Eight hundred and forty-one days of fire burning the city
The annoyed Guan Yu issued a brand new order, which took a long time and fiercely, and used new weapons to bombard Jiange Guancheng violently.
He decided to constantly cause explosions and long-distance strikes, so as to put pressure on the Shu people continuously, and not give the Shu people time to rest and reorganize their troops. He torture them severely until they are dying, and then send troops to attack the city.
We cannot continue to cause unnecessary casualties in the army. If we continue to suffer casualties, we will still win miserably even if we win.
As Xun You said, Guan Yu knew exactly how much Guo Peng cared about the lives of soldiers.
Since the time of Huwuwan's lieutenant, Guo Peng has widely appointed military doctors, never abandoning any wounded soldier, spending a lot of money to buy herbs, and doing his best to save their lives after each battle. Therefore, all the troops are willing to work hard for Guo Peng, and they all strive to be the first when they go to the battlefield.
Part of the reason why he decided to fight for Guo Peng at all costs was that he was moved by Guo Peng's actions to value the lives of soldiers, and has been following him since then.
One of the traditions of the Wei army is to never give up the wounded soldiers, and adhere to the concept that a veteran who returned to the team will surpass ten new recruits. Therefore, the proportion of veterans in the Wei army is extremely high and the combat power has always been very high.
Guan Yu naturally would not violate this tradition.
So a large-scale catapult strike began.
Throwing stones, throwing thunderstorms into Guancheng together, which brought great shock to the Shu army, which was still licking the wounds in Guancheng to conduct summary meetings, and thought that the Wei army was about to start attacking again.
When Guan Yu decided to launch a strike on Guancheng, the senior leaders of the Shu army were holding a military meeting to summarize.
"I have read in ancient books that in the pre-Qin period, a military strategist used a stone throwing machine to launch stones from three hundred steps away to attack the city. However, after that, this stone throwing machine disappeared and was lost. But I didn't expect that the Wei people actually reappeared this stone throwing machine, and the strike distance was definitely more than three hundred steps!"
Huang Quan wiped the black stains on his face and looked at Wu Yi with lingering fear.
Wu Yi's face was very bad.
"Stone thrower... This stone thrower is too fierce, with huge rocks, and a weapon that sounds like thunder. I never expected that the Wei people would have so many strange weapons that we had never heard of. If Gong Heng had not brought troops to help this time, my life would have been explained there..."
Wu Yi said and rubbed his ears.
"The general's ears are still uncomfortable?"
"That sound is so loud... By the way, how many casualties are there in the entire army?"
Wu Yi asked Huang Quan.
Huang Quan's face was stagnant.
"There are many people. Preliminary estimates are that more than 800 people died in battle and were difficult to treat. The minor injuries cannot be calculated. More importantly, we now lack military doctors and drugs, and it is difficult for injured soldiers to be treated. This is not good."
Wu Yi shook his head and sighed.
"It is not easy for Your Majesty to raise enough food and grass for us to use for three months. Medicines and other things can only be left to fate... How could there be such a big casualty?"
"We didn't expect the new weapon of the Wei people, and naturally we didn't know how to prevent it, so there were great casualties, especially the deafening weapon. According to some soldiers, after it exploded, a large amount of debris spewed out.
There is gravel in the debris, which may injure the soldiers when touching the soldiers. If they hit the head, they may even die. Once they explode in the place where the soldiers have dense combat power, they will injure countless soldiers in an instant, which will be extremely killing and very terrifying."
Huang Quan was very worried and said again: "If you want to beware of this item, you must at least put armor on the soldiers. However, our army does not have many armor, only enough to be equipped with elite troops. Ordinary soldiers cannot be equipped with armor at all, so soldiers are extremely damaged."
Wu Yi frowned and thought for a moment.
"Where are you using a shield?"
"Those things will fall from the sky at any time, and they will not be where they will fall. They cannot be prevented in advance. Even if there is a shield, it cannot be allowed to defend every soldier at all times. It is almost impossible to be prepared in advance."
Huang Quan shook his head.
"What should I do?"
Wu Yi was very worried and full of anxiety: "If this continues, our army will inevitably face great losses. The troops may not be able to support them for long. Once the Jiange is captured, Chengdu will be in danger!"
Huang Quan had nothing to do.
"General, the only thing that is now is..."
Before Huang Quan could finish his words, suddenly, a thunderous sound rang out in the city again, causing Wu Yi and Huang Quan to look at each other.
The two of them trembled violently, fell to the ground together, and then stood up with support from each other, looking outside in horror.
Did the Wei army start siege again?
The Wei army did not attack the city, but used long-range weapons to carry out continuous attacks on the city, causing chaos in the defenders in the city, and fleeing everywhere to avoid being hit.
The huge rocks falling from the sky and the thunder falling from the sky continued to hit the Jiange defenders physically and psychologically, causing the morale of the Jiange defenders to greatly reduce.
But not only the boulders and the thunder, but also the turbulent oil tanks that were not available for use just now have also begun to be used.
The cannons ignite the cloth at the mouth of the ignition oil tank to start burning, and then use a trencher to throw it into or above the city.
When the tank touches the wall or the ground, it will explode, and the moment the ignition oil tank explodes, it will be like a large ball of fire bursting.
The scene was simply unimaginable. The huge fire ball burst and sparks splashed everywhere. The violent airflow prompted the fire ball to splash further and burned more violently. The soldiers around the explosion were also blown away by the violent explosion airflow, turning into a fire "flame flying man".
The worst one was on fire all over. He was blown from Guancheng to Guancheng and fell to the ground like a ball of fire. When the person died, the fire was still burning.
Fire not only devours the lives of soldiers, but also splashes on the attic of Guancheng or on the soldiers' weapons, whether it is stone, wood, bronze or iron, and it starts to burn as soon as it is stained.
So this strange and terrifying fire scared the defenders of the Shu army to pieces and fled in all directions.
A large number of soldiers on fire were running desperately. Some comrades came forward to try to put out the fire for them, but they could not put out the flames at all. Instead, they implicated more people and allowed more people to catch fire together.
Many people were on fire and could only cry and shout and roll around on the ground, but no matter how hard they tried, it was difficult to put out the flames.
It gives people the feeling of a fire burning the city.
Guan Yu and the generals in the distance were observing the damage caused to Jiange Guancheng by the long-distance strike, and were surprised to find the violent lethality of the fierce ignition oil tank.
It seems that the ignition oil tank seems to be even bigger than the power of the tremor thunder. The ignition thunder is just a sound. The ignition oil tank is not that loud, but this fire is indeed terrible.
"I heard that these fierce tincture oils were collected in Liangzhou and then transported to Luoyang for production. I was still wondering what this fierce tincture oil was. It turned out to be such a terrible weapon!"
Guan Yu took a breath of air conditioning, feeling very incredible about this, and was very surprised by the huge lethality of the fierce ignition oil tank.
"It's so terrifying. It seems that the Ministry of Works really has not wasted the funds. Many people have said that the Ministry of Works needs too much every year and should be reduced for civil affairs. Now it seems that there are still some additional ones. The more powerful the weapons are, the more we can win the battle?"
Pang Xi followed Xun You and said this.
"Yes, after this battle, we should express our views to Your Majesty to explain the role of these new weapons. We cannot let the mediocre officials in the court who are in vain ruin the military and national affairs."
Chapter completed!