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"Whoosh" a cannon fired first. With a loud sound, the projectile roared and rushed towards the Zhao army at the head of the city. In order to save the declining situation, Zhao Jun kept rushing down from the city. That's when a bombardment came. On the spot, a team of Zhao troops with shields were beaten into a bloody passage.
All the Zhao troops were armed with shields, they climbed up from the city walls, and the shields still had some protection, against muskets. But with the artillery, what happened to them was very disastrous.
The powerful impact of the projectile shattered the shield and the Zhao army soldiers. Flesh splattered all over the ground. The soldiers who followed closely behind didn't know why, and they were beaten into a bloody rot. This is followed in this order until the projectile has no lethal effect.
"Bang. "Bang" Then two more guns fired, and one gun hit the tower. Half of the castle tower collapsed in an instant. The Zhao army, which had begun to rush down from the top of the city, began to hesitate. They were really afraid of the power of this weapon. With a loud bang, almost a lot of people would die, and not a single corpse would be killed. These Zhao troops have also gone through bloody battles, but it is the first time they have seen such blood.
"Musketeers shoot." A platoon of muskets began to aim at Zhao Jun, who was standing on the tower.
"Bang bang." There was a popping sound. The shooting was relatively sparse, but Zhao Jun, who was still in a trance, was shot one after another.
"Shoot." The second row of musketeers, again exerted their strength.
"Bang bang." Lightning and thunderous shooting. The projectiles began to mercilessly harvest the lives of the Zhao soldiers, who also had shields in their hands, but the power of the muskets was destined to shoot them, because they were within the effective range of the muskets.
The soldiers of the Zhao army fell in pieces. The captain who commanded the battle was a little frightened, the captain was also a battle-hardened person, but he had never seen such a scene, and the fire-breathing pipe was really powerful. The squirting thing flashed like a mosquito, and the eyes couldn't see clearly at all, and once it was bitten, it would be seriously injured if it was either dead or bad. This is how the neck of a Zhao soldier was broken. But the projectiles that flew out seriously injured another Zhao soldier, and the passage to the city was full of flesh and blood. The soldiers of the Zhao army were frightened.
"Artillery, put." Wang Ben shouted loudly.
"Bang bang." Two guns were fired one after the other. The cannonballs whistled and hit the Zhao army on the city wall. Since it is an upward shot, the effect is not very obvious. The fired cannonballs flew over the city in a parabolic line. Fell in the foothills of the Zhao army in the distance.
The archers of the Zhao army were originally stationed outside the city to provide support. Due to the rapid siege of the city, it did not retreat quickly, and the shells that flew out landed exactly in the archer formation.
After the shells landed and killed the Zhao army, some bounced up and took the lives of more Zhao soldiers. Lucky only to be taken from the limbs. The archer camp was disrupted at once.
Li Mu faintly heard some rumbling cannons, and couldn't help but feel something bad in his heart. Because this kind of loud weapon was only available to the Qin army, he was really afraid that the Qin army would suddenly use such a weapon, or that the Qin army would help the Yan army defend the city.
When he saw the cannon shells flying out, the archers' positions were disrupted. Li Mu finally realized that something was wrong.
"Quick, hurry up and withdraw the archers." Li Mu immediately ordered. "Whoa." A lieutenant on the side immediately executed.
"Sima Shang, you take 50,000 horses from the headquarters to kill from the south gate immediately, you must be fast." Li Mu shouted loudly. The situation has become very urgent. At the beginning, Li Muyuan planned to take a two-sided approach to capture Yandu. On one side is his own 30,000 elites, and on the other side is Sima Shang's 50,000 horses. Both sieges are critical, and the offensive will be very fierce. Just one of them goes south. Then the other way can be victorious. The Zhao army made rapid progress at the beginning, and Li Mu did not plan to use Sima Shang's troops, after all, the low combat strength was a huge shortcoming of that team. Once there is a slight setback, the morale of the army changes, and the outcome is uncontrollable. There is a high probability that his own army will suddenly turn into a rout. When the time comes, it's out of control.
The Zhao army at the head of the city, Wang Ben's artillery can't deal with it at all, and lowering the angle of fire will directly bombard the city wall, reducing the defense ability of the city wall. Only the musketeers can complete the assault on the walls. However, Wang Ben was well aware of the limitations of the musket, which could not shoot continuously. Once the city is attacked from the city ladder, the angle of fire of the musket will be reduced. The musketeers in the back could not shoot in time. The musketeers who had finished shooting in front had to face the rushing Zhao army directly in a narrow section, which was undoubtedly suicidal. Wang Ben was reluctant to do so. The number of musketeers was already small. If you do this, the losses will be staggering. Bombed the Zhao army out, and his musket team had to be lost.
"General Wang, can you let the musket team attack the city, we have to recover the city as soon as possible." Otherwise, there will be endless troubles. "After Yan rarely realized the power of muskets and artillery, he began to believe in these two weapons.
"General Yan, this is a bit difficult. The musketeers were unable to storm the city. Wang Ben said embarrassedly.
"Why?" Yan Han hurriedly asked.
"If the musket is attacking the city, it will have to fight on the city ladder, and the musket is slow to reload, so it cannot be fired continuously. Once in close combat, he will be slashed by the Zhao army, and the losses will be huge. Wang Ben said.
"Isn't there no way around it?" Yan said.
"General Yan, there is a way, but it depends on you, General." Wang Ben said.
"Oh, say it." Yan Han asked eagerly.
"General, the Zhao army has been unable to enter the city, there is not much trouble, I am here to resist for a while, the general quickly dispatched men and horses, and quickly attacked the city. It is better to send in archers and shoot from under the city. Wang Ben said some of his thoughts.
"Okay, there's General Law." Saying that, Yan Han clasped his fists and saluted, turned around and left, and quickly transferred people and horses.
"The musketeers continue to shoot." Wang Ben shouted loudly.
The Zhao army at the head of the city had been completely suppressed. After suffering heavy casualties, the Zhao army began to learn to keep their bodies down and hide behind the city walls, and the Yan army could not organize an effective attack, so they could only shoot indiscriminately. Some Yan troops began to re-block the city gates, and the Zhao army could not fight back. The Yan army was also unable to fight back. The two sides are at a stalemate.
In the palace of King Yan, King Yan heard that Dongcheng had been breached. It's already a bit panicked. King Yan, who had been messing around with the concubines all night, didn't care about the messy clothes, and immediately prepared to run.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." An attendant hurried over.
King Yan didn't pay attention to it at all, and prepared to run away with both hands and feet.
"Hold on, Your Majesty. The eastern city was defended. The squire shouted loudly.