The first thousand one hundred and eighty-six chapters capture the island
Ten thousand troops marched to the foot of Donghai County. Liu Qiong looked at the brightly lit lights on top of the city from a distance and smiled at Tang Qian: "They actually noticed that we were coming, and they seemed to be preparing to fight us at night."
Tang Qian also smiled and said: "This city wall is indeed very dilapidated. I estimate that I can use a battering ram to directly destroy the city wall!"
Liu Qiong pondered for a moment and said: "The sheep used a battering ram, but the iron fire thunder was used to break the city in the west!"
Tang Qian fully agreed and immediately said: "I will lead three thousand troops to the west of the city!"
Tang Qian led three thousand troops to evacuate and detoured to the west of the city. At this time, the Western Army carried out a huge battering ram, which was made of a centuries-old ironwood tree. Dozens of trees were found in Quanzhou and made into
Thirteen heavy battering rams.
This one is one of them. It is five feet long, three feet in diameter, weighs ten thousand kilograms, and requires one hundred and fifty soldiers to lift it.
If you add the shield-carrying soldiers on both sides, it would take a thousand people to form a large siege formation.
The huge battering ram was placed three hundred steps away. The lights of the Western Army were brightly lit, as bright as day. All the soldiers on the city saw the huge battering ram placed high outside the east city. Hu Lin shouted: "
The crossbowmen are concentrated in the east city!"
Two thousand soldiers gathered in the east city, all with bows and arrows ready to shoot at the attacking Western soldiers.
The attacking soldiers of the Western Army had already appeared. Two groups of soldiers stood on both sides of the battering ram, all of them tall and round. There were also 800 soldiers holding large shields, obviously preparing to cover.
Although a thousand siege soldiers were ready, they did not attack for a long time, as if they were waiting for something?
"General, are they waiting for dawn?" A general asked in a low voice on the top of the city.
Hu Lin shook his head. He didn't know. "Maybe their main army is not ready yet."
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At this time, in the West City on the other side, there were only more than 300 defenders at the top of the city, mainly concentrated near the West City Gate. They looked warily at the outside of the city. This was a rocky land, not suitable for attacking the city. It was easy to attack the city within a mile.
It's a strait, and the Song Army's Wanshi cargo ship can still be faintly seen on the water.
Of course, the West City leads to the dock. Going out from the city gate is a spacious and flat avenue. Five hundred steps away, on both sides of the avenue, three thousand Western soldiers, led by Tang Qian, are already waiting in ambush.
There were piles of rubble on both sides, and the Western Army could only rush into the city along the official road, so Tie Huolei's target must be the city gate.
Their use of Iron Fire Thunder was specifically approved by Chen Qing, allowing them to use it during critical moments such as sieges or water battles. The specific right to use it was in the hands of the commander-in-chief, Liu Qiong, who decided under what circumstances to use it.
Of course, Liu Qiong also knew that Iron Fire Thunder was of great significance, so he would not use it lightly.
It can be used to attack Donghai County. He is not worried about the opponent transporting the failed iron fire thunder back to Jinan Prefecture.
Behind the pile of rocks, five soldiers have used the rocks as cover and are gradually approaching the city wall. These five soldiers are firearms soldiers, who are responsible for the safekeeping and use of firearms. They have received special training and have rich experience.
They were carrying a large box in their hands. Inside the box was an iron dog, which weighed eighty kilograms. Of course, it was not as good as the two hundred and forty kilograms of iron ox. Finally, the medium-sized iron fire mine was very suitable for attacking a dilapidated county like Donghai County.
, if it is a large and solid city like Taiyuan City, the iron dog is not suitable, and the iron ox must be used.
The power of the Iron Fire Thunder is far less exaggerated than that of later aerial bombs. After all, it is just a black powder weapon. It is definitely ineffective against concrete walls, but it is effective against earth or brick walls. But if it is a city wall built with large bluestones,
, even using Iron Bull has no effect.
The battering ram of the east city successfully attracted the attention of the defenders at the head of the city. Even the defenders at the head of the west city were restless and looked back to the east from time to time. They were worried that the east city gate would be lost, but they did not know that the danger was at their feet.
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The five firearms-wielding soldiers moved quickly towards the city gate close to the city wall. At this time, the defenders at the top of the city needed to lean down and look down to find them, but the west side was very quiet, there was nothing unusual, and the soldiers were naturally not special.
pay attention to.
The five soldiers finally clung to the city gate. The city gate was slightly concave with a protruding eaves above it. As long as they clung to the city gate, the soldiers on the top of the city couldn't see them.
Five firearms soldiers acted together and used a special hook knife to hook one end of the iron hoop on the city gate. This was an innovative invention of the Firearms Bureau. In the past, a tripod was used to withstand the iron fire thunder, but it was easy to become unstable. The Firearms Camp
The craftsmen of the city invented different hanging tools according to various types of city gates.
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Some doors have cracks, so you insert a knife into the crack. There is a hook on the handle of the knife, and each iron fire mine is designed with an iron ring, so you use the iron ring to hang on the hook.
The gate of Donghai County in front of you has iron hoops, so use a clothes hook-shaped hook, insert one end into the iron hoop to hook it, and hang the iron hoop of the iron fire thunder on the hook at the other end.
But eighty pounds was still too heavy, so I used two iron bars to support it slightly from below, so that it would be foolproof.
One soldier smashed the wooden casing covering the match rope with an iron-tipped hammer, and another soldier flicked the matchstick on fire and used the matchstick to light the matchrope. The five of them ran towards the pile of rocks.
"There's something going on down there!"
The soldiers above suddenly spotted the figure running into the rubble and shouted loudly.
Dozens of arrows were fired at the pile of rocks, but without any effect. These soldiers were lying on the ground and blocking their ears with their hands. Three thousand Western soldiers blocked their ears with their hands.
"Boom!"
There was an earth-shattering explosion, and suddenly thick smoke filled the air, and rubble and wood chips flew into the air. The soldiers on the top of the city became unsteady and fell to the ground. The fierce explosion made them shout in pain.
The huge impact caused the suspension bridge to collapse, and it fell heavily to the ground. At this time, all kinds of gravel and wood chips fell from the sky.
The thick smoke slowly dissipated, revealing the dark city gate. Most of the city gate was blown away, but the city wall at the city gate was a little stronger and did not collapse. It was just two pieces missing as if it had been gnawed by dogs.
side.
Tang Qian jumped up, brandished his sword and shouted, "Follow me and fight into the city!"
"Kill!"
Three thousand soldiers shouted loudly, stood up bravely, brandished swords and spears, and swarmed toward the blown-up city gate...
The huge explosion could be heard at least twenty miles away. The Song Army ship in the strait heard it first, and Han Shizhong was awakened from his sleep.
He quickly put on a robe, walked out of the cabin and asked: "What happened!"
The soldier pointed to Donghai County in the distance, "The sound of explosions came from Donghai County. Commander, please look, there seems to be black smoke rising into the sky."
Han Shizhong saw a mushroom-like black smoke lingering in the sky for a long time. He suddenly realized that it was an iron fire thunder explosion from the Western Army.
"Oops!"
Han Shizhong's heart suddenly sank, as if he had stepped on the air and fell into an abyss.
Although Han Shizhong was deceived by the fishermen in the fishing village and thought that there were 15,000 troops garrisoned in the city, he had no intention of attacking the city and did not carry siege weapons.
In Han Shizhong's view, the key is Qushan County. If Qushan County is captured, the defenders of Donghai County will not fight without a fight. However, if Qushan County cannot be captured, then capturing Donghai County is meaningless.
Now the Western Army finally attacked and used iron fire thunder to blast the city. It will definitely destroy the city wall and Donghai County will not be protected.
Han Shizhong was in confusion at the moment. He couldn't figure out what impact the Western Army's capture of Donghai County would have on their attack on Qushan County.
