Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 317

[Chapter 317 Urgent]

“General, look!”

Under the glare of the noon sun, Chang Wei held up his binoculars to observe the customs clearance city wall.

Around him are Guan Tong, Liu Tan, Bai Shang and other generals.

At this time, all the soldiers and horses from Xiliang in the Kannei region gathered in Nancheng under the leadership of Qu Dan, the deputy leader.

All kinds of defensive materials were also continuously transported to the city wall.

Standing on the city wall, Qu Dan looked at King Yan’s army below the city, his heart beating faster.

Some time ago, King Yan’s army feinted a shot at Tongguan, and he was also worried at that time.

Later he got the news that Jincheng was lost and Murong Wuji died in battle.

He immediately sent the news back to Xiliang.

After that, bad news came one by one, and the cities in the north of Jinzhou were captured by King Yan’s army within a few days.

Now, they finally came to the same pass.

“Beidi’s reinforcements will arrive soon, guard the Tongguan pass for me, and there will be a big reward afterwards.” Qu Dan shouted.

The soldiers from Xiliang roared angrily upon hearing this.

But it was more for their own courage. They fought Dasong’s army in Jinzhou for 20 years, and Dasong did not defeat them in 20 years.

But Yan Wang completely defeated them in a very short period of time.

It is impossible to say that they are not afraid in their hearts.

When the soldiers shouted, Qu Dan’s eyelids twitched.

King Yan’s army was stationed only three hundred meters away from them.

Then more than a hundred weapons similar to firecrackers were pushed to the front of the line. Just looking at them, his legs trembled a little.

“Cannon.” Qu Dan couldn’t help muttering.

He had heard this terrible weapon too many times from the scattered Xiliang soldiers.

After being hit, the people and horses were all broken, and the city walls of Jincheng were blown away by artillery.

Although the Xiliang soldiers on the city wall were screaming fiercely, like Qu Dan, they felt fear in their hearts at the moment.

They kept their eyes on the cannons, and if they spewed out flames, they would hide.

under the city.

Chang Wei kept patrolling the city wall with a telescope.

He knew Tongguan very well. When he was a soldier, he had guarded Tongguan. At that time, he patrolled here countless times.

People in Xiliang are not good at building the city, and the things here are still exactly the same as they were twenty years ago, without any change.

“Fight fifty meters to the left of the city gate.” Chang Wei said to the artillery general.

Tongguan South City is about 300 meters wide.

He clearly remembered that the city wall at that location had been repaired.

As for the things that have been repaired, they are not as strong as the original ones anyway.

After giving orders to the artillery, he said to Guan Tong, “Get all the ladders ready. If the city wall cannot be knocked down before noon tomorrow, we will have to attack. We don’t have much time left.”

“Yes, General.” Guan Tong leads the way.

His order was issued, and sixty artillery pieces aimed at the positions that needed to be bombarded.

At the same time, the remaining forty artillery pieces were aimed at the Xiliang soldiers on the city wall.

If the city walls were to be bombarded, the morale of these Xiliang soldiers would also have to be killed.

“Boom boom boom…”

Not long after, a huge roar resounded through Tongguan.

The black shells flew towards the city wall, smashing the blue bricks of the city wall into countless debris.

Immediately, a few bricks shattered directly, but did not fall off.

At the same time, some artillery shells flew towards the Xiliang soldiers on the city wall.

Some of the wall battlements were smashed by shells, and debris flew from the gate towers of the city walls.

Although I have heard rumors about artillery from the ears of the rout soldiers.

But seeing it with their own eyes, they were still so frightened that their legs couldn’t help but go weak.

“Ah…”

A soldier was directly hit by a shell, and a cloud of blood burst out immediately.

Blood spattered on the other Xiliang soldiers. They screamed and immediately lay down on the city wall, not daring to get up.

The moment the cannon rang, Qu Dan squatted down. He hid under the wall and covered his ears to death, letting the debris of the bricks fly.

A chip scratched his face, but he didn’t seem to notice because he was too nervous.

Chang Wei frowned and looked at the city wall.

The distance of 300 meters is very narrow for the army.

In this way, the number of people climbing each time the siege is destined to be small.

The enemy occupies a favorable position, and there are 30,000 people in such a narrow place, and it will take a long time to fight in waves.

This undoubtedly prolongs the siege time.

Therefore, what he hopes most now is to be able to make a gap like Jincheng.

As long as there is a gap, the rest will be easy to handle.

While ordering the soldiers to set up the camp quietly, Chang Wei stared at the artillery.

He stayed up all night amidst the rumble of cannons.

At dawn the next day, he looked disappointed at the place where the artillery bombarded him.

Although a lot of the green bricks on the outside have fallen off, exposing the rammed earth inside.

But in his view, within three days, this section of the city wall still cannot fall down.

Time has not allowed him to wait any longer.

After all, the more you wait, the more likely Beidi will win the pass.

Looking at Guan Tong, he said: “Let the soldiers prepare, prepare the ladder to go up to the city, and attack.”

Like Jincheng, the guards at the same pass also threw sandbags behind the city gate.

So it is of no avail if the city gate is blasted open.

Right now, the only way to go is by force.

Guan Tong nodded heavily, there is no doubt that this will be a fierce battle.

(end of this chapter)