Qu Wan looked at the already broken Sanchuan County City, but still stood proudly in front of him. He couldn't help but hate him so much that the appearance of gunpowder changed many modes of war. Many of his previous experiences were no longer useful. Although his side had amazing powers such as explosive packs, pottery jars and grenades, the Qin people on the opposite side also had them.

At first, it was extremely smooth to attack the southern part of Qin. Zhou Yu took away his main force. The only ones with strong combat power in the south were the five thousand men of veteran Tan Wei. When the Chu army entered the country, it swept across the southern part of Qin like a wind sweeping away the wind. However, the experienced Tan Wei did not disperse his troops to support other cities that were destined to be lost. He shrank all his five thousand elite troops to Sanchuan County City. He even mobilized all the local troops he could mobilize, concentrating them into Sanchuan County City. From the inside to the outside, he built a complete defense system. From the battle for Sanchuan County City half a month ago, to the battle under Sanchuan County City, he had suffered thousands of casualties.

This casualty ratio made Qu Wanxi extremely painful. If it were still the era of cold weapons, the Chu army, which had an absolute advantage in military strength, would never have paid such a price. But now it is different. A single explosive pack can immediately harvest more than a dozen or even dozens of lives.

Many dead people had no external injuries. According to Suijun's doctor, they were shocked to death. There was nothing on the outside. In fact, the internal organs had already suffered a severe blow. Even people seemed to be fine at that time, but in the following days, they died in pain and had no treatment at all.

If the Chu people did not take over the southern central city of Sanchuan County, the Chu people could not control the southern part of Qin. Although they were extremely annoyed, Qu Wan could only cheer up and organize troops. He paid a lot of money to launch wave after wave of attacks, but Tan Wei's casualties were not much better than him. Even if they consumed their troops, they still had an absolute advantage. It only took three or two days to Qu Wan believed that he could take over Sanchuan County and end the war.

Although his subordinates had 200,000 troops, after occupying the vast south of the Qin people, their troops were spread out like beans. Now there are only 80,000 people gathered under the Sanchuan County City.

Another wave of attacks came. Every time the city started to attack long-range attacks, the people in the city were like rats and didn't know where to hide. But as soon as the infantry began to attack the city, they emerged like ghosts, like siegemen densely packed under the city threw grenades, explosives and other weapons, turning the city into a sea of ​​corpses and blood. Attacks again and again, failures again and again, and then the rhythm of the previous round was repeated.

Qu Wanyao looked at Sanchuan County City, and most of the battlements had been destroyed. Most of the battlements were built on the top of Sanchuan County City. Most of them were temporary walls built with sandbags, but such a city that seemed to fall down at any time, forced himself to leave.

The news of the Han army conquering Tan Feng's Yingchuan County and the specific battle reports have been sent to Qu Wan, which recorded the detailed capture of Yingchuan. When the first day of the first day of the year, when the Han army captured nearly 20,000 people in one day, Qu Wan's first reaction was that Tan Feng's Yingchuan County was purely a good person, and he was not afraid of it. You should know that the Han army's troops in Yingshui were almost the same as those who stayed by Tan Feng to guard Yingchuan County. Just like the Sanchuan County in front of him, there were only 5,000 regular soldiers, plus the unknown number of guards in some local areas, he was young and strong, so he had to struggle here for half a month and could not make any progress.

But after reading the detailed military newspaper, he was shocked and silent.

The Han army has released new weapons.

Gunpowder is the invention of the Han people. Now, whether it is the Chu army or the Qin people, under the Sanchuan County City, the gunpowder weapons of both sides play a crucial role, but it is obvious that the Han army has left them far behind in the use of gunpowder.

Like a loud thunder, the red iron bomb crossed the Yingshui River like a burning fireball, hitting the Yingchuan City Tower. Wherever you pass, the walls were destroyed, the pillars were broken and the house was tilted, and the fire suddenly rose. Such an ammunition left no more people at a distance above the city wall, and the tragic situation was shocking. Although the fortifications built by the Yingchuan people were reinforced by cement, there was almost no defense under the attack of this weapon. After careful investigation, the Han people called this weapon artillery.

This is a detailed description of the weapon of the Han army in the war report. Qu Wan thought of the battle between the Han and Qin armies in Lubin that he got some time ago, and mentioned the weapon called artillery of the Han army. Compared with the descriptions on both sides, Qu Wan found that the size of the artillery appeared on the two battlefields was different. The artillery of the Han army in Yingshuicheng was obviously larger in size and had a longer range. What does this mean? This shows that the artillery of the Han army is not a single product, but a collection of products of different varieties and uses. Just like the trenchers built by Da Chu, a covered strike network is formed according to the distance of the range. But it is obvious that once the artillery is launched, these trenchers will become slags.

After crossing Yingshui River, the power is enough to reach a level of destruction, and this range is enough to make any scattered thieves of the Chu army have no power to fight back.

After Qu Wan discovered this problem, he read the battle in Yingchuan County carefully and couldn't help but sigh. Under that situation, the battle method chosen by the general Gongsun Zhi of Tan Feng was extremely correct. It was his only chance of victory, that was where he was, and there was only this way to choose, and he was almost close to victory. Unfortunately, where Gao Yuan actually appeared became the key to winning this battle.

Why did Gao Yuan appear in Yingshui? Is Tan Feng so worthy of attention in Gao Yuan's mind? Is this founding king who has made great achievements in the army and led the army in person?

Qu Wan put a question mark in his heart. The Chu people invested a lot of money on Tan Feng, hoping that Tan Feng would become the help of Chu in the future, or Gao Yuan himself noticed this problem and wanted to take down Tan Feng first. It is said that there are some personal grievances between the two. Now Tan Feng is over, Tan Feng who has lost Yingchuan will become a homeless stray dog. Lu Chao will not accept him. Tan Feng's only place to go, or he can really only go to Chu. But without Tan Feng from Yingchuan County, is it still worthy of Chu's attention? Even if he still has an army, he can only become a thug.

Qu Wan really didn’t know whether this was a good or a bad thing for Chu State?

"How much explosives do we have?" He turned around and asked the marching Sima beside him.

"General, we are still sufficient gunpowder. As soon as the war broke out, we controlled the whole city. Now Mao Wei and all the skilled craftsmen in the city's workshop are in our hands. As long as the raw materials are sufficient, we can continuously create gunpowder." The marching Sima replied.

"Very good. I want to blow Sanchuan County into flat ground. I don't want to delay here anymore. If Sanchuan County is not taken down for a day, the south of Qin will not be able to truly stabilize. I want to end this war as soon as possible, or next, our Chu State will face a greater test." Qu Wandao.

"I understand General, don't worry. I will go to the whole city to supervise it myself. Once the gunpowder there is finished, I will send someone to the general." The marching Sima nodded and said.

"Thank you for your hard work. After taking Sanchuan County, we can discuss a truce with Qin. Lu Chao has just captured Xianyang, so it will probably take quite a while to stabilize the domestic situation. Zhou Yu and Bai Qi are all his major concerns. If they don't clean up, he has no energy to fight with us. But if Sanchuan County cannot be taken down for a long time and we are dragged here, the situation will be difficult to say." Qu Wan said.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, a deputy general strode in, "General, just received the news that the battle in Xianyang was over. Lu Chao attacked Xianyang. After the Xuanyi Guard escaped from Xianyang City, he was trapped in Changfeng County. Lu Chao established Ying Zhun, the descendant son of the late Qin prince, as the king, and he was the ruling minister."

"Where did Ying Zhun come out again?" Qu Wan was surprised, "Why did Lu Chao take Xianyang so quickly?"

The deputy general shook his head, "What I received now is only preliminary news. It seems that Zhou Yu and Xuanyiwei had a conflict, and there was an internal strife in Xianyang City, which led to the Lu army taking advantage of the situation and taking over Xianyang."

"How is Zhou Yu now? Is he alive or dead?"

"Zhou Yu is still alive, and his main force has not been damaged much. Now he is taking his troops to Sanchuan County day and night. General, we have not much time left. If Zhou Yu comes back, we will face tens of thousands of elite Qin troops." The deputy general's face was a little calm.

Qu Wan stood up, "I can't wait anymore, I can't wait anymore. I'll pass on my orders to attack the city and fight in a row, and I will never stop attacking Sanchuan County City. Before Zhou Yu comes back, we must take it down."

The battle in Sanchuan County, which had been silent for less than half a day, began again. This time, Tan Wei clearly felt the difference in his opponent's strength. The Chu army launched an attack on Sanchuan County like a madman. They even rushed forward at the risk of accidentally injured the bomb with the bag they fired. The opponent's long-range suppression had just ended, and the Chu army had already begun to climb the city wall, and the fastest one had emerged from the city wall.

Although I don’t know what stimulus made Qu Wan crazy, Tan Wei knew very well that Sanchuan County City had reached the most critical moment. If we could survive this wave, Sanchuan County City might be able to be safeguarded. If we couldn’t hold on, everything would be over.
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