Cannon fire! People look up to you! Horse flip!
Just when the cavalry had just rushed within 300 meters of Guangcheng Pass, Huo Zhi, who could no longer hold himself back, gave the order to fire!
A thousand cavalry troops charged in groups, and their positions were extremely dense. They never expected that the defenders would give themselves a big surprise in this way.
After just one salvo, more than half of the cavalry were knocked off their horses before the cavalry could react. The horses under the remaining cavalry were suddenly frightened and began to run away uncontrollably. !
As soon as the sound of the first round of shelling fell, the second round of shelling had already arrived!
Huo Zhi was determined not to let any of the thousand cavalry troops escape. He didn't leave any time for the soldiers to refill their ammunition. Instead, he simply arranged for three groups of cannons to be fired in turn!
"Fuck me!" Huo Zhi shouted with high spirits.
The three rounds of bombardment passed in an instant. Even though Huo Zhi was well prepared, a few scattered cavalrymen could not avoid fleeing in panic.
"Damn it, you just changed positions too slowly. Look, run away!" The angry Huo Zhi gave the nearest artilleryman a chestnut.
The soldier looked at Huo Zhi with an aggrieved face and did not dare to speak.
"You really should change your bad temper." Lin Biao came behind Huo Zhi at some point and said softly.
"Lord, aren't we afraid of delaying you?" Huo Zhi turned around and said with a smile.
"Come on, I don't know you well yet." Lin Biao rolled his eyes at him, "It's okay to put a few back. Don't worry, they will come again tomorrow."
"Seriously?" Huo Zhi said in surprise.
Lin Biao ignored this nonsense and continued: "What's the furthest distance we hit today?"
"That group of cavalry were obviously used to bullying. They rushed into the city gate three hundred meters away at a very fast speed. The shelling almost reached this position. The main reason was that we, Lao Huo, didn't let them escape at all. Opportunity." Huo Zhi chuckled, faintly proud.
"That's because the opponent rushed too fast and didn't have time to turn the horse's head. If you advance step by step, turn around and escape after the first round of shelling, can you still wipe out the opponent?" Lin Biao said calmly.
Huo Zhi's mouth dropped and he was speechless.
"If the enemy's cavalry comes again tomorrow, the maximum distance of the artillery attack cannot exceed 500 meters. Have you remembered?" Lin Biao asked.
Huo Zhi nodded repeatedly.
"Also, don't arrange three groups of gun positions. Two groups are enough." Lin Biao added.
"Ah?" Huo Zhi looked frustrated.
"Um?"
"Okay, okay, my lord, I understand."
At dawn the next day, as Lin Biao said, another group of cavalry emerged from Cai Mao's camp this time, no more, no less, still a thousand people in number.
This time the other party seemed to have learned the lesson well. Once they were within a mile, they began to slowly advance towards the tower.
Less than a hundred meters away, these thousand cavalry troops gathered together and waited for a few moments before moving forward.
Looking at Huo Zhi on the tower, he was very anxious.
Finally, when the opponent reached a position of about 500 meters, Huo Zhi ordered the artillery fire to bombard the opponent again.
This time, the other side also learned the lesson. After two rounds of shelling, only about half of the other side's cavalry were left behind, and the rest fled away on horseback.
"How's it going?" Not long after the sound of cannons passed, Lin Biao appeared on the top of the city again.
"They imitated thieves, so only half of them were left. This is because the two rounds of shelling connected very quickly." Huo Zhi was a little depressed.
"Very good, no rush." Lin Biao nodded, "They may continue to test tomorrow. This time, a group of gun positions will be enough. The distance should not exceed 600 meters at most."
Although Huo Zhi had a fiery temper, he now understood that Lin Biao had a deep meaning in doing this, so he didn't say anything more and nodded in agreement.
On the third day, another thousand cavalry troops arrived as scheduled. This time Huo Zhi was not in a hurry. Six hundred meters would be six hundred meters. Anyway, at such a long distance, don't expect to cause any harm to the opponent. of killing.
Sure enough, after two rounds of shelling, the enemy's losses were less than one-third, and the cavalry turned their horses and returned to the camp.
"Lord, what's your point?" Huo Zhi asked doubtfully.
"That's almost it." Lin Zhu nodded and said, "Tomorrow we will reveal all our wealth. I think Cai Hao will soon lose his patience and attack the city with his army."
"Okay!" Huo Zhi heard that there was no need to be merciful, and he didn't care about the reason, so he responded crisply.
On the fourth day when the Luoyang reinforcements arrived at Guangcheng Pass, Cai Mao, who was far away, finally pressed forward with his army and stayed two miles away from the city gate.
It's like it's been carefully calculated.
The endless army could not see the end clearly. On the front line, the infantry carrying huge siege equipment and ladders were ready to go, and they might rush towards Guangcheng Pass at any time.
The sound of war drums and shouts came from afar, like roaring thunder.
Finally, the world suddenly became quiet for a moment, and then the vibration of the earth was clearly transmitted to the feet of the defenders.
The siege has begun!
"Don't rush to fire, wait for them for a while." Lin Biao ordered, "Your mission is to defend the city. As long as the city gate is not broken, it is considered a victory, no matter how much damage you cause to the enemy."
Huo Zhi nodded, but there was no way to get him to give up this easily obtained military glory.
"Sir, I don't quite understand." The commander who was originally guarding the gate frowned and said.
Although he was not worried that his side would not be able to defend Guangcheng Pass, he was still doubtful as he watched Lin Biao's formation in the past few days.
"There is still some time. I don't understand what you are saying." Lin Biao looked at the heroic general with interest and said softly.
"The general is so stupid that I... don't even understand." He was a little embarrassed.
Lin Biao nodded, seeming to understand what he meant, and explained: "Actually, it's easy to understand. When we first arrived here, we made a noise to let Cai Hao know that we were coming. In fact, we didn't care about him until the reinforcements arrived. A response to a probing attack.”
"Why, after arriving at Guangcheng Pass for several days, did he still not send troops to attack, and only sent a small group of cavalry to call for humiliation? The key is that he, Cai Mao, is not that concerned about attacking the city. He will never be full. He led an army of 300,000 people here just to wander around, there must be some purpose, of course, this is another question."
"Think about it, if we still don't let him notice that the reinforcements have arrived, will Cai Mao suddenly lead an army to attack Guangcheng Pass in his style? Don't worry, he won't. He will probably give enough to Guangcheng Pass as before. pressure, and then just wear it off.”
"So we might as well take advantage of the situation and let him know that we have arrived." Lin Biao said.
The guard thought for a long time, but still didn't quite understand why Lin Biao had to let the other party know that Luoyang's reinforcements had arrived.
"Then Cai Mao conducted exploratory reconnaissance for three consecutive days, and I did as he wished and asked Huo Zhi to fight back. On the first day, three groups of artillery positions at 300 meters opened fire in succession, and on the second day, two groups of artillery positions at 500 meters opened fire. They fired alternately. On the third day, only one group of gun positions at 600 meters reloaded and fired. What does this mean?"
"Do you want the other party to think that the attack of our artillery is attenuated in terms of quantity and distance, so that Cai Mao underestimates the enemy?" The defender understood a little bit.
"Not only that, but letting him test the depths of Guangcheng Pass with only three thousand people is an underestimation of his wisdom. As for the information hidden in it, you might as well guess again. I won't tell you yet, but He, Cai Mao, will see the outcome after two or three days like this."
Lin Biao seemed extremely confident.
The dense siege army had already arrived at Guangcheng Pass. Following Huo Zhi's order, artillery exploded one after another and began to pour cannonballs downwards.
"There are too many enemies." The guard said with a frown.
Indeed, even if the three rows of artillery positions on the city wall were constantly loading artillery shells and bombarding them, it was still difficult to stop the enemy's formation from advancing towards the city wall bit by bit.
Huo Zhi ordered the artillery fire from the time when the first row of soldiers reached the position of 600 meters. Until now, the cannon on the city wall has fired four shells, and the huge power has caused immeasurable damage to the enemy.
However, on the one hand, there were a large number of enemy troops, and on the other hand, they rushed forward extremely fast. After only four rounds of volleys, the leading troops had already reached the position below the city.
However, these soldiers were not large in number and did not have siege equipment in their hands, so it was extremely difficult to organize an effective attack on the city wall.
However, the number of people will always accumulate.
These soldiers were not idle either. They turned to watch the charging front of the friendly forces, seeming to be calculating something.
"Damn it! Hit those siege machines! Don't just hit people!" Huo Zhi ordered loudly.
As long as those siege ladders and heavy siege rams are knocked out, can the opponent still stack Arhats on top or what?
The guard seemed to have seen the clues at this time, and asked softly: "Master Lin, keep fighting like this..."
Lin Biao nodded: "Either we run out of artillery shells, otherwise they won't be able to attack."
"But with an army of 300,000, how long can we hold on with this siege method?" the guard asked in confusion.
"If Huo Zhi is allowed to save a little, it will take about five days." Lin Biao seemed to have already made up his mind and said without thinking.
"What if we don't save?"
"With the current style of play, we can't take more than three days." Lin Biao chuckled.
The guard was shocked: "Sir, the enemy has 300,000 soldiers!"
"Don't worry. Firstly, I can guarantee that there will be no 300,000 troops attacking the city this time. Secondly, Cai Mao is waiting for the moment when I finish firing the shells. Why am I not waiting for that time?" Lin Biao replied.
The guard was even more confused.
As time passed, the corpses of the siege soldiers continued to pile up within a range of 100 to 600 meters outside the city gate, gradually raising the ground a few points.
Mountain of corpses and sea of blood!
The sound of cannons never stopped, resounding inside and outside Guangcheng Pass!
