Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 291

[Chapter 291 Brand New Command]

“Your Highness, after much deliberation, the general has decided not to expose the fusiliers of the palace’s own army for the time being.” Chang Wei said.

At present, only 30,000 people in the royal family’s army are equipped with flintlock guns.

Other soldiers were equipped with traditional weapons and armor.

In his opinion, the previous equipment was sufficient to deal with the Xiliang soldiers in the camp.

After all, in several battles, the superiority of the palace’s weapons and armor has been proved.

Now using the flintlock will only expose the new weapons of the palace in advance, making Xiliang take more cautious actions.

And this will undoubtedly reduce the role of the flintlock in key battles and prolong the battle in Jinzhou.

Zhao Xu nodded.

He and Chang Wei had the same idea.

It is enough to use artillery now, after all, Xiliang has already known about the artillery.

It is better for the flintlock to be used as a surprise attack in a battle like a decisive battle.

Moreover, the flintlock army cannot exert its maximum effectiveness in such a narrow mountain road.

While the two were talking, the soldiers of the palace gradually approached the Xiliang camp.

There were also actions in the Xiliang camp.

However, the Xiliang soldiers did not intend to take the initiative to attack, but instead filled the front of the camp with refusal horses.

After rejecting the horse, it was full of archers from Xiliang.

Xiliang Camp.

Ye Renrong looked at the soldiers of the palace who were advancing towards the camp.

The armor on the soldiers of King Yan is distinctive.

The walking array is strict and not chaotic.

He has never seen this kind of power even in the Dasong Forbidden Army.

Thinking of this, his heart sank, he couldn’t underestimate King Yan’s soldiers.

It was also because of this that he decided to take a defensive position and never take the initiative to attack.

If the situation is not good, retreat at any time.

“Rumbling…”

King Yan’s soldiers continued to march, but suddenly stopped three hundred meters away from the Xiliang camp.

Ye Renrong narrowed his eyes, and he looked at the catapult behind the wooden fence of the camp.

Gravel has been installed on it, and as long as it is launched, the sky full of gravel will fall on the heads of the soldiers of King Yan.

Then he looked at the fire gun in front of the camp.

The trees they felled were not wasted, but wooden platforms were set up in front of the camp, and the firecrackers were placed on the wooden platforms.

As long as King Yan’s soldiers charged, the firecrackers would slam the stone bullets at them.

But their range is about 300 meters.

And within 100 meters is the shooting range of Xiliang archers.

Now the soldiers of the palace stopped just outside their shooting range.

“Cannon.” Ye Renrong’s heart skipped a beat.

He knew what King Yan’s army was going to do.

It is rumored that the artillery has a long range and great power.

Surely they were going to hit their camp with artillery.

Although he guessed it, Ye Renrong was very helpless.

Because he was powerless to stop it, and one of his own tasks was to experience the power of the artillery, and then send it back to Jincheng and Xiliang.

“Keep going.” On

a flat hillside in the middle of the mountain road, the artillerymen were struggling to push the artillery up.

This is the shooting location they had chosen a few days ago.

Twelve cannons can be accommodated here.

And there is a raised mound a hundred meters in front of them, and artillerymen are also placing field artillery.

“His Royal Highness King Yan is really thoughtful. He specially built a field artillery. If it is a heavy artillery placed on the city wall, it will not be easy to climb mountains and mountains.” An artilleryman said while pulling the artillery.

“No, this field artillery is really suitable for fighting in the field.” Another artilleryman said.

“…”

Although they were talking, the artillerymen kept moving their hands.

The artillery was quickly placed, and the muzzle was aimed at the Beidi camp.

After finishing all this, one of the artillerymen took out two small red flags from his waist and made a few moves.

This is what their generals taught them, called semaphore.

It is said that King Yan taught the generals in the military school, and the generals taught them.

In two or three months, they have practiced quite proficiently.

And understand the meaning of the various positions of the flag.

Now they are telling the artillery lieutenant in front that they are ready.

After the semaphore here is finished, the semaphore in front returns a few movements, which means waiting for the order.

Feihu Pass on the city wall.

Looking at the skilled semaphore movements of the artillerymen, Zhao Xu was even satisfied in his heart.

He taught semaphore on the first day of lectures in the military school, and also taught the generals various semaphore movements, and specially distributed booklets of semaphore movements to them.

So far, they seem to be practicing pretty well.

Now there are telescopes, plus semaphores.

Over a large distance, they can pass messages by semaphore.

This will make the command of the royal family’s troops on the battlefield more convenient.

After all the cannons were ready, Chang Wei asked the semaphores around him to wave the flags and pass the order, “Fire the guns.”

The movement of the flags at the head of the city was captured by the semaphore holding the mountain road.

In less than half a minute, cannons rang out in the valley.

“Boom boom boom…” Red flames and white smoke emerged from the muzzle.

The cannon condescendingly fired black projectiles towards the Xiliang camp.

The wooden fence in front of the Xiliang camp almost fell down.

“Deputy leader!”

The moment the artillery fired, the horses in the Xiliang camp neighed in panic.

The thunderous explosion stimulated their biological instincts, just wanting to escape.

In addition to war horses, there are also camels in the camp.

If they were not tied to wooden stakes, they would have escaped by now.

Ye Renrong tried his best not to look panicked.

Even if you are mentally prepared for the rumored thing like artillery.

But when he heard it with his ears and saw it with his eyes on the battlefield, he was still instinctively terrified.

After the loud noise, a black afterimage flew towards them.

The afterimage slammed into the wooden fence, and the fence either fell or broke.

A catapult was hit and dumped directly.

A soldier from Xiliang didn’t react, and was hit by a catapult, screaming.

In addition, Xiliang soldiers in front of the camp were directly hit, their arms were broken and blood flowed.

The loud noise and the enormous power caused not only Ye Renrong, but also other generals and soldiers in Xiliang to be inexplicably terrified.

They could see the King Yan’s artillery from a distance.

The closest one to them was four hundred meters away.

But at this distance, it is still so powerful!

“Boom boom boom…” The huge roar of the artillery continued to sound.

The black projectile raindrops usually fell into the Xiliang camp.

More and more Xiliang soldiers were hit by shells, and there was a lot of screams.

A black cannonball fell less than three steps away from Ye Renrong, and bounced back to hit the head of the soldier behind him.

His soldier didn’t even have time to make a sound, and fell down directly, leaving only the remaining flesh and blood on his neck.

Ye Renrong swallowed hard.

In such a small space, facing King Yan’s artillery, they were almost dying.

Wiping the sweat off his forehead, he said to the general beside him: “A fight here will only ruin the lives of Xiliang soldiers in vain, leaving 3,000 people in the rear to prevent King Yan’s soldiers from pursuing, and the others withdraw. camp, let King Yan’s troops go deep into Jinzhou, and then make a fuss.”

(End of this chapter)