Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 651

[Chapter 651 Leaflet]

“Could it be that they want to dig the tunnel all the way into the city?” The lieutenant beside the general of Qi was worried.

“Impossible, if that’s the case, wouldn’t they have been exposed with such a big fanfare.” The Qi general shook his head.

But he really didn’t understand what the purpose of the Yanzhou army was.

Thinking of him, Han Bi, who is well-versed in military books among the Han family’s children, and is highly regarded by the emperor Han Zheng, he couldn’t help but become more and more anxious.

“No matter what price you pay, you must defend Wubao until the reinforcements arrive.” Seeing that the tunnel was getting closer and closer to the city wall, Han Bi’s eyes became sharp.

Turning to the lieutenant general beside him, he said: “Immediately organize three thousand soldiers to go out of the city and kill the soldiers

of Yan State who are digging tunnels.” General, the range of our firearms is not as good as theirs, so letting soldiers go out of the city is equivalent to sending them to death?”

“As long as it is a war, people will die. Once the Wubao is lost, Yanzhou soldiers will drive straight in. The emperor blames it, and you and I will all be killed. “Han   Bi said coldly, “Why do you want to disobey the military order?

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He naturally knew that the soldiers died out of ten and nine out of ten.

But he couldn’t just watch Yanzhou soldiers dig the tunnel to the front of the city wall.

Not long after, the north gate of Wubao suddenly opened.

A group of Qi State soldiers wearing armor and brandishing long knives rushed towards the Yan State soldiers who were digging the tunnel, screaming for kill.

“Bang bang bang…”

At this moment, there were dense gunshots on the battlefield.

The stragglers scattered on the battlefield raised their rifled guns almost at the same time and shot at the group of Qi soldiers.

Since Yanzhou soldiers hid in the tunnel, they would not be injured by stray bullets at all.

The soldiers did not have any scruples when shooting, and the dense bullets flew towards the soldiers of Qi who were charging.

In an instant, a large number of Qi soldiers who had left the city gate fell down.

As if they had received the order to die, the Qi soldiers behind did not stop and continued to rush out of the narrow opening of the city gate.

But as soon as they stepped over the corpse of their companion, they also fell into a pool of blood.

“Are they overestimating themselves, or underestimating us?” Lu Chang looked at the top of Wubao Castle, feeling that the Qi general had made a very stupid decision.

Their rifled guns are not vegetarian.

Unlike flintlock guns, bullets are shot out by luck to kill the enemy.

After verification, the rifled guns they are currently equipped with can achieve a hit rate of 20% when shooting a target that is 350 meters away, 2 meters high and 1 meter wide.

Shooting within 200 meters can achieve a 40% hit rate.

Within 100 meters, it can achieve a 60% hit rate.

Although this 60% hit rate may not necessarily cause fatal damage, it will at least cause injuries to the opponent’s soldiers and basically lose their combat effectiveness.

Therefore, in his opinion, these Qi soldiers are simply living targets for death.

“It’s just moths flying to the flame.” Chang Wei shook his head.

If he is the general of Qi now, he will be very desperate now.

“Bang bang bang…” The

gunfire continued, and the Qi soldiers kept rushing out of the city gate and fell down again and again.

A quarter of an hour passed, and the corpses of Qi soldiers were all over the north gate.

At this time, the soldiers of Qi State finally stopped charging in vain, but closed the city gate.

On the city wall, Han Bi’s forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

Three thousand soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and his attack on the tunnel failed.

Witnessing the desperate charge of Qi soldiers, he realized that even sending more soldiers would not help.

He couldn’t stop Yanzhou soldiers from digging tunnels.

“General, what should we do now?” The lieutenant’s hands trembled slightly.

Before that, they only knew that the muskets of Yanzhou soldiers had a farther range than them.

But judging from the current situation, it seems that their muskets are more accurate than bows and arrows.

They were deceived by intelligence.

Realizing this, his confidence almost sank into the abyss.

Just imagine, all the soldiers in Yanzhou are holding weapons that are powerful, have a longer range than them, and are as accurate as bows and arrows.

How to fight this battle?

If it weren’t for the military orders, he would want to escape from this damn Wubao now.

“Check the defense materials and prepare all soldiers to fight to the death. If Wubao is there, people will be there. If Wubao is dead, people will be dead.” Han Bi said sharply.

As the spoiled son of the Han family, he would not allow himself to run away.

“The hot air balloon is coming.” Just then, a soldier pointed to the sky not far away.

I saw five or six hot air balloons slowly drifting towards Wubao.

Han Bi’s face suddenly became solemn, and he said to the lieutenant general: “Convey the order of the general. No one is allowed to pick up the leaflets dropped by the hot air balloon. Those who hide them will be punished with death.”

During the confrontation, the hot air balloons on the other side of the river floated to Wubao more than once. In the sky, sprinkle a lot of leaflets.

The leaflet says: Yanzhou is where Dasong is orthodox, and Emperor Zhao Hengzheng sits in Yancheng.

However, the powerful clans that established the country were chaotic officials and thieves, and everyone got it and punished them.

At the same time, he tried his best to encourage the soldiers to raise their troops to rebel, promising that the judgment of the soldiers would be rewarded by the court.

There is also the one that makes Qi’s nobles hate the most.

That is to declare that Yanzhou soldiers will confiscate the land of the wealthy clan wherever they go, open warehouses to release grain, and distribute the confiscated land to the common people. From then on, the tax policy of ten taxes and one tax will be implemented.

In addition to Wubao, these hot air balloons also flew over the villages near the South Bank to drop leaflets, which made the people on the South Bank float.

If it wasn’t for the nobles sending private soldiers to patrol the countryside, I’m afraid there would be chaos.

“Yes, General.” The lieutenant immediately conveyed the order.

After a stick of incense, the hot air balloon came over Wubao, and then the leaflets floated down from the sky like snowflakes.

Some fell on the city wall, some fell on the soldiers, and some happened to fall into the hands of the generals.

Han Bi picked up a flyer, just glanced at it, and tore it into pieces.

This time, there are only four words on the flyer: Surrender, don’t kill!

“Even if I, Han Bi, can’t defend Wubao, I will break some of your teeth.” Looking at Yanzhou, who was digging a tunnel, the soldier Han Bi’s face was distorted.

At this time, the winding tunnel was less than forty meters away from the city wall.

Yanzhou soldiers stopped digging south.

Instead, a transverse passage was dug parallel to the city wall.

This made Han Bi more confused, but he couldn’t think of a reason, so he could only feel angry.

“General, it’s almost an hour away. We can enter Wubao before evening.”

Outside the city, Lu Chang saw the soldiers starting to dig horizontally, full of confidence.

Chang Wei glanced at the hot air balloon in the sky and nodded.

He hoped that the propaganda conducted by the Propaganda Department would have some effect.

Let them achieve the greatest results with the least casualties as much as possible.

In the afternoon, the excavation of the transverse tunnel was completed.

Chang Wei ordered the grenadier team to enter the tunnel.

The grenadiers each carried a basket.

Each basket is filled with grenades.

Entering the tunnel, they quickly approached the city wall, squatted down in the horizontal tunnel, and waited for orders.

(end of this chapter)