Chapter 177: Artillery strike

The flames in the camp were beating, and the black figures flickered in the candlelight.
Bei Shan looked at Gurtai and said, "This time the attack on Cangzhou City, the Huyantuo Tribe must obey my orders."
Although Gultai was unhappy, he nodded.
Bei Shan asked at this time: "How is Cangzhou's defense situation?"
Gultai talked about the situation during the siege in the previous few days.
"A gunpowder canister that will explode?" Bei Shan asked.
Gultai nodded, "Yes, this kind of powder can is very powerful. Hundreds of our archers died in the explosion."
Then he continued: "Moreover, the armor on the defenders this time is also very good. It seems that they are the most elite troops of King Qi."
Bei Shan frowned, and he said, "I want to see the city in person tomorrow morning."
Gultai nodded.
This time Bei Shan personally led 50,000 barbarians to arrive, but the number of slave soldiers who accompanied him was 80,000, plus the slave soldiers of his own tribe, there were more than 100,000 people.
Just these slave soldiers were enough to make the defenders of Cangzhou City run back and forth.
The next day.
A loud cut through the sky, and the first ray of sunlight in the morning passed through the clouds and fell on the battlefield with dead bodies everywhere.
Then there was a deafening cry of killing, accompanied by the explosion of a gunpowder canister.
Outside the city, the overwhelming slave soldiers rushed towards Cangzhou City like a flood. The slave soldiers carried hundreds of ladders. Almost every few meters, there was a pair of ladders on the wall.
Facing the mighty siege of the city, every soldier on the wall tensed their nerves. They squeezed the steel knives in their hands and waited for these slaves to climb the wall.
The order of defending the city is fixed, smashing stones, throwing logs, and pouring fire oil, but this time the gunpowder cans were used for the first time.
Fifty catapults kept throwing gunpowder cans into the dense formation of slaves.
Smoke was everywhere, blood was splashing, and the slave soldiers fell in waves on the road to siege the city. Under the defense of bows and arrows, stones, rolling logs, and kerosene, a thick layer of corpses soon piled up under the city.
"Retired!" The explosion of the first round of siege powder cans ended.
The slave soldiers attacking the city suddenly withdrew, when Niu Ben showed a confused look.
"It's another tentative attack." Xiao Ming looked at the barbarian camp, his eyes suddenly fell on a tall man who looked like a barbarian leader.
And beside him, he saw a businessman with a Han face.
He touched the artillery at his hand and wanted to give them a shot, but he knew that the accuracy of the artillery was so poor that it would be difficult to hit him, and at this time, the secret weapon of artillery could not be exposed.
"How does your Highness know?" Niu Ben puzzled.
Xiao Ming said: "The news I got is that Tian Khan of the barbarian came here personally, and at the same time Bei Shan came. Wang Xuan said that the Huyantuo tribe has always supported Datai Jiu Shugu, and Bei Shan will naturally not I completely believe in this Gurtai, and I have to see it myself."
"Unexpectedly, His Highness has already done so meticulously." Niu Ben nodded, agreeing.
Xiao Ming said, "This is also a coincidence. You learned about it after you caught a few profiteers on the grassland."
"His Royal Highness, look, there seems to be some big guy being assembled in this barbarian camp." Lu Fei walked over and said.
From the perspective of Xiao Ming and Niu Ben, they didn't see any big guys. The two followed Lu Fei to his defense zone.
Lifting the telescope at this time, I saw that in the middle of the barbarian camp, many slaves were carrying some parts, and some slaves were assembling.
From the looks of it, the base of this thing is very big, at least ten meters long.
"This estimate is to return to the giant cannon. It is said that this is the siege weapon the barbarian learned from the Western Regions."
Xiao Ming frowned. The situation he was worried about still appeared. The barbarian came and brought the giant cannon back.
Judging from the information obtained so far, the barbarians have not only mastered gunpowder, if there is another giant cannon, this will be a huge threat to Cangzhou City.
Niu Ben had already learned from Xiao Ming the range and power of this giant cannon. He said: "It seems that the barbarians are bound to win Cangzhou City this time."
Lu Fei cursed: "It doesn't matter what he returns to the giant cannon, as long as I, Lu Fei, want to break Cangzhou City, unless he steps over my body."
Luo Xin didn't know when he had passed by. He excitedly said to Xiao Ming: "His Royal Highness, this time I will light a cannon. There seems to be some fun in this barbarian camp. I will smash them all."
"No time, let them assemble for a while, and we will surprise them when the assembly is halfway through," Xiao Ming said.
It seems that in order to wait for the assembly of the cannon, the barbarians did not continue their attack after attacking once.
For the next two days, the two sides were in a confrontation. On the third day, the barbarian camp could already see equipment more than three meters high.
At this time, the Barbarians pushed these instruments to a position of 500 meters, and lined up the half-assembled return giant cannons.
"His Royal Highness, this Bei Shan is provoking His Highness." Niu Ben couldn't help but said when he saw the action of the Barbarian.
Xiao Ming nodded. This Bei Shan is said to be a man of arrogance. This is also a common problem of geniuses. At this time, the giant cannon was placed in front of the battle and assembled, obviously wanting Xiao Ming to see how he broke Cangzhou City step by step.
"In this case, it is time for us to return the gift." Xiao Ming said, "The artillery is ready!"
As soon as his words fell, the soldiers were shocked, and finally the artillery was about to be used.
These days, they just waited for artillery to smash these barbarians.
Luo Xin smiled and said: "These barbarians are hiding behind the big, this time to see where they hide, a group of cowards who can only drive slave soldiers."
Then he shouted: "All in place, clean the barrel."
Since Luo Xin first fired a cannon, he has regarded himself as an artillery commander. Soldiers who go to the Department of Equipment for training are always led by him.
Although the time is only more than a month~EbookFREE.me~, Luo Xin knows all aspects of the performance of the artillery well.
At this time, the soldiers lifted all the canvas covering the artillery, and the black metal texture of the gun body was exposed.
Then they adjusted the muzzle and aimed it at the barbarian returning cannon that was being assembled 500 meters away.
This Bei Shan thought that using Huihui Pao could crush Cangzhou City with technology, but did not know that Xiao Ming was about to crush him.
"Load gunpowder!" Luo Xin issued a second order.
"Cannonball!" The third order was issued.
After everything was in place, Luo Xin looked at Xiao Ming, waiting for an order, thirty artillery pieces on the turret would fire, and the cannonballs were shot at the barbarians.
"Aim at five and return to the giant artillery." Xiao Ming ordered.
The purpose of this first wave of offensive is naturally to destroy the giant artillery, otherwise waiting for this thing to be assembled will definitely cause a lot of casualties of soldiers.
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