At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 249
Thousands of cannons were fired, shaking the ground and shaking the mountains, directly blowing Annan's army into confusion.

Most of the soldiers and civilians in the city only heard about the terror of the Ming army's artillery.

Those defeated soldiers who retreated from the front line, every time they mentioned the Ming army, their eyes were full of fear.

One has to wonder if they exaggerated on purpose to make excuses for themselves to run away.

However, tonight's explosion happened right next to me, and the deafening roar was heard, and the flames were scattered everywhere.

There was a lot of smoke, and then gravel and shrapnel flew together.

The artillery outside the city roared continuously, and countless shells came one after another, hitting the city wall. For a moment, the whole Qinghua City was shaking.

Finally, the three-foot-high city wall could not withstand the artillery fire and collapsed!

Before the defenders on the city wall could react, they were buried in the ruins, and most of them died without making a sound.

Prince Li Bin ordered people to protect Li Sicheng and withdraw to the palace, but he himself stayed and directed the defense.

The city wall collapsed, and the Ming army would rush in at any time, so a line of defense must be organized immediately.

Even with flesh and blood, to hold back the progress of the Ming army.

Judging from the current situation, if it is simply a competition of firepower, even if it pulls out all the artillery of An Nanguo, it is not an opponent of the Ming army.

We can only pin our hopes on street fighting, rely on the home field advantage, and try our best to consume the Ming army.

The disadvantage of the Ming army is the number of people and supplies. If you want to win, you can only rely on consumption.

This is Annan, no matter how powerful your people are, if you die, you will lose one, and if you shoot a shell, you will lose one round.

But we have a steady stream of personnel and supplies, which will consume you to death!
Li Bin's ability to make such a decision in a short period of time can be regarded as very strategic, but he overlooked one point.

This Ming army was able to drive straight, not because of the number of people and the amount of food and grass, but the cannons in their hands.

Although their individual combat ability is very strong, there is no room for them to play at all.

As long as the cannon fires, the opponent will collapse.

There is no need to charge at all, and there is not even an encounter.

As a result, the Ming army's position remained motionless, only the cannons continued to roar!

Boom!

Boom!

In a volley, dozens of shells passed over the collapsed city wall, smashed into the city, and exploded like a violent storm, with shrapnel flying around like petals.

Poor Annan Army, the line of defense that had just been organized was immediately blown to pieces.

The flesh and blood turned into flesh and blood.

The explosion happened right under their feet. Many people hadn't reacted yet. They only felt that their eardrums were hit by an unprecedented impact, and their bodies were blown away by the air waves. What followed were the screams from their mouths...

Li Bin crawled out from a pile of dead bodies. Fortunately, there were many people around who blocked the shrapnel for him. He only suffered some minor injuries.

Others, however, were not so lucky.

Some were hit by shrapnel, and their bodies were like sieves, full of blood holes.

Especially those who hadn't expired, lying on the ground and moaning, their appearance was horrible.

Li Bin, who was still smug just now, is now ashamed.

He had never seen such a powerful artillery, as far as he could see, it was in ruins, and the entire Annan army was in complete chaos like headless flies.

The buildings in An Nanguo are mainly made of wood, and a large number of houses along the street have begun to burn.

In the stable, the war horses were frightened, they broke down the railing one after another, and galloped wildly on the street.

"Help... help..."

Many people were blown to pieces, wriggling desperately on the ground.

Even though they knew that they couldn't survive, they kept crying, hoping that someone could save them.

The lucky ones, who were only slightly injured, are now limping around trying to escape.

In such an environment, it would be a kind of luck in a sense to directly blow up to death.

Once the shrapnel enters the body, it is impossible to remove all of them based on the current medical conditions. As long as there is any remaining shrapnel, it will cause continuous damage to the wound, which is enough to torture a person for a lifetime.

This person is basically useless, and he will suffer from unbearable pain all his life, or he will die of pus and blood after a year or two.

However, all this is just the beginning!
Soon, there was another roar from the Ming army's position.

Li Bin looked at everything in front of him blankly, grabbed a knife like crazy, and shouted: "Follow me out of the city, and kill the Ming army!"

It's a pity that his words were covered by the rumbling gunfire.

There was already chaos in the city, and no one paid any attention to him.

Dozens of flowering bullets flew into the city again. This time, the opponent obviously adjusted their orientation, and the shooting location was no longer limited to the vicinity of the city gate, but the buildings inside the city.

Immediately afterwards, the ground shook again.

boom... boom... boom...

The gunpowder smoke and the smoke and dust from the fire have enveloped the entire city gate.

Li Bin tried his best to gather people and tried to go out of the city to fight back, but he couldn't see anyone at all.

And the huge roar, as well as the screams from all directions, also made it almost impossible for him to distinguish the sound.

boom... boom... boom...

Li Bin's ears could no longer hear, and he could only vaguely see a few figures around him, falling down one by one.

But at this moment, a piece of shrapnel flew over, and with a bang, it was deeply embedded in the bone of his hand.

He suddenly let out a scream, severe pain filled his whole body, and the knife in his hand fell to the ground.

However, no one paid any attention to him.

Someone even passed by, but rushed him away in a panic.

At this time, it doesn't matter what prince or emperor it is.

Li Bin bared his teeth, but finally held back the pain, stood up, and stared blankly at the billowing gunpowder smoke and the fleeing crowd.

Immediately afterwards, he tried his best to identify the direction, and ran towards the palace like crazy.

"Father, Father..."

At this time, the palace was also in chaos, there was not even a guard at the door, Li Bin rushed all the way in, and saw a group of ministers surrounding Li Sicheng, all of them looked like they had no master.

"Father, the city is broken, let's go!"

At this time, the officials in the hall were already in a mess, some advocated fleeing, and some were not afraid of death, yelling to fight back. Li Sicheng witnessed the power of the Ming army's artillery, and he still feels his legs trembling and can't speak.

The Hanlin who fought at the beginning, saw Li Bin, and said, "It's just right for the prince to come down, I'll wait..."

"Come on, prepare your horses, and open the north city gate!"

Li Bin didn't have time to talk to him, he stepped forward to pull Li Sicheng up, ready to escape from the city.

But Hanlin was stubborn and rushed over to block his way.

"His Royal Highness, is it possible that you plan to abandon the thousands of people in Qinghua City and survive alone?"

"Go away!"

Li Bin pushed him away, then pulled Li Sicheng up and walked out.

In the palace, there were eunuchs and maids fleeing for their lives everywhere. When they saw the emperor and the prince, they remained unmoved and fled for their lives in a panic.

Around Li Bin, there were finally some loyal guards, a total of more than a dozen people, who protected Li Sicheng and fled to the north gate.

(End of this chapter)