Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 81

This operation completely fooled the army of Tang State.

The bows and arrows of the archer shot out, and they all made a tinkling sound, hitting the steel plate, and none of the arrows could pass through that piece of steel.

Li Ji was shocked. Ordinary arrows, under the huge shooting power, can sometimes penetrate the iron sheet.

But now, there is no way to damage the steel sheet, which shows how hard the steel sheet is.

But immediately, Li Ji sneered again.

"Using such a hard thing, although it can withstand the attack of arrows, they also can't stand up to prevent my people from breaking the city. In this way, it is also an advantage!"

He said so!

But just as the words fell, suddenly, bombs were fired from the round muzzle exposed between the steel plates.

The bomb fell on the soldiers of the Tang State Siege Battalion below the city, and exploded in the next instant.

In an instant, the sound of rumbling continued, and corpses flew instantly, leaving big pits on the ground...

With just a dozen bombs falling, the thousands of people in the siege battalion and assault battalion had already been injured countless times.

Li Ji looked pale at this scene.

As a general of the Tang Kingdom, he fought in all directions, made countless contributions, and saw countless scenes.

But now, this is the first time I have seen the power of this bomb.

Although he had heard about it and was mentally prepared, seeing it with his own eyes still shocked him.

He didn't expect such an iron ball to be so terrifying.

In the blink of an eye, watching hundreds of soldiers under his command die, the shock, even for a general like him, is a bit unacceptable.

Only at this moment did he understand why Li Ke was so fearless, and at the same time, he also understood why they directly protected all the soldiers with steel plates.

It turned out that they didn't need to stand up at all, they only needed to use the cold muzzle to fire one bomb after another, which was enough to block thousands of troops.

His order was not withdrawn, so the assault battalion and the siege battalion continued to rush forward.

But when they approached the city gate tens of meters away, those cannon muzzles would fire bombs, blowing his men flying around.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and most of the people in the assault battalion and siege battalion had been killed or injured.

However, no one has been able to approach the downstairs of Qingyang City.

And at this time, Li Ke's side.

Those cannons only fired a few dozen.

At this time, the soldiers of Tang State's assault battalion and siege battalion were already afraid, and no longer rushed forward as desperately as they did at the beginning, and they were a little hesitant to go forward.

Li Ji's face was ugly.

Facing such a terrifying weapon, he couldn't think of how to deal with it.

In the face of absolute force, all schemes and strategies are somewhat fragile.

Because no matter what method he uses, as long as his soldiers approach, they will eventually die in the artillery fire.

As a general of the Tang State, Li Ji had never been so desperate.

As a last resort, he could only order the remaining soldiers of the siege battalion and assault battalion to retreat.

Because going on like this will only result in unnecessary sacrifices.

The archers continued to fire furiously.

However, no matter how many arrows they shoot, no matter how hard and sharp their arrows are, they cannot penetrate the tough steel plate on the tower.

Of course, it will not cause the slightest harm to the army of the Dragon Kingdom.

So Li Ji changed his strategy, asked the archers to stop shooting, and found catapults, ready to use stones to attack the iron pieces on the tower.

He believed that no matter how tough these iron sheets were, they would still be supported by people behind them.

Facing the bombardment of stones, the people behind will definitely be unable to hold on.

For these actions of his, Li Ke didn't have much reaction.

Let them go about their business.

When they found catapults and a large number of stones and approached a certain position to use them for speculative stone attacks, Li Ke ordered the cannons to be aimed at the soldiers who used catapults.

Then ordered to bombard with artillery.

After all, the distance of the catapult is limited.

Must be within [-] meters!
But the power of the cannon is far more than that. With Li Ke's cannon now, using gunpowder as the thrust, it is enough to push the bomb a distance of 300 meters.

So as long as the muzzle is aimed at, within a hundred meters, it is almost one shot at a time.

Without waiting for the other party to use the catapult, Li Ke directly ordered, and with the sound of a burst of artillery shells, the catapult formation you just established instantly disintegrated.

Hundreds of slingers and catapults were destroyed.

This scene hit Li Ji again.

The method of throwing stones is not feasible, and it is not comparable to bombs in terms of power and distance.

Before my side had time, the other side destroyed all their plans first, so what's the point of this?

Li Ji fought this battle very aggrieved, he knew that it was difficult to attack the city.

He has also attacked countless cities.

But never before has thousands of soldiers been lost without being close to the enemy's city like today.

For a while, the two sides fell into a stalemate again.

On Li Ji's side, he led the soldiers back to a certain distance to guard against Li Ke's cannon.

At the same time, he began to discuss plans with his generals.

But after discussing for a long time, there was no idea at all.

(End of this chapter)