After the deafening explosion, there was a brief silence on the battlefield. After a while, low cries of pain began to sound. As the smoke dissipated, the screams gradually merged into a wailing chorus. The source of this chorus was

Huang Dagen - he ordered people to throw down the largest grenade. This grenade weighed eight pounds and should be called a small bomb in a strict sense, because it was too heavy for throwing.

Due to limited resources, Ouyang Xuan has ordered not to produce them for the time being. However, there are not many grenades in Liuliba at present, and the city defense battle is from a high position, so there is no need to throw them very far, so they are all used. The battle situation just now

Using this killer weapon in an emergency was not only an emergency but also wanted to test the actual combat effect - the bandits gathered at the base of the wall were too dense, and Huang Dagen really wanted to see the power of the explosion.

As Huang Dagen expected, the killing effect of this black melon was astonishing. Not only did it collapse several long ladders, but even the giant shield more than ten meters away from the explosion point was penetrated by the explosive fragments. It is roughly estimated that this giant grenade was at least

The explosion knocked down more than 20 people, especially the bandit soldiers around the explosion point who were blown to pieces.

Flying sideways, the bandits a little further away stood frozen in fear. Although the Liuliba soldiers on the wall knew the power of gunpowder weapons, they were also frightened and overwhelmed by the huge power. However, after Huang Dagen shouted an order

He quickly calmed down and threw a second batch of grenades at the crossbowman behind the giant shield.

This batch of thrown grenades included three four-pound grenades and seven two-pound grenades. Except for two small grenades that were thrown into the ravine beside the road due to excessive force, the rest of the grenades followed a parabola and landed directly on the ground where they were still standing.

Among the group of crossbowmen standing together. After a series of explosions, the crossbowman was knocked down

There was a firestorm, and several people were even pushed into the ravine by the air waves. After the gunpowder smoke passed, the bandit shouted desperately, "Liuliba has invited thunderbolts from heaven, run quickly." Then all the bandits who were still able to move were thrown away.

Weapons, swarmed towards the rear and fled, leaving only dead bodies and wailing wounded on the ground.

The fleeing bandits did not run very far before they stopped, because Xiong Ben from behind rushed up with his own soldiers. This Xiong Ben was also cold-blooded, and he showed no mercy when killing his own people. He ordered the soldiers to continue.

Killed several people who were leading the escape.

The bandits quickly stopped their retreat. Xiong Ben drove the remaining bandits and migrant workers to the siege equipment, reorganized their formation, and prepared to attack again. He was observing the battle situation from behind just now, knowing that Liuliba was

The grenade is Lianghuai

The sky-shattering thunders equipped by the army were much more powerful than those of the officers and soldiers. It was precisely because the sky-blasting thunders of the officers and soldiers were not powerful enough that they were not commonly used in the army. Xiong Ben served as a junior colonel in the Southern Song Dynasty army for many years.

Although he has never seen it with his own eyes, he has heard about the situation of Bangtian Lei. In his observation just now, he found that Liuliba's grenade did not explode immediately after it landed. You can use a shield to pull it away before it hits the ground, even if it explodes.

Its killing effect is also limited.

Xiong Ben decided to take command personally, not because Ni Shiyou had been knocked to the ground by a grenade just now. He didn't care whether the second-in-command of the village lived or died, but because he felt that with his wisdom and martial arts, he was sure to win Liuliba.

What made him confident was not only that the siege equipment had been assembled, but also because he had full confidence in his personal soldiers. Although Xiong Ben's personal soldiers only had about 50 people, he carefully selected them.

The fiercest among bandits

Senior. In addition to being highly capable in combat, this janissary team was also absolutely obedient to his orders, which was what he relied on to rule the Wanjiaping bandits. Of course, he was also unambiguous about the janissary team. In addition to good food and drink, they also equipped

got the best equipment, not only

Each person has leather armor and five pairs of iron armor. The armor coverage rate is higher than that of the regular army, and is not even worse than the personal equipment of the generals. In terms of close combat effectiveness, Liuliba soldiers are definitely not Xiong Ben soldiers.

team's opponent.

Xiong Ben was arranging the team while giving lectures. He encouraged the bandits by saying that Liuliba was just a thunderstorm, and it could not invite thunderbolts from heaven. He promised that as long as Liuliba was breached, whoever could get the property and women in the village would be free. To whom, this aroused the ferocity of these desperadoes. Xiong Ben's soldiers also held a long knife in one hand and a light shield in their hands, standing in line behind the siege equipment. This is about 200 meters away from the village gate. In this The distance is far beyond the Liuliba bow and arrow range, and even if there are stray arrows, they will be easily blocked by the wooden shield.

The bandits lined up again, and they were ready to wait for the siege weapons to take effect before attacking. Just as the bandits were busy carrying stones, loading crossbows, and working together to turn the winches of the siege equipment, the fish-scale shield array on the wall suddenly spread to both sides. Open it, revealing an iron column with a black hole. The direction of the black hole is facing the bandits arrayed. It turns out that Huang Dagen and Cao Ergou on the wall saw that the bandits had assembled siege weapons, including two light catapults. and four ballistas, and were shocked. They knew that if the bandits were allowed to fire crossbow arrows and stones, not only the big shield on the wall of the village would not be able to stop them, but even the wooden door of the village would be shattered after a few stones. Once the gate of the village is broken, bandits swarm in, and Liuliba may not be able to defend it.

In desperation, Huang Dagen ordered the shield array to get out of the way and lit the fuse of the artillery himself. A few seconds later, with a huge explosion, the story after the giant grenade exploded was repeated. In fact, the bandits were not completely defenseless. , when the shield array at the head of the village wall changed just now, Xiong Ben's instinct of licking blood from the edge of a knife for many years made him aware of the danger. He ordered the bandits to hide behind the shield. However, the effective range of this artillery is about one mile, and it can hit those more than 200 meters away. The target was overpowered. The hot iron projectiles penetrated the giant shields and human bodies in the front row, and then hit the bandits behind. The artillery was filled with shotgun shells, and its firing range covered the entire mountain road. Completely covered, this caused a large area of ​​​​the bandits to fall instantly. This artillery, not only destroyed three siege equipment, the bandits standing in front of the array suffered heavy casualties, and even more than half of the soldiers were killed or injured. Standing there Xiong Ben, who was at the rear, was unscathed, but the soldier standing in front of him was hit by shrapnel and died in the blink of an eye.

The bandits who were hit hard again couldn't hold on anymore and started to run away one after another. Xiong Ben repeated his old tricks and started killing people to show his power to prevent escape. He personally killed several bandits who escaped the fastest. Among them were the envoys he had sent to Liuliba to persuade him to surrender. Seeing that he had killed even his close associates, the bandits were even more afraid of his ruthlessness, so they stopped in shock and fear. At this moment, Xiong Ben understood that he could no longer be strong. He ordered an attack. If these bandits were pushed too hard, they would mutiny or even fight him desperately. Now that his own soldiers had suffered heavy casualties, they were no longer able to suppress these desperadoes. But he also knew that if he did not stabilize his position, he would The defeated troops will fall like a mountain and be completely defeated. The top priority is to organize the formation and retreat slowly. Otherwise, letting the defeated troops collapse on their own and losing their weapons and equipment is a trivial matter. This will make one's prestige plummet and threaten one's position in Wanjiaping and even in this mountain. rule.
Chapter completed!