Chapter 923: The Army's Morale Is Weakened
Hundreds of ironclad siege engines were all dispatched, and under the cover of artillery and catapults, they quickly approached the city wall, and the musketeers on the vehicles, under the cover of ironclad, condescended to fire suppressively with bursting muskets!
The soldiers in the city are very unaccustomed to this siege method, saying that the commonly used way of defending the city is not used at all, and they are waiting for the enemy to set up a ladder, but unexpectedly, they all came up along the ironclad siege vehicle, directly put the springboard on the city wall, and launched a fierce attack from top to bottom!
These are heavy infantry armed to the teeth, and their iron armor cannot be penetrated by bows and crossbows at close range, and even sharp swords cannot cut through them.
The problem is that their bows and crossbows can't work effectively at all, because the fire on the siege vehicles is so fierce that they can't even lift their heads! There are also very unscrupulous longbowmen who shoot them accurately by name...... There's no cure for this!
Two hours later, the battle ended, and the three thousand Dongying soldiers in the city were all wiped out, leaving not a single living mouth, because Dugulou heard that the Dongying soldiers did not surrender, since this is the case, what nonsense do you have to talk to them? Kill them all! It can save a lot of food.
But he accepted the surrender of thousands of Gao Juli's generals, but did not imprison them, but used them all as coolies, and let them immediately start repairing the walls and gates that had been destroyed during the attack just now, and let those who resisted as overseers.
Xiangwu Shenxue led 20,000 Dongying troops and 50,000 Gaojuli puppet troops, and entered Helan in a mighty way, and joined the Huyan Qinghe army, and the strength grew to 170,000, known as 200,000!
200,000 troops, against Yan Pingqiu's 30,000 northern border guards, if we win, it will be a small job, and we must annihilate them all in order to show our ability!
The idea is very plump, but the reality is very skinny.
Before the armies of the two sides met, several things happened one after another that made Xiangwu study very disturbing.
The first troublesome thing is that Hu Yanqing refused to provide him with grain and grass, saying that his Helan tribe has always been very poor, and the tribesmen can't eat at all, plus the year before last, there was a heavy snowstorm that is rare in a century, and the loss of cattle and sheep is quite heavy, so he is really powerless.
The 100,000 troops assembled now can only eat one full meal a day without fighting, so it is best for you to solve the grain and grass of your army by yourself, of course, after beating Yan Pingqiu, I will return it double!
Xiangwu was furious, you didn't say that before we came! Hu Yanqing is also true, and if I don't say that, can you come? But since we're here, let's not compete for these little things, as long as we defeat Yan Pingqiu, we can take advantage of the situation to kill Xianxiao, take Mo Xian directly, capture Wuhuan, and occupy Xuan! Their cattle, sheep, food, and grass are a lot of work...... Of course, if we can knock down the White Dragon City in Yanyun County by the way, then we will be considered to have made a fortune, and the gold and silver there are piled up into a mountain!
Xiangwu was stunned by Hu Yanqing's ignorance and shamelessness, what do you want to do as an old boy?
We are here to resist Yan Pingqiu, but we are not here to attack Yanyun County!
With a rabble of more than 100,000 people in our world, it is not very realistic to attack Yanyun County, so Lord Wang, please dispel this ridiculous idea as soon as possible.
It's better to find a way to raise grain and grass for us, because our front is too long now, and it will be quite difficult to supply grain and grass! Hu Changqing said that it was very difficult, but he did his best......
The second disturbing thing is that there are nearly 50,000 people in the Helan tribe who broke away from their army sequence quietly in the dark night and went directly to Yan Pingqiu's arms!
More than 20,000 of these troops were loyal to Huyanlei, and Huyanlei sent people over to say hello, and they went without hesitation.
Before leaving, he also hooked up with a lot of generals who were already opposed to Hu Yanqing and the Northern Alliance, and these generals didn't have the heart to fight at all, because they were all keenly aware that no matter whether they won or lost, it would be a catastrophe for the Helan tribe!
If they win, the Helan tribe will definitely become a puppet vassal state of the Dongying people, then their final fate can also be imagined, if they are defeated, can Wanyan Pingqiu and Prince Huyanlei spare these generals?
In that case, what's the point of this battle? The main thing is that it doesn't make any sense, in the final analysis, it's all about the insatiable and confused old prince of Hu Yanqing
! Just to care about some petty profits, he bet the fate of all the people in the Helan tribe on this gamble that is sure to lose!
This sudden mutiny hit Hu Yanqing very hard, vomiting blood three times in anger, fainting several times, scolding his generals for being inferior to beasts, and the prince Hu Yanlei killed the king and killed his father......
Ordered someone to immediately go to seal Huyanlei's prince's mansion, confiscate all the property, and kill all the people in the mansion to set an example!
In addition, I will capture the families of the rebel generals and bring them all to me, and I will kill their families in front of them!
Let everyone know what the end of the rebellion will be.
This is actually a stupid trick, because the families of these generals are also inextricably linked with other generals, and they are all terrified after hearing this information, both angry and angry that Changqing's move is too ruthless, and they are afraid that this matter will involve themselves......
But the people sent by Huyanqing all returned empty-handed, because the people in Huyanlei's mansion had fled in advance, and the families of those rebellious generals had all been taken away and had long since disappeared.
The impact of this incident on Helan Jun can be said to be quite huge, because the big guys clearly understand one thing, Hu Yanlei is ruthless and mean, but Prince Hu Yanlei is affectionate and righteous, and has great powers, in this case, he can also take away all the families of those generals......
It's really strange, it's obviously a father and son, why is the gap between people so big?
Hu Yanqing has not yet realized that the morale of the army has been shaken...... Or maybe he's already aware of it, and he's just pretending not to know.
However, Xiangwu was extremely worried about this, and repeatedly put pressure on Hu Yanqing, asking him to immediately remove all the military power of the Helan generals and let them take over the command.
This rude request brought the young man back to life, and he had a big quarrel with Xiangwu Studies, and almost turned his face!
And the generals of Helan were even more furious when they learned of this, and the special little devils are too shameless, right? You also have the face to make this kind of request!
You haven't occupied our Helan tribe yet, so arrogant, will you have it in the future?
Go to the special mother, I'm not going to do it! More than 20,000 people ran that night...... The 100,000 Helan army, before they could finish contact with Yan Pingqiu, almost collapsed, and more than half of them went.