Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Zhao Kuangyin personally walked up to the top of the city where the fierce battle was taking place, looking down at the city, the mighty soldiers and horses seemed like a vast ocean! A tall ladder car is like a monster of an ant colony. The noise is like a wave of sound, which makes people's ears "buzzing" all the time. The stones thrown by the catapult and the bolts of the ballista flew down one after another, and the rockets danced brilliantly in the air. There was a huge explosion, but they were like small stones falling into the East China Sea, and they couldn't stir up even a single wave.

At this moment, he imagined that a huge wildfire could start a prairie fire from the wilderness below the city, or a tornado whizzed past, which would surely wipe out so many people and horses in the open space! But no one has mastered the power of the gods, mortals only have mortal weapons to attack the mighty army without pain.

Even the surprising "rock-catapulting cannon" used by Blacksmith Guo is scary, but it can't reach the power of a god.

However, attacking and defending cities is a very ancient method of warfare, and sometimes a small advantage can affect the balance. What surprised Zhao Kuangyin was the morale of the Zhou army's siege army! It stands to reason that the ants will not send out the most elite troops to attack the city. He heard the Shu dialect in the shouts below the city, and he probably judged that the soldiers who attacked the city here were the descendants of the Kingdom of Shu... The descendants dare to climb the wall to attack? This kind of attack requires courage and morale, no less than a field charge!

Zhao Kuangyin is an experienced military general. Of course, he knows that even if there are 100,000 troops in battle, most of them just follow the general's order to deploy the army in the rear. They rarely have to face the situation of desperately facing death. Therefore, the military discipline is strict and they can obey the military orders.

He had to re-examine Zhou Jun's combat power.

Arrows flew randomly above his head, and the sound of killing was just below his feet. Zhao Kuangyin's personal soldiers held shields in front and guarded nervously.

At this moment, the yelling of "Hey! Hey" not far away attracted Zhao Kuangyin's attention. He looked sideways and saw three soldiers lifting a heavy 100-jin round stone together! Zhou Jun's gunpowder cannons were thrown up, and the Northern Han Army should use stone bullets to hit Zhou Jun.

The front of them was bare, the parapet had been bombarded and collapsed, and a ladder was aimed at the gap. Suddenly, there was a scream of "ah", and an arrow pierced through the chest of a soldier who was carrying the stone! The weight of the stone immediately lost its balance and fell to the ground. There was another "ah" scream, and another soldier fell to the ground, screaming "wow", and the heavy stone hit his foot.

The general behind shouted: "Push the stone down!"

But after some tossing, a soldier of the Zhou army had already climbed up the ladder, and he shouted: "I am the first to go up the wall!" According to the military decree of the Zhou army, the first person who attacked the city and survived was to be credited with great merit, and the soldier would immediately be promoted to be the deputy commander of the command, which took effect immediately! And this kind of person will enter the emperor's sight.

As soon as the words fell, a group of Northern Han soldiers with cherry guns rushed to the gap. The cherry guns stabbed at the soldiers of the Zhou army, and there was a sound of "clinking" metal, and several cherry guns pierced him without piercing the armor! However, the fierce | stabs of many people threw the soldier back, and the man staggered, was overturned and fell on his back. Suddenly there was a terrified cry, and then a muffled "bang".

After a while, another soldier jumped up. He saw a large group of pikemen guarding the wall, shouting with red eyes: "Long live the Great Zhou!"

Two more soldiers of the Zhou army rushed up one after the other. Both sides slashed desperately. The sound of swords and guns chopping on the armor was like the sound of iron being struck in a blacksmith's shop.

At this moment, a soldier came up with a black oil barrel. A general of the Northern Han Army personally took the black oil barrel and poured it down! As a torch was thrown, the flames and black smoke rose together, and there were bursts of miserable cries from below!

Menghuo oil is very powerful against ladders because it is very sticky. Whether it is tung oil or sesame oil, poured on the ladder is like water, and most of it will flow away from the gaps between the ladders; but fire oil is different, it will stick to the ladder and flow along the wood... It's just a pity that it is too little to consume. These things were transported thousands of miles from the south by sea, and then made their way to Youzhou.

Rolling logs, bricks and stones were smashed up and down the city wall, and fires were burning on many ladders. The smell of blood and burnt paste was diffused amidst the shouts.

Not long after, the soldiers of the Zhou army under the city finally dropped the damaged ladder beside the city wall and receded like a tide. The Northern Han soldiers on the city wall yelled and shouted to celebrate.

Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin said, "Let's go down to the city first."

So he took several generals and soldiers down from the inner side of the upper city. Sure enough, as he expected, after a while, he heard the sound of "boom boom boom..." guns outside the city, and big rocks rolled and flew up to the top of the city. A big rock happened to smash into the densely guarded defenders, blood and flesh splashed all over the place, and a group of people panicked and ran away. There are also stone bullets flying up and hitting the female wall, which is even more lethal! Although the city wall is spacious, the space is still limited. The soldiers who were desperately resisting the Zhou army's siege just now were very dense. The bricks and stones of the female wall were violently hit and flew around.

A large number of dense infantry were evacuated to the city by the generals. Several earthen stoves and pots for burning "golden juice" were also destroyed by stone bombs, and "golden juice" flowed on the ground. The floor tiles on the city wall were smashed and splashed, and the above was a mess.

The array of stone bombs was very large, and one bomb might not be able to kill a person, but it could not resist the random bombardment of hundreds of gates one after another. Zhou Jun didn't know how many strong men he used to excavate the stone.

Occasionally, one flew from the city wall and over the city wall. Zhao Kuangyin looked up and saw a round stone rolling down and flying into a second-floor attic. With a "boom", the heavy stone smashed straight through the roof. As soon as the beams broke, the entire roof collapsed. The pieces of wood and soil fell all over the street, and a lot of dust rose up.

Looking back at the neighbors near the city wall, Zhao Kuangyin saw that many houses had been smashed down. It was like an earthquake here, and it was in ruins!

Shi Shoudao: "The Zhou army's tactics seem to be to consume the Jinyang defenders, attack the city first, and then bombard it."

Zhao Kuangyin pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "It looks like this at the moment... But I think Guo Tiejiang is very intelligent and never sticks to the rules. If I'm not wrong, he will soon formulate a new strategy."

"What tactics are there for attacking the city?" Shi Shouxin frowned.