Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 612

[Chapter 612]

“They are still relying on the streets, alleys and houses to resist.”

Through the binoculars, Chang Wei had a panoramic view of the battle situation in Pingyuan City.

Due to the obstruction of the building, the attacking pace of the palace soldiers slowed down a lot.

The soldiers of Qi State hid in the courtyard, and when the soldiers of the palace approached, they would rush out to fight.

In this way, the distance between the soldiers of the Qi State and the soldiers of the Wangfu is often shortened to tens of meters.

When shooting at each other, the rifled guns of the soldiers of the palace lost the range advantage, and both sides suffered casualties.

However, due to the high accuracy of rifled guns and the fact that they are flintlocks, soldiers can be arranged in tighter formations to concentrate firepower.

The opponent suffered more casualties.

In addition, he also observed a small number of Qi soldiers using flintlock guns, which made his pupils shrink slightly.

There is no doubt that this is also a masterpiece of Dongying people.

With a sneer, he said, “In a few months, you Dongying people will be nice.”

King Yan’s anger towards the Dongying people also reached its peak.

It’s just that Zhou Yi’s fleet has too few warships, and it is still impossible to take action against Dongpu and fundamentally cut off the connection between Dongpu and Qizhou.

However, in two or three months, twenty-four warships will be launched into the water.

At that time, the Yanzhou Navy will deal with Dongpu severely.

Thinking back to the battlefield, Chang Wei said: “You can’t fall into the scheme of the people of Qi, and compete with them for Pingyuan City every inch. This will increase the casualties of the soldiers.”

Qin Shan and other generals nodded their heads one after another.

Although on the battlefield now, whether it is musket shooting or hand-to-hand combat, the soldiers of the palace are constantly winning.

But with every victory there will be casualties of soldiers from the palace.

If the fight continues like this, they will only have to pay 10,000 to 20,000 casualties in Pingyuan City.

If they conquered three cities, they would have to pay 50,000 to 60,000 casualties.

Obviously, this is definitely not what they want.

Lu Changdao: “General, I have been to Pingyuan City before, and I know the location of the granary in Pingyuan City. The general thought that as long as their granary is occupied and their food and grass are cut off, Qi’s army will collapse without fighting.”

Chang Wei revealed With a satisfied smile, he said to Lu Chang, “You are finally willing to use your brain now.”

Lu Chang chuckled twice, equipped with rifles and equipped the royal army, and he knew that the days of fighting only by brute force were over.

In the future, if he can’t keep up with the changes in the royal family’s army, he can only be left behind by Qin Shan, Guan Tong and other generals.

“In this case, I will allocate 20,000 troops to you to take down the granary as soon as possible.” Chang Wei said.

Lu Chang’s plan was exactly what he was going to implement.

Qi’s army spread their soldiers and horses throughout the city, resisting them bit by bit.

However, they made a serious mistake.

As long as he concentrates his forces to attack the granary, the Qi army will be unable to resist.

Responding loudly, Lu Chang jumped down the city wall.

Qin Shan, Guan Tong and other generals showed envious eyes.

It’s not that their abilities are inferior to Lu Chang’s, but that Chang Wei gave Lu Chang the opportunity to attack.

After getting down the city wall, Lu Chang immediately organized an army to attack.

The granary in Pingyuan City was in the southeast corner. He led the army around the east gate and attacked the granary in Pingyuan City from the direction of the east gate.

Twenty thousand people rushed straight to the granary.

Along the way, it was difficult to stop the Qi soldiers rushing out of the streets and houses.

They tried to resist, but were immediately shot and killed by several times the palace soldiers.

And while marching, Lu Chang placed artillery on the east wall.

Condescending, they have a clear view of the enemy’s situation on the offensive line.

The Qi soldiers who were hiding in the courtyards and streets were often bombarded by them before they could move.

These bombardments reminded the attacking palace soldiers, letting them know in advance that there was an ambush ahead in order to prepare for it.

Qi State’s street fighting team consisting of dozens to hundreds of people is no match for the Royal Palace’s army under such circumstances.

Lu Chang led the army to break through one street after another, and within half an hour, they reached the granary in Pingyuan City.

Unlike other streets, Han Qi obviously deployed heavy troops near the granary.

But even so, there were only three thousand people.

However, these 3,000 people were all armed with flintlock guns and more than 30 artillery pieces.

“Boom boom boom…” The soldiers of the palace appeared near the granary, and Qi’s artillery immediately roared.

Grape bullets were fired at the soldiers of the palace, and the attacking soldiers of the palace immediately suffered casualties.

Lu Chang was furious, and shouted: “Pull up the artillery and mortars, and beat them hard.”

At the same time, he ordered the soldiers to rely on buildings to avoid the opponent’s shelling.

Under his order, the mortar soldiers fired out the shells one after another without paying.

The field artillery soldiers pushed the artillery into the street to shoot at the Qi soldiers.

There were bursts of artillery roar and violent explosions, and the artillerymen of Qi State fell under the saturated shelling.

Without the threat of artillery, Lu Chang ordered the soldiers to attack again.

At this time, he ordered the 20,000 soldiers to divide into three groups, one to fight the Qi soldiers head-on, and the other two to outflank.

Otherwise, the soldiers would not be able to exert their full combat power if they were crowded together.

Under his order, the soldiers of the palace quickly surrounded the granary.

Under the leadership of the general, some soldiers climbed onto the roof and shot at the Qi soldiers in the middle of the street.

At the same time, field artillery and mortars launched a fierce attack on the granary.

The soldiers of Qi State with flintlock guns thought they would have a line duel with the soldiers of Yanzhou, but they suffered heavy casualties before they came into contact with the soldiers of Yanzhou.

In the face of a large number of casualties, the Qi soldiers guarding the granary collapsed.

The surviving more than 600 Qi soldiers dropped their flintlock guns one after another, knelt on the ground and raised their hands.

The soldiers who escaped from Yanzhou last time had already spread the news of what happened to them after their defeat throughout the barracks.

As long as they surrender, Yanzhou soldiers will not kill them, and even entertain them with food and drink.

Now that the city wall has been broken, there is no hope of keeping the granary, and the defeat is doomed.

Why are they sacrificing their lives.

The granary fell.

The news quickly reached the ears of Han Qi and Shi Cun Dahe.

The expressions of the two changed greatly upon hearing this.

Without food, they couldn’t hold out for a few days at all, and the news spread, and the soldiers of Qi State were afraid that their morale would be in turmoil.

“Get out of Pingyuan City immediately!” Han Qi slammed his fist on the table with an angry expression.

If this continues, the soldiers of Qi State in Pingyuan City will be wiped out.

Shi Cun Dahe said: “At present, only the South Gate has not been breached, but in my opinion, this is definitely a trap. Yanzhou soldiers must have set up an ambush on the way.

” It has been used more than once, this is not a conspiracy but a conspiracy.”

Shi Cun Dahe was discouraged for a while, and he said to Han Qi: “Prepare me the best horse, and must protect me to escape back to Qi.” The

matter was agreed , Han Qi immediately asked someone to convey the order.

At this time, many Qi soldiers had already heard the news of the fall of the granary, and the morale of the army was confused.

They also received the retreat order from Han Qi, they couldn’t hold on any longer, and rushed towards the south gate one after another.

(end of this chapter)