Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Seeing that Lu Yan didn't pay much attention to Xiangyang City, Cai Mao felt very upset.

Cai Mao just said such a sentence, but suddenly there was a deep voice in front of him: "I advise you not to say such words."

Cai Mao knew the speaker in front of him, his name was Li Dian, and he was an excellent general who was mature, prudent, and elder-like.

Knowing that his words might have a bad influence if others listened to them, Cai Mao hurriedly turned around and cupped his fists to apologize: "I lost my mind for a while, please don't take it to heart."

Li Dian nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "I know you can't believe Mr.'s words, but it's not your fault, because you don't know what extraordinary abilities Mr. has."

"." Cai Mao was startled by Li Dian's words, and he subconsciously asked, "Do you think Lu Hussars really has a way to break through Xiangyang City quickly?"

"Why don't you believe it?" Li Dian chuckled, "From the beginning to the end, as long as Mr. thinks, there is nothing he can't do!"

Cai Hao was speechless by Li Dian's tone of course, and he still thought in disbelief: "This Lu Yan is a fairy who came down to earth, otherwise, how can he have such a great ability?"

Just as Cai Mao was puzzled, Lu Yan said, "Gan Ning, Su Fei, Xu Sheng!"

As early as when they attacked Chaisang City, Su Fei and Gan Ning had seen the power of cannons when attacking the city; and Xu Sheng, as a victim, feared and loved those dark guys even more.What he is afraid of is the power of those weapons, and even now he can occasionally dream of being bombarded; the joy is that he is now a member of the Dahan Navy, and he will be the only one who bombards others in the future. No one can beat him anymore.

As early as when the army entered Xiangyang, Gan Ning discussed with Su Fei and Xu Sheng whether Lu Yan would move the cannons to land for siege warfare.

All three of them felt that this possibility was very high, and now that Lu Yan's roll call gave them a premonition that their guess would come true.

"It's time to show our big baby!" Lu Yan grinned and said, "Go! Go and move all the artillery on the ship to the city of Xiangyang. I want to show the world that there will be no more guns in this world. There is a city that can stop our army!

My big Han navy is invincible! "

The three of Gan Ning were so excited that they wobbled a little, and shouted with all their strength:

"The general obeys orders!!!"

"Big Han navy, invincible!!!"

Hearing what Lu Yan said, Cao Ren couldn't help laughing and teasing: "Sir, you first created a Beiwei army that was invincible in foot combat; later you created a dragon cavalry battalion, wolf cavalry battalion, and iron cavalry battalion that were invincible in cavalry combat Futu; now you have called out the invincible navy. Are you still giving us warriors a way to survive?!"

"Hahaha!" Regarding Cao Ren's ridicule, it was Lao Cao who laughed the loudest, and even leaned forward and backward.

After laughing, Cao Cao looked at Lu Yan and said, "Mr. Lu, let us see what kind of invincible your Han navy is! But I want to remind you, it's a siege battle now!"

"So what?" Lu Yan smiled and turned his head to look at Gan Ning, Su Fei, and Xu Sheng, and said, "Did you hear that, I have invincible infantry and invincible cavalry. And now, it's your turn to show off your navy skills." Invincible! Don't embarrass me."

"If the last general disappoints the master, he should come and see him!"

"Come and see you!"

The three of Gan Ning were so excited that their faces were flushed, and Zhao Xue who was standing at the side couldn't help complaining to Lu Lingqi: "Sir, it's true, let's see how Xingba and the others have been agitated."

Lu Lingqi also gave Lu Yan a dark look, and thought, "Why don't I see you talking so well on weekdays?"

Feeling the two mournful gazes, Lu Yan pretended to be calm and turned a blind eye, then got up and cupped his hands to Cao Cao and everyone present: "Mr. Before entering the city, I hope everyone sticks to their posts and must not let any reinforcements come in!"

Cao Cao also asked everyone at this time: "Did you hear that?"

"heard it!"

"If you hear it, do it. Dismiss the meeting!"

Chapter 516 Advance, Artillery Siege!

Speaking of the navy, we must first talk about the situation in Xiangfan area.

To put it simply, there are rivers and waters everywhere here, so the navy is the most important military force here, and the cavalry, which used to be invincible in the Central Plains and the North, has become a little bit restrained.

In the south, with a strong enough navy, you can easily penetrate the entire Jingxiang area along various rivers.

In the vicinity of Xiangyang, apart from the Hanshui River and the Baihe River, there are basically no large places that can provide naval training grounds. Only Panyangze further south has enough space.Historically, after Cao Cao captured Jingzhou, he trained his navy in Panyang Lake, and then went down the Yangtze River to compete with the navy led by Zhou Yu at Chibi.

Now Cao Jun's forces have not penetrated into Jingzhou, so Cai Mao's navy was training in Danjiangkou not far from Xiangyang.

Danjiangkou can be regarded as relatively broad, and it is also a good choice to train the navy here.

The navy led by Lu Yan does not need training for the time being. They have been cruising in the Hanshui River and the Yangtze River, basically blocking all the upper reaches from Jiangxia.

Xiangyang has been an important military town since ancient times.

Especially in the Southern Song Dynasty, Xiangyang blocked the Mongolian army for more than ten years, and even forced the Mongolian main force to go around to attack the Sichuan Basin, trying to attack the Southern Song Dynasty in a detour.

The reason why Xiangyang City is so strong is that the soldiers work hard and the people unite as one; the second is the intricate geographical advantages outside Xiangyang City.

To the north of Xiangyang City is a spacious Han River, and to the east is the Baihe River, which protects the east of Xiangyang.

The east and west sides of Xiangyang are high mountains and hilly areas. The Mongols are all cavalry and not proficient in water, and there is no way to detour in this place.If you make a detour, you may have to go a longer distance, but if you go around, it is better to attack Changsha or Chaisang directly.

The Mongols had no choice but to go south to Xiangyang to continue to struggle.

But Cao Cao is different, his current navy is even stronger than Jingzhou and Jiangdong!The Xiangfan area is basically under the control of Cao Jun, and Xiangyang City has been completely isolated with the cooperation of Cai Mao's navy.

It is impossible for Xiangyang City to have foreign aid now, so it can only rely on its own city defense to resist Cao Jun's offensive.

After confirming that the main attack on Xiangyang City this time was the Han navy under Lu Yan's command, Cao Jun's other teams have been curious about how this navy will attack the city.

They didn't make them wait too long. In the early morning of the second day, under the urging of the formation commanders, the Dahan Navy unloaded a cannon covered with red cloth from the ship and pulled it into the barracks.

When Cao Cao and the generals who had seen artillery before saw these artillery, they immediately understood Lu Yan's plan.

"Does he want to directly attack the city of Xiangyang City with artillery?"

"I heard that Chaisang City was breached by artillery!"

"But how can Chaisang City compare with Xiangyang City? I still feel very confused"

The soldiers in the army talked a lot, but Gan Ning and others were not affected at all, and they still firmly followed their own plans and implemented them step by step.

There are more than 600 artillery pieces on one hundred warships.

But with the joint efforts of countless civilians and soldiers, it only took one day to send them all to the military camp.

After a day of rest,

The next day,

The 30 troops marched out together, forming an iron barrel formation on the west, north, and south sides of Xiangyang City!

Cao Cao, Lu Yan and others led the army to a distance of [-] steps outside Xiangyang City.

At this time, I saw a group of well-armored soldiers lined up on the city wall at the head of Xiangyang City; not only that, there were ballistas and trebuchets on the city wall, which were enough to pose a threat to Cao Cao and others who were three hundred steps away.However, the distance is still a bit remote, and the aim is not enough, so they didn't try to shoot at it.

Cao Cao pointed to the city wall of Xiangyang City, which was nearly five feet high, and said, "Mr. Lu, is such a fortified city, are your artillery really sure to break through it?"

"I should still be a little sure, how will I know if I don't try it out?" Cao Cao was surprised by Lu Yan's words.

"Uh..." Lao Cao was at a loss for words for a while, and after a long time, I dare you to say that you are not completely sure!

Lu Yan smiled, and said again: "Even if the city wall of Xiangyang City cannot be completely destroyed, the power of the artillery is still enough to crush the will of the defenders in the city. You should know, Mr. Cao, that attacking the city is the bottom line, and attacking the heart is the top priority." .As long as we show the strength enough to break through Xiangyang City, then many of the following things can actually be done logically."

Lao Cao thought about it too, so he laughed and replied: "Okay, let me see how you can show enough strength to defeat the will of Xiangyang defenders!"

The walls of Xiangyang City are five feet high and three feet wide.

In ancient China, most city walls were built with rammed earth.

There are stone walls in some places, but not all of them are built of stone.

First, suitable stones are not available everywhere; second, whether mining, transporting stones, or building city walls is very labor-intensive and financially expensive, there are almost no places where city walls can be built entirely of stones.

The most important ancient city walls are rammed earth walls.

The main raw material of the earth wall is naturally soil, which facilitates the use of local materials.Another advantage of a rammed earth wall is that it can be constructed as a single piece.

However, the soil used to build the city is treated soil.

Some city builders added sheep's blood, eggs, and other substances to the soil and stirred them to increase the viscosity of the soil.

When building walls, each layer of soil should be tamped and compacted before the second layer is laid.

These layers were superimposed on top of each other, forming a wall over ten meters high.

In order to increase the firmness of the city wall, the builders will also cover the outside of the rammed earth wall with bricks. This is the real structure of most city walls today.

But even if it is not a complete stone wall, it is by no means an easy task to bombard it with artillery.

But this is not a problem for Lu Yan, because he still knows some classic battle cases.

As the sun rose, the soldiers of the Han Navy began to rush to the front line after eating and drinking enough.

Without delay, Lu Yan directly ordered Gan Ning, Su Fei, and Xu Sheng: "The whole army advances, attack Xiangyang!"

Following the orders of the generals of various ministries, Cao Jun began to advance steadily.

When the navy soldiers advanced to the maximum lethal range of the cannons at the top of the city, they all stopped.

The effective range of the artillery exceeds two kilometers, and the maximum power is more than one mile away. Moreover, it still uses a new type of gunpowder that has been improved many times. The range is enhanced and the power is stronger than before.

The artillery array is enough to be out of the range of the enemy's catapults and ballistas.

Chapter 517 Violently Beating Primitives?

The defenders on the top of the city saw that Cao Jun stopped at a distance of five hundred paces, and some Monks Zhang Er were really puzzled.

When Pang Tong, Zhuge Jin and others, accompanied by Wenpin and other generals, went up to the west wall in person, they also looked at Cao Jun outside the city with puzzled faces.

Standing so far away, what kind of trouble do you want to make?

Just when everyone was wondering what the hell Cao Cao and the others were doing, Zhuge Jin suddenly frowned and said, "I heard that the navy led by Lu Yan used an unknown weapon to destroy the walls of Chaisang City. It collapsed. Are they trying to repeat the old tricks to break through the walls of our Xiangyang City?"

Pang Tong also felt that this possibility was very high, so he nodded and replied: "It is indeed possible. But our city wall is not comparable to that of Chaisang City. We can observe the power of their weapons for a while, and then we can go back to the city. It’s not too late to make plans.”

Lu Yan had fulfilled Pang Tong's wish. Before Pang Tong and Zhuge Jin had finished speaking, he let them see the power of the artillery.

The sound of war drums suddenly sounded outside the city, followed by roars,

"ignition!"

"Fire the cannon!"

Following the order to fire the cannons, nearly three hundred cannons fired concentrated fire at a designated area of ​​the city wall.

With the sound of "rumbling" shelling, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the shells immediately smashed into the city wall of Xiangyang City like hail!

The loud bang from the artillery was very intimidating.

In order to achieve the best results and to defeat the will of resistance of the defenders in Xiangyang City in the shortest possible time, all these heavy artillery were aimed at a fixed section of the city wall and fired.

Not all of the hundreds of shells had such a good aim, and some of them would fall towards the city from time to time.

More than half of the dozen or so shells that flew into the city fell into the urn, but there were still a few "anti-aircraft guns" that flew into the city and landed in the areas where the people lived.

Immediately, where the shells fell, many houses in the city were knocked down. Even the State Shepherd's Mansion in Xiangyang City was lucky enough to be hit by a bullet, causing a corner of the roof of the lobby to collapse.

As the key target of the bombardment, the section of the city wall in the middle was instantly smashed into pieces by shells.

Although the city wall was still standing tenaciously, Pang Tong, Zhuge Jin and many defenders on the city wall were frightened and fled down the city wall immediately.The soldiers panicked and fled everywhere to save their lives.

The more than 200 powerful cannonballs almost shattered the bluestone bricks outside the city wall and flew away. The cannonballs were either bounced off or deeply embedded in the city wall. It seemed that they were still struggling unwillingly and wanted to go further. !

Pang Tong and Zhuge Jin had recovered from the initial shock, and they quickly ordered the soldiers to fight back.

After a wave of shelling, the Xiangyang defenders naturally wanted to fight back.

But after trying a counterattack, they found that neither the trebuchet nor the ballista could reach the artillery position more than 500 steps away.

When the counterattack was ineffective, the navy's second wave of shelling came again!

"Fire the gun!"

This time, it was the bombardment of another three hundred artillery pieces.

Lu Yan deliberately divided the artillery into two batches, just to use the shortest time to carry out high-frequency attacks, and strive to knock down a section of the city wall in the shortest time, so as to shock the enemy's mind and exert extreme pressure. .

Cao Jun's shelling outside the defensive distance of the defenders in Xiangyang was undoubtedly a nightmare for the defenders.

Wave after wave of gunfire hit Wenpin so badly that he didn't even dare to send people up the city wall.

But the defenders did not dare to return to the city wall, but the navy outside the city started with shelling and transported all kinds of iron cables, planks, and even small boats for crossing the river to the river outside Xiangyang City, and built a bridge by the river. A fortification to defend a place from arrows.

As long as the bombardment stops, the sailors can use these wooden boats, planks, etc. to start building a pontoon bridge on the city river, and they can also use boats to transport soldiers across the river.It's just that these movements look more like a drill, or a gesture.

The defenders in other areas of the city wall saw the actions of Cao Jun's navy, so they sent soldiers to rush out of the city gate, vowing to burn down these pontoon bridges.

Due to the barrier of the moat, Cao Jun from the other two gates could only use bows and arrows to attack the Xiangyang defenders who had left the city.

But these defenders were specially protected by large shield soldiers, and they could only watch helplessly as they fired rockets and then smashed them with kerosene tanks, burning down dozens of pontoon bridges that the navy had worked so hard to build.

Seeing that the first attempt failed, the navy had to retreat temporarily.