One Thousand and Forty-Six: Han Changguan Falls (1)

Facts have proved that Meng Hun still underestimated his lord.

There are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames.

What is Jiang Pengji's nickname?

The 850,000 viewers in the live broadcast room unanimously approved-the humanoid battlefield strangler.

Give her an indestructible machete, and she can tear down a war fortress by herself, so strong that she doesn't seem like a human being.

The terrain of Hanchang Pass is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the soldiers don't have much focus, so it is difficult to charge or retreat. The enemy army occupied the advantage of the checkpoint and gradually regained the disadvantage. The battlefield looks dangerous, but Hanchang Pass is still solid and hard to shake.

"My lord, it's impossible to go on like this. Although the soldiers climbed up the city wall with the help of the ladder, the city wall is narrow and it's not easy to form a formation—"

The city wall of Hanchang Pass is narrow, and there are too few places to stay, and the number of soldiers climbing the wall at the same time is not large.

The enemies are different, they climb the wall from behind the pass, and the terrain is relatively open, so they can completely kill those who climb the wall by virtue of their superiority in numbers.

Looking at our corpses that kept falling from the city wall, not only Feng Zhen's expression turned ugly, Jiang Pengji's expression also became gloomy.

If it is an ordinary city, once the city wall falls, the outcome is basically a foregone conclusion.

However, Hanchangguan is known as the gateway of Cangzhou's three natural dangers, so there is a certain reason for it.

If it can be breached so easily, it is impossible for the Meng family who occupy Cangzhou to stand still and be arrogant for hundreds of years.

Jiang Pengji decisively ordered, "Zi Shi, order the soldiers on the wall to retreat!"

If you continue to consume it, your own losses will increase. It is just a meaningless sacrifice, and it is really not worth it.

Feng Zhen's complexion changed drastically, and there seemed to be strands of struggle flashing through his eyes.

But after a while, his eyes turned firm, "I obey the order!"

"No——" Cheng Jing stopped Fengzhen, gritted his teeth, "If we withdraw our troops at this time, our momentum will drop, and we will be even more powerless to break through."

"You have also seen that even though we occupy the city wall, we still have not shaken the enemy's defense line. We know that climbing the wall is useless, and going up will kill us, so why should I let my soldiers climb the wall to die?" Jiang Pengji said coldly to Cheng Jing, " I have broken through this Hanchang pass today!"

Jiang Pengji's personality is extremely decisive, once she has made up her mind, there is no room for change, and the word indecisive is insulated from her.

"Pioneer, I am the commander in chief."

Jiang Pengji's attitude was firm and she did not allow others to resist.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and the order is delayed, even if it is only a minute and a second, innocent soldiers will still pay their lives for it.

Jiang Pengji put out her identity, Cheng Jing could only bow her hands, and chose to obey with a heavy heart.

Even though Jiang Pengji is not Cheng Jing's lord, as the other party said - Jiang Pengji is the commander of the vanguard.

On the battlefield, the command of the commander is above all else!

Jiang Pengji ordered to abandon the attack, and the soldiers who had already climbed the wall could only fight and retreat, giving up the hard-won victory.

After several years of military training, the soldiers under Jiang Pengji's tent can strictly enforce orders and prohibit them, and the momentum is not greatly affected.

In comparison, the performance of the soldiers sent by Huang Song was slightly inferior, the original high-pitched momentum was much lowered, and the retreat was only decisive.

Jiang Pengji chose to retreat, and the enemy soldiers defending Hanchang Pass burst into tears of joy, and their shouts boosted their momentum.

Hearing the roaring and tsunami-like sound on the city wall, Jiang Pengji gritted her molars and asked Fengzhen.

"Is the catapult ready?"

Fengzhen clapped his hands and replied, "It's already set up."

Catapults are large in size, have obvious targets, and are difficult to move. Except for siege battles and frontal confrontations between the two armies, they are generally rarely used.

But Jiang Pengji, as a technology expert, why would she not think of a way to solve this problem?

The catapult that debuted at the beginning of the First World War in Cheng'an County has been improved for several generations and can basically adapt to various terrain warfare.

The most important thing is that the catapult can be disassembled and transported, and it is not complicated to build.

Even though the terrain of Hanchang Pass is narrow and steep, as long as there is a relatively flat place, the catapult can be built and put into use.

Since it is impossible to climb the wall and win the pass,

Then simply dismantle this breakout!

When Jiang Pengji sent people to attack the city, she ordered the rear to build a catapult, and now it has been set up and in place.

"When the explosives are produced, wherever they are hit, they will be blown up, and all the dangerous doors will be razed to the ground!"

Jiang Pengji gritted her teeth secretly, if it wasn't for the chaos on the battlefield, she really wanted to use a pair of axes to tear down the two heavy copper doors that Han Chang had closed.

Cheng Jing also noticed the situation behind him, and his complexion suddenly sank.

The terrain of Hanchang Pass is steep, and heavy objects like catapults cannot be transported up——

Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of the baggage cart behind the vanguard camp. Could it be that the baggage cart contained nothing but parts of the catapult? With such an ingenious design and manufacture, could it be possible that there are Mohist elite disciples in Liu Xi's tent to help?

Cheng Jing guessed half right.

Jiang Pengji does have Mohist disciples here, but Zhang Ping is better at livelihood equipment, and Shao Guang focuses on water conservancy.

For the improvement of siege equipment, most of the time, Jiang Pengji provided ideas, and Zhang Ping led the craftsmen to try to improve one by one.

"Give me the rocket—"

Jiang Pengji sent someone to fetch her own heavy bow, which was extremely heavy, from the bow body to the bowstring, all made by craftsmen with special materials. According to their calculations, in order to completely draw the bow, the person who pulls the bow must be at least an eight-foot strong man with the strength of four stones.

Jiang Pengji's arms are not long enough, but her height is enough.

As for the power of four stones needed to open a bow?

Nature is enough.

She touched the ground with one foot, put the other foot on the body of the bow, pulled the string with her right hand, and lit the special arrow on fire.

The whole body was fully charged, and the heavy giant bow stretched into a full moon under the guidance of the huge force.

Hum——

A heavy buzz sounded, and the huge arrow flew away from the string, and flew towards the city wall of Hanchang Pass.

The arrowhead made of fine iron sank into the gate tower of the city wall, and the spider web-like cracks spread to the surroundings, and the gate beam was uneasy.

"Aim at that place - hit me!"

Jiang Pengji's night vision is extremely strong, she can clearly see the situation on the city wall of Han Changguan, but others cannot.

They couldn't do it, let alone the catapult gunners in the rear of the army.

Cheng Jing watched the whole process, his hands covered in his sleeves clenched tightly, and the neatly manicured round nails left crescent moon marks on his palms.

Jiang Pengji tossed the huge bow to the orderly at the side, and the hostility that had not dissipated still lingered around her. The guards on the city wall had no time to be happy, one after another boulders fell from the sky, hitting the gate tower, the wall stacks and the mountains on both sides of Hanchang Pass——

The smiles on Han Chang's guards' faces hadn't subsided yet, and a boulder fell from the sky and caught them off guard.

This, this is completely different from the script they expected!

Looking at the situation on the city wall, Jiang Pengji's depressed mood finally improved, and the remaining anger turned calm.