Chapter 779: Divine Punishment
Ants are attached to the siege of the city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
This is a very figurative word, standing on the tower and looking down, the north wall of the city, countless ladders have been erected on the wall, and then there are people who continue to climb up the ladder like ants.
The Biannu Wall is five feet high, which looks extremely tall, while the Turks appear even smaller, really like ants.
"Hurry up!"
The artillery captain shouted, "Light the explosives bag and throw it down the city!" ”
The nervous hands of the artillerymen operating the catapult trembled for the first time they had operated explosives packs. Fortunately, the counterweight catapult is much simpler to operate, and it requires a lot of manpower than a cable-type catapult. With the use of oil tankers and ratchets, it is easy to pull up the heavy weight bar.
Stuck.
"Dynamite bag, get it!"
A gunner hurriedly ran over with an explosive cannon weighing more than 20 pounds.
The explosives pack was very simple, with only one ignition cord inserted.
Seeing the smoke coming out of the powder packets, the artillerymen were a little nervous, but the artillerymen had been repeatedly warned that the gunpowder was powerful.
The captain of the ballista took the wooden hammer and struck it the lock of the catapult.
As soon as the hammer went down, the gun commander could hear the sound of his own heartbeat.
With a loud bang, the lock opened, and the huge gravity of the counterweight made it pull the throwing arm up at once, and the gunpowder bag in the strafing basket flew into the sky with a snort.
The artillerymen all looked up and watched as the powder packet with smoke streaked gracefully across the sky and then fell below the city.
Several lieutenants around Li Chao also watched with their necks in sight.
They have all seen the test explosion of gunpowder, but they have not yet seen the actual combat effect. This explosive package is the first time that it has been officially used in actual combat, and it all depends on whether this kind of thing, which is highly valued by Xiangguo, can achieve amazing results.
"It's falling."
"Smashed into the Turkic pile."
"Why didn't it ring?"
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The explosive package is only the simplest use of gunpowder, there is no delay fuse, let alone a collision fuse, but the simplest fuse is used, as for when to explode, it can almost only depend on the length of the fuse. But the burning rate of the fuse is not very fixed.
It is limited to processing technology, wind power during combustion, etc., sometimes it burns fast, sometimes it burns slowly, and it is completely uncontrollable.
Therefore, in order to ensure safety, Li Chao left the lead slightly longer.
But the fuse chief will also have a disadvantage, that is, it may be thrown down, and if it lands, it will not explode immediately, let alone explode in the air in the head.
"Wait a minute." Li Chao is very confident in his explosives bag.
Under the city.
The bag of explosives weighing more than 20 pounds is very considerable, a huge package.
fell from the sky, smashed into the Turkic pile, and directly smashed one down. The huge bag of explosives startled the Turks, but they immediately found out that it was actually a cloth bag, and the unlucky guy was smashed and didn't die, but he still got up.
"Hahaha, what the hell is this?"
Normally, such a large stone bullet, let alone being hit, even if it is touched next to each other, it will be fatal. It may even hurt a few more people while rolling. But now, none of them were killed.
"Hey, why is it still smoking?"
"Smoking?"
A few Turks were curious to look at it, and even forgot that their main business was to attack the city.
The big cloth bag was indeed still smoking, and white smoke was rising.
"Is this a fireball that has been extinguished?"
Someone asked.
Others watched with knives in their hands.
A stab.
But it was as if it had pierced the sky.
There was a loud bang, and the firelight flashed, and a small fireball flashed, followed by black smoke, and then countless screams.
The Turkic soldiers farther away felt a jolt under their feet.
Countless people involuntarily turned their heads, and then saw only a flash of sparks, and a splash of dirt.
"It's raining?"
One of the Turks felt a chill on his face.
But when he reached out and wiped it, he saw a red patch on his finger.
Hiss!
It wasn't rain, it was red.
His first reaction was that it was raining red, and then he immediately realized that it was blood.
The few people who surrounded the explosive bag just now, as well as the guy who was unlucky enough to be hit and then lucky not to die, were all blown up in that moment just now.
Severed limbs flew sideways, and blood rained down from the sky.
This sound was seen by all the Tang troops standing in the city.
Li Chao showed a smile on his lips, this momentum is indeed amazing. Although it seems that the scope of the explosion is small and the lethality is not large, but now the Turks under the city are so dense, which also makes this explosive bag, which is not very powerful, full of lethality.
"Yay!" Li Chao clenched his fists and waved it hard into the air, and couldn't help but let out a good sound.
The artillerymen over there looked at the city even more dumbfounded, and they still couldn't believe that they had made it just now.
"This thing is much more powerful than a stone bullet." The artillery lieutenant muttered.
"Yes, head, the stone bullet will hit a big hole, but it won't be like thunder, and it can still send out a ball of fire, not to mention blowing up a large area of people on the side."
"Oh my God, is this explosive bag really that powerful? We're awesome. ”
The lieutenant was so excited that he shouted loudly.
"Damn, what are you waiting for, quickly get Lao Tzu's explosives bag and blow up their group of bitches."
Just now it was just the first shot, a test firing.
The results of the test shot were amazing and surprisingly good.
In that case, what are you waiting for, of course, to throw all the explosives bags down.
The more fried, the better.
The artillerymen excitedly carried the explosive packs, twisted the catapults, and then ignited and projected.
At the head of the city, one catapult after another was thrown.
As the center of gravity of the three internal and external passes that the imperial court focused on building in the north, Lou Fu Pass not only has a strong city, but also has many heavy crossbows and heavy artillery.
More than 20 pounds of explosives are packed, and it takes a large catapult to be ejected, but there are many of them in Loufuguan City.
Seeing that at least hundreds of explosive bags were thrown out, Li Chao had a smile on his face, damn it, let you know that it is powerful.
One after another, packets of explosives fell under the city, smashed into the Turks, and then exploded one after another.
"A few didn't ring."
"That's okay, it's louder, this time, at least hundreds of people will be killed and disabled."
"It's still a little less powerful." Li Chaodao.
"Xiangguo, it's not small, this thing is simply powerful and scary, ordinary stone bullets are not so powerful, besides, this thing is not only lethal, but also powerful, just like the Heavenly Father sent down the Thunder Tribulation God Punishment." Su Lie shouted excitedly.
"One more round, then stop."
After a round of volleys, the rumbling explosion did have a good effect, although there were not many direct kills, but the Turks were scared enough, many Turks were even scattering and fleeing, and the cavalry that covered the siege of the city for cavalry and shooting could not control the war horses, and the war horses were frightened and were scurrying around.
It turned out that the extremely sharp wave of offensive was directly extinguished by this round of artillery.
The pressure on the city's women's army suddenly eased a lot.
"Xiangguo, a few more rounds."
"Don't, save some use, besides, what if we hit too hard and scare Tuli away."
Because the new weapons that suddenly appeared on the fortress were so violent that all the Turks were startled, and the panicked Turks sounded the horn of retreat.