Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 1097 Tactics in the Age of Firearms

For three whole days, the "Ultimatum" of the Southwest Army has not been taken to heart in the capital. Although the Southwest Army has been rectifying the army these days, it has been moving frequently, and the court scouts can also detect it, but even so, the court Some people here still feel that the Southwest Army is acting.

   Another part of the people felt that despite the efforts of the Southwest Army, it was impossible for them to enter the capital.

   There were only generals like Zhong Xuantong, and everyone was tensed up to deal with the hard battle that might come.

   After these few months, no one will underestimate the strength of the Southwest Army.

On the morning of the third day, when it was still early in the morning, the Ningzhou army camp began to move. First, dozens of catapults were pushed out by the soldiers of the Ningzhou army. A stone's throw away from the capital city wall.

In the past two months, the Ningzhou army has hardly stopped bombarding the walls of the capital city, and they are very familiar with all of this. Moreover, after two months, the "slinger" in charge of the catapult in the Ningzhou army has also become very skilled. Without the influence of strong winds, you can basically point to where to fight.

After the    catapult was in place, dozens of catapults skillfully filled the sky mines. After a while, dozens of sky mines exploded under the west wall of the capital.

The defenders on the west city wall were also very skilled in dealing with these thunders. The three of them formed a shield formation, then squatted on the ground and used three large shields as a shield wall. When the thunder exploded, as long as it didn't happen to be thrown at them Under the feet, it is difficult to cause too much damage to these shield soldiers.

   But today's Tianlei is a little different.

   In the past, the thunderbolts exploded, and the shield soldiers who were skilled in defending the city suffered at most a dozen casualties, but this time, at least hundreds of screams sounded at the same time!

   Many people covered their wounds and rolled on the ground.

   After all, it is impossible for a large shield to protect the whole body. There will always be some gaps. These injured soldiers of the Imperial Army have more or less iron pieces stuck on their bodies.

   "The anti-thief's thunder is mixed with iron pieces!"

   Soon the generals of the Imperial Army responded and shouted loudly: "Shield soldiers protect themselves more tightly, spread out the formation, don't be too crowded!"

In the past, the Tianlei of the Southwest Army only had pottery pieces and no iron pieces. Even if the pottery pieces were inserted into the body, they would only be traumatic. These iron pieces were not clean and even had rust. Take a man's life!

   The second round of Tianlei of the Ningzhou Army is here again.

   Dozens of ignited sky thunders, under the precise control of the slingers, some even exploded on the heads of these forbidden soldiers, iron pieces splashed everywhere, and blood was everywhere on the city walls for a while!

   There were some unlucky ones, who were covered in iron pieces, and were quickly carried down with a howl.

   There were generals of the forbidden army with rich combat experience, who responded immediately and shouted sharply: "Four people in a team, four people in a team, raise your shield to cover your head!"

The military quality of the Imperial Army is extremely high, and the reloading speed of the catapult is extremely slow, so they can quickly change into a group of four. He also squatted on the ground, holding a shield with both hands to protect the top of his head.

   In this way, the casualties of the Imperial Army dropped sharply.

   However, after a few rounds of thunder, there were still hundreds of casualties, but these were insignificant compared to the 200,000 base of the Imperial Army.

Li Shuo, who was watching the battle under the city, was watching the city wall with a telescopic mirror. After seeing the shield formations on the city wall stand up, he took a few deep breaths and endured for a while, and let the catapult bombard one more round, and then this The Ningzhou army commander waved his hand and shouted in a deep voice, "Ningzhou army vanguard battalion, step out!"

Most of the vanguard battalions of the Ningzhou Army were soldiers brought by the Ningzhou Army from the southwest. They were also the most trusted soldiers in the Ningzhou Army. With a wave of Li Shuo's hand, two thousand people immediately walked out of the army. These Everyone is dressed in black armor and holds a standard spear, which is quite majestic.

Two months ago, when the Ningzhou army confronted the four Zhechong houses of the forbidden army, they used these elites of the Ningzhou army to go up and carry it hard. As a result, even without firearms, these elites of the Ningzhou army could collide with the forbidden army head-on. Without falling behind!

  Li Shuo's face was cold, and he waved his hand fiercely: "Crush over!"

   "At all costs, rush to the west gate of the capital!"

   The 2,000-strong vanguard battalion responded immediately, and they quickly moved towards the city gate according to the formation of the Southwest Army's three-man team!

If it is an ordinary siege, once you enter the land of one arrow, the distance from this distance to the city gate must be filled with human life, because at this distance, there is no way to fight back, and if you die, you can only go forward with a shield Rush, even if you raise a shield in the process of rushing into the formation, casualties are inevitable.

   However, the Ningzhou Army's rushing formation was not like this at all, because they had the cover of firearms!

They started rushing into the formation. The Ningzhou army had a total of fifty catapults. Thirty-three of them stopped throwing thunder. After the first batch of seventeen thunders were thrown, the second batch of seventeen began. Throw the lit thunder!

   Fifty catapults were thrown in three batches. Although there was still a reloading time, the reloading time had been greatly shortened to the point where the forbidden army on the city wall could not throw arrows on a large scale.

   Two thousand vanguard battalions, with less than a hundred people damaged, miraculously rushed to the west gate!

   Li Shuo, who was in the back, had bright eyes. He waved his hand again and shouted, "Go to two more commander camps, follow up, follow up!"

   The Southwest Army had 1,600 people in one commander battalion and more than 3,000 people in two commander battalions. They quickly followed Li Shuo's order amid the rumbling artillery fire!

   At the same time, the forbidden army on the city wall also reacted, and the general of the forbidden army roared: "Top shield, top shield!"

   "The top shield throws a thunderbolt under the city!"

  The imperial court also has Tianlei. This thing is a serious weapon for defending the city. More importantly, Tianlei does not need to be aimed, as long as the fire is lit and thrown into the city!

In this case, the soldiers of the Imperial Guard can throw thunderbolts under the city by hiding behind large shields. Moreover, each of the thunderbolts in the imperial court is filled with iron pieces. A Ningzhou soldier lost his combat effectiveness!

   Soon, the casualties of the Ningzhou Army Pioneer Battalion were rapidly expanding.

   However, the vanguard camp is not for siege!

Among the soldiers of the pioneer battalion, apart from the first few rows of men holding spears, there are about seventy or eighty soldiers in the middle row, and each of them carries an inconspicuous cloth bag on his back. These cloth bags are not very heavy, only 10 or 20 pounds, so it is not difficult to carry them. Under the cover of the surrounding soldiers and the catapults in the distance, they successfully piled these 80 bags to the city gate!

Because there were catapults in the distance, the people on the city wall only dared to stretch out their hands and throw thunderbolts down. Few people dared to look closely. When these people with cloth bags approached the city gate, the guards who were watching on the city wall responded. When he came over, one of the captains of the Imperial Army, who had seen firearms, turned pale after seeing this situation. He turned around suddenly and ran to his boss, his voice trembling.

   "Lieutenant, Southwest Army, carry some cloth bags to the city gate!"

   Having said this, he swallowed.

   "But... maybe it's gunpowder..."

   This commander also changed his face suddenly.

   Gunpowder is no longer a secret in the capital, especially in the military. Anyone with a little knowledge knows what gunpowder is.

   And the Southwest Army got so much gunpowder, the purpose is very obvious.

   They want to blow up the gates!

   The commander didn't say a word, and immediately ran in the direction of Chong Xuantong.

  But, it's too late!

   Under the city gate, a colonel of the Ningzhou Army Pioneer Battalion has taken out the fire book from his chest, and then shouted loudly at the robes around him!

   "Spread out, disperse!"

   "It's all **** up!"

   (end of this chapter)