Author: big bell

At the same time, hundreds of projectiles roared in with unmatched momentum.

"Hide quickly."

Bang bang bang!

The projectiles hit hard again. Fortunately, with experience in dodging artillery, the casualty rate this time was not high, but a dozen people were destroyed by the projectiles.

Whoosh whoosh!

The cannonball flew into the air and crashed down hard.

Rumble!

Two thousand shells fell into the artillery array and exploded.

Suddenly, a deafening sound resounded, large areas of thick smoke rose into the sky, and the bandits were blown away. The scene was so tragic.

As a result, the rebels had no time to take care of the artillery and hid one after another.

"Great!" Li Zhao looked at the scene with a telescope and exclaimed with joy.

"Keep firing at me! Completely destroy the artillery!"

Artillery is a powerful siege weapon. If it is not destroyed immediately, the wall of the East City will not be able to withstand a few bombardments and will collapse sooner or later. He cannot see this happening.

What's more, artillery is the bandit's main means of attack, so destroying it is equal to half the victory.

This was the plan when we left the city last night. Now was the best time. Moreover, the anti-aircraft guns had a long range. No matter how many artillery pieces the rebels had, they would not be able to do anything to them.

This is a sure win!

"Hoo ho ho!"

It was the first time to try anti-aircraft gun shooting, and the effect was very significant. The soldiers were excited, their hands moved faster, and another round of artillery shells was ready.

There are only 6,000 artillery shells brought, and one round of firing will consume 2,000. This means that the anti-aircraft cannon can only attack for three rounds. If the artillery cannot be destroyed in three rounds, the subsequent situation will be very unfavorable.

Fortunately, the first round of shooting was very successful. If nothing goes wrong, the second round of attacks can destroy it, and then just clean up the mess.

Just when it was about to launch, a sudden scout came to report.

"Report to the general that there are bandits in the rear, coming this way, and" at this point, the scout showed a look of horror, "they have artillery."

"What?" Li Zhao was startled and asked quickly, "How many people are there? How many artillery pieces?"

"My subordinates don't dare to get close. I estimate there are several thousand troops and several hundred artillery pieces?"

"How many guns?" Li Zhao's expression changed.

The hundreds of artillery pieces in front were not destroyed yet, and hundreds more came from behind, which was completely different from what was expected.

Thousands of people are nothing, but hundreds of artillery pieces are different. They are long-range shooting weapons. If you are not careful, you will be in danger.

"Where did they go?"

This is an issue that must be understood. If the bandit army has not yet reached them, they can still escape intact. If they get close, there is no possibility of retreat and they can only fight to the death.

"Just entering a mile."

"One mile? Not good, retreat quickly."

One side is within the range of the tiger crouching and running. If you don't move, you will only face attacks from two sides.

"General, why should we be afraid of them? We have great weapons, so just do it." The former commander retorted in excitement.

Indeed, when the fighting was in full swing, the general called for a retreat. Now that the fighting was getting more intense, he retreated again. This battle was very frustrating.

"Stop talking nonsense and retreat quickly!"

Just when everyone was about to withdraw, another scout suddenly came to report.

"General, a large number of thieves have also appeared on the left, and they are encircling us with artillery."

"What?" Li Zhao was shocked again, "How many are there?"

"Thousands of troops, hundreds of artillery pieces."

Hundreds of artillery pieces again.

There are rebels in the front, in the rear, and on the left, and the right is where the rebel army is, which means they are besieged.

It was obvious that he was prepared and fell into the bandit's plan.

"Zhang Liang, it must be Zhang Liang."

Li Zhao roared, but tried his best to stay calm.

During the eastern tour, Zhang Liang suffered two losses, and he became shrewd and figured out a way to restrain machine guns. It must be said that he is worthy of being a historical celebrity of the Western Han Dynasty.

While secretly praising Zhang Liang, he became anxious.

At this moment, the 2,000-strong army still has 4,000 anti-aircraft artillery shells left, which can only be used to fire two rounds. There are 5,000 grenades, which are useless at such a long distance. The bullets of the machine guns are still enough, but the rebel army is obviously prepared and will not be effective for the time being.

In other words, if you fail to make a correct choice at this moment, you will be surrounded by enemies on all sides. Even if you can break out with advanced weapons, you will still be passive and there will be casualties.

Two thousand elites are rare, and he cannot allow the elites he has trained so hard to be damaged.

But at this moment, there is no way to avoid casualties. The only option is to rush out and break through with the least loss.

"General, what should we do?"

More than a dozen centurions stood up and stared at Li Zhao closely.

Li Zhaoli was stunned and shouted: "Since they are trying to embarrass themselves on all sides, let's do it!" His bold voice struck the hearts of the soldiers.

As for what it meant to be surrounded on all sides, they ignored it. With these words, the hearts of the soldiers boiled.

They have advanced weapons but have to cower. They are very aggrieved. At this moment, they want to vent their frustration. They are no longer aggrieved. If they want to fight, they will fight and let the rebels see their terror.

"Continue to blast the artillery soldiers under the city wall and break out from here."

"Promise!" The ten centurions promised loudly, each of them looked as if they were dead, looking straight into the distance.

"Boom, give me a blast."

In an instant, thousands of cannons exploded, blasting forward with unrivaled force.

Rumble!

There was a violent explosion ahead, and the sound shook the hearts of the soldiers.

"Hurry forward."

At the same time, the artillery on the rear and left also roared, and the projectiles were fired. The impact was terrifying, creating large craters where the two thousand elites stood.

Fortunately, the two thousand elites had already rushed out, leaving only waves of dust behind.

"kill!"

Two thousand elites rushed forward, ignoring the projectiles fired sporadically by the bandits.

On the city wall, Sun Li was heartbroken when he saw this scene.

After two rounds of bombing, the area where the artillery was located was riddled with holes. Most of the artillery was blown up and was no longer usable. Many rebels were also killed, but a small number of rebels were still resisting.

But when I saw the general's elite troops rushing over, I felt happy.

The general's outstanding performance in the eastward patrol had impressed everyone. If he charged now, the rebel army would be destroyed, and the crisis in Xianyang would be resolved. However, his joy only lasted for a moment, and he immediately screamed in fright.

In the dense forest, behind and to the left of the elite army, he saw the trees shaking and continuous loud noises coming from them.

"No, the general is besieged. Both sides must be artillerymen of the rebel army."

There are hundreds of artillery under the city, and if the other two sides also have hundreds, even if the general has terrifying weapons, he will be in danger.

"Immediately find out where the bandits' 20,000-strong army is stationed?"

"Commander, the scouts are always paying attention to the movements of the 20,000 bandits. They are still stationed and have no intention of launching a large army."

After hearing this, Sun Li looked fiercely into the distance, then moved to the city, and said fiercely: "One hundred grenadiers are ready, gather immediately to support the general."

"Open the city gate."

Sun Li personally led a hundred soldiers and rushed out of the city gate with grenades in hand.

"No matter life or death, we must destroy the remaining bandits as soon as possible and welcome the general into the city."

This is the only way to save the general.

"promise!"

The hundred soldiers looked at death as though they were dead, holding the grenade tightly in their hands, their eyes full of sternness.

"kill!"

A hundred troops rushed over and ran a hundred feet.

The rebel artillery is only more than a hundred feet away from the city gate. If you rush here, you can already throw it into the rebel army.

At this moment, the remaining rebels were hiding under the iron plate to avoid two thousand elite bullets. They could not even raise their heads and could not take care of the sneak attack from behind.

"Throw it hard and aim."

The centurion roared loudly, and immediately a hundred ignited grenades were thrown out, rumbling.

The power of the grenade was no less powerful than the artillery shell, and it immediately blew the remaining rebels into the air.

At this time, two thousand elite troops also rushed in.

"General, our support is here."

Li Zhao looked at the hundreds of people, nodded affirmatively, and glanced at the hundreds of artillery pieces. Some of them had been blown up, but some were still usable.

"Can you fire?"

Ask immediately.

The rebel army was destroyed, and a small amount of artillery was left. There were a hundred people at the moment, so it was a waste if it was not used.

But after asking, I felt it was unnecessary. It was the first time they saw artillery, so it was impossible for them to fire it.

Just as they were about to let them return to the city, a man suddenly stood up and said, "General, I might."

This man's name was A Niu, a young man whose eyesight was better than that of ordinary people. The moment he saw the rebels firing cannons, he memorized the firing operations deeply.

Li Zhao glanced at A Niu in surprise and said happily, "Very good, you will teach everyone how to fire cannons immediately, and fire at the rebels as soon as possible. Be sure to stop them for an hour."

"No!" A Niu nodded, and under the leadership of the centurion, a hundred people rushed towards the artillery.

With his superb memory, A Niu told everyone how to fire artillery, and then everyone found a usable artillery and started operating it.

"General, what about us?"

Li Zhao stared at the dense forest that was constantly bombarded by the rebels, pointed to the other side and said: "Since they have iron plates to block the machine guns, let's outflank them from behind! Let's see if they can turn the artillery faster or our bullets are faster."

"Okay!" The two centurions cheered in unison.

"And." Li Zhao pulled a soldier over, "Go back to the city and ask Sun Li to prepare the anti-aircraft guns. When the time comes, you will bombard them with all your might."

"Tell them that there are only 20,000 rebels in the army, and the other 10,000 are the artillery that surrounded us."

This is his guess.

At that time, we really saw 30,000 rebels on the top of the city. But just now, two teams of thousands of people appeared. They must have sent 10,000 people to control the artillery.

In other words, the biggest trouble at the moment is the artillery, not the 20,000 troops.

In fact, as long as the artillery is dealt with, 20,000 troops are not a big deal, and 20,000 troops cannot capture Dongcheng at all.

"promise!"

The soldier immediately ran to the city gate.

"Fire!" Seeing that the hundred troops were almost in operation, Li Zhao ordered them to fire.

A hundred troops immediately lit the fuse, and after a loud noise, the projectiles were shot out.

"At this moment, while their attention is on the artillery, we immediately outflank them from the left."

"Spread them out and make sure they don't have to eat."

The 200th captain nodded and led the people away quietly.

On the city wall, soldiers came to Sun Li and reported: "Commander, the general ordered us to prepare anti-aircraft guns immediately, so that we can cooperate with the general at any time to defeat the rebel attack."

"Anti-aircraft guns?" Sun Li was shocked. He had already transferred the anti-aircraft gunners. How could he defeat the rebel army?

"Immediately inform the general that my subordinates have discovered that the bandit army of 10,000 has disappeared, lest they attack the north gate."

The soldier smiled and said what the general said.

Sun Li was suddenly enlightened and immediately ordered people to go to the North Gate to bring back a thousand gunners.

At this moment, in the dense forest, two armies were outflanking us. Their artillery fire was free of charge, knocking down many big trees.

The leaders were none other than Wu Guang and another commander Zhao Ke.

It was Zhang Liang's plan that they led the army to secretly appear in the rear, so as to prevent Li Zhao's appearance, just as Zhang Liang predicted, Li Zhaozhen had people attack from behind, and that was how the scene just happened.

At this moment, the two armies met and were approaching two miles away. In front of them was our own artillery, but the artillery bombarded them without mercy at all.

"Brother Wu, the vanguard artillery must have been destroyed."

Zhao Ke stared and said regretfully, but could not see a trace of anger.

"Yeah!" Wu Guang nodded, pinched his sleeves and found a place to sit down, looking carefree, "It's a pity, the military counselor's plan was great, but Li Zhao's killer weapon was too powerful, so he still escaped."

Zhao Ke nodded.

Since the vanguard artillery was destroyed, Li Zhao must have fled back to the city, and it would be difficult to destroy him.

However, they did not regret it for long. Originally, the military advisor's approach was just a precaution. Now that Li Zhao was driven away, there was no threat from the rear, and they could boldly attack the city.

With almost a thousand artillery pieces, they didn't believe they couldn't knock down the city wall.

"It's okay!" Zhao Ke waved his hands nonchalantly and laughed, "Let's attack at the same time, blast through the city wall, and then catch Li Zhao, the result will not be the same."

"Haha! What Brother Zhao said is that we will blast through the city wall and capture Xianyang as soon as possible."

The two armies moved forward and advanced towards Xianyang.

"But first, blast away those things that are an eyesore."

The eyesore that Zhao Ke was talking about was the hundred troops bombarding this place.

"No rush, let them do useless work first, and when the artillery is exhausted, we can defeat them with one more shot."

Zhao Ke walked out, waved his hand and said disdainfully.

This is one of the arrangements of the military division. The vanguard artillery is only to attract the attention of the Qin army and is not equipped with much gunpowder. This is also to prevent the artillery from being robbed and attacking itself instead.

The key point is their two armies, they are the main force bombarding Xianyang.

As long as the gunpowder of the robbed cannon is exhausted, they can break it without any effort.

"Forget it! It doesn't hurt to wait."

The artillery firing of the Hundred Army was still going on, and they also knew that such a bombardment would not be able to defeat the rebels. However, their mission was not to destroy the rebels, but to delay them. As long as they bought enough time for the general, their mission would be completed.

Half an hour later, the artillery bombardment in front became more and more sparse, from a few dozen to a dozen, and then to a few here and there. The gunpowder was consumed very quickly.

"Haha! It must be time." Zhao Ke smiled ferociously and ordered his hundreds of artillery pieces to move forward and then fire.

"No, they are going to fire." A Niu saw the actions of the rebels and hurriedly approached the centurion. The centurion quickly told everyone to retreat.

The artillery was almost exhausted, and this was how long they could delay.

"General, I have tried my best. I hope you can succeed."
Chapter completed!