Chapter 422: The artillery shows its might again
Kill!
Hearing Yuan Shao's order for the general attack, the infantry battalion carried various equipment, quickly came to the checkpoint, and began the siege under the cover of the two battalions of the longbow.
"The enemy has come up, ready to roll the stones and wood."
Gao Shun dropped the shield and commanded his subordinates to start arming.
I have to say that he, the former enemy commander, is still very competent.
On the one hand, Gao Shun commanded the sword and shield men and heavy infantry to occupy a powerful position, and on the other hand, let the crossbowmen hiding in the bunkers come out and shoot the enemy troops under the city.
However, the bows and crossbows of the Yunzhou army were no match for the official army, and they were quickly suppressed.
Attack!
The infantry captain drew his long knife and commanded the vanguard to erect a ladder and began a fierce siege battle.
Rolling stones and wood ready!
Gao Shun waved the command flag, and the auxiliaries braved the rain of arrows to send the rolling stones and trees to the city.
Ahhh
Countless boulders fell on the heads of the officers and soldiers.
The siege was at its most intense at this moment.
The distance from the foot of the city to the city walls was a one-day death road for the besieging side.
The victors climbed on countless corpses.
Rao is official army is well-equipped and has strong combat effectiveness, but at this stage, he still has to use his own flesh and blood to resist the rolling stones and trees on the city.
The officers and troops wanted to climb up, but the Yunzhou army refused to let them, and the two sides fought in this short city.
In just a quarter of an hour, corpses fell again under the walls.
The crossbowmen at the head of the city have been suppressed, and occasionally some of the high-rise ones will be shot by the longbows of the official army.
They could only stop the attack of the officers and soldiers with the rolling stones and timbers in their hands.
But although these things are amazingly lethal, they are not very efficient, and gradually they cannot stop the enemy from climbing up.
Come on!
The officers and soldiers under the city finally rushed to the head of the city, Bao Xin held a sword in his left hand and a shield in his right, and rushed to the head of the city with the only remaining Taishan soldiers around him.
In the previous battle, his 5,000 soldiers and horses were killed and wounded, and even his younger brother Bao Zhong died in the hands of Zhou Cang, and he hated the Yunzhou army to the core.
Now with the help of the Northern Army, Bao Xin climbed to the top of the city in one go.
"Form a formation and destroy the enemy!"
Gao Shun pulled out his long knife and commanded the soldiers around him to kill the city.
At this time, the rain of arrows from both the official army and the Yunzhou army stopped. Because the vanguard of both sides has already been mixed, firing a bow and crossbow will only hurt your own people.
Although Bao Xin's attack was sharp, it was blocked by the Yunzhou infantry at the head of the city.
The two sides fought fiercely.
……
The Yunzhou Army is finished!
Dong Zhuo let out a long sigh.
Once the enemy has captured the city, the defenders' ranged attacks will cease immediately, and the only thing that can be done is hand-to-hand combat.
In this way, the advantage of the defenders is no longer there.
Lu Bu was also a little surprised, after fighting for a long time, the terrifying mysterious weapon of the Yunzhou Army did not appear, could it be that it had been consumed in Wen County?
There is also this possibility, after all, the Yunzhou army has come all the way to the Beijing Division, and it will not carry a lot of things.
But......
Lu Bu hesitated.
Something quirky!
The Yunzhou Army will never have only this strength.
What exactly do they want to do?
……
Good!
Yuan Shao patted his thigh, and a smile appeared on his face.
Attacking the head of the city means that the siege is close to the middle of the battle, as long as the head of the city is defended, you will be able to continuously send troops.
Cao Cao didn't expect it to be so easy, and he was also a little puzzled as to why the Yunzhou Army didn't use those secret weapons.
Is it exhausted?
"The two battalions of the long water shoot followed and covered the infantry battalion at the head of the city!"
Yuan Shao ordered again.
Hearing Yuan Shao's order, Cao Cao hurriedly stopped: "General, the two battalions of Changshui and Shooting are far away from the ordinary bow and crossbow attack range, so we can beat them, but they can't beat us." Once it advances, it will inevitably enter the range of the opponent. Be careful of those weapons of the Yunzhou Army. Besides, what follows is a duel of infantry, and bows and crossbows have no effect. ”
He's still more cautious.
"Mengde doesn't need to say much!"
Yuan Shao looked at him unhappily.
"You are trying to destroy your own prestige, if Guo Jia really has that kind of weapon, why don't you use it? Besides, General Ben got the news that when the Yunzhou army came to Luoyang, he had a big battle with the Bingzhou army in Wen County, maybe that battle had been exhausted. ”
Ignoring Cao Cao's words at the moment, he commanded the army forward.
After receiving the order, Captain Changshui and Captain Shooting Sound commanded their men to press forward.
The closer the range, the more powerful their crossbows become.
Very good!
Seeing that the arrow array of the official army had finally moved forward, Yu Ban's heart finally relaxed.
The arrow array of the officers and soldiers was really powerful, with a long range and great lethality, and it was always on the edge of the range of the artillery.
If artillery is used as soon as it comes up, although it can also cause damage to the arrow array of the officers and soldiers, most of them still have a chance to escape.
In order to completely annihilate the two major arms of Changshui and Shooting Sound, Yu Ban held back until the opponent entered the best range, which allowed the artillery to set up a position.
"Artillery ready!"
With his order, the artillerymen ran out of cover and set up the stone-throwing carts.
At the beginning of the war, they remained in bunkers and did not suffer losses.
Soon, the artillerymen took up a position.
They were already a little impatient.
Yu Ban raised his right hand, his eyes fixed on the pace of the advance of the officials and troops under the city.
Near, closer.
When the official army entered the best range and was about to set up a formation, Yu Ban waved his hand fiercely.
Artillery, fire!
Whoosh!
Hundreds of artillery carriages roared one after another, and countless flaming cannonballs whistled and flew towards the arrow array of the officers and soldiers.
What's the matter?
The officers and soldiers in charge of guarding the Changshui Battalion and the Shooting Sound Battalion were stunned, it was the first time they had seen this kind of thing, but they still subconsciously raised their shields.
"Can't stop, run!"
Cao Cao of the Chinese army suddenly changed color, and he had already recognized that this was the mysterious weapon that had defeated him in Wuji County.
What the?
Yuan Shao also looked at these crockpots that covered the sky and the sun in surprise.
"Hurry up Mingjin, that thing can't be resisted by humans!"
Cao Cao yelled.
By the time Yuan Shao reacted, it was too late.
The first round of shells had already exploded on the heads of the officers and soldiers of the two battalions, and the fire enveloped nearly 10,000 people.
This is an incendiary bomb.
Ahhh
The officers and soldiers were caught off guard and immediately fell into the fire.
Whoosh!
The second round of crockpots also flew.
This time, it was filled with oil and it didn't need to be ignited, and it burned immediately when it fell to the ground.
This shell was created to intensify the fire, and although it was clumsy, it worked well.
After the second round of firing, the entire arrow array of the officers and soldiers was caught in a raging fire.
(End of chapter)