Chapter 39
"What the hell is that bastard Liu Qian doing!"
The emperor did not rush to death the eunuch. Zhao Xu, who was far away in the car array, looked at the battlefield in front of him with a telescope. "《" () He used not toy telescopes, but he used a telescope seized from the officers under the Sultan of Azam Tulansha. Of course, this kind of ordinary telescope is far less likely to see farther and clearer than the reflective telescopes used by the "Chinese Army". Not to compare with those telescopes with large-caliber crystal lenses that use astronomical levels to support optical signals.
But compared with the toy telescope that the Mongols got, Zhao Gui looked farther away. But he became more anxious at this moment, and his anxiety made him curse Liu Qian. At this moment, they were erected in the tall watchtower in the carriage array. This thing uses a telescopic ladder, and if it is to be transported to the battlefield, it requires a carriage led by four horses. In order to save money, Zhao Xu did not purchase the "Huaxia Empire" work horse, he used the "Mongolian Donkey".
Because of such heavy weight, this watchtower can be said to be an almost luxurious existence on the battlefield. On the shelf that is more than 20 meters high, a covered sentry tower sat steadily. In fact, this is much higher than the sentry tower with small car lights as searchlights in the four corners of the vehicle array. The purpose is to enable Zhao Xu to understand the situation on the battlefield at a glance during the battle.
The rain was much less at this time, and the vision became wider. The Mongolian army was approaching the city at this time, and more people climbed the city. A ladder was almost next to another, which made Mongolian soldiers wearing cavalry armor everywhere on the entire city wall, and this was also the reason why Zhao Xu fell and scolded Liu Qian.
It doesn't matter if he falls, the high watchtower actually shook gently because of his movements. Zhao Xu immediately threw away his telescope, and while holding the fence of the watchtower, he confessed his face. He Qi looked at it, with a smile on his eyes. But his eyes only reached Zhao Xu's, because the strap was hanging around his neck, and there was no telescope falling off.
"There are not many such telescopes in the entire army. If they really fall down, it would be a pity."
As for the Mongolian soldiers with ants attached to the wall, He Qi was not worried about the people in the castle at all. As long as they were careful, they did not let the Mongolian soldiers' "reincarnation cannons" reach the range, nor would they be smashed open the city gate with "siege rams", then there would be no danger in this war.
As if it was confirming He Qi's opinion, a counterattack had already been launched on the city. Under such a counterattack, the Mongols' siege of the city showed one thing. In the era of hot weapons, it was absolutely impossible to siege the city without paying enough price.
At this moment, Mongolian soldiers holding shields climbed the city along the ladder. They bit a scimitar in their mouths and held a shield in their other hand. Its huge size can almost completely block the attack in one direction. As for the other direction, at close range, the power of the bow and arrow becomes more powerful. They can even penetrate the cavalry armor and cause considerable damage to the Mongolian soldiers.
However, Mongolia, who are climbing the cloud ladder, is tough after climbing. As long as their bodies can move, as long as they are not injured enough to make them fall off the cloud ladder and fall half dead, they keep trying to climb upwards. Of course, facing the archers and the "Zhuge Crossbow" on the wall, many Mongolian soldiers were shot down the cloud ladder.
As mentioned earlier, this castle is a fortress-style fortress with only soldiers. It has an almost square body, but it has a round tower on its four legs. Even the middle of the four walls is also a semicircular tower. This makes the Mongolian soldiers who climb the cloud ladder deeply affected by cross firepower. However, the Mongolians have siege a lot of times, especially when they deliberately put the cloud ladder closer and the soldiers on the two cloud ladders can provide some mutual cover.
Moreover, with the increase of Mongolian soldiers under the city, more arrows shot towards the city head. Although Mongolian archers are at an absolute disadvantage, they have been using riding as their basic skills since childhood to shoot arrows and shoot arrows relatively accurately, which has caused a lot of trouble and casualties to the defenders at the city head. Because the arrows shot at close range have gravity acceleration, they have enough penetration power.
Under the increasingly dense cover of bows and arrows, the Mongolian soldiers climbing the city along the ladder finally approached the top of the tall city wall. Even if they could take a look at the city wall and be killed at the top of the city wall, they were satisfied in their hearts.
However, when the first Mongolian soldier could look behind the chest wall, Liu Qian, who was hiding on the tower in the middle of the castle, sent another order with a signal flare. The soldiers conveyed this order with a loud bronze horn sound. Then, the Mongolian soldiers who had just brushed his head out of the city wall saw the following scene, although he didn't understand what the power of this thing looked like.
It was a ceramic jar the size of a 1-year-old baby, but the jar gave people a very strong feeling. At this moment, it was held in the arms of a soldier on the city wall, and then reached out to pull something. The thick clay jar began to smoke, and then it was thrown off the city wall.
The Mongolian soldiers did not understand why this was because the soldier on the city did not care at all about the fact that he could jump to the city with one more step. He just didn't care about it at all.
"You damn Hui Hui barbarian!"
The Mongolian soldier took a scimitar from his mouth and tried hard to jump to the top of the city. However, what was unexpected was that at his feet, it suddenly made an explosion like the sky and the earth cracked. The fragments made a sharp sound and flew around with the scorching waves of air. Moreover, the ladder under his feet seemed to be kicked heavily on the roots.
"ah……"
This time, the Mongolian soldiers who were just about to climb the top of the city were scattered and raised their hand and threw away their scimitar. While holding the crossbar with their hands, he subconsciously looked down. Perhaps even if he died, he wanted to know what was going on below.
Underground is a large land that is black with gunpowder, and near this land is a circular fire-killing range. The killed people lie down around the explosion site like petals. Some injured people screamed while holding their legs aside.
The Mongolian soldiers could see that one of his brother bent and hugged his legs and let out a sharp wail, but surprisingly, he did not see the shadow of the brother's legs.
Chapter completed!