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Bei Shan looked at Gurtai and said, "This time to attack Cangzhou City, the Huyantuo Department must all obey my orders. ”

Gultai nodded though he was not pleased.

Bei Shan asked at this time: "How is the garrison situation in Cangzhou?" ”

Gurtai told the story of the siege a few days earlier.

"An explosive powder canister?" Beishan asked.

Gultai nodded, "That's right, this powder jar is very powerful, and hundreds of our archers died in the explosion. ”

Then he continued: "And the armor on the defenders this time is also very fine, and it seems that they are the most elite troops of the King of Qi. ”

Bei Shan frowned, and he said, "Tomorrow morning to attack the city, I will see it for myself." ”

Gurtai nodded.

This time, Bei Shan personally led 50,000 barbarian elites to arrive, but there were 80,000 slave soldiers accompanying him, plus the slave soldiers of his own tribe, there were more than 100,000 people.

Just these slave soldiers were enough to make the defenders of Cangzhou City run back and forth.

Next.

A loud rooster crow pierced the sky, and the first rays of the morning sun pierced through the clouds and fell on the battlefield strewn with corpses.

Then, a deafening shout of killing rang out, accompanied by the explosion of a powder canister.

Outside the city, the overwhelming slave soldiers rushed to Cangzhou City like a flood, and the slave soldiers carried hundreds of ladders, almost every few meters, there were a pair of ladders on the wall.

In the face of the massive siege, every soldier on the city wall tensed their nerves, and they clenched the steel knives in their hands, just waiting for these slave soldiers to climb the city wall.

The order of defending the city was fixed, smashing stones, throwing wood, and pouring fire oil, but this time the powder jar was used for the first time.

Fifty catapults constantly threw gunpowder canisters into dense formations of slave soldiers.

Smoke rose and blood splattered, and slave soldiers fell on the siege road in waves, and soon a thick layer of corpses piled up under the defense of the city with bows and arrows, stones, rolling wood, and fire oil.

"Retreat!" The explosion of the first round of siege powder canisters ended.

The siege slave soldiers suddenly retreated, and Niu Ben showed a confused look.

"It's another tentative attack." Xiao Ming looked at the barbarian tent, and his eyes suddenly fell on a tall man who looked like the leader of the barbarians.

And beside him, he saw a merchant with a Han face.

He touched the artillery in his hand and wanted to give them a shot, but he knew that the accuracy of the artillery was too poor to hit him, and he couldn't reveal the secret weapon of artillery at this time.

"How does Your Highness know?" Niu Ben was puzzled.

Xiao Ming said: "The news I got is that the barbarian Tian Khan personally led the troops, and at the same time there was Bei Shan, Wang Xuan said that this Huyantuo tribe has always supported the Datai Jiwu Shu Bone, Bei Shan naturally will not fully believe in this Gurtai, and will see for himself." ”

"I didn't expect His Highness to be so meticulous in his intelligence." Niu Ben nodded in agreement.

Xiao Ming said: "This is also a coincidence, you have caught a few profiteers on the grassland and learned about it." ”

"Your Highness, come and see, there seems to be some big thing assembling in this barbarian's tent." Lu Fei walked over at this time and said.

From the perspective of Xiao Ming and Niu Ben, they didn't see any big guys, and the two followed Lu Fei to his defense area.

At this time, I raised the telescope, and saw that in the middle of the barbarian tent, many slaves were carrying some parts, and some slaves were assembling.

In appearance, the base of this thing is large, at least ten meters long.

"This is estimated to be the return of the giant cannon, which is said to be the siege equipment that the barbarians learned from the Western Regions."

Xiao Ming frowned, the situation he was worried about still appeared, this barbarian came over and transported the giant cannon.

Judging from the information obtained so far, this barbarian not only has mastered the gunpowder, but if there is a giant cannon again, it will be a huge threat to Cangzhou City.

Niu Ben had already learned from Xiao Ming about the range and power of this kind of giant cannon, and he said: "It seems that this time the barbarians are bound to take Cangzhou City. ”

Lu Fei scolded: "It doesn't matter what he does to return the giant cannon, as long as I, Lu Fei, want to break through Cangzhou City, unless he steps on my corpse." ”

Luo Xin didn't know when he had left, he said excitedly: "Your Highness, this time I will come to order some cannons, there seem to be some interesting things in this barbarian camp, I will destroy them all." ”

"No, let them assemble for a while, and then we'll surprise them when we're halfway through the assembly." Xiao Ming said.

It seems that in order to wait for the assembly of the return cannon, the barbarians attacked once and then did not continue the attack.

For the next two days, the two sides were in a standoff, and on the third day, the barbarian camp could already see the equipment more than three meters high.

At this time, the barbarians pushed these weapons to a position of five hundred meters, and lined up the half-assembled giant cannons in turn.

"Your Highness, this Pei Shan is provoking Your Highness." Niu Ben couldn't help but say when he saw the barbarian's action.

Xiao Ming nodded, this Bei Shan is said to be arrogant, which is also a common problem of geniuses, at this time, the giant cannon will be assembled in front of the formation, obviously wanting Xiao Ming to see how he broke through Cangzhou City step by step.

"In that case, it's time for us to return the favor." Xiao Ming said: "Artillery preparation!" ”

As soon as his voice fell, the soldiers' spirits were shaken, and finally this artillery was about to come in handy.

These days, they're just waiting for the artillery to beat these barbarians to pieces.

Luo Xin said with a smile: "These barbarians are hiding in the back, this time look at where they are hiding, a group of cowards who can only drive slave soldiers." ”

Then he shouted, "All in position, clear the chambers." ”

Since Luo Xin first lit the artillery, he seemed to regard himself as an artillery commander, and he always led the soldiers who went to the equipment department for training on weekdays.

Although the time is only more than a month, Luo Xin knows all aspects of the performance of the artillery.

At this time, the soldiers lifted all the canvases that covered the artillery, and the black metallic barrel was exposed.

Then they adjusted the muzzle of the cannon and aimed it at the barbarian return cannon that was being assembled five hundred meters away.

This Bei Shan thought that he could crush Cangzhou City with science and technology with the return cannon, but he didn't know that Xiao Ming was preparing to crush him.

"Gunpowder!" Luo Xin issued a second order.

"Cannonballs!" The third order was issued.

After everything was ready, Luo Xin looked at Xiao Ming, and just waited for an order, the thirty cannons on the fort would open fire, and the cannonballs would be fired fiercely at the barbarians.

"Aim for the five return cannons." Xiao Ming ordered.

The purpose of this first wave of attacks was naturally to destroy the return cannon, otherwise when this thing was assembled, it would definitely cause a large number of casualties among the soldiers.

(To be continued.) )