Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 611

[Chapter 611 Seizing the City]

“Boom boom boom…”

Han Qi was struggling to figure out what to do when suddenly Yanzhou’s artillery roared.

Cannonballs roared and hit the city wall.

At the same time, Yanzhou soldiers came to Pingyuan City again carrying the ladder.

“It’s really courting death!” Han Qi snorted coldly and said to the artillerymen, “Fill them all with grape bullets and beat them into meat paste.” The

artillerymen of the Qi State immediately picked up the grape bullets and stuffed them into the barrels of the guns.

It’s just that the muzzle is very high, and they can only load the shells standing up. Since the muzzle slightly protrudes out of the city wall, their bodies are exposed to the muzzles of Yanzhou soldiers.

“Bang bang bang…”

Bursts of fire and white smoke rose from more than 2,000 foxholes.

Under the firing of the rifled gun, the Qi artillerymen who were loaded with shells suddenly fell into a pool of blood.

Han Qi’s face suddenly became ugly.

The artillery not only needs to be loaded, but also the barrel must be cleaned after firing, which will expose the soldiers to the soldiers of Yanzhou.

“Kill them!” Han Qi pointed to the Yanzhou soldiers in the pit.

Although loading was hindered, there were still more than a dozen artillery pieces loaded smoothly.

With his order, Qi artillery aimed at the pit.

It’s just that they found that the moment the artillery sounded, these soldiers shrank their bodies into the pit.

Their shells couldn’t hurt the Yanzhou soldiers in these pits at all.

After the sound of the guns, these soldiers showed their heads again, aimed their muskets at the city wall, and waited for an opportunity to shoot.

Once the Qi artillery was exposed, dozens, hundreds of bullets flew towards them.

At the same time, Yanzhou’s artillery was still bombarding their artillery non-stop.

Gun mounts were constantly being destroyed, and the cannons were deformed by shells and rolled down from the city wall.

The explosive shells also kept going, causing heavy casualties to Qi soldiers.

Under the triple attack of Yanzhou soldiers, the artillery of Qi State was basically unable to fight for a while. The city wall was full of corpses, and the soldiers guarding the city wall changed one after another.

This indiscriminate bombing continued until noon.

At this moment, the heavy infantrymen of Yanzhou rushed towards Pingyuan City carrying the ladders and shouting for killing.

When they came to the city wall, they leaned on the ladder and climbed up quickly.

The stragglers covered them and fired bullets at the city wall to prevent Qi soldiers from approaching the ladder.

“Go up, go up to me!” The

situation turned bad in an instant, and Han Qi was angry and anxious, so he could only keep urging the soldiers to resist.

After a while, heavy infantry broke through many walls.

They jumped down from the city wall, waved their long knives, and slashed at the Qi soldiers.

For a while, there was chaos on the city wall.

Taking advantage of the confusion, some heavy infantry rushed to the cannons of Qi State, took out nails, and smashed the nails into the priming holes of the cannons.

“Fire!”

Before the heavy infantry stepped onto the city wall, the general of Qi State gathered a group of arquebus soldiers to gather on the city wall.

Looking at the Yanzhou heavy infantry who were fighting with the soldiers of the Qi State, they ordered to shoot regardless of whether the soldiers of the Qi State were dead or alive.

In their view, the death of these Qi soldiers is a minor matter, but the loss of the city wall is a major matter.

Therefore, they would rather sacrifice these soldiers together than kill the heavy infantry in Yanzhou.

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

Immediately, heavy infantry and Qi soldiers fell under the guns of Qi’s arquebus soldiers.

Being shot and killed by their own people, the soldiers of Qi State who were fighting suddenly fell into a panic. They retreated one after another, trying to hide behind the arquebus soldiers.

Seeing this, the Yanzhou heavy infantrymen immediately picked up the corpses of Qi soldiers on the ground and used them as meat shields.

The city wall of Pingyuan City is only ten meters long, and after deducting the positions occupied by the two sides, the distance between them is only five or six meters.

“Bang bang bang…” There was another burst of gunfire, and the bullet hit the Qi soldier’s body, bursting out a cloud of blood.

Taking advantage of the gap between the third row of arquebus soldiers coming forward, the heavy infantry pushed the corpses of Qi soldiers forward, and then rushed into the arquebus soldiers with a lunge.

The arquebus of these arquebus soldiers did not have a bayonet.

The heavy infantry fought with them hand-to-hand, like a tiger entering a herd of sheep.

The long knife was raised, blood splashed, and the arquebus soldiers fell in a pool of blood one by one, and the arquebus soldiers suddenly became chaotic.

At this time, following the heavy infantry, the riflemen of the palace climbed onto the city wall.

They drew bayonets from their waists, loaded them on muskets, and immediately joined the battle.

One by one Qi soldiers were picked and killed by them.

As the number of soldiers from Yanzhou on the city wall increased, the soldiers from Qi State gradually couldn’t hold on, and they were constantly forced down the city wall and retreated into the city.

The soldiers of the palace immediately took control of the city wall, and the riflemen lined up beside the city wall and began to shoot at the Qi soldiers within 200 meters.

The heavy infantry rushed down the city wall, entered the gate, and removed the stones and sandbags that the Qi soldiers had blocked the gate.

“Stop them!”

Han Qi also withdrew into the city with the soldiers, and saw that the north gate was about to be opened by King Yan’s soldiers, and he looked terrified.

It’s just that everything is in vain. The fall of the North City Wall has greatly reduced the morale of Qi’s soldiers.

Even if there are soldiers who are greedy for rewards and try to rush over, they will be shot and killed when they are 200 meters away from the city wall.

Seeing the miserable state of their companions, the other soldiers dared not rush over.

This is simply tantamount to death.

Several times in a row, all the soldiers who rushed over failed, and Han Qi drank a stomach full of ice water like a summer.

Looking angrily at the soldiers of Yan State on the city wall, he ordered the soldiers of Qi State to enter various streets and houses, preparing to fight to the end with the soldiers of King Yan.

“Good fight!”

Outside the city, Chang Wei had a panoramic view of the scene on the city wall.

Seeing that the northern city wall was occupied by the soldiers of the palace, he immediately ordered the whole army to press down.

For him, this battle should also be over.

If the 100,000 army can’t even deal with these Qi soldiers these days, he won’t have to be a general.

After all, when beating Beidi, all his soldiers were one against ten.

Although the soldiers of Qi State also have artillery and muskets.

But compared with Yanzhou soldiers, the quality is obviously far worse.

Moreover, the time spent in contact with firearms is far less than that of Yanzhou soldiers, and the training in firearms may be even worse.

His order was issued, and the remaining large troops began to march towards Pingyuan City.

At this moment, the royal soldiers who occupied the northern city gradually captured other walls along the city wall.

The army of the palace is divided into three groups.

All the way to the north to support the soldiers who climbed the wall.

Detour all the way to the west and capture the west wall.

Detour all the way to the east and capture the east wall.

In less than an hour, the soldiers of the palace took control of the three walls of Pingyuan City.

Only the south wall was left for Qi soldiers to escape.

But on the way, they had set up an ambush by the cavalry, ready to kill him until his blood flowed like a river.

In the evening, Chang Wei led Qin Shan, Guan Tong, Lu Chang and other generals into Pingyuan City.

Climb up the city wall of Pingyuan City, and often look into the city with prestige.

At this moment, the soldiers of the palace are attacking southward under the leadership of the general.

In the streets and courtyards, gunshots were heard from time to time.

(end of this chapter)