Chapter 523 Destruction
Or to be precise, when the first explosion sounded from outside the city, Helisha had already rushed out of his palace immediately, standing on the second floor of the palace, looking in that direction, when the shells behind began to explode on the walls of Qunun City, when he saw the walls with his own eyes directly being blown up by the shells.
When countless bricks and stones flew around, he no longer knew what to think, because this... was completely different from the information they received. How could this be something thrown out of the Turks?
The number of militia outside the city could not allow the opponent to approach and throw it onto the city wall, and it could not have such great power.
If it weren't for the other party throwing it out... Where did these things come from? Helisha's mind no longer dared to think about it. Then he saw the shells hit some buildings directly in the city, and then those buildings were instantly destroyed by huge power.
Because his palace is the tallest building in the entire city, he could see it very clearly, but he could not see the shells from such a distance, so he had no idea what was exploded. He could only see balls of fire constantly blowing up the city walls.
The terrifying damage brought by each explosion has completely chaotic the entire city. Most of the city is soldiers, but at this moment, all the soldiers rushed towards the gate of Qunun City like flocks of sheep.
"Your Majesty! It's time for us to retreat!" A minister rushed directly into Holisha's palace and spoke loudly.
"Retreat? Where else can we hope to retreat? Do we still have a chance with such a divine punishment?" Helisha was a little numb.
The minister paused for a moment and didn't know what to say.
"And we cannot leave the city now. Listen to me, and we are entangled with all the guards you can be entangled with, let them guard the palace and stay here, and may they live. If you want to rush out of the city, do you have to shoot with more than 100,000 soldiers in the city? Moreover, we rejected the other party, which made the other party reduce the divine punishment and caused these soldiers to suffer divine punishment. In this case, do you think these soldiers will care about our identity if they get angry?" Helisha's expression was numb, but what he said was very clear.
The minister hesitated for a moment. He felt that Helisha's statement was very reasonable. The gates of Qunu City were all closed before, but because of the enemy's divine punishment... all people wanted to rush out from the opposite direction. At this moment, the gate... let more than 100,000 people rush out. If they go, how could they send it out?
And what Helisha said is not impossible to happen.
During the war... Whether it is Kshatriya or Brahmin, these surnames cannot make them invulnerable to swords and guns, and they will never die.
These ministers understood very well, so he hesitated for a moment and responded decisively and went out to gather the troops.
The enemy's attack... came too fast, so fast that they had no time to react at all, and they would not have time to react. So they could only stay here and not let others rush in at this moment, and they found that the other party's divine punishment... seemed to be a punishment, and there was no intention to extend into the city.
So they are still emotionally stable here for the time being. As for how many people die outside the city, they don’t care at all.
About twenty minutes passed quickly. When the last shell fell, there was no one in front of He Modu and the others. To be precise... except for the corpse, everyone ran away. Everyone ran away with their best efforts. They didn't even dare to look behind them.
But even so, He Modu and the others did not take action immediately, because the front of Qunnu City was already covered by countless smoke and dust. They were waiting. After more than ten minutes, when the wind finally blew away the dust and most of the smoke, He Modu and the others couldn't help but take a breath.
They didn't see it very clearly before, but at this moment, the land in front of them had almost been blown to black, and countless large pits were spread across the front of Qunun City. Most of the city wall facing them had collapsed, and there were still flames burning on the ground.
Those flames... were not other things that burned, but people's corpses and clothes, because there was nothing else to burn except these.
Before and after the bombardment... it seemed like a pound of pounds had been completely replaced here. At this moment, it was like hell on the opposite side. There were still some flames burning on the ground, and some gray-black smoke and dust were still emitting on the ground.
Looking at this scene, He Moduo took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, prepare to attack and enter the city! Remember, no one who dares to resist will stay! If they do not resist, let them get out."
"yes!"
As the sound of trumpets sounded, the commanders began to pass He Modu's orders to the troops behind, and then the Turkic cavalry began to advance towards Qunu City.
Liu An and the others behind naturally would not care about these things, but Liu An was still standing at a high place and using a telescope to observe the bombing effect there. When he saw the situation there clearly, Liu An nodded with satisfaction.
Just ten artillery pieces had directly collapsed the army of hundreds of thousands of people. What kind of troops could defeat the Han Dynasty? And Liu An also saw the appearance of the city walls in the distance. These artillery can be said to be invincible in destroying the city walls. According to their tests, these city walls of this era were simply powerless to stop the bombardment of artillery.
That is, the city walls of high-strength reinforced concrete buildings like Yumen Pass have certain protection capabilities for artillery, and this protection capability cannot withstand the continuous bombardment of artillery. More importantly, artillery can directly cross the city wall to bombard the city.
No one can defend the city wall under such bombardment. No wonder the leader no longer built the city wall in many cities behind it because it is not necessary.
In the future, as rifles continue to begin, armed forces, including armed patrols, will also begin to equip rifles. After the rifles are equipped, it will be difficult for the enemy to attack a city.
The era of cold weapons has ended, and the era of hot weapons has arrived. Next, it is time for them and other troops to go on stage.
Liu An was a little excited. He decided that after the problem here ended this time, he would directly apply to the leader for a large-scale installation of rifles. The man would not stop his pace in the next few years. After the process was completed, the next step was Persia.
According to the leader, the Arabs behind Persia were not at peace at this moment. They were ready to start unifying the peninsula, so they had to hit the snake seven inches, but they did not stabilize. The Arabs who made enemies on all sides were their seven inches at this time.
If they stabilize the entire peninsula, it will be more difficult to attack at that time.
It cannot be said that it is difficult. To be precise, the subsequent processing was difficult at that time. I thought it was not just a matter of attack, but also some beliefs. These beliefs have just begun to be established, so it is the easiest to destroy them at this time. When the faith begins to stabilize, it is not that simple to destroy them.
Unless Huo Gang wants to rush everyone to the southernmost side just like the Indian Peninsula.
But these are all later stories. Liu An has begun to communicate with these artillery soldiers, asking them some of their thoughts, and asking them to write down all their experiences of this attack later, because there are not many opportunities for such a large-scale bombing next.
At this moment, He Modu and others had already rode their horses to the battlefield after being bombarded by artillery shells. Even though He Modu and others had fought on the battlefield countless times, they were all a little numb when they saw the cruel battlefield, because after entering, they found that the soil in the entire land had been dyed red.
Around them were countless corpses almost pounced into a layer. What’s even more terrifying is that countless broken limbs and arms spread throughout the battlefield, and many people’s intestines, brains, internal organs, etc. were spilled throughout the land.
What's even more terrifying is that when you see, there is almost none of the corpses they see intact, and all of them are almost broken... Such corpses are almost impossible to see in the War of Cold Weapons.
Unless they are all demons and are willing to dismember all the corpses with a knife, but like this, many of the corpses have almost turned into pieces... Some Turks who have not experienced several wars even bent down and spit out immediately.
To be honest, He Modu's stomach was not comfortable either, but he naturally could not be exposed. However, as he entered the battlefield, He Modu and the others soon encountered a new situation... Some people had not been killed, but were not killed, and they were actually not far from death.
Seeing a man whose legs had been blown up in front of him, whose face was covered with mud, and he could not see his appearance at all, his hands were still doing things similar to prayer, and he said something He Modu couldn't understand.
"What did he mean?" He Modu asked.
"Kill him." Qi Li next to him was silent for a moment, then spoke.
"Give him some fun." He Modu was silent for a moment, then spoke calmly.
"Yes!" A guard beside He Modu directly pulled out the long sword around his waist. Seeing the other party's movement, the man on the ground showed a strange smile on his face. He did not resist until the guard cut off his head with one knife.
"Order the troops to give them some pleasure when they see those who cannot be rescued." He Modu said.
"yes."
Chapter completed!