Steel Dynasty - Chapter 549

[Chapter 549: The troops are approaching the city (supplementary update)]

of horse-drawn carriages towing field artillery were slowly moving forward on the loess-covered Yizhou official road.

On the city wall, Lu Fei was watching the convoy with a telescope. Next to him was Luo Xin. It had been two days since they arrived in Yizhou. When he saw the last batch of artillery arriving, Lu Fei breathed a sigh of relief and said: “Damn, you artillerymen are really like tortoises. If you don’t come back, this flower will wither.”

Luo Xin rolled his eyes, “You are very gentle in your words. This cannon weighs four to five hundred pounds. You can try to pull one up.”

“Okay, okay, I won’t be nagging you. Now that the field artillery is here, it’s time to capture Pengzhou City.” Lu Fei said, “Hey, I must fight a good fight this time to avoid being beaten by you.

“

The soldiers of the Firearms Battalion were disappointed.”

Luo Xin shook his head. Since the Qingzhou Army was equipped with firearms, this was the first time the two of them had led the army independently. They understood what Xiao Ming meant. Now that the world is in chaos, Qingzhou may encounter many obstacles. To fight, you need generals who are good at fighting.

This time Xiao Ming sent two people here to make it clear that he wanted to hand over the battle in the direction of Wei to them. They were also extremely excited about this.

The two of them were bickering all the way down the city wall. At this time, troops from three states in the Yizhou camp were undergoing integrated training. This time, including the firearms battalion infantry, the total number was 20,000, plus the 5,000 cavalry that were later allocated. , The army attacking Pengzhou this time consisted of 20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry. For Qingzhou, the size of this army was already very large. After all, they only had this number of troops when they fought the barbarians in Jizhou last year.

Going straight back to the camp, Lu Fei sent someone to call the generals who participated in the siege.

After a while, more than thirty generals gathered in Lu Fei’s camp. At this time, Lu Fei said: “Everyone, the field artillery has arrived, and the flintlock guns and plate armor have also been distributed to the soldiers. It can be said that everything is ready now. According to the original battle plan, we will make some repairs today and attack Pengzhou City along the Bian River tomorrow.”

Luo Hong nodded, “Soldiers are very fast. We should catch the Pengzhou City defenders off guard and capture Pengzhou City quickly. “

Captain Luo is right. This time we will divide our troops into two groups. One of them will go down the Bian River by boat to deal with the navy in Pengzhou City first. The other group will be led by Luo Xin and set off from the official road to Pengzhou.” Below the city, we will join forces and take Pengzhou City in one fell swoop.” Lu Fei knocked on the table.

“Yes, General Lu.” said the generals.

This time when Lu Fei led the army on an expedition, Xiao Ming gave him the title of General of the Southern Expedition and gave him the Tiger Talisman, all of which enabled him to successfully command the army.

After making a plan, all the generals went back to prepare. The next day, Lu Fei personally boarded the ship with 3,000 musketeers and went down the river, while Luo Xin set out for Pengzhou City with 5,000 cavalry and 17,000 infantry.

Yizhou is located in the southwest of Qidi, less than a hundred miles away from Pengzhou City. He set off in the morning, and in the afternoon Lu Fei arrived on the Bianshui River outside Pengzhou City.

Looking at Pengzhou City, which was built near the water, Lu Fei sneered. In his opinion, although the folk customs in Pengzhou City were tough, he would feel scared when facing soldiers with powerful firearms.

When the three warships slowly approached, the walls of Pengzhou suddenly became chaotic. Now the soldiers knew what was going on in Wei and Qi.

In the past two days, even the eldest son of the Mi family, Mi Wenyi, returned to Pengzhou City to prepare for war. It can be said that the soldiers in Pengzhou City have been tense. Now as soon as these three warships full of soldiers appeared, they immediately understood that what was coming was still coming. coming.

“Enemy attack, enemy attack.”

The soldiers on the city wall shouted. At the same time, some soldiers quickly came to the crossbow and pointed the crossbow at the advancing warship, while some soldiers got off the city wall to report the matter.

At this time, in the Mi Mansion in Pengzhou City, Mi Wenyi was hosting a banquet for the contemporary wealthy families. This time he was assigned by the King of Wei to go to Pengzhou City to personally guard the city, so as soon as he arrived in Pengzhou City, he invited the local wealthy families to discuss the matter together.

While everyone was enjoying singing, dancing, eating, drinking and having fun, a general suddenly broke in and said to Mi Wenyi: “Mi Changshi, three warships full of soldiers appeared outside the city. I am afraid they are the army of King Qi.”

“The army of King Qi.”

“How did it come so fast.”

“Is there really going to be a war now?”

“…” Everyone started talking.

Mi Wenyi’s eyes narrowed and he asked the general: “How many people are there in total?”

“There are less than a thousand soldiers on the battleship, but the general thought that there must be more soldiers hidden in the cabin. It should be between two thousand and three thousand. “

Wait,” the general said.

“There are only 3,000 people. Our Pengzhou City garrison has 50,000 elite soldiers, and the private soldiers of each tribe are more than 30,000. The enemy soldiers are not afraid of this.” said an old man at the banquet. He was Pengzhou City. The head of the Lu family, the second largest family.

Others echoed: “That is, these three thousand people are not enough to fill the gap between our teeth. This King of Qi has underestimated our Pengzhou.”

At this time, a young man said loudly: “Mi Changshi, I am Pengzhou Navy There are more than thirty warships. Why not send the navy to sink these three warships in the river at this time? Then the invading enemies will have to feed the fishes. “

Unlike the optimism of these local wealthy people, Mi Wenyi said: ” You must not underestimate King Qi’s army. The King of Qi’s ability to defeat the barbarians in the battles of Cangzhou and Jizhou shows how powerful his army is. This time they just sent these soldiers. I’m afraid it’s not arrogance, but confidence that these soldiers can do it. Take Pengzhou City.”

There were still some people at the banquet who were very calm and nodded in agreement.

Mi Wenyi took the opportunity to say: “It’s just that the King of Wei and the King of Qi are at odds now, and Pengzhou City is a battleground for military strategists. Now that King Qi’s soldiers and horses appear here, they must seize Pengzhou City. If the city is destroyed, what King Qi has done before

“Three years ago, we all remember clearly what happened when King Qi massacred the local wealthy people. If he captures Pengzhou City this time, he will definitely not give us a chance to survive.

“

” That’s right, we must fight to the death this time. “

“Yes, if the city is destroyed, it is better to defend Pengzhou City. Now I will mobilize the troops of the Zhang family.” One person said.

“I’ll go too.”

“…”

Mi Wenyi looked calm, but felt relieved in his heart. With just one sentence, he made the local wealthy people share the same hatred with him.

After coughing, he said: “Everyone, in this case, I hope you can help me a lot this time. This time our Mi family will send all the generals of the tribe to swear to the death not to let King Qi succeed.”

“Mi Changshi Dayi, Let’s go back and gather our troops. Let’s see whether King Qi’s troops are better or ours.”

(End of Chapter)