vrcanaries Chapter 250: Artillery shows its power, and thunder from heaven destroys the world!
Chapter 250: Artillery shows its power, and thunder from heaven destroys the world!
The army in the north of the city was the first to set up its position, which attracted the attention of the enemy, and the enemy also transferred its main forces to the north of the city.
Of course, they did not relax their vigilance on the other three sides and were ready, waiting for the enemy to attack the city.
The Pingnan Army went to the left and the Tianyu Army went to the right.
They are led by their respective coaches Li Bohan and Yu Huatian.
The platform has been built on the north side of the city, and we just need to wait for the other two sides to be ready before we can start attacking the city together.
However, just when everyone thought they could start attacking the city, a spy suddenly came hurriedly to report, shouting,
"Your Highness, a large force of enemy cavalry emerged from the East City Gate and ambushed our Pingnan Army while it was on the march."
Southern King Ma Ling snorted coldly and said,
"Han Xuan was quite courageous. He knew to take advantage of our army's precarious position and launch a surprise attack on our advancing troops. Unfortunately, they picked the wrong people. They didn't realize that the Southern Army is an ironclad force.
Have you found out how many enemy troops there are?"
"Your Majesty, the enemy army is vast and powerful, with banners flying and their cavalry in disarray. It's impossible to count their numbers, but they must be at least tens of thousands."
"Probe again and report again!"
"Yes!"
Shen Changgong looked at Ma Ling in surprise and said with a smile,
"The enemy has 50,000 cavalry. Can your 100,000 infantrymen stop them? Why don't you quickly bring the Zhennan Army to support them?"
Ma Ling sneered and said,
"Who do you think the army has been training with the Pingnan Army these past few months? They've been fighting the Zhennan Army for several months and are already familiar with cavalry tactics.
If Li Bohan can't hold on for even an hour, I will chop off his head first.
Once we have a clear investigation, it won't be too late to send troops to support us. We're just worried that the enemy might try to make a feint to the east and attack in the west."
Shen Changgong nodded and said,
"Indeed, Han Xuan should lead the main force to launch a surprise attack on Yuhua Tiancai. He hates Yuhua Tiancai to the core."
A quarter of an hour later, spies from both sides reported,
"Report! My Lords, the enemy in East City has sent out 10,000 cavalrymen."
"Report! The west gate is open, 40,000 cavalry are leaving the city and heading straight for our Tianyu Army."
Shen Changgong smiled and said,
"You're right."
"I led the Zhennan Army to cut off the enemy's retreat. There is no need to worry about Dongcheng. Even ten thousand cavalrymen cannot defeat the Pingnan Army."
"Then I will wait for the Southern King to return victorious."
King Ma Ling of the South led the main force of the Zhennan Army and charged towards the West City in a mighty manner.
Shen Changgong shouted,
"Shenji Battalion, prepare your artillery, aim at the enemy troops on the city walls, and fire!"
At his command, the Shenji Camp immediately began to adjust the artillery and aimed it at the top of the city wall.
At this time, many soldiers of Kun Army gathered on the top of the city wall, densely packed, ready to give Yan Army a head-on blow.
This is when the enemy troops are the largest. If we don't seize the opportunity to launch a heavy attack, once Han Xuan knows the power of the artillery from the other two city walls, he will not deploy so many people there.
As for attacking the city and climbing the city walls, Shen Changgong had never thought about it.
We have cannons now, who would still climb the city walls?
My lord, times have changed.
"What is the Yan army busy with?"
A Kun Army general asked.
Han Xuan looked at the Yan army behind him and saw that they were suddenly getting restless. There were shouts coming one after another and many people were busy. He snorted coldly,
"Hmph, our cavalry will make a feint to the east and attack in the west, kill Yuhuatian's army, cut off one of their arms first, and then quickly withdraw. We have 200,000 men defending the city, and they only have 300,000 left. They won't be able to break in even if they give us several months."
"The Marshal is still the best!"
"This time, we will make sure the Yan invaders never return."
"As long as we can show the court our ability and have confidence in us, and then send reinforcements from behind, we can directly encircle the enemy, annihilate the Yan army, and capture Shen Changgong alive!"
The enemy's front troops were slow to advance, and even the catapults had not been pushed forward, which made them very relaxed.
After all, it’s not time to attack the city yet.
Tens of thousands of Kun army soldiers were standing on the top of the city wall, staring intently at the ground below, wondering what the Yan army was doing.
At this moment, they vaguely saw those people a mile away, who seemed to be fiddling with something black, and then suddenly ran back.
Then, they heard a muffled bang in the distance, and then they saw a row of large black balls coming towards them at lightning speed.
When they saw the black ball, it was already in front of them.
Wait, black ball? Divine thunder?
Han Xuan was worthy of being the commander-in-chief. His reaction was quick. He climbed to the base of the battlement in a flash and held his head with his hands.
Who cares about image at this time?
That row of artillery shells bombarded the top of the city wall with a bang, and then flames exploded, debris flew everywhere, and countless Kun soldiers were blown to the ground. Some were directly blown to pieces, with body fragments flying everywhere.
For a moment, explosions and screams were heard continuously. Many battlements were directly blown to pieces, and a big hole was blown out at the city gate.
Han Xuan felt the ground shaking beneath him, and then he heard screams and wails one after another. He stood up with difficulty and looked around, only to see that the city wall, which had been neat just now, had now turned into a Shura field.
The ground was littered with broken limbs and wounded people. Some were blown to pieces, some were missing arms and legs, and some had their stomachs torn apart, with intestines constantly pouring out, and they couldn't be suppressed by hands.
what happened? what happened?
Everything was fine just now, and the Yan army was still a mile away. How come our side suffered heavy losses in an instant?
Han Xuan looked at the soldiers rolling on the ground, watched the soldiers who were still able to move rescue the wounded, and finally, looked outside the city.
The Yan army was still a mile away, and even the face of the vanguard could not be seen clearly.
This was a distance they could not reach no matter what. Logically, the enemy should not be able to hit them either.
But even though the distance was so far, and the Yan army didn't move at all, their Kun army suffered such heavy losses?
How is this played?
This is impossible to fight!
Han Xuan would rather believe that it was a thunderbolt from the sky that struck their Kun Army into this state than to believe that it was caused by the weapons of the Yan Army.
At least, the thunder from heaven cannot strike them specifically, and it cannot strike them all the time.
But the weapons of the Yan army are specially designed to deal with them.
"Marshal! Marshal!"
Han Xuan vaguely heard someone calling him. He turned his head and saw a soldier yelling at him, but he could only hear a very small voice.
"Marshal, the brothers have suffered heavy losses. Let the brothers go down to heal their wounds and replace them with another group of people."
Han Xuan nodded in surprise, then immediately shook his head.
"Have the wounded carried down, and transfer two thousand men to the city walls. Don't send too many up there, or the more you go, the more you'll die. Spread them out!"
"Yes!"
The soldier agreed and was about to leave when he suddenly looked outside and shouted,
"Be careful, Marshal!"
(Dignity lies only on the edge of the sword, truth lies only within the range of the cannon. Happy birthday to our motherland)