Chapter 317 A quite magical siege battle
After hearing Gan Ning’s order, Chen Dao couldn’t help but look at Gan Ning. He now wanted to ask Gan Ning what he planned to use for support?
Arrows? Indeed it can. But is there a legion of elite archers on the Qingzhou fleet? If not, super elite archers can also be used, at least they can kill the enemy.
Legion attack? It seems that it is probably possible. After all, the cloud gas storage warehouse equipped on the ship can still operate.
As long as Gan Ning can control this huge cloud, he can beat the enemy and make them run away.
[Maybe...] Chen Dao looked at Fazheng, who was standing next to Gan Ning. This person could assist Gan Ning in sorting out the cloud energy and enhance the efficiency of its use.
"No." Chen Dao didn't say anything else. Although Gan Ning is very adventurous, you can't deny that Gan Ning is still a very reliable general.
Without any other action, Chen Dao led the Baijie soldiers to jump out of the boat, raised his hand and opened the way for a legion attack, blowing up the defenders on the shore and knocking them off their feet.
Because Gan Ning and the others arrived so quickly, Shouchun City had no time to set up a blocking defense line on the shore, so they had to hurriedly dispatch several nearby legions to organize a defensive front on the spot.
However, even if you think about it with your brain, you can know how strong the battle line organized in a hurry is, so Chen Dao killed hundreds of people with a legion attack.
"Follow me to kill!" Chen Dao shouted to the soldiers of the Baijie Army as soon as he stepped onto the river bank.
This is the first battle since the formation of the Baijie Army. They must show their strength, show their majesty, and show their reputation as Liu Bei's personal guard!
"You hid an elite archer on the boat?" Fazheng asked Gan Ning with a strange expression after seeing Chen Dao fighting on the river bank.
He remembered that some of the sailors of the Qingzhou Fleet were transferred from the water bandits. Even with Chen Xi's logistical support, it would not be possible to wash out an elite archer corps so quickly, right?
Although Chen Xi also established a fairly formal naval training base before, it seems that the training base was only officially opened in the past month or two.
In other words, the soldiers who can now serve as sailors on the Qingzhou Fleet are either transferred from the water bandits, or they were trained in the storms on the sea with Gan Ning.
So, Gan Ning either trained an elite group of archers at sea, or he had other ways to support Chen Dao on the ship.
"Elite archer corps? I would like to have one, but unfortunately I don't have one on my ship." Gan Ning shook his head and rejected Fazheng's speculation.
After a pause, Gan Ning continued: "However, there are still a few groups of elite archers."
After all, most of the sailors in the Qingzhou fleet came from the southern states. Even the water bandits who initially followed Gan Ning were recruited from the southern states.
If we discuss infantry and cavalry, our soldiers in the southern states dare not speak. But if you want to talk about archers and sailors, our southern states can defeat the northern states!
Fazheng remembered a violent theory given by Yang Ji, that is, the soldiers of the southern states are inherently better than the soldiers of the north in matters such as water warfare and archery, just like the infantry of the north. Same as cavalry.
Looking at Gan Ning's stern expression, Fazheng couldn't help but said: "What you have in your hands is just a few elite archers. There are two super elite archers in Fenggao Camp." "They are the two super-elite archer corps, Changshui and Shesheng. I know that. I also recruited a few veterans from them to serve as centurions." Gan Ning didn't. Although Yifa Zheng was choking, he said with a proud look on his face.
"Huh?" Fazheng was stunned when he heard Gan Ning's words. Gan Ning was able to touch people from under Huangfu Song's hands. What kind of operation was this?
"You can actually touch people from General Huangfu, and you also touched people from the Shesheng and Changshui camps?" Fazheng said with some amazement.
If Fazheng remembers correctly, Gan Ning has rarely stayed in Fenggao for a few days since he took up the post of Navy Commander, that is, he came back during Chen Xi’s wedding and the Jingling Hall ceremony. a few days.
Gan Ning is really amazing. He was able to take away several archery instructors from Huangfu Song in such a short period of time. He is really amazing.
“Hehe——” Gan Ning just smiled a few times and did not tell how he took away several archery instructors from Huangfu Song.
"Come, let the enemy see the cluster artillery strike of our Qingzhou fleet." Gan Ning greeted several groups of archers holding longbows on the deck.
"Replace the etched arrows, prepare for three breaths, prepare - release!" Following the order of a centurion, the elite archers on Gan Ning's flagship began to prepare for the attack.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"...
I saw hundreds of streams of light rising into the sky, heading towards The enemy's dense front line fell away, blowing up the enemy soldiers and turning them upside down.
Hundreds more streams of light rose into the sky, landed on the city wall of Shouchun City and exploded. If Ji Ling hadn't provided the cloud protection in time, the defenders on the city wall might have been seriously injured.
"Archers, release a rain of arrows towards the enemy's flagship!" Ji Ling, with a solemn look on his face, organized the archers to attack Gan Ning's flagship with a rain of arrows.
The arrows fired from Gan Ning's flagship were definitely not regular arrows. If Ji Ling remembered correctly, they should be explosive arrows from Changshui Camp.
[Not everyone can afford to use Changshui Camp’s explosive arrows...] Ji Ling’s eyes were solemn.
Unlike the regular archer corps, if the two super-elite archer corps, Changshui Camp and Shesheng Camp, want to show their true strength, they must be prepared to burn money, and they are Burn a lot.
Regular arrow rain cleaning can recover some arrows, but as soon as these two archer legions turn on the tactical strike mode, they will start to burn money, and the arrows fired cannot be recycled at all.
"Is this... the exploding arrow from Changshui Camp?" Fazheng stared dumbly at the arrow that exploded in the enemy's battle line.
"Yes and no." Gan Ning shook his head, "The ordinary version of the Long Water Explosive Arrow does not have the power after it explodes."
Fa Zheng didn't wait to continue asking, Gan Ning took out an arrow and said, "Did you see it? The etching on it is the secret technique of essence explosion etching developed by General Yang.
It can be triggered after the explosion of Changshui Camp's explosive arrow. The surrounding heaven and earth essence exploded, causing an even more lethal explosion.”
Fazheng twitched the corner of his mouth with difficulty. Yang Ji was so idle in Qingzhou that he had even developed this secret technique of energy explosion.
As for why the secret technique can be etched on the arrow branches, you have to ask how those cultivators turned the secret technique into talismans. Although it is not the same thing, the result is Pretty much.
“There shouldn’t be many people who can do this level of etching, right?” Fazheng simply looked at the etched arrow that Gan Ning brought over and knew that the cost of this thing must be high. .
“Of course, General Yang has trained a group of craftsmen who can perform simple etching work in the workshop.
But it is limited to primary etching work. If it involves For etching at the intermediate level and above, General Yang still has to do it himself," Gan Ning said with a sigh. "Then what are you doing?" Fazheng said in confusion. Since Chen Xi hasn't set up an assembly line for etching arrows yet, how did Gan Ning think of using such etched arrows in the first round of strikes?
“Oh, you ask this.” Gan Ning’s fingertips traced the etching on the arrow branch, “Of course it was not made by General Yang’s hands.
I learned this essence shock After he discovered the secret technique, he etched it with his own hands." Gan Ning's face was filled with bitterness as he talked about this time of etching arrows with his hands.
"However, the power of the arrows etched with the secret technique of energy explosion really lived up to the days I spent hard practicing etching techniques." Gan Ning wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
"Then you have mastered advanced etching technology now?" Fazheng's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that Gan Ning, a general, had mastered advanced etching technology, but even spiritual wise men like them had not mastered it. technical means.
"No, I just learned the etching ritual of this essence explosion secret technique." Gan Ning touched the back of his head, wondering how Fazheng came to the idea that he had mastered advanced etching technology.
“What’s more, this Essence Explosion Secret Technique is only an intermediate secret technique and does not require high-end etching technology.”
“Look, Chen Shuzhi has penetrated it. The enemy's coastal defense forces have stopped us from continuing our operations." Fazheng shouted, diverting Gan Ning's attention from the etching technology.
“Holy shit, he is worthy of being said to be a guy who can complete his will and distort reality. His combat power is so fierce.
Quickly, let’s fire three more rounds of specially made arrows to further suppress the enemy’s actions. Create opportunities for friendly forces to attack the city!" Gan Ning ordered decisively.
After hearing Gan Ning's order, Fazheng just frowned and did not object to Gan Ning's order to continue attacking the city.
Although the siege force only had Chen Dao's Baijie soldiers, the Baijie soldiers were too strong. With the coordination of Gan Ning's artillery fire, the defenders could not even lift their heads.
"Ladder!? When did they get the ladder?" Ji Ling, the city guard general, roared.
The enemy who had just penetrated the coastal defense force suddenly had dozens of ladders in their hands.
"Boss, change the crossbow, and the crossbow bolt is nailed to the city wall!" Cabbage shouted to Gan Ning from the shore. This was Chen Dao's request from the other side.
"Fuck, come here, change the crossbow, shoot in random order, nail the crossbow arrows to the city wall, and provide a foothold for the brothers of the siege troops!" Gan Ning also discovered the ladder that had been overturned by the defenders.
“Buzz~” The buzzing sound when the ship-borne bed crossbow explodes is just nice to hear.
"Ha, you are indeed the chief of the navy. This support came in time.
Brothers, step on the crossbow arrows nailed to the city wall to ascend the city!" Chen Dao roared loudly, He passed his own will into the will of Bai Jibing through the legion's talent.
"Kill the duck!" The soldiers of the Baijie Army roared excitedly. They did not expect that they could achieve such results in their first battle, and they lived up to the name of Liu Bei's personal guard!
"Is the support coming from behind?" Ji Ling grabbed the messenger by the collar and roared. If the city defense materials behind were not in place, this section of the city wall would have changed hands.
Ji Ling really didn’t expect that it has reached this point and the support from behind has not arrived yet. What on earth are those idiots from the Government Affairs Department doing.
Also, the city defense materials on the walls of Shouchun City are not enough, and his horses are actually not enough.
Is this because Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were lazy and did not notice this problem when they were in power, or is it that the original city defense supplies were sufficient, but they were later moved away?
Ji Ling didn't know, but Ji Ling knew one thing very well. If the support from behind was not in place, this section of the city wall would change hands.
Ji Ling put down the frightened messenger and said, "Go to the Government Affairs Office and inform the lord of the situation here."
After saying that, Ji Ling led his guards to the front line of the battlefield. Chen arrived here By now we were on the city wall.
Shuchun Government Affairs Department, Yuan Shu looked at the many officials in the Government Affairs Department with a cold face. Most of these officials were from aristocratic families.
"That's great. This is why you said you don't have to worry about the enemies on the Huai River. Now the enemies have passed through the Huai River and have reached Shouchun City.
Tell me, you are in the Huai River What exactly is arranged along the waterfront? ”
"Say it!" Yuan Shu slammed the table, scaring many of the secretive officials in the Government Affairs Department to the point where sweat broke out on their faces.
Yuan Shu didn't understand. These people were smart enough to buy things when they were in Yuzhou. Why did they become like this after arriving in Shouchun?
Because they have ghosts in their hearts, most people here don't even look up at Yuan Shu. They can only lower their heads and feel the rage from Yuan Shu.
"Report! Our army's city defense supplies are insufficient. The enemy has climbed onto the city wall, but the reinforcements have not yet arrived." A messenger rushed in in embarrassment.
The official who originally thought that he could take this opportunity to get Yuan Shu away suddenly broke into a cold sweat after hearing the news.
It was not because the enemy troops had already climbed onto the city wall, nor that the reinforcements had not yet arrived, but the lack of city defense supplies was their biggest fatal point.
"Okay, okay!" After Yuan Shu, who was already angry, heard the news, he furiously pulled out his sword and chopped down the table in front of him.
The trembling people did not dare to speak out, for fear that Yuan Shu would be furious and chop them down together.
The main reason is that Yuan Shu’s record can be checked.
Yuan Shu took his sword and went to mobilize his troops. These guys can no longer be counted on. Sooner or later, they will be killed.
After Sun Ce and Zhou Yu returned from Jiangdong, Yuan Shu pressured these guys to cooperate with Zhou Yu and Sun Ce in the long-overdue transfer of power.
“Holy shit, is there really something wrong in Shouchun City?” Fazheng stared at the city wall in shock, where no reinforcements had appeared until now.
“Not only is there a problem within the city, but even the defense materials on the city wall are insufficient.” Gan Ning pointed at the city wall that had entered a hand-to-hand battle and said.
If the city defense supplies were sufficient, Ji Ling would not have allowed so many white soldiers to climb the city wall.
“It’s time to retreat, Yuan Jiujiu is still inside.” Fazheng suddenly said after coming back to his senses.
Gan Ning turned his head and glanced at Fazheng, whose eyes were dark, and understood what Fazheng meant.
The news about this section of the city wall has definitely been conveyed to Yuan Shu. As long as Yuan Shu knows the situation here, he will definitely lead the reinforcements himself.
(End of this chapter)