Chapter 344 Chapter 344 Emperor Wu: The Land of the North Should Be Handed Over

Chapter 344 Chapter 344 Emperor Wu: Who should manage the Northern Kingdom more appropriately?

Although Ying Feiyu's idea is beautiful, the reality is cruel.

The reason why the North's offensive became weaker and weaker and the number of artillery strikes became less and less was mainly because the vanguard troops led by Mu Changtian advanced too fast and the artillery battalion behind them failed to keep up.

There are many ordinary soldiers in the artillery battalion, and it is still difficult for them to carry heavy artillery.

The vanguard force led by Mu Changtian only had a few heavy artillery and not many artillery shells. The rest were basically small mortars. Small mortars did not have much advantage in attacking the city.

So Mu Changtian was waiting until the artillery battalion arrived in the evening.

Anyway, within today, they will definitely knock down Lingyun City, and then seize the time to cut off the logistics of Dawu's main force, leaving those Dawu troops who enter Dayue without logistical support.

By the afternoon, the Northern Army's counterattack had stopped. The Northern Army set up camp far away from Lingyun City. It looked as if they were preparing for a long-term attack on Lingyun City.

At this time, Ying Feiyu stood on the city tower, looking at the camps of the Northern Army in the distance, and once again confirmed his guess that it must be because the weapons were gone, so the Northern Army did not continue to attack.

In this way, there is no problem if he wants to defend the court until the reinforcements arrive. Lingyun City also has enough food and grass, so it is not a problem to defend here for a few months.

In the evening, the fiery red sunset hangs in the west, and the red rays of light fall on people's bodies, dyeing their skin into a bronze color.

The artillery units of the North Kingdom were basically in place, waiting for Mu Changtian's order. Mu Changtian did not intend to waste time and directly asked people to blow the horn of attack.

At the same time, Ying Feiyu was not aware of the seriousness of the problem at all. He had returned to the large yard prepared for him by the county magistrate and was preparing to rest.

At this moment, the roar of an explosion broke Ying Feiyu's illusions, and then a soldier entered the yard in a panic, "General, something bad has happened! The soldiers from the North have attacked again!"

Ying Feiyu frowned, what's going on? Could it be that the Northern Army still has such terrifying weapons?

Haven't they already used it so much? Why are there still more?

Ying Feiyu didn't think much, he quickly picked up the sword again and rode straight to the tower.

As soon as Ying Feiyu arrived at the city tower, he found that the city walls were full of craters after being bombed. Some of the walls had even collapsed by more than half. If they continued to be bombarded like this, the city walls would have collapsed even before the city gates were blasted open. gap.

Ying Feiyu's face darkened.

Seeing the cannonballs flying towards the city wall, Ying Feiyu has realized that there is a high probability that the North Country does not lack this mysterious weapon. The reason why they stopped before was probably because they encountered something or had some plan. .

No, we can't continue like this.

At this moment, a deputy general suddenly responded to Feiyu and said: "General, look, those shells are emitted from that kind of pipe!"

Upon hearing this, Ying Feiyu immediately looked in the direction of the deputy general's finger. When he saw it, he found an iron ball flying out of a certain pipe.

Ying Feiyu thought in his mind, if this kind of pipeline could be destroyed, wouldn't the iron ball be unable to be launched?

Thinking of this, Ying Feiyu immediately said to the deputy general beside him: "Vice General Xue, you continue to lead the soldiers here to prevent the northern soldiers from attacking. I, the general, will lead the cavalry to destroy those catapults."

"Yes, General!"

Ying Feiyu then came down from the city wall, and then led five thousand cavalry out of the North City, preparing to kill them from the flanks. He rushed to the Beiguo Artillery Battalion as quickly as possible and threw what they thought were "egg-throwing vehicles" Destroy them all.

This was Ying Feiyu's last resort. He could not lose Lingyun City under any circumstances now. Once Lingyun City was lost, he would definitely not have a good end. Even if he tried every means, he had to wait until reinforcements from the imperial court arrived.

Once Youping County was lost, the logistics of Dawu's main force was cut off, which basically meant that the operation to destroy the Northern Kingdom had failed. Maybe Dawu's main force would also be completely wiped out by the Northern Kingdom.

When the time comes for Dawu's main force to withdraw, they will still have to fight with the soldiers from the North who have occupied Youping County. The North has such terrifying weapons, and even Dawu's main force will have a hard time winning.

Just when Mu Changtian was commanding the Northern soldiers to attack the city, he suddenly saw a light cavalry emerging from the flank and heading straight for the artillery camp. Mu Changtian couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly. He was waiting for Ying Feiyu and the others to come out. Unexpectedly, Ying Feiyu actually came out.

It is not an easy task to capture the artillery battalion of the North Country.

Mu Changtian immediately said: "The Second Artillery Battalion aims at those cavalry and blow them to death!"

The drums sounded quickly, and as the order was conveyed, the soldiers of the Second Artillery Battalion immediately turned their guns and aimed them at Ying Feiyu and his cavalry. The next moment, countless cannonballs poured in two places and exploded among the cavalry. It was broken into pieces, and human limbs and horse limbs were mixed together and flying all over the sky, and the soil was also stirred up in waves.

But Ying Feiyu did not retreat, because he knew that this was the last chance. If he retreated at this time, they would still be bombarded by these iron balls, and they must destroy the things that fired the iron balls.

While dodging the iron balls in the sky, Ying Feiyu and his men continued to charge towards the artillery battalion. Although the attack range of the artillery was very large, Ying Feiyu and his men still successfully approached the position where the artillery battalion was located.

But the next moment, suddenly some infantrymen took sticks and aimed at the cavalry in the distance. Before Ying Feiyu and his men could react, countless bullets flew towards them.

There were shells and bullets again. The flank of the artillery battalion seemed to form a wall of fire. No matter how Ying Feiyu's cavalry charged, it was impossible to rush over.

Seeing the soldiers around him fall one by one, Ying Feiyu had realized that the situation was over. He immediately turned his horse's head and shouted, "Retreat!"

Then Ying Feiyu dodged the shells and quickly evacuated the battlefield in the hail of bullets. The siege was not over at this time, and Wen Renlie and his men did not go out to pursue Ying Feiyu's cavalry.

Now the main task of their front-line troops is to capture Lingyun City and then occupy the entire Youping County. As for the remnants of the defeated army led by Ying Feiyu, they ran away.

After Ying Feiyu led the remaining hundreds of cavalry to withdraw from the battlefield on the flank, he did not return to the city to continue leading the soldiers to defend the city. Instead, he led these hundreds of cavalry and immediately fled to the next city in Youping County.

Ying Feiyu has realized the horror of the Northern Kingdom. Their soldiers are simply no match for the Northern Kingdom’s army. The Northern Kingdom’s weapons are far ahead of them. Their ninth-grade warriors are no different from ordinary people in front of the Northern Kingdom’s weapons. They will definitely lose this battle.

Ying Feiyu was thinking about how to pass the blame. The Great Martial Arts will lose this war, so he must report the Northern Kingdom’s weapons to the court as a top priority, so that the court will understand that the failure of this war is not his problem, but the problem of the eldest princess.

The woman did not tell them in time that the Northern Kingdom had such terrible weapons, which led to the failure of the war and the Northern Kingdom’s capture of Lingyun City.

The deputy general of Lingyun City was still waiting for Ying Feiyu to come back and lead them to defend the city, but he didn’t wait for a long time. At this time, the city gate was directly blown open.

The defenders of Lingyun City immediately went to the city gate to guard it, not allowing the Northern soldiers to approach. As a result, the Northern soldiers did not approach the city gate at all.

The Northern soldiers directly pushed several cannons and bombarded the city gate. The soldiers guarding the city gate were soon blown to pieces.

After the city gate was cleared, the musketeers and black cavalry entered the city and quickly cleared the Dawu soldiers in the city.

The deputy general saw that the situation was over and finally had to choose to surrender.

The battle between Yong'an County and Lingyun City finally ended. The Northern Kingdom defeated the 300,000 Dawu troops, killed nearly 200,000 Dawu soldiers, captured nearly 100,000 Dawu soldiers, and successfully controlled a key city in Youping County.

Next, the Northern Kingdom only needs to use Lingyun City as a springboard to quickly capture other cities in Youping County, and then cut off the logistics of the main force of Dawu entering Dayue.

The result of this battle was spread to the Dawu court in a very short time, and also spread to several major dynasties. Almost all forces were shocked by the combat effectiveness of the Northern Kingdom army.

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Dawu Dynasty.

Lizheng Hall.

At this time, the ministers in the court did not know what happened in Lingyun City, and they were still talking and laughing.

Emperor Wu, who was sitting on the dragon throne, did not realize what happened. He asked at this time: "After conquering the Northern Kingdom, who do you think should be the most suitable to manage the Northern Kingdom?"

Hearing this, a minister said: "Your Majesty, I think it should be handed over to His Royal Highness the Second Prince. His Royal Highness the Second Prince is diligent and hardworking, and has outstanding talents. I believe that he will be able to make the people of the Northern Kingdom belong to Dawu in a very short time."

Seeing someone speak up, the ministers of the Second Prince's faction immediately echoed, "I also think His Royal Highness the Second Prince is the most suitable..."

People know in their hearts that if they can take charge of the Northern Kingdom, they can get the good things that the Northern King has made in the Northern Kingdom, which is a great temptation for any prince.

Those things are all good things, which can bring them countless benefits in the future, so every prince wants them.

Soon, ministers from other princes' factions also began to speak for the princes who surrendered.

After the ministers had been arguing for a while, Emperor Xia suddenly looked at Chai Jiliang and said with a smile: "My dear Chai, in your opinion, who should be the most suitable person to manage the Northern Kingdom?"

Chai Jiliang directly poured cold water on him and said: "Your Majesty, the war is not over yet, it is too early to discuss this matter now."

Hearing this, Emperor Wu's face darkened instantly, and he asked directly: "Why, my dear Chai, do you think that my 600,000 troops can't destroy a small feudal state?"

Just when Chai Jiliang wanted to reply, the voice of a messenger suddenly sounded outside the hall.

"Urgent news from Youping County!!!"

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