Chapter 2036 The Times Have Changed (I'm so Upset I Didn't Sleep This Afternoon!!)

Now that the two parties had made an agreement, Xiang Yu no longer worried, and the next day he led an army of 400,000 to Hangu Pass.

It's just that the Hangu Pass this time is completely different from when the city gates were opened before, and the gates of the entire pass were closed. Not only that, but on the city walls, everyone didn't see the familiar archers and crossbows, but strange black Thick pipes protruded from between the battlements, pointing straight to the ground, and behind these thick pipes stood something like a large shield, which looked very strange.

In addition, it is the flag fluttering in the wind on the top of the city.

"It's a flag with no characters. It seems that the opponent really wants to stick here."

Seeing this, Fan Zeng also stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and said in a low voice. Hearing Fan Zeng's words, Xiang Yu frowned slightly and remained silent.

The so-called wordless flag refers to the flag of the Founder's rebel army. In this era, the flags of various countries generally have their own surnames or country names, such as Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, etc. However, Fangzheng’s flag of the uprising army is unique. It uses the red flag as the base, but there is no word on it. It is just drawn in the center of the flag. There is a huge five-pointed star and crossed sickle and hammer.

Because of this, among the vassals, Fang Zheng's flag was called the "flag without characters", and Fang Zheng's army was also called "the army without characters". On the one hand, this is the truth, on the other hand, it also secretly belittles the other party. After all, only those with a low status do not know how to play and write, which also kind of implies that Fangzheng's side is full of uneducated and inferior people.

At this moment, the entire Hangu Pass was dead silent, no one could be seen or heard, but everyone could see many figures through the gaps in the huge iron shields, so it could be seen that there were indeed people behind.

"Siege!!"

Looking at Hangu Pass where there was no sound in front of him, Xiang Yu also felt a little guilty. Although Fangzheng said that he would not use the supernatural powers of the piano sound, but the other party used 40,000 people to fight 400,000 people, and showed such confidence, Xiang Yu would not think that Fangzheng was just trying to show himself.

"Boom boom boom boom!!!"

Soon, the drums sounded, and the soldiers immediately pushed forward with the siege equipment. Originally at this time, the other side should have shot arrows to stop them, but Hangu Pass just watched silently, without any reaction, as if there was no one inside.

The situation is wrong, but why is it wrong?

Xiang Yu is an experienced general, and he has his own set of grasps and judgments about the situation. At this moment, he sees the soldiers moving forward so smoothly, but the anxiety in his heart can't be stopped no matter what. Could it be that there are ambushes all around? Or is there a trap?

But if we talk about ambushes, there is no place to hide in the terrain of Hangu Pass. As for the traps, there is a flat river right now, and it is impossible to attack the city first with the cavalry, even if there are traps such as bridle ropes and ravines, what is the use?

However, when Xiang Yu was thinking hard, the vision suddenly appeared.

"boom!!"

I saw that the soldiers pushing the siege equipment had just walked less than half of the battlefield, and suddenly there was only a thunderous bang, and the next moment everyone saw the soldiers pushing the siege and moving forward. There was a flash of fire, and then the earth exploded in an instant, directly blasting the extremely hard siege equipment and the soldiers into pieces.

I saw the bloody and bloody stumps of those soldiers flying and falling in the air, and fell to the ground with a "slap", and the soldiers who looked at the rear were chilled. But before they recovered, they heard several thunderous noises, and then the siege troops in front were once again swept by the flames emerging from the ground, and a large number of them were killed or injured in less than a moment.

"what on earth is it?"

"Could it be lightning and thunder?"

Seeing this unimaginable scene, everyone was talking about it, and Xiang Yu subconsciously looked towards the sky, but the sky was so blue that he couldn't even see the shadow of half a black cloud. The sun is so bright, it looks like a sunny and sunny weather, but even so, where does the thunder come from?

Thinking of this, Xiang Yu couldn't help recalling Fang Zheng's words before he left yesterday. He was also uneasy, but he still hardened his heart and gave the order.

"Continue to attack!!"

"Boom boom boom boom!!"

The sound of war drums continued, and soon, the first batch of siege troops fell completely, but then the second batch pushed the siege equipment and continued to advance, but their fate was not much better, and the second batch of siege troops was no better than the first The first group collapsed after walking less than 300 meters, and the third group was unwilling to go up, even if the supervising army behind them whipped their whips angrily.

You can't blame them, the scene in front of you is really weird, and those people were killed by the bombing, and many people had their arms and legs broken, and there were even a lot of people screaming there. People were directly swept up by the blast, and then fell directly backwards into the formation. Just looking at these miserable corpses, morale dropped to the bottom.

"There must be something wrong with the ground."

At this moment, Xiang Yu also saw that Dao Dao was coming. Although he didn't know what Fang Zheng did, he was sure that the other party must have done something on the ground, that's why those people exploded when they passed by.

"Break the city directly!"

The city-breaking equipment in this era is already very complete. In addition to the dashing cars used to break through the city gates and the cloud cars that climb the city walls that are often seen in movie games, there are also hair stone tools, and there is also a special weapon called Ge. Equipment, it looks like an enlarged crossbow, the arrow alone is three meters long, and it takes dozens of soldiers to push the winch to fill the bowstring.

And when this kind of giant arrow is shot, there is almost nothing that can stop it. This time Xiang Yu also knew that he was going to attack Hangu Pass, so naturally he would not forget these long-range siege weapons.

Xiang Yu didn't use these to take the main attack before, mainly because he was afraid that it would be difficult to repair Hangu Pass if it was broken. It would be great if he could directly rush in and take it. However, it seems that it is not feasible to directly occupy Hangu Pass, so Xiang Yu has to adopt the second plan.

So soon, following Xiang Yu's order, the soldiers in the back immediately got busy, but at this moment, Xiang Yu suddenly saw a flash of light on the wall of Hangu Pass in the distance, and then...

"boom!!"

In just an instant, the siege equipment in the rear was instantly enveloped in flames, and several catapults were directly blown into a pile of wreckage.

"What's going on? What happened?"

At this moment, not only Xiang Yu was stunned, but the other soldiers were also in an uproar, but before they could figure out what was going on, a series of flames suddenly burst out with the sound of howling, completely enveloping the soldiers who were in formation.

In the blink of an eye, the 400,000 army quickly turned into a mess. No one thought that they would encounter such an attack, and those roars and flames came with the impact, arousing the most primitive fear of human beings. Even well-trained elite soldiers panicked in this situation, let alone the soldiers of the princes' armies.

"Withdraw troops immediately, withdraw troops!"

Naturally, Xiang Yu was not stupid to be a general. Knowing that the current situation was unclear, if he continued, he would only collapse completely, so he pulled his horse and hurriedly issued an order. Soon, the horn sounded to withdraw troops, and then the 400,000 troops withdrew immediately, leaving Hangu Pass far away.

So, the siege battle on the first day was done hastily.

"Hehehe."

Looking at the retreating army, Fang Zheng who was standing on the city wall chuckled. For traversers, making firearms is a must, not to mention Fangzheng. After all, with the current production technology and technology, black powder is not so difficult to control, but in terms of equipment, it can only be crude and simple.

For example, the landmines that Fangzheng set up outside Hangu Pass are actually referring to the products of the Ming Dynasty. They are made of stone shells, filled with gunpowder, and put into the mechanism as a striking device. The same is true for these artillery pieces. Even with the current technology, the artillery with a long enough range in the future cannot be cast, but it is far beyond the firing distance of the trebuchets of this era, and it is used to deal with most of the armies of this era. Enough is enough.

Times have changed, after all, my lord.

However, for Fang Zheng, what he brought to Xiang Yu was not just artillery and mines.

"What happened to Fangzheng?!"

Xiang Zhuang returned to the tent angrily, complaining to Xiang Yu all the time.

"Didn't he make an agreement with his brother that he would never use any supernatural powers or black arts? This is simply a lie!"

"No, he didn't lie, this is indeed not some kind of supernatural magic."

But Xiang Yu shook his head after hearing Xiang Zhuang's complaint, and then put down the iron piece in his hand.

"Do you know what this is?"

"What is this? Iron sheet? Shield?"

Xiang Zhuang took the piece of iron from Xiang Yu suspiciously, and examined it carefully. It was a circular piece of iron, which looked like a corner of a shield, but upon closer inspection, Xiang Zhuang felt that it did not look like it...

"I don't know what it is, but I saw it clearly before. The weird cylinder on the city wall flashed a flame, and then a black iron ball flew out of it, and then fell directly to the ground and exploded... ...well, that's odd."

Xiang Yu also received Xiang Shaolong's true teachings, and he also practiced those internal skills. Therefore, Xiang Yu is not only sensitive, but also far surpasses ordinary people in this respect. When he was first attacked, Xiang Yu was lucky enough to see the strange scene on the wall of Hangu Pass in the distance with ease.

"Isn't that still witchcraft?"

"Mr. Fang never breaks his promise. I think this is definitely not black magic, but something we don't know yet."

Thinking of this, Xiang Yu couldn't help thinking of the story that Fangzheng told himself yesterday about his ancestor drinking blood with fur, wearing animal skins and using a stone ax... Maybe that's what he meant.

Now I just don't know what method Mr. Fang used.

"Humph!"

Seeing Xiang Yu staring intently at the iron plate, Xiang Zhuang stomped his feet and ran out angrily. Today's unfavorable start made her very upset, especially hearing the rumors from the surrounding soldiers, which made Xiang Zhuang even more angry Come.

correct!

Thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang's eyes brightened.

Why don't you sneak into Hangu Pass and kill that guy yourself? I can't beat him with a normal attack, but I don't believe that I can't kill him with a sneak attack? !