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Chapter 281 Blasting Ridge Pass

On the north wall of Jishan Pass, all [-] defenders gathered here, clusters of arrows were moved to the top of the wall, and all bed crossbows were adjusted, and the sharp edges of each crossbow pointed directly outside the city.Everyone stood nervously at their posts, looking at the plain outside the pass, full of horror.

As far as their eyes could see, a mass of black figures spread outside the pass.

Shi Geng stood at the top of the wall, his hands turning blue.There are tens of thousands of enemies right now, and from yesterday to today, there are still a steady stream of people gathering here.He didn't know what happened in the north at all, why such a huge enemy army could gather here?He couldn't believe that the tens of thousands of troops commanded by Cao Ziyan would be wiped out. Even if they were defeated, there would always be some defeated soldiers who would flee here, right?

Now the enemy has gathered more than [-] soldiers and horses here, but they have never made any breakthroughs, but just set up camp under the pass.Two days have passed, and the two sides have been confronting each other here.What are they going to do?Shi Geng felt very uneasy.

Lin Yifan stood in front of the army formation, looking at the Jishan Pass in front of him, and turned to look at the generals behind him, "Everyone, the people from Huaiyuan County and Hexi County must have taken over now, and it's time to start taking action. Captain Zeng , is the car you built ready?"

"My lord, I have already made more than a dozen vehicles. According to your instructions, the interior of the car we made is hollow, and the outside is supported by iron bars, covered with thick wooden boards, and covered with a layer of soil. I just don't know my lord. Letting your subordinates do this, how do you use it?" Lieutenant Zeng's eyes showed a look of confusion, in his opinion, such a large charging car has no offensive power, even if it rushes under the city gate, it is not heavy. Hit the wood to smash the city gate?

"Haha, you'll find out later." Lin Yifan pretended to be mysterious and smiled at him, then looked at everyone who was also puzzled, "Everyone, there will be a good show later."

"Master Lu, it's up to you what to do next." Lin Yifan turned his head to an unremarkable figure behind him, and said calmly.

"Your subordinates obey!" A middle-aged man in his 40s stood up, lowered his head, and quickly left the place.

"This is? Isn't this Master Lu from the Ministry of Works? Why is he here?" Someone who knew him couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"Maybe he wants to make some powerful siege weapons?" Someone speculated, "I heard that he is now in the Qiaogong Bureau and has a lot of research on equipment.

. . . . .

Everyone looked at Mr. Lu who was going away and talked a lot.

Soon, when Director Lu commanded the crowd to push the dozens of rams to the front of the formation, everyone was immediately puzzled.Didn't he go to make powerful equipment? Why did he launch more than a dozen rams that didn't hit the wood? What was he doing?
"My lord, I'm ready." Chief Lu hurried over and said excitedly.

"Okay!" Lin Yifan was also very excited, and immediately turned his head to order to everyone, "Mr. Luo, now you command the army to attack the city, but it's just a feigned attack. You are mainly responsible for covering the rushing cars, and you must not increase the casualties in vain. Captain Zeng, You lead the soldiers under your command to push the chariot towards the city gate. Niu Dali, you lead a team of personal guards to escort Principal Lu to follow the chariot, remember to ensure the safety of Principal Lu."

"Yes!" The generals immediately agreed.

"Kill!" The siege battle finally began, and ten thousand people began to charge towards Guancheng.

"The enemy army is coming, shoot the arrows!" A rain of arrows flew down.

"Vertical shield!" The sword and shield soldiers under the city raised the shield above their heads, huddled inside, bent their bodies, took small steps, and kept approaching the closed wall.

"Launch the bed crossbow!" A crossbow arrow flew over and pierced fiercely into the ground.Some unlucky Hengshan soldiers had no time to dodge. The crossbow arrows penetrated the shield and the body, and were directly inserted into the ground. The death was extremely tragic.

However, the Hengshan army remained unmoved, and the sword and shield soldiers immediately dispersed, opened a distance, and continued to move forward firmly.

At this time, the rush car also began to enter the range.As soon as he entered, he was immediately attacked by countless bows and crossbows.The dashing car that was designed before has a huge horizontal board erected in front of it. This horizontal board is three inches thick and blocks attacks from the wall. Even if a crossbow arrow is shot, it can only be stuck on this horizontal board board above.

The charging car continued to move forward, and the closed defenders saw that the shooting had no effect, so they immediately adopted other methods, and fired rockets and crossbows desperately at the charging car.It's a pity that the top of the car was already covered by a thick layer of mud. When the arrow hit it, it lost its strength and fell into the mud, and the flame was immediately extinguished by the wet mud.

The rushing car continued to move forward, getting closer and closer to the city gate.Shi Geng was so angry that his face turned blue. These rammed carts could not be smashed or burnt. Wouldn't the city gate be dangerous if it went on like this?So he immediately ordered his subordinates to lead a group of people to the back of the city gate and block the entire city gate with stones.He didn't believe that these rushing cars could knock the stone away.

Soon, the first car came under the city gate and was immediately attacked by rolling stones on the wall.Huge rocks tumbled down and hit the car hard. With a click, the car was smashed to pieces, and many soldiers were also affected by the stones, smashing their heads and bleeding.

"Quick, retreat, retreat!" The soldiers pushing the cart immediately ran out with the wounded comrades.

Immediately afterwards, another rushing car approached the city gate, was broken by the stone again, and was completely paralyzed in place.

"Sharpshooter, go and suppress the enemy army on the city gate." Luo Yi's face darkened, and he immediately ordered.

Soon, hundreds of archers immediately scattered into the siege team, and soon they came to the city wall, and a sharp arrow shot at the city gate from all directions, shooting the defenders who were about to throw stones one by one. kill.

Finally, the third car took advantage of the gap and immediately pushed the car into the gate of the city, and then the soldiers who pushed the car immediately evacuated without rushing the car to hit the gate.

Then the fourth, and the fifth. . . .

At this time, Chief Lu, who was personally escorted by the guards, also came to the gate of the city. Here, the defenders at the top of the city could not reach him at all.Chief Lu immediately disassembled a rush car, and took out packs of wooden cylinders wrapped in oiled paper.He skillfully tore a small opening from it, pulled out a rope, and connected them together.

Then, looking at the rushing carts around, he frowned and said, "General Niu, can you lead someone to take out all the things in the rest of the rushing carts? This alone is not enough."

"No problem!" Without saying a word, Niu Dali immediately led his people out of the gate of the city, risked the risk of breaking open the damaged car, took out the wooden cylinders wrapped in oiled paper, and quickly sent them to Chief Lu.

In less than half an hour, all the wooden barrels from the dozen or so carts were taken out and placed at the gate of the city, densely piled up.Chief Lu inspected the arrangement carefully, and then breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately tore off the lids of several wooden cylinders, poured the black-gray powder inside on the piled wooden cylinders, and then pulled out a very slender rope, extending the Go outside the city gate and pour powder over it again.

"Everyone, get ready, we're going to evacuate." Director Lu carefully lit a piece of incense wood and placed it on the string, the distance from the burning point to the powder was less than an inch.After putting away the incense wood, he immediately raised his head and said.

"Okay, Master Lu, let's go!" Niu Dali pulled him to his side, held up a huge shield, and rushed out.

As soon as he went out, countless arrows flew towards him. Fortunately, Niu Dali's shield protected his back in time, and he rushed out desperately with Chief Lu.

In the end, the hedgehog-like Niu Dali and the others ran out of range and came to Lin Yifan to report.

"My lord, the gunpowder is ready." Chief Lu reported panting.

"Okay, Mr. Luo, order the entire army to evacuate, and all the cavalry to prepare for the charge. The Jishan Pass will be breached soon." Lin Yifan was trembling with excitement. This battle will be the first time that gunpowder is used on the battlefield. As long as this If the blasting is successful for the first time, it will no longer be a problem for the army to siege cities and villages in the future, and it also marks the beginning of the world's transformation from cold weapons to hot weapons.

The battlefield finally fell silent, and the two sides faced each other from a distance, each preparing for the next battle.

Shi Geng's face was extremely solemn, and he was very puzzled. Why did the enemy suddenly retreat when they attacked the city?And they pushed the carts to the gate of the city in vain, why?
"You guys, go down immediately and have a look at the gate of the city..." Shi Geng was about to order his subordinates to go to the gate of the city to find out, when suddenly there was a loud rumbling sound from below, and the ground shook for a while.

Shi Geng suddenly felt his whole body fly up, and in a trance, he saw a section of the wall collapse in a puff of smoke.

(End of this chapter)