Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 404

[Chapter 404 Dumbfounded Enke]

“My lord, we lost five thousand servants!” The

night gradually enveloped the land, making the woods on both sides of the mountain road even darker.

On the mountain road five miles away from the bastion, the white tent stretched northward like a long dragon.

“Damn King Yan, I really want to eat his flesh and drink his blood.” Enke’s eyes turned red when he heard this.

Gordan sighed, “My lord, this time we have suffered from King Yan’s new firearms, should we report this matter to Khan and stop the attack.”

“No!” Enke was like a cat whose tail was stepped on. “Khan gave us a death order this time. Even if we can’t take down these fortresses, our Black Iron King’s Tent will be here to contain King Yan’s troops and cover Ulanba’s landing in Liao County.”

Gordan nodded solemnly .

It seems that even if King Yan knows magic tricks this time, they will fight bloody to the end.

That being the case, they will do whatever it takes.

“Get ready for the gunpowder barrel and attack at night.” Enke said after frowning and thinking for a while.

In the battle of Tongguan, Yan Wang’s soldiers and horses took this method to blow up the city wall of Tongguan to enter.

This method inspired Xiliang, and it also inspired them Beidi.

However, the field of vision is good during the day, and the soldiers carrying the gunpowder barrels will definitely be hit by the Yanwang artillery.

But at night, the night covered everything, and it was impossible for King Yan’s artillery to see things in the dark.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” The wolves shouted loudly upon hearing this.

Although they suffered heavy losses during the day, they had no other choice in this war.

…

“Keep your spirits up at night, the Beidi people might launch a night attack at night.”

On the bastion, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei stared into the depths of Qingfeng Mountain. In the telescope, the place where Beidi was stationed was a little bit of fire.

Putting away the binoculars, Chang Wei suddenly shouted to the generals guarding the city.

Zhao Xu nodded, agreeing with Chang Wei’s statement.

War is no child’s play, they must consider every possibility.

“Continuously defending passively like this is equivalent to being led by the nose by Beidi. We can’t spend our energy here.” Thinking of something, Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes and his voice was as cold as winter snow.

He had to admit one thing, Beidi Khan Mulehong really had a vicious vision.

The Yanshan Pass in the north of Yanjun is very important, because once it is breached, Beidi cavalry can go straight to Yancheng.

Therefore, Mu Lehong really let the black iron king’s tent smash here.

In this way, he can be contained, and at the same time, their real purpose – to attack from the sea – will be concealed.

It’s just that Mu Lehong really didn’t expect that in this battle, Zhao Xu would no longer stick to the pedantic defense, but would adopt an offensive strategy.

After all, offense is sometimes the best defense.

At the same time, surprise attack is the easiest way to break the enemy’s plan.

“Your Highness wants to take the initiative to attack?” Chang Wei asked.

“That’s right.” Zhao Xu looked at Qingfeng Mountain, “The bastion is only to prevent Beidi people from entering Yan County, but we must not be lazy just because of the bastion, and quickly defeat the Black Iron King’s Tent, so we will have more troops to deal with it from now on.” Beidi soldiers and horses coming from the sea.”

Chang Wei nodded slowly.

Zhao Xu continued: “They can attack at night, and we can also attack at night. You find a guide who is familiar with Qingfeng Mountain, and lead the soldiers into the mountain at night, waiting for an opportunity to attack.”

Chang Wei’s eyes seemed to flash.

He was also tired of always being attacked by Beidi people and then passively fighting back.

This time, he wanted to let the Beidi people understand that the days when they attacked and the four northern counties passively defended were gone forever.

Having said this, the two went down the wall of the bastion, and Chang Wei ordered Qin Shan to keep watch tonight.

It was midnight.

Qin Shan, who was patrolling the city wall, suddenly heard the sound of small footsteps.

Breaking out in a cold sweat, he shouted: “Enemy attack!

”

Some soldiers took up bows and arrows and shot burning arrows into the ditch outside the bastion.

This is the ditch that was dug when the bastion was built, to defend against the enemy. At this time, the ditch was full of kerosene, arrows fell, and a wall of fire rose up.

When the fire illuminated the surrounding space, a figure suddenly appeared in a corner not covered by the flames, and a soldier shouted: “There are people below!”

Suddenly, soldiers with pulley crossbows on the city wall kept shooting at that place, and there was a terrible sound. Called successively.

Although the artillery is very powerful, the pulley crossbow is more flexible for the enemy soldiers who come to the lower part of the city wall, so there are also a certain proportion of crossbowmen on the city wall.

In the arrow, a figure fell, and another wave of figures ran over.

Qin Shan frowned, picked up a torch and threw it down, and the dense Beidi servants were illuminated by the flame.

“Throw the bomb, hurry up!” Qin Shan shouted.

They guessed right this time, the Beidi people were really cunning, and they attacked in the dark in order not to be targeted by the artillery.

Obtaining his order, the mortar soldiers lit the fuse of the explosive bomb and threw it down. There was no need to use mortars at this distance.

“Boom!” The voice sounded.

This immediately alarmed everyone in the city. Zhao Xu, who had just fallen asleep, immediately got up and climbed onto the city wall.

At the same time, the sound of bows and arrows piercing the sky came from the sky, and Beidi’s archers also hid in the dark and shot.

“Throw the blooming bullets under the city wall.” Zhao Xu shouted as soon as he got on the city wall.

At first glance, he saw Beidi soldiers digging into the city wall.

There is no doubt that their purpose is to bury the powder keg under the city wall.

“Boom boom boom…” The explosion sounded again.

The corpses piled up layer after layer under the city.

“What kind of wall is this? Why can’t it be chiseled?” The Beidi soldiers under the city were already struggling against the attack on the city wall.

But what made the soldiers of Beidi even more desperate was that their axes kept sparking when they hacked on the city wall, but they only damaged a little after hacking for a long time.

The battle lasted for an hour.

In the end, Beidi soldiers only left a hole the size of a bowl on the city wall, and left a pile of corpses to evacuate.

Back at the camp, they immediately told Enke about the situation.

“Harder than iron! It’s nonsense.” Enke was furious, “You are making excuses for your own failures, come here, drag out all those who return and kill them.”

Then he said, “Then Stop a thousand people from burying gunpowder kegs!”

Amid the sound of grievances, the fleeing soldiers were dragged down, followed by screams.

Enke’s face was frosty, and he wanted to tell the next attacker not to come back unless he succeeds.

However, the second attack also ended quickly, and the soldiers who fled back answered the same as the soldiers who returned the first time.

“My lord, this is not right, the fort seems to be weird.” Gordan frowned.

It may be an excuse for the first wave to say this, but it is strange that the second wave also said the same.

“Damn it!” Enke almost gritted his teeth.

He didn’t allow the third wave of attack to be launched, but the strategy of blasting the city wall with gunpowder barrels could not be implemented, which was really annoying.

(end of this chapter)