The rumbling sound was deafening, and a large cloud of smoke poured out, engulfing both Shi Zhuang and You Yong. The two of them had a buzzing in their ears, but for a moment they couldn't hear anything. The two looked at Zhu Yi beside them in shock, but found that the other party had already stuffed two balls of cotton in his ears, and was looking into the distance with a monocular at the moment.

The two glanced at each other, and they both smiled bitterly.

It seems that the conversation between the two just now offended Zhu Fatzi, and this guy didn't think to remind them at all.

"Hehe, let you guys get scared, now you know it's awesome, right?" The smoke in front of Zhu Fatzi's eyes was quickly cleared away by the cold wind, and what appeared in front of him was a terrible scene.

Hearing Zhu Yi's smug voice, Shi Zhuang and You Yong immediately rushed to the front and also raised the monocular in their hands.

Cao Zhen never expected that the Tang army would have the weapons to cross such a long distance to attack the city to Jinqiu Pass.

Today, the Tang army went out of the camp and lined up, but he didn't see a trebuchet or a strong crossbow, originally he thought that today was just a threat from the other party. So he put all the elites that Cao Huan had just brought in support on the city wall, he wanted to demonstrate. I want the other party's Tang Army generals to see if they can take advantage of themselves.

But what Tang Jun appeared today was a completely new weapon.

Spanning several distances, you can easily attack the city walls.

And it's incredibly powerful.

He lay on the ground, his ears were still buzzing, and bouts of dizziness kept coming, his face was wet and licky, and when he reached out to touch it, his hands were full of blood.

At this time, he realized that there was still a person pressing on his body, and his head was hanging softly on his shoulders, it was Cao Huan who was standing beside him.

Only at this time did he react, just now there was a loud noise on the opposite side, bursts of smoke poured out, and ten black things flew in the air towards the moment when Jin Steep Pass came, Cao Huan beside him suddenly pushed him to the ground and lay on top of him.

"Uncle, uncle!" He suddenly rolled over and got up, holding Cao Huan in his arms.

The armor on Cao Huan's body was inlaid with a good piece of iron sheet, and the best armor was easily torn by these iron sheets. And the most deadly, it was a large wound on the head, and blood gushed like a spring.

Reaching out to press the wound, Cao Zhen called out loudly.

Cao Huan slowly opened his eyes and glanced at Cao Zhen weakly: "Retreat, retreat, withdraw to Tongguan, tell Cao Shuai, go, go immediately!" ”

"Uncle!" Cao Zhen looked at the blood gushing out of his fingers, "You'll be fine, doctor, doctor!" ”

Cao Huan stretched out his hand violently, grabbed Cao Zhen's arm, used all his strength, and shouted, "Go, go!" Reluctantly shouted out this last sentence, Cao Huan tilted his head to the side, and the look in his eyes quickly drained.

Cao Zhen slowly put Cao Huan on the ground and stood up a little dazed.

On the city wall, it has become a Shura hell.

Ten flowering bullets, all of which fell on the left and right of the tower, and this was the place where the soldiers were most concentrated. There weren't many soldiers standing anymore, there were fallen soldiers everywhere, some without heads, some without arms, and some who didn't look scarred, but whose mouths and noses kept pouring blood out.

Even the rest of them were standing at a loss at the moment, and some were even screaming and running around the walls in panic.

There was a loud sound again in the distance, Cao Zhen was excited, rolled on the spot, squatted against the wall, picked up a big shield on the ground, and covered himself tightly.

"Raise your shield, raise your shield!" Hiding behind his shield, he roared loudly.

The sound of a loud bang rang out over the walls, but this time, instead of the area that had just been bombed, it began to shoot in both directions.

Cao Zhen saw his soldiers fall from behind the shield, and saw some people flying up like birds, falling heavily under the city, and with a bang, something smashed on his shield, Cao Zhen removed the shield and looked at the severed hand that fell in front of him in a daze.

In that hand, he still held a knife tightly.

It was not only Cao Zhen in the city who was stunned, but also Shi Zhuang and You Yong under the city, who saw the Liang soldiers who were knocked down like a devastation on the top of the city through the monoculars, the tower of Jinshuguan that was razed to the ground in a very short time, and the battlements that were shattered.

This is something slightly better than garbage in Li Xiang's mouth?

The two glanced at each other, Shi Zhuang didn't say a word, turned around and walked back.

You Yong glanced at Zhu Yi's chubby figure again, a flattering smile appeared on his face, and he leaned over.

"Brother Zhu, Deputy Supervisor Zhu."

"What's the matter?" Zhu glanced at him.

"This artillery is very good! Can you come back for a few more rounds, Shi Zhuang is about to attack. "You Yongdao." It would be even better if the city wall could be made a little shorter, this damn golden steep pass is completely made of stones, and the trebuchet is not very useful to him, but this artillery, the effect is very good! ”

"Change to solid bullets! Boom the wall! Aim for a distance of about 20 zhang and give me three rounds! Zhu Yi yelled.

"Yes!"

You Yong looked at Shi Zhuang, who was already reorganizing the formation behind him, and then turned back and watched intently as the gunners began to manipulate the artillery, this time, he did not forget to plug his ears with his fingers.

"It's okay, right?" Zhu Yi was a little proud.

"It's just too good." You Yong nodded again and again: "Such a good thing should have been distributed to the army earlier." ”

Hearing You Yong say this, Zhu Yi sighed: "Li Xiang said that the artillery is too heavy and not easy to carry, if we can't reduce the weight of the artillery to less than 2,000 catties, we will not consider distributing it to the army for the time being, and we are going to allocate some to the naval division first, so that the officers and soldiers of the naval division can practice." ”

"We're not too heavy, we're not too heavy!" You Yong shook his head again and again, what are you kidding, such a fierce thing, even if it is heavier, it doesn't matter, it is nothing more than more mules and horses, more manpower, whether it is to fight Chang'an or to the south, there are cities everywhere, there are dangers everywhere, with this thing, what is a solid city, a bombardment, all of them are bombarded into powder. "Li Xiang can't be too partial, the sailor has always been Li Xiang's heart, but the real siege of the city and the land depends on our land officers and soldiers! When I turn around, I will give Li Xiang an excerpt, we want, we need to equip more. I also want to write letters to the generals of the other guards, so that everyone can write to Li Xiang. ”

"Not necessarily." Zhu Yi poured a stream of cold water on him, "Li Xiang said, the south is not better than our north, the roads are more difficult to walk, the water network is more dense, such a heavy thing is not suitable in the field, it is only suitable for siege, so General You wants to distribute a large amount to the army, Li Xiang will never agree." ”

In the discussion between the two, round after round of artillery rang out, and the siege troops commanded by Shi Zhuang also began to carry the ladder and so on, shouting and rushing towards the Jinqiu Pass.

The golden steep pass is broken.

Cao Zhen was defeated with the remnants of the army and retreated to Tongguan City in embarrassment.

After entering Tongguan for a whole month, the Tang army finally began to face the city of Tongguan.

"New weapons?" Cao Xuan looked at the armor taken off from Cao Huan's body, looked at the broken iron pieces embedded in the iron armor, and was speechless for a long time.

"The latest iron balls to fall, after they landed, there was a violent explosion, and the whole iron ball exploded." Cao Zhen, who was gray-faced and covered in blood, still did not come back to his senses until this time, his heart palpitated, and his voice trembled, "This has caused great damage to our soldiers, and besides, these things are coming from two miles away, and we don't even have a little room to fight back." The iron balls that shot from behind no longer exploded, but our city walls, in front of these iron balls, were like tofu made of them, and they were blown down one by one, and the Tang army, following behind, poured in from these gaps. ”

Cao Xuan's eyes fell on the iron ball the size of a sea bowl brought back by Cao Zhen, the round iron ball, which stayed quietly on the table at this time, without the slightest threat.

With both hands, he lifted the iron ball, which was so heavy that it was made of all iron.

"Ten days, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for ten days." Cao Xuan sighed. "You go down and rest for the night, and tomorrow, take your subordinates to escort the supplies and withdraw first!"

"Father, I'll stay and help you!"

Cao Xuan shook his head: "Your subordinates will not be able to go to the battlefield in a short period of time, and besides, we must also withdraw a large amount of supplies first." ”

"Return to Chang'an?"

"No, Your Majesty has given up Chang'an, at this moment, Your Majesty is already in the Qinling Mountains, after we give up Tongguan, we can only escape into the Qinling Mountains, but entering the Qinling Mountains at this time, materials are absolutely indispensable. So you go first, and I'll block it for a few days, and then I'll come. ”

"Father, can you stop it?" Looking at the dark and heavy iron ball on the table, Cao Zhen's eyes showed a look of fear.

"Now that you know the other party's secret weapon, you can always come up with some way to deal with it." Cao Xuan said: "For a few days, it can still be stopped." ”

Won the Jin Steep Pass, You Yong, Shi Zhuang has a big heart, the reason why Tongguan is difficult to fight, the most important thing is because of the existence of Jin Steep Pass, now, Jin Steep Pass is down, it can be said that the difficulty of attacking Tongguan has immediately dropped several grades.

"Keep shelling them." You Yong looked at Zhu Yi and said lightly.

"I'm afraid it's not so easy this time." Shi Zhuang smiled and shook his head; "The Jinqiao Pass is small, the place is narrow, and the role of artillery is obvious, but Tongguan is a big city, and all kinds of Wengcheng and other facilities are extremely complete, and the opponent has the lesson of the Jinqiao Pass, and he will inevitably be able to come up with some ways to deal with it."

"What? Bombard him for a while. Even if the two sides are close to each other, are we afraid of him? You Yong smiled.

While he was discussing, an officer walked in and said, "Two generals, the internal guard has sent urgent information, and it is about Chang'an. ”

You Yong took it, hurriedly browsed the content on it, looked at Shi Zhuang in amazement, and said, "Zhu Youzhen ran away!" ”