In the sky full of cannonballs and splashed mud, Shan Xiongxin saw groups of Wu soldiers fleeing in panic like frightened birds, most of them were infantry, they lost their banners, abandoned their heavy armor, and even some of them even discarded the horizontal knives and spears in their hands, and some other cavalry were also deserted, and the fleeing cavalry had long since lost their arrays and formations, and they desperately beat the horse's belly, urging the war horse to take them out of this place of death earlier

There are only a few narrow passages between the riverbank beach and the quarry city, and all of a sudden, 40,000 horses rushed here, everyone wanted to leave here as soon as possible, the soldiers fought in groups, there was no formation, there was no upper and lower humility, and even the comrades-in-arms also fought between them, and several knights relied on the advantage of their horses, wielding spears and whipping their comrades, and trampling a road on their horses

It's really a desperate struggle, Shan Xiongxin's face is like ashes, he never thought that just two rounds of attacks, a full 40,000 people and horses would be scared like this, sure enough, the unknown is the most terrifying, otherwise 40,000 soldiers who have experienced life and death will not behave like this

Shan Xiongxin wanted to stop all this chaos, but the hoarseness in his throat shouted was useless, if it wasn't for the previous order to retreat, fortunately, once the order to retreat was given once, in the face of those whistling shells from behind, the retreat had already turned into a rout

Chen Kefu stood on the high five-story deck of the Anlan battleship, motionless like a statue, quarrying the quarry, the wharf and tidal flats outside the northern city used to be such a lively place, but now it is like a ghost domain

The soldiers of the Wu army had fled in panic and evacuated from this coast, but such a hasty retreat had evolved into a rupture, and groups of soldiers were all rushing to the quarry city, wanting to hide behind the high city walls, but the more so, the more the Wu army retreated, the slower it became, and more and more soldiers were blocked in front of those small passages, and the soldiers were densely packed than the previous array

Artillery fire extended

The sound of the ship's cannons gave a new order at the right time, and one cannon after another quickly pointed the target into the distance, and one shell after another gradually extended from the fence and ditch on the shore to the bottom of the quarry

Shells smashed into the Wu army, smashing gaps one after another in the crowd of the Wu army, and huge pits one after another were splashed with blood and stumps and broken arms

The gate of the quarry city has been opened, and the soldiers of the Wu army who rushed to the city first are all relieved, the quarry city is more than two thousand steps away from the fleet on the river, and those fearful weapons can't hit here

However, they obviously underestimated Chen Jun's red-coated cannon, and before they could be happy, a burst of whistling sound had already fallen from the sky, and huge cannonballs smashed down like meteors, and the mighty cannonballs smashed fiercely under the city, on the city walls, and even on the city gate tower

Twenty catties of cannonballs smashed on the city, the power and the stone bullets thrown by the catapult are not the same, and the Wu army in the city only felt that the feet were shaking, and then the brick city wall had been smashed and shattered, and a cannonball directly hit the city gate tower, and the city gate tower collapsed directly under a blow

The soldiers in the city also began to line up in a panic, and the iron shields stood up one by one, but those iron shields were nothing compared to the cannonballs of the red-coated cannons, even if the shield array was secret, but once the cannonballs smashed on the shield array, it would be within the range of the blocker, that is, death, there would be no reason to survive, and what was even more terrifying was that these cannonballs would not stop immediately after they were hit, but would bounce several times and cause more damage

Jiang Feng lifted Chen Kefu's bright yellow robe and swept on his face, but he was not moved, he had already heard the cheers of the officers and soldiers of the ships coming from the river wind, but Chen Kefu did not plan to join immediately, and the victory was only half in hand, and if he didn't win the quarrying victory for a moment, it would not be counted, and at this time, he was also muttering in his heart, the appearance of the giant cannon battleship this time may be the beginning of opening Pandora's box...,

Although the cannon appeared hundreds of years in advance, but he did not have much burden, history always advances, if you are afraid of progress, you have to rest on your laurels, this is no different from the seclusion of the country in later generations, you can't treasure it because you are afraid that the horseshoe and horseshoes will make the steppe tribes more brave, and you can't give up because you are afraid that gunpowder cannons will make other tribes rise

Another round of artillery bombardment, from the river beach to the quarry, the distance of hundreds of paces, at this time completely became a death zone, dense soldiers became the absolute target, even if the accuracy of the cannon is not high, but such a dense soldier is completely a hundred shots, the killing rate has increased exponentially, from the beginning to the present, the shelling has exceeded ten rounds, Wu army casualties, he estimates that at least more than three thousand, may reach five thousand

However, it is impossible to completely annihilate this Wu army if it is purely shelled, after all, although the range of the cannon is very long, after all, the number is not large, and the accuracy is not high, and more importantly, the cannon has to cool down for a while after firing continuously for a while, and the Chen army does not have so many shells to support the continuous shelling

For Chen Kefu, shelling is a means, not an end

He held a clairvoyant mirror and watched the movements of the Wu army, and when he found that the Wu army had almost all withdrawn to the quarry city, and the defense line of the river beach wharf was empty, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but smile

Slowly pulling out the Chixiao sword, Chen Kefu waved his long sword and shouted: Spread my will, the gunboats continue to shell, in fact, the ships rushed to the beach and landed to prepare to capture the city

Woowoo――――――

Soon, in addition to the Anlan and the ten Yellow Dragon warships that continued to stay in the center of the river to bombard the quarry city, the other hundreds of Qinglong warships and other large and small warships all began to rush towards the quarry

Shan Xiongxin on the quarry city also discovered Chen Jun's movements, but he couldn't do anything, from the riverside to the quarry city, it completely became a death zone, it was a meat grinder, at this time, sending troops to the riverside to intercept it was simply sending them to death, and those Chen troops in the inner fort found that Chen Jun came to help at this time, and actually desperately organized a group of men and horses to counterattack, so he had to divide a large part of the men and horses to intercept

Countless ditches, fences, antlers, pits, and other defensive facilities along the river had already been destroyed in the previous bombardment, and Chen Jun's warships were soon already leaning on the wharf by the river and in front of the nearby beach

The originally planned battle for the beach did not take place, and in the face of the empty beach, Chen's army's leading battalion quickly boarded the beach, and then quickly formed an advance position

However, this is also a bit futile, because the Wu army did not come to stop it in the end, even a small army was not sent, so in the end, Chen Jun landed on the shore one by one, and then calmly formed a whole team on the shore

Chen Kefu did not stay on the battleship, and he also led the guards ashore later

Artillery fire extended to attack, and the infantry then attacked

For this beach-grabbing landing siege operation, before the war, Chen Kefu had discussed with his subordinates for a long time, because most of these soldiers and horses who participated in the war were drawn from all over the place, although half of them were the best troops of the Chen Dynasty, but they had no experience in the cooperation between them, so after having the giant ship and artillery, Chen Kefu simply got a battleship and giant cannon to first destroy the enemy's river bank defense line, and then the infantry landed, and then the artillery fire covered the infantry cavalry to attack the city

In fact, today's results show that this plan is still very successful, and after the Chen army, which has 400 cannons, launched an infantry artillery coordinated operation, the Wu army is simply at a loss, completely panicked, and does not know how to deal with it, except for hiding in the city, they have completely abandoned the river defense and the battlefield outside the city

From the start of the first round of shelling, it was only two hours before and after, less than 90,000 Chen troops had all landed ashore and easily advanced all the way to the quarry city...,

Bombarding the city gate, Chen Kefu rode on the Teller horse, pointed his sword at the outer gate of the quarry, and said loudly

Because the road was smooth, Chen Kefu simply asked the soldiers to dismantle four cannons from the ship and transport them to the shore, all the way to the quarry city

The soldiers are fast, Chen Kefu really doesn't want to spend too much time under the quarry city, and Shen Luoyan's army is outside, which really makes him a little uneasy

The four-wheeled artillery cart, drawn by four horses and propelled by many soldiers, was soon pushed to the battlefield, and the five 3,000-pound red-coated cannons faced the quarry gate only a short distance of more than 200 steps

Hit the city gate directly for me, and Chen Kefu didn't hesitate for a moment

The accuracy of the red-coated cannon is indeed not high, but it is said that it is at a distance of seven or eight miles or even ten miles, but when the distance is only three hundred paces like this, if it is still said that it will not hit, it will be a hell of a fact

The artillerymen of the engineer battalion were quickly reloading their shells and ready for them

Fire

rumble

The five cannons fired in unison, without half a mistake, and the five twenty-pound shells directly hit the tall city gate, and after the mountain shook for a while, the steel-clad city gate was directly bombed into slag, and even the hole in the city gate collapsed, and the small half of the power was amazing

kill

Without waiting for Chen Kefu's order, Li Xiuning, Zhai Wushuang, and Zhang Chuchen, the three female generals who were waiting in front of the battle, had already taken the lead and led the three female armies into the quarry city

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