Chapter 670: Lack of Ammunition

Deng Yuan looked at Juyongguan in front of him with a complicated expression.

Half a month ago, he was still leading the army in Bashu to fight against the King of Shu, but in a blink of an eye he arrived at Juyongguan City.

However, after understanding the current situation, he understood that King Zhao could not continue to attack the King of Shu now, because if he did not stop King Qi's army now, he was afraid that Zhao State would be wiped out in a blink of an eye.

"Dong dong dong..."

The drums were beaten, and the soldiers who were ordered carried the ladder to Juyongguan.

It is a taboo for the military to rashly start a war before the follow-up troops, horses and baggage arrive. Deng Yuan knew this well, but he chose to attack the city after the sound of artillery in the north of Juyongguan, because at this time it must be the barbarians who launched the attack.

He had heard of the prestige of King Qi's army even when he was in Bashu. In his opinion, neither himself nor the soldiers and horses provided by the barbarians at this time could defeat Xiao Ming alone.

Only by attacking from the north and the south can there be a chance of winning, so he chose to attack the city not to break the city, but to contain some of the troops of Juyongguan, so that they could not respond to the barbarian attack in time. Of course, it would be better if he could break the city in one fell swoop.

"I didn't expect that one day the general would have to attack King Qi's troops together with the barbarians. It's ridiculous and pitiful." There was a trace of grief and anger in Deng Yuan's eyes.

The person beside Deng Fei was his lieutenant Cao Kun. Hearing that, Cao Kun said: "The barbarians have the ambition of the wolf, this time helping the barbarians to capture Juyongguan is not helping the Zhou Dynasty, but the king's order is hard to violate, we can only respect the order of the king of Zhao. ."

Deng Fei sighed. He had always supported King Zhao and was extremely loyal to King Zhao. This complaint was nothing but dissatisfaction with King Zhao's alliance with the barbarians.

After all, he had fought against the barbarians several times, and his generals and soldiers suffered many casualties in the battles against the barbarians.

"Boom boom boom..."

As the war drums beat, a roar suddenly erupted from the city head of Juyongguan, and the black shells in the fire and smoke rushed towards the soldiers who were rushing towards Juyongguan.

The cannonball rolled like lightning, and where the cannonball bounced, the soldiers of King Zhao screamed, and dozens of soldiers were killed or injured in a straight line.

Seeing this scene, Deng Yuan's face turned ashen, but this round of shooting would kill and wound hundreds of soldiers.

"Boom boom boom..."

The artillery opened fire again, and the ground was rained again.

At this time, Cao Kun said: "General, King Qi's army has always been good at firearms. If this continues, soldiers will only die more."

Deng Yuan looked indifferent, he said: "Which war does not need to be filled with human lives, the only way to deal with King Qi's army is this. This siege is not only to contain the troops in the city, but also to consume their gunpowder and shells. Wang's army has been attacking from Yunzhou to Qingzhou. There will be insufficient ammunition supply and food and grass. In addition, a lot of ammunition has been consumed in Qingzhou. At this time, there must be not much ammunition storage in Juyongguan. When their artillery runs out of shells , the musket is out of gunpowder and bullets, and then it will be easy to take down Juyongguan."

"The general is far-sighted, but the last general didn't think of this." Cao Kun laughed.

Deng Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly. The soldiers were rushing forward and rushing towards Juyongguan. One wave was repelled, the second wave continued to rush forward, and then the third wave...

In Beicheng, more and more barbarian slave soldiers climbed onto the city wall, and Niu Ben and Lu Fei became more and more anxious. It was only a matter of time before Beicheng was captured.

Just when he was anxious, a large group of cavalry soldiers wearing silver breastplates and holding sabres rushed towards the city wall.

Qi Guangyi appeared in the eyes of everyone at this time, and he said to Niu Ben; "General, the Qingzhou cavalry is here to support."

"What are you cavalrymen doing to join in the fun, this is a battlefield." Niu Ben said with a frown.

Qi Guangyi said dissatisfiedly: "General, our cavalry is also a soldier. When you get on a horse, you are a cavalry soldier. When you get off the horse, you will not lose to the musketeer."

"How long will it take you to train a cavalry? If you are finished, will the emperor spare us?" Lu Fei also said.

Qi Guangyi said: "What time is it now, if Juyongguan is lost, no one can escape the knife on the head, the last general is not a coward, and the soldiers of the last general are not cowards. If the emperor is to blame, the last commander will bear it alone. "

"It's natural to take responsibility." Niu Ben glanced at Qi Guangyi happily. All the generals of the Qingzhou Army were bloody men, "Come on!"

Qi Guangyi was instantly overjoyed, he said to the soldiers under him, "Kill me! Let the musketeers see how powerful our Qingzhou cavalry is."

"Kill!" With Qi Guangyi's angry man, 20,000 Qingzhou cuirassiers rushed to the city wall, and the situation on the city wall immediately began to reverse.

The barbarian slave soldiers who climbed the city wall kept falling under the saber.

Facing more and more soldiers wearing silver breastplates, the barbarians temporarily stopped their attack after dropping three or four thousand corpses in another round of attacks.

At this time, the sun was already setting, and from morning to evening, both sides fought fiercely for almost a day.

Wiping the blood on his face, Lu Fei said, "General, Zhao Jun in Nancheng has also stopped attacking."

Hearing this, Niu Ben finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he said to Lu Fei: "Strengthen your guard to prevent the barbarians from playing tricks."

"Yes, General." Lu Fei responded.

After a pause, Niu Ben said again; "Let the soldiers and artillerymen count the ammunition immediately."

After explaining the matter, Niu ran to the Juyongguan camp, and after a while, all the generals returned.

"Fortunately, the general came to bring ammunition supplies this time, and Buddha will just use up the ammunition he is carrying today."

Luo Xin entered the tent and said.

Ye Qingyun said: "It's just that if the consumption continues like this, the ammunition brought by the general won't last a few days."

Niu Ben nodded, "Most of the ammunition produced by the military workshop has been brought over this time. Originally, this batch of ammunition was used to take down King Zhao in one fell swoop, but I never thought that something went wrong."

"Does most ammo only have this amount?" Luo Xin was stunned.

Niu Ben sighed, "You are not home and don't know that firewood, rice, oil, and salt are expensive. Now the supply of saltpeter, iron, and lead can't keep up, and the ammunition is being consumed too fast. Now you have to save a little bit."

Lu Fei and other generals were only in charge of fighting, so he never thought about the shortage of ammunition.

With a wry smile, Luo Hong said: "I said that the guns and artillery are the silver, and the money spent by the emperor to set up the firearms camp almost emptied the treasury. No matter how rich Qingzhou is, the two years of war will be lost. poor."

Niu Ben glanced at Luo Hong with admiration. Luo Hong used to be the head of the firearms battalion, so he naturally knew about spending money to buy ammunition.

"No wonder the emperor was so eager to end the war in the north. It turned out to be the reason." Lu Fei said, "If this fight goes on like this, the muskets in the hands of the soldiers will be burnt by the city fire."