Chapter 880: Battle of the Salt Pond
The sound of the war drums on the opposite side was clearly heard. Standing on the high city tower, Quan Yifeng could already see the military formations pressing forward layer by layer. Although the losses were huge, the guards did not seem to have been affected by the large number of casualties in the previous battle. The spirit of the entire team was still full. This was indeed an elite team. Quan Yifeng's eyes swept across the city wall, and his officers and soldiers stood straight on the city wall. It seemed that the rumbling war drums and the enemy military formations that were getting closer and closer did not have any psychological impact on them.
"This is my fifth battalion," Quan Yifeng thought proudly.
The sound of horse hooves was the cavalry of the guards who arrived first. The cavalry rode their horses around the city, and some of them were extremely skilled. They pulled their bows and arrows on the horse and shot at the city. However, their accuracy was not good, and it was difficult to pose a threat to the soldiers on the city.
At the head of Yicheng, a row of soldiers holding large shields rushed up to the city wall and raised their shields to block these shootings. The other soldiers did not move at all. The cavalry ran around the city, pulling each other out, and the team seemed very scattered. If you want to fight back, it would be difficult for a single shot to hit the target, unless you have Yun Zhao's shooting skills, and using the cover shooting, it would seem too wasteful, and the results of the battle may not be obvious. Therefore, above the city wall, you will ignore this demonstration-like rushing technique. They have seen many times better than the guards under the city. This thing about the guards is really not enough to see.
The cowhide drum hit several times, and the guards that were advancing forward stopped moving forward. Behind them, dense thunderbolt cannons and siege cars appeared in front of everyone. The number of people was like a dense forest that made people unable to count.
Quan Yifeng's lips twitched slightly, and she smiled, but she didn't smile. The Xiaowei was not his own army of the Northern Expedition Army. Their thunder cannons were made by military craftsmen. In order to rush to work, their work was rough, and the shooting preparations and distances were not the same. In particular, the accuracy of the shooting was a joke.
The Pili cannons of the Northern Army were all produced in professional military workshops. Over the years, large weapons such as Pili cannons have also achieved standardized components. They are usually disassembled and shipped with the army. They are only assembled when used. The shooting accuracy of each Pili cannon has been strictly corrected, and defective products cannot enter the army at all.
It was just too many, Quan Yifeng sneered. He had already cut off the trees within a dozen miles of the salt pond. If their thunderbolt cannons were damaged and they had to re-built them, they would have to cut down wood far away. There might be no shortage of trees in Shanzhou, but there was only a lack of such thick wood suitable for thunderbolt cannons. The small trees that Yingying held were almost the same as burning firewood.
The team began to move. Several square formations pressed forward a little, and a scream came from the air. A thunderbolt shell flew out of the opponent's army, but fell down when it was a few meters away from Yanchi City, causing the soldiers on the top of the city to laugh.
Amid the laughter of the soldiers of the North Army, several thunderbolt cannons broke through the air. This time, most of them crossed the city wall and landed in the city. Only one hit the city heavily, and the entire city wall shook slightly.
After several rounds of tentative shootings, the side of the Xiaowei fell silent. At the end of the Yanchi City, the soldiers began to issue orders. The soldiers began to retreat to the hiding place behind them in an orderly manner. Near the battlements, some soldiers raised their shields.
Just now, we tested the shooting range, and then we were a long-range strike like a sudden rain.
But before the Xiaowei's thunder cannon was fired, the thunder cannons of the Northern Army suddenly opened fire on the city wall. Nearly a hundred thunder cannons spread over the city wall were fired together, and hundreds of rounded stone bullets crossed the Xiaowei's infantry formation and landed towards the opponent's thunder cannon group that was as dense as a forest.
The difference between the landing points of the Xiaowei thunder cannon is very different. Nearly 100 thunder cannons of the Northern Army were fired at the same time, but the landing points were concentrated within a range of about fifty meters. They did not need to test data during wartime because they had practiced countless times.
The condescending force of the Zhengbei Army's thunderbolt cannons sacrificed for the pursuit of the rate of fire was also compensated. The rumbling sounds continued, and the dozens of thunderbolt cannons here collapsed. The gunners ran around in scattered, but no matter how fast they ran, how fast these thunderbolt cannons were collapsed? Many people were knocked to the ground by the collapsed brackets and groaned in pain. The Zhengbei Army's stone cannons were not stones of suitable size that they picked up at will, but were carefully polished stone balls. After landing, the huge recoil force made him bounce high and fall down again. After several rebounds, he finally ran out of strength and rolled and rotated on the ground. Whenever he rubbed a little edge, he would fall to the ground.
"Suppress, suppress shooting" Zhang Yuting roared.
The thunderbolt cannons of the Guard finally began to fire again, and hundreds of stone bullets flew up at one time. It looked scary in the air, but when it came to reality, it was unsatisfactory. There were less than fifty hits the city wall. Two or three unlucky thunderbolts of the North Army collapsed in the roar. The rest were either hitting the city wall, or before the city wall, or crossing the city wall, and falling into the city.
"Shooting" above the city head, the thunderbolt cannon quickly adjusted the shooting angle. They have practiced these movements many times in their daily life. Amid the roar of the thunderbolt, dozens of the thunderbolt cannons were razed into waste.
"Start the attack" Zhang Yuting finally understood that if he competed with his opponent in the thunderbolt cannon, he was afraid that his thunderbolt would be completely beaten in a few more rounds. The opponent's attack was too accurate.
More than a hundred faces of cowhide drums hit the pounding, and the cavalry rushed up first, walked around the city, and took bows from time to time to shoot. Behind them, the infantry rushed forward with swords and guns, shields, and roared. At the front of the infantry were soldiers carrying ladders.
At this time, the thunder cannon whose shooting range was not enough to shoot above the city wall has stopped shooting. When shooting again at this time, it will be the enemy and will definitely hurt your own people. This time, half of it was gone.
Above the city, the thunderbolt cannons of the Northern Army are still firing in an orderly manner. Each shot will make several dozen or even more opponent's thunderbolt cannons become scraps.
As the infantry began to attack, amid the shouts of shouting above the city wall, the demon-subduing crossbows were pushed out. They were worried about the opponent's thunderbolt cannons, and the demon-subduing crossbows were hidden in the holes in the city tower behind. Although the demon-subduing crossbows were improved by the Zhengbei Mansion and were much lighter than ordinary bed crossbows, they were still an absolute big guy. Once installed, it would not be particularly convenient to move.
Faced with the tide of infantry impact, the Demon-Subduing Crossbow made a sharp roar. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets. Mobile phone users please read it
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