Chapter 574 Whoever commits crimes against me in Hezhou will be killed without mercy!
The words just fell.
They saw the catapult in front move, and then something flew towards the city wall.
Before it could fall, countless pieces of rubble fell down with a burst of fire and an ear-splitting roar.
Air blast!
Zhang Bao tested it before when he was studying throwing from a hot air balloon.
This kind of explosive filled with gravel is much more powerful when it explodes in mid-air than when it hits the ground.
It has the same effect as their previous grenades.
To be honest, although Zhang Bao and the others have now produced explosives, the purity of the material now cannot be compared with that of later generations, and the power will naturally be greatly reduced.
Take the city wall as an example. If you really want to use this kind of explosive pack to blow open the city wall, there is still some hope for that kind of adobe wall. If you really want to use this kind of city wall with strong defense, you can't blow it open at all.
However, it is still very useful to use this air blast method to kill and injure people on the city wall.
This testing method is quite simple. You only need to adjust the length of the fuse of the explosive package.
When does it air explode, when does it explode when it hits the ground, and when does it explode with delay.
The length of the fuze can be easily manipulated.
It's just a bit of a waste of explosives.
After researching it, it became simple. There were five catapults at each city gate, and after each catapult threw ten air-blast explosive packets, there would be almost no living people on the city wall.
"quick!"
"Fifty steps and one shot!"
"go ahead!"
With a loud roar.
All the soldiers gathered around the catapult and approached the city gate.
These soldiers also sheathed their swords and took down their bows and arrows from their backs.
They were pointing their bows and arrows at the city wall to prevent the enemy from suddenly appearing or rushing out, but they were obviously overly worried. Under these rounds of air explosions, everyone on the entire city wall was killed.
Including the martial arts being commanded.
Before he could react, he was smashed into pieces by countless rubbles.
Without the general, the city was in chaos. Those troops who were close to the city gate, after being lucky enough to survive, moved toward the middle of the city.
To know.
At this time, not only one city gate was like this, but four city gates were covered by deafening thunder at the same time.
Think again of the huge head of the god I saw before.
Everyone was so frightened that they attributed this apocalyptic situation to the revenge of the gods.
If it's manpower, then they still have a chance to fight.
But if the other side is helped by God and has the means of gods, what else can they do except die?!
It didn't take a while.
Zhang Bao and his men came to the bottom of the city wall.
"Drumming!"
"Change!"
Zhang Bao said calmly.
A burst of intensive drumming sounded next to him.
"quick!"
"Bring my stuff up here!"
"hurry up!"
Almost at the same time as they heard the sound of the drums, the generals of each group of troops quickly shouted, and they moved down the explosive bags they were preparing to put.
Jars were placed one by one.
"put!"
"Hit me in several directions around me!"
"You guys! Rush to the city gate and ambush the explosives. Hurry!"
As the crowd roared, countless jars were thrown into the city by catapults.
moment.
A strong aroma of wine and fire oil filled the air.
This time Zhang Bao and the others came, not only bringing all the explosive bags, but also all the high-strength wine from Baoge Winery, and all the kerosene they could get.
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Why do we say that in a war, all we fight to the end is productivity, financial resources, and overall strength.
If Zhang Bao and the others hadn't been collecting money and developing everywhere before, they wouldn't have accumulated so much stuff now.
Whether it's buying things to make explosives, buying wine to re-distill, making bows and arrows, broadswords, spears, shields, buying horses, or making catapults.
All of this is supported by money.
Apart from Xiazhou, it is no exaggeration to say that only in Hezhou can every soldier have a sword and a bow and arrow, be well fed and clothed, have the opportunity to train, and be divided into different groups.
of arms.
In fact, it is not that Hezhou is richer than other states, but because Zhang Bao has looted all the money from those aristocratic families, squires, and landlords through knocking down the landlords, through auctions, and through various means of making money, and has ruined the entire Hezhou.
The state's wealth was redistributed.
Of course, a large part of them were obtained by people from the gold-touching brigade when they went to Taizhou and Shaanzhou to help them expose their ancestors.
Only with money can you have fighting power!
This is an everlasting truth.
Following Zhang Bao's order.
The entire Nanxiang County Prefecture instantly turned into a sea of flames.
Maybe using a catapult can't completely cover the entire city with explosions, but fire can!
As long as the outer circle is burning, the fire will gradually move closer to the middle and spread to the entire county, turning into a huge furnace.
Moreover, such fire coverage from the outside to the inside will make it impossible for those trapped inside to escape.
This was the reason why Qunggang County was lost overnight and turned into a sea of flames.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to do it simply by relying on explosive packs.
The entire city was burning with flames. Even if Zhang Bao and the others were outside the city, they could feel waves of heat coming towards them.
Continuous wailing and shouting sounds came from inside. It must be that some people broke through the flames and wanted to rush out from the city gate.
"grown ups!"
"From what I heard, a lot of people should be able to rush out. Should we wait for them to open the city gate and then capture them alive?"
"I guess they have no resistance at all now!"
Wu Dayong asked Zhang Bao from the side.
"Send the order!"
"Wait until they open the door, blow it up with explosives! Scatter the ones who escape and let the archers catch them."
"Leave no one alive, kill them all!"
Zhang Bao said coldly.
The purpose of this battle was to establish prestige, and the people who escaped didn't know the details at all, leaving a lot of hidden dangers. There was no need to waste time with such a small number of people.
More importantly, even if the people inside now escape, they will probably be useless if they go to the battlefield in the future, and they will be useless.
This time the situation is different from others.
This time, Shaanzhou actually took the initiative to invade Hezhou. If this trend is not stopped, then Hezhou will become a piece of fat in the eyes of others, and everyone will want to take a bite.
Zhang Bao just wants to show those who plan to deal with him that even if you come with tens of thousands of troops, I can kill them all!
Anyone who dares to offend our Hezhou again will be killed without mercy!!!