Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 301 RPG7
The enormous fireball that shot into the sky momentarily dimmed the sun's light.

A thunderclap struck from a clear sky, the deafening roar shattering the eardrums of the nearby Yuan soldiers.

A shockwave, visible to the naked eye, swept across everything around it.

Several cannons that were close together took off in a somersault.

It crashed heavily onto the Yuan soldiers, their bluish-gray intestines instantly bulging out.

Even the drones that dropped the incendiary canisters were engulfed by the towering flames and smoke.

"This..." Lin Dao, standing on the city wall, raised his hand to shield his eyes. "It must weigh at least 100,000 jin, right?"

In the distance, the mushroom cloud, a mixture of smoke, debris, and fire, created an extremely spectacular man-made landscape.

Even from a great distance, you can feel the city wall beneath your feet trembling slightly.

"Without gunpowder, your firearms would really be nothing more than fire sticks."

Lin Daotai knew exactly how to deal with firearms.

The biggest weakness of the homemade guns and cannons used by the Yuan army lay in their propellant.

A fire destroyed the propellant, rendering it ineffective immediately.

Even if each department still has some stock, it's only enough to stockpile homemade guns.

A large-scale bombardment of the city walls is out of the question.

Ancient technological development also had periods of explosive growth.

One of the reasons was the continuous warfare from the late Song Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty.

A hundred years ago, when the Mongols attacked the Southern Song Dynasty, they were still using the Huihui cannon, which is a counterweight catapult.

But a hundred years later, bronze hand cannons (cannons) appeared on the battlefield.

The bronze hand cannons used by the Yuan army generally had a caliber of over 100 millimeters, making them proper artillery pieces.

Although it has a slow initial velocity, short range, mediocre power, and frequent malfunctions.

But artillery is artillery; it poses too great a threat to the city walls and soldiers.

Lin Dao made his move and directly uprooted the artillery.

Actually, it works better at night, and may even trigger a swarm.

Lin Dao's goal was to eliminate as many Yuan soldiers as possible, not to let them scatter and wreak havoc on the people.

"Without artillery, then we'll risk our lives to fill the city walls."

The fire dropped by the drone directly delayed the Yuan army's advance by three days.

It took Tuotuo three days to stabilize the situation and the morale of the troops.

"Abu."

Kökö Temür walked to his adoptive father's side and said, "The Han Chinese military strategy book records that when you attack someone, they must come to their aid."

“A few days ago, the Red Turban bandits destroyed gunpowder with a demon, but they did nothing else.”

"This shows that gunpowder was extremely important, and the Red Turban rebels were willing to use demons to get rid of it."

“Abudang reminded the Prime Minister that it is necessary to replenish the supplies as soon as possible.”

"Bao Bao." Richardhan looked at the young man in front of him and earnestly advised, "Your vision should be as far-reaching as an eagle's."

"When fighting a war, we cannot only consider things on the battlefield; we also need to consider things outside the battlefield."

"Hundreds of thousands of catties of gunpowder could only be transferred from Dadu (Beijing)."

"You should also know how incompetent and frivolous those people in Dadu are."

"The Prime Minister is doing well in Dadu, but he is currently thousands of miles away. Even if the people of Dadu had a month, they might not be able to gather 100,000 catties of gunpowder."

He patted his adopted son on the shoulder and said, "There are many people in Dadu who are hoping for the Prime Minister to lose the battle!"

"If you ever take command of troops in the future, you must remember this: the enemy is not just right in front of you."

The young Wang Baobao nodded vigorously.

"I've remembered it."

“Oh, right.” Richard Khan smiled. “Your sister wrote to us, asking us to find some good food and fun things to send to her.”

"Oh?" Wang Baobao smiled as well. "What does Guanyin Nu want? I'll go get it for her!"

"They didn't list names in detail."

The father and son chatted and laughed as they entered Tuotuo's tent.

"The troops from all units have arrived."

After roll call, Tuotuo got straight to the point: "I intend to send troops to attack the city tomorrow."

Who is willing to lead the attack?

Richardhan lowered his head slightly, and Dashibadulu immediately stepped forward and bowed, "Prime Minister, I am willing to lead the attack!"

"it is good."

With a look of delight on his face, Toqto'a nodded and said, "He truly deserves to be called a warrior of our Mongols."

"Tomorrow, your unit will be the main force to attack the east gate of Gaoyou."

"Halada, your troops are feigning an attack on the north gate."

"Yuekuocha'er, your troops should feign an attack on the south gate."

"Uncle Gong, order the navy to block the waterways and prevent the enemy from escaping by water."

"The rest of the units are ready to fight at any time and await orders."

All the generals bowed in unison.

"Leader!"

As Wang Baobao left the tent, watching Dashibadulu leave laughing, he was clearly unwilling to accept the situation.

"It doesn't have to be this way."

Richard patted him on the shoulder. "This may not be a good thing."

“Abu.” Wang Baobao said, puzzled, “Gaoyou City isn’t very big, and its city walls aren’t that sturdy.”

"Even without artillery, with so many of our troops, they would have been drowned."

"Such an opportunity to make a difference~~~"

“Think about it carefully.” Richard interrupted him, pointing to an abandoned camp in the distance. “What happened there three days ago?”

Gunpowder~~~

Wang Baobao still vividly remembers the terrifying scene of the gunpowder explosion.

"That demonic bird laid a fire egg, which ignited the gunpowder. Such demonic magic is not something an ordinary person could possess."

Richardhan patiently advised, "Trust me, Gaoyou City won't be easy to conquer."

"The first one to rush in might get beaten up all over."

Wang Baobao looked thoughtfully at Dashibadulu's back.

'He's brave enough, but not very bright.' 'His son is quite clever, but he's been sent to transport grain and isn't around.'

'If he were here, he would surely have stopped his father today.'

The next morning, the rising sun cast its brilliant rays upon the earth.

Having eaten and drunk their fill, the Mongols began to prepare for war.

According to the tradition of the Mongols, civilians would be captured before attacking a city and used to fill the moat.

Lin Dao had brought all the surrounding residents into the city in advance.

Unable to find cannon fodder, they used the laborers transporting grain as cannon fodder to fill the trenches.

The defenders on the city wall rained down arrows.

Every now and then, smoke would rise from the firing of muskets.

Large numbers of laborers were shot down, paving a path to death.

Riding on horseback, Dashibadulu carefully observed the battle situation and nodded repeatedly, "As expected of the false king's personal troops, they fought with great skill and were even stronger than the rebel armies of Xuzhou and Haozhou."

He didn't pay too much attention to it; the intensity of the war was within his expectations.

More than an hour later, much of the moat outside the city walls on both sides of the East Gate had been filled in.

Dashibadulu calculated the number of arrows the defenders had used and ordered the siege to begin.

The armored oxen, with great effort, dragged all sorts of siege equipment toward the city wall.

A large number of Yuan archers and musketeers lined up and moved forward to provide cover for the siege equipment and exchange fire with the city walls.

The defending forces' counterattack efforts have clearly increased significantly.

Taking advantage of the city's defenses, arrows rained down relentlessly, killing the Yuan army.

"really."

Dashibadulu was not surprised by this.

If he were defending the city, he would certainly want to preserve his strength and wouldn't waste precious arrows on laborers.

"Don't even mention cannons, you don't even have ballistae."

He raised his whip and pointed it at the city wall: "When the siege engines get close, it will be your death day."

The primary function of siege equipment is to weaken the defensive capabilities of city walls, forcing the attacking and defending sides into direct combat.

Given the Yuan army's strength, they could wear down the defending troops.

The Yuan soldiers on the siege engines, shields raised and weapons in hand, stared intently at the approaching city walls, panting heavily as they awaited the battle.

Suddenly, a long plume of white smoke flew over the city wall and hit a ladder truck directly.

With a deafening roar, the lower half of the wooden ladder truck was blasted to pieces.

Fire and smoke filled the air as the dragging oxen reared up wildly, and the screams of Yuan soldiers who fell from the collapsed siege ladders were pitiful.

On the city wall, Lin Dao reached into the ammunition box, picked up a high-explosive incendiary bomb, and reloaded it into his RPG-7.

He carried it on his shoulder and locked onto a battering ram not far away.

"Feel the iron fist of the sickle and hammer!"

'Whoosh~~~'

The rocket shot out, trailing white smoke.

It accurately hit the battering ram, which was protected by iron armor and loaded with many soldiers.

With a deafening explosion, the battering ram, which was as tall as the city wall, was blown in half and burst into flames.

Large numbers of Yuan soldiers fell off the battering rams, breaking bones and spraining muscles, screaming in agony.

Even worse off were the Yuan soldiers who were directly set on fire; the pain of being burned to the bone was indescribable.

Continue reloading ammunition and lock onto the next target.

This time, the car he targeted was involved in a crash.

This is an offensive weapon made of iron-clad battering rams covered with cowhide for protection, specifically designed to breach city gates and walls.

The rocket easily pierced the wooden roof covered with cowhide and exploded inside.

The Yuan army hiding among them was instantly wiped out.

The flying debris even landed far on the city wall.

Looking at the Yuan army outside the city, which was gradually becoming chaotic, Lin Dao laughed and loaded his gun again.

One shot, two shots, three shots~~~
The Yuan army's painstakingly built siege weapons were destroyed by Lin Dao in the short span of an incense stick's time.

Looking at the rows of collapsed and burning toys outside the city, Lin Dao's gaze turned to the Nest Car in the distance.

The chariots were built very high, allowing one to observe the situation inside the city from atop them.

I took out a rangefinder and measured the distance: "It's over 500 meters."

Due to the long distance, forest roads were equipped with extended-range missiles.

Standing atop the city wall, after careful aiming, I slightly raised the gun and fired.

As expected, it missed.

It landed in the Yuan army's formation, causing considerable chaos.

After missing three shots in a row, Lin Dao spat.

"What bad luck!"

"Take one more shot, if it still misses, then forget it."

The fourth shot also missed. Lin Dao grinned and said, "Four doesn't sound good, let's fire five."

After five shots missed, Lin Dao's eyes began to turn red.

"May all your luck be good, let's do it again!"

"Up and down, two at once!"

"If this doesn't hit, I'll drive an armored vehicle out of the city and ram it!"

After firing nine extended-range missiles in succession, they finally hit the towering nest vehicle.

"Whoo~~~"

Looking at the burning and collapsed Nest Vehicle in the distance, Lin Dao breathed a sigh of relief.

Once I felt better, my eyes weren't red anymore, and I didn't need to clench my teeth.

He looked out of the city and saw that the Yuan army outside the city had already scattered and fled.

In the distance, the Yuan army's main camp was in complete chaos, with shouts of men and neighing of horses.

He picked up his binoculars and peered through. "What happened?"

Actually, it's nothing serious.

Of the rockets he missed, one landed near Dashibadulu.

(End of this chapter)