(Fourth update!)

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After Yang Xi received Pang Zhong's report, he was a little disappointed.

What he hoped was that the army would arrive at the gates of Shaanxi Province before the rebels discovered it, so as to give a huge intimidation to the rebels in Shaanxi Province, causing them to panic, and immediately launch a siege, taking advantage of the panic of the rebels to mobilize all

Strength, break through Shaanxi County City, and create a myth in the history of war.

But before arriving at the city of Shaanxi County, the whereabouts of the army was discovered by the rebel reconnaissance cavalry. Yang Xi blamed the special training team for not clearing the rebel reconnaissance cavalry. It seemed that the fledgling "Tang Dynasty special forces"

The combat effectiveness is still a bit lacking.

However, Yang Xi didn't worry too much. He knew that if his opponent discovered his whereabouts earlier, the rebels in Shaanxi County would take adequate precautions. They would even send a group out of the city to stop the attack, or set up an ambush in a dangerous place.

In this case, our army's advance will definitely be hindered, and it may not even suffer heavy losses.

The Chinese army led by Yang Xi is only about fifteen miles away from Shaanjun City. If Pang Zhong's men advance with fast horses, it will only take about a quarter of an hour to reach the Shaanxi City. The battle will begin in the night.

Yang Xi's heart was full of pride, and he immediately ordered the Chinese troops and horses he personally led to advance at full speed, and ordered the sergeants transporting firearms and simple grenades to also move forward at the fastest speed.

At the same time, Wang Sili's troops in the rear were ordered to march at the fastest speed they could achieve, striving to reach the city of Shaanxi County as soon as possible and launch an attack.

Yang Xi's pre-war plan was to use the huge power of explosives to destroy the fighting spirit of the defenders on the city and take advantage of the chaos to board the city.

After successfully ascending the city, the people who climbed the city immediately opened the city gate, and the subsequent army quickly rushed into the city and took the opportunity to occupy the entire Shaanxi County city.

After Yang Xi's order was issued, the army immediately became lively. There were sounds of people shouting and horses neighing everywhere. All the horses and horses were moving faster, and the sound of horse hooves made the earth tremble slightly. Yang Xi also whipped and hurried,

He wanted to join Pang Zhong as quickly as possible and personally command the siege.

He wanted to observe for himself the effect of gunpowder being used in war for the first time.

When the Chinese army led by Yang Xi accelerated their march and marched at the fastest speed that their war horses could achieve, Pang Zhong's forward battalion had quickly arrived outside the west gate of Shaanxi County, and then the remaining troops also arrived outside the west gate.

And immediately followed Pang Zhong's instructions, formed the formation, and prepared to attack.

The strategic plan this time was formulated by Yang Xi himself, which was to abandon the previous attack mode and use new weapons and explosives as the first choice weapon for siege. Gunpowder weapons have amazing destructive power. In later generations, various artillery will exert the power of gunpowder to the greatest extent.

Extremely good, but now Yang Xi is not able to develop artillery. To make artillery, it must be improved in many aspects, and the purity of gunpowder and smelting technology must be greatly improved.

For the time being, artillery with long range and high power could not be produced, but this did not prevent Yang Xi from using gunpowder in the war.

Hundreds of explosive packets have been made, and thousands of simple grenades have been produced. These gunpowders can be ignited and thrown onto the city top using a trebuchet. As long as the length of the fuse is appropriate, the explosive packet can be thrown onto the city top.

It will explode on time or later.

Of course, Yang Xi has more powerful weapons in his hands.

He had many strong iron cylinders made. He was inspired by the "heartless cannon" made by the People's Liberation Army in the famous Huaihai Battle in later generations. It is a very simple device that only needs to be filled with a sufficient amount of gunpowder at the bottom of the iron cylinder and ignited.

After stuffing the gunpowder, the huge thrust generated by the combustion and explosion of the gunpowder can be used to push out the explosive bag stacked in the iron cylinder, and the explosive bag will be ignited at the same time, which is amazingly powerful.

During the Battle of Huaihai, many Chinese soldiers were killed by the shock wave generated when explosive packages exploded.

Of course, Yang Xi did not make the iron cylinders with a terrifying diameter as large as the gasoline barrels used during the Huaihai Battle. Each iron cylinder he now ordered to be made is about a little over a foot in diameter, about thirty or forty centimeters. The diameter of the iron cylinder is longer.

, about three feet or about one meter. An explosive bag of about twenty kilograms of gunpowder can be stuffed inside. During the test in Tongguan, the launch distance was large.

It is about three to four hundred steps and five hundred meters. In later generations, the 30-centimeter-caliber artillery was already a giant cannon, and its power could scare people to death. Unfortunately, the range of such a large-caliber "artillery" made by Yang Xi using the most primitive means is not

Not far away, the power is completely incomparable to howitzers of later generations, and even the power of portable infantry cannons may not be comparable.

However, the explosive power of twenty or thirty kilograms of gunpowder is still quite astonishing. It can blow up a large piece of a thick city wall. The huge sound produced by the explosion can deafen people's ears. If there are people near the explosion point, they will almost be shocked by the explosion.

The shock wave stunned and even killed him.

Just when Pang Zhong's troops arrived outside the west gate of Shaanxi County, set up a battle formation, set up dozens of trebuchets, buried dozens of "heartless cannons", and prepared to order an attack, Yang Xi rushed over.

Pang Zhong was slightly surprised when he heard that Yang Xi had arrived, and immediately ran to Yang Xi and reported the situation loudly: "Report to the marshal, the general has set up the trebuchet and cannon, please give the marshal instructions!"

Hearing that Pang Zhong had set up the attack formation so quickly, and that the men and horses ascending the city were also ready, Yang Xi was overjoyed. He quickly climbed up a nearby hillside with Pang Zhong, took out the telescope he carried with him, and observed the situation at the top of the city of Shaanxi County.

The situation comes.

I saw a panic at the top of the city. In the light of torches, countless sergeants were running back and forth. You didn't need to look carefully at Yang Xi to know that countless rebels had already held bows and arrows in their hands, ready to welcome the Tang army. Soon Yang Xi

He also put down his telescope, looked back at Pang Zhong, who was slightly nervous, and calmly gave the order: "General Pang, give me the order to start the attack!"

"Yes, Marshal!" After Pang Zhong responded loudly, he immediately gave the order to attack to a general waiting beside him, "Start attacking the city!"

Following the general's voice of agreement, several rocket-like things soared into the sky and exploded above the soldiers. As the rockets exploded, countless fire sticks were lit, and then countless sparks exploded.

The ropes were burning in the night sky. "Let it go!" I don't know who was shouting the order. With the continuous sound of "let it go", the fire flashed.

Hua's explosive package was thrown up by the trebuchet, drawing a line of fire and flying towards the top of the city. A little later, a huge explosion also sounded, and those homemade "heartless cannons" also started

The roar, the loud noise produced when the gunpowder filled in the barrel burned and exploded, frightened many war horses and neighed, and also made many soldiers couldn't help but tremble.

Neither humans nor horses have ever experienced such a scene. This is a completely different combat mode from previous siege battles.

Both Yang Xi and Pang Zhong, after the attack order was given, immediately raised their binoculars and looked nervously in the direction of the city.
Chapter completed!