Steel Dynasty - Chapter 175

[Chapter 175 The power of the gunpowder jar]

With blood splattering, Lu Fei pulled out the sword from the slave soldier’s chest.

At this time, his body was dyed red with blood. Even though stones and rolling logs were smashed down again and again, slave soldiers still climbed up the 500-meter city wall in the chaos.

“Push the ladder down!”

Lu Fei ordered. Two soldiers picked up forks and held the sides of the ladder and pushed it out. The slave soldier who was climbing on the ladder screamed and fell from the ladder.

“Sword and Shield Hand!” Lu Fei looked up and saw only the moment when the barbarian archer bent his bow and fired an arrow, and he shouted hurriedly.

The shieldman who was guarding the city wall immediately raised his shield at an angle, and then a sound like raindrops sounded on the shield.

“Da da da!”

The sound ended, and a soldier’s shield was shot into a hedgehog, and the iron sheet attached to the outer layer of the wooden shield was actually shot through.

Lu Fei looked at the arrow and cursed: “Armor-breaking arrow, brothers, be careful.”

Then he asked a school captain to take his place, and he walked towards Xiao Ming.

“Your Highness, use a catapult.”

Lu Fei felt a little aggrieved. Until now, only the slave soldiers had died, and the barbarian archers had only reached a distance of more than a hundred meters, so it was quite safe.

Several soldiers held up shields in front of Xiao Ming, and he said, “I’m about to inform you to let the soldiers throw the gunpowder cans. Remember, the three fuses must be lit at the same time.”

“Okay!” Lu Fei responded, He turned around and ran back, shouting all the way, “Blow these bastards to death for me.”

Xiao Ming specially ordered three fuses to be installed in the gunpowder can this time. After all, this kind of throwing gunpowder can is easy to flame out. Three fuses The fuse can ensure the success rate of the gunpowder can explosion.

The soldiers in charge of the catapult immediately loaded the gunpowder cans into the grooves of the catapult and aimed at the barbarian archers.

These barbarian archers stood close to 200 meters away, using their bows and arrows to continuously shoot at the Qingzhou Army soldiers at the top of the city.

Many soldiers were shot by bows and arrows and fell to the ground injured.

“Let go!” an order was given.

Fifty catapults simultaneously threw out the gunpowder cans that lit the fuses.

The barbarian archers who were shooting saw many black spots in the sky, realized that they were stones thrown by catapults, and immediately took cover.

“Dong, dong…”

A series of sounds, the gunpowder jar wrapped in thick straw hit the ground and made a dull sound.

There were also some archers who were unable to dodge and were hit by gunpowder cans, causing their brains to burst.

The barbarian soldiers who easily dodged the gunpowder pots looked at the round things on the ground and began to laugh wildly, as if they were proud of their success in dodging these things.

But their laughter ended with a huge explosion.

The powerful impact and thick smoke instantly enveloped the nearby barbarian soldiers, and all the barbarians within a radius of ten meters fell one after another.

The explosion of the gunpowder jar caused fragments of clay pots to fly out, and the stench of iron nails mixed with feces quickly filled the air.

The barbarian soldiers at the center of the explosion were blown to pieces, while the soldiers on the periphery were basically injured and fell to the ground wailing.

The barbarian soldiers were so frightened that they retreated one after another.

At this time, the second wave of gunpowder cans was thrown over by catapults again, and those wounded soldiers who had no time to escape were torn apart in another explosion.

“Good fight! Hahaha…” Lu Fei’s laughing voice came from the city wall.

This unexpected attack by the gunpowder jar caused the barbarian soldiers to retreat one after another. The slave soldiers who lost their cover were once again covered by the dense rain of arrows on the city wall.

Gurtai held on to the reins tightly to prevent the seated horse from running away in panic.

The continuous huge explosions frightened the barbarian horses, and the barbarian soldiers pulled their reins to prevent the horses from escaping.

“Is this King Qi’s secret weapon?” Gurtai’s face turned pale.

Even though he was three hundred meters away, he still felt the slight vibration caused by the explosion on the ground.

“It should be.” Liu Xuan said, “I didn’t expect that after the fire barrel, Dayu would be using this kind of gunpowder weapon again.”

Gurtai said: “Huh, soon they will understand that we barbarians can also use gunpowder, then Then I will blow up their city walls and soldiers to the sky.”

Liu Xuan nodded. He knew that there were many gunpowder barrels hidden in the camp, and these gunpowder barrels were specially used to blow up the city walls.

This trick was learned by the barbarians in the war with the Ottoman Empire. One of the purposes of this siege was to test the Qingzhou Army’s defensive capabilities.

The second is to keep digging holes into the city wall. When the army arrives, they can use gunpowder to blow up the city wall and annihilate the defenders in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Liu Xuan already saw the hope of victory. He said: “But it is said that Beishan Khan’s return can throw stones five hundred meters away. At that time, these Cangzhou City defenders were not beaten. “

That’s right. Let these southerners live for a few more days.”

After that, he asked the archers to withdraw, not caring about the life or death of the slave soldiers.

The fighting lasted from morning to night, and the barbarians drove away waves of slave soldiers. At this time, the corpses of slave soldiers were lying under the city. The setting sun was like blood, making this scene even more desolate.

The trench under the city was now filled with corpses. Xiao Ming looked at the retreating slave soldiers and smashed the city wall.

“We haven’t even scratched a few of the barbarian’s furs until now. Damn it!”

Niu Ben comforted him, “Your Highness, this is the barbarian’s usual method of warfare. They will only attack if the opponent is exhausted and suffers heavy losses.”

Looking at the artillery covered in black cloth, Xiao Ming nodded and said: “That’s all, when the main force of the barbarians arrives, I will make them pay the price.”

After the day’s battle, Niu Ben immediately asked the soldiers to prepare again. Stones, rolling logs and other materials.

This time was just a trial attack by the barbarians, and the real bloody battle was still to come, and he knew this.

However, judging from today’s battle, his confidence in this defensive battle has greatly increased. The Qingzhou Army’s full-body armor played a great role in this battle, and there were very few casualties among soldiers.

The only time they were seriously injured was when the barbarian archers threw bows and arrows, and many people were injured at that time.

Back at the camp, Lu Luo thoughtfully took off Xiao Ming’s armor. Seeing the blood stains on the armor, Lu Luo worriedly asked: “Your Highness, where are you injured?”

“I’m not injured.”

Xiao Ming was a little tired. He had been nervous all day. He was tense and finally relaxed.

Luluo breathed a sigh of relief. His heart was beating with fear just now. Then he said: “By the way, Your Highness, Pang Changshi came here with a message, saying that the Equipment Department has transported four more artillery pieces to Cangzhou City.”

“Really? At this time. This king heard the best news today.” Xiao Ming said.

Including these four, there are thirty artillery pieces in Cangzhou City. Soon, the main force of the barbarians will probably arrive.

(End of chapter)