Chapter 232: Breaking through the Iron Wolf Pass
Wei Xiaobao took hundreds of Dongchang servants to cross the river from the upstream on a raft, and then went down the river to the front of the Iron Wolf Pass and found the mechanism that the general said.
As soon as I pulled the iron ring hidden in the embankment, I heard a huge thing break through the golden river and rise up quickly.
When the golden river water receded, I saw three stone bridges across the golden river.
Each stone bridge is a foot wide, and the deck is full of aquatic plants, and it is very slippery.
The patrolling soldiers were shocked when they found the stone bridge rising, and hurriedly passed.
Wei Xiaobao took the East Factory to guard the bridge.
On the opposite bank, Bai Luo and Lian Xiangru rushed to the front with artillery pushing double-headed guns.
The rest of the Wei soldiers followed closely and appeared to be in good order, which greatly improved the speed of passage.
The guard of the Iron Wolf Pass is the Northern Yuan royal family, named Wanyan Yong, brave and good at fighting, and has won the trust of Wanyan Wanghai.
Wan Yan Yong rushed out of the Iron Wolf Pass with a large number of elite soldiers and went straight to the stone bridge by the river.
Because the stone bridge was too hidden, even ordinary soldiers didn't know where the mechanism was hidden, so Wan Yanyong never arranged anyone to guard it.
The stone bridge that can sink into the river and hide, if it sends heavy troops to guard the mechanism, it is undoubtedly a bit stupid to have no silver three hundred taels here.
Wan Yan Yong hurried up, just wanted to rush to the river to defend the stone bridge, and at the same time, he couldn't figure out how the enemy knew the mechanism to open the stone bridge.
The city gate of Iron Wolf Pass was not far from the river, Wan Yanyong's face was as black as charcoal, and he couldn't stop whipping, and soon saw Wei Xiaobao and others guarding the bridge.
But on the stone bridge, more Wei soldiers were rushing in.
Behind Wan Yan Yong, the two generals who had been planted with life and death talismans followed closely, their faces were very solemn.
What are they going to do when the war starts?
If the Wei soldiers are not killed, they will be exposed as traitors.
But if they really kill Wei Bing, they will definitely anger Wei Xiaobao, and when the life and death talisman attacks again, Wei Xiaobao will definitely not help them suppress it.
If they still want to continue to live, they have to bow to Wei Xiaobao.
Boom boom.
Before they could get close to the river, a cannonball hit and exploded on the ground in front of them.
With the deafening explosion, the ground was blown out of a large crater, and smoke and dust rose all over the sky, obscuring the sky.
Wan Yan Yong At that moment, his soul seemed to fly away.
What the hell is the legendary cannon?
If a cannon explodes, there will be such a big pit on the ground?
And the dust that rushed up to the sky made people's scalps tingle and couldn't believe it.
But after all, Wan Yan Yong has experienced a hundred battles and will not be easily intimidated, so he raised his arms and shouted: "Get on the shield." ”
Behind it were the infantrymen, pushing several carts.
The thing on the cart was the shield.
This shield was specially made by the Northern Yuan for the Wei cannon, although it had not been tested, but the Northern Yuan soldiers believed that the shield could block the cannonball.
Now is the time to witness history.
As long as the shield is effective, the Wei cannon will fall to the altar.
Wei Xiaobao stood at the head of the bridge and looked at Wan Yanyong who stopped with a smile.
Wan Yan Yong came late, obviously committing the taboo of underestimating the enemy.
At this moment, black smoke rose from the Iron Wolf Pass.
In the early morning, there was no wind, and the black smoke rose straight up, towering into the sky, which was quite spectacular.
Wan Yan Yong also found the black smoke, frowned and asked, "What's the situation in the city?" ”
"General Qiyu, there is a fire in the granary." Soon a soldier rode up and said loudly.
A granary fire?
How could the granary catch fire at this time?
Wan Yanyong didn't have to think about it, he knew that there must be a master who sneaked into the city and set fire.
Seeing that there were already Wei soldiers coming across the bridge, Wan Yanyong took a deep breath and ordered: "The shield is in front, set up a position, and we will send Wei Dog home." ”
The Yuan soldiers behind him raised their arms and shouted, and their morale was high.
Even if the Wei army successfully crossed the Jin River, they would not panic, because they still had the Iron Wolf Pass.
The city wall of the Iron Wolf Pass is stronger than that of the capital, which is also the origin of the name of the "Iron Wolf".
The key now is to see if their shields can hold back the cannons of the Wei State.
As long as the shield is effective, it is not a problem to defeat the Wei army.
"Report, the arsenal is on fire."
"Report, the treasury is on fire."
"Report, there is a fire in the General's Mansion."
Yuan soldiers kept coming out of the city, but they were talking about the fire in the city.
Anyone can see that the fire in the Iron Wolf Pass has burned very fiercely.
The smoke that obscured the sky is the best proof of this.
"Why are those Yuan soldiers standing still?" Lian Xiangru took the lead in crossing the bridge and came to Wei Xiaobao's side.
Bai Luo also came over later, with the same doubts in his heart.
Wei Xiaobao chuckled: "They were frightened by the artillery, and they started to set up a formation early to prepare for defense. ”
If Yuan Bing didn't stop just now, but rushed straight over regardless of life and death, it would inevitably cause great trouble and damage to the Wei army.
But Yuan Bing chose to stop, making Jinhe Tianwei completely meaningless.
Wei Xiaobao then said: "Let's shoot, I want to see how strong their shields can be." ”
In this world, a shield that can block cannonballs is certainly not born yet.
Twenty double-headed guns were firing at the same time.
In an instant, forty shells smashed at Wan Yanyong.
The shouting Yuan Bing froze in an instant, only to feel that his throat was dry, and it was difficult to make a sound.
Because they were horrified to find that these shells were flying very high, and at this arc at this moment, the shells would definitely bypass the shield in front of them and fall straight into the formation.
Seeing the shells coming, many Yuan soldiers were so frightened that they trembled, and even some Yuan soldiers peed their pants directly, and before they could escape, they were blown into powder by the shells.
Wan Yanyong's face was like wax, and his body trembled violently.
They seem to have forgotten an important point when making shields, which is that these shields are against cannonballs, not feathered arrows.
Looking at the range of the cannon, it is far more than the bow and arrow, and the power of a cannonball explosion is worth thousands of sharp arrows.
Wei has this big killer weapon, no wonder it will defeat Western Chu and Southern Ming successively, and make the two great powers become vassal states.
Wei Xiaobao was speechless and said, "Aim at those shields." ”
The artillerymen obeyed the order and reloaded and fired, this time aiming at the black shields.
With a bang, the shield soldiers were knocked upside down and flew out, and they all died tragically.
Some of the shield soldiers even flew backwards, and their bodies were torn apart, which was very bloody.
But the shields were intact.
This made Wei Xiaobao even more surprised, what kind of material was this shield of Beiyuan made of, and it could actually block cannonballs?
The more fierce artillery bombardment was still behind, and the formation of the Yuan soldiers was bombarded into chaos, and the soldiers were killed and wounded countless times.
Even Wan Yan Yong himself was affected by the residual power of a cannonball, and flew diagonally from the war horse to the ground, falling so that his blood was surging, and his nose was oozing blood.
"Kill." Wei Xiaobao stepped out and rushed to the front.
The Wei soldiers in the back saw it in their eyes, their morale increased greatly, and they shouted to follow.
In the face of the Wei army rushing like a tide, the Yuan army led by Wan Yanyong had no power to resist, and was killed to the point of abandoning his armor and fleeing.
Wan Yan Yong has no intention of fighting, he just wants to return to the city as soon as possible, and rely on the solidity of the iron wolf pass city wall to deal with the Wei army.
Who knew that there was a figure, which was faster than a war horse, and with a whoosh, it almost brushed Yan Yong's body.
Wan Yan Yong was quite frightened, and before he could react, the war horse under his crotch fell forward.
He hurriedly flew forward and got up, landed steadily, and looked back, and suddenly felt his scalp tingle.
The war horse he was riding just now had been separated.
"Wan Yanyong, do you think you can still escape?" Hearing a mocking voice floating, Wan Yanyong hurriedly turned around and saw Wei Xiaobao standing in front of him.
Not far away, there were several Yuan soldiers, armed with spears, constantly stabbing fiercely.
But the tip of the spear with a cold glow couldn't stab Wei Xiaobao's body.
"You gelding, you are really strong in martial arts." Wan Yanyong held a plate axe, and did not forget to sarcastically mock Wei Xiaobao in his mouth.
Wei Xiaobao worked so hard for the Great Wei royal family, even if he could finally unify the countries of the Great Wei, he was not a eunuch, and he didn't even know what it was like to be a woman in this life, which was really pitiful.
Wei Xiaobao smiled and said, "Your Shouyuan has arrived." ”
said that, but seeing the cold flash, Wan Yanyong's head left his shoulder and fell to the ground with a thud.
Bai Luo and Lian Xiangru led their troops to fight hard, coupled with the cooperation of the double-headed cannons, and in less than two hours, they attacked the Iron Wolf Pass.
After killing Yan Yong, the dragons of the Iron Wolf Pass were leaderless, and Hu Chan made the city into a miasma, so that the Yuan army of the Iron Wolf Pass ignored the tail and swallowed the defeat as expected.
Wei Xiaobao wanted to let the two controlled generals pass the word, but it turned out that they were killed by cannonballs and died extremely miserably.
He sighed and said to Bai Luo: "Send someone to give Wan Yan Yong's head to Wan Yan Wanghai immediately." ”