Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 318

[Chapter 318 Gunpowder Keg]

“Brothers, Tongguan is ahead. Only by taking this place can Jinzhou be safe, and the enemy will not threaten Yanzhou. Hold on to your weapons and follow me!”

amidst the sound of gunfire , Sixty teams carrying ladders are ready.

Each team is led by a small flag, with a total of fifty people.

Before the attack, the general flag circled around the soldiers under his command, shouting and cheering for them.

At the same time, the ten cloud echelon teams are led by a school lieutenant.

Whether it is the small flag, the general flag or the school lieutenant, they will take the lead in this siege.

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

shouted the soldiers. This would be the hardest siege they had ever fought in Jinzhou.

When they were in Xincheng, they took advantage of only two thousand soldiers in the city.

When they were in Jincheng, they took advantage of the artillery blowing down the city wall.

But there will not always be advantages for them to take advantage of on the battlefield.

What’s more, with the support of artillery and flintlock guns, they already have a great advantage.

“His Royal Highness has returned to Yancheng, but he has been watching us! This time we will use Tongguan to prove to His Highness that we can gnaw tough bones like us!” After the generals at all levels cheered up the soldiers, Guan Tong rode his horse Running back and forth in front of the soldiers, shouting.

Finally he stopped in front of Chang Wei, and Chang Wei nodded to him.

Pulling out the sword from his waist, he pointed at the head of Tongguan City, shouting: “Come on!”

“Kill!”

Guan Tong ordered, and the soldiers carrying the ladders rushed to the city wall.

At the same time, Chang Wei ordered the fusiliers to move forward to suppress the Xiliang soldiers on the city wall.

The artillery stopped at this time, and continued shelling would cause accidental injury.

city wall.

Hearing the shouts of killing, Qu Dan poked his head out and looked.

I saw the soldiers of King Yan carrying the ladder and charging.

His heart tightened, and he shouted: “Get up and hold the city wall!”

After receiving Qu Dan’s order, the Xiliang general on the city wall urged the soldiers back and forth on the city wall.

The gunfire stopped, and the Xiliang soldiers became more courageous.

I saw the soldiers of King Yan carrying the ladders were about to reach the city wall.

They immediately picked up the logs and gravels and waited for the soldiers of King Yan to arrive.

At the same time, Xiliang archers on the city wall stood up and shot arrows at the soldiers of King Yan below the city.

“Swish, swish…” The sound of arrows piercing through the air continued to resound.

It fell like raindrops on the charging royal soldiers.

From time to time, charging soldiers were hit in places where there was no armor covering, screaming and falling to the ground.

While the Xiliang archers were firing arrows, the fusiliers stepped forward.

They lined up under the city and shot at the top of the city.

“Bang bang bang…” Intensive gunshots sounded.

Amidst the flames and smoke, the Xiliang archers on the city wall kept getting shot and fell to the ground.

With the help of the fusiliers, the pressure on the soldiers of the Royal Palace in the charge was reduced.

They came under the city wall, leaned the ladder against the city wall, and climbed up the ladder.

Under the pressure of the flintlock guns, Xiliang soldiers fell behind the wall.

Seeing that the soldiers of the palace were about to climb up the city wall, the Xiliang general immediately ordered the soldiers to pick up the stones in their hands and smash them down.

A soldier from Xiliang picked up a stone in fear, got up, and threw it towards the ladder.

He was hit in the arm as the stone was thrown.

Severe pain came, and he squatted under the wall with his arms covered, screaming.

Seeing this, other Xiliang soldiers were even more frightened.

Although there is no artillery, this kind of weapon that can’t be explained by the defeated soldiers also makes them full of fear.

“Everyone stand up and kill the enemy, whoever squats behind will be shot!” came the general’s voice.

It’s just that not many people paid attention to them under the panic.

Seeing this, the general swung the sword in his hand and chopped down a soldier squatting under the wall.

The pupils of the other Xiliang soldiers suddenly dilated.

Gritting their teeth and shouting, they picked up the log and threw it down.

Other soldiers also poured gravel, hot oil and other things down.

“Reserve team!”

Under the gate, Chang Wei clenched his fist tightly.

The narrow city walls and sufficient troops allowed Xiliang to continuously replace dead soldiers and maintain the offensive.

Amidst the rocks, logs and hot oil, there were casualties among the soldiers of the palace.

Soldiers were constantly being hit and fell from the ladder.

“This damn Tongguan.” Chang Wei hated Tongguan for the first time.

No matter how he liked it here before, he even defended here.

But now in the hands of the enemy, it is a hateful existence in his eyes.

Especially after inflicting so many casualties on his soldiers.

The battle lasted from morning to evening. With the narrow walls of Tongguan, the resistance of Xiliang people was fierce.

When night fell, Chang Wei ordered the siege to stop.

Looking at the retreating King Yan soldiers on the city wall, Qu Dan’s hands trembled slightly.

If there is no such city wall, if there are no 30,000 Xiliang soldiers in the city.

He believes that the city is now broken.

But even so, he was shocked.

In a war, the side defending the city occupies a superior location, and often sacrifices much less than the other side.

But comparing the casualties of King Yan’s soldiers outside the city, he unexpectedly found that the casualties of his defenders were greater than those of the siege.

The reason lies in the strange firearms of King Yan soldiers.

There are as many soldiers with this firearm as there are archers.

Many Xiliang outcrops were killed.

Same customs.

Chang Wei and the captains looked solemn.

After a day of strong attack, the city wall of the same pass was not taken down.

This same pass faces mountains on both sides and grassland on one side, and only the south gate can be attacked.

This is almost like giving Xiliang a chance to concentrate its forces against them.

Although the soldiers fought bravely, they couldn’t do anything about the ruins of stones, logs, and hot oil.

“It’s a pity that the lime firecrackers can’t be used, otherwise it will be much smoother.” Guan Tong sounded the lime that once again played a miraculous effect when attacking Jincheng.

It’s just that the situation is different now. Throwing firecrackers from the bottom up will only make the lime float down, which will cause trouble for our own people.

“Firecrackers!” Guan Tong’s murmur stunned Chang Wei, and a bright light flashed in his mind.

He looked at the city wall facing him and said, “Continue to bombard the weak point of the city wall.”

Then he said, “Concentrate some gunpowder and make some gunpowder barrels.” Hearing this,

Guan Tong immediately understood what Chang Wei was going to do.

A look of joy appeared on his face, and he immediately asked the soldiers to prepare.

Not long after, the roar of the artillery sounded again, bombarding the place that had been repaired.

The next day, thirty half-meter-high wooden barrels were moved to the front of the army formation.

Each barrel was filled with pellets of gunpowder, and a match was inserted into the barrel for igniting.

After a night of bombardment, the blue bricks in the bombarded area completely fell off, leaving only rammed earth.

Moreover, the rammed earth was smashed into a large and deep hole by the shell.

This is what Chang Wei wanted.

Even if the bombardment speed of the artillery was too slow, he would directly blast the city wall with a gunpowder barrel.

“The fusiliers, the artillery is fully covering the soldiers carrying the powder kegs.” Chang Wei pointed forward, “Blow up this city wall!”

(End of this chapter)