Chapter 39: The Destruction of Jiuquan City (3)
Song Hao couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw the whole army laughing below, as if mocking himself. In fact, there was really some chaos in Jiuquan City last night, of course, there would be no riots, because the whole city was under martial law, but all kinds of discussions, all kinds of rumors, still quickly spread to Song Hao's ears. This surprised Song Hao.
Of course, he knew that this kind of ambiguous words would be lethal, and he couldn't directly refute it, otherwise he would seem weak-hearted. After thinking about it, Song Hao could only find the gentry and the Lizheng chiefs, patiently explain to them, and entrusted them to go back to restrain them, and specially instructed them not to suppress or defend, so as to barely stabilize people's hearts.
But after all, Song Hao, who was troubled by this incident, didn't sleep well all night, and the tossing and turning made the Wang family very distressed, but there was no way, the big war was imminent, and the Wang family couldn't say anything. During the day, Song Hao's eyes were red, as if he had aged a lot all of a sudden.
hurriedly went to the city, but found that Lu Guang was here with the whole army this time, and it seemed that he was going to move seriously, but he didn't expect Lu Guang to still play the trick of shouting there. Looking at this formation, there are a lot of soldiers and horses, but there are very few cloud ladders or something, so this can also capture Jiuquan City? As for those wooden shelves, as well as the large stones outside the city, they were automatically ignored by Song Hao.
Xie Batian reminded the catapult, but Song Hao shook his head confidently and said: "We also have catapults in Jiuquan, which can be used to attack the city or garrison, the appearance of the catapult has been seen by the official, the thing in the Lu Guang thief army is too small, even if it is a catapult, it is not a matter of concern, but the hateful thief army is coming too fast, things are too urgent, there are not many boulders in the city, they don't use it, and we don't use it." Otherwise, I will use the boulder as a country to get rid of Lu Guang's fang! ”
Xie Batian thought about it, so he didn't say much. At this time, he pressed the handle of the knife in his hand, planning to kill dozens of his thieves today, and find a few more slaves from the underworld for the little. That way he can live a little better.
At this time, Lu Guang said confidently: "Song Hao, this section will give you another tea time, if you open the city and surrender, everything will be closed, otherwise, it will be unpredictable!" ”
"If you have the ability, attack the city!" Song Hao only replied, then he didn't pay attention to it, but stepped up the order to prepare to roll wood and stones, and at the same time mobilize all the strong laborers to go to the city head and reinforce the city gate, it seems that Jiuquan City is really going to be tested today.
Song Hao had a hunch that today might be the most dangerous day in Jiuquan City, as long as he survived today, Jiuquan City would be defended.
It's a pity that Song Hao's premonition is only half right, today is indeed the most dangerous day in Jiuquan City, it is not wrong, that is because today is already about to fall.
A cup of tea passed quickly, Song Hao didn't pay attention to Lu Guang at all, Lu Guang was a little angry, waved his big hand, and shouted: "Duan Ye! ”
"Yes!" Duan Ye, who had been prepared for a long time, responded loudly, and then waved the red flag in both hands at the same time, and Duan Ping shouted at the same time: "Volley!" ”
The boulder cannons lined up were pulled by the well-trained soldiers in unison, and the sliding hook was pulled apart by the action of the towing rope, and then the counterweight boulder fell, throwing the stone projectiles used for the attack together!
Time seems to stand still!
Song Hao almost couldn't believe his eyes!
Dozens of boulders that required a few strong men to carry, just like that, under the operation of so many wooden shelves and so many hundred and ten people, they flew up, flying very high, the height was obviously higher than the city wall, and then after passing the highest point, and then falling resolutely.
"Be careful!" Before Song Hao could react, he felt that he was pushed violently, his feet slipped, and he finally fell down after a few steps, but where he was standing just now, it was already a blur of flesh and blood!
Those are the pro-soldiers who have followed him for many years and are emotionally like family, and they have now turned into a pile of flesh and blood!
The same thing happened to almost every corner of Luo City, dozens of boulders were smashed down at the same time, not giving the dense crossbowmen and shield bearers a chance to dodge at all, and the ground of Luo City became a Shura field almost instantly.
Xie Batian avoided it by luck, and looked up to see countless familiar figures, which had turned into flesh and blood, but fortunately, he found a small meeting and found that Song Hao, the city guard, was still there, and he was a little happy in his heart.
He had already seen the hat of the county and the mutilated uniforms of several other officials, who had obviously been smashed into meatloaf, after all, at the moment of the decisive battle, most of the people except for the officials who needed to stick to their posts had to go to the city to boost morale, and if they were all stoned to death here, there would be no need to fight this battle.
In fact, although the boulder artillery team is well-trained, it will take some time to reassemble, Duan Ye does not have the time to form hundreds of artillery teams, and he has just used salvo fire in order to deter the enemy, so at this time, it will take a little time to re-hang the hook and get the counterweight stone down, which is not a coincidence, so it will give Xie Batian some time.
Xie Batian moved to Song Hao's side with a roll, just a few steps, the strong smell of blood and the red and white things everywhere made the always cold Xie Batian a little disgusted, those soldiers who were smashed by stones and had broken their hands and feet and were crushed part of their bodies were screaming in mourning, but at this time Xie Batian didn't care to comfort them, he hurried to Song Hao's side, saw that Song Hao was not injured, picked up Song Hao and left, shouting as he walked: "Dodge!" Avoid! ”
There is really no way, Luocheng in the city is the most conspicuous place at the head of the city, and it is also the main area of defense, but people have that kind of strange trebuchet, fast and powerful, and the heavenly will be a boulder, which is really beyond the human power to resist, and leaving soldiers here is nothing more than asking for a dead end.
Song Hao finally came to his senses, and saw that Xie Batian was dragging him down the city platform quickly, and said busily: "What are you doing!" I'm going to be with the soldiers! ”
As soon as the words fell, several boulder cannons that had been adjusted were fired again under Duan Ye's order, and the eaves of the attic on Luo Cheng were smashed instantly, and the walls and ceilings could not block the power of the boulders at all, and the more than ten soldiers who hid in them became ghosts under the stone again.
One salvo is enough, what is needed is to maintain a long period of fire suppression, the boulder cannon has long been numbered, and there is relevant training in advance, Duan Ping is also very familiar with how to operate, more than ten launches at a time, and the rest of the loading can completely ensure that the stone rain will never stop.
Moreover, the boulder cannon is completely outside the effective range of the bow and arrow, even if there are powerful archers holding a few strong bows, there are also shields to protect them, and the trajectory of the stone is relatively high, so they are not afraid of accidentally injuring their own people.
What was too long ahead of the generation, there was no opponent, and a burst of stones fell, and all the living people in the city were emptied, some of the lucky ones had already run away, and the rest were all meat pies.
Lu Guang and the others had already seen it once in Qiuzi City, so they all smiled reservedly, but the 10,000 new troops of the Jiuquan Army had never seen this scene, and the stones fell down for a while, and there was no room for resistance, so many people died in the city. At that time, when Duan Ye assured them, they were actually half-convinced, including the newly trained operators, but today I saw with my own eyes, the Jiuquan army has only one word for Duan Ye, serve!