Steel Dynasty - Chapter 365

[Chapter 365 Breakthrough]

“Kill!”

Among the ruins, the Qingzhou Army rushed towards the important town of Shanhaiguan like a tide.

Lu Fei rushed to the front with a sharp sword in his hand. Due to the explosion, countless soldiers on the city wall were killed and injured, and the soldiers behind the city wall were also affected and could not react at all.

More barbarian soldiers were frightened, and the slave soldiers dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.

After crossing the city wall, Lu Fei saw the barbarian soldiers behind the city wall. He said to the Qingzhou soldiers who rushed up: “Shoot!”

Thousands of soldiers who crossed the city wall stood still, raised their flintlock guns and pointed at the barbarian soldiers who rushed over. A salvo.

Amidst the screams, the barbarian soldiers fell down one after another, but many barbarian soldiers still rushed over without fear of death.

The soldiers of the Qingzhou Army stood on the broken city wall. The soldiers who rushed forward automatically formed three rows with the front row soldiers and began to use three-stage shooting to kill the rushing barbarian soldiers.

As more and more Qingzhou Army soldiers rushed up, the firepower on the broken city wall became more and more intense. There were fewer and fewer barbarian soldiers on the inside of the city wall, while the barbarian soldiers on other walls rushed down from the city wall to help the front. Barbarians on the city wall.

Lu Fei calmly looked at the waves of fallen barbarians. Under the cover of the musketeers, he immediately rushed to the city gate with his soldiers and slowly opened the gate.

“Charge!”

As soon as the city gate opened, the cavalry outside the city immediately launched an attack on the city gate, and the chariots also entered the city led by the horses.

Some soldiers immediately followed the chariot, and under the cover of the chariot, they launched an attack on the barbarian cavalry that also rushed towards the city.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Xin commanded the artillery to pull the artillery into the city, and violently tilted the firepower at the barbarian cavalry. The barbarian cavalry suffered heavy casualties for a while.

“Lu Fei, this barbarian attack has no structure at all. It seems that no one is commanding it at all.”

At this time, Lu Fei had defeated the barbarians and joined Luo Xin’s artillery.

“You are right, the leader of the barbarian soldiers was killed.” Lu Fei laughed.

Luo Xin also laughed when he heard this. They didn’t know that Gu Duo’s eyes had been burned out by quicklime and he couldn’t command at all.

Therefore, the current barbarian soldiers rely entirely on their barbaric nature to fight them.

On the hot air balloon, Niu Ben also saw the barbarians’ current unorganized attack. He asked Liang Yubin to let the hot air balloon land and go straight to the city.

At this time, the area near the city wall had been occupied by the Qingzhou Army, and the two sides were fighting fiercely in the middle of the military town.

After seeing the shape of the battlefield clearly, he immediately ordered the scattered musketeers to form three lines.

After receiving the order, the musketeers immediately began to regroup, and they formed a neat team. At this time, the drummer began to beat the drum rhythmically.

“Advance!”

Niu Ben ordered, and the three lines began to move forward in an orderly manner.

Because Shanhaiguan Military Town is not big, the line almost stretched from another city wall to the opposite city wall.

In the sound of drums, the musketeers walked forward in an orderly manner. When they encountered buildings, the soldiers would avoid them, and when they encountered barbarians, they would stop shooting.

Facing the tight musket formation, the scattered barbarian soldiers continued to fall under the gunfire.

At the same time, catapults continued to throw lime bombs at the barbarian soldiers. Large areas of the barbarian soldiers had their eyes burned in the quicklime and lost the ability to fight. The artillery was also replaced with grape bullets, and blood and flesh flew everywhere with every shot.

With the cooperation of lime bullets and grape bullets, the musketeers walked towards the city wall of Shanhaiguan step by step from south to north in an almost horizontal push.

Facing the fierce firepower of the Qingzhou Army, more and more slave soldiers surrendered on the spot. The only 60,000 barbarians in the city were unable to fight with almost the same number of Qingzhou Army in the city.

The attack started in the morning, and the two sides fought fiercely until night. At dusk, the remaining few barbarians finally withdrew from Shanhaiguan unwillingly.

“Win! Win!”

A soldier finally cheered excitedly as he looked at the barbarians escaping from the Shanhaiguan gate.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers waved their weapons and shouted. Many soldiers even cried with joy. The war was finally over.

“Hahaha… Commander, Shanhaiguan is back, Shanhaiguan is back.” Lu Fei laughed, but his eyes were already shining with tears.

After more than ten years, this once most powerful pass in the world was finally taken back from the barbarians.

Niu Ben smiled. Like Lu Fei, they were devastated when Shanhaiguan fell, because it was not only a majestic pass, but also a symbol of the dignity of a country.

“Cheer.” Niu Ben choked with sobs.

The generals and soldiers immediately shouted loudly. From Qingzhou to Jizhou, and from Jizhou to Shanhaiguan, three months of fierce fighting finally bore fruit.

Shanhaiguan is back, Youzhou is back.

Looking at the cheering soldiers running wildly, he did not lose his composure. Then he asked the generals to lead the soldiers to search the entire military town closely. At the same time, he closed the gate of Shanhaiguan and sent soldiers to garrison the city wall.

Luo Xin also captured some slave soldiers and asked them to transport artillery to the city wall to strengthen the defense of Shanhaiguan.

It is easy to attack Shanhaiguan from the inside, but it will be very difficult to attack from the side of the Golden Horde.

Now as long as we strengthen our defenses, there is nothing we can do if the barbarian army comes to take them.

After a busy night, the Qingzhou Army completely eliminated the barbarians in the military town. At the same time, they detained more than 30,000 surrendered slave soldiers.

These slave soldiers are all from Youzhou. Seeing the defeat of the barbarians, they naturally do not want to be driven anymore. Some slave soldiers are even helping the Qingzhou army in the battle.

Because of this, the barbarians were defeated like a mountain. Without slave soldiers as human shields, the barbarian soldiers could only use their own bodies to block bullets.

In the early morning, after a simple meal, Niu Ben began to inspect Shanhaiguan.

At this time, one hundred and fifty artillery pieces had been placed on the city wall, and trebuchets were also placed in some places, and soldiers began to patrol the city wall.

Standing on the city wall and looking down at Niu Ben, he is in high spirits. Beyond Shanhaiguan is the territory of the barbarians.

As long as heavy troops are deployed in Shanhaiguan, Shanhaiguan will become a thorn in the heart of the barbarians, because if they want to attack Dayu, Shanhaiguan is the heroic pass that they must remove.

Because once they adopt a far-reaching strategy, the army starting from Shanhaiguan can cut off their long logistics line.

Lu Fei and Luo Xin also climbed onto the city wall at this time. Their faces were serious now, without the laughter and curses in the past.

Facing this most powerful barrier in the world, there was only a deep feeling surging in their hearts at this time.

“Commander, Your Highness will definitely be very happy if he knows that we successfully captured Shanhaiguan.” Lu Fei said.

Niu Ben laughed, “Of course His Highness will be happy. Don’t forget, the Emperor once promised His Highness to capture Youzhou. This Youzhou belongs to His Highness.”

(End of Chapter)