Chapter 676: Today Is Different From the Past

"Boom boom boom..."

Grenade after grenade flew onto the wall. Read М

The Ma Jin soldiers hiding under the parapets due to the shooting of the scattered soldiers saw a stick-like thing falling in front of them.

Before they could react, the sticks suddenly exploded.

The crowded Ma Jin soldiers were immediately killed and wounded, and bursts of miserable howls rang out.

But this was just the beginning. Next, these sticks were constantly thrown onto the wall, and they exploded one after another.

After five consecutive rounds of throwing, the artillery on the wall of Rangcheng was no longer moving.

Through the telescope, Ma Han decisively issued an order to attack the city.

Kill! The Ma family soldiers roared and rushed to the wall with ladders.

Under the bombardment of grenades, only a small number of Ma Jin soldiers remained on the east wall of Rangcheng.

And these soldiers were also frightened when they saw the corpses lying on the wall.

Because they were not prepared for grenades, the generals on the wall of Rangcheng were killed and wounded, and no one organized resistance.

The soldiers who had never seen grenades were terrified by the explosions and lost their fighting spirit, like frightened birds.

As the shouts of killing rose, their legs trembled and they forgot to fight.

At this moment, ladders leaned against the city wall.

Following the ladders, the Ma family soldiers quickly climbed the wall of Rangcheng, raised their bayonets, and rushed towards the Ma Jin soldiers, shouting "Surrender and no killing!"

Hearing the orders of the Ma family soldiers, many of the remaining Ma Jin soldiers dropped their swords and knelt on the ground to surrender.

And some Ma Jin soldiers who chose to resist were stabbed into hedgehogs by bayonets.

In a very short time, the Ma family soldiers captured the city wall.

Then they went down the steps and controlled the four city gates.

Some soldiers shot down from above the Ma Jin soldiers who tried to compete with them for the city wall.

Half an hour later, the sandbags and stones in the city gate were cleared, and the Ma family soldiers opened the city gate.

Seeing this, Ma Han ordered a full-scale attack.

The Ma family soldiers outside the city roared and entered the city from the ladders or the city walls.

"It's great, it's really great." Looking at the Ma family soldiers pouring into the city, Ma Han walked around excitedly.

When Zhao Heng was on the Northern Expedition, his 100,000 soldiers were still helpless in the face of Rangcheng, and suffered heavy casualties.

But just two years apart, it was like a world of difference.

It took him only two hours to break through Rangcheng.

This result gave him a lot of confidence.

Although Dianzhang looked calm, his heart was in turmoil.

This stop proved to them the power of Yanzhou firearms.

Equipped with firearms provided by King Yan and trained by King Yan's generals.

The current Ma family soldiers are no longer the same as before, and have undergone a qualitative change.

He nodded gently and said, "The head of the family really made a wise decision at the beginning. If he had not cut ties with the powerful and joined the King of Yan, how could there be such a grand occasion today."

He believed that this battle would shut up the disciples who had once complained about Ma Han's decision forever.

Ma Han was relieved when he heard this.

At that time, it was indeed a difficult decision. After all, relying on the powerful families to rule the people and the powerful families to rule the powerful families was the law for thousands of years.

Betraying this law is equivalent to becoming the public enemy of the powerful families.

When suppressing the rebellious powerful families in Sizhou, he had doubted whether his decision was correct in his dreams at midnight.

Fortunately, he persisted.

Otherwise, I am afraid that today, his Ma family would no longer exist.

Although Sizhou is now also included in the jurisdiction of the court, and the Ma family's army no longer belongs to the Ma family.

But at least, the King of Yan has preserved the glory and wealth of the Ma family.

And that's enough.

If he could take back Qinzhou and Yongzhou this time, kill Ma Jin with his own hands, break through Nanliang and kill Dou Wei, he would have no regrets.

"Boom boom boom..." While he was thinking, the sound of a grenade explosion sounded in Rangcheng.

The Ma family soldiers obviously encountered resistance.

He Dianzhang looked at each other and walked towards Rangcheng.

Climbing up the city wall, the two observed the situation on the battlefield through telescopes.

Under the attack of the Ma family soldiers, the Ma Jin soldiers in Rangcheng retreated step by step, and many Ma Jin soldiers knelt on the roadside and surrendered to the Ma family soldiers.

Most of these Ma Jin soldiers were able-bodied men captured by Ma Jin in Qinzhou and Yongzhou, and some were handed over to Ma Jin by Beidi when Xiliang was destroyed. After all, they were still Dasong people.

When these soldiers were in power, they were still able to obey the orders of General Ma Jing and fight with them.

But in front of their fierce firearms, these soldiers were quickly defeated because of fear.

Seeing this scene, the two breathed a sigh of relief.

They won the battle of Rangcheng.

Time lasted until the evening, and then until the next day, the gunfire in Rangcheng gradually stopped.

Just after breakfast, Dianzhang brought a battle report to Ma Han.

"Master, this battle killed more than 30,000 people, captured more than 60,000 people, and our army suffered 832 casualties." Dianzhang read out a series of numbers that even he himself did not believe.

If it had not sacrificed 50,000 or 60,000 troops in the past, it would have been impossible to take Rangcheng.

But now they took Rangcheng in just one day, and the total number of deaths and injuries was only more than 800.

How shocking.

Ma Han was stunned for a long time, raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were full of excitement.

He was more and more grateful for his original choice, and at the same time, he had a sense of awe for King Yan from the bottom of his heart.

In the future, he must not have a trace of scorn in dealing with King Yan, and he should be loyal and dutiful.

"Leave a thousand men to guard Rangcheng, and dispatch another thousand men to escort the captured soldiers to Sizhou. The others will rest during the day. In the next three days, we will hide during the day and travel at night. We will take Xiancheng at lightning speed." Ma Han said.

During this period, he also went to the military academy in Yanzhou every now and then, and mastered many tactics he had never seen before in the academy.

Some of these tactics, the examples listed are the strategies adopted by the King of Yan in the battle of Jinzhou.

This time, he asked the Ma family soldiers to only bring weapons, ammunition and fried noodles, and travel light, preparing to adopt one of the night attack tactics.

After a day of rest, when night fell, the Ma family soldiers disappeared in the night.

Xiancheng.

On the evening of the second day after Rangcheng was attacked, a pair of cavalry entered Xiancheng.

The news of the Ma family soldiers attacking Rangcheng was passed to Ma Jin.

"What! Ma Han is really bold, he dared to attack Rangcheng."

In the Yuxiang Tower of Xiancheng, Ma Jin was leading his generals to drink and have fun with the Beidi generals.

Upon hearing the news, he slammed the table and stood up, looking angry.

Then he sneered and sat down, "In the previous northern expedition, he spent more than a month and still couldn't break through Rangcheng. What can we do today? Let him lose troops at a distance. In a few days, we will send a large army to destroy Ma Han's army."

As if he thought of something, he suddenly became proud, "The coalition forces fighting against Yan are fighting with the Yan king's army in Qi. It's a pity that we don't have the opportunity to participate. If we can annihilate Ma Han's army, it will be a great achievement."