Chapter 202: Bombardment

"Yan Wang!"

Guo Tu's resentful eyes passed through the smoke of the battlefield and reached the army wearing silver armor. Read

Yes, this is the army of Yan Wang.

He will never forget these silver armors in his life.

"It's almost there. As long as we enter Yanguan, we will win." Guo Tu murmured like a madman.

From midnight to now, the wall of the south city has collapsed.

But the soldiers of Yanguan have been fighting with them at the gap.

At present, the Yuan army has not broken through this line of defense and entered Yanguan in large numbers.

So this is not enough.

Because only by attacking the north wall from the back and disrupting the attack of the Yanguan defenders, the Beidi army can enter the pass smoothly.

And their Yuan family will truly win.

"Yuan Xiu, stop them!" Guo Tu pointed to the approaching Yan Wang army, "at all costs."

Yuan Xiu nodded solemnly.

Drawing out his sword, he rode westward.

Dozens of generals followed behind him, constantly issuing orders.

The army on the west side of the Yuan family's formation immediately turned around, and more than 40,000 people went to meet the Yan Wang army.

In an open field, the two armies marched towards each other like chess pieces on a chessboard.

"The artillery went to the two wings, established artillery positions, and fired cross shots."

Zhao Xu rode his horse on a slightly higher mound.

The Wangfu army was still advancing forward, and he and core generals such as Chang Wei were stationed to command the battle.

The messengers kept delivering his orders to the army.

The artillery immediately led the war horses to the two wings of the army, unloaded the artillery, and aimed the muzzle at the Yuan family's formation.

At the same time, two battalions of spearmen on each side stopped at the artillery position to protect the artillery.

After the artillery position was completed, Zhao Xu ordered the soldiers to stop advancing.

At this time, the Yuan family's formation was still 500 meters away from them.

"Heavy cavalry ready, light cavalry to the two wings."

"Artillery fire grapeshot."

"..."

Zhao Xu issued orders one after another in an orderly manner.

This grapeshot is the special shell he asked Wang Chong to make during this period.

Unlike a single large shell, this grapeshot is composed of many small iron balls, tied into a cylindrical shape with cloth.

At the bottom of the shell is a round cake with the same caliber as the muzzle.

When fired, the gunpowder will drive the dito, and the grapeshot will fly out under the force.

Because the power of gunpowder is very strong, these iron balls will fly out of the wrapped cloth and hit the entire surface like a fairy scattering flowers.

And cross-fire will make the damage surface reach the maximum, just like the cross-fire of machine guns.

All preparations were completed, and the battlefield became quiet again, with only the faint sound of fighting in Yanguan coming.

Chang Wei's eyes kept glancing in the direction of Yanguan, he was very anxious.

Now every minute and every second is important.

If it were him, he would immediately order the entire army to attack, fight with the Yuan family soldiers, and then kill to Yanguan.

But now the command is in the hands of King Yan, he can only sigh constantly.

Zhao Xu glanced at Chang Wei, he knew what Chang Wei was thinking.

However, if he rushed recklessly, the two armies would be quickly mixed together.

In this way, he would not be able to exert the true power of the artillery.

The Yuan family is now on a road of no return.

Everyone from the generals to the soldiers of the Yuan family knows this, so their fighting will is not weak.

Engaging in hand-to-hand combat will only delay the time for him to save Yanguan.

"Mighty, mighty, mighty!"

The soldiers of the Yuan family formed a tight formation, advancing like blocks composed of ants, while issuing low slogans.

The soldiers of the palace were also a large horizontal team composed of blocks at this time, facing the Yuan family army head-on.

If they followed the fighting style of the cold weapon period in the past.

After approaching, both sides launched a charge and mixed together for hand-to-hand combat.

At this time, the Yuan family army had this idea.

Their army was in order, and the soldiers took almost the same length of steps to ensure that the formation would not be confused.

Four hundred meters.

Three hundred meters.

Two hundred meters...

Zhao Xu was estimating the distance between the two sides.

Just when they were 200 meters away, the Yuan family cavalry suddenly surrounded them from both wings, with 5,000 cavalry on each wing.

"Your Highness!" Chang Wei couldn't hold it back.

Once the Yuan family cavalry surrounded them and went around their backs, they would be attacked from both sides.

Zhao Xu didn't say anything, and the royal army remained motionless.

Chang Wei said "Ah" and closed his eyes.

One hundred meters!

At this time, the Yuan family cavalry, which had been galloping at a constant speed, suddenly accelerated and tried to quickly surround them.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu shouted: "Fire!"

"Fire!" Chang Wei immediately stamped his feet and shouted when he heard it.

The order was passed down.

With the loud sound of "boom boom boom", the earth seemed to tremble slightly at this moment.

On the artillery positions on both wings, the artillery spewed out flames.

Grapeshot burst out from the muzzle, and flew towards the Yuan family cavalry that was galloping like iron beads and fishing nets.

When the cannon sounded, the mounts of the Yuan family cavalry were all frightened.

Many horses raised their front hooves and instinctively wanted to escape.

The Yuan family cavalrymen were also frightened by the loud noise and let their horses throw them off.

They all had the same question in their minds: "What the hell is this?"

However, many of them were immediately stopped from thinking.

In the few breaths of fire and smoke, the black iron beads tore them and their mounts apart like a violent storm.

Before the Yuan family cavalrymen could react, a puff of blood mist exploded on them.

Some lost their arms, some lost their legs, and some lost their heads.

Some were even torn apart in an instant.

In an instant, the Yuan family cavalry in front fell like dominoes.

"What's going on?" The Yuan family cavalry behind them hurriedly tightened their horses.

The cavalry in front fell one after another, and their vision suddenly widened.

But looking at the broken limbs and debris on the ground, they felt that their breathing was about to stop.

But before they could come to their senses, fire and smoke lit up again not far away.

The stunned Yuan family cavalry was torn apart again.

At this time, the Yuan family cavalry finally realized that something was wrong.

No matter what the things with light and loud noises were.

There is no doubt that these things will destroy them as easily as killing chickens.

And they can't make any resistance.

Seeing the blood and flesh on the ground, the Yuan family cavalry couldn't stand it anymore. They screamed and reined in their horses and ran away.

"This..."

Chang Wei and a group of generals were all dumbfounded.

Under two rounds of artillery fire, more than a thousand Yuan family cavalry fell forever.

This was just like a shovel hitting an ant nest.

Not to mention the Yuan family cavalry, even they had cold sweat in their palms.

They had only heard about this kind of shells from the King of Yan, but had never seen the real effect.

Now that they saw it with their own eyes, they understood why the King of Yan was so calm.

The charge of the Yuan family cavalry was defeated by two rounds of artillery fire.

But Zhao Xu's nerves were still broken, their real goal was to save Yanguan.

And before defending Yanguan, he had to completely defeat the Yuan family army.

So, when the Yuan family cavalry fell into chaos and rushed to escape, he immediately ordered the artillery to aim all the artillery at the Yuan family cavalry 200 meters away.