Steel Dynasty - Chapter 364

[Chapter 364 The power of lime bombs]

“Boom boom…”

The artillery continued to fire, and the barbarian defenders at the top of the city could only be beaten passively under the suppression of the artillery.

In just a short time, the city wall was devastated by artillery shells from the Qingzhou Army.

Many barbarian soldiers were directly hit by cannonballs and died in horrific circumstances, which further aggravated the fear of the barbarian defenders.

But this was just the appetizer, when the catapults began to hurl flaming pots of gunpowder towards the barbarians on the city walls.

Suddenly, the city was covered in violent explosions, and the barbarian soldiers suffered heavy losses amid bursts of screams.

On the city wall, Guduo looked at everything in front of him and fell into despair.

At that time, after Beishan was accidentally injured by the Qingzhou Army’s artillery, Chagatai immediately ordered the tribe to retreat.

After suffering heavy losses, they knew very well that they were no longer able to fight the Qingzhou Army, so their tribe directly withdrew from Shanhaiguan.

Because once the Qingzhou Army attacks Shanhaiguan, they will be locked up by the Qingzhou Army, and the only fate they will face is death.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Chagatai ordered the tribes to withdraw from Youzhou and other places without hesitation.

In order to prevent the Qingzhou Army from attacking Shanhaiguan, he was left to defend the city, but the worst happened. Chagatai sent Bei Shan away with his front foot, and the Qingzhou Army arrived at the city shortly after.

Without artillery or powder cans like those of the Qingzhou Army, they were helpless against the Qingzhou Army’s indiscriminate bombardment, and suffered heavy losses in a short period of time.

The most important thing is that Beishan’s life and death are uncertain this time. The whole tribe is panicked and morale is low.

Because they don’t know what they will face next.

“Boom, boom…”

The bombardment continued, and the throwing of gunpowder cans also continued. This time, the Qingzhou Army used gunpowder to bury the barbarian soldiers.

Niu Ben observed the situation on the city wall. One wave of soldiers died and another wave of soldiers came up. There were too many barbarian soldiers.

He thought for a moment and gestured below.

At this time, Qingzhou Army soldiers carried out ten gunpowder barrels from the camp.

The city wall of Shanhaiguan Military Town is not very thick, and is far inferior to the original Cangzhou City Wall.

The fastest way to deal with the defenders in the city is to blow open the city wall and completely expose the soldiers in the city to their firepower.

“Where are the lime bombs?” Luo Xin also shouted at this time.

The barbarian archers and infantry can still threaten the Qingzhou soldiers under the city wall. It is not easy to bury these ten gunpowder barrels under the city wall.

So Luo Xin thought of the lime bombs of the Cangzhou Army.

The soldiers of the Cangzhou Army immediately came over with a box of shells. Luo Xin was stunned when he saw these lime shells. He said, “Isn’t this a gunpowder can?”

The soldier nodded, “The people in the military workshop said that this Lime bombs are thrown by trebuchets.”

Luo Xin was speechless for a while. He thought that lime bombs were similar to solid bullets, but he didn’t expect them to be gunpowder cans.

After Lu Tong and Chen Qi’s research, they found that only gunpowder cans can maximize the effect of lime bombs. In the end, they chose to make the first batch of lime bombs into gunpowder cans. In fact, in general, to maximize the power of lime bombs, It has to be a flower bomb.

At this time, the gunpowder is at the bottom and the quicklime is at the top. Once the gunpowder jar explodes, the quicklime will be scattered in the air like fireworks.

After carrying the lime bombs to the trebuchet, the soldiers handed the gunpowder cans to the soldiers controlling the trebuchet.

Putting the lime bomb in the handle of the trebuchet, a soldier measured and cut a length of match rope, and then he lit the match rope on the gunpowder pot.

In an instant, the catapult threw the gunpowder can to the top of the city.

“Boom…” The gunpowder jar suddenly exploded the moment it reached the city.

White smoke covered the city head and spread to an area of 20 to 30 meters.

After long-term use, soldiers can now basically judge the time when the gunpowder jar explodes by the length of the match rope. Because of this, the soldiers on the catapult trimmed it slightly and let the gunpowder jar explode over the city wall.

“So powerful.” Luo Xin was surprised.

Thick smoke enveloped the city, making it impossible to see the barbarian soldiers inside.

Then one after another lime bombs exploded at the top of the city, and the entire city wall was covered with quicklime powder.

“Ah…my eyes.”

“It hurts so much, I can’t see anything.”

“Water, water…”

“…”

After the lime bomb exploded, the city wall immediately fell into chaos, and quicklime entered the eyes of the barbarian soldiers. The eyes of the barbarian soldiers began to burn.

They kept rubbing their eyes, but the more they rubbed, the more painful it became. Some barbarian soldiers took out water bags with them to wash their eyes, but when the water entered their eyes, they immediately screamed.

Quicklime immediately burned their eyes when it came into contact with water.

A large amount of quicklime powder spread from the top of the city to the bottom of the city, causing great chaos.

Niu Ben kept looking at the city wall, and the lime powder gradually diluted. When he saw the chaotic scene at the top of the city, he couldn’t help being shocked, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

This lime bomb is too terrifying.

However, the lime bombs made it impossible for the barbarian soldiers to open their eyes. This was exactly the attack plan. He immediately said: “Gunpowder barrels blast the city wall!”

After the order, the Qingzhou Army soldiers immediately rushed to the city wall with the gunpowder barrels.

What surprised them was that the barbarian soldiers on the city wall were unable to attack at this time because they could not open their eyes at all.

The soldiers carrying the gunpowder barrels were very happy. They used chisels to dig holes under the city wall. The sound of artillery covered up the sound of them digging into the city wall.

On the city wall, Guduo covered his eyes in pain. At this time, his eyes were blurred and he could not see anything. At this moment, his heart was already cold.

Several battles have made him understand that this is an army completely different from the Chongqing army, and the weapons in their hands are also terrifying.

A thought lingered in his mind, “Shanhaiguan can’t be defended anymore.”

He groped the city wall and went down the tower. The soldiers above couldn’t see the way and groped their way down, while the soldiers below who were not affected wanted to rush up but were thought of. The soldiers who wanted to go down blocked it.

The slave soldiers in the city were even more reluctant to climb the city when they saw such a tragic situation.

In their opinion, the Blood Wolf Tribe was finished. They were originally the people of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, so why should they sacrifice their lives for the barbarians at this time.

“We lost, we lost!” Gu Duo’s vision gradually turned dark.

Just as he was groping down the city wall and leaving the city wall, an explosion sounded that almost deafened him.

Amidst the soaring gunpowder and flying rubble, the city wall of the important town of Shanhaiguan collapsed in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of the Qingzhou Army’s charge horn resounded through the sky, and the roar of the Qingzhou Army soldiers covered everything up.

On the hot air balloon, Niu Ben burst into tears. The humiliation of a country and the humiliation of a nation will be washed away here today!

And this glory will belong to Qingzhou and King Qi!

(End of chapter)