Steel Dynasty - Chapter 552

[Chapter 552: Iron rope and boat]

The setting sun is like blood, and the Bianshui River is dyed bright red. I don’t know if this is the reflection of the setting sun or real blood.

After being stationed on the north bank of Bian River, Luo Hong and Luo Xin appeared at the end of the official road in Pengzhou in the evening. After joining Lu Fei, the army did not attack the city immediately but camped along the official road in Pengzhou City.

Like the intelligence provided by Li San, the land in front of Pengzhou City is very narrow and is not suitable for large-scale military deployment.

That night, Lu Fei and a group of generals reconfirmed the strategy for the next day’s siege to avoid any confusion in command.

“There are 50,000 soldiers in Pengzhou City, and it is estimated that there are 80,000 or 90,000 people in the city’s wealthy tribes. The gates of Pengzhou City are easy to blast open, but when the soldiers enter the city, they will encounter street fighting, and street fighting is very difficult for us. Words are the worst,” Lu Fei said with a frown.

Luo Hong nodded. He understood what Lu Fei meant. The ideal battlefield for the musketeers is an open area, which is more convenient for the formation. However, once they enter a town with many buildings, it will be difficult to take advantage of the musketry salvo and engage in close combat.

“So His Highness asked us not to rush for quick success, but to fight steadily. After the city is broken, we must first control the city gate and use the city gate as a basis to occupy the city wall. In this way, we have established a position that can slowly encroach on Pengzhou City.” Luo Xin hugged Said, holding his arms.

Lu Fei nodded and said to Luo Xin: “Tomorrow you have to hit hard with lime bullets and grape bullets. No matter how hard Pengzhou City is, it can’t beat Shanhaiguan.”

“No, Shanhaiguan won them all .

Now, can we still be afraid of Pengzhou City?” Luo Xin agreed, and the two of them burst into laughter.

Luo Hong looked at the two of them with some envy. The reputation of the Qingzhou Army resounded throughout the Chongqing Kingdom. He was also envious. “Don’t forget me. The soldiers of our Firearms Battalion are not cowards.”

The three of them were discussing how to attack the city tomorrow .

At the time of the incident, the atmosphere in Pengzhou City became more and more solemn. Originally, they thought that there were only these three warships in the siege, but they did not expect that so many soldiers came one after another in the evening.

The shooting in the afternoon and the shelling of the Pengzhou Navy also filled the city with a mood of fear and pessimism. In front of everyone, the Pengzhou Navy, which was famous for its ferocity, was defeated.

“Mi Changshi, how can we fight this battle without artillery and muskets? You have also seen that the King of Qi’s army outside the city has muskets and artillery. Our soldiers were beaten to pieces before they even encountered the enemy. Now the navy officers and soldiers I’m so scared that I don’t dare to fight again, what should I do?” The head of the Lu family sighed heavily.

Different from the optimism in the morning, the clan leaders in the city now sighed one by one. They knew exactly what happened on the city wall. They could not imagine fighting such an army.

“Let’s escape. It’s still too late. If King Qi’s army enters the city, we will be doomed.” One person said.

“That’s right, pack up the gold and silver now, otherwise it will be too late to escape.”

“Everyone should run away for his own life.”

“…”

When one person mentioned escape, everyone responded. They are usually very cruel to the people, but Facing an army that was more ferocious than them, there was only fear.

Mi Wenyi had a gloomy face. Everyone could escape without a fight, but he couldn’t. He was the chief historian of the Wei Palace, and Pengzhou City was the foundation of the Mi family. If Pengzhou City was lost, his Mi family would be in the Wei Palace. It loses value in the eyes.

“Bang!” Mi Wenyi slammed the table and said: “Escape, where can you escape? This King of Qi’s ambition is not only our Wei Dynasty, he wants the whole world. By then, how can you escape?” Where are you going?”

Everyone fell silent immediately. Mi Wenyi’s words were not unreasonable. Now that the world is in chaos, where else can they escape to.

A clan leader said: “It’s not that we are afraid of death, it’s just that the firearms of the Qingzhou army are too powerful. If Mi Changshi can ask King Wei to dispatch a group of artillery and muskets, we can fight, but if we continue to fight like this, it will only increase casualties.” “

Mi Wenyi sighed. He blamed himself because he underestimated the power of firearms. This was not because he valued firearms, but because he had seen King Wei’s firearms when he was in Jinling City.

After the firearms unit demonstration in Jinling City, he felt that firearms were not invincible.

But now he understands that he was wrong, because in his opinion, there is no comparison between the Qingzhou Musketeers and the Wei King’s Musketeers. The Qingzhou Army is not only skilled in operation, but also has strict discipline. This can be seen just from setting up camp. .

The military camps outside the city were all in a straight line horizontally and vertically, and the soldiers patrolled in groups of two or three in a row. There was not a single idle soldier.

“As long as you can hold on for half a month, I can bring the artillery and matchlock guns.” Mi Wenyi hesitated and made up his mind.

“Half a month!” Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. Everyone had no confidence.

With a heavy snort, Mi Wenyi said: “This is the only way now. It depends on you whether you want to die in the hands of King Qi or fight hard.”

After that, Mi Wenyi threw away his sleeves and left.

Seeing Mi Wenyi leaving in anger, everyone sighed and dispersed.

The next day, the early morning in Pengzhou City was broken by the roar of artillery.

The warship docked on the north bank of Bian River launched an attack first, and its artillery bombarded the gate of Pengzhou City directly. After three rounds of bombardment, the gate of Pengzhou City turned into a hornet’s nest and was crumbling at any time.

Luo Xin, who was on the other side of the Bianshui River, looked at this scene with envy. Governor Niu’s decision was so right. This battleship was simply a sea fortress, and this salvo of artillery was extremely powerful.

Lu Fei looked at the opposite side with a telescope. Compared with yesterday, the guard of Pengzhou City was obviously much smarter. No generals or soldiers dared to show their heads. They were all hiding behind the battlements.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The Galen ships on the water continued to bombard the city gate of Pengzhou City. After two more rounds of salvos, the city gate of Pengzhou City suddenly tilted and fell. Only then did everyone realize that behind the city gate was A pile of stones.

The city gate was broken, Lu Fei looked at Luo Xin and said, “The next step is up to you.”

“Bring up the mortar.” Luo Xin shouted, and soon sixty soldiers were placed together in pairs. The mortars on the metal base were lifted to the front, and the field guns were also arranged neatly in lines by the artillerymen.

“Lime bomb!” Luo Xin shouted again.

Under his order, the soldiers loaded the lime bullets contained in the hollow cannonballs into the mortars, and at the same time the gunner began to measure the distance and adjust the length of the cork on the cannonballs.

“Fire!” Following Luo Xin’s order, thirty mortars fired at the opposite side at a distance of 300 meters.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

Lime bombs exploded near the city wall. The white lime dispersed like smoke, blocking the sight of the Pengzhou City defenders. At the same time, the three Galen ships on the water began to adjust their positions. Two battleships were lined up across the river, and the two Galen ships were connected by two iron cables. The soldiers on the ship laid planks on the iron cables to form a temporary bridge.

(End of chapter)