The moment the white smoke floated, the young master thought of a word he had often heard in recent years.

gunpowder.

I have heard of it, but I haven't seen it, but it doesn't hinder it from being able to associate it.

The rumbling sound that came after a while seemed to verify his judgment.

The flames are purple, the smoke is white, and the sound is like thunder.

But he didn't know why the opponent used gunpowder so far. In his opinion, gunpowder should be a defensive weapon, just like the hot water or feces thrown down when defending the city.

In front of the formation, ten iron balls rolled on the dry and flat land, and shot densely into the Wei army's archers and shield-held elites.

The scorching iron ball smashed the front legs and the back ribs with the speed of harvesting life.

Not many people died of shelling for the first time, only twenty or thirty, but the dense formations that were raising shields and approaching the city wall were instantly torn apart.

The Wei soldiers never thought that they would be attacked at such a long distance, and they had never seen such a bloody scene as the iron ball hit.

Almost the moment the iron ball landed, the originally lined formation instantly dispersed, many people retreated, and many people dodged to both sides.

The drums were still there, but the soldiers were in a mess and they dared not move forward.

The young master beat him behind and noticed the chaos in front. He soon learned about the situation ahead. He could only ask people to keep beating the drums, restrain the soldiers, continue to maintain the formation, and not rush around.

The city wall opposite is strange, and the Mo family disciples guarding the city are also guarding the city. If they rush around in a mess, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

However, the constraints of drums are not invincible to the first appearance of such a weapon that is beyond the ordinary.

In the chaos, the second white smoke came out. The team that had not yet fully launched the siege formation was completely in chaos. Some people had abandoned their armor and dragged their troops back.

In the city, Meng Sheng stood on the city wall, watching the situation of the Wei army, and waiting for the third shelling.

As expected, the Wei people's expansion speed was severely slowed down. Even though no one died of two shellings, the scene of flesh and blood flying shocked the soldiers of the Wei Kingdom.

Siege is never a growth line, especially the countries that have fought for hundreds of years. They all know that they need to expand their arrays to break through from one point or multiple points, use archers to suppress the city, and rely on elite soldiers to assault.

Either dig the city wall, climb onto the city gate, or rush the car to hit the city gate.

The elite must be the first to attack the city, and they cannot be messed up. They must maintain their formation to immediately break through after approaching the city wall.

Given the degree of organization of the battle series with ten steps and one drum, the advancement speed must be slow, and the elite shield-holding forces could not stop the heavy iron ball shells.

A sharp voice came from outside the city. The Wei army was reorganizing the queue. If they did not rush over like a group of sheep, Gongzi Ji knew that it would be a defeat.

The Mo family disciples on the rammed earth fort were indeed leisurely following the steps, cleaning the cannon chamber, using a wet cloth to wipe out the sparks inside, and cleaning the remaining gunpowder residue inside.

The guards on the city wall are not panicked. This feeling of being able to hit others but others cannot hit them can greatly reduce the panic of soldiers.

Meng Sheng and Yu Guang swept to both sides and found that as expected, the Zheng and Han armies had already been launched and were the first to attack the city wall. The time difference had already been delayed. It depends on whether the other side could shock the Zheng people and relieve the pressure on the north wall, thereby concentrating the trained musketeers on the east side.

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The north wall, the concave star-shaped earthen wall, had already led more than 500 musketeers to arrive.

The Zheng people's feather arrows flew away, but these people were avoiding the chest wall wall that had been prepared in advance, observing the observation hole behind a simple brick and stone structure.

This is a very thin brick and stone structure. If there is a cannon on the opposite side, it is simply a living target.

However, the other party did not, so there was no need to build the city wall into a strange, sloped, and compact soil layer in order to defend against the fire on the opposite side.

The Zheng people didn't know what happened to the Wei people. The elite shield-holding infantry had crossed the moat and slowly advanced under the city wall covered with pits and bamboo sticks.

A smile appeared on his face. Zheng Ren chose the wrong position for this attack.

Their main attack direction was to leave the place where the two concave surfaces of the city gate intersected.

Perhaps for the attacking party, the place where these two concave surfaces intersect can be deployed to the most. Otherwise, it will be difficult to deploy to the convex surface of the star-bright surface that is prominent.

However, for the defender, a straight wall and concave slopes on both sides can also maximize the arrangement of their own firepower, making the attacker unable to defend.

The shield can indeed defend against the feather arrows and crossbows in front, but how can it be defended against the side?

He walked out of the brick wall, and the soldiers he brought had already spread the wooden fork bracket, and the bulky fire door hand cannon was on the bracket towards the attacking Zheng Jun.

It turned out that the hundred musketeers arranged here, plus the 500 mobile power brought by Shi, were assigned to both sides of the concave wall, waiting for the enemy to continue to approach.

Some brave men also took out simple gunpowder thunders that could be thrown from the reserved rammed earth pit and were ready to throw them at any time.

The drums were beating outside the city, and the elite Zheng people who were carrying wooden ladders and shielded by shields were approaching within twenty steps and were about to launch an attack.

Shi shouted at him, and the person behind him also waved the flag.

The musketeers who had been trained for several months looked at the gunpowder piled up near the fire gate to attract fire, thanking that there was no storm today.

The slowly burning fuse slowly approached the fire-induced gunpowder. After shouting, the fuse lit the gunpowder.

After a burst of white smoke, the gunpowder used to ignite the inside quickly burst out with purple fire, igniting the solid push-in medicine filled in the hand cannon.

Bang...bang...

Not neat, but it can also be considered a volley.

The musketeers on the concave walls on both sides lit the cannons in their hands almost at the same time, and the lead bomb flew out, and the entire city wall seemed to be burning, with gunpowder filled with gunpowder with a pungent smell of sulfur everywhere.

Several light tiger cannons that were tied with iron sheets and could only fire shattered stones and other tiger cannons also burst out with flames.

The gunpowder thunder lit in the hands of the brave and powerful people also threw them out at the place where the Zheng people were concentrated.

All of this is almost the same, because the Zheng people have never seen gunpowder, nor have they seen such a tactic, trying to defeat it in an instant.

This can only be used once, and you will need to shoot from a distance in the future. This time it is mainly a psychological deterrent.

Six hundred crude firearms have enough lethality within a distance of fifty steps.

The Zheng people under the city did not expect this situation and were instantly hit by more than 300 people. The shields held in front could not defend against the side attacks.

The Zheng Shizhang, who was hit by a lead bullet, rolled in pain on the ground. It would be fine if he died in time. Those who had never died were hit by a heavy hand cannon, leaving a huge wound.

Those who were hit by the shotgun sand and gravel were even more bleeding.

What's even more terrifying is that the gunpowder thunders thrown from the city walls may not kill a few people, but the impact and explosion sounds brought by crowds are still nightmares that these soldiers who have never seen gunpowder weapons cannot withstand.

Many people were stunned and completely forgot what they were going to do.

The formation was broken, and the person who was holding the shield and approaching him threw away the shield; the person carrying the wooden ladder was still at his feet.

On the city wall, those musketeers who had fired their first fire were loading in panic. The subsequent peasants were holding spears behind the city wall, waiting for the enemy to climb, but the remaining brave men continued to throw gunpowder and thunder downwards.

In the smoke of gunpowder, I observed the movements below and conveyed the order to the ink person who was preparing to pass the order flag next to me.

"Open the small side door, let the warriors attack, beat drums and cheer, and wait to return to the moat!"

The first wave of Zheng soldiers who were striking the city walls below were already panicked. As Mo Zichang taught, if the enemy began to disintegrate, they would launch a counterattack immediately. No matter how many people were, they would take advantage of the enemy's chaotic escape and cause greater panic to the enemy.

The enemy is in chaos, this is a proper judgment.

Hundreds of injuries in an instant, as well as the loud noises and explosions that had never been experienced before, completely disintegrated the Zheng army's offensive.

The ink master who was sending the order behind immediately waved his flag. The ink master near the small side door in the city saw the signal and asked people to open the small side door. More than 40 warriors who were good at fighting were either wearing leather armor or iron armor, and rushed out of the small door roaring.

There was a loud drum sound at the top of the city and the explosion continued, and the Zheng people under the city had begun to collapse.

There were not many warriors who had attacked for more than 40 times. They could not fight against the Zheng army at the city at the right time. However, in this case, the retreating Zheng army could not turn around and resist at all. They were like a broken lamb, and they could only be killed and defeated.

The soldiers who were cannon fodder in the other directions had no strength to capture the city walls. The peasants in the city supported the gunpowder and thunder throwing place every thirty steps, and also supported the disintegration of the attack below.

It seems that the Jin-Zheng-Zheng coalition army had 70,000, but there were not many people who could truly be considered elite, and few could maintain field battles. More of them were just agricultural soldiers who performed martial arts in winter, so it was difficult to play any role.

Under the temptation of despising the city in one fell swoop, as long as the enemy's first wave of offensive was destroyed, it was judged that even if the Zheng people did not suffer much damage, they could no longer organize effective sieges today, and at most they would send out exhausted defenders.

A siege takes a long time to prepare, and a lot of elites are needed to put it in one place. The first wave of elites retreats and reorganize the team and incite emotions to organize the next attack.

But... this time it was the Three Kingdoms coalition, each with ulterior motives, and I am sure that this time the Zheng people were defeated, all the Zheng people had to do was to shake the flag and shout as if they were not moved.

Before, it seemed that the small city could be defeated in one fell swoop, but driven by the desire to compete for success, we will definitely use all our strength to break the city and take the lead in climbing the city.
Chapter completed!