Although they are pirates, it does not mean that they are a ragtag group. After fighting with Dongzhou officers and soldiers for so many years, they still have some rules and regulations for fighting.
The Dongshan Army attacking the city fought fiercely, and they had already experienced it. The stronger the army, the more excited Huang Er felt, and the more he wanted to eat it in one breath.
Although the offensive slowed down, Huang Er did not let the victory in front of him go to his head. He suppressed his inner excitement and ordered his pirates to rely on the advantages of the city wall to actively defend, and strictly prohibited everyone from being impatient and rushing out to fight back.
You must wait until the reinforcements from the base camp arrive so that you can fight back.
Only when there are enough troops can a charge be launched. Even if the opponent is powerful, Huang Er is confident that he can eat them in one go.
The battle between the two sides was fierce. In the distance, Su Qi'an, sitting on horseback, looked at the Qingchong County without any progress with an indifferent expression, and asked the people next to him.
"Counting the time, Brother Xie and the others should be arriving soon."
"Mr. Hui, with the speed of the Splitting Mountain Army, half an hour is definitely more than enough." One person replied.
"Well, in this case, let Tong Zhan and Su Yong retreat first. After attacking for so long, it's time to get tougher."
After hearing Su Qi'an's order, one of his subordinates nodded repeatedly with a little excitement in his eyes, then turned and left, standing in a high position, waving a flag.
The flag message was passed quickly, and after a while, the Dongshan Army, which had been attacking the city fiercely just now, began to retreat one after another.
Standing on the city wall, Huang Er watched this scene without even opening his mouth. The pirates in his hands all let out bursts of boos.
Many people even jeered and shouted loudly.
"Hmph, the Dongshan Army, which is among the top ten in terms of combat power, was defeated by the uncle and was as powerful as they boasted. It is just a bunch of cowards, cowards, and a bunch of rubbish."
"Haha, yes, garbage should stay in the garbage dump. By the way, remember to take back all the garbage you attacked when you retreat, so as not to get some bad luck."
Despite the crazy clamor of the pirates, the retreating Dongshan Army did not show any signs of anger. Instead, they retreated alternately indifferently.
Although it seemed that they had won this battle, and the pirates' clamor also helped to boost their own morale, Huang Er, who was standing on the tower, had some bad premonitions in his heart for some unknown reason.
He looked at the retreating Dongshan Army with an indifferent expression, shook his head, and suppressed the bad thoughts that arose in his heart.
"Perhaps his expression is a little tense due to the continuous battle." Huang Er secretly comforted himself.
Just as many pirates continued to shout, a sharp voice suddenly sounded.
"Boss, the catapult is coming."
"What's it called? What's all the fuss about? Haven't you seen a catapult? The state soldiers didn't use catapults last time, but so what, they didn't defeat them."
"It's not boss, this catapult looks a little different, look." One of his men shouted with a solemn expression.
Huang Er's face was impatient. He was about to scold him because his brothers had never seen the world, but when he looked at him, his impatient face suddenly changed.
Huang Er's eyes were dull and wide-eyed, because in front of him were not only catapults, but also rows of ballistae.
Moreover, these guys are at least two or three times larger than what they usually see.
More than ten catapults and more than twenty ballistae were lined up, giving people an inexplicable sense of impact.
Before Huang Er and the others came to their senses, the heavy catapults and ballistas that were slowly pushed out had been loaded. Next to each catapult and ballista, there was a soldier holding a torch, approaching the torch in his hand.
Along with the throwing of catapults and ballistae, it was obvious that the thrown black stone balls seemed to be ignited in the high air.
Then he quickly fell towards the city wall and into the city. Huang Er's eyes widened, and he shouted fiercely as if he had realized something.
"No, it's a fireball, avoid it!"
The moment his voice fell, the fireball thrown towards them was accompanied by a huge explosion.
The sound resounded throughout Chongjun City in Qing Dynasty.
The impact of the explosion was very strong, with all kinds of gravel flying, accompanied by bursts of rising smoke.
In the city, the many pirates who had been shouting arrogantly just now were blown up by the projected fireballs, crying for their fathers and mothers. In the rising smoke, various wailing sounds could be heard continuously.
Fortunately, Huang Er found a corner in time to hide. Although his body was covered with countless broken bricks, he at least saved his life.
Huang Er's mind was still a little dizzy. He stood up tremblingly and glanced around. The salvo of more than ten fireballs just now destroyed many houses and lost many brothers.
Although the city wall that was hit by the bombardment was not breached by the fireball, there were obviously large cracks in the area where it was hit. If there were a few more rounds, it would be a matter of time before the breach was blasted out.
Huang Erqiang endured the dizziness that filled his mind. He never imagined that this Dongshan Army would have such a terrifying weapon.
Is this still a catapult? The power of the explosion was greater than that of black powder. Even Huang Er had never seen this thing before.
It can be said that the impact just now scared him so much that he almost couldn't stand up. Huang Er was puzzled as to why the Dongshan Army didn't use it from the beginning when they clearly had such a terrifying guy.
If these guys were used at the beginning, I'm afraid they wouldn't last even half an hour.
Although he didn't understand, Huang Er knew that this was not the time to think about this. Just as he stood up, he organized his pirates who had woken up to prepare for a counterattack.
In his ears, the sound of breaking wind kept ringing.
A long crossbow, about one foot long, shot over his head.
The tails of these crossbow arrows were still burning with fuses, and before he could react, the crossbow arrows exploded.
Although the power is far less than that of a thrown fireball, the fragments splashed by the explosion are enough to kill a person.
The exploding crossbow fragments and the continuous throwing of fireballs left Huang Er and others unable to resist.
He shouted quickly, "Everyone, please hold on to me. Send a request for help to the second master immediately. He said that we can't hold on any longer. Where are the reinforcements from the base camp?"
Su Qian was very satisfied with the effect of the rounds of fireballs thrown, mixed with exploding crossbow arrows.
In order to achieve today's results, Su Qian's R&D department has made great efforts.
Previous improvements to catapults and ballistae were mostly in terms of mobility and convenience, but if they wanted to exert greater power, they had to use gunpowder.
Su Qi'an had this idea at the beginning, but if he wanted to develop something stable and sustainable, he had to make long-term plans.
This preparation lasted for more than a year. When Su Qian left Xizhou and went to Kyoto, the R&D department, under the leadership of Mr. Lei, continued to carry out experiments.
After countless failures, the R&D department finally developed the latest improved model, which can fill stone balls and heavy crossbows with gunpowder and turn them into hot weapons similar to artillery. Su Qian called it an artillery truck.
This kind of artillery vehicle is very lethal, even in a city with high walls and thick walls, it cannot withstand these multiple rounds of bombardment.
It is powerful and destructive. These are all advantages. It is a perfect siege weapon. However, the artillery vehicle also has its shortcomings.
For example, there are not enough raw materials for gunpowder, and the production yield is very low. In Great Liang, the control of gunpowder is very strict, and generally only the royal family is qualified to possess it.
If it weren't for Su Qi'an's current status as a member of the royal family, and even a military lord of Daliang whom Su Xuanyong valued, the sources of gunpowder raw materials in his hands would be enough for him to drink a pot.
Furthermore, this type of improved artillery vehicle is powerful and correspondingly large in size, which makes it very heavy. It is best used in fixed-type vehicles such as sieges, which are effective.
If it is to be used in naval battles or on the grasslands, facing the Da Rong cavalry, a large-scale raid, artillery vehicles, and fire ballistas are all living targets.
In the era of Great Liang, the manufacture of gunpowder had already appeared, and it was not someone's patent. Before Su Qi'an, the royal families of various countries had more or less used gunpowder to create some thermal weapons.
But this kind of hot weapon is like
The artillery vehicles manufactured by the R&D Department are equally powerful, but they are definitely accompanied by flaws.
Therefore, in the face of a battle involving hundreds of thousands of people, this kind of hot weapon seems a bit unsatisfactory.
Although Su Qi'an had modern experience in his previous life and had seen powerful thermal weapons, he was not an expert in military industry.
It is impossible to rely on the ideas in your own brain and say something to the people in the R&D department, and they can create modern weapons. This is very unrealistic.
Improved artillery vehicles like this are as far as they can understand.
Therefore, if you want to rely on your own ideas to make large-scale modern weapons, you can only think about it.
In an era where Great Liang still relies on a large number of cold weapons, the emergence of firearms can only be used as a supplement. Even Su Qi'an can only think about a little bit of research and development to promote the progress of Great Liang, and that is enough.
As for transforming Great Liang into a modern civilized society, Su Qi'an has no extravagant hopes. His greatest contribution is to promote it. Whether it can be realized will take hundreds of years, or even longer.
Su Qi'an came back to his senses and looked at the shaky Qingchong County City in front of him. Su Qi'an ordered the offensive to be slowed down again.
If he wanted to, with such indiscriminate bombing, it would only take him an hour at most to capture Qingchong County.
But taking Qingchong County City now is not what Su Qi'an wants. What he wants is to use Qingchong County City to encircle and mobilize reinforcements.
Just as Huang Er couldn't figure it out, if Su Qi'an used such heavy weapons from the beginning to win the battle quickly, would the Japanese pirates on Zhoushan Island still send troops to support them?
Jiro Sakai, who occupied Zuohai County, would still send a message for rescue so calmly. I am afraid that he would have fled long ago after receiving the news that Qingchong County was quickly captured.
But now, the reinforcements dispatched by Zhoushan Island should be blocked by the Mountain Splitting Army led by Xie Cang, and Qing Chong County was besieged by him.
The one who is most anxious now is Sakai Jiro from Zuohai County. Now they are in a dilemma.
And this play is only half staged. How to play the rest depends on Jiro Sakai's performance.
