless. When the shield formation at the head of the village wall changed just now, Xiong Ben's instinct of licking blood from the edge of a knife for many years made him aware of the danger. He ordered the bandits to hide behind the shields. It's just that the effective range of this artillery is about one mile, so it's too powerful to hit a target more than 200 meters away. The hot iron projectiles penetrated the giant shields and human bodies in the front row, and then hit the bandits behind. This artillery was filled with shotgun shells, and its firing range completely covered the entire mountain road, which caused the bandits to fall down a large area in an instant. With this cannon, not only were three siege engines destroyed, but the bandits standing in front of the array suffered heavy casualties, and even more than half of the soldiers were killed or injured. Xiong Ben, who was standing at the rear, was unscathed, but the soldier standing in front of him was hit by shrapnel and died in the blink of an eye.
After being hit hard again, the bandits finally couldn't hold on any longer and began to run away one after another. Xiong Ben repeated his old tricks and began to kill people to establish his power to prevent his escape. He personally killed several bandits who had escaped the fastest, including the envoys he had sent to Liuliba to persuade them to surrender. Seeing that he had killed even his close associates, the bandits were even more frightened and frightened by his cruelty. Then he stopped. At this moment, Xiong Ben understood that he could no longer force an attack. If these bandits were pressed, they would mutiny and even fight him desperately. Now that his own soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, they are no longer able to suppress these desperadoes. But he also knew that if he didn't stabilize his position, he would be defeated like a mountain, and he would be completely defeated. The top priority is to get the formation in order and retreat slowly. Otherwise, it would be a trivial matter to let the defeated troops disperse on their own and lose their weapons and equipment. This would make their prestige plummet and threaten their rule in Wanjiaping and even in this mountain.
The frightened bandits and civilians, under Xiong Ben's orders, were panicking to organize their formations and pack their baggage, when the artillery on the wall of Liuliba Village rang out again. Wherever the hot and dense bullets flew by, the bandits and civilians fell again. This second shot was the straw that broke the camel's back. After the sound of the shot, the bandits and civilians no longer cared about the threat of Xiong Ben, and fled for their lives. Seeing his subordinates rushing away in a flash, Xiong Ben could no longer turn around. He turned around and saw the gate of Liuli Village slowly opening, and he took the remaining soldiers and ran towards Wanjiaping.
