Chapter 461: The City Breaks
The knight rode his horse to the city to persuade him to surrender, but the Shu responded with bows and arrows.
If it weren't for the distance, the rider would have been shot dead under the city.
Yang Hao sneered when he saw this, and he didn't make such a meaningless move anymore, since they were stubborn, he didn't need to be polite.
"Artillery ready!"
Yang Hao ordered.
Nearly 100 artillery pieces were pushed out of the array and began to be rapidly deployed.
These dozens of artillery pieces are siege artillery, extremely heavy, and the role of field artillery is not great in dealing with a country like Xiangshu without cavalry.
Coupled with the unique terrain environment of Shudi, the role of cavalry is also minimal.
In this battle, Yang Hao relied on more than 10,000 musketeers, as well as tens of thousands of archers and infantry.
After noon, the artillery deployment was completed, Yang Hao immediately ordered the project, and at the same time, the sappers were also stepping up to build engineering equipment.
The rumbling cannon sound resounded through the four fields, where had the Shu people seen such an attack method, and they thought that the gods were angry.
The cannonballs fell on the city walls, and the walls trembled.
The continuous cannonballs fell, and the Shu army couldn't even raise their heads, so they could only hide behind the city wall and shiver.
The shelling lasted more than half an hour, and although the wall was in tatters, there was no sign of collapse.
Yang Hao frowned, the Shu people's pass was really a bit interactive, and it was difficult to collapse the city wall with such an attack.
"King! I'm afraid it's not a way to go on like this, it's still a fat army to attack the city! ”
Liyang Road.
Yang Hao frowned and thought for a long time and said, "Stop attacking!" ”
The sound of artillery stopped, and the Shu army finally breathed a sigh of relief, although the weapons of the Qi people did not break through the city wall just now, they still caused a lot of casualties on their side.
And he didn't even touch the skin of the enemy.
The Great Tent of the Qi Army.
Yang Hao discussed with the soldiers the strategy of attacking the city.
"King! The city wall of the Shu people is really interactive, and it is difficult to break through in a short time with only artillery, and the subordinates are willing to attack the commander's army. ”
A general said.
Yang Hao said with a smile: "Attacking is the next policy, it is not difficult to break this city, there is enough gunpowder in our army, just dig a tunnel, pass under the city wall, bury a large amount of gunpowder, and break the city." ”
Hearing this, everyone's eyes instantly lit up.
"That's a great strategy! Worthy of the king! ”
Liyang said excitedly.
Yang Hao said: "In order to avoid the vigilance of the Shu people, the siege will continue before the tunnel is dug." ”
In the ensuing siege battle, the Shu people showed an extremely tenacious fighting spirit.
It's just that Yang Hao doesn't want to waste his precious troops here, and the problems that can be solved with weapons will never be filled with human lives.
Although the Qi people were only small-scale harassment, the casualties caused to the Shu people were extremely large.
A few days later, the sappers had completely dug through the tunnel.
Large quantities of gunpowder were packed into several sealed boxes and transported under the city walls.
Due to the long distance of the tunnel, it was not possible to make such a long fuse.
Ignition is a dangerous task that involves climbing into a tunnel to ignite it.
The soldiers who ignited the fire needed to be afraid to get out of the tunnel before the gunpowder exploded, otherwise they could only be buried alive.
Under the so-called heavy reward, there will be brave men, three soldiers will be selected, and those fire crackers will enter the tunnel.
Ten minutes later, the soldiers who had entered the three tunnels crawled out of the tunnels with a disgraced face.
Less than half a minute after they came out, several deafening explosions rang out.
Look at the city wall that had been under attack for several days, the dust was flying, the earthquake was trembling, and the long tunnels had collapsed one after another in such a violent explosion.
The dust and smoke cleared, and I saw that the walls of the Shu people had collapsed.
Seeing this, Yang Hao immediately ordered an attack.
The explosion just now, the Shu people who were already alive were frightened, and they didn't have to recover from their fear.
I saw the Qi army rushing to the gap like a tide.
The Shu people, hiding behind the city walls, held weapons made of bronze, blocked the gap, and prepared to engage the enemy in close combat.
But what awaited them was a steady stream of guns.
The whistling bullets knocked the Shu people to the ground like cutting wheat.
In addition to bronze weapons, the soldiers of the Shu people did not even have a piece of armor on their bodies, and most of them only had a piece of animal skin around their waists.
In the face of the attack of the Qi army, there was no resistance at all.
The musketeers fired alternately, closing in little by little towards the gap.
The large number of casualties finally made the Shu army collapse, and the first soldier turned around and fled.
More and more people are joining the ranks of the fugitives.
The battle is like this, and everyone knows that the Qi people have won?
Yang Hao ordered the cavalry to start pursuing, these guys, made into labor prisoners, will be an excellent labor force when the railway is built in the future, how can he let these people go.
Although the cavalry could not be as comfortable as it was in the plains, it was easy to pursue the fugitive.
The siege began in the morning and ended at noon.
When Yang Hao led the army through the pass, the Shu people here were already trembling and kneeling on both sides to watch the strange army pass by.
Within the city walls is like a village, with large and small thatched houses scattered around.
Yang Hao is a person who came from the tribal era, and secretly compared it with the former Xia Dynasty, this Shu Kingdom was much stronger than the Xia Dynasty back then.
And under the influence of Qi Guo, you can also see some items belonging to the Qi country here.
"King! We've got the defender! Waiting for the king's fate! ”
An officer reports excitedly.
Yang Hao said: "Bring this person up." ”
It didn't take long for the two soldiers to come to Yang Hao with a strong man with a disheveled hair.
The soldier kicked the man in the shin, knocking him to the ground.
Yang Hao looked at this person and couldn't help but admire: "What a big man!" ”
"You can speak the language of the Central Plains!"
The big man raised his head, looked at Yang Hao viciously, spat at him, and scolded: "Damn Qi people! If you want to kill, you will kill! ”
"Bold!"
When the generals saw that this person was so bold, they were furious and threatened to kill him.
Yang Hao glanced at the spit on his boots, and waved the generals back disapprenously.
"Shu people! I don't know what is wrong with my Qi people, I have repeatedly persuaded you to surrender, why do you insist on resisting my Great Qi Heavenly Army. ”
Yang Hao is very curious about this, this era can resist, nearly forty percent of the casualties do not surrender, this kind of thing is very uncommon.
It would be difficult for even the Qi army to do this, let alone a primitive force like Shu.
"A certain is a descendant of Sanmiao, you slaughter my tribe, and you can't wait for your blood to eat your flesh."
As soon as these words came out, Yang Hao not only frowned, but also thought about it for a long time without remembering what the situation was.
And Liyang on the side reminded at this time: "King! When the three Miao were first attacked, it seemed that some Miao people fled westward, and according to this person, those people were probably taken in by the Shu people at the beginning. ”
Yang Hao suddenly said: "I see! ”
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