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    The waves of the sea surged to the surface one after another, and the Persians also landed one after another.  The main battleships of the Tang Navy were not in Strait Castle.  Datang is stationed in Yazhou, while Zhenhai and Dinghai are maintained at the shipyard in Jiangning.  The ship that has been at sea for seven or eight years should have been repaired in the factory long ago.  Not to mention anything else, the oysters on the side of the ship alone greatly reduced the speed of the two ships.

    Without the support of the navy, Cheng Chumo did not go out of the city to fight the Persians.  Instead, he chose to quietly watch the Persians land and then work hard to build his own fortress.

    The fire in front of the city gate was extinguished, and the Tang army had no intention of going to war.

    Darius was very happy, those businessmen told the truth.  There were only a few thousand Tang troops inside the Strait Castle.  Although they may be very elite, there is no reason why he cannot defeat them with more than 70,000 men under his command.

    They also had what they had, including gunpowder, kerosene, and hot-air balloons.  It's just that Persian hot air balloons don't move on their own.

    Since the Tang people were not planning to leave the city, Darius felt that he did not need to waste any more kerosene.  Although Persia is very rich in kerosene, it is not easy to transport it from such a long distance.  After sending out security forces, the Persians began to build their own forts in a swaggering manner.

    Darius was a cautious man, and he did not intend to attack the Tang people before he had a solid base.  Of course, the best result is for people to take the initiative to come out of the city to attack him.

    A stable camp, plus ten times the number of enemy troops.  Darius felt that if he was defeated, he could just hang himself and wipe his neck.

    Cheng Chumo felt itchy in his heart as he watched the Persians reinforcing his hard drive.  I tried using range-finding bombs, but the trebuchet couldn't reach that distance anyway.  He wanted Ling Jing to use his secret weapon, but he was always rejected.  Cheng Chumo was so angry that he wanted to strangle the old guy to death!

    As the days passed, Darius¡¯s hard drive became stable.  The Tang Dynasty had no intention of attacking yet. At this time, he had been standing on the shore of the strait for six full days.

    ¡°I can¡¯t wait any longer, the prosperous Tang State is waving to me.  Although Darius had never been to Tang, he knew from the mouths of those businessmen that it was the richest place in the world.  This time, he was going to loot that place.  Relying on his own scimitar to seize the most wealth.

    Let those who only want to go to Constantinople know how stupid their decision is.  The wealth of Constantinople is simply not worth mentioning compared with the huge Tang Dynasty.

    On the seventh day, Darius¡¯s army moved.  The Persians on the entire beach formed a dense military formation like ants. They had been fighting their enemies in the west for many years.  Being loose by nature, they also learned how to form military formations to maximize the power of the army.

    The trebuchet is in the center of the military formation, surrounded by heavy soldiers.  Due to limited transport capacity, there were only twenty trebuchets.  Next to the trebuchet is the general riding a tall Persian war horse.  Also due to limited transport capacity, only generals would have war horses to ride on.

    With the sound of the horn, a strange music sounded in the military formation.  It is very rhythmic, and the Persian soldiers relied on this music to advance.  The steps were very orderly, as if they were in a military parade.

    Cheng Chumo stood on the city wall, looking at the forest of spears and scimitars like snow below.  Dark-skinned Persian soldiers almost covered the entire beach.  As the army marched, their steps were adjusted uniformly.  Cheng Chumo swore that none of the soldiers in the Tang Dynasty could march in such unison.  The Imperial Guards in the palace are fine, but those guys are just for show.  Do the Persians want to rely on honor guards to storm their castle?  Their coach's mind must be normal!

    When the Persians stepped over the ranging arrow, Cheng Chumo roared.  The arrows all over the sky were aimed at the Persian military formation, so dense that they could block the sun.

    There were no gunpowder bombs and no kerosene bombs.  What was shot out from every perforation on the battlements were pure crossbows and crossbow guns.

    The big shield held by the Persians was broken open by the crossbow, and the sergeant behind the big shield was carried flying by the thick crossbow.  Even so, the Persians' strict military formation was still slowly moving forward.

    The people in the first row were taken away by the Eight Ox Crossbow, and the people in the second row immediately took over.  The big shield was gone, so he held up the body of his companion and continued forward.  Even if he is hit by an arrow, there is no cry or howl.  The entire battlefield was filled with the heartbreaking "pop" and "pop" sounds of crossbow arrows entering flesh.

    It¡¯s only a few dozen steps, and you can usually finish it in one breath.  Now every step forward, a layer of corpses will be spread on the ground.

    The Persians did not fight back, but were beaten.  Finally, the general on the horse shouted.  Then the trebuchets in the military formation began to fire!

    "Boom" "Boom"!  The sound of explosions kept coming, and gunpowder bombs exploded one after another.Explode.  After the blazing fire, there is steaming smoke.

    The corners of Cheng Chumo's mouth raised slightly. According to the performance, the Persians were indeed strong soldiers.  But their general was a little stupid. Their gunpowder shells bounced off the city wall and exploded when they hit the ground.  Such a thing is simply scratching the itch for the Strait Castle made of stone.

    "How long are you prepared to endure?" Cheng Chumo looked at the Persian military formation without looking at Ling Jing beside him, as if he was talking to the air.

    "It's time. Did you see that? That thing is much scarier than a trebuchet!" Ling Jing pointed to the cart in the distance, pulled by a dozen tall Persian horses.

    "If I guessed correctly, there must be a lot of gunpowder in the cart. If this thing reaches the city gate, the city gate will be gone after a bang. Compared with these things, the trebuchet can only be regarded as second-class.  Target. Target powder cart, launch!" Ling Jing pointed his hand, and someone immediately conveyed his order.

    Artillery is not very stable, so only fools would stand next to it and direct the battle.

    "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" a deafening sound came from the city wall, and the cannonballs were ejected at a speed that could not be caught by the naked eye.

    Almost at the same time as the cannonball was fired, a huge explosion occurred from the gunpowder truck two hundred steps away.  The violence of the explosion can be described as breathtaking.

    Cheng Chumo dodged to avoid a horse's leg that was thrown at him, thinking about the explosion just now and he was really frightened.  Jiang was still too old to notice the carriages.  I thought it was a carriage equipped with a Eight Ox Crossbow!

    After the smoke, those places where horse-drawn carriages were used just now.  It has now turned into a big pit, with no living person within a few dozen steps.  There were charred corpses everywhere, and the Persian horses pulling the cart simply disappeared.  At the same time, the carriage of the carriage disappeared. Only the broken wheels in the distance could prove that the carriage once existed.

    Darius¡¯s eyelids twitched. He didn¡¯t know what kind of weapon the Tang people used.  It's definitely not a trebuchet!

    This explosion killed at least thousands of people.  There was no way, the Persian army's military formation was too dense.  It seems that although the traditional Western military formation can effectively resist arrows, it is difficult to resist the long-range weapons of the Tang army.

    The horn sounded again, and the Persian army began to disperse.  At the same time, the trebuchets also began to suppress the trebuchets on the city walls.  For a time, the battle between the two sides became a battle of trebuchets.

    Without the dense military formation, the Persian infantry had many more gaps.  The Tang army's crossbow arrows shot at the Persian soldiers from all angles.  Almost every second, rows of Persian soldiers fell.  The casualties were even more tragic than before!

    Without the gunpowder cart, we can only use the most primitive method.  Ladders and construction trucks come in handy!

    There were also Persians who carried bags of gunpowder on their backs and piled them up and lit them when they carried them to the bottom of the city wall.  After blasting a hole, continue blasting.  But it only lasted a few times, and it couldn't continue anymore.

    Grenades are always falling from the sky, and often just a small hole is blown out of the city wall, and the Persians have to pay hundreds of lives.  Perhaps thinking that this was not worthwhile, the Persians climbed the ladder again.

    "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" There was a loud noise again on the tower, and the Persian trebuchets exploded one after another.  The second salvo of artillery killed three enemy trebuchets.  The general next to the trebuchet was also blown to pieces.

    "What on earth is that? Why is it not in the intelligence?" Darius gathered the businessman dressed as the leader.

    "I! I! I! I don't know!"

    These stilted words became his last words.  As he finished speaking, Darius drew his scimitar and chopped off his head himself.

    The roar will sound every once in a while. Even if the catapult has been withdrawn far away, it will be hit by those explosive guys and then turn into piles of debris.

    Darius¡¯s heart is bleeding, this is what he relies on to attack the city this time.  Now it's all turned into a pile of scrap wood!

    However, something happened that made his scalp numb even more.  Those explosive things actually started bombarding their own fortress.  All huge tents are the focus of attention for those things.

    ?? Explosions came and went, sometimes mixed with violent explosions.  Sometimes a black cloud like a mushroom rose up, and Darius's mouth opened wide.  He was stunned by the explosion, and he couldn't figure out what weapon the Tang people used.

    Gunpowder depot, fire oil depot.  The balloons that were not lifted into the sky all turned into balls of flame.  Every time there was an explosion, Darius's heart seemed to tremble.

    Ling Jing looked into the distance with a telescope. His observations over the past few days had allowed him to draw a good attack map for the artillery.  The calibrated targets are being hit by artillery shells one by one.

    This is the first actual combat of the artillery. The Duke said that the effective range of this thing is five miles.  Now it seems that it should be possible to go further.  Because he saw that a warship trying to get closer to the coast was also hit by a cannonball and caught fire.

    The exploding shells are filled with kerosene and icing sugar.  With these two things around, almost any target hit will burst into flames.  What's more, many places are already kerosene oil depots.  Persia is rich in crude oil, and this time they brought a lot of kerosene.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)Click on the map.  The calibrated targets are being hit by artillery shells one by one.

    This is the first actual combat of the artillery. The Duke said that the effective range of this thing is five miles.  Now it seems that it should be possible to go further.  Because he saw that a warship trying to get closer to the coast was also hit by a cannonball and caught fire.

    The exploding shells are filled with kerosene and icing sugar.  With these two things around, almost any target hit will burst into flames.  What's more, many places are already kerosene oil depots.  Persia is rich in crude oil, and this time they brought a lot of kerosene.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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