With the order, duke Austen's army began to prepare.
Four or five people operated a medium-sized catapult, opened the tray with all their strength, and placed a powder pack on it.
Zhang Chunhua watched everything from the top of the city. She even had a rough telescope.
It was not strange to see a catapult, but the contents of the catapult were too strange.
Zhang Chunhua immediately remembered that Shen Lang had said that the Fire god sect already had gunpowder and had fireworks before, so they had to be on guard.
So what the enemy's catapult was going to hit wasn't a rock, but a powder pack?
But Zhang Chunhua now knew a lot about gunpowder. If it was black powder, the damage to the city wall would not be great. Only in a closed space could the strongest damage erupt.
"Everyone, get down!"
Zhang Chunhua ordered, followed by two officers.
Immediately, five hundred people on the three thousand meter wall were lying on the ground.
"Don't put your heart on the ground." Zhang Chunhua ordered again.
These orders were already very professional, in fact, she did not need to order, the Eastern knights and the The knights of roland warriors were already very experienced.
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
At the command of the fire god priest.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." Thirty stone throwers hurled at them, and thirty prototype gunpowder packs flew in.
Although it was a medium-sized catapult, the weight of each gunpowder bag was not large, so it was directly projected at a distance of 300 meters.
Several fire god priests stared at this scene in a daze.
The wrath of the fire god was coming to earth, and then there was an earth-shattering explosion.
Those easterners would be scared out of their wits and fall apart.
The fire god's wrath was enough to tear the three thousand meter wall apart.
The fire god priest glanced at duke Austen, and the meaning was very clear.
Wait for a miracle to happen, earl Austen.
Three hundred meters away.
Soon, the thirty powder packs fell violently.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
It was indeed an extremely shocking explosion, a series of explosions.
The explosion of each gunpowder packet alone was not shocking enough, but the explosion of 30 gunpowder packets together was indeed shocking enough.
Almost the whole ground was shaking.
In an instant, the six mile city wall was completely shrouded in black smoke, as if it had completely disappeared.
Earl Austen's cavalry horses were also frightened and jumped up and down.
The fire god priest said, "Your excellency, have you seen this? This is the power of the fire god's wrath. I think the enemy is no longer alive. Let them go to hell to repent. And this ugly wall should have been shattered."
Earl Austen frowned. This explosion was indeed shocking, but in his opinion, leading a knight to charge and kill was the true romance. If the future war only needed such a long distance explosion, what was the point?
"Your excellency, wait for the smoke to dissipate and you will see what the real hell is."
"This group of easterners must have never seen such heavenly weapons before. They will be completely crushed to pieces and their souls will be destroyed."
"From now on, this fear will be etched deep in their souls and they will never dare to step into the western world again."
...
The smoke from the black powder was too thick, and it was still in the valley. It took a long time for the smoke to dissipate.
Then...
The scene was a little awkward. The six mile city wall was still there, even intact.
Earl Austen could not help but look at the fire god priest. What was going on?
Didn't you guys demonstrate to me very well before? The whole house was shattered in an instant. It was just an explosion.
Now that the thirty fire gods' fury exploded, the enemy's three thousand meter city wall was not even damaged.
The fire god priest said, "Your excellency, the people on the city wall must have been killed. Some of the fire god's anger was used to kill the enemy, some to destroy the house."
But moments later, a face-slapping scene occurred, and Shen Lang's 500 troops rose from the ground with minimal casualties.
Earl Austen was shocked that such a shocking explosion could not kill the enemy?
Why is that so?
Yes, the explosion of the enemy's gunpowder bag just now, the visual effect was quite shocking. Why was the result so small?
There are several reasons.
First, the accuracy of the catapult was too poor. Most of the powder packs directly hit the city wall and then rolled to the ground. Eighty to ninety percent of the powder packs exploded on the ground.
The city wall was not extremely strong, but it was also made of cement and bricks, more than a meter thick. And this gunpowder bag is only heavy, at most twenty kilograms of black gunpowder, and not in a closed environment, all the explosive energy dissipated into the air, and more than a meter thick wall, what kind of bullshit power.
Don't forget that when Jin Mulan attacked Zhenxi city, it took more than 3,000 kilograms of black gunpowder to force half of the city gate to collapse in a sealed hole.
Second, even if four packets of gunpowder hit the wall, it did not explode immediately. Three of them were thrown down the wall, and only one of them exploded on the wall.
This piece of gunpowder contained more than twenty kilograms of gunpowder. It exploded on the ground and everyone was lying on their stomachs.
They burned dozens of people, big and small, but none of them really died.
...
Seeing this, duke Austen said in a cold voice, "Your reverend, is this the fire god's anger you are talking about?"
The fire god priest was also very surprised, but this could not be blamed on them. In the fire god sect, it was the alchemists who were responsible for the production and the priests who were responsible for the promotion.
It was also the first time the gunpowder had been used in real combat for the Fire god sect.
Why is that so? When I was doing experiments, it was so powerful, but why is it now so clumsy?
"Your excellency, please remain calm. We have other weapons." The fire god priest said.
Earl Austen said, "I really can't understand why Boji trusted you and valued you, but I'm willing to give you another chance, but if it doesn't work this time, I'll leave it to us."
The fire god priest said, "Your excellency, please wait and see."
Then, with a wave of his hand, hundreds of fire god warriors launched hundreds of carts.
If Shen Lang had seen this, he would have exclaimed.
Magical arrow?
The Fire god sect is so awesome, they built a rocket launcher so early?
Because each trolley had nine tubes and each tube contained a rocket.
It was not a modern rocket, but an ancient one. It was a two meter long arrow with a cannon attached to it.
When Zhang Chunhua saw this, he couldn't help but be shocked. The Fire god sect weapon looked very tall.
Although I don't know what this is, it looks very powerful. It really feels like an ancient katyusha rocket launcher.
"Fire!"
The Fire god sect priest ordered.
Then, a truly amazing scene happened.
"Whoosh, whoosh..."
This image really looks like the launch of the katyusha rocket launcher.
Rockets, one after another, dragged their long tails toward the city wall a few hundred meters away.
There were nine of each trolley, a total of several hundred trolleys, and thousands of rockets were fired at once.
In an instant.
It was as if thousands of meteors had fallen.
This visual effect, it almost makes people pee. Not to scare the urine, but to amaze.
The rocket launchers used in modern world military dramas were only a hundred in a single shot. Thousands of rockets roared out at once. It was so beautiful.
Earl Austen was stunned. Did the war turn out like this?
This is another kind of romance.
Zhang Chunhua stared at the scene in a daze, her mind filled with only one thought.
This fiendish priest was just as pompous as Shen Lang.
"Squat down a little!" Zhang Chunhua ordered.
Shen Lang had experimented with rockets and gave up on them.
It's beautiful, but it's fighting power? It's not bad to attack a dense enemy array, but to attack a city wall?
Which genius came up with this idea?
"Whoosh, whoosh..."
These thousands of rockets are awesome, flying far and far.
It flew thousands of meters and flew directly over the top of the city wall.
Zhang Chunhua and the warriors on the city wall also looked up at the rockets flying over their heads, then directly flew hundreds of meters behind the city gate before falling.
Who are they going to fight? Where are they going to fight?
Fire god sect's second wave of rocket attacks, the visual effect was even more stunning.
But the result was zero, the angle was too high, and they all flew over the city wall.
Looking at each other from both sides.
Earl Austen stopped talking and turned to look at the fire god priest.
Zhang chunhua's beautiful eyes looked towards the fire god priest. Your attack just now was too good. Is there anything else?
The fire god priest said hoarsely, "Earl Austen, in fact, our weapons are fine, but the accuracy is not enough. We need to adjust, please give us..."
Before she could finish, earl Austen raised his hand to stop her.
"Your eminent priest, I can see that your fire god's anger weapon is indeed very powerful and can change the entire war, but that is the future, not the present, so the next war should be left to us."
The fire god priest was very bitter and shouted, "Your excellency, please give us another chance..."
Earl Austen said, "Reverend, I know you want to show it. You need to give Daji Teacher an explanation and Debos. An explanation. You can't disappoint her trust. But please believe me. I may be very arrogant, but I don't have much prejudice in my heart. I really saw the power of your weapons. The Fire god sect is indeed powerful and awe-inspiring. But at least your weapons are not mature enough. This is just a small battle, so please hand it over to me next, okay?"
"In addition, my reverence for the Fire god sect has not changed. You are just a lowly priest, and you should have a stronger weapon in the hands of the Fire god sect. Are you satisfied with what I said?"
"Reverend priest, can I now lead my troops to attack the enemy's walls?"
The young fire god priest retreated and said, "Your will."
...
Earl Austen did not lie against his will. He had traveled around the world over the past ten years and was indeed knowledgeable.
The two rounds of gunpowder attacks from the Fire god sect just now, although the outcome was ugly, he could still see that this weapon was truly amazing, and once it matured, it would directly overturn the entire war.
I, Austen, am not an ignorant man, but at least the war is still in the hands of us warriors.
The tall duke Austen looked at the 3,000-meter wall, which was covered in thick smoke and black marks, but it was stronger than expected.
However, no matter how strong it was, it was still short. It only had 500 defenders.
Duke Austen roared, "Line up!"
Immediately, ten thousand troops were assembled and fully armed.
Dibosigongjue was extremely rich, so every soldier was armed with armor, almost to the teeth.
All of these ten thousand siege troops were tall and strong men, carrying more than six meters of siege ladders.
Duke Austen climbed a hillside and commanded the battle from above.
He was very arrogant, but when the battle really came, he was an absolutely calm general, even in the face of a weak enemy, he was absolutely meticulous.
He was now higher than Chunhua zhang's city wall and could see clearly the defense on the wall.
He knew that in the eastern city defense war, there would be a large number of bows and arrows, rolling logs, boulders, rolling oil and so on.
But there were no easterners here. They were too short of supplies and too hasty in preparation. Even this wall was just built not long ago.
Three thousand meters of the city wall, only 500 people, an average person to defend six meters, how is this possible?
Ten thousand men charged into the city and could be captured in half an hour at most.
The formation is over!
Earl Austen drew out his huge sword and shouted, "The army is attacking the city!"
"Well..."
A long horn sounded.
Immediately, Austen's ten thousand siege troops began to charge.
This is a very professional army, even when charging, it is not scattered, full of special rhythm.
It wasn't a sprint from the start, but a gradual acceleration, faster and faster.
The tens of thousands of troops were still charging in an orderly manner, and it seemed like a visual enjoyment, like a torrent of steel.
"Bang bang..."
As tens of thousands of troops charged, the whole ground began to tremble.
Earl Austen's estimate was correct. The ten thousand troops could take down Zhang Chunhua's wall in half an hour at most. Shen Lang's garrison was very strong, but there were few people. One person could not defend the six meter wall.
It didn't even take half an hour for Austen's ten thousand troops to take down the six mile pass in a quarter of an hour at most.
The army charged faster and faster, and the shouts in their mouths grew louder and louder.
"Forward, forward, forward."
"Charge, charge."
"For the sake of the empire and for Dibosigongjue, I will kill all these easterners. I will kill them all."
Ten thousand soldiers were getting closer and closer to the city wall!
Zhang Chunhua narrowed his eyes and looked down at the ten thousand enemy soldiers on the wall.
Almost, almost all of them are in range.
It really hurts. It took more than a month to make explosives, and it took so much time.
Zhang Chunhua waved his hand.
Two officers behind him waved flags.
Immediately, the defenders on the left and right sides of the city wall lay down, hiding behind the battlements and keeping their hearts away from the ground.
It was like a group of small animals trying to avoid the earthquake.
Duke Austen's face changed drastically when he saw this.
It was so abnormal. My army was almost at the bottom of the city wall. Why did the eastern defenders on top of it lie down instead?
For more than ten years, he had been taking risks everywhere and developing a beast's intuition.
At this moment, he sensed a fatal danger, and the hairs on his body immediately stood up.
"Stop, stop!"
Duke Austen roared. The messenger on the mountain was stunned and waved his flag.
The ten thousand soldiers were stunned, but they still obeyed the order and stopped.
Earl Austen's scalp went numb and he paused for a few seconds before issuing another order: "Disperse, retreat, retreat..."
This is a very outstanding strong general, so straightforward and decisive.
Although he did not understand, his ten thousand soldiers who attacked the city turned around and were ready to retreat and disperse.
The valley was too narrow.
However...
It was too late.
The whole world fell into a strange silence.
At this time, the ten thousand soldiers had already buried an astonishing amount of explosives under their feet.
This is not black gunpowder, but a powerful explosive.
At this time, the long underground leads were burning, and mars was swimming towards a large amount of explosives.
To ensure the detonation, there were dozens of wires and dozens of fulminate acid.
Earl Austen looked at the defenders on the wall again and found them still lying on the ground, their hands clasped tightly to their ears.
He knew it was too late!
Then, he quickly covered his ears.
Tick, tick, tick.
The next ten thousand soldiers had just completed their turn and were about to retreat.
The tens of thousands of soldiers behind them watched all of this in silence and strangeness.
Tick!
It's time!
The fuse burned and detonated the mercury fulminate.
Mercury fulminate detonated a powerful explosive.
In an instant!
"Boom, boom, boom..."
This...
It was the real earth-shattering explosion.
The loud noise was like thunder, deafening.
This is the power closest to the power of heaven and earth.
Compared to the explosion of the Fire god sect's gunpowder bag, it was more than ten times more shocking.
In an instant!
It was like an earth dragon turning over, hundreds of meters across the valley.
The whole ground was ripped open and torn apart!
On this ground, there were ten thousand troops attacking the city.
They were fully armed, equipped not only with armor, but also with shields.
But nothing worked.
Their bodies looked so fragile in the face of an astonishing amount of explosives.
It was a direct smash.
Countless bodies, countless broken arms and limbs flew into the sky.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
A series of explosions continued.
The entire ground, the entire six mile wall, was trembling.
A powerful shock wave swept across both sides of the valley.
As if the wind was blowing the wheat waves, earl Austen's tens of thousands of troops fell to the ground as if they had been swept by a hurricane, even though they were hundreds of meters away.
The nearest soldier even flew out.
Then, the whole world seemed to have lost its voice.
Everyone's ears were buzzing and their brains seemed to explode.
Earl Austen was not far from the explosion, and when it happened, he felt as if his body had been blown several meters away.
"Bang!"
His strong body slammed against the cliff and rolled down.
But he was so strong that he jumped up and stood up straight again.
"Poof..." He spat out a mouthful of blood.
Then, he shook his head desperately, trying to make himself see and hear clearly.
The blast was so strong that the others would have died long ago, but earl Austen only had a concussion.
Fortunately, he covered his ears in time, or else his eardrums would have cracked.
He slapped his head hard, trying to wake himself up immediately.
"Commando, commando..."
"Attendant, attendant..."
Earl Austen roared, but the world seemed to be silent, and he could not even hear his own voice for the time being.
After regaining his vision, he realized that there were no more orderlies or attendants. All the dozens of warriors around him had died. Seven holes were bleeding and his sternum was broken. He had died miserably.
Not everyone was as strong as him, and could survive even so close to the explosion.
The whole valley was shrouded in dust and could hardly see anything.
Shen Lang's explosive was astonishing, but there was no smoke, no fire, but it blew up a lot of dust.
It seemed to be raining.
Countless crushed stones, countless blood, countless broken limbs and arms fell.
A few minutes later!
All the dust settled.
Earl Austen finally saw it clearly, and then he really saw hell.
The whole army was destroyed, and all of his ten thousand siege troops were killed, perhaps not even a single survivor.
Is there such a battle in this world?
In that instant, ten thousand people were all dead and smashed to pieces.
It's really dead!
The most vicious woman, Zhang Chunhua buried a lot of explosives in the ground of this valley, and there was no dead end.
Crowded in this area, not to mention ten thousand people, even twenty thousand people were all killed.
The narrow valley, crowded with people, was a perfect specimen for an explosion.
Even because there were too many explosives buried and the explosion was too powerful, the three thousand meter city wall was safe and sound when it was attacked by the Fire god sect catapults.
And now, this city wall is actually damaged.
The explosion was still a little far from the city wall, so the shock wave could not hurt the solid city wall. However, the explosion directly blew out a hundred kilograms of huge rocks, smashed hard on the wall, and a large hole appeared.
Zhang Chunhua, the dead woman, was afraid that she would not be powerful enough to kill the enemy.
As a result, he almost broke his own wall.
Earl Austen looked at the Fire god sect priest, and the young woman got up from the ground with a face full of despair and even doubt about life.
The wrath of the fire god is clearly a secret weapon of the Fire god sect.
Why did this group of easterners have it in their hands? It was even more powerful than ten times.
The weapon in Shen Lang's hand was the true wrath of the gods.
Why is this happening?
Earl Austen could not help but think of an eastern saying that hurt heaven and harmony.
The east goes to the east, and the west goes to the west.
Sir Shen Lang, why did you come to the east, why did you come to my family's land, and why did you slaughter my soldiers like this?
My brave soldiers could die on the battlefield, under the enemy's knife, but why did they die under this mysterious force?
Hell, this is hell.
The war has changed!
"Ah... Ah... Ah..."
Earl Austen roared like a wild animal.
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Note: I didn't sleep last night. I drank strong tea after dinner and wrote the second note. My brothers'monthly pass will support me, please!