Steel Dynasty - Chapter 180

[Chapter 180 Night Attack]

When Zhan Xingchang came out of the barbarian camp, the surrounding barbarian soldiers whistled contemptuously.

This time he was responsible for coming to negotiate with the barbarians, but he had never seen Besantiji.

The person who met him was a Han Chinese named Liu Xuan.

He immediately put forward the conditions for King Qi’s surrender: the barbarians would withdraw from Shanhaiguan and transfer Youzhou and other places to King Qi. From then on, King Qi would become vassal to the barbarians.

This condition, of course, belongs to the lion, and as he expected, no results were achieved.

The conditions given by the barbarians at the same time were to open the gate of Cangzhou City. They would not harm the King of Qi, and they could give the King of Qi a state as a fiefdom.

Naturally, Zhan Xingchang would not agree.

However, Zhan Xingchang did not refuse, but said he would go back to the city and ask King Qi for instructions.

“Your Highness, this time we can postpone it for three to five days before going out to continue the discussion.” Zhan Xingchang said, “But in my opinion, this barbarian is not too sad about this matter. I feel that this is just a delaying strategy.”

” This Beishan always doesn’t follow the rules in fighting, so it’s hard to predict what he will do next, just stay calm, but this negotiation is usually done while fighting.”

After that, he said to Luo Xin: ” Don’t be idle tonight, just fire a few shots at the barbarian camp so that they can sleep peacefully.

“Your Highness, leave this matter to me,” Luo Xin said bloodthirsty.

This negotiation was originally optional. Xiao Ming was just trying to trick Bei Shan, but he knew that Bei Shan might also be trying to trick him.

In this case, everyone continues to hurt each other.

Anyway, he is not in a hurry. The attackers should be more anxious than the defenders.

After a day of fighting, the sky gradually darkened. In the evening, when the barbarians were cooking, suddenly artillery fired from the city wall, and black solid bullets flew toward the barbarian camp.

In the lookout, the barbarian soldiers who were eating were in confusion, and many of the barbarian soldiers were hit by cannonballs.

Beishan was eating at this time, and this movement startled him. He immediately ran out of the tent and held a shield to protect himself, fearing that he would be hit by an iron egg.

At this time, Gurtai was pointing at the city wall of Cangzhou and yelling. They never expected that the defenders would attack as soon as the negotiator left.

The barbarian soldiers who were eating immediately regrouped, but they waited for a long time and there was no second sound.

There was no other movement on the city wall, so he decided to eat again.

As night fell, the bonfires in the barbarian camp were particularly dazzling. These barbarians obviously didn’t know that the Cangzhou City defenders saw them much more clearly than they saw the Cangzhou defenders.

Luo Xin has been on the city wall. He always keeps an eye on the barbarian camp with a telescope. Every once in a while, he will shoot at the barbarian camp.

Then the barbarian camp will be in chaos for a while. After all, no one wants to be killed by an iron ball in their dreams.

This kind of fear kept many barbarian cavalry from sleeping at all, and they kept staring at the fire on the city wall.

They found that Tiedan always came to the camp after the fire, so whenever they saw the fire, they ran around trying to avoid it.

At this time, Beishan also couldn’t sleep, even though the guards held up their shields to protect him.

One of him couldn’t sleep because of the constant sound of artillery, and the other was waiting for news that the city wall would be blown open.

However, he soon saw firelight lighting up under the Cangzhou City Wall, and the defenders of Cangzhou City seemed to be pouring fire oil underneath.

“Cheer up for me at night. His Highness said that this barbarian might send someone over to plant explosives at night. Then we can go to heaven together.”

Lu Fei will keep vigil tonight.

He poured down the kerosene, and the piled corpses and broken ladders under the city burned instantly.

Ever since Xiao Ming saw that the barbarians planned to use the method of burying gunpowder to breach the city, he asked the defenders on the city wall to keep an eye out for slave soldiers digging holes.

Therefore, every time such slave soldiers appear, the defenders at the top of the city will always be the first to shoot them.

“Yes, Colonel.” The soldier was frightened by Lu Fei’s words, and the sleepy man immediately opened his eyes wide.

As they were talking, they suddenly saw a figure in a corner that was not covered by the flames. A soldier shouted: “There is someone down there!”

Suddenly, arrows flew to that corner, and screams were heard one after another.

But this figure fell down, and another wave of figures ran over.

Lu Fei frowned, picked up a torch and threw it down. The dense slave soldiers were illuminated in the firelight.

Taking advantage of the darkness, the slave soldiers attacked the city again.

“Throw the gunpowder can, quickly!” Lu Fei shouted.

This barbarian was really cunning. In order not to be targeted by artillery, he even attacked at night.

“Rumble!” the voice sounded again.

This immediately alarmed everyone in the city. Xiao Ming, who had just fallen asleep, immediately got up and climbed onto the city wall. At this time, there were shouts of killing coming from the city.

At the same time, the sound of bows and arrows piercing the sky came from the sky, and the barbarian archers also hid in the darkness and shot.

In the darkness, the Cangzhou defenders could not see the barbarian soldiers hiding among them, so they could only fight back randomly. For a time, the casualties suddenly increased compared with the daytime.

“Throw the gunpowder jar under the city wall.” Xiao Ming shouted immediately after climbing onto the city wall.

At this time, Beishan organized an attack with the sole purpose of burying the powder keg under the city wall. He must not be allowed to succeed at this time.

Therefore, we can no longer worry about consuming gunpowder cans at this time.

The shield bearers built a shield wall in the darkness, and the soldiers at the top of the city kept throwing gunpowder cans down.

There were screams and explosions, and corpses piled up layer after layer under the city.

Looking at the barbarian camp in the distance that was completely plunged into darkness, Xiao Ming looked serious. This Bei Shan was indeed a difficult character to deal with.

The artillery had no target and naturally could not fire. This night was destined to be difficult.

After another night of fierce fighting, more than 600 gunpowder cans were consumed overnight, and corpses piled up in a thick layer under the city wall.

However, these gunpowder cans were not thrown in vain. The corpses of slave soldiers had already filled the trenches, and naturally also filled the holes dug by the barbarians below.

If you think about drilling a hole in the city wall, it won’t be that simple.

“Your Highness, if this continues, the gunpowder jars will not be enough.” Luo Xin said worriedly.

I originally wanted to use gunpowder cans sparingly, but Bei Shan’s move completely broke Xiao Ming’s plan. If there were a few more night attacks like this, the city wall might really be destroyed.

Niu Ben saw Xiao Ming’s worry, and said to Xiao Ming: “Your Highness, don’t worry, the sharpness of the artillery is unstoppable, which can naturally defeat the barbarians, but why has your Highness forgotten that the outcome of the war depends on every big enemy?” The people of Chongqing, when there are no artillery and gunpowder cans, we can still block the barbarian attack with our flesh and blood.”

Xiao Ming was startled, and he looked at the soldiers on the wall, yes, when there was nothing. At least I still have these brave soldiers who are not afraid of death, so what do I have to fear!

(End of chapter)