The reason for Ji Jie's bitter smile was still the vine armor on the barbarian soldiers. It was difficult for shrapnel to penetrate them. It would only cause damage to them unless they happened to hit the same position or areas such as the face and hands that were not covered by the vine armor. Shocking Sky The explosion shock wave of the cannon blew up several people around him, but after landing on the ground, he got up again without any damage after moving a few times.
This is too perverted!
No wonder Zhu Geliang, hundreds of years later, used the trick of burning to defeat these barbarians. Ji Jie realized that he had underestimated the barbarian king Zhidu and his men.
"Take the opportunity to withdraw from the battlefield and notify the artillery in the city to take cover!" Ji Jie ordered the soldiers to withdraw first. He led his guards to retreat, and the team retreated in an orderly manner.
Although the damage caused by the explosion to the barbarian soldiers was minimized, a shocking cannonball could always kill a few lives. They were still frightened by the deterrent power of the artillery fire. The barbarian king did not order to pursue the retreating Zhou army. They also began to retreat until they were out of the range of artillery fire.
Overall, the casualties of the barbarians were slightly higher.
Back in Bajun, Xiong Bi was able to stand up and move freely. He asked with concern: "Your Majesty, the barbarian soldiers' rattan armor is too powerful. We can't gain any advantage in a head-on confrontation. If they rush over to attack the city, , it is difficult for our artillery to suppress their advance!"
"Haha, I know I have a problem!" Ji Jie said with a smile: "I already have a countermeasure. The reason why I didn't use any surprise moves in the first battle is because I wanted to personally experience the power of the Tengjia Army. If I could kill them directly , I will definitely have some regrets when I think about it in the future!”
"I knew your Majesty had an idea. What can I do for you?" Xiong Ben volunteered.
Ji Jie thought for a while and said: "Go to the warehouse, pull out three thousand jars of kerosene and three thousand stones of gunpowder, put them on the open ground in the center of the city, and then send a team of one thousand people to follow my instructions in a moment!"
"It's your order!" Xiong Ben turned around and ran away. He showed such excitement because he wanted to prove to Ji Jie that his health was almost healed. Don't forget to assign him a task in the next battle.
"This kid!" Ji Jie scolded with a smile.
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In the barbarian camp, the barbarian king carefully inspected several soldiers whose bodies were burned by gunpowder. He frowned and said, "What on earth is this? Is it powerful here?"
A well-informed subordinate stepped forward and said: "I heard that various countries in the Central Plains have recently been using something called gunpowder for long-range attacks. The injuries to the tribesmen should be caused by gunpowder!"
The Barbarian King nodded and said: "Suwen Jijie is full of tricks. In order to prevent him from coming up with other tricks to deal with us, I have decided to attack Bajun City tomorrow. You will prepare ladders and poles immediately and rush in early tomorrow morning." Go to the city!"
"yes!"
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There is a large open space in the middle of Bajun City, where there are piles of gunpowder packets and kerosene jars like a hill, plus more than 200 large water tanks, and a thousand well-dressed soldiers, waiting for Ji Jie's orders.
"What everyone has to do next is very simple!" Ji Jie said to everyone with a smile: "The four of you are divided into groups and can combine freely. One person is responsible for carrying, two people are responsible for pouring kerosene and gunpowder into the tank, and one person is responsible for pouring kerosene and gunpowder into the tank. People use wooden sticks to mix the mixture, it’s that simple! But please note that no metal objects are allowed during the operation, including your armor, daggers, weapons and the like. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" A thousand people shouted in unison, and then took off their armor and weapons.
The purpose of this is to avoid the sparks that may be generated by the friction of metal objects during the mixing and transportation process to ignite the gunpowder and kerosene. With so many explosives concentrated here, once an accident occurs, the results will be extremely tragic.
The mixture was stirred with dry wooden sticks. The soldiers carefully mixed the two things into a paste. Although Ji Jie did not tell them the purpose of these things, everyone did it very carefully.
After vats of qualified "slurry" were stirred up, Ji Jie asked people to send 10,000 empty shells of sky-shattering shells, and then instructed everyone to put the mixture into it. The trigger was installed before launching, so there was no need to worry about it happening. Danger of self-explosion.
Ji Jie gave these cannons filled with mixture a new name: incendiary bombs.
Ten thousand incendiary bombs were prepared, and there was still a lot of mixture left. Ji Jie ordered everyone to pack them in oilcloth, each package weighing thirty kilograms, and put them together with the incendiary bombs for later use.
Before dawn the next day, a sharp alarm sounded on the top of the city. Ji Jie hurriedly got dressed and climbed to the top of the city with Xiong Ben.
"What's going on?" Ji Jie asked as he picked up the telescope.
"Reporting to General, the barbarians have begun to gather three miles away!" the observer reported: "They have prepared a large number of siege ladders and poles, and it seems they want to launch an attack at dawn!"
Through the telescope, Ji Jie clearly saw the ladders under the torches of the barbarian soldiers. There were at least hundreds of them. These grandsons came at the right time. Let's see how grandpa will deal with you!
"Send the incendiary bombs and incendiary packs to the artillery positions immediately!" Ji Jie said without thinking: "When the enemy is completely within the attack range, give me a hard hit!"
"yes!"
The artillery positions were well prepared, waiting for the order to attack.
At this moment, the barbarian soldiers were in formation. They chose the west wall as the main attack direction. The barbarian king Zhidu raised his spear high and shouted: "Warriors, charge!"
"Charge!" The barbarian soldiers held weapons in one hand and carried ladders in the other and ran towards the city wall.
In order to climb the city wall quickly, Zhi Du placed more than 90% of his troops in attack positions, leaving only 5,000 men as a reserve force, led by himself.
And he promised a reward, two Zhou army heads can be exchanged for one ingot of gold. The barbarian soldiers were all jealous, because it was difficult for them to earn an ingot of gold after working hard all their lives. Now they only need to kill two enemies to get it. Morale is high.
More than 50,000 barbarians swarmed away, and no one wanted to be left behind. Those running at the back quickly entered the firing range of the Zhou army's artillery.
"Ring contraction attack method, start preparing!" Ji Jie gave an order, and the hundreds of trebuchets began to adjust their attack positions. They were all completed in more than ten seconds. He continued: "Get ready to fire!"
"Squeak...swish...squeak...swish swish..."
The so-called ring contraction attack method is to use the enemy's periphery as the first attack point, and then gradually extend to the center, minimizing the possibility of the enemy escaping from the artillery fire coverage.
"Boom boom boom..."
The first round of volleys all hit the outside of the barbarian formation. The shells exploded and flames shot into the sky.
Gunpowder and kerosene are mixed and have a certain explosive power. The kerosene is ignited at the same time as the explosion, and the part of the unexploded gunpowder wrapped inside has strong adhesion and sticks to the enemy's vine armor, and then violently Burn up.
The barbarian soldier's rattan armor was soaked in oil many times during the production process. It is flammable in itself. When exposed to incendiary bombs, the consequences can be imagined!