Steel Dynasty - Chapter 563

[Chapter 563 Glory and Money]

PS: There is another chapter at noon:

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The roar of field artillery broke the tranquility of the battlefield.

After the artillery captain proposed to use artillery to kill the artillery, Ye Qingyun took this method decisively.

Because it is located on an open plain, Tongzhou City has no danger on all sides. The place where Ye Qingyun is at this time is a rice field that has just been harvested. At a glance, the field of view is very broad.

Deploying the soldiers only five hundred meters away from Tongzhou City, Ye Qingyun ordered the artillery attack.

More than thirty artillery pieces fired a salvo, and the shells hit the wall of Tongzhou City hard.

Tongzhou City deployed ten artillery pieces on the front wall. These artillery pieces were originally intended to prevent Japanese invasion along the coast, but now they have become Tongzhou City’s first line of defense against the Dengzhou Army.

However, what King Wei and other vassal kings would not have expected was that Xiao Ming had spared them a hand from the beginning.

The Tongzhou soldiers who were planning to use artillery to attack the Dengzhou Army were shocked. The Dengzhou Army’s artillery seemed to have eyes. Every time it fired, the shells would fall beside the artillerymen. For a time, the Tongzhou artillerymen suffered heavy casualties, and the artillery on the city wall also suffered heavy casualties. It was knocked out of position by the shell.

Moreover, the city wall of Tongzhou was far less thick than that of Pengzhou City in a military town like this. The front wall was quickly shattered and the soldiers defending Tongzhou City were in chaos.

“Forward!” After dealing with the artillery on the city wall, Ye Qingyun ordered the soldiers to approach Tongzhou City.

The soldiers stopped when they reached a position 200 meters outside the city. The artillery reloaded at this time and violently bombarded the city gate in front. The wooden city gate could not withstand the attack of the twelve-pounder artillery. Soon, Collapsed under gunfire.

At this time, Ye Qingyun led the soldiers to continue approaching the city wall. When they reached the position of 90 meters, he ordered the soldiers to shoot.

At the same time, the Tongzhou soldiers also began to use bows and arrows to fight back, but compared to the more than ten thousand soldiers using muskets, the Tongzhou archers on the top of the city were simply insignificant.

Under the fierce shooting, the Tongzhou soldiers on the Tongzhou city wall could not raise their heads at all. At this time, a thousand-man team rushed into Tongzhou.

The battlefield was filled with the roar of artillery and muskets. Tongzhou City soldiers had never seen such a battle before. The city gates that had previously resisted the enemy were vulnerable to artillery.

Outside the battlefield, the people watched all this numbly. They looked at Tongzhou City like this when the Japanese pirates attacked the city, and they still look at Tongzhou City like this now.

To them, it has nothing to do with who rules Tongzhou City, because in their eyes, Tongzhou City is where the powerful and powerful live, and it has nothing to do with them. In their hearts, they only have their own home.

Ye Qingyun noticed this situation. Just outside the battlefield, the people watched the two sides fighting as if they were watching a show. No one raised their arms and came to help Tongzhou City defend the city.

He suddenly felt a sense of sadness. Qingzhou was not like this in the past, but now the people of Qingzhou are gradually awakening in their national consciousness in a country deliberately promoted by newspapers.

The saying that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world is no longer exclusive to the wealthy nobles, and the common people gradually understand the significance of this saying.

And what does the country have to do with me? Such words of national subjugation were also thrown into the dunghill and became degenerate words that everyone despised. Anyone who flattered them had ulterior motives.

“Charge!”

The people watching outside the city suddenly made Ye Qingyun aware of the current situation in Tongzhou. If Tongzhou officials and generals had won the hearts of the people, how could these people be so indifferent.

Presumably, these people must have lived a difficult life on weekdays, and they have long hated the officials and wealthy families in the city.

With such folk customs, the combat effectiveness of the army in Tongzhou City can be imagined. In addition, after the Japanese pirates landed in Tongzhou City, generals fled several times in Tongzhou City, Ye Qingyun’s confidence increased greatly.

The Charge resounded throughout Tongzhou City at this moment.

After the thousand-man team entered the city, Ye Qingyun led other soldiers to rush into the city.

From the Tongzhou Army to the generals and down to the soldiers, they were all frightened by the Dengzhou Army’s fearless appearance. The Dengzhou Army, holding the arrows on the top of the city and wearing dark green gowns, was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep. The soldiers of the Tongzhou Army and the Dengzhou Army who faced the enemy stood still and fired a volley, then raised their bayonets and formed a tight formation and rushed towards the enemy.

“For Qingzhou! For the bounty!” Ye Qingyun shouted.

This sentence further stimulated the blood of the soldiers. For Qingzhou, it meant loyalty, and for the bounty, it meant a prosperous life. They had already heard about the Southern Expedition before coming to Tongzhou.

The spoils collected from the expedition to the south of Pengzhou City this time totaled three million taels of silver, of which 300,000 taels of silver were used to reward the soldiers. Except for the generals who had slightly more, each soldier basically received twelve taels of silver.

But this battle is equivalent to two years’ salary as a soldier.

At this time, whether for glory, loyalty or money, they want to capture Tongzhou City.

“Kill!” At this moment, the Dengzhou Army gave full play to the advantages of combining hot weapons and cold weapons.

Facing the enemy at a distance, the Dengzhou Army stood still and fired. After firing a salvo at close range, they charged with bayonets. The Tongzhou Army initially relied on its superior strength to try to prevent Dengzhou from entering the city.

However, faced with the Dengzhou Army’s tactics of combining near and far, the Tongzhou Army suffered heavy casualties. Soon the Tongzhou Army fell apart. In order to save their lives, the soldiers lost their will to fight and fled one after another. Tongzhou City was in chaos for a while.

In the chaotic situation, the Dengzhou Army was overwhelming and fought along the North City Gate to the South City Gate. After a day and night of fierce fighting, the Dengzhou Army fully occupied Tongzhou City.

The official military took over Tongzhou City. Ye Qingyun organized soldiers overnight to repair the city walls and gates. This time they attacked Tongzhou and took advantage of the unprepared attack. Because of the advantage of artillery, they were able to enter the city quickly. This made many Tongzhou soldiers not realize what happened. matter.

But Tongzhou is an important port in Wei, but now there are thousands of large and small merchant ships moored in the port, and these merchant ships are now under the control of Yue Yun.

The King of Wei would be furious if Tongzhou was lost at this time, because it would cut off the basis of King Wei’s sea trade. The distance from Jinling City to Tongzhou was about four hundred miles. Ye Qingyun believed that King Wei would definitely send a large army to seize the city.

Therefore, he wanted to repair the city defenses in advance and let Yue Yun transport the cannons from the battleships to the city. In this way, the Tongzhou City became a copper wall and an iron wall.

Moreover, Tongzhou City was built near the sea. At this time, Yue Yun’s warships were responding at sea, so he was not worried about running out of supplies.

Tongzhou City can provide supplies, and of course they can also transport supplies. According to Xiao Ming’s order, he wants to build Tongzhou City into a bridgehead for attacking Jinling City.

After issuing many orders, Ye Qingyun immediately sent soldiers to Qingzhou to report the situation of the Tongzhou battle, and reported the details of the Tongzhou battle to Xiao Ming.

(End of chapter)