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Volume 9: Jin Ou is missing and must be replenished Chapter 29: Qingqi is in place

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    At Xiandemen in the southwest of Liaoyang, there were constant rumblings inside and outside the city walls, and on top of the city walls. Green smoke was everywhere, and fragments, stones and air waves were flying everywhere. The thunderbolts that landed outside the city walls were blown up one after another, and those that landed on the city walls and inside  Thunderbolt bombs are always accurate.

    The defenders at the top of the city are naturally quite dense. They may have learned how to dodge muskets now, but the explosions of thunderbolts falling above and behind them are difficult to avoid. The damage caused by fragments and air waves may not be fatal enough, but after the former cuts through the armor,  The cuts are real. Although the latter is not enough to push the person to the city, it is inevitable to stifle the person severely.  .

    As for the trebuchet gunners inside the city wall, they had nothing to fear. The Zhou army's artillery shells could not hit them at all. The stone projectiles thrown by the trebuchets could certainly bypass the city wall, but scattered projectiles weighing several kilograms could hurt people.  It all depends on luck, but what falls on their heads and around them now are thunderbolts, which is beyond the imagination of Yelu and Li.

    Listening to the constant explosions around him and the screams and wails of his soldiers, Yelu Heli's face turned pale. He lay on the tower and stared at the Zhou army's trebuchets outside the city, his body shaking violently.  Standing still, I don't know whether he was frightened or angry, or a combination of the two. He grabbed the railings of the tower with both hands, his fingers digging into the wood, and his knuckles tightened.

    It turns out that Zhou Jun¡¯s thunderbolt bombs can still be used like this

    No wonder they are confident, no wonder they dare to use trebuchets against trebuchets!

    Yelu Heli wanted to order the artillerymen of the Han'er Army to withdraw into the city to avoid the bombardment of the Zhou Army's thunderbolts, but he could not.  Escape may save the life of the gunner, and the trebuchet may not be destroyed by thunderbolt bullets, but the result of one's own trebuchet avoiding the battle will only usher in the Zhou army's unscrupulous attack on the city.

    Yeluheli wanted to order the whole army to attack, so that the Bohai navy and the Han'er army could use their flesh and blood to break through the obstruction of the Zhou army's artillery soldiers, rush outside the city to destroy the Zhou army's trebuchets, and end this endless war.  Bullets rained down, but he couldn't.  Not to mention that it would take time to remove the earth and rocks blocking Xiande Gate, not to mention that opening the city gate wide in front of the enemy might cause the enemy to take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in.  Yelu and Li were not sure whether the infantry under their command had the ability to break through the musket blockade of the Zhou Army's artillery soldiers. The result of the Bohai Navy and the Han'er Army leaving the city was probably to simply die.

    Soldiers are inferior to people.  Weapons are not as good as humans Our side has long been destined to be firmly suppressed by the enemy. It is completely futile to use one's emotions. The only chance of victory or hope for survival is this city and the Khitan Jingqi in the city - there is city defense.  With his blessing, the casualties of the Bohai Navy and the Haner Army will never be as tragic as in the field battle.  The Zhou army's attack would never be so smooth, and the enemy troops outside the city obviously lacked cavalry. This made the fire of hope in Yeluheli's heart never go out.

    At present, such obviously one-sided casualties are still bearable. Faced with the real blunderbuss and thunderbolts thrown at them from the Zhou army, all Yelvheli and his men can do is endure.

    Enduring unexplained casualties.  Enduring the explosions that kept ringing around him, he endured He endured it until the light cavalry led by Yelu Gan, who attacked in a roundabout way from Dashun Gate, was in place. The Zhou army, which had only dozens of scout cavalry, obviously could not drive away the two cavalry with cavalry.  Qian Jingqi, as long as Yelu Gan can bypass the Zhou infantry line and attack their artillery and trebuchet troops, it will be a success.

    The casualties from such a beating at the moment must be worth the loss of the Zhou army¡¯s artillery and trebuchet troops.

    "ah!"

    "Ouch"

    "Unbearable!"

    Yeluheli endured it with blood dripping from his heart, while his subordinates endured it with blood loss.  As the Zhou army's thunder bullets came crashing down, the trebuchets hidden inside the city wall also faced the rain of bullets.  The gunners could no longer load and fire in comfort.  However, Yeluheli did not order them to stop the bombardment, and Daluanhe did not order them to stop the bombardment. They had to stand firm in their fighting positions. However, the thunderbolts that fell around the city wall were real, and they were on the ground.  The explosion that occurred was real, and the damage caused by the fragments and air waves of the explosion to the unarmored gunners was even more real.

    There was a snap.  Several particularly large projectiles did not explode in the air, but shattered on the spot after landing.  The shattering sound was more reminiscent of a clay pot than a thunderbolt, and dark liquid splattered out.  It was splashed all over the place - on the top of the city, on the crenellations, at the foot of the city wall and on the frame of the trebuchet.

    "What is this black thing?"

    "It looks like oil"

    ¡°Smelly black oil!¡±

    "The bad thing is the fierce fire oil! The Zhou people want to use fire to attack!"

    "Go get water quickly!"

    "What a fool! You can't put out a grease fire with water, you have to use sand!"

    A batch of fire oil tanks fell to the ground and shattered, causing a commotion among the defenders.

    ??????????????????????????After all, not everyone has seen this kind of unique weapon. Except for the Yansui region, its origin can only be paid tribute or purchased by Southeast Asian countries. The original product needs to go through a series of complicated refining processes, and the one purchased by sea trade is more expensive.  , the source and quantity of tributes were restricted, but it was not always available. There were many naval battles in the southeastern region and it had close relations with the Southeast Asian countries in sea trade. This fierce fire oil was seen and used in large quantities. When the Liao army came here,  There are very few opportunities to see the fierce fire oil when attacking and defending the city, and there are not even many opportunities to hear about it.

    But after all, some people have heard about the properties of fire oil. When they saw the black liquid poured out of the broken clay pot, it didn't look like the miscellaneous oil used by ordinary city guards, which could only heat people and be difficult to ignite.  Looking at the dark and sticky appearance and smelling the stinky smell, I finally remembered the batch of fierce fire oil that the Southern Tang Dynasty gave to Emperor Taizu.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Off or aristocratic people who know the name of Menghuoyou naturally know the power of Menghuoyou. When they heard that someone like Yonghan was actually thinking of getting water to deal with the possible fire attack of the Zhou army, they immediately yelled loudly.  Are you kidding? Although they themselves have never seen a war scene in which fierce fire oil was used for fire attacks, they have heard veterans in the army or elders in the family boast vividly that once this oil is ignited, they want to put it out with water?  That is really the same as putting out a fire!  It is said that the fierce fire oil in water battles can float on the river and burn

    However, time waits for no one, and Zhou Jun obviously will not give them time to deal with it calmly. Almost immediately after the fierce fire oil tank fell to the ground and shattered, the next batch of projectiles thrown at the city head and inside the city included thunderbolt bullets.  Tinder.

    Although the impact points of the projectiles thrown by Zhou Jun's trebuchets are relatively scattered, they are not spread too widely. The oil spilled from the previous batch of violent oil tanks can be connected into several pieces, or it may contaminate several trebuchets, or it may cause pollution.  Entering the walkway at the top of the city, even if the fire that fell immediately could not completely cover the previous oily area, it was not difficult at all to ignite one and then spread over it.

    There were bags of sand and earth on the top of the city to guard against the blunderbuss of the Zhou army. Although the defenders did not respond so quickly and failed to bury the oil stains with sand and earth at the first moment, they were able to extinguish the flames in time, although they had to risk being bombarded by thunderbolts.  , but it is always better than the place where you are turning into a sea of ??fire.

    But those trebuchets behind the city wall were different No one expected that the Zhou army had strong fire oil and used such a fire attack method. Naturally, there was no sand or buckets ready to put out the fire.  Yes, there is, but who dares to use it now?  Flames rose up on several oil-stained trebuchets and spread along the oil stains, causing the gunners to panic immediately. In addition, the continuous falling thunderbolt shells continued to explode around them, which caused even more damage to them.  Inexplicable panic.

    At this time, how could the artillerymen of the Han'er Army calmly start shooting at the Zhou Army's trebuchets outside the city?  What's more, the beckoning hand at the top of the city has long been untenable. The gunners who lost their target guidance are already firing blindly. This situation makes them feel more and more desperate.

    It's just that the military orders on the city tower have not changed yet. Neither Daluanhe, who is responsible for the defense of Nancheng, nor Yeluheli, who is the prime minister of Tokyo Road, have ordered evacuation. The gunners can find ways to avoid the sea of ????fire and dodge the thunderbolts.  bomb, but cannot openly escape from the position.

    "Compared with the blood dripping from Yeluheli's heart, the patience of these Han'er Army gunners was obviously a bit more torturous.

    "coming!"

    Perhaps the tower of Xiande Gate is tall enough, and Zhou Jun's trebuchets are placed at a relatively extreme range. The thunderbolts and fire oil tanks thrown by Zhou Jun rarely fall near the tower, and Yelvheli can still move freely.  Observing the changes in the military situation inside and outside the city, he finally saw a glimmer of hope at this moment.

    In the southwest corner of the city, a puff of smoke is getting closer and closer. Although the smoke is not thick and the dust head is not very high, it is still very clear under the summer sunshine. With many years of military experience in Yelvheli, it is not difficult to see the smoke.  He was able to make a basic judgment even if he needed a scout - the cavalry was coming, numbering in the thousands, galloping eastward from the southwest corner of the city, aiming directly at the Zhou army array outside Xiande Gate.

    Yelugan, who had made a roundabout attack out of Dashun Gate, was finally in place!

    Obviously, even if the Zhou army has another cavalry configuration, it will not come from this direction, but will only come from the direction of Zhuzhi Mountain further south. Moreover, it will not rush towards its own infantry array like this. As for the Shangjing Road,  Yeluheli would not expect reinforcements from the front or Tokyo Road's garrisons in other cities to come so quickly.

    The number of cavalry that could appear in that direction at this moment was in the thousands. Only the two thousand light cavalry that Yelu Gan brought out of the city, and their driving method was completely in line with the combat goals he had given.  It further proves this point.

    Success or failure depends on this!  Yelu Heli secretly cheered for this partial army and had already spread the wordHe was unable to directly command the soldiers in his hands for the time being, but he believed in Yeluqian's on-the-spot command ability, and even more believed that the military orders he gave them were not outdated - the combat target may have to be changed from the Zhou army's artillery unit to artillery and stone throwing.  It's a machine unit, but Yelu Gan will definitely be able to eat it!

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