Chapter 370 Giant Thunder Bomb
It is said that Chen Longyi Shi Yanliang made a three-day appointment with him. Whether it was the ten-day appointment with Guo Tu or the three-day bet with Yan Liang, the focus was on the siege to capture Ye City in the short term.
Chen Long was helpless and could only prepare his troops to attack the city. Just at this moment, like sending help in the snow, Guan Yu sent a piece of shocking news like a red rabbit and a horse in the red cloud. Guo Jia brought a ship of weapons and came to the front line of Yecheng to help.
* It is not easy to develop and produce. Even with the great genius of Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying, they can only achieve this black fire after many years. But at this moment, these black fires were enough to blow the two southeastern gates of Yecheng into pieces.
With such a powerful weapon, it was no problem to capture the gates of Ye City. As for the subsequent street fighting, Chen Long was not worried at all. As long as his soldiers poured into Ye City, Yuan Shao's officials would naturally encourage Yuan Shao to retreat to the north. Line Handan, will never insist on coexistence and death with Yecheng.
The current goal is to successfully bury the black fire under the city gate and fully detonate it in the morning. I believe Guo Jia is also thinking about the same topic at Dongcheng Gate. But with Guo Jia's intelligence, I believe he will be more capable than himself. Chen Long knew that necessary offensive cover was still necessary. Chen Long decided to lead the first wave of attacks personally and observe the terrain of the city gate.
The cloud echelon was in the center, the infantry with swords and shields was divided into two groups, with the catapult at the front and two simple assault vehicles, which were pushed to the front of the formation. Chen Long led the archers in advance, and the drums of the entire army started to beat. Zhou Buyi and Tai Shici held down the formation behind them, each leading an army of soldiers and horses to stand still as replacements. This crazy attack was planned to last day and night, so naturally the troops had to be divided and rested in rotation.
In the south of Yecheng, there are a few villages, and the rest is farmland. A hard dirt road leads directly to the south gate. Seeing that the terrain was flat, Chen Long held down his position three miles outside Yecheng, spread out his troops, and ordered the drums to beat.
The war drums sounded, and in the distance I could see soldiers running around on the city wall, densely packed with swords and guns, and colorful flags fluttering. Sure enough, the preparations were very neat. Chen Long secretly thought: "Tomorrow morning, I will let you all fall into the dust. The more soldiers on the city wall, the happier a certain family will be." While secretly having fun, he ordered the catapults to avoid the farmland and line up in order about two and a half miles away. Open, every catapult is piled with large and small stones. This is naturally the theoretical shooting range of a simple catapult, and it is also just outside the shooting range of the archers on the city wall.
The archers formed several columns and spread out. The infantry held the ladders and passed through the gaps between the archers. The civilians pushed carts filled with soil and followed the archers, preparing to fill the moat. Chen Long rode to the front line to observe. He saw towering suspension bridges, very tall city walls, and a moat with a width of dozens of meters. However, the wide plain area that could be attacked was only a hundred meters. He knew that it was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Without the back-up of *, even if There were countless casualties, and it was impossible to break the city in three days.
On the city wall, behind the battlements there are swords and spears like a forest, arrows like rain, steel helmets and iron armor shining with the sun, and a big word Yuan is written on several big flags. There are also several large cauldrons set up, emitting billowing black smoke, which is obviously asphalt and boiling oil, which is extremely lethal against vehicles and ladders. Behind the battlements at the top of the arrow towers on the left and right, you can also see two crossbows, shining with metallic luster from high up. They look extremely powerful and are undoubtedly the biggest threat to long-range catapults.
Several residential houses a hundred meters away from the city wall had long been deserted. Chen Long set up a temporary command post. With an order, the sound of war drums became more and more exciting. The entire army immediately moved forward and was outside the opponent's range. The front line stacked up. The shield is specially designed to protect people from being hurt by bed crossbows. The sound of the drums changed again, and the catapult array was ordered. The creaking and creaking winches were immediately heard in the eardrums, and the sound of jumping was heard everywhere. Then huge rocks flew all over the sky, heading straight to the top of the city.
The first boulder fell on the outer edge of the battlement, and was immediately exploded into pieces. The momentum of the rubble continued, and it immediately splashed all over the heads and faces of the soldiers behind the battlements. Immediately afterwards, boulders hit Yecheng one after another. The city walls, arrow towers, and even the houses in the city were all hit by boulders. The arrow towers mounted crossbows and immediately began to fight back. Huge crossbows were everywhere, and the Montenegrin army was also overwhelmed. Ordinary shields could not stop the giant crossbows at all.
Both sides attacked with long-range weapons for about a quarter of an hour before Chen Longming blew the attack horn. The whine sounded immediately, and the archers immediately dispersed. Under the cover of the shield men, they began to fire non-stop at the city head to suppress the fire. Then the infantry began to attack, and the ladder men and bulldozers let out thunderous roars. From the archers Passed through the gap and pushed the cart straight into the moat. Many soldiers and carts were shot over by bed crossbows, strung into gourds, and died in extremely miserable conditions.
Not long after, the Montenegrin infantry had crossed the moat and began to climb the wall like ants. The archers stopped firing and began the most brutal siege. Chen Long could only ignore Bingyong's screams and ordered the special forces to send people to quickly cut the ropes of the suspension bridge and lower the suspension bridge. As the suspension bridge fell, two cars rushed forward. Chen Long ordered one to come forward and take advantage of the opportunity of the army to attack the city to approach the city gate. The front end of the ram was a thick hanging log, and the whole body was wrapped in cowhide. The soldiers were hidden under the cowhide and were not afraid of fire. Unexpectedly, as soon as the chariot arrived at the bottom of the city, huge rocks rolling with oil fell down one after another, smashing the chariot immediately, and the soldiers under the chariot were instantly reduced to fried meat.
Chen Long shook his head slightly. It seemed that the enemy guarded the city gate very carefully and had already set up protective traps. If you want to bury the gun under the city gate, it will take a lot of effort. Looking at the remaining ramming car, Chen Long's heart moved. If the giant tree was hollowed out and filled, even if it was smashed next to the door, could it be regarded as buried?
The first wave of siege troops dropped many corpses, and the second wave of troops commanded by Tai Shici followed up. It was obvious that there were fewer falling rocks and rolling wood on the city, but the crossbows continued to exert their power. Obviously, the reserve of giant crossbows was insufficient. few. Just like this, they took turns to attack violently, and night finally fell.
Night was the best cover. Under the cover of waves of attacks during the day, Chen Long had already arranged to hollow out the giant wood, fill the grooves and gaps in the wood with gunpowder, and rush into the hanging giant tree, turning it into a giant thunder bomb. The fuse went around the bottom of the giant tree and coiled for nearly fifty meters, giving the person who lit the fuse enough time to escape.
Chen Long thought of Xu You's family. He had promised Xu You to rescue his family before the city was broken. Once Xu You's family was killed before the city was broken, he would lose Xu You's trust. Tonight is the last night before the city is broken. Chen Long arranged for Lu Chang to go to Xicheng Genxia first to arrange for the city to be climbed, and handed over the task of lighting the fuse to the second group of team members who rushed to the car. In fact, they conducted several drills to ensure that nothing went wrong. .
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
