vrcanaries Chapter 567 Shocked the Wei Army’s First Cannon!
Chapter 567 Shocked the Wei Army’s First Cannon!
If every step forward taken by the Yan army came at the cost of human lives, then every time the Wei army pushed down a boulder or a log, they would suffer dozens of casualties.
Under the attack of artillery fire, the Wei army suffered heavy casualties, and the speed of pushing the stones down also slowed down.
Soon, the Yan army advanced to the middle of the mountain. The Wei army above began to shoot arrows, shooting down, and the Yan army below also shot arrows up.
The archers aimed their bows upwards, waiting for the Wei army to appear and kill them instantly as soon as they showed their heads.
The two sides engaged in a fierce battle, a battle that was like a meat grinder, and it continued like this.
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In front of Fengling Pass.
General Yuhuatian arranged the Tianyu Army into battle array and then pushed the artillery to the front line.
He rode on his horse, holding a telescope and looking at the city wall in front of him.
The commander's flag is not on the top of the city wall, which obviously means the enemy commander is not here. He may be sitting in the general's mansion, commanding the troops.
But he discovered that in front of the city gate tower, there were five generals wearing exquisite armor, gathered together, pointing and talking at the Yan army.
Yu Huatian's heart moved, and he immediately said,
"Hurry, go to the front line and find Ruan Weiba of the Shenji Camp. Have him immediately use the first fixed cannon to fire at the generals in front of the city gate.
Tell him that if he can hit and kill those generals, I will give him the first merit in this battle and the greatest credit will be his.
If you can't hit the target, you can just be a cannonball and not be an officer anymore."
"As ordered!"
The messenger immediately rode at full speed, passed through the crowd, arrived at the front line, and found the centurion Ruan Weiba of the Shenji Battalion.
At this time, Ruan Weiba was riding his horse leisurely, shouting loudly, and proudly commanding the soldiers below to push the artillery forward.
Ruan Weiba has been a veteran in the Yan army for many years and has followed Yuhuatian for many years. He is known as the Immortal God of War.
This means that no matter how dangerous the battlefield is, he cannot die.
The survival rate is comparable to that of the veteran in Luyao Town.
With his extraordinary luck, Ruan Weiba was appreciated by Lanling King Shen Changgong, and was rewarded with gold, silver and a house. He also married a beautiful wife and gave birth to a big fat son. He can be said to be a winner in life and is very proud of himself.
After that, he assisted in the development of artillery in the East Factory, and was later transferred to the Tianyu Army, the ace infantry corps of the Yan Army, as a centurion of the Shenji Battalion, following his old boss Yu Huatian. Now, thanks to his military exploits and extremely accurate artillery strikes, he was promoted to centurion.
In later generations, that would be a company commander level figure.
He got promotion, wealth, and a wife. All the good things happened to him.
Just then, the messenger arrived.
Ruan Weiba was a popular figure, so the messenger naturally knew him as well.
"Ruan Weiba, the Marshal has ordered you to immediately personally operate the first assembled cannon and fire at the five enemy generals on the city gate tower.
The Marshal said that the enemy general was most likely the commander guarding the city gate. As long as he was killed, the enemy troops guarding the city wall would be leaderless.
If you can hit the target, you will be the first to achieve great success in this battle. If you can't, just go away and become a small artilleryman, and don't even think about getting promoted or getting rich."
Ruan Weiba, who was enjoying the sun, was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse after hearing this. He said in shock,
"Did the Marshal really say that?"
"Nonsense, hurry up! If the artillery is fully assembled, the enemy general should be out by now! Go! Don't miss this opportunity!"
Ruan Weiba immediately spurred his horse forward, shouting,
"Get out of the way! Get out of my way, don't block the road!"
Soon, Ruan Weiba arrived at the front of the front line. A cannon had just been set up and the base was being fixed.
"Hurry up, hurry up, urgent military information, damn it, the shells are ready! They're about to fire."
Ruan Weiba was yelling, and the soldier asked curiously,
"Captain, what are you doing? The other artillery pieces haven't been pushed over yet. Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Nonsense, get the hell out of here! Hurry up! If my position is in jeopardy, your heads will be in jeopardy too!"
It was the first time that everyone saw Ruan Weiba so angry. They immediately moved the iron block to fix the base, and then raised the cannonball and stuffed it into the barrel.
Ruan Weiba quickly turned the steering wheel behind the gun barrel, knelt on one knee on the ground, and aimed at the enemy general on the city wall in front.
The soldiers on the side held torches, ready to light the fuse at any time.
On the top of Fengling Pass, the five generals stood together, looking down with worried brows.
"Everyone, what do you think? Can we stop the Yan army this time?"
A general said worriedly.
The fat general beside him patted his chest and sneered,
"What are you afraid of? The Yan army has over 600,000 soldiers and we have 500,000 soldiers. But we are on the defensive and they are on the offensive. No matter what, the advantage is mine.
We will definitely win this battle. As long as we delay them for a few months, your reinforcements will arrive. We will definitely beat them so badly that they will cry and go home.
Ha ha ha ha. "
The other four generals looked at him like an idiot, rolled their eyes, and said,
"But the Yan army has artillery. If that artillery is powerful, it can blow open the city gates and collapse the city walls. Any defense will be useless to them."
"What a bullshit cannon! That was when I met my old Zhu. If that cannon dared to attack me, I could smash it away with one hammer. What else could it use to attack me?"
General Zhu's words are suspected to be the most awesome.
Because in the entire combat history of the Yan army, the only one who successfully used a weapon to shoot down a bomb was Ruan Weiba.
Moreover, what Ruan Weiba shot away were only hand-thrown bombs, not artillery shells.
If it was fired from a cannon, not counting the force of the explosion, the impact alone would be enough to smash a person to pieces.
"You're only good at talking. The Yan army's artillery isn't ready yet. When they're ready, don't run away."
General Zhu looked at the generals with disgust, and immediately became excited. He picked up his hammer and said,
"Really? Don't disbelieve me! Let the Yan people fire a cannon right now. If I, Old Zhu, can't knock it away with one hammer, I will eat three pounds of shit, even if I stand upside down and eat it dry!
Do you dare to bet?"
A general shook his head and smiled, saying,
"Where the hell am I supposed to get you some ammunition...Huh? What's that? What are those people doing?"
The general suddenly saw someone in the distance placing a torch on a cannon and became confused.
But he soon figured it out.
"Oh no! It's a shell!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before he could even bend down, the shell had already arrived in front of them and hit the fat general named Zhu.
boom! ! !
There was a loud bang, and the five generals were torn to pieces on the spot, and even the pillars at the city gate behind them broke!