Steel Dynasty - Chapter 104

[Chapter 104 Secret Weapon]

Twenty miles north of Qingzhou City.

This is the location of the Wang family manor. At this time, a castle in the manor was filled with members of the Wang family.

This Uburg is entirely made of rammed earth. The city wall is twelve meters high and five meters thick. There are four arrow towers at the four corners of the city wall.

In the arrow tower, more than ten archers aimed at the Qingzhou Army outside the city.

In the city, the Wang family’s bankers and subordinates were busy going back and forth, preparing supplies to defend Wu Bao.

In Dayu, the local wealthy families generally have their own tribes. Strictly speaking, these tribes are the servants of the wealthy families.

Because the wealthy families had a large number of domestic servants, sometimes in order to resolve disputes between the wealthy families, the servants were given daily training and equipped with simple weapons and armor. This became a private soldier, as the saying goes.

According to Xiao Ming’s order, Lu Fei and Ouyang Mu had already surrounded Wu Bao and told the people in Wu Bao what Xiao Ming said to him.

But what ushered in was a tighter defense on Wubao.

“Captain Lu, it seems that these bandits are going to fight tooth and nail. What should we do now?” Ouyang Mu was gloating.

Lu Fei glanced at Ouyang Mu. The Wubao outside Qingzhou City is the largest Wubao of the Wang family among the six states. If this Wubao is captured, the other Wubao will not be a concern.

It was Wang Chengchou’s second brother Wang Chengheng who was in Wubao now. After learning that his brother and nephew had been arrested, he immediately entered Wubao and summoned the Wang family’s children to defend Wubao.

“There is no need for General Ouyang to worry. The reason why His Highness is like this is just benevolence. He does not want to increase the number of killings. If we capture this Wu Fort, it will not be a problem for me.” Lu Fei said.

Ouyang Mu glanced at Lu Fei coldly, “In that case, I will just wait for Captain Lu to capture Wu Fort.”

Lu Fei ignored him and shouted to Wang Chengheng who was standing on the city gate: “Can you Think clearly, don’t take the lives of your whole family for your own sake. Your Majesty is so merciful that if you want to die, I, Lu Fei, will send you to hell.”

“Bah! Will you believe King Qi’s lies? Surrender is death, and failure to surrender is death. He will not let our Wang family go.” Wang Chengheng shouted.

“I originally wanted to let you Wang family go, but now I regret it, because you didn’t care about the life of your family, Wu Qu, for your own sake.”

When the two were in a stalemate, Xiao Ming’s voice suddenly came.

Lu Fei faced off with the Wang family in Wubao for a day and night. The next day, he finished handling the matter of publicizing the Wang family’s crimes and then rushed over.

“Xiao Ming, our Wang family is not kind to you, why do you want to kill them all.” Seeing Xiao Ming, Wang Chengheng said angrily.

Wang Shijie and his son were arrested so suddenly. Wang Chengheng still hasn’t figured out why, but he understands that King Qi wants to deal with the Wang family.

“Why? Because three years ago, your Wang family wanted to assassinate me.” Xiao Ming said suddenly.

“How do you know?” Wang Chengheng was shocked.

“Wang Chengchou has recruited them all, and even talked about the secret communication between your Wang family and the barbarians. It’s no wonder that your Wang family only lost a little money and food in the past three years. In these years, your Wang family has made a lot of money from trade with the grassland.” Xiao Ming sneered. road.

Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Wang Chengheng’s forehead, and he was stunned. These two crimes were enough to kill the entire Wang family.

The latter reason was just nonsense by Xiao Ming, because Wang Chengchou’s last words came out of nowhere. Now it seems that he was right. The Wang family and the barbarians have always been in cahoots, and it was unclear.

“You…you’re talking nonsense.” After coming back to his senses, Wang Chengheng argued.

Xiao Ming ignored him. The Wang family was a large family, and many direct branches of the Wang family gathered in Wubao. It was precisely because of these people that many servants rebelled.

“Wang Chengheng, I want to say this for the last time. If you surrender, I will forget the blame and promise not to touch any of your assets. The same goes for others. But if you are still stubborn, don’t blame me for being ruthless. When the time comes, I will let the Wang family bleed. It flows like a river.” Xiao Ming said loudly.

It’s one thing for Lu Fei to convey it, but it’s another thing for Xiao Ming to say it himself.

The Wang family disciples on Wubao suddenly became agitated. They looked at the Qingzhou Army, all wrapped in silver armor, and a huge fear spread in their hearts.

The enemy of Wubao’s defense this time is the Qingzhou Army, not the barbarians. The barbarians will retreat if they cannot attack for a long time, and Lu Fei will come to rescue.

But now they are like rebels, facing not only the Qingzhou Army led by Lu Fei, but also reinforcements may continue to come.

Even if the Qingzhou army fails to attack, after three months, Wu Bao will not be able to hold on.

After Xiao Ming finished speaking, he stood with Lu Fei, waiting for Wang Chengheng’s answer, but what he waited for was a sharp arrow.

Wang Chengheng picked up his bow and aimed an arrow at Xiao Ming, and the sharp arrow landed at Xiao Ming’s feet.

“I really won’t shed tears until I see the coffin.” Xiao Ming lost patience. He originally wanted to fight without bloodshed, but it seemed that he was still wishful thinking.

Lu Fei said: “Your Highness, let’s attack.”

“Don’t be anxious, go and bring the catapults from the camp.” Xiao Ming ordered.

Ouyang Mu laughed, “Is Your Highness planning to use a sling to smash this earthen wall? I’m afraid this won’t be possible within half a year.”

“Hey, General Ouyang will know my method later. Don’t do it at that time. It’s better to be scared.” Xiao Ming laughed.

After speaking, he whispered a few words to Zhao Long, and Zhao Long left in response.

The catapult in the Qingzhou camp was very old and Lu Fei never used it, but Xiao Ming said so, so he still asked the soldiers to transport it.

After waiting for an hour, a pure wooden catapult was brought over. This catapult has four wheels and a spoon-like handle behind it. The structure of the spoon is basically a circle of hemp rope.

As soon as the sling arrived, a donkey cart stopped in front of everyone. On top were glass bottles containing some transparent liquid.

Wang Chengheng, who had been guarding the city wall with the Wang family tribe, looked puzzled at this time.

Xiao Ming now knows very well that the Wang family children in Wubao are definitely not monolithic. The bigger the family, the greater the conflicts. The reason why they still refuse to surrender is because they are afraid of Wang Chengheng and have been coerced by him.

But as long as their fear exceeds their fear of Wang Chengheng, conflicts will arise.

What Xiao Ming has to do now is to create fear.

He took a glass bottle filled with liquid from the carriage and placed it in the recess of the trebuchet.

These glasses are so thin that they almost break when touched. If you throw them over, they will explode and shatter.

Ouyang Mu had a strange look on his face, he had seen glass before, but the King of Qi actually used glass to attack the city, which was unparalleled in the world.

Before he could taunt him, he saw the rope in the soldier’s hand loosen, and the glass bottle flew out instantly, flying straight to where Wang Chengheng was.

It’s just that the catapult was not accurate enough. The glass bottle deviated a lot and hit the wall two meters away from Wang Chengheng’s left and exploded.

“Ah…” Wang Chengheng screamed.

(End of chapter)