Iron Dynasty

Blood splashed, and Lu Fei drew his long sword from the slave soldier's chest.

At this time, his body was dyed red with blood, and even though the stones and logs fell again and again, slave soldiers climbed up in the chaos from the 500-meter city wall.

Push down the ladder!

Lu Fei gave an order, and the two soldiers picked up the fork and pushed the ladder to the outside. The slave soldier who was climbing on the cloud screamed and fell from the ladder.

Knife and shield hand! Looking up at the front, Lu Fei only saw the moment when the barbarian archer bent a bow and shot an arrow, and he hurriedly shouted.

The shield hand who was guarding the city wall immediately tilted and raised the shield, and then a sound like raindrops sounded on the shield.

Da da da!

At the end of the sound, a soldier's shield was shot into a hedgehog, and the iron sheet attached to the outer layer of the wooden shield was shot through.

Lu Fei looked at the arrow and scolded: Armor-piercing arrow, brothers, be careful.

Then he asked a captain to take his place, and he walked towards Xiao Ming.

Your Highness, use the catapult.

Lu Fei was a little embarrassed. So far, only slave soldiers have died, and the barbarian archers have only shot from a distance of more than 100 meters, so they are very safe.

Several soldiers held their shields in front of Xiao Ming. He said, I'm about to inform you to let the soldiers throw powder cans. Remember, the three leads must be lit at the same time.

Okay! Lu Fei responded, turned and ran back, shouting all the way, Blow up these bastards for me.

This time, Xiao Ming specially ordered three leads to be installed in the powder can. After all, this kind of thrown powder can easily go out, and the three leads can ensure the success rate of the explosion of the powder can.

The soldiers in charge of the catapult immediately put the gunpowder canister into the groove of the catapult and aimed at the barbarian archers one after another.

These barbarian archers stood close to 200 meters away, using their bows and arrows to continuously shoot at the Qingzhou Army soldiers at the head of the city.

Many soldiers fell to the ground injured by bows and arrows.

Let it go! an order.

Fifty catapults simultaneously threw out the powder cans that had ignited the fuse.

The barbarian archers who were shooting saw many black dots in the sky, realized that it was a stone thrown by the catapult, and immediately avoided it.

Boom, boom...

A series of sounds, the gunpowder pot wrapped in thick straw smashed to the ground and made a dull sound.

There were also some archers who could not dodge in time, and were directly smashed by the brains of the gunpowder cans.

Those barbarian soldiers who easily avoided the powder pot looked at the round things on the ground and began to laugh, as if they were proud of their success in avoiding these things.

Only their laughter ended with a loud boom.

The powerful impact and thick smoke instantly enveloped the nearby barbarian soldiers, and many barbarians within a radius of ten meters fell one after another.

The shards of the pottery pot flew out from the explosion of the gunpowder pot, and the stench of iron nails mixed with the stool quickly spread out.

The barbarian soldiers at the center of the explosion were blown to pieces, and the soldiers on the outside were basically injured and fell to the ground crying.

The barbarian soldiers were heartbroken, and they retreated in fright.

At this time, the second wave of powder cans was thrown over by the catapult again, and the wounded soldiers who had no time to escape were torn apart in another explosion.

Good fight! Hahaha... Lu Fei laughed loudly from the city wall.

The unexpected attack of the powder pot caused the barbarian soldiers to retreat, and the slave soldiers who lost their cover were once again covered by a dense rain of arrows on the city wall.

Gultai held the reins tightly to prevent the horse that was seated from running away in panic.

The continuous huge explosions panicked the barbarian horses, and the barbarian soldiers took hold of their reins to prevent the horses from escaping.

Is this King Qi's secret weapon? Guertai's face turned pale.

Despite being 300 meters apart, he still felt the slight vibration of the ground caused by the explosion.

It should be. Liu Xuan said, I didn't expect that after the torch, the Great Yu Kingdom was using this gunpowder weapon again.

Gultai said: Well, soon they will understand that our barbarians also use gunpowder, and then I will blow their walls and soldiers into the sky.

Liu Xuan nodded. He knew that there were a lot of gunpowder kegs hidden in the camp. These gunpowder kegs were specially used to blow up the city wall.

This trick was learned by the barbarians during the war with the Ottoman Empire. One of the purposes of this siege was to test the defensive capabilities of the Qingzhou Army.

The second is to keep digging holes into the city wall, and when the army arrives, you can blow up the city wall with gunpowder, thereby annihilating the defenders in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Liu Xuan already saw hope of victory, he said: But it is said that Beishan Khan can throw stones at a distance of 500 meters with the back-and-forth artillery this time. At that time, these Cangzhou City defenders were not beaten. share.

Guertai smiled and said, Yes, let these southerners live for a few more days.

After he finished speaking, he asked the archers to withdraw one after another, not caring about the life and death of the slave soldiers.

The war lasted from morning to night, and the barbarians drove off the slave soldiers one after another. At this time, the corpses of the slave soldiers were lying under the city, and the setting sun was like blood, which made the scene even more desolate.

The ditch under the city was now filled with corpses, Xiao Ming watched the retreating slave soldiers and smashed the city wall.

Up until now, even the barbarian's fur has not been injured, damn it!

Niu Ben comforted: Your Highness, this is the way the barbarians have always used warfare. Only when the opponent is exhausted and suffers heavy losses will they attack.

Looking at the artillery hidden in the black cloth, Xiao Ming nodded and said, Forget it, when the main force of the barbarians arrives, this king will definitely make them pay the price.

At the end of the day's war, Niu Ben immediately asked the soldiers to prepare stones, logs and other supplies.

This time it was just a tentative attack by the barbarians, and the real bloody battle was still to come. He knew this well.

However, judging from today's battle, his confidence in this defensive battle has greatly increased. The full-body armor of the Qingzhou Army played a great role in this battle, and few soldiers were injured or killed.

The only time the injury was serious was the bow and arrow thrown by the barbarian archer, and many people were injured at that time.

Back in Xingyuan, Luluo thoughtfully removed Xiao Ming's armor. Seeing the blood on the armor, Luluo worried: Your Highness, where are you injured?

I'm not hurt.

Xiao Ming was a little tired. His nerves had been tense all day, but he finally relaxed.

Luluo breathed a sigh of relief, her heart skipping a beat just now, when he said, By the way, Your Highness, Pang Changshi brought a message and said that the equipment department has four more artillery pieces to be transported to Cangzhou City.

Really? At this time, this king heard the best news today. Xiao Ming said.

With these four, there are thirty artillery pieces in Cangzhou City, and the main force of the barbarians will probably arrive soon.