mynovelweb Chapter 810 What is that?
Chapter 810 What is that?
Because the artillery was heavy and the carriages moved slowly, although the main force was in place, some heavy supplies were still on the way.
On the way back to the camp, Lin Feng received a report that the engineering battalion's artillery was less than ten miles away from the camp.
Lin Feng nodded, thinking about how to break the city.
The commander of Tumoter City is Guangjici, a silver-armored warrior of the Tiezhen tribe. He has 8,000 defenders under his command, who are stationed in the city all year round.
Hearing that Lin Feng's Zhenxi Army had arrived at the city, he felt a little panicked.
He had heard of Lin Feng's name. He had defeated several famous generals of Tie Zhen and forced them to flee, and also captured several men in gold and silver armor.
Seeing tens of thousands of troops under the city, Guang Jici not only sent people to report to the imperial court, but also stepped up the preparation of defensive tools and weapons.
Tiezhen's cavalry was not good at attacking cities, and he had no idea how the Zhenxi Army would attack his city.
Looking down from the high city wall, Guang Jici felt that no one could easily capture such a high city.
The walls are steep and solid. No matter you try to climb or hit them, it is impossible to climb over the wall and enter the city.
Guang Jici breathed a sigh of relief.
With this city alone, he could fight the Zhenxi Army for half a month or twenty days. By that time, the imperial army would have already arrived at the city.
What is there to worry about?
Could Lin Feng still fly up to the city?
In view of Lin Feng's reputation, Guangjici did not dare to leave the top of the city wall. He brought his guards and patrolled on the city wall, observing the movements of the Zhenxi Army below the city.
At the same time, he was anxiously looking forward to the arrival of the imperial army.
The eight thousand defenders were divided into two groups, taking turns to go up to the city and guard their positions carefully.
Just three hours after the arrival of the Zhenxi Army, Guang Jici discovered that the Zhenxi Army began to gather at the foot of the city.
Outside the attack range of the city, there were many soldiers standing densely, holding various tools in their hands, and there were also horse-drawn carriages pulling a lot of wood, ladders and other items.
Guang Jici sneered in his heart. With just these, he certainly couldn't break through his fortified city.
The general beside him suddenly raised his hand and pointed at a location under the city and shouted.
"General, look there."
Guang Jici turned his head and frowned, "What?"
"My Lord, what is that?"
Guang Jici then saw clearly that it was a carriage pulling a long, shiny black cylinder. He didn't know what it was.
Many soldiers were busy around the black cylinder.
Although Guang Jici didn't know what this thing was, he had a bad feeling in his heart.
This thing is so weird, I have never seen it before.
The unknown is the scariest thing.
"Go and inform the troops below the city to gather at the east gate and prepare to meet the enemy."
Guang Jici didn't care about anything else and just prepared for someone to attack the city.
However, as soon as he gave the order, he received a report.
The Zhenxi Army was deployed in the same manner outside the south and north gates of the city, making him unsure which gate to focus on defending.
As usual, Lin Feng left one door open, attacked three and let one go.
His strategy is to defeat, not annihilate.
As long as we can destroy Master Tie's confidence and make them submit to us, our goal will be achieved and there is no need to kill them all.
After an hour of preparation, all three city gates were set up.
The heavy cavalry was divided into three teams, and 15,000 light cavalry were also mobilized, with 5,000 cavalry deployed at each city gate.
As long as the artillery blasted open the city gate, the heavy cavalry would lead the way, and the light cavalry would follow behind to enter the city and destroy the enemy.
Of course, if the city is broken and the enemy does not flee, the only way is to destroy them.
Lin Feng placed three cannons outside each of the east, south and north city gates. When the order was given, all nine cannons would fire at the same time.
No matter how thick the city gate is, it cannot withstand such bombardment.
Next, the engineering battalion stepped forward and built a bridge over the moat to allow the cavalry behind them to pass smoothly.
The commanders of the three city gates all came to report that everything was ready.
Lin Feng looked up at the defenders on the city wall, who were lined up neatly on the wall, drawing their bows and arrows, looking nervously at the city below.
He shook his head slightly: "Send the order, fire."
The messenger immediately rode out on his horse, and the three riders headed towards the various city gates.
The East Gate is closest to Lin Feng, and it is also the one that receives the order the fastest.
The first earth-shaking sound also came from the east gate.
The earth shook, and the war horses were frightened and stamped their hooves in panic.
Following the first cannon shot, a series of artillery bombardments followed.
Everyone's ears were buzzing so loudly that they couldn't hear any other sounds.
I felt like the ground beneath my feet was shaking endlessly.
The soldiers on the city wall were stunned and at a loss.
Some soldiers even swayed and sat down.
Guang Jici held onto the battlements with both hands, staring at the black cylinder below the city with flames coming out of it with wide eyes in surprise.
"what is this?"
No one answered, because no one could hear him.
As soon as the first sound of artillery fire began, the engineers raised their shields, lifted their ladders in one hand, and ran towards the moat.
Guang Jici was stunned for several breaths before he reacted and quickly waved his hand to order the defenders to fight back.
However, no one could hear the orders he issued, and they all stared blankly at the city.
Not only were they stunned, but Na Lan, who was following Lin Feng, was also shocked and widened his blue eyes, not knowing where he was for a moment.
She had known that Lin Feng's thunder was powerful, but she didn't expect that he would come up with such a sharp weapon this time.
Nalan opened her mouth wide and turned her eyes to Lin Feng.
She admired this man so much. He had been lingering in her heart for a long time, becoming more and more solid as time went by, so that she couldn't extricate herself from him.
This meeting once again shocked me.
Nalan's dazed look was noticed by his guards. Although they were also surprised, they were not as out of control as Nalan.
Then he patted Nalan's saddle to remind her to wake up.
Nalan finally came to his senses, his face flushed red, and he turned his head to look away.
At this time, the other generals on the city wall had already reacted and hurriedly ran to order their soldiers to shoot at the bottom of the city.
The engineers paving the road were well prepared. They all carried shields on their backs and held one in their hands. When the arrows fell like rain, they were blocked by the shields.
The ladders were successfully placed on both sides of the ditch, with the two ladders less than ten feet apart. The engineers at the back lifted the door panels and laid them between the two ladders.
Soon a simple wooden bridge appeared over the moat.
Such actions were performed in front of each city gate like an assembly line.
During the engineers' operation, the three guns fired seven or eight times each.
The city gate in the distance was hit by dozens of artillery shells and instantly became riddled with holes and in tatters.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, the thick city gate collapsed in the burning flames.
Seeing that the simple wooden bridge over the moat was completed, Chu Jiao waved her hand, and three thousand heavily armored cavalry urged their horses to start slowly and rush forward.
This was a movement that had been trained long ago. Each warhorse was more than ten feet apart to prevent the wooden bridge from being unable to bear the weight and being broken by the heavily armored cavalry.