Chapter 2072: Witness to defeat Lu Longsai (final)
Chapter 2070: Witness to defeat Lu Longsai (final)
Among the many famous generals in the world, not only Zhuge Liang has the ability to control the climate, but Gongsun Xuanyuan is actually okay, but only the climate in his hometown Youzhou is the most familiar.
Long before landing in Liaodong, Xuanyuan had observed the climate and wind direction in western Liaoning. After landing, he deliberately avoided rainy days to ensure that the time of fire attack will not suddenly rain heavily.
As for the wind direction, the western Liaoning region has northeast winds during this period, and Xuanyuan, located on the nameless peak east of Lulongsai, can use the wind to shoot the rocket further.
After waiting for less than half a quarter of an hour, the originally weak northeast wind suddenly strengthened a lot, as if the heaven was helping.
"The wind is enough, get the fire candle and prepare to light the fire." Xuanyuan ordered excitedly.
After the soldiers heard the news, one of them controlled the crossbow to fill the rocket, while the other took out the candle from his arms, without having to blow it with his mouth, and it spontaneously ignited under the wind.
After the forty-four candles were lit, Xuanyuan decisively ordered: "Light."
The next moment, all the rockets on the crossbow were ignited.
The Qin army''s Eight-ox Crossbow can shoot up to five arrows in one round, and the forty-four bed crossbows can shoot out one round, which is 220 arrows.
In fact, with the technology of the Qin Army Industrial and Industrial Institute, it is possible to create a bed crossbow with one crossbow and ten arrows. If there are more, the current technology will not be achieved, but the corresponding range and penetration will be greatly shortened.
The Qin army already had various crossbows in terms of close-range firepower, and the Baniu Crossbow was originally a bed crossbow that focused on long-range attacks. If the range and power were ignored in order to pursue firepower, it would naturally be more cost-effective.
It is precisely based on this consideration that the Qin army''s Eight-Cow Crossbow chose a round of five arrows.
In fact, if it is changed to one round and one arrow, the range of the Eight Niu Crossbow will be even longer. Even without the help of the wind, it can still shoot to the Crescent Tower.
But if only forty-four rockets are shot out in one round, the area covered by firepower will be too small. Eliminating those who missed the shot and did not hit it, it is a problem whether the Crescent Tower can be ignited in the end.
This is also the biggest reason why Xuanyuan uses the wind. The range of the eight-ox crossbow and five arrows cannot be shot at the Crescent Tower, so it must be driven by the wind.
"Shoot the arrow."
Xuanyuan''s loud shout broke the silent night sky, and then...
Swish, swish, swish…
Two hundred and twenty rockets cut through the lonely sky and flew towards the Crescent Tower in the distance, making the night sky illuminated by the fire.
The Qin army did not use ordinary rockets, but passed through their characteristics. Even if they flew at high speed, they would not be blown out by the airflow and wind. Instead, they would aggravate the combustion speed of carbonite and saltpeter at the arrow, and once they hit, the target would burn more violently.
Dong, dong, dong…
After the rocket fell, only a few deviated, most of them landed in the area where the Crescent Building was located. It ignited the Crescent Building at once and quickly radiated to the surrounding grain warehouses.
Seeing this, Xuanyuan quickly ordered the shooting angle of the crossbow, and then said, "Don''t save ammunition, shoot all the rockets in one breath."
"No."
The soldiers yelled and responded, then quickly filled the rocket, then ignited the fire and fired the arrow.
After Xuanyuan''s adjustment, the accuracy of the crossbow was greatly improved. In this round, basically all the rockets fell in the target area, so there was naturally no need to adjust the angle in the next round.
Under Xuanyuan''s command, the rockets continued to shoot towards the Crescent Tower, and soon ignited all the surrounding granaries.
"The granary has caught fire, please put out the fire..."
"Water, come find water..."
The fire broke out in the Crescent Building and ignited the granary. The defenders in the pass were in chaos, as anxious as headless flies, and rescued the fire in disorder. However, the food and herbs were flammable materials, and once they were ignited, it would not be so easy to extinguish them.
Dai Shan, the sleeping general of Lu Long, was immediately awakened after hearing the noisy shouts in the pass, and quickly came out to check the situation in his clothes.
Dai Shan was originally on the front line, but with Aguda taking the initiative to hand over power, Nurhaci couldn''t continue to shelter him, so he punished Dai Shan to guard Lu Longsai in the rear.
Dai Shan, who was exiled, did not feel depressed after coming to Lu Longsai. Instead, he was dedicated to his duties and responsibilities as his guard, hoping that his performance would be seen by Nurhaci so that he could be re-transferred him back to the front line as soon as possible.
When he saw the Crescent Tower and the Grain Depot, which had been covered by the fire, Dai Shan was stunned. He pulled someone over and asked angrily, "How could it be? What the **** is going on?"
"The palace, Your Highness, New, New Moon Tower, lost, lost fire."
"Nonsense, I''m not blind, I can see that what I ask is, will the Crescent Building catch fire?"
"The punishment of heaven is the punishment of heaven. Many brothers saw it. A large number of fire lights fell from the sky, igniting the Crescent Tower."
"Divine punishment?"
Dai Shan looked disbelief, but when he followed the direction pointed by the soldier and went to his blind spot in his vision, he happened to see a series of fire lights falling from the sky, and the area where the landing happened to be where the Crescent Tower was.
Dai Shan''s pupils shrank suddenly, and he subconsciously thought it was God''s punishment. His heart was suddenly surrounded by panic. He didn''t understand how he had been guilty of God. Could it be that he had killed too many times since entering Youzhou?
Dai Shan was not a fool after all, and he soon discovered something was wrong.
The fire is a little small. If it is really a heavenly punishment, it shouldn’t be a big fireball?
"No, this is not a heavenly punishment, it is a rocket." Dai Shan said in disbelief. He was extremely confused in his mind now. He didn''t understand how the enemy came around Lu Long, nor how the enemy shot the rocket at such a long distance. But now it is obviously not the time to consider these things. Fire extinguishing is the top priority.
"Hurry, put out the fire."
Dai Shan quickly directed his men to put out the fire, but the fire had already started and the rockets were still falling continuously, so it was impossible to extinguish the fire again.
"Damn it."
Dai Shan gritted his teeth in anger, looked at the location of Wuming Peak with anger, and said hatefully: "I want to see who you are."
"The rest continued to put out the fire, and divided two thousand soldiers and followed me out of the city to take a look."
"Christ."
Xuanyuan on the top of the mountain was about to retreat after he fired the arrow, but he didn''t expect that Lu Longsai''s door would be opened at this time, and then the guard led two thousand troops out of the city, and was immediately overjoyed.
Xuanyuan predicted that the reaction of the guards in the pass after burning the food and grass was the greatest possibility that the whole army would be sluggish and wait for assistance, but he never expected that the defenders would come out of the pass directly.
It is very unwise to go out of the pass directly to fight in a dark and open manner. After all, what if the enemy is ambushed?
The guard Lu Long didn''t even understand this. It was obviously an incompetent general, so it would be easier for the Qin army to seize Lu Long.
The plan is not as good as change. Now there is no need to delay until the military rations are exhausted. Even if the subsequent plan is not implemented, Xuanyuan has several strategies to seize Lu Long.
"If you pass the order, you will not be allowed to go down the mountain. You will wait for the Qing army to attack here."
"No."
Immediately, Xuanyuan sent a letter to Jia Fufa to Feige, and ordered him to immediately march towards Lu Long to completely wipe out the Qing army that had left the city.
Before Fei Ge''s letter arrived, Jia Fu had already sent troops, and there was no need for Xuanyuan to remind him. After learning that Guan Shoujun had left the city, he and Sun Lingming immediately led the army to rush over.
It was almost dawn at this time. After Dai Shan led his army to the bottom of the Wuming Peak, he immediately ordered to surround the mountain, trying to trap the Qin army on the mountain to death, but he did not expect that a Qin army would emerge from behind him. He could only lead the army to fight with him first, but he did not expect that the number of the other party was even greater than that of him.
The reason Dai Shan dared to leave the city was because he believed that there were not many enemy troops outside Lulong Pass, otherwise it would be impossible to hide from the Qing army''s probation along the way. Now there are so many enemy troops outside the city, which is obviously much beyond his expectations.
"Retreat, retreat quickly."
Seeing that the situation was not good, Dai Shan quickly ordered a retreat, but how could Jia Fu let him retreat? He quickly led an elite army to block Dai Shan''s retreat.
Lu Longsai''s deputy general Erzhu Xinxing saw that Daishan''s retreat was blocked, considering the identity of Prince Daishan, he did not dare to refuse to save him, so he hurriedly led his troops out of the city to rescue him.
Before Erzhu Xinxing could meet with Dai Shan, he encountered Sun Lingming''s interception halfway. When he saved Dai Shan, he took his life in. In less than a round of battle, he was beaten to death by Sun Lingming.
After Sun Lingming killed Erzhu Xinxing, he defeated the Qing army out of the city, and then ordered the entire army to cover up and prepare to rush into the city, but in the end he was still one step slower and had not had time to enter the city gate, so he was closed.
At the same time, after defeating Daishan''s troops, Jia Fu rode alone to Daishan. As soon as he was about to kill him, he heard him shouting in horror: "I am Daishan, don''t kill me."
Jia Fu was overjoyed and immediately stopped and captured Dai Shan alive, waiting for Xuanyuan''s demise.
After Xuanyuan went down the mountain, he saw that Jia Fu not only captured Lu Long''s guard general alive, but also Dai Shan, the son of Nurhaci, was ecstatic. Then he asked someone to carry Dai Shan to Lu Long''s guard and threaten the defenders in the pass to open the city gate.
Looking at Lu Longsai who was still igniting the fire, Gongsun Xuanyuan smiled coldly, pulled out the short knife from his waist and stabbed it directly on Dai Shan''s left leg. Dai Shan immediately started to wail in pain.
"ah…"
Xuanyuan looked at Dai Shan indifferently and said lightly: "Let the defenders at the gate open the city to surrender, otherwise I will kill you immediately."
Dai Shan was sweating in the pain, and his face turned pale when he heard this. During this hesitation, Xuanyuan stabbed his right leg with another knife.
"Ah, I said, I said, listen to the guards on the lockdown. I am the second prince Daishan. I ordered you to open the city immediately..."
Dai Shan shouted hard, but he hadn''t seen any movement in the pass for a long time, and Xuanyuan frowned.
"I said, the defenders in the pass will not care about Dai Shan''s life or death, right?" Jia Fu said.
"No way? If that''s the case, then what''s the use of Daishan? Why not just chop it and feed it to the dog," said Sun Lingming.
After hearing this, Dai Shan was frightened and fainted, but Xuanyuan said, "Dai Shan is useful and cannot be killed."
At this moment, Lu Longsai suddenly opened and the defenders in the city took the initiative to open the city and surrender.
What Xuanyuan and others didn''t know was that while they were waiting, there was a fight in the pass due to surrender and refusal to surrender. In the end, the surrender faction won, and then opened the city gate and surrendered to the Qin army.
At this point, Lu Longsai was captured by Gongsun Xuanyuan, and Qin''s counterattack against Qing will be officially launched.
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(This chapter ends)