Count Chu Ye had a good plan. If it was a cunning opponent, everyone would have a good time.
Unfortunately, he met an opponent who could not tolerate sand in her eyes.
Yan Nair did not care if you were acting. After angering her, she would kill you!
After Chu Ye completely gave up on crossing the river, she immediately ordered the cannons to be raised and aimed at the north bank of Chu Ye's army.
"Shoot, shoot, shoot..."
Half of them were grapeshot shells and the other half were solid shells.
They crossed more than 200 meters of the river and smashed toward the north bank of Chu Ye's army.
"Swoosh..."
At this distance, the grapeshot shells' lethality and accuracy were somewhat unsatisfactory.
But the soldiers still fell one by one!
As for solid shells, their lethality was extremely tyrannical at this distance.
Although the north bank of Nujiang had been reorganized, it was still relatively narrow. It was already crowded with tens of thousands of soldiers.
Every time a solid cannonball was fired, it would explode.
"Bang..."
After a loud bang, a bloody path was plowed open.
Moreover, because the ground here was hard, it easily caused ricocheting.
Shells weighing dozens of kilograms rampaged through the crowd. Everywhere they passed, legs and bodies were broken.
A round of bombardment from more than two hundred meters away had actually caused hundreds of casualties.
Count Chu Ye almost jumped up. 'My wife, Søren, are you f * cking stupid?
I'm not crossing the river anymore. I've already started acting. Why are you still hitting me? '
And at this moment...
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Suddenly, there was a whistling sound in the air.
The giant catapult hidden in the trench began to show its power!
A few hundred kilograms of gunpowder was thrown over by a giant hand and fell into the formation of Chu Ye's army.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."
An earth-shattering explosion!
Countless soldiers were smashed to pieces, and their corpses flew everywhere!
At this time, Yan Nair felt that although the cannons were very powerful.
However, their lethality at medium and long distances was not as good as the gunpowder thrown by catapults. Especially when the enemy was very dense, the explosive power of a few hundred kilograms of gunpowder was far greater than any artillery shell.
The advantage of the cannons was that they could hit farther and were more accurate than catapults.
And the biggest advantage was still the canister shot at close range, the lethality was simply unparalleled.
Count Chu Ye wanted to cry but had no tears.
...
On the battlefield of the Wind Thunder Fortress!
Just now, hundreds of cannons on the city wall had fired, and hundreds of primitive cluster bombs had been launched from catapults. (The explosives were filled with lead bullets, fragments, and so on. They were actually very different from cluster bombs. At least these small bullets would not explode.)
In the blink of an eye, more than a million bullets exploded on the ground.
Whether it was Zhi Li in the air or Søren on the city wall, they could all see it clearly.
The area was instantly emptied!
Then, the entire battlefield fell into a terrible silence. (Only relatively speaking)
Meanwhile, Zhi Li seemed to have lost all consciousness.
His eyes couldn't see, and his ears couldn't hear. He could only hear the rumbling.
After a long while …
Only then did his senses gradually return to him.
Then, he saw that on the battlefield below the city wall of Wind Thunder Fortress, soldiers were getting up one after another.
Every one of them had blood on them, though it was unknown whether it was their own or the enemy's.
Just now, when more than a million bullets exploded, the entire area was instantly emptied, as if everyone had died without a trace.
Actually, it was not like that!
This was not the sea, nor was it the Nu River. Once one was shot, he would fall into the water and disappear completely.
This was on the ground, where many bullets and shrapnel might not be immediately fatal after being shot into the body.
Moreover, the crowd was crowded, and it was very likely that some people had been hit by dozens or hundreds of bullets at once, and could not be more dead.
But some people were blocked by their comrades in front of them, and were only scratched by shrapnel and bullets.
Finally, there were still more than 20,000 soldiers who got up from the ground.
Søren estimated that the hundreds of cannons firing cannons and hundreds of catapults launching cluster bombs should have caused more than 10,000 casualties to the troops below.
Therefore, there were still more than half of the soldiers in the first wave of attack.
Zhi Li's body seemed to have completely recovered its temperature, and he said in surprise, "They are not all dead, there are still many left."
Only Turin Tuo knew that even if there were more than 20,000 people left, it would be useless, because the momentum of the attack had been stopped, and the order and formation were completely disrupted.
Originally, the distribution of the fire shields was very particular, so that most of the soldiers could be protected.
But now …
These so-called fire shields that were bought at a high price were all thrown on the ground.
Sure enough …
"Bang, bang, bang, bang …"
Many holes on the city wall opened, and then countless barrels of kerosene rolled down.
On the city wall, countless strong men raised the barrels of kerosene and smashed them down.
Then, countless fire arrows were shot down …
Many small and medium-sized scorpion catapults began to throw.
It was still the terrifying cluster bombs with gunpowder bags.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang …"
The soldiers who had lost their organization and command were only scattered sand.
What awaited them was a one-sided massacre!
They were burned to death!
They were killed by gunpowder bags.
They were killed by countless bullets that penetrated their bodies!
In the end, the first wave of 50,000 soldiers was completely annihilated.
They did not even manage to climb up the city wall!
…
At this moment, the second round of bombardment at the Wind Thunder Fortress defense line was ready!
"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom …"
Hundreds of cannons were fired at the same time.
Their target was the giant catapults at Zhi Li's position!
50% solid bullets, 30% explosive bullets, and 20% chain bullets.
This was an experimental bombardment. The purpose was to prove the power of the explosive bullets under the current technical conditions.
Also, the lethality of the cannons and the giant catapults was compared at medium and long distances.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh …"
Hundreds of bullets swept across like black lightning.
The result was optimistic, but also not optimistic.
It was optimistic because whether it was solid bullets or chain bullets, they were very lethal even in a land battle.
Because Zhi Li's army was too large, and the formation was too dense.
When the solid bullets were shot out, they directly plowed a path of blood. Everywhere they passed, corpses and bones flew everywhere.
The chain bullets were even more terrifying. Like the Grim Reaper's scythe, they flew all the way and cut off countless heads. However, their power was far less than in a sea battle, and they were not suitable for a land battle. And the shooting range was relatively not ideal.
As for the explosive bullets, as expected, each explosive bullet contained more than ten kilograms of gunpowder, and their lethality was really very ordinary, far less than the giant gunpowder bags. And the probability of a dud was very high.
Before the emergence of high explosives, the explosive bullets were indeed not very meaningful.
It was not optimistic because the target of Søren's bombardment this time was the enemy's catapults.
But after a round of bombardment, less than ten giant catapults were damaged.
This result was acceptable, but it was comparable to the results of a hundred giant catapults.
The giant catapults had an even lower hit rate, but they could throw a few hundred kilograms of gunpowder balls. Once they exploded, the targets in the entire radius would be affected.
"Use the giant catapults to destroy the enemy's catapults and giant ballistae." Søren ordered, "All cannons, use solid bullets to attack Zhi Li's army from a distance!"
"Yes!"
… …
Zhi Li's body had just recovered a bit of warmth, but now it was cold again!
Just now, he had watched as the first wave of fifty thousand soldiers that attacked the city was completely wiped out.
Not only him, but all the vassals behind him had also seen it clearly.
It was a devastating blow to everyone's confidence!
Zhi Li's gaze involuntarily turned to Turin Tuo!
He saw that this first commander of the kingdom seemed to have aged a few years. Because of his frown, his originally very shallow wrinkles looked like they had been cut by a knife.
"Should we send the second wave?" Zhi Li asked.
Turin Tuo shook his head.
There was no meaning in sending the second wave of fifty thousand soldiers.
The war had been changed, changed by Søren's gunpowder and cannons.
In the era of cold weapons, the number of soldiers played a decisive role.
But now, in front of the terrifying war machines, numbers were no longer of much use. At most, they would just be sending themselves to death.
"Throw the fish oil bombs and try to destroy Søren's giant catapults!" Turin Tuo said.
Turin Tuo discovered that while Søren's cannons were very powerful, they might not be much more powerful than the catapults.
The giant gunpowder bags thrown by the giant catapults, especially the primitive cluster bombs thrown at the end, were too powerful. They were not inferior to cannons at all.
So, the two armies began to bombard each other from a distance.
The hundreds of catapults of Zhi Li's army threw fish oil bombs crazily.
Søren's giant catapults threw the gunpowder bags crazily.
Countless explosives crisscrossed in the air. Then, they fell into the enemy's camp.
It had to be said that the fish oil bombs caused many casualties to Søren's army.
Once the army was hit, more than a dozen people were completely burned.
Once the catapults were hit, they immediately burst into flames.
The most terrifying thing was that when the gunpowder bags were burned, they directly exploded on the city wall. Not only did their own catapults explode into pieces, but the soldiers who operated the catapults were also killed.
Just like that, the two sides bombarded each other crazily.
Soon, the entire city wall of Søren's Wind Thunder Fortress seemed to be burning.
Søren's hundreds of cannons aimed at Zhi Li's army, which was hundreds to thousands of meters away, and bombarded crazily.
The power of solid cannonballs in a land battle completely changed Søren's impression.
In a sea battle, solid cannonballs didn't show shocking lethality. They were inferior to chain bullets, grapeshot bullets, and grapeshot bullets.
But in a land battle, especially when the enemy's formation was very dense, the power of solid cannonballs was extremely terrifying.
Bam …
Once hit, the cannonballs penetrated dozens of meters away. All the soldiers along the way were trapped, broken, or even smashed into pieces.
If they were lucky, the cannonballs fell on the soft ground.
If they were unlucky, they fell on the hard stone ground and caused ricocheting, which was even more lethal.
The catapults of the two sides bombarded each other!
Although Søren also suffered heavy losses, the gunpowder balls, which weighed hundreds of kilograms, were much more powerful than the fish oil bombs.
Every volley of catapults caused seven or eight damage to Zhi Li's catapults.
Boom, boom, boom, boom …
Just like that, the two sides bombarded each other from a distance.
Turin Tuo did this to restore the morale and confidence of the army.
Because it was indeed a shocking scene to attack the Wind Thunder Fortress' defense line with kerosene bullets.
After a few volleys, the entire Wind Thunder Fortress' defense line seemed to be on fire.
Visually, Søren seemed to be at a disadvantage. After all, the entire defense line was on fire.
In this way, the tragic image of the first wave of 50,000 soldiers being wiped out was diluted.
However …
This superficial advantage was completely destroyed by Søren's cannons.
It was too shocking. The attacks were too far away.
On the previous battlefield, it was absolutely safe as long as it was 500 meters away.
But now, it wasn't safe even two or three kilometers away.
Every volley of Søren's cannons frightened all the soldiers.
Because it was too terrifying and cruel!
Dozens of kilograms of pellets flew over, easily plowing a bloody path, easily taking away the lives of a dozen people, or even dozens of people.
This kind of cannonball could not hit accurately, but once it did, there would be countless casualties.
…
The Lord of Ironwood City was one of the lords who hated Søren the most.
Of course, Søren had never done anything to him. His hatred mainly came from fear.
Because his territory was in the Southeast Province, and after Søren became the acting governor of the Southeast Province, he had always been at odds with Søren.
Every day, he was on tenterhooks, afraid that Søren would one day charge into his Ironwood City with his army and kill his entire clan.
Now that Zhi Li had led hundreds of thousands of soldiers to attack Søren, he was ecstatic and waited for Søren's destruction.
Yesterday, Zhi Li and Turin Duo's scandal was exposed, and he still had lingering fears. But so what? His mortal enemy was still Søren. He stood firmly on Zhi Li's side and watched Søren's body be smashed to pieces.
After today's battle, his blood was boiling. He wanted to lead the soldiers and charge.
But when the battle started, he felt a chill all over his body.
The first wave of 50,000 soldiers had been completely destroyed before they could even climb up the city walls.
Too scary …
Next, Zhi Li did not send troops to attack the city. Instead, he bombarded the city from afar.
The Lord of Ironwood City was burning with anxiety. He shouted, "Why don't we attack the city? Why don't we attack the city? If 50,000 is not enough, then 100,000, 150,000, 200,000! Use human lives to kill Søren, tear him into pieces! "
At this moment …
Suddenly, there was a whistling sound in the air!
Then, a black bolt of lightning flew towards him!
The Lord of Ironwood City was shocked. What, what was this?
His trusted warriors reacted quickly and immediately used their bodies to block in front of their lord, raising their shields to block!
"Bang …"
With a loud bang, the cannonball easily smashed the shield into pieces.
"Puff puff puff …"
Then, it directly tore apart the bodies of a few of his trusted warriors.
Then, there was a bang!
A solid bullet weighing more than 20 kilograms directly hit the head of the Lord of Ironwood City.
His head, like a ripe watermelon, suddenly exploded and completely shattered!
After smashing the head of the Lord of Ironwood City, the bullet seemed to have lost its momentum and fell to the ground.
"Ah …"
Then, the Young Lord of Ironwood City screamed in agony.
Because, he suddenly felt that his legs had lost all feeling. He looked down and saw that from his crotch down, it was a bloody mess.
"Ah … Ah … Ah …"
Instantly, he let out an even more shrill scream!
…
The death of the Lord of Ironwood City brought unparalleled shock and terror to the higher-ups of Zhi Li's army.
At that time, he was three miles away from the Wind Thunder Fortress' defense line!
Even so, he was still hit in the head!
Was it not safe to be two to three miles away? Actually, the Lord of Ironwood City was just unlucky. To be hit at such a distance, he could really buy a lottery ticket.
But these cowardly nobles and dukes did not think that way.
If these cannonballs could kill the Lord of Ironwood City, naturally, they could also be killed.
Instantly, all the High Nobles, dukes, and high-ranking officials felt their limbs turn cold. They started to retreat like the tide.
Once these people retreated, the morale of the entire army instantly dropped.
"Your Highness, we must retreat, or else it will cause a huge rout!" Turin Tuo said.
Zhi Li's heart was bleeding. He gritted his teeth and said, "The army, retreat five miles!"
Instantly, countless shouts sounded!
The hundreds of thousands of troops retreated to five miles away.
Zhi Li's 450,000 troops attacked the Wind Thunder Fortress' defense line. In just the first day, they had lost tens of thousands of soldiers and retreated a few miles.
This was not the most terrifying thing!
The most terrifying thing was the political consequences after he retreated!
Yesterday, he and Turin Tuo had forcefully misrepresented the situation and completely suppressed the dissatisfaction in everyone's hearts.
Now, it was very likely that they would be completely devoured!
After retreating back to the main camp, would there be people who would cause trouble? Would there be people who would rebel?
Or would they take Zhi Li's head and present it to Søren?
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