Covered by sand and mounds, apart from leaving a group of three thousand elites to spread out to monitor the enemy's movements, the rest of the soldiers were immediately divided into three parts, which were used to control and launch the three types of operations mentioned earlier. tool.
The so-called "Fire Flying Kite" was usually called "Sacred Fire Flying Crow" before it was improved in the past. In normal history, it should have been invented in the Ming Dynasty, but in this world, it was assembled in batches by Jibie who concentrated in the border areas at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The firearms produced and used shined brightly when dealing with the Yan people headed by Murong Chui.
This is a kind of firearm made of bamboo strips. It looks like a crow and is sealed with tissue paper. It contains gunpowder, wolfsbane, arsenic and more than ten kinds of medicines. It has a head, tail and wings on the front and rear to enhance the stability of flying in the air. And sustained power, like a bird flying into the sky, there are four take-off rockets slanted under the crow's body, which become a powerful force for take-off, enough to make the firearm fly more than a hundred feet.
When it reaches the target, the gunpowder in the flying crow explodes, not only setting the target on fire, but also releasing poisonous gas, mainly arsenic, which can poison the enemy and stun it. The smoke is filled and blocks the enemy's sight, which is very effective.
At present, the Sha family in the Jiangnan area are also proficient in the technology of such firearms and sell them at high prices. Later, they were transformed and upgraded by the research institute and developed multiple versions with different shapes and functions. In order to distinguish the Sha family, there are still a large number of The original versions in stock are collectively called "Arson Flying Kite".
The biggest difference between the Arsonist Flying Kite and the original flying crow is that they use brand-new technology on their wings, which allows them to vibrate rapidly with the help of the power of gunpowder burning. As a result, the flight time and flight distance have been doubled, and multiple There is a mutual synergy between the types.
After receiving the order from the superior captain to launch a raid, more than half of the people quickly took out three-foot-long wooden kites from the accompanying carts, placed them on a special take-off stand, and then lit them one by one with fire sticks. These wooden iris tails have fuses that are about a foot long.
"blow!"
In an instant, hundreds of pyrotechnic flying kites soared into the sky from their stands, flew across the night sky, and fluttered towards the white Tongwan City in the distance. The tracks left by the fireworks were a spectacle and dazzling.
Although at first the flight path of the flying kites showed a straight ray due to the guidance of the special support track, but as they flew higher and higher, they became more and more scattered under the blowing of the night wind, and it seemed that they would fly. The tendency to lose track of time.
Then, among this large group of flying kites, a few suddenly shot out more violent sparks and quickly rushed to the front of the entire team. They generated a forward wake vortex airflow at the tips of their wings, causing the flying kites behind them to The kites all benefited from the effort and soon automatically formed a "human" shape similar to the shape of a flock of wild geese.
Relying on these set flying kites to accelerate the consumption of fuel, each "flying geese array" was arranged in a group of about a hundred flying kites about fifty feet apart, forming a formation like a giant wing of fire. The unique patterns look like the night sky, and the scene is very spectacular.
Although the expeditionary force's surprise attack was not expected, and due to the harsh environment, the number of Turkic soldiers who stayed up all night to guard the city was not large. However, looking at the scene of firelight in the sky from a distance, dozens of sentries immediately appeared on the observation tower. The designated horn was blown, and the relevant news was spread, causing the entire wolf army in Tongwan City to enter the countdown to awakening.
However, before the Turks could take effective countermeasures, in just a dozen breaths, thousands of fire kites had already entered the airspace above Tongwan City, and then dozens of special flying kites suddenly appeared. A dazzling light came on, to the point of making people blind.
Under the strong light obtained by these flying kites burning active metals, a large number of Turks who had just woken up to the news of the enemy's attack and were preparing to assemble in the open areas of each camp with soldiers and arrows were immediately stimulated by the flash and could not see the normal sight. A lot of things are in chaos.
The next moment, another hundred and ten slightly heavy flying kites suddenly exploded into pieces, releasing a large amount of irritating gas and spreading accelerant particles, making the panicked Turkic soldiers suspect that the enemy had dropped poisonous mist. Something like that, and he quickly held his breath while unable to see clearly, and couldn't help but feel panicked.
But in fact, the original ability of the "Sacred Fire Flying Crow" to release poisonous mist was not very effective. It only had a short-term impact on people, forcing the enemy to hold their breath and retreat quickly, and it would be blown away after a while. The poison cannot kill anyone at all. It mainly plays the role of weakening the enemy's condition. It must be combined with long-range weapons with heavy lethality such as stone-throwing arrows.
The truly efficient and powerful poison gas should be the "Wannian Fan" of the Maitreya Sect in the past, the "Riot Madness" obtained by Yao Xing from the Qiuci people in the later Qin Dynasty, and the "Sorrowful Breeze" of Xixia in Jin Yong's world, but the cost Or the output is not very ideal, and can only cover a small area.
Therefore, now they have been changed into non-toxic gases that purely create panic and have a much lower effective concentration. They are more focused on another direction of supporting combustion instead of dividing the space occupied by some raw materials for such low-efficiency gases. on the attack.
When the combustion-supporting gas and particles spread, the overwhelming number of common arson flying kites also began to play their role. Their wings were driven up and bent by the built-in mechanism, causing them to circle and move in an elusive trajectory. with;
The mouth continuously shoots out high-temperature and blazing sparks in a continuous stream, completely blind and random, making the area they cover as wide as possible without missing any object that can be ignited.
The sparks flying everywhere are sticky fire oil droplets that can adhere to buildings, various debris, and even the clothes worn by people, and continue to burn on their surfaces. Although each flying kite only carries a few Literal amount, but extremely lethal to flammable targets.
For a time, the sky above Tongwan City and the space outside the houses and tents in the city were filled with colorful fireworks. The flames were everywhere. When this "beautiful" and destruction were combined, it formed a strange and mysterious scene. The thrilling picture was even more shocking than the flying geese array just now.
Although many houses in Tongwan are built purely of bricks and stones and will not be ignited by sparks, the Turks occupied a large number of aboriginal houses after settling in the city, forcing them to temporarily crowd into tents on the streets. In addition, the newly built army camps in the city are all made of wood and cloth;
In addition, in order to resist the cold night in the desert and play a role in heating, as well as to try to use fire attack and smoke attack in the battle shortly after, many warehouses for storing wood were built in the city. At this time, they were fueling the fire of Tongwan City. The power was out of control, leaving the Turks unable to save themselves.
Along with the huge tongues of fire rising into the sky, a large amount of thick smoke rose up in the city and spread in all directions with the night wind. For a moment, the scene became filled with smoke for several miles and the vision was unclear. Even if the shining flying kite had burned out, it was difficult to reach far. The condition of seeing objects from a distance.
Faced with an astonishing fire attack that could burn most of Tongwan City to the ground, the Turks showed their strong ability to deal with sudden changes. Elites with higher cultivation levels decisively dealt with the frightened soldiers who caused chaos in the city, and forcibly quelled the out-of-control situation. situation, trying to restore things to an orderly state.
War drums gradually sounded in unison both inside and outside the city. The wolf army panicked but began to put out fires and search for people. At the same time, they moved their soldiers in the direction of the fire kite to deal with the expeditionary force that might invade from Jilu Sai. .
The most rare thing is that under the control of their owners, the war horses, which were originally afraid of fireworks, were unstable but did not lose control and went crazy. They kept galloping through the streets of the city to deliver orders and deliver supplies, showing that even in the current extreme situation, The wolf army still maintains strong combat effectiveness.
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However, the Turks, who had just thought that they had survived this disaster, were preparing to send several thousand troops out of the city to search for traces of the enemy, vowing to avenge the fire attack. However, they did not expect that after the release of the arson flying kite, Finally, the second team finally arranged the launch procedures for the "shock jammer".
It was a large crossbow machine assembled one after another. The extremely thick arrows were mounted on it. You could see that the middle ends of the arrows were fixed at a section with a strange machine. The flash smoke cover advanced another two to three hundred feet, and was quickly launched towards the places with the highest flames in the city.
Along with the whistling sound that enveloped the sky and the earth, more than a dozen specially made giant arrows fell diagonally into multiple areas in the city, penetrating through houses and the ground, and going straight into the ground more than ten feet deep. Because of the burning houses outside, The tents were blocking the way, and even if there were people who saw the trajectory of the arrows, few dared to get close enough to investigate.
Immediately afterwards, the shock jammer began to operate at full power, and the thrilling whistling sound quickly spread, overwhelming the original crackle of burning wood, and the screams and howls of pain from those who were burned, causing the sound to be heard within a radius of hundreds of feet. The Turks could not help but cover their ears with their hands, their faces distorted, and they endured the pain that penetrated their ears and shook their souls.
Especially for people who were closer, their ears suddenly lost feeling due to the sudden loud noise. Their eardrums hurt as if they were scratched by a razor blade. Their internal organs seemed to have been hit by a sledgehammer, and they seemed to want to vomit something but couldn't. He didn't have the strength to spit it out, and his body gradually collapsed, with blood overflowing from his seven orifices. It was clear that his life was taken away by the shock that exceeded the limit of endurance.
The so-called "shock jammer" naturally refers to the machine bound to the giant arrow rather than the arrow itself. It has an effect similar to modern floor shakers or shock bombs, and can function for a long time to create deafening violent sounds. .
After being shot into the fire ruins by special giant arrows, the jammers that are deeply embedded in the city will continue to consume fuel and make noise, making it impossible for the nearby Turks to enter a state of rest, so as to have the effect of "tiring the troops" and increasing their combat effectiveness. dramatically drop.
Under the current situation, the Turks who were deprived of both their vision and their sense of smell almost lost their hearing. The transmission of orders encountered unprecedented obstacles. No matter how high their combat quality was, it would be difficult for them to To make up for it, he finally fell into an irreparable defeat.
Due to the interruption of communication with the upper-level officers, most of the Turks and other Han and Yi people inside and outside the city fell into a state of madness after a short period of depression. There were more than tens of thousands of people regardless of the cold weather. Frozen and unable to carry provisions, he abandoned the city and fled.
What makes Kang Sheoli, the Turkic general who commands the army in the city, even more desperate is that until the attack has reached this stage, not even half of the Turks have seen the enemy in person. It can be said that this is a visual attack. The super blow from outside completely made the defenders of Tongwan City completely unable to stand up.
When this confidant of Jieli made up his mind to give up controlling the vast majority of the people in the city and only commanded a small number of elites nearby, trying to preserve a few important areas and maintain stability, the third branch outside the city had about two hundred people. The team has connected dozens of specially-made carts through machinery in an exquisite way, locking each other to form a huge structure.
There is no doubt that this is the "City-Splitting Giant Crossbow" as the final weapon of this raid. It is more than ten feet in size, but it does not have many characteristics of ordinary crossbows. Overall, it looks like a long bar The bracket has two tubular arrow paths left in the middle.
In fact, rather than saying that this super giant crossbow that reaches ten thousand stones is a crossbow machine, it is better to call it a giant slingshot, because it completely abandons the traditional bow blade energy storage and changes it to the shape of an inertial flywheel. The layout is similar to that of a modern aircraft carrier's aircraft catapult.
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After a period of adjustment and arrangement, this giant ballista was firmly fixed on the slope of the mound, thereby obtaining an upward shooting angle. Under the combined efforts of the engine and many talented players to transport power through the air, a The extremely heavy steel wheel slowly accelerated and turned, making the noise of cutting airflow;
At the rear of the car, two giant arrows up to a foot and a half long were placed on a track full of pulleys. The connection between the arrowheads and the arrow branches was equipped with a ring lock, which was tied to a slender and tough stainless steel chain. One piece, and the other end of the chain is very close to the steel wheel.
After waiting for quite some time, the speed of the huge steel wheel finally reached a terrifying and frightening level, making the air around it like a furnace. The position of the wheel axle was constantly flashing with electric sparks due to excessive friction. It can be seen that the wheel body was in this position. In the process, an incredible amount of kinetic energy is stored;
Without too much hesitation, the innate hands on both sides who had been prepared for a long time fastened the hook extending from the steel chain to a concave gap on the outermost surface of the giant wheel. This caused the high-speed rotating giant wheel to receive additional resistance, and immediately took the chain with it. They move together and transfer energy to other objects.
In an instant, multiple pulleys were used to amplify the tremendous force coming from the steel wheels. Two giant arrows, much larger than humans, suddenly gained nearly half of the kinetic energy of the wheels, tearing apart the air along the slide rails and shooting straight. It came out, and in the next moment it knocked the surrounding controllers to the ground, it had crossed the sky and arrived outside the thick iron wall of Tongwan City.
Judging from the direction of the arrow's shooting, it turned out to be aimed at the corner of Tongwan City from the side, which is equivalent to enlarging the thickness of the normal city wall a hundred times. If Gai Yinruo penetrated directly from this position, it would be equivalent to The target was changed from the thickness of the solid wall to the total length of one entire side of the city wall, which was completely different from the same level.
However, I saw two arrowheads covered with black iron penetrated into it, tearing open a large hole far beyond the arrow diameter as easily as hitting tofu. The masonry debris exploded outward from the arrow hole, Countless deep pits of different sizes were made with a radius of tens of feet.
It was like being pinched and cut by giant scissors. The middle section of the east city wall that was hit from the side suffered severe damage to the overall structure. It was difficult to support the weight of the upper section of the city wall. The internal masonry cracked rapidly. After it expanded and spread, a large section of it, which was hundreds of steps long, collapsed on the spot due to a chain reaction;
Not only was the wall height reduced by more than half, but a large amount of rubble was dumped and piled up on both sides of the city, forming a slope that people could pass through. The previous situation where this section of the city wall was both high and thick and had strong blocking capabilities was no longer the case.
The thick walls of the fortified city that Helianbobo was proud of in the past are simply vulnerable to this super crossbow that exceeds the limits of manpower and is supported by technology that transcends the times. At the same time, combined with the surprise attack of the other two types of weapons, the Turks will The strategy of unifying Wancheng as an important stronghold came to nothing.
Of course, after unleashing such an earth-shattering blow, the ballista, which was originally assembled and had limited structural stability, was almost completely shattered by the backlash on the spot. The pulleys, steel chains, steel wheels, etc., were all damaged to varying degrees. It needs to be repaired separately before it can be fired again, which is also the flaw of this weapon.
And with the emergence of a large breach in the city wall, the three thousand elites who launched a surprise attack on the mound hundreds of feet away also had the opportunity to rush into the city and kill wantonly. If they were willing to risk going deep into the sea of fire, they could even Almost all the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city were wiped out.
However, after having achieved huge results, they still have to put themselves in the same danger as the enemy. Those who are willing to do this are naturally only a few elites led by Koo Zhong, who want to fight with the trapped beast. The Turks competed head-on, showing their courage beyond ordinary people.
Holding powerful crossbows and sharp swords, they headed towards the breach in the city wall. They soon faced a fleeing Turkic cavalry. With the rapid sound of the bow strings, arrows were thrown in the air like locusts, more than the enemy. Fang launched the attack hundreds of steps ahead.
The situation was unbearable to witness. Torches were thrown down, horses were overturned, and people fell. More than a hundred riders were all spared from being fed powerful arrows, piercing their chests and necks. The enemy's light armor did not play any role in blocking the arrows, leaving nothing behind. The sight of nameless corpses in the wilderness is a sight to behold.
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Under normal circumstances, the smaller the conflict, the more Turkic cavalry without others to act as shields will suffer heavy losses from the high-speed crossbows assembled in batches by the expeditionary force. Even the whole army will be annihilated without anyone charging to the enemy's position, resulting in battle losses. The ratio is astonishingly high;
But this does not mean that on a large-scale offensive and defensive battlefield, the two sides will still maintain the same battle loss gap. It mainly depends on the instantaneous battlefield status and the current equipment and quality of the personnel on both sides.
However, the large-scale use of firearms in attacks like the one just now has limited effect in a general confrontation between two armies. Only when the enemy sticks to a specific space and is in a passive situation, firearms can exert maximum damage as in the situation before us. force and destructive power.
If they were able to easily kill hundreds of wolf riders in a head-on encounter, it must be because the other party was so panicked that it was difficult to cover each other and join forces. It also meant that they were a team that dared to take risks and rushed into the city, or You will see the most vulnerable side of the Turks in panic.
After finding a fine surviving horse and riding on it, Kou Zhong was not content with simply raising a crossbow and shooting. He rushed into the city with a few companions who were good at martial arts, but they did not kill everyone on sight, but specifically targeted high-ranking generals. The decapitation tactic is used, which can not only maximize the results of the battle, but also make the Turks lose the ability to gather the rebel army due to the lack of relevant talents.
As for the remaining soldiers who had never entered the city, some were waiting at the breach to ambush the Turks who escaped from the city, and some made new arrangements near the city wall to pave the way for possible battles in the future.
At the same time, the Turkic Dazhai along the Wuding River and Hailiutu River also encountered similar night raids. However, due to the proximity of the river and the open terrain, the losses were much less, and they still retained more than half of their strength. , but basically they were frightened and their morale was shattered.
Of course, in order to achieve the effect of this battle, Anguo side consumed a lot of ordnance and supplies. The reserve of high-end firearms such as the Arson Flying Kite has been exhausted. The parts of a total of three city-breaking giant crossbows need half a month to be repaired and completed. The overall combat power in a short period of time has also declined significantly.
But in any case, almost no casualties were paid. Relying on the absolute technical superiority of surprise attack and crushing, the original stalemate between the two sides had obviously shifted to the side of the expeditionary force. Only when Jieli led the follow-up multi-ethnic coalition forces arrived , there is some possibility of barely reversing the decline.
The reason why such a nearly perfect raid tactic can be implemented is that in addition to the technical gap, the intelligence advantage is also crucial. After comprehensive consideration, coach Li Jing remotely controlled multiple armies to launch attacks in a targeted manner, which created the Such amazing results.
Different from Li Jing in normal history, Li Jing in the Huangyi world is much younger. He has not dealt with the Turks for a long time in Mayi on the border, so his combat experience and understanding of the enemy are naturally far behind. , there is no way to calculate an exhaustive strategy;
However, through the rehearsals and actual operations during this period, he has a deep understanding of the Turks' trends and strength, and has an accurate assessment of the level of his own personnel, so that the evolution of the battlefield situation is completely under his control. among.
The longer the deduction time is and the more information is obtained, the more Li Jing's ability to command the army to attack the enemy in a targeted manner will continue to increase, making the Turks even more disadvantaged. Without any accidents, the outcome will be determined. The trend has been set in advance.
To be honest, after successfully hitting the Turkic army garrison through a night attack, for him, this war no longer needs to consider the "suspense" of victory or defeat, but should consider how to achieve the greatest results with the least loss. , how much time will it take, and to what extent can the theoretical limit of this battle be reached.
In addition, the war against the Turks can also be used to verify the application status of new weapons and new machinery, and provide new ideas for their subsequent research and development.
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On the same night that the battle took place, Zhao Qing, who was thousands of miles away, concentrated on the oracle bone inscription interpretation album left by Cang Chu that day. He used the object as a medium to explore the opponent's information, and vaguely sensed the information left behind. The "good Samaritan" of this thing seems to be in the area of Shuofang battlefield.
"The ability to understand and translate oracle bone inscriptions was originally only related to academic achievements. It can be regarded as mastering an exclusive secret." While comprehending the content of the oracle bone inscriptions in "The Secret of Immortality", she also responded to the strange incident of being given a large gift inexplicably. He was also thoughtful in his heart.
"However, looking at the precise semantics and wording of the annotations left in this article, as well as the description method involving martial arts theory, it can be concluded that the author should be a top martial arts master. I don't know, leaving this picture Is the person who wrote the book the author of this article?"
"The essence of "Secret of Immortality" actually extends from the realm of 'light' to 'time'. The closer connection should be the relationship between the speed of light and the passage of time in the theory of relativity, right? The martial arts theory involved here, but This is something I have never thought of before..."
"However, in my deduction, the life-extending effect of the simple 'Longevity Secret' seems to be somewhat unsatisfactory. In fact, it may seem a bit useless?"
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