Steel Dynasty - Chapter 600

[Chapter 600: Unstoppable]

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The sound of artillery fire suddenly sounded when the sun hung over the treetops.

Facing the most important city in Wei, Ye Qingyun launched an attack while commanding the army to surround it on three sides.

He did not need to say anything to King Wei, nor did he need to persuade him to surrender, because for King Wei and the wealthy families in Jinling City, this war was a life-and-death battle.

“Fire!”

Following Ye Qingyun’s order, solid artillery shells and lime bombs landed on the city gate and city wall respectively, and a wailing sound suddenly sounded from the top of the city.

Jinling City is a place of wealth and peace, but the soldiers in the city never know what war is? When solid shells knocked their artillery away, when their comrades were directly smashed off heads, arms and legs by the shells, when blood and blood flowed on the city walls, they began to fall into fear.

Ye Qingyun watched the battle situation calmly. If he wanted the soldiers to believe it, he had to deceive himself first. Now he had the mentality of fighting to the last resort.

So before entering the city, he decided to continue bombarding the city walls and gates.

“Hit the walls on both sides of the city gate hard!” Ye Qingyun shouted to the artillery.

Learning from the lessons of siege, Ye Qingyun was not going to enter directly through the city gate this time, because the narrow gate would cause too many losses to the troops in the early stages, and now he could not afford such losses.

So he planned to blast open the city wall to create more places where he could break into.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The twelve-pound siege artillery continued to bombard the city gate and wall, and part of the artillery was used to deal with the Wei army’s artillery on the top of the city.

When Jinling City learned that its artillery was constantly being missed by the long-range Dengzhou artillery, King Wei couldn’t help but became furious. “Xiao Ming, you are trying to harm me!”

Just as he was yelling, a huge sound of collapse suddenly came, and the wall of the south city gate fell completely from the middle under the continued bombardment of artillery.

Seeing this, King Wei’s face turned from white to black. Among Xiao Wenxuan’s contemporaries, he was the only prince who had never been to the battlefield. At this time, he was also at a loss.

But he at least understands that if the city gate is broken, it means that Jinling City will be lost soon. Now he himself does not believe that he can defeat the Dengzhou Army.

“Boom.” Soon the wall on the other side of the south city gate also collapsed.

“Soldiers, charge!” At this time, Ye Qingyun was the first to rush over with a long sword in his hand. The soldiers holding flintlock guns followed closely, like evil tigers descending from the mountain, towards Jinling City from the city gates and walls. Rush away.

The soldiers of the Wei army in the city seemed to wake up from their sleep. Then they saw the green torrent rushing into the city, and they were all soldiers with spears. Before he could make any cry, he felt a cold in his chest. Then he watched his blood spurt out from his chest. Before dying, extreme fear made him scream one last time.

After entering the city, the soldiers of the Dengzhou Army were like tigers entering the flock of sheep. They were very skilled in long-range shooting and short-range bayonet. The Wei army that came to prevent them from entering the city was usually defeated with just a few rounds of shooting and bayonet charges.

The chaos in Nancheng quickly spread in Jinling City, and the entire city was filled with the smell of death. King Wei summoned soldiers under the protection of his personal guards. What he saw in front of him was beyond his imagination. He looked at the elite Wei army that was constantly defeated. His body was three times colder than a sword in the cold winter, and a voice told him that it was all over. The Dengzhou Army passed by like slaughtering cattle and sheep, leaving only cold corpses wherever they went, even though he was crying hoarsely. They attacked, but the frightened soldiers showed no resistance at all and were quickly disintegrated.

“Your Highness, let’s go. If you don’t leave, it will be too late! Both the east gate and the west gate have been broken through by the Dengzhou Army. Our city wall cannot withstand the artillery bombardment.”

A group of officials prayed behind King Wei. They thought the number of people It was an advantage, but they were wrong. Only now do they fully understand that firearms are an advantage.

How sad it is that the soldiers of the Wei army were shot without even touching the Dengzhou army.

Faced with this kind of fighting method that they had never encountered before, the soldiers collapsed very quickly. In addition, many soldiers had criticisms of King Wei in their hearts, so the soldiers fled even faster.

“Yes, Your Highness, the green hills are still there, so you don’t have to worry about running out of firewood.” The official dissuaded.

King Wei shook his head at this time and said: “You guys go, I can’t leave. Xiao Ming won and I lost.”

He knew clearly in his heart that all his direct troops were gone, even if he fled to other states It’s just a matter of looking at the faces of other wealthy families.

At this time, many officials no longer cared about King Wei. The situation was over, and the trees fell and the hozens scattered. To the officials and generals, they just changed their masters, and there was no need to be buried with King Wei.

According to the plan, Ye Qingyun led the musketeers to seize the gate of Jinling City. After defeating King Wei’s army, Ye Qingyun felt emotional in his heart. Although he knew the power of firearms, he did not expect that such weapons could cause huge damage in war. force.

There were at least 6,000 soldiers of the King of Wei’s army guarding the city gate, but the musketeers eliminated them all in a few rounds of shooting. Not even a single soldier of the King of Wei’s army came within ten meters of the musketeers.

After seizing the gate of Jinling City, Ye Qingyun lit the fireworks as agreed. The function of the fireworks was very simple. It was to notify Yue Yun that the city had been captured, and at the same time, let the soldiers at the east and west gates attack at the same time.

“Boom!” The fuse burned to the end, and then a bright thing rose into the sky, exploding into a colorful circular pattern in the sky, which was extremely gorgeous.

Yue Yun’s battleship actually didn’t go very far. He smiled when he saw the fireworks in Jinling City. He knew that Ye Qingyun succeeded.

From morning to afternoon now finally progress is being made.

After seizing the city gate, Ye Qingyun did not stop. He wanted to continue to expand his victory, so he shouted: “Soldiers, the time has come to harvest the enemy’s heads. Charge!”

“Kill!” The soldiers were fighting high. Now that they had won the city in a last-ditch battle, now that they had entered the city, they did not want to give away the high bounty, especially the wealthy families and dignitaries in the city.

The sound of rumbling footsteps struck one after another. Hearing this sound, King Wei’s soldiers completely lost their will to fight and fled one after another. Most of them put down their weapons and surrendered to the Dengzhou Army.

The battle below became very easy. Ye Qingyun encountered little resistance along the way from south to north. There were soldiers of King Wei’s army kneeling everywhere.

“Captain, this is the Palace of Prince Wei!” a soldier said, pointing to the house not far away.

Ye Qingyun smiled happily when he saw it, and said: “Soldiers, surround Prince Wei’s Mansion. No one inside is allowed to let go. There might be some big shot inside.”

(End of Chapter)