Chapter 204 Destruction

Author: big bell

Chapter 204 Destruction

Just as a hundred people left, hundreds of projectiles burst out and hit the cannon hard. Suddenly, both the broken and intact cannons were overturned.

Fortunately, the one hundred people retreated quickly, otherwise you can imagine the situation they would have faced.

Even so, dozens of people who were slow to retreat were also hit and seriously injured on the spot.

"come on in!"

When the soldiers on the city wall saw their retreat, they immediately opened the city gate and welcomed them in.

On the city wall, Sun Li looked at the dense artillery, and his heart twitched. He had just seen the power of the artillery, and he knew the terror of the artillery.

According to visual inspection, the range of this artillery should be more than 100 feet. Within this range, one shot can punch a deep hole in a tree. If it is hit by the gun, you can imagine the consequences.

The rebels were moving their artillery slowly, getting closer and closer.

After the bandit army passed through the dense forest, they appeared in an open space. This was an open space outside the city wall, one hundred and seventy feet away from the city wall.

Sun Like clearly saw the artillery and strength of the rebel army.

With 800 artillery pieces and 8,000 troops, it can be said that they are exerting all their strength and are determined to win.

They lined up in a row, forming a long artillery column, and the soldiers were pushing it, followed by those carrying boxes, and some were holding things like bamboo poles.

He knew that thing was called a firecracker.

"We can't let them get close to the city wall anymore."

Sun Li was anxious.

There is currently a shortage of weapons that can deal with the rebels. The only useful ones are anti-aircraft guns, but the gunners have not yet arrived from Beicheng.

The situation is very pessimistic and very passive. We are about to watch the city collapse.

"what to do?"

Just when he was in a state of despair, he saw groups of people approaching quickly. They were the artillerymen sent to Beicheng before.

He was overjoyed and shouted quickly, "Hurry, the situation is urgent, prepare to fight immediately."

This group of people was the artillery led by ten centurions, and they rushed back.

Sun Li quickly called ten centurions.

"What is the range of anti-aircraft guns?" This is a question that must be known at present. If the range of anti-aircraft guns is not far, it will have no effect.

One of them came out and said, his face solemn and eager to try.

"The general said there is no problem within two miles."

"Two miles?" That's a big distance! The rebels are within this range at the moment, and anti-aircraft guns can threaten them.

Sun Li was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately said, "Quick, launch it immediately to stop them from approaching the city wall."

At this moment, perhaps the rebels' artillery was relatively bulky and moved very slowly. They were still more than a mile away from the city wall, which was the distance that could hit them.

"promise!"

The centurions agreed in unison, but the next moment they frowned.

"Are there any restrictions?" Sun Li saw their faces.

The centurion stood up again and said: "Yes, there are restrictions on artillery shells. Although we have anti-aircraft guns, each person can only fire once."

Sun Li frowned.

One person can only fire once, and only one thousand artillery pieces can only fire one thousand rounds. For the rebel army with 800 artillery pieces, there is not much advantage.

Judging from what he saw, each artillery can be fired several times, which adds up to thousands of rounds, which is quite embarrassing.

"That's all, let's stop them one hundred and fifty feet away. If we can delay the general's attack, we will succeed."

At that time, he saw the general leading the elite soldiers away quietly from the side. He must have a plan. The general had not appeared yet, so the opportunity must not have come yet. He wanted to fight for this opportunity for the general.

"Go quickly, there is no need to fire them all, disperse them to various parts of the city wall, fire a hundred rounds at a time, and try to delay as much time as possible."

A thousand artillerymen, led by the centurion, immediately went to the city wall to prepare.

The artillerymen were very unfamiliar with anti-aircraft guns, but the operation of this thing was relatively simple, and they figured it out in ten breaths of time.

"Fire!" As a centurion shouted, a hundred cannonballs flew out of the barrel.

Seeing the cannonballs flying in the air, Sun Li was pleasantly surprised. What the secret general brought was terrifying. He was worthy of being a man with a powerful weapon.

In fact, this is also a powerful weapon, as you can see from the power of the cannonballs as they go away.

Rumble!

Artillery shells exploded at the front of the rebel army, and rounds of smoke and dust rose up, creating a tragic scene. However, this only happened in a hundred places. The rebel army's artillery line stretched for two miles, and it was impossible to take care of everything.

Perhaps the gunners were not proficient in the operation and did not hit the key points. They did not pose much of a threat to the rebels. Just by visual inspection, they only destroyed dozens of artillery pieces. It is not clear how many soldiers were destroyed.

But such a move immediately suppressed the rebel army, their marching speed immediately stopped, and there were signs of retreating.

Just retreat. If you retreat, you can delay a little longer, which is beneficial to them.

Sun Li looked happy when he saw it. He raised his hand and raised his hand flatly, signaling the gunners to stop firing.

It is unrealistic to completely annihilate the rebel army with a thousand artillery shells. What we need to do now is to stop their advance. Since they have retreated, there is no need to waste the artillery shells.

At this moment, one hundred and sixty feet below the city, Wu Guang and Zhao Ke saw the terrifying explosion. They were all shocked and at a loss. Wu Guang ordered them to retreat.

But they only took five steps back and then stopped, because the Qin army did not launch the terrifying thing again.

"Brother Wu, what is this? It's so terrifying."

Zhao Ke, who was behind the artillery, could really feel the terror of this black thing. His whole heart was filled with anxiety, so he asked Wu Guang.

Wu Guang had never seen such a thing before and could not answer Zhao Ke.

After a few breaths, remember.

He was actually present when the Kuaiji Mountains and Sand Dunes encircled and suppressed Yingzheng. However, the weapons used by the Qin army at that time were weapons that made a "dah" sound. Later, they threw explosive things, but those things were not that powerful.

The distance isn't that far either.

Also, Ying Zheng sent out an even more terrifying thing at that time, but there was only one thing, but judging from the number seen now, there were hundreds of them, and they were not as powerful as that thing.

The Qin army has another terrifying thing, this was Wu Guang's first thought.

This made him depressed.

"I have never heard of this black flying thing. It must be another big killer weapon of Li Zhao."

"I've heard that Li Zhao's weapons are terrifying, but they are very few in number. Maybe they will be gone after they launch them. We don't have to be afraid. We can continue to move forward and capture Xianyang as soon as possible."

Wu Guang analysis.

Zhao Ke listened to Wu Guang. After all, Wu Guang was the one who participated in the attack on Kuaiji Mountain and the Sand Dunes and knew the situation of the Qin army.

"Okay, let's work together to capture Xianyang."

The two hit it off immediately and held each other tightly with one hand.

"The Qin army has used up all their explosive stuff. Don't be afraid. Let's continue the attack."

Wu Guang raised the marching flag to encourage everyone, so the army continued to move, but this time it seemed more cautious.

They discovered a characteristic of the cannon just now. The projectile would explode when it hit the ground. As long as they were not within the explosion range and leaned over immediately, they could avoid being harmed.

This is the consensus of many people, so some people become bolder.

Five steps, ten steps, the bandit army's marching speed increased significantly.

Sun Li frowned when he saw it. He thought that even if the rebel army attacked, they would be delayed for a few quarters of an hour, but he didn't know that they started to advance in just a quarter of an hour.

He underestimated the rebels' adaptability to the terror of artillery shells.

But so what, he still has 900 shells, which is enough for the bandit army to eat a pot.

"Two hundred shells, fire them together."

Sun Li raised the starting flag and threw it down hard.

Following the order, the two hundred gunners had learned experience from the previous firing and were more accurate in their firing. Suddenly, two hundred black things were thrown forward.

It was directly above the rebel army, and it hit hard, followed by a terrifying explosion, followed by chaotic screams.

Sun Li raised his mouth when he saw it.

This time the threat to the rebels was great enough, killing hundreds of people, blowing up almost a hundred artillery pieces, detonating the boxes they were carrying, and inflicting even greater casualties on them.

This frightened Wu Guang and Zhao Ke, who immediately ordered the army to retreat twenty steps and looked at the sky in fear, fearing that another black thing would fall down.

"Why are there still such horrible things? How many are there?" Zhao Ke hesitated.

I suspect that if this continues, his artillery will be wiped out.

In just two rounds, more than a hundred artillery pieces were destroyed and hundreds of troops were damaged.
To be continued...