Chapter 43: The Bombardment of Chang'an 4
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Directly in front of the muzzle of the gun, whether it is wearing armor or holding a shield in his hand, it is useless.
The wooden shields, whether inlaid with iron or not, were torn apart by these scattered bullets. The body wrapped in the armor in the back was also torn apart, and blood flew wildly.
A cannon was fired, quickly diverted, followed by another cannon fired.
But it was only seven guns, and when the six-inch guns had just finished firing, it was the turn of the much less powerful three-inch guns to fire.
The battle formation of more than 3,000 people had completely disintegrated, and countless Later Qin soldiers were so frightened that they frantically dodged.
The all-encompassing thunderclap roar and the absolute irresistibility of the powerful power made all the soldiers facing the muzzle of the cannon directly collapse psychologically.
Moreover, their battle formations are too dense. In the era of cold weapons, if you want to exert the power of the battle array, you must be dense and leave no gaps that the enemy can break into......
In this case, the power of the scattershot is maximized. With each shot, more than a dozen people, or even dozens of people, fell in a pool of blood.
As a result, only a few hundred corpses fell on the ground. The morale of all the soldiers who formed the battle formation collapsed, and for a time they fell in all directions.
Naturally, there are countless stupid guys, standing in place, their eyes blank and blank......
"Kill Hu Lu and go to heaven. Sons, follow me!"
"Kill, kill Hulu!" shouted a high-spirited slogan. Han troops began to pour into the city.
Seeing such a scene from afar, everyone who followed Yao Xing was stunned. Yin Wei shouted: "Your Majesty, Chang An can't hold on." I can't go back to the palace anymore. I can only abandon the city!"
At this time, there were at least 30,000 horses in Chang'an City, which was definitely a lot.
But in the defense of the city, there are more troops. As long as the city gates are opened and cannot be taken back, then there is almost only one end of defeat.
Without him, there are many soldiers and horses defending the city. However, it was necessary to distribute the important fortifications and gates, and the troops were scattered. And there are so many buildings that only need one gate to be opened. If the enemy can continue to pour in, it will be able to divide and surround the defenders.
At this time, the number of troops in Chang'an City was still more than three times that of Liu Shengzhi, but it guarded a huge city. The forces are already very scattered.
Add to that the chaos. were all frightened by Liu Shengzhi's offensive. Now no one knows how many soldiers and horses Liu Shengzhi has......
Therefore, at this moment, Liu Shengzhi broke the city gate. Seeing that unknown weapon was so powerful, it was simply not something that flesh and blood could resist. Everyone knows that this gate cannot be blocked.
Yao Xing sighed, looking at the open space behind the bloody city gate, he was already frightened: "Retreat, let's withdraw from the Xi'an Gate......"
Even the concubines in the harem and the gods in the community can no longer take care of them, under the protection of thousands of forbidden troops. Yao Xing retreated from Xi'an Gate in a panic. casually took away the defenders of Xi'an Gate.
As a result, the number of troops under his command increased to three thousand. In a panic, he walked towards Fufeng.
Along the way, there were several soldiers and horses, all of whom were inevitably knowledgeable, opened the city gate, fled with them, and chased after them. But I'm afraid there are many more, who fled in other directions, even surrendered, or were annihilated by the Han army......
The defeated soldiers fled in panic all the way, and there were rumors everywhere, and the grass and trees were all soldiers. Even a rumbling sound sounded to frighten all the deserters, and they didn't dare to stop at all.
In fact, the twelve gates of Chang'an. The defenders in several other directions did not know what was happening at all.
In the distance, one thunderclap after another was heard, followed by screams and cheers that shook the city. The enemy has already entered the city......
Then their generals opened the gates of the city and fled with them......
Things happened too fast, from the beginning of Liu Shengzhi's bombardment to the entry into the city, it was only a little more than an hour at most.
Most of the generals didn't understand what was going on, and there were still a few who escaped from Chang'an with the spirits.
In fact, if they really figured out what was going on. Even if he knew that Liu Shengzhi had only 10,000 horses under his command, he would definitely not give up the city so easily.
Just fighting in the streets was enough to drag Liu Shengzhi's Han army down.
However, in the era of cold weapons, city wars were generally fought around the city gates. Once the city gate is lost, there is almost no way that the morale of the defenders will not collapse......
The transmission of information is too slow, and the fog of the battlefield is too powerful! Especially in the city, after the buildings are blocked.
So the bigger the city, the more difficult it is to defend.
Since ancient times, huge cities such as Luoyang and Yanjing in Chang'an have not been able to see how solid the buildings are and how complete the fortifications are.
But as long as you are killed by the enemy, it is difficult to resist for a long time......
On the contrary, the scale of the large, super-large dock fort level is not very large, but the city with strong walls and sufficient preparation is the most difficult to conquer......
For example, Chang'an, with its eastern wall of 6,000 meters, west wall of 4,900 meters, south wall of 7,600 meters, and north wall of 7,200 meters, with an area of about 36 square kilometers, is four times the size of Rome at the same time......
Well, after the Tumu Fort, when the tile thorn attacked Yanjing, Yu Qian also insisted on a decisive battle outside the city. It's not just about hiding behind the city to defend it......
Without him, this kind of big city is too big. The city walls are tall and impregnable, but the mobilization of troops is not easy and too scattered.
As long as one place is broken through, the overall battle situation will collapse completely!
Therefore, if this kind of big city is attacked by the enemy, it is the best way to fight outside the city.
It stands to reason that Hou Qin originally had a strong cavalry and field force.
But who made Liu Shengzhi come abruptly, and he came at night......
No one could have imagined that this Chang'an did not stick to the past even overnight. It was just over an hour before Liu Shengzhi opened the city gate......
I don't know if it's Liu Shengzhi's use of soldiers like a god, or Yao Xing's bad luck.
A large group of men and horses fled for their lives, gathering thousands of them. At this time, Yao Xingfang slowly reassured. I thought to myself, I still have hundreds of thousands of troops. Not to mention the 100,000 troops that my two uncles attacked Jingzhou, I still have more than 100,000 troops in Guanzhong......
Coupled with the soldiers and horses of the kings and horses in various places, I can still make up 300,000 people.
Yao Xing said in his heart, I haven't lost yet, but I'm just a small setback. As long as I can escape, I will definitely gather troops and horses from all directions and hide back in Chang'an City. If I don't kill Liu Shengzhi, I can't calm my mind!(To be continued.) )