The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

Covered by dust and mounds, except for a group of three thousand elite soldiers to scatter to monitor the enemy's movements, the rest of the soldiers were immediately divided into three parts, which were used to control and launch the three types of operations mentioned earlier. tool.

The so-called "arson flying kite" was usually called "shenhuo flying crow" before it was improved in the past. Normally, it should have been invented in the Ming Dynasty in history, but in this world, it was assembled in batches by Ji Bie, who was concentrated in Bianhuang, at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The firearms produced and used shined brilliantly when dealing with the Yan people headed by Murong Chui.

This is a kind of firearm made of bamboo strips. It looks like a crow and is sealed with tissue paper. It contains more than ten kinds of medicinal materials such as gunpowder, chamaejasma, and arsenic. The front and back are equipped with heads, tails and wings to enhance the stability of flying in the air. And the continuous force, like a bird soaring in the sky, four rockets are installed obliquely under the body of the crow, which become a powerful force for take-off, enough to make the firearm fly more than a hundred feet.

When it reaches the target, the gunpowder inside the flying crow erupts, which not only sets the target on fire, but also releases arsenic-based poisonous gas, which can make the enemy stunned by poisoning, and the smoke is very effective in blocking the enemy's sight.

At present, the Sha family in the south of the Yangtze River is also proficient in this kind of firearm technology, and sells it at a high price. Later, it was upgraded by the research institute and developed a number of versions with different shapes and functions. In order to distinguish the Sha family, there are still a large number of weapons. The original versions in stock are collectively called "Arson Flying Kites".

The biggest difference between the Arson Flying Kite and the original flying crow is that they have adopted a new technology on their wings, which allows them to vibrate rapidly with the help of the power of gunpowder combustion. The types work together with each other.

After receiving the order from the superior lieutenant to launch a surprise attack, more than half of the people quickly took out a three-foot-long wooden kite from the accompanying cart, placed them on the special take-off support, and lit them one by one with a torch These wooden irises are a foot long fuse.

"blow!"

In an instant, hundreds of arson kites soared into the sky from the support, crossed the night sky, and flew towards the white Tongwan City in the distance. The tracks left by the fireworks were spectacular and dazzling.

Although at the beginning, due to the guiding effect of the special bracket track, the flight path of the flying kites showed a straight ray, but as they flew higher and higher, they became more and more scattered under the blowing of the night wind, and it seemed that there would be flying Tendency to deviate from on-point.

Then, among this large group of flying kites, a few suddenly burst out with more violent sparks, and quickly rushed to the front of the entire team, generating a forward vortex at the tips of the wings, causing the rear flying Kite can benefit and save effort, and soon automatically arranges into a "people" shape similar to the shape of a flock of geese.

Relying on these few flying kites that have been set to accelerate the consumption of fuel, with about a hundred flying kites as a group, each "flying geese formation" is arranged at a distance of about [-] feet, forming a giant wing like a raging fire. The unique pattern of the night sky is very spectacular.

Although the surprise attack of the expeditionary army was not expected, and due to the harsh environment, the number of Turkic soldiers who stayed up all night to defend the city was not large, but looking at the scene of the fire reflected in the sky, dozens of sentry guards on the watchtower immediately The designated horn sounded, and related news came out, and the wolf army that ruled the whole city entered the countdown to waking up.

However, it was impossible for the Turkic people to take effective countermeasures. In just a dozen breaths, thousands of fire kites had already entered the airspace above Tongwan City, followed by dozens of special flying kites. The dazzling glare was lit up, reaching the level of blinding people.

Under the strong light obtained by these flying kites by burning lively metals, a large number of Turkic people who had just woken up to the news of the enemy's attack and were preparing to gather in the open spaces of the camps with soldiers and arrows were immediately stimulated by the flashes and couldn't see clearly. Things, quite a bit, are in chaos.

In the next moment, another hundred or so slightly heavy flying kites exploded into fragments, releasing a large amount of irritating gas and diffused combustion accelerant particles, which made the panicked Turkic soldiers suspect that the enemy had dropped poisonous mist He quickly held his breath when he couldn't see clearly, and couldn't help but feel panicked.

But in fact, the original ability of "Shenhuo Flying Crow" to release poisonous mist is not very effective. It only has a short-term impact on people, making the enemy have to hold their breath and retreat quickly, and it will be blown away after a while. Poison can't kill anyone at all, and it mainly plays a role in weakening the enemy's state. It must be used with heavy-duty long-range weapons such as throwing stones and arrows.

The truly efficient and powerful poisonous gas should be the kind of "thousand-year fans" taught by Maitreya in the past, the "stealing sun madness" obtained by Yaoxing in the later Qin Dynasty from the people of Qiuci, and the "sorrowful and crisp breeze" of Xixia in Jin Yong's world, but the cost Or the yield is not very satisfactory, and can only cover a small area.

Therefore, now they have been changed to non-toxic gases that purely cause panic and have a much lower effective concentration. They are more focused on another direction of combustion, rather than dividing the space occupied by some raw materials for such low-efficiency on the attack.

After the combustion-supporting gas and particles spread out, the ordinary arson kites, which occupy the vast majority, also begin to play their role. Their wings are turned up and bent by the built-in motor, making them circle in an elusive trajectory with;

The mouth continuously erupts high-temperature and fiery sparks, completely scurrying and blindly shooting out, making the area covered by them expand as much as possible, and not missing any ignitable objects.

This kind of sparks flying around are viscous kerosene droplets, which can adhere to buildings, all kinds of sundries, and even clothes worn by people, and continue to burn on the surface, although each kite only carries a few liters, but it is extremely lethal to flammable targets.

For a time, the sky above Tongwan City and the space outside the houses and tents in the city were filled with colorful fireworks and flames, and the flames were everywhere. When this "beautiful" and destruction are combined, a strange and beautiful scene is formed. The thrilling scene is even more shocking than the flying geese array just now.

Although many houses in Tongwan were built purely with bricks and stones and would not be ignited by sparks, after the Turks settled in the city, they occupied a large number of houses of the aborigines in the city, forcing them to temporarily huddle in tents on the street. In addition, the newly built military tents in the city are all made of wood and cloth;
In addition, in order to resist the coldness of the desert at night and play a role in heating, and to try to use fire to attack and smoke in the battle not long after, the city also built a number of warehouses for storing wood, all of which were fueling the fire in Tongwan City. The power and influence are out of control, making the Turkic people unable to save them.

Accompanied by the huge flames rising into the sky, a large amount of thick smoke rose from the city, and drifted around with the night wind. After a while, the surrounding area became filled with smoke, and the vision was blurred. The condition of distance vision.

Facing the astonishing fire attack that could almost burn most of the Tongwan city to nothing, the Turkic people showed their strong ability to deal with sudden changes, and the elites with higher cultivation levels decisively dealt with the frightened soldiers who caused chaos in the city, and forcibly quelled the out-of-control situation, trying to get things back into order.

Both inside and outside the city, the sound of war drums gradually sounded in unison. The wolf army panicked and began to fight the fire and search for people. At the same time, they transferred the soldiers to the direction where the fire kite was flying to deal with the expeditionary army that might come from the chicken and deer fortress. .

The most rare thing is that under the control of their owners, the war horses, which were originally afraid of fireworks, were not stable, but they did not go mad. The wolf army still maintains a strong combat effectiveness.

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However, the Turks, who just thought they had survived the catastrophe, were about to send a team of thousands of people out of the city to search for traces of the enemy, vowing to avenge the fire attack, but they did not expect it at all. Finally, the second team finally arranged the launching procedure of the "shock jammer".

It was a large crossbow machine assembled one by one, and the extra thick arrows were mounted on it. It can be seen that the middle end of the arrow is fixed to a section with a strange machine. The cover of the flashing smoke advanced another two or three hundred feet, and quickly fired towards the places with the highest flames in the city.

Accompanied by the whistling sound that enveloped the sky and the earth, more than a dozen specially-made giant arrows fell obliquely into many areas in the city, pierced through the houses and the ground, and went straight into the ground more than ten feet deep. The camp blocked it, and even if there were people who could see the trajectory of the arrow, few people dared to go in and check it out at close range.

Immediately afterwards, the shock jammer began to operate at full power, and the thrilling whistling sound spread rapidly, overwhelming the original crackling sound of wood burning, and the screams and howls of the burned people, making people within a radius of hundreds of feet. Many Turkic people couldn't help covering their ears with their hands, their faces twisted, and they endured the soul-stirring pain that pierced their ears.

Especially for people who are close to each other, their ears suddenly lose feeling amidst the sudden loud noise, their eardrums hurt like a razor blade, their internal organs seem to be smashed by a sledgehammer, and they seem to want to vomit but they can't stop. I didn't have the strength to spit it out, my body gradually collapsed, and the seven orifices overflowed with blood, and my life was taken away by the shock beyond the limit.

The so-called "shock jammer" naturally refers to the machinery bound to the giant arrow instead of the arrow itself. It has the effect similar to modern tower shakers or shock bombs, and can work for a long time, making deafening and violent sounds .

After being shot into the ruins of the fire by a special giant arrow, the jammer deeply penetrated into the city will continue to consume fuel and make noises, making it impossible for the nearby Turkic people to enter a state of rest, so as to achieve the effect of "tired soldiers" and increase their combat effectiveness. dramatically drop.

Under the current situation, the Turks, who were deprived of both vision and smell, almost lost their sense of hearing, and the transmission of orders encountered unprecedented obstacles. No matter how high their combat quality is, it is difficult Make up for it, and finally fall into an irreparable defeat.

Due to the interruption of communication with the upper-level officers, most of the Turks and other Han and barbarians inside and outside the city fell into a state of madness on the whole after a short period of depression. Frozen and unable to bring food and grass in time, they simply abandoned the city and fled.

What made the Turkic general Kang Jiaoli who led the army in the city even more desperate was that until the attack reached its present state, not a single Turkic had ever seen the real enemy. The other super blows completely overwhelmed the defenders of Tongwan City.

When this confidant of Xieli made up his mind to give up controlling the vast majority of people in the city, and only commanded a small number of elites nearby, and only tried to keep a few important areas to maintain stability, the third army with about 200 people outside the city The team has connected dozens of specially-made carts together through mechanisms in an exquisite way, and locked each other to form a huge structure.

There is no doubt that this is the "City Cracking Crossbow" which is the finale weapon of this raid. It is more than ten feet in size, but it does not have many characteristics of a general crossbow. Overall, it looks like a long strip There are two tubular arrow paths in the middle.

In fact, rather than saying that this super giant crossbow that reaches Wanshi is a crossbow machine, it is better to call it a giant slingshot, because it completely abandons the traditional energy storage of bow blades and changes it to the shape of an inertial flywheel. The layout is similar to the aircraft catapults of modern aircraft carriers.

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After a period of adjustment and arrangement, this giant ballista was firmly fixed on the slope of the mound, so as to obtain an upward shooting angle. The extremely heavy steel wheel slowly accelerated and rotated, making the noise of cutting airflow;

At the rear of the car, two huge arrows that are ten and a half feet long are placed on the track covered with pulleys. The part where the arrowheads are connected to the arrow branches is equipped with a circular lock, which is fastened to the slender and tough stainless steel chain. One piece, and the other end of the chain is very close to the steel wheel.

After waiting for quite a while, the speed of the huge steel wheel finally reached a terrifying level, making the surrounding air like a furnace, and the position of the wheel shaft was constantly sparkling with electric sparks due to excessive friction. An amazing kinetic energy is stored in the process;
Without too much hesitation, the innate masters who had already prepared on both sides simultaneously buckled the hook extending from the steel chain to a notch in the outermost recess of the giant wheel, which caused the high-speed rotating giant wheel to receive additional resistance, and immediately took the chain with it. Moving together, the energy is transferred to another object.

In an instant, the massive force from the steel wheels was magnified by the multiple pulley blocks, and the two giant arrows, which were much larger than humans, suddenly acquired nearly half of the kinetic energy of the wheels, tearing the air along the slide rails and shooting straight into the sky. In the next instant, the surrounding operators were knocked to the ground, and they crossed the sky and came to the outside of the thick wall of Tongwan City, which is as strong as iron.

Looking at the shooting direction of this arrow, it is aimed at the corner of Tongwan City from the side, which is equivalent to magnifying the thickness of the normal city wall by a hundred times. If Ge Yin penetrates directly from this position, it is equivalent to the The target has changed from the thickness of the solid wall to the total length of the entire side of the city wall, which is not at the same level at all.

However, two arrowheads covered with dark iron pierced through it, tearing apart a large hole far beyond the arrow's path as easily as hitting tofu. Numerous deep pits of different sizes were punched out in a radius of tens of feet.

As if being caught by giant scissors and twisted hard, the overall structure of the middle section of the east city wall hit by the side was severely damaged, and it was difficult to support the weight of the upper section of the city wall, and the internal masonry cracked rapidly. After the expansion and spread, a large section of hundreds of steps collapsed on the spot due to the chain reaction;

Not only has the height of the wall been reduced by more than half, but also because a large amount of gravel has been dumped and piled up on both sides of the city, forming a slope that can be passed by.

The strong city and thick walls that Helian Bobo was proud of in the past were completely vulnerable to the super crossbow bolts that surpassed the limit of manpower and supported by technology that transcended the times. The tactics of Tongwancheng as an important stronghold came to naught.

Of course, with such an earth-shattering blow, the ballista, which was originally assembled and had limited structural stability, was almost completely disintegrated by the shock on the spot. The pulley blocks, steel chains, steel wheels, etc. were all damaged to varying degrees. It needs to be repaired separately before it can be fired again, which is also the defect of this weapon.

And with the appearance of a large breach in the city wall, the three thousand elites who launched a surprise attack on the mound hundreds of feet away have the opportunity to rush into the city and kill wantonly. If they are willing to take the risk of going deep into the flames, they can even Nearly wiped out hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the whole city.

However, in the case of reaping huge results, but also put themselves in the same dangerous place as the enemy, the people who are willing to do this are naturally only a few elites headed by Kou Zhong, who want to fight against trapped beasts The Turkic people competed head-on, highlighting their courage beyond ordinary people.

Armed with crossbows and sharp swords, they headed towards the damaged opening of the city wall. They soon encountered a fleeing Turkic cavalry. Fang launched an attack hundreds of steps ahead of schedule.

The situation was unbearable to witness, the torch was thrown down, the horse turned over and the person fell, and more than a hundred riders were fed with powerful arrows, piercing their chests and necks. The enemy's light armor could not block the arrows at all. A nameless corpse lying on the wilderness is very sad.

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Under normal circumstances, the smaller the conflict, the more the Turkic cavalry who have no one else to act as a shield will suffer heavy losses under the high-speed crossbow assembled by the expeditionary army in batches. Surprisingly high;
But this does not mean that on a large-scale offensive and defensive battlefield, the two sides will still maintain the same loss gap. It mainly depends on the state of the battlefield in the blink of an eye, as well as the current equipment and quality of the personnel on both sides.

However, using large quantities of firearms to attack like just now has limited effect in the general situation where the two armies are facing each other. Only when the enemy sticks to a specific space and is in a passive situation, firearms can exert the greatest damage just like the current situation. force and destructive power.

If they were able to easily shoot and kill a hundred wolf riders in a frontal encounter, there must be a reason why the opponents were too flustered to cover each other and form a team. You will see the most vulnerable side of Turkic people in panic.

Finding a fine surviving steed to ride on, Kou Zhong was not satisfied with simply raising his crossbow and shooting, and rushed into the city with a few companions who were good at martial arts, but they didn't kill anyone at sight, but specifically aimed at high-ranking generals, The beheading tactics are used, which can not only maximize the results of the battle, but also make the Turks lose the ability to gather the chaos due to the lack of relevant talents.

As for the remaining soldiers who had never entered the city, some waited like rabbits and continued to ambush the Turkic people who escaped from the city at the breach, and some made new arrangements near the city wall to pave the way for possible future battles in advance.

At the same time, the Turkic Dazhai along the Wuding River and the Hailiu River also encountered roughly similar night raids, but due to the proximity of the river and the open terrain, the losses were much less, and more than half of their strength was still preserved. , but basically they have been scared out of their wits, and the morale of the army has collapsed.

Of course, in order to achieve the effect of this campaign, An Guofang consumed a lot of ordnance and materials. The reserves of high-end firearms such as Arson Flying Kites have already bottomed out. It takes half a month to repair and perfect the parts of the three city-splitting crossbows. The short-term comprehensive combat power also has a significant decline.

But in any case, almost no price was paid for the casualties of soldiers. Relying on the absolute technological superiority to raid and crush, the original stalemate between the two sides has been significantly biased towards the expeditionary army. , Only then can there be some possibility of barely recovering from the decline.

The reason why such a near-perfect raid tactic can be implemented, in addition to the technical gap, the advantage in intelligence is also crucial. After comprehensive consideration by the coach Li Jing, he remotely controlled multiple troops to launch attacks in a targeted manner, which created the Such an amazing result.

Unlike Li Jing in normal history, Li Jing in the Huangyi world is much younger. He has not dealt with the Turks for a long time in Mayi on the border, and his combat experience and understanding of the enemy are naturally far behind. , there is no way to be exhaustive;

But through the rehearsal and practice during this period, he has a deep understanding of the Turkic movement and strength, and has an accurate estimate of the level of his own personnel, so that the evolution of the battlefield situation is completely under his control among.

The longer the derivation time and the more information obtained, the ability of Li Jing to command the army to target the enemy will also continue to grow, which will add to the disadvantage of the Turkic people. The trend has been set in advance.

To be honest, after successfully and heavily attacking the Turkic army garrison through the night attack, for him, this war no longer needs to consider the "suspense" of victory or defeat, but should consider how to achieve the greatest results with the least loss , How much time will it take, and what is the theoretical limit of this battle.

In addition, the war against the Turks can also be used to verify the application status of new weapons and new machinery, and provide new ideas for their subsequent research and development.

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Also on the same night when this battle took place, Zhao Qing, who was thousands of miles away, focused his attention on the oracle bone inscriptions interpretation album left by Cang Cang that day, using it as a medium to explore the opponent's information, and vaguely sensed that he left behind. The "good-hearted person" of this thing seems to be in the area of ​​the Shuofang battlefield.

"Whether you have the ability to understand and translate oracle bone inscriptions is originally only related to academic achievements, and it is an exclusive secret." While comprehending the content of oracle bone inscriptions in "The Secret of Longevity", she responded to the strange event of being given a big gift for no reason. I also thought about it in my heart.

"But looking at the precise semantics and words in the annotations left in this article, as well as the description of the martial arts theory involved, it can be seen that the author should be a top martial arts master. I don't know, leave this picture Is the person who wrote the book the author of this article?"

"The essence of "The Secret of Longevity" actually extends from the field of 'light' to 'time'. The connection is relatively close. It should be the relationship between the speed of light and the speed of time in the theory of relativity? The practice theory involved here is quite different from the Modern times, but I have never thought of it before..."

"However, according to my deduction, the life extension effect of the simple 'Longevity Formula' seems to be unsatisfactory. In fact, it may seem a bit tasteless?"

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