Chapter 621: Momentum Picks Up (I)
Seeing this scene of defeat and loss, His Royal Highness the Sixth Highness was really a little difficult to accept. Look at other people's missiles, and then look at the missiles in your own hands, what kind of garbage thing? Until now, it is not enough range, and the people who watched their men and horses being bombed turned over on their backs, crying dad and calling mother! These days are too smooth, those soldiers are a little lax, I didn't expect that today was indeed the first fierce artillery fire, this is the awakening, now the Ming King's fiefdom has changed hands!
Princess Ming is also a little sluggish standing on the city wall, is the strength of these nineteen sisters so terrifying? Compared to when he was the lord of Xiyuan City, his strength has increased more than ten times! At the beginning, the nineteenth sister was already quite strong against King Ming. Now it's even more violent. The weapons and weapons in hand are also more advanced!
Also standing on the city wall is Wu Yue, who is responsible for dealing with the attack of the Six Highnesses in the east, and it is the sisters Yu Shuang and Yu Xue who rush out to chase and kill, they don't care about any command, as long as they can rush to the front, it is the biggest temptation!
Princess Ming finally saw the essence of the nineteenth princess, she did not rely on the number of people, but on super morale, as well as advanced weapons, plus she can drive the morale of all soldiers. Obviously, even the soldiers under Princess Ming were also eager to try and asked to fight. was already demoralized, but suddenly seeing such a big advantage, they also wanted to rush out and sweep away the evil spirit in their chests these days.
Most of these soldiers were the people of King Ming's fiefdom, and the reason why they were still holding on was because their families and fields were here, so they had to defend them to the death. Although they all knew that failure was only a matter of time, and now they were just barely breathing. But today suddenly let them see hope, and it was even more out of their chests! So when they saw Yu Shuang and Yu Xue leading people to rush out, they couldn't sit still, and they also had a desire to be ashamed!
Originally, Wu Yue's series of offensive methods made Princess Ming sigh, and after looking at the telescope in Wu Yue's hand, Princess Ming was even more stunned: "What is this, can you see so far?" No wonder you can blow up the catapult on the other side with precision from such a distance! This...... It's amazing too! ”
"It's called a telescope, it can see far away, and it's sometimes even more useful than those artillery! This was also invented by Xiaobao! Well, this telescope is for you! Wu Yue said proudly. And he gave this telescope to Princess Ming very refreshingly, which made Princess Ming immediately happy!
Yu Shuang and Yu Xue came back with a large amount of loot, and the city suddenly thundered with joy, it has not been such a joyful victory for a long time! Not to mention bringing back so much loot.
What made those soldiers even more excited was that today's food had greatly improved, not only was they full, but they also had meat and vegetarian food, and they hadn't eaten such a delicious meal for a long time! Not only that, but even the common people in the city are now happy and queuing up to receive food. These days, although Duanmuqi is to ensure supply, it is only to ensure the supply of the army. Therefore, the people of King Ming's fiefdom have long run out of food, and many people are digging wild vegetables to eat. Unexpectedly, since the nineteenth princess, she began to distribute food, which made the people of King Ming's fiefdom immediately accept the new 'King of the West' Chitose from their hearts.
The nineteenth princess did not personally supervise the battle, as soon as she entered the fiefdom of King Ming, she was appeasing the people, and then she also transported a large number of herbs and arranged a large number of military medical officers to rescue those wounded.
Undoubtedly, this series of actions of the nineteenth princess was quickly recognized by the people of King Ming's fiefdom. Originally, those common people did not support the management of King Ming, not only the taxes were high, but also very chaotic.
And the nineteenth princess is very smart, these relief foods, she entrusted those merchants to distribute them on her behalf, as long as they are registered. These merchants are all rushing to do things for the nineteenth princess, and they don't charge a penny for paying, and they also hope to keep this last county, otherwise there will really be nothing!
The nineteenth princess smiled and wanted everyone to promise that she would never be attacked in the future. Businesses are also encouraged to reopen and to continue farming where the fields are not damaged. Anyone who has lost their land can temporarily migrate to Xiyuan City. In short, a series of operations have made the people of King Ming's fiefdom begin to settle down, and those merchants have seen hope!
Seeing all this, Princess Ming had to admit that she was really not as good as the nineteenth princess, she paid too much attention to military affairs, and she was not so good at governance! It is rare to personally observe the people's feelings like the Nineteenth Princess. I have to say that the nineteenth princess has quickly replaced King Ming and has been recognized by the people! This is more important than a big victory on the battlefield.
The nineteenth princess entered the fiefdom of King Ming and won the first battle, and Duanmuqi began to raise the account for the first time and deploy the next task. The soldiers who were still resistant, but now they have begun to listen to the order, Princess Ming because of her special status, set up a seat next to Duanmuqi, but Princess Ming did not sit down, but stood and waited for the order. Now that she has recognized the status of the nineteenth princess, she wants to do it well, after all, she also wants to see this fief in the hands of the nineteenth princess and regain its strong vitality!
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After the fiasco, the eldest prince was extremely angry and came to meet with the Sixth Highness, both of them were a little annoyed, and they didn't expect that the nineteenth princess had just settled in, and they had been hit hard. But they didn't want to give up, or so many days of pay, so many casualties, they were about to destroy King Ming, they didn't expect such a big change.
"Big brother, you say, what should I do? I'm definitely going all out to cooperate with you this time! We must not let our efforts go to waste! His Royal Highness was the first to take the lead.
"Good brother! That's what I want! The eldest prince was immediately much more relieved, what he was afraid of was that His Royal Highness the Sixth wanted to play tricks again, and refused to attack again.
"Big brother, in fact, the main reason for this failure is that we were careless, and of course, the power of that kind of missile is indeed beyond our understanding. But I don't think there will be many of them, because they are expensive. They played so much this time, just to boost morale and make us have some scruples, so that they could have a chance to breathe! "His Royal Highness Sixth estimated the price of the missiles he purchased, and there would not be many such missiles for the nineteenth princess.
"Yes, yes, yes! Situ Junshi said the same thing! So instead of backing down, we must immediately launch a stronger attack! Suppress their momentum! The eldest prince also nodded fiercely and said.
"That's right! Don't let them get their momentum up! In fact, this kind of missile is not so terrible, as long as our men and horses are scattered, it can greatly reduce casualties. And in terms of numbers, we now have an absolute advantage! "His Royal Highness the Sixth is not willing to give up this time, the major families have given him considerable support, and they have all received his promises, and now that he is quitting, how can he fulfill these promises? So you must take the fief of King Ming!
"Good! Then tomorrow, we will launch an onslaught at the same time, and this time we will also catch them off guard! All four of my crossbow battalions will be in battle! The eldest prince clapped his head.
"Good! In a word, all my iron horsemen have been transferred to cooperate with this offensive! His Royal Highness also slapped the table. Said loudly.
Back in the barracks, Situ Bufan began to deploy troops, and all the deployments and arrangements were also very reasonable, which can be said to be impeccable. But Situ Bufan was still a little unsettled, and even the eldest prince was not satisfied with it: "Situ Junshi, what are you worried about, this battle must be a heavy blow to Duanmu Lao'er!" You're not scared by their firearms, are you? ”
"Definitely! This kind of missile is expensive, they won't have a lot of them, I'm not very worried about this, what I'm worried about is that Zhu Xiaobao, since he married the daughter of King Ming, why has he disappeared, even the nineteenth princess settled in King Ming's fiefdom, he didn't show up! What do you think he's doing? The men and horses who had confronted Garanga have also withdrawn! Don't you think it's weird? "Situ Bufan had been paying close attention to Zhu Xiaobao's movements, but now Jialanga couldn't find any trace of Zhu Xiaobao, which made Situ Bufan very vigilant.
"Oh! Jialanga, this stinky girl, no one confronts her now, and she doesn't help besiege King Ming, what does she want to do? Is it just guarding her little territory? Forget it, ignore this stinky girl for now, and fight this battle well. Then I'll go settle accounts with this stinky! The eldest prince said a little impatiently, but he was not worried that Jialanga would rebel, because Jialanji had fought with Zhu Xiaobao, and when he attacked Lingyue Mountain, Jialanga suffered a lot of losses, and he definitely wanted to take revenge.
"Hmmm! Well, let's go all out and fight this battle first! ”
"Huh! That's right! ”
Sure enough, as soon as the hour arrived, the Great Prince and His Royal Highness launched a fierce attack at the same time, which was also the most powerful since the launch, and the four divine crossbow battalions of the Great Prince were all dispatched, and the newly formed Iron Armor Army was also pulled out! Didn't he get King Ming's 100,000 ironclad war horses, so he immediately formed an ironclad army! This time the momentum is absolutely overwhelming, you can see it from a distance on the city wall, and there is no end in sight to the black oppression!
However, the army of the Great Prince pressed the border, but it ushered in an even more ferocious blow, and the red-clothed cannons on the city wall were doubled, there were one hundred and twenty cannons. And there are another 4,000 super-powerful crossbows.
This time, the red-coated cannon did not fire first, but magnified the prince's men and horses approached before they began to fire, and the target was the crossbow battalion and catapults in the rear. The troops in front were dealt with by 4,000 super-powerful crossbows.
Four thousand super crossbows, thousands of people fell in one round of shooting, and the heavy weapons troops behind were even worse, before they could hook the range, they were violently bombarded by the red-clothed artillery, which immediately made the great prince suffer heavy losses!
"What's the matter, their number of firearms has increased again? And this kind of strong crossbow, how can it shoot so far? "The eldest prince was suddenly a little blind, he didn't hurt a single soldier of the other party, and his side was already suffering heavy casualties!
"Alas! We still underestimate this nineteen princess, she has so many hole cards in her hand! Situ Bufan was also a little depressed at this time and said, obviously his own strength has an absolute advantage, but as soon as he fights, it becomes the current situation, which he has never encountered, which can only show that the opponent's weapons are much more advanced than them!
"Rush me! Don't stop, as long as we get under the city walls, our advantage will be reflected! The eldest prince was already annoyed and angry, and shouted wildly regardless of the group.
The prince's men and horses were also desperate, frantically holding their shields and rushing forward, not to mention, they really let them rush over, although they suffered heavy losses, but they were almost under the city wall, and those super crossbows gradually lost their effectiveness, replaced by ordinary bows and crossbows. But the troops of the Great Prince also began to return fire with bows and arrows!
"Humph! I'll see what else you can do! Now that the soldiers are in the city, you will wait for death! The eldest prince also breathed a sigh of relief and scolded viciously.
Who knew that before the words fell, they heard a series of explosions under the city wall, and those soldiers who had just rushed over were immediately turned on their backs by the bombers, and they didn't know where these missiles came from!
In the end, I realized that it was not a missile at all, but something buried in the ground, and once you stepped on it, it would detonate! It turned out that on the periphery of the city wall, Yu Li and her people also laid a large number of mines. These shells and mines were produced by Xiyuan City overtime in the past few months. For these killing weapons, the four elders of the Du family basically sleep for an hour or two every day, and now these hard efforts have finally paid off handsomely.
The city wall was suddenly filled with gunsmoke, and the eldest prince standing behind couldn't see the situation under the city wall clearly, and could only hear screams and explosions. And then I saw that there were soldiers fleeing back, and they were all terrified!
"Bastard, who told you to retreat? Give me back, as long as we get under the city walls, it will be our advantage! ......" The eldest prince shouted angrily, and drew his sword, and cut off a few soldiers who fled backwards, but it was useless, and the other soldiers were still desperately fleeing back.
"Divine Ballista Battalion! Divine Ballista Camp! Why the fuck aren't you launching yet? The eldest prince turned his head again and asked angrily.
"Report! All four crossbow battalions were destroyed by those firearms! At this time, a small school came to report in a panic.
"Impossible! It's so far away that you can't see it at all, how can they shoot it? Is it still so accurate? "The eldest prince suddenly felt that his brain was not enough, the four divine crossbow battalions were advancing with the large army, but behind the large army, from the opposite city wall, it should not be clear to see, let alone accurately strike!
was detonated one after another, Duanmu Qi on the city wall was almost the same, and then the flag waved, the city gate was opened, Yu Shuang and Yu Xue rushed out with people, although the front was a female warrior, but it was followed by those people of Princess Ming, they were unwilling to succumb to the back, they actually rushed very fiercely, and the momentum was high, shouting and killing shook the sky.
This charge dispatched 100,000 horses at once, and the battle line for several miles was suddenly full of soldiers who rushed out, and the soldiers of the great prince had long lost their fighting spirit, and they turned around and ran, and those who ran slowly were immediately cut off with a knife! King Ming's men and horses, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, were extremely brave, and they even had to compete with the female warriors for their heads!
"No more! The defeat is decided, Chitose, hurry up and order the withdrawal of troops! Otherwise, the loss will be even greater! Situ Bufan hurriedly said to the eldest prince at this time.
"Withdraw...... Remove...... Retreat, retreat! "The eldest prince is also a little panicked, if he doesn't withdraw, even he can't leave!
This defeat was defeated and retreated thirty miles, and the great prince suffered heavy losses, 500,000 horses, only 110,000 returned, and the rest were either killed or taken prisoner!
"Ahh Yes! Yes! I'm, how can this be? How many strange means does this nineteen sister still have in her hands? The eldest prince returned to his tent and jumped like thunder, seeing that no one was moisturizing, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he tore the maid who was serving tea and pouring water by his side into half, and then dug out his heart, and was still jumping and jumping in his hand......
"Chitose is angry! These are the things that the little treasures have come up with. Alas, it's also to blame the old man for being incompetent, and he doesn't know anything about these things, which has led to such a big loss! Situ Bufan also said with a lot of guilt on the side, and the main thing is that he was still a little scared, for fear that the eldest prince would tear him alive!
"It's not to blame the military advisor! Alas, it's not much better than the sixth one! "The eldest prince still understands, and he doesn't blame Situ Bufan. But in his heart, he hopes that His Royal Highness will be the same as him, and it seems that this way can his psychology be more balanced!
But the next news was that the eldest prince was unbalanced, and His Royal Highness only lost more than 10,000 horses on his side, which was nothing compared to him. And according to the report of the spies, the Sixth Highness encountered many men and horses there, and they were all unable to hold on, and it was only by the shooting of red-clothed cannons, mines and strong crossbows that they forced back the 700,000 horses of the Sixth Highness.
"Huh? Is that reasonable, why are all the heavy troops placed here with me? It's so damning! I'm so good at bullying? The eldest prince suddenly exclaimed angrily and annoyed.
"Well, the nineteenth princess has a limited number of people, plus Princess Ming's people, it is only a million people, so it can only focus on one!" Situ Bufan said cautiously.
"Bastard, then why don't you focus on taking care of the sixth child?" The eldest prince was even more annoyed!
At this moment, another junior colonel ran in and reported in a panic: "Report! Chitose, the granary of Kitakami-gun was burned! ”
"Huh? These bastards, what are they eating, immediately behead the officials guarding the granary! Let the county guard of Beixian County come to see me! The eldest prince suddenly became even more furious and shouted frantically.
"Report! The granary of Yeqing County was burned ......"
"Report! The granary of Sanhe County was burned ......"
"Report! The granary of Cheongha-gun was burned ......"
The successive reports made the eldest prince stunned for a moment, none of the four counties in his fiefdom were spared, and all of them were burned, this is not an accident, this is a deliberate arson by man, this is his own life......
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