Chapter 343 The oil bomb was cracked!
On the fourth day, when the sun rose, the Zhenxi Army launched a large-scale move.
This time, Zu Mao was serious and dispatched eight thousand troops. There were two huge well railings, ten catapult cars, and hundreds of simple city siege ladders. For three consecutive days, Jin Xuan stayed behind the door and refused to fight. Zu Mao didn't have such good patience. If he couldn't challenge, then attack hard!
The Zhenxi Army has a powerful weapon such as catapults and oil bombs. In the past few days, two well railings have been created. Why are you afraid of siegeing the city?
The eight thousand troops lined up into four square formations. Zu Mao glanced at Linyuan City, where people were surging. A stern look appeared on his black and yellow face, and he shouted: "The first square formation siege!" This time Zu Mao simply saved the challenge and directly attacked the city.
The first square array received the order and immediately rolled around, covering two well railings, and ten catapults were advanced towards Linyuan City.
Three hundred steps away from the city wall, the two thousand troops stopped, and ten catapults were pushed out and placed in front.
"Preparation!" Thousands of people raised their swords with their hands and shouted loudly.
Engineers were already familiar with the catapult cart. A squeaking sound came out, and the thick and long cannon tips on the catapult cart were raised, and smoked oil bombs were put into the bag.
"Let me go!" Qianren Chang slashed the sword in his hand, looking fierce.
With a long order from a thousand people, ten oil bombs flew towards the head of Linyuan City with smoke.
At the end of Linyuan City, Jin Xuan, Gong Zhi, Jin Jun and others were all wearing armor, holding weapons in their hands, standing quietly on the gate tower, watching the movements of the western army from afar. The soldiers were busy, and rolling woods several feet long were lifted up to the top of the city, and a pile of mud and sand were piled up at the corners of the wall at any distance.
The stones are piled up everywhere, and you can lift one at your fingertips.
The soldiers guarding the city were gathering under the walls, watching the Zhenxi Army under the city nervously. Above them were black tents. The tents were covered with water-soaked cowhide, and a layer of fine stone sand was laid on the wet cowhide, and four sturdy wooden pillars were surrounded by the tents. The tents firmly protected the soldiers below. This was Gong Zhi's method to deal with the stone-cattered cart and oil bombs of the Zhenxi Army. As for the effect, you can see it immediately.
The city walls were filled with smoke, and large iron pots were mounted high, and the firewood was burning underneath, spitting red flames. The large iron pot was filled with soybean oil, water, porridge and other items, and was boiling up and down. In order to ensure that these large iron pots were not destroyed by the catapults of the Zhenxi Army, cowhide tents were also set up above them.
Although Jin Xuan did not let the defenders go to battle these days, they were not idle either. They cut wood, pry stones, prepared a large number of defending equipment, and piled them on the city wall. At Gong Zhi's suggestion, Jin Xuan planned to strictly guard against the Western Army and resist the Western Army under Linyuan City. Then he waited for the arrival of the Wuxi barbarians and defeated the Western Army in one fell swoop.
Listening to the harsh sound from the tip of the cannon of the stone casting car and watching the oil bombs with thick smoke fly towards the city, both Jin Xuan and Gong Zhi were nervous. Jin Jun, who was only fifteen years old, looked like he was fine, and his face was full of no concern.
"Mong is engaged in it, can these cowhide tents block oil bombs?" After holding it in for a long time, Jin Xuan couldn't help but ask.
This is too important. If you can't stop the long-range attack of the Zhenxi Army's catapult, you will be empty talk. The Zhenxi Army just needs to fire bullets from afar to the city. Over time, Linyuan City will be broken.
"Yes!" Gong Zhi looked at Jin Xuan's expectant look and responded, although he was unsure.
Although Gong Zhi collected a lot of information about throwing cars and oil bombs, these are all matters about light soldiers on paper. Whether they can really stop them depends on facts.
"Boom, boom, boom..." As soon as Gong Zhi finished speaking, the oil bomb from Zhenxi Army fell on the city wall.
The banging explosion sounded like a knock on Jin Xuan and Gong Zhi's nerves, making them afraid that they would look at the landing point of the explosion. They were afraid that their hope would disappear with the explosion.
"Stop it, block it..." At some point, the roaring shouts of Wuling's soldiers rang out on the city wall.
"Stopped..." Jin Xuan and Gong Zhi murmured at the same time, and then looked at the city wall together.
Most of the ten oil bombs fell on the top of the city wall, only a few dropped a little further, flew over the city and landed on the open space below the city wall, and were burning with thick smoke. A few more oil bombs fell on the top of the city wall, and also burning with thick smoke. Although these oil bombs brought some anger, they did not cause casualties because they fell in the uninhabited area. The fire on the city was also extinguished by the soldiers with the mud and sand piled on the side.
Only three oil bombs fell on the cowhide that built the tent. After rolling a few times on the fine sand above the cowhide, they stopped. Although it was still smoking, there was no explosion under the slowness of the fine sand and wet cows. Finally, they were picked up by a few bold soldiers and threw them to the city, allowing them to explode and burn under the city.
The reason why Zhenxijun oil bombs are powerful is that they make people feel scared, causing tension in their hearts and will not be in trouble. Think about it, a bunch of people squeezed together, and suddenly an oil bomb fell into the crowd and exploded. Then several people carried oil and burned. What would it be like? The real lethality of the oil bomb is not great, at most it would only burn a few people to death. The oil bomb was like a devil's coat, exposed, and that's all.
Jin Xuan was very excited, and tears came out of excitement. After standing in a daze for a while, he patted Gong Zhi who was standing beside him and whispered: "Thank you!"
Gong Zhi's heart, which was raised in his throat, finally fell into his courage, and became energetic. No matter what the final result was, he had done what he should do, and he was worthy of the employer Jin Xuan.
This result was beyond everyone's expectations. When Wuling's soldiers saw the oil bombs on which the Zhenxi Army relied for their fame, they immediately rose. Some even pointed at the catapults under the city, hoping that the Zhenxi Army would throw a few more to play.
In contrast to the cheerful Wuling soldiers on the city, Zu Mao and others under the city opened their mouths wide, dumbfounded, as if they were stunned. The soldiers of the Eight Thousand Silver Fox Camp were even more shocked, looking at the city in silence, in disbelief.
The killer casting car, which was unfavorable to Zhenxi Army, was broken by the oil bomb. How could this be possible?
"Go!" The master general Zu Mao's heart sank, he could no longer calm down, and rode his horse forward.
He wanted to see clearly what was going on at close range and how did Jin Xuan use to crack the oil bomb.
"General..." Qianren Chang felt a little embarrassed, as if he had made a mistake, bowed to Zu Mao and said.
"This is not your fault." Zu Mao patted the thousand-year-old man's shoulder and comforted him.
"I don't believe it anymore when firing oil bombs on me. There is such an expert in this small Linyuan City that has broken our oil bombs." Zu Mao was very dissatisfied on the one hand, but on the other hand, he also wanted to see what happened.
"No!" The engineer received the order and started to operate quickly.
"Huhuhuhu..." Another ten oil bombs flew towards the city with thick smoke.
The oil bomb arrived outside the city in a moment, but what disappointed Zu Mao was that this time was not much different from the last time. Only one unlucky Wuling's servant accidentally ran outside the tent and was slightly injured by the sparks from the oil bomb that fell on the ground.
"Change the stone bullet!" Zu Mao took a deep breath and ordered.
If the oil bomb is not good, change the stone bomb. However, Zu Mao looked at the city wall made of green stones in Linyuan City, and shook his head with a headache. Such a strong city wall can only be blasted by the stone bomb!
"Crack..." Ten stone bombs, each weighing dozens of kilograms, flew towards the city.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Previously, the oil bomb was mainly an explosion sound, but the sound of the stone bomb was much dull this time, mainly an impact sound. If you want to say what the result is different, the oil bomb can bring out some flames, but the stone bomb can only bring out a burst of dust.
Although the stone bombs falling on the open space made a huge noise, they did not cause casualties. The stone bombs directly hit the city wall, and the rock bombs were smashed with a bang. At most, the city wall only left a small pit. Compared with the huge city wall, this small pit was not considered a damage. The stone bombs falling on the tent with wet cowhide jumped a few times under the buffer of the elastic cowhide, and after bounced a few times, they slowly rolled down.
The most powerful stone bullet just knocked a cowhide tent and fell aside.
Zu Mao looked at the result helplessly and his face turned ashen.
I originally thought that the small Wuling County was just adding another military merit to its credit book, but I didn't know that it was a hard bone. Oil bombs were not good, stone bombs were ineffective, and Zhenxi Army, a big killer weapon, could not play a role, and in the end they could only attack with a strong attack. No matter how much they said, they could not weaken the name of "Double Sword General".
"Push the well railing, attack the city ladder, attack the city!" Zu Mao waved his two swords in his hand and shouted coldly.
"Boom boom boom..." The catapult car was still roaring. Although it could not achieve any practical effect, it could at least disturb the enemy.
Two thousand soldiers of the Silver Fox Camp each raised their swords and spears, and walked neatly, approaching the Linyuan City Wall step by step. Two huge well railings were pushed in front, and there were a hundred elite archers hidden in each well railing. Most of the soldiers of the Silver Fox Camp came from Bingzhou, and the soldiers of Bingzhou were good at riding and shooting. These two hundred archers were all good at archers.
When they were one hundred steps away from the city wall, two tall well railings and archers stopped. The height of the well railing was about one foot higher than the city wall. When they were high, these sharpshooters began to look for targets, and angry arrows kept shooting towards the city.
The archers suppressed the defenders on the city, covered the sword and shield soldiers, and spear soldiers captured the city!
Chapter completed!