Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 962 Powerless, Only the True God

"Boom! Boom!" The eight-pound cannon and five-pound cannon located on the northern city wall fired one after another. The target of their shooting was the wooden fence built by the Seljuks opposite in the night.

Behind the wooden fence, the watchmen on the watch van at the top of the city clearly saw the battering ram and a set of ballistas arranged in place.

Siege ram + siege tower + ballista, are these the three major weapons during the Crusades?

Of course, these are also the three major weapons that the Tianfang people use against the Europeans.The two civilizations have been at war for a long time—is the rise of Tianfang World a history of suffering in Europe? They understand each other very well. If the military technology content of both sides was not at the same level, the other side would have been blown up long ago.

The siege equipment currently manufactured by Gershap is mainly battering rams and ballistae, especially the latter.

The position of the wooden fence was directly advanced to a distance of a hundred steps away from the stone fort. After the sky became bright, the cannon stones were already aimed at the stone fort on the city wall and bombarded them. If the Qi army's artillery did not speak at this time, And you want to watch your little brother show off his power, right?
A ballista that had just been erected, Yang Yao watched from the top of the wall that the Seljuks worked hard for a long time before dragging away the broken old cannon, and then pushed the new cannon from the rear to the gun emplacement. After working hard for more than two quarters of an hour, the efficiency made him feel anxious for his opponent.After finally waiting for these people to make this ballista neat, a sudden shell fell in front of the ballista, and then bouncing all the way hit the ballista.

The Tianfang people had no experience in defending against shelling. They didn't know that placing wicker baskets filled with sand in front of them could prevent secondary damage after the shells hit the ground.

If this happens, everyone around the ballista will suffer.There were a lot of people there, not only at the back but also in front. The cannonball made a bloody path along the way, and all the people it bumped into were unlucky. In the end, the entire ballista was knocked apart, and the flying wood chips were so sharp. Like an arrow, the surrounding people screamed, and the rest of the soldiers and servants were frightened and scattered.

But Pao Shi is also in the 'bombing'.

The stone bullets the size of a head hit the stone castle one after another, and the force was also not small.Gelshap had understood the power of Lu Qi's artillery very early on, and today's battle was a waste of his efforts.

Even if all the ballistas made in these days are consumed, as long as they can blow up the fortress in front of the enemy's city wall, it will be worth it.

But there was one object missing from his mind - cement.

The fortress built by the Qi army outside the city is not just made of stone, but also has cement processing inside, not to mention the stone fortress itself is made super thick. The effect of one plus one plus one is far greater than three, a few stone bullets. It hit the stone fortress hard, causing gravel to fly everywhere for a while, and dust filled the air. But when the strong wind swept away the dust smoke, the Seljuks opened their mouths in surprise.

No way, the stone castle hit by the stone bullet remained motionless, as if blown by a gust of wind.Gelshap couldn't control the shock on his face...

Unexpected, too unexpected.A completely unexpected scene disrupted all of Gershap's plans.If the cannon stones fired by the ballista could not shake the Chinese stone fortress, all of Gershap's previous ideas would be in vain.

Even at this moment, he thought about the future. If the current plan failed, what other methods could he use to break Port Hummus?
He couldn't figure it out.In other words, all the methods he could think of were extremely bloody, but the final result was still uncertain—and such a war was a military commander's failure, a complete failure.

The "smoke of gunpowder" on the battlefield continues to fill the air.

The artillery roared roaringly.When a dull roar sounded from the barrel, the solid iron balls hit their targets with lightning speed.

Their targets were not all the Seljuk fences and catapults, but also the battering rams and the array of Seljuk infantry around them.

These people are a full 800 meters away from the front line. This distance is relatively safe in their perception, because Lu Qi's artillery seems to rarely reach here.

Moreover, a large number of infantry and cavalry are also tasked with defending the front-line ballistas and rushing forward when necessary.

The soldiers in the stone forts were not worth Gershap's concern, but the artillery inside was very necessary.Even if you sacrifice a thousand lives, as long as you can get a complete Lu Qi artillery, it will be worth it.

How could they, who knew only a little about artillery, know that in artillery shooting, there was an option to increase the amount of powder.

After the whistling solid iron ball passed through the 'far' distance, it caused terrifying damage in the Seljuk formation. The latter thought they were safe, and did not try to widen the distance between each other when they lined up.In this way, the iron balls that passed through the entire formation knocked down more than a dozen people, bounced on the ground several times, and finally stopped after rubbing against several people in a row.

"Those who hit will die immediately", "those who stick will die immediately"!
That is not false.

The two eight-pound shells caused 40 Seljuk casualties, or it is more accurate to say that 40 people were "dead" because they were touched by the shells, and even if they did not die on the spot, their arms and legs were probably taken away. What, in this day and age it is almost impossible to survive.

The stone cannons of the Seljuks continued to bombard. Even though they saw that the stone bullets hit the stone castle one after another, but they had no effect at all, the ballistas were still bombarding.

The rate of fire of ballistas is obviously weaker than that of cannons, but their accuracy is obviously better than that of cannons.At the beginning, most of the stone bullets missed and hit only a small number, but now the hit rate has increased significantly.

obviously.The impossibility of moving the completely fixed stone fort is a major disadvantage of it, and the hit rate of this ballista has exceeded [-]%.

It's just that the thick fortress is more than two feet thick, and it's all made of stones and strips. Obviously, it can't be easily shaken by stone bullets.

Gelshap is going to despair, and he can't even take the shell of the port of Homos now.

But after all, Gelshap is someone Sanjar can trust, and his ability is really outstanding.After a short two days of silence, he called everyone back together, and a smile appeared on his face again.

"It doesn't matter if we fail, we still have time. Since we have to deal with those stone fortresses outside, we can't do it by force, so let's change our thinking."

"There is a Chinese proverb that goes very well: poverty leads to change, and change leads to prosperity."

Gershap's method is very simple, that is to use blazing fire to 'burn' the stone castle.

First, people filled the trench in front of the stone fort at night, then piled bundles of dry firewood under the stone fort, and then poured buckets of black oil on it. The raging fire was enough to engulf the entire stone fort.The scorching heat caused by the fire can make the Chinese in the stone castle feel the torment of hell.

Cheers erupted from the military tent, Gelshap's strategy... was reliable, very sure of success.

"The failure two days ago proved our mistakes, but the true God told us to pray to Him for forgiveness, and God will relieve us of our troubles and open a way out."

"There is nothing powerless, only the true god. The true god is the greatest, the true god is the highest!"

(End of this chapter)