As the west camp outside the city of Guangling became more and more vocal and bustling; under the sky that became clearer and brighter after the snow, a team of fish and birds also hit the army that had just arrived in the west of the city. Inside the camp.
"General Zhu Tong, I have pulled all the firearms from the navy warships, and all that can be pulled quickly; if the city goes eastward, my son can only use the ship as the wall of the city. I thought it corresponded with swords, guns and crossbows!"
As one of the deputy chiefs of the navy commander Wang Zhongba, Zhao Jun, the fifth army's right-wing general, who looked hard to hide his tiredness but was still hearty and neat, was also a half-truth complaint in front of Zhu Cun who came to cross the match. Road:
However, what he said was an understatement, but just by looking at the armor of the soldiers responsible for transporting them, as well as the sludge stained on the corresponding livestock, gun mounts, and wheel hubs, you know that they have fixed these heavy ship guns and other firearms. The gun station was dismantled, and the trekking in the snow and mud on the detour from the east of the city was hard and difficult.
"Let's relax, let's ask you to take a good look at the big battle; the defenders in the discipline city broke through unintentionally... You see, everyone is almost ready"
Zhu Cun smiled and waved his hand: After that, as if he had confirmed his words, Zhao Jue was quickly attracted by the new things in the camp.
Then Zhu Cun couldn't help but look at the great thing that gradually rose to the sky, providing some guidance for the array of strike forces that were waiting in front of the battlefield. The hanging down is like a bean-sized frame. Someone is sending out a semaphore with an array of small flags hanging down to guide the position and shooting range of the corresponding artillery group, and the simple dynamics of gathering the enemy hedgehogs on the city head, one by one. The feedback came out.
And for such a great object, only a simple bamboo frame and a fabric stitched skin, coupled with the sealing method of tung oil-based plaster and the heat of barrels of firewood, have created the simplest flying boat that can be lifted off for a short time. (hot air balloon). He still remembered the shock and horror when he saw this kind of thing the first time he was next to the governor.
"This is not the ability to drive away gods and ghosts..."
"No, this is just the most basic knowledge of things..."
However, Zhou Huaian sighed with a little nostalgia:
"As long as you master the fundamental avenue of the evolution of all things, even if you let hardware float on the water, or if steel soars in the sky, it will not be difficult for people to use Jiuyou Earth Fire..."
"Hey, don't Nalanda Temple in Tianzhu have to dig into such a secret technique..."
Zhu Cun, who had been watching the gains and losses for a long time, squeezed out such a sentence:
"Then put it another way."
Seeing the bewildered and bewildered expressions around him, Zhou Huaian couldn't help sighing.
"This is actually the legacy of Zhuge Wuhou's old wisdom, so its predecessor is also known as Kong Mingdeng..."
Someone finally understood it now, and suddenly showed a certain expression of shock and amazement.
"Could it be that Zhuge Prime Minister Zhuge who helped Jihan in "Three Kingdoms Yilie Biography" dedicated himself to his death?"
"That's right, it was Zhuge Kongming who died before he became a teacher and made the hero tearful..."
Zhou Huaian couldn't help touching his nose.
"Although he has passed away long ago, there are many strange skills that have been passed down to future generations... I just happened to have a little fur on it..."
On the spot, it was awe-inspiring and the value of worship increased. Of course, as the Taiping Army’s territory is becoming wider and the manpower and material resources are abundant, the material for making this flying boat has also become lighter and thinner silk and eucommia gum, refined carbon powder with more lasting vitality, and the time spent in the air is also much longer. It has increased a lot, and there is no need to use more frequent lifting and alternating use.
Moreover, in order to deter the enemy and make it more visible, a lot of tin foil thinner than paper is attached to the surface of the flying boat. It looks silvery white under the rays of sunlight and snow falling in the clouds. The dazzling and reflective sparkle makes people unable to ignore but dare not look directly at it.
"What is this, is the demon method of the Taiping Thief?"
And on the west gate of Guangling and the city disc, which bear the brunt, there are also figures who have gotten up everywhere and panicked and rushed to tell each other:
"There will be flames. Is it some kind of magic weapon of lightning strike?"
"Too platinum star, this is too platinum star to manifest..."
"Amitabha... Nikko Bodhisattva..."
"The Immeasurable Heaven is on the top..."
"Great Sage Pu Zun Mi Shi He, quickly get rid of evil spirits!"
And in the front camp under the city, on top of the earth barriers and high platforms, the semaphores and passwords that were originally covered with earth frames and tarpaulins were also waved to reveal their true colors one after another. That is where the preset gun positions are located everywhere. As long as they are dragged from the rear along the ramp made by the horizontal wood, they can be immediately put into combat use.
"The Son is in the seat on the right of the Father, and his seat is extremely high.
The master would like to beg for the begging of the crowd, and lower the raft to avoid the fire.
The master is me waiting for the benevolent father, the master is me waiting for the holy lord,
The master is our Dharma king, and the master can save universal salvation. "
As the striker's artillery group artisan Bai Duolu, also standing behind a strangely-shaped new large gun wagon, looking at the strange thing in the sky, he whispered prayers:
The body tube of this gun is extraordinarily stubby, and the front end has a full length of one and a half feet. Therefore, the corresponding operating equipment, vehicles, and supporting drugs are extraordinarily large and unmatched. Not only does it require four horses on weekdays. It only takes two or three people to complete the reload before the battle.
At this time, Zhu Cun, who was sweeping the formation and watching, also received another message from Li Yuyuan:
"Qingzheng Jiang, there are people shooting down from the top of the city, hoping to discuss the matter of going to Kaicheng..."
"Don't care about him, just attack the past directly... At this point, no matter whether his heart is true or not, it is meaningless..."
Zhu Cun said without hesitation:
I saw that before his words fell, the first round of calibrated test shots had begun amidst the rising dust and the continuous roar of fireworks in front of the formation. Behind the gun position, Bai Duolu was also shot by the cannon in front of him that looked like a mortar. The air waves from the large cannon ringed with smoke and peacefully rolled up, blew his face staggered. For a while, his head was covered with gravel and soot.
But he was stubbornly gazing and holding the long rod as if he hadn't noticed it, and trying to watch and estimate the impact of the cannon shot in the distance, he didn't know that it was too long, and it seemed that it was instantaneous. For a moment, I saw a place where the adobe bricks were wrapped on the edge of the city wall in the distance suddenly cracked, and amidst the dust rolling in a large piece of shattering and peeling off, there was a large and small cylinder left behind, only the gray inside could be seen. The defect of the rammed earth wall.
At this moment, the shelling was like opening a head. In an instant, many shells hit the hundreds of steps of city wall centered on the west gate of Guangling almost without interruption; although most of them For a few moments, it was not possible to shoot past the wall because of the low level of the calibrated shooting range, or the central disc caused intuitive casualties.
However, the surface of the tall and thick city wall of Guangling City was exposed as a skin, leaving many large and small defects like pockmarks and pits; it also caused a ghost crying wolf howling on the city’s head. The usual screams and howls came.
"Landslide..."
"It's thundering.."
"The sky is falling..."
"The wall is about to fall"
"Too platinum star is angry"
And amidst this panic-stricken scream, and the roar that followed like rolling thunder; the Huaiyang Metropolitan Du Mansion and Huainan Jieya on Shugang were awakened and there was no time for leather robe to wear armor. Yang Xingyun, who was holding his head, also galloped toward the Ximen battlefield surrounded by the left and right.
At least he hadn't been able to rest well all night during his personal planning and dispatching and repression. He also took a nap in the early morning; he received the bad news of the thief army who had been dead and silent for a long time and suddenly launched an attack on the city. ; And hurried over without taking care of washing and dressing up.
However, when he led a group of pros and cons rushed across the deserted and cold side streets and bridges under the inner wall of the sub-city, and was about to arrive near the West Point Gate, the intense roar from outside the city was like a summer In the sun storms and rains, with the shimmering electric light from far to near, the rumbling resounded continuously in the sky above Guangling City.
It turned into a variety of bursts and splashes on the wall of the West City. Dust and fireworks billowed up little by little. There were also all kinds of fierce roars and screams that could hardly contain fear and panic. The shouts of curses and anger from outsiders and insiders made the huge city like a pot of porridge.
Then there was the earth-shaking scream of killing, as if the billowing tide coming from the Qiantang River estuary, instantly overwhelmed all the clamor in Guangling City that was alarmed. It also made the mount of Yang Xingmin, a pedestrian and horse galloping, suddenly decelerated and stagnated in terror, neighing, and even Yang Xingmin**, a precious horse, was no exception, and it wandered in place and refused to move forward.
You must know that this shining white horse, but the farewell gift given by the Tianping Army Jiedu and Jiangxi to recruit Cao Quanzhu before he decided to go north to the disaster is also very spiritual and has experienced many battles in and out of the battlefield. Sophisticated mount; but I don't want to be timid here. Yang Xingmin couldn't help becoming more and more anxious in his heart, and tried hard to spur the blood on his horse back and wailed, but he still hesitated. . .
However, the next moment, the air suddenly whistling and audibly passing by something that is fleeting; and then just yelling for bad luck and unsatisfactory, and greeting Yang Xingmin, who jumped off the horse and walked forward, there was an uncontrollable feeling. Amidst the exclamation and the enlarging pupils, many bricks and tiles splashed out of a building not far from the street, and they broke apart and collapsed.
The smoke and dust that fell down suddenly enveloped the small section of street they were about to drive forward. Even with Yang Xingmin’s calming skills, his face changed, and he looked at the blood-stained mount on his whipped back with a heartache, but he understood that he had been conscious of being a beast, and was saved in disguise. Back.
However, at the next moment, Yang Xingmin, who gave up his mount and continued to run forward, once again saw the Ximen Tower in front of him, once again being shot in the sky and enveloped by many slender smoke trails, submerged again and again. And among the flames.
In an instant, the original wooden structure was mainly used, and the west gate building with its own carved beams and paintings was turned into a large torch burning out of thin air; and many human bodies that fled and rolled out like ants; even more people. Under the pressure of fireworks. He jumped straight off the wall in a panic.
Seeing such a tragic scene, even if Yang Xingyu is surrounded by the warriors and brave people who have followed for years, it is inevitable that some people will be mentally panicked or have a broken heart and fall to the ground for a while. (End of this chapter)