Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 309

[Chapter 309]

“This letter must be thrown just right.”

After telling the generals about his strategy.

Zhao Xu returned to his camp and wrote a letter.

Then he handed the letter to Tan Ma and asked him to send it to Ma’s army.

But this letter is not really intended to be sent to Ma Jin, but to fall into the hands of Xiliang people.

Responding yes, Tanma stuffed the letter into his bosom and left.

Then, he sent other scouts to investigate the location of the Xiliang army.

According to the news sent back by Tan Ma.

The vast majority of this Xiliang army consisted of infantry, with only a thousand or so cavalry, and their marching speed was very slow.

Even if you travel day and night, it will still take more than a day to get here.

He has plenty of time to prepare.

“Boom…” Just as he watched Tan Ma leave.

Suddenly there was a loud noise and the sound of heavy objects falling into the water.

He turned his head and saw that the city wall on the left side of the north side of Jincheng had completely collapsed.

A lot of the soil inside the city wall and the blue bricks outside fell into the moat in front of it.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Xu was overjoyed.

When Chang Wei and other generals saw this, they all gathered around him at this moment, with happy expressions on their faces, while waiting for his order to attack.

“It’s been five or six days since the bombardment. I don’t know how many shells were wasted, and finally collapsed.” Guan Tong stomped his feet happily.

Chang Wei patted Qin Shan on the shoulder fiercely, and Qin Shan almost sat on the ground.

“What are you waiting for, attack the city!” Zhao Xu yelled loudly, “Don’t hide the flintlock guns, and don’t save the artillery shells, take down Jincheng!”

“Yes, Your Highness.” The generals clasped their fists heavily.

Back in their respective armies, they immediately arranged according to the sand table preview.

As the collapsed city walls fell into the river, half of the river was filled.

Chang Wei dispatched soldiers in heavy armor to hold the city wall against the Xiliang soldiers and dumped the ladder into the debris of the city wall.

At the same time, the soldiers with flintlock guns tilted the bullets towards the head of the city with the cooperation of the artillery as they did in Xincheng, covering the heavy infantry crossing the river.

It was the first time for Xiliang soldiers in Jincheng to see flintlock guns.

Dodging the artillery fire, some Xiliang archers held bows and arrows and wanted to shoot at the soldiers of the palace holding flintlock guns.

“Whoosh” the bow and arrow flew towards the soldiers of the palace, hitting the scales on the soldiers’ chests.

The soldier’s body just shook slightly, and he felt a burst of pain.

At the same time, the soldiers of the palace also pulled the trigger in their hands.

“Bang bang bang…” There was a dense burst of flintlock gunfire.

Lead bullets flew towards the top of the city like raindrops.

Frightened by the gunshots and flames, the bows and arrows from Xiliang couldn’t help shaking.

But before they could react, they were hit by lead bullets.

The Xiliang archers who had leaked their heads fell down one after another.

At present, even if the wounded and dead fusiliers are removed, there are more than 20,000 fusiliers in the royal army.

They were all archers, and they couldn’t take advantage of the Xiliang archers. After three rounds of shooting, they were suppressed and unable to raise their heads.

This made it impossible for Xiliang defenders to organize an effective counterattack on the city wall.

At this moment, heavy infantry in plate armor passed over the ladder.

“Kill!” With roars, they climbed up the collapsed gap.

At this time, Xiliang soldiers in Jincheng also boarded the gap, and the two sides fought together.

In the city.

Murong Wuji was discussing with the generals how to prevent King Yan’s troops from attacking the city.

Suddenly, a loud bang was heard.

Then I heard a “bang bang bang” sound much lighter than artillery, like firecrackers.

When he looked at the source of the voice, his expression changed drastically.

A section of the city wall five or six meters wide at the north gate collapsed.

“Block the gap immediately, and don’t let a soldier from Yanzhou come in.” Sweat beads appeared on Murong Wuji’s forehead.

The Xiliang generals were inexplicably terrified, but still obeyed the order and summoned soldiers to rush to the north gate.

Murong Wuji was wearing armor and headed for the north gate together with the generals.

Once there is captured, Jincheng will fall.

“Kill!”

Under the command of the Xiliang general, a large number of Xiliang infantry rushed to the gap, and the dense soldiers kept replacing the Xiliang soldiers who were killed in the gap.

For a while, the soldiers on both sides were in a stalemate.

“Go, get the lime firecrackers from the camp.”

Outside the city, seeing that the heavy infantry were still unable to break into Jincheng, Chang Wei said to a general beside him.

Under Chang Wei’s order, the general left with a group of soldiers.

Not long after, wooden boxes were carried over one by one.

On a vast battlefield, this firecracker is not easy to use.

So it’s useless when ambushing Geely.

Now that Xiliang soldiers are crowded behind the city wall, this is the time to use it.

“Throw it in.” Chang Wei pinched his waist, keeping his eyes on the battle ahead.

Soldiers carried boxes across the moat.

Firecrackers were lit behind the heavy infantry and thrown over the city wall.

The firecrackers exploded thirty meters away from the city wall, and white smoke exploded among the Xiliang army.

Then one after another firecrackers were thrown in.

Lime powder gradually diffused at the position of 20 to 30 meters.

Under the shock wave of the explosion, the lime powder was more quickly distributed into the eyes of Xiliang soldiers.

After rushing out of the smoke, the Xiliang soldier gradually felt discomfort in his eyes and stopped in his tracks.

More and more Xiliang soldiers stopped, and the Xiliang soldiers behind were blocked and could no longer climb the city wall.

Xiliang soldiers whose eyes were burned by lime powder lost their combat effectiveness.

The Xiliang soldiers fighting at the gap suddenly lost their support, and were immediately beaten back by the heavy infantry of the palace.

It didn’t take long for the heavy infantry to cross the gap and enter the city.

“Each small flag is a team,

come on!” Seeing the heavy infantry rushing into the city, Chang Wei immediately asked the fusiliers to follow.

Heavy infantry is a strong shield, but it is faster to kill the enemy with a flintlock.

“Follow me!”

After receiving the order, Qin Shan immediately gave the order to the soldiers under his command.

The little banner general shouted loudly, and led fifty soldiers under his command to climb up the city wall behind the heavy infantry.

Beyond the walls, they no longer followed the heavy infantry.

Instead, they moved to one side, and fifty people quickly lined up in a small horizontal line.

Attack forward with a small horizontal team.

As they marched, such flintlock squads kept pouring in.

“Bang bang bang…”

The fusiliers pulled the trigger when encountering reinforcements from Xiliang at the north gate.

The first row of soldiers tilted the bullets out, the second row of soldiers stepped forward and fired again, and then the third row.

The Xiliang soldiers who rushed over fell under the guns one after another.

And as there are more and more fusiliers, the firepower is getting stronger and stronger.

Xiliang soldiers who had tasted the pain of this weapon on the city wall encountered this strange weapon again.

The huge casualties soon made Xiliang soldiers dare not continue to charge.

For them, this is not a battle, but a massacre.

With the fire support of the fusiliers, the heavy infantry quickly gained a firm foothold behind the city wall.

They poured into the doorway and lifted the sandbags out of the doorway one by one.

Half an hour later, the sandbags in their doorway were cleared away.

The soldiers immediately opened the city gate and lowered the drawbridge.

“Kill!”

At the moment when the suspension bridge was across the moat, more soldiers from the palace rushed into Jincheng shouting to kill.

(end of this chapter)