Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 871

[Chapter 871 Interlude]

“Bang bang bang…”

In front of Songyang Pass, the soldiers of the palace’s pro-army rushed towards Songyang Pass like a tide.

After more than ten days of shelling, the front of Songyang Pass was full of bomb craters.

Using the dense craters, the soldiers covered each other and kept pushing the front line forward.

The Beidi soldiers and Nanliang soldiers couldn’t stand it at all, and kept retreating.

“It’s really like a mantis’ arm is like a car.” Seeing this scene, Chang Wei snorted coldly.

He dismissed Beidi and Nanliang’s desire to occupy Songyang Pass.

Zhao Xu’s expression was calm, and the current one-sided situation was within his expectation.

After more than ten days of shelling, Beidi soldiers and Nanliang soldiers in the trench changed five or six times.

At least 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers of the other side died in the shelling.

This kind of war, which can only be beaten and cannot fight back, will naturally lower the morale of soldiers to the extreme.

Now, when the royal army’s troops launched a charge, it was only natural that the opponent’s soldiers were immediately defeated.

They lose confidence.

at this time.

As the Songyang Gate was closed, Ashur and Olsky leaned against the ground of the city wall, carefully observing the battle outside.

Seeing his soldiers keep losing their trenches, Ashur couldn’t help feeling agitated.

Despite extremely low morale, his soldiers persisted in engaging King Yan’s soldiers.

The Nanliang soldiers basically collapsed at the touch of a finger.

But in the face of the nimble King Yan soldiers, they were still at a disadvantage and were shot and killed continuously.   ”The morale of the soldiers must be boosted.” Ashur said at this time, ” Olsky

, send soldiers with front-loading rifles!”

They hold the trump card in their hands.

They will never let them take risks until the critical moment.

But if it continues, no matter how many reserve teams they send, the result will be nothing to return.

Of course, now he can also choose to evacuate Songyang Pass.

But he was really reluctant.

Lost here, Tubo under his control would be under the vanguard of King Yan’s soldiers.

Olsky nodded, he was more worried about the connection with Britain.

Another point is that he wants to give King Yan a little bit of strength in order to negotiate with King Yan and force him to make concessions.

This is also one of the tasks assigned to him by Foreign Secretary Cheves.

So he looked at the battlefield, “Let them go, and remind the King of Yan, if we all equipped with front-loading rifles, he will not be able to win, and even if they win, they will pay a heavy price.”

Ashur heard the words , Immediately issued an order to let soldiers equipped with front-loading rifles in Nanliang and Beidi enter the battlefield.

Not long after, 20,000 people gathered under the city wall.

Rus soldiers climbed the walls, while Beidi and Nanliang soldiers entered the trenches and shot at the advancing royal troops.

“Bang bang bang…” A gunshot sounded clearer than a flintlock.

The pro-army soldiers of the royal palace who were constantly charging forward obviously had more soldiers fell down.

This scene shocked Ashur and Olsky.

They looked at each other, and Ashur said, “The gap between us and King Yan’s soldiers lies in guns and artillery. You Westerners should hurry up and provide us with more rifled guns.

” There’s a wave of rifled guns,” Olsky said.

He breathed a sigh of relief, although the front-loading rifle was obviously not as flexible as King Yan’s new musket.

But at least it is not a little bit stronger than the flintlock.

With this kind of firearm installed, even if they lose, they won’t lose too badly.

As long as it is guaranteed that every battle will cause King Yan’s soldiers and horses to pay more casualties.

Sooner or later, King Yan will recognize the reality, sit down and negotiate with them honestly, and become tame.

“Hahaha…” Ashur rarely laughed.

After the Battle of Cotton City, he never smiled.

But now, he sees hope.

The appearance of front-loading riflemen also boosted the confidence of Beidi soldiers and Nanliang soldiers.

Many soldiers cheered up and continued to stay in the trench to fight against the soldiers of King Yan.

In a short time, they stabilized the front line.

However, only for a short time.

Noticing the rifled soldiers, the soldiers of the palace immediately became more careful on the battlefield, instead of rushing like bulls.

They immediately turned into a pack of cunning wolves, using all obstacles to cover their bodies, and then waiting for opportunities to shoot and throw grenades.

“They are finally willing to show their trump cards.” Zhao Xu frowned.

Front-loading rifles are what they eliminated, and every soldier knows the performance of front-loading rifles.

It’s just that the fight was too smooth just now, which made the soldiers and generals a little negligent.

This led to unnecessary casualties under the first wave of shooting.

But after suffering a loss, the royal army and generals immediately changed their tactics.

The speed of advancing the front line has slowed down, but it has been more steady.

At this time, the advantages of the Qin-style rifle are reflected.

Soldiers are now hiding behind obstacles in various poses, while shooting continuously.

“Let the artillery clear them away.” Chang Wei put down the binoculars.

He kept staring at the battlefield and observed the group of rifle soldiers entering the battlefield.

Their advantage is not only Qin-style rifles.

Their artillery is also unmatched by the other side.

What’s more, they will soon install breech-loading guns.

At that time, they, the “God of War” with artillery in their hands, will be a nightmare for the people of the West.

“Boom boom boom…”

His order was issued, and the howitzer threw a bomb into the last three rows of trenches.

Right now, the soldiers of the Prince’s Mansion have occupied the front three rows of trenches.

The distance between the two is about 150 meters.

This distance is well within the range of muzzle-loading rifled guns.

At the same time, the rifled guns also smashed shells one by one towards the city wall.

During the bombardment, the soldiers of the royal family’s army stopped attacking and lay down on the ground obediently.

It is normal for howitzers and rifled guns to have an error of 100 meters.

They didn’t want to be killed by their own shells.

As soon as the artillery fired, Ashur and Olsky, who were proud of the excellent performance of the rifled guns, immediately raised their faces.

They panicked like rabbits and slid down the city wall.

The riflemen in charge of the battle were not so lucky.

Under the bombardment of shells one after another, they continued to suffer casualties.

Next, Olsky and Ashur continued to see dead and wounded riflemen being carried into the city from the walls and trenches.

Mutilated or unrecognizable corpses were lined up on the ground.

Now, they have nothing to do.

After the first round of firing, the effectiveness of the rifleman’s shots became less effective.

The opposing soldiers kept firing at the riflemen.

Now with the bombardment of artillery, the casualties of riflemen continued to expand.

It won’t be long before the riflemen are afraid that they will lose all their casualties.

“Get out!” Ashur said.

As long as he insists on guarding Songyang City.

But the performance of the rifled gun on the battlefield gave him confidence.

He changed his mind, and instead of wasting the lives of soldiers here, he would wait for more rifled guns to arrive.

Of course, it would be even better if the natives of the West could send artillery with comparable power.

Neither Dou Wei nor Xiao Chengju had any objections, nor did they have any choice.

If they choose to become bereaved dogs and live in the world, they know that they can only go to the dark side with Beidi people in the future.

(end of this chapter)