Gao Wu Da Xia: The fox demon lady at the beginning

Chapter 157

These city lords are the separatist vassal towns, and they are fighting with the royal family and nobles in the central part.

There were also frictions between the city lords and the city lords. Because of a fertile grassland, swordsmen clashed with each other from time to time.

It is still difficult for them to send troops to help other big cities.

Gongxi Zuming could only send more people, hoping to persuade these city lords to send troops from the perspective of losing their lips and teeth.

Han Chufan led the new army to advance towards Qiongzhong City.

The pike battalion was in front, the musketry battalion in the middle, the artillery at the end, and the cavalry on both sides.

As the new army advanced, the barbarian soldiers in Qiongzhong City had also deployed defenses on the city wall.

The tower was piled with rolling logs and stones to prevent the human army from ascending the tower.

"Barbarian was smart enough not to leave the city to fight in the field." Liu Tianfei said with a smile.

"Haha, this barbarian still has some self-awareness and dare not go out of the city to fight in the field.

However, the defensive formation is still the same as before, with rolling logs, hot oil, and stones. Geng Chunping said disdainfully.

The barbarians are still stuck in the previous strategy of defending the city, and they don't know how far the new army's firearms have developed.

The new army advanced to a position one mile away from Qiongzhong City and stopped in formation.

"Why did they stop?" the city lord Xi Zuming asked in confusion.

General Mai Yiyong was also very puzzled, "They don't think they can attack our Qiongzhong City from a distance of one mile."

Just when the defenders of Qiongzhong City were stunned.

Han Chufan issued orders to the artillerymen.

"The artillery took aim."

The artillery began to get busy.

The farthest range of the new artillery is two miles, and it can easily hit Qiongzhong City.

Each artillery has three or four artillerymen, who are responsible for aiming, loading gunpowder and shells, and lighting and firing.

Fifty artillery pieces were lined up on the small slope.

The well-trained artillery began to take aim, aiming the muzzles at the gates and towers of Qiongzhong City.

"These stupid barbarians are still trying to defend the city with me. I'll let you know the power of my artillery later. Fifty artillery pieces are enough to blast the city wall to pieces." Han Chufan sneered and whispered.

"Sir, the artillery aiming has been completed." Zhang Yuan reported.

Han Chufan nodded and looked at the walls of the barbarian Qiongzhong City, "Fire and hit me hard."

The sound of "boom, boom" came from the artillery position.

After a round of shelling, fifty shells landed on the walls and gates of Qiongzhong City.

The senior officials in Qiongzhong City were immediately confused.

What the fuck is this?
Some shells hit the city wall, blasting a hole in the city wall.

Other cannonballs fell on the barbarian soldiers, and the barbarian soldiers were directly blown to pieces.

"Sir, be careful." Someone shouted to Gongxi Zuming.

Gongxi Zuming, who was in the early stage of Qi and Blood Realm, had already sensed the crisis and quickly moved away from where he was.

A cannonball passed by him and smashed through several soldiers around him.

The cannonballs shot up, killing and wounding the barbarian soldiers everywhere they passed.

Some had their arms smashed by cannonballs, some had their legs broken by cannonballs, and even worse, their whole bodies were smashed by cannonballs.

These 5 kg shells brought huge lethality.

"What kind of weapon is this? It can actually have a range of one mile, and it can threaten warriors like me who are in the early stage of Qi and Blood Realm." Gongxi Zuming wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The lethality of artillery is not comparable to that of muskets, and even warriors in the Qi and Blood realm cannot stop it.

If Gongxi Zuming, who was in the early stage of the Qi-blood realm, was hit by a cannon just now, he would be seriously injured even if he was not dead.

Qi and blood realm warriors can withstand more than 100 musket projectiles by virtue of their powerful bodies and the power of qi and blood.

But the impact of the 5kg artillery shell was so great that even a warrior in the Qi and Blood Realm could not stop it.

Maybe warriors in the third level of Shen Zang Realm can block it, but this is not an area that Han Chufan can touch.

The first round of shelling directly took away the lives of three to four hundred barbarian soldiers.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of shelling came again, and the barbarian soldiers kept wailing.

After five rounds of shelling, the city tower was in dilapidated condition. There were holes left by the shells everywhere, as well as the corpses and limbs of barbarian soldiers.

It seems to have become a hell on earth.

"Ugh." Many of the barbarian recruits vomited. This was the first time they had seen such a bloody scene.

The veterans of the barbarians also turned pale when they saw the corpses and mutilated limbs scattered everywhere.

Some people even knelt on the tower and kowtowed to heaven.

“Gods be angry, Gods be angry, go around me, go around me.”

More and more barbarian soldiers were frightened and knelt on the tower.

Facing the unknown and terrible things, the barbarian soldiers thought it was the gods sending punishment.

"Everyone, get up." General Mai Yiyong killed a dozen barbarian soldiers kneeling on the ground.

The remaining people stood up in fear.

"This is just a new type of weapon for the human army on the opposite side. The number of times it can be used is limited. You see, there are no more iron balls flying." The lord of the city, Xizu Ming, shouted loudly.

Hearing the voice of the city lord Xi Zuming, the hearts of the barbarian soldiers on the tower immediately settled down a lot.

After these five rounds of shelling, no new shells were fired.

However, these five rounds of shelling not only killed more than 2000 barbarian soldiers on the city tower, but the city walls and gates were also riddled with holes by artillery fire.

"General Mai Yi, lead 2000 people to guard the city gate to prevent the human army from entering through the broken city gate."

The lord of the city, Xizu Ming, was also amazed at the powerful firearms of the human army on the opposite side. The destructive power was so amazing that the city gates and walls were almost broken.

"Fortunately, the firearms on the opposite side seem to be out of service." Gongxi Zuming was thankful in his heart.On Han Chufan's artillery position.

The artillerymen were using towels and cold water to cool down the barrel. After five salvoes, the barrel had turned red.

Only after the temperature has cooled can you continue to fire the shells, otherwise there will be a risk of exploding the barrel.

After a few minutes, the barrel had cooled down.

"Fire again." Zhang Yuan gave the order.

On the tower of Qiongzhong City, the barbarian soldiers were carrying the corpses, carrying the corpses of the dead soldiers down the tower.

What they didn't expect was that the terrifying artillery shells that they thought could no longer be fired were once again blasted towards them intensively.

"Boom, boom"

After five more rounds of shelling, the cracks in the city wall became deeper and deeper.

More and more corpses and body parts were accumulated on the tower.

"What the hell, how can we defend this city?" the lord of the city, Xi Zuming, roared.

The emergence of artillery completely changed the way war was fought.

The defenders who used to be able to dominate the city completely lost their advantage and even became a target for the enemy.

Under the long-range attack of artillery, the barbarian soldiers in Qiongzhong City could only be beaten passively.

An artillery salvo is five rounds.

After the fourth artillery salvo, a loud noise came from Qiongzhong City.

The walls of this large city with a history of hundreds of years collapsed under the bombardment of artillery.

"Kill, follow me into the city." After seeing the city wall collapse, Han Chufan raised his sword high and took the lead towards Qiongzhong City.

The generals behind him led the cavalry battalions, following closely behind.

After that came the pike camp and the musketeer camp.

The artillerymen had completed their tasks and were repairing their positions.

The new army has already rushed into the city, and the artillery can no longer continue the bombardment, otherwise it will hurt its own people.

During the four volleys of artillery fire, two artillery chambers exploded, one artilleryman was killed and two artillerymen were wounded.

The remaining artillerymen were panting heavily, very tired, and repairing in place.

The safety of artillery still needs to be improved.

However, this time the artillery has demonstrated its super destructive power and is a weapon for siege.

Siege warfare that completely changed the world.

The side without artillery can only be beaten passively even if it sticks to the city.

Han Chufan led the cavalry and rushed into Qiongzhong City.

The lord of the city, Xi Zuming, was completely stunned when he saw the collapsed city wall.

The city wall of Qiongzhong City has been repaired by several generations of city lords, and it is already very strong.

Unexpectedly, today, it was destroyed by human firearms.

The lord of the city, Xi Zuming, originally wanted to stick to Qiongzhong City and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

Unexpectedly, less than an hour later, the city wall collapsed.

"Lord City Lord, what should I do if the humans come in?"

General Mai Yiyong, who was covered in blood, asked loudly.

Mai Yiyong's voice woke up Gongxi Zuming.

"My brave warriors, follow me to kill the enemy."

Gongxi Zuming led Mai Yiyong and five thousand elite troops to kill Han Chufan's new army.

The southern city wall had collapsed due to artillery bombardment, and the New Army's cavalry seemed to be in no one's land.

Under the leadership of several powerful warrior generals, they continued to harvest the lives of the barbarian soldiers in Qiongzhong City.

The spearmen and musketeers also quickly followed up and entered the south gate.

The spearmen and musketeers formed up, like a bulldozer, slowly moving forward, flattening all enemies in their way.

The cavalry roamed the flanks, protecting the musketeers.

"Bang bang bang." Black death smoke rose.

The musket battalion continued to harvest the lives of barbarian soldiers.

The New Army's musket battalion has been equipped with new breech-loading muskets, which have a faster reloading speed and a much improved range.

The barbarian cavalry and infantry tried to break through the new army's formation, but were shot dead by the musketry battalion before they could get within a hundred steps.

Gongxi Zuming led Mai Yiyong and five thousand elite cavalry to kill them.

"bang bang bang"

The Musketeers Battalion began ruthless hunting again, and the elite cavalry of Qiongzhong City continued to fall to the ground.

Lian Mai Yiyong, the general of Qiongzhong City who was at the peak of the Body Refining Realm, exhausted all his strength after resisting more than a dozen musket pellets and fell on the charging road.

Gongxi Zuming relied on his strength in the Qi and Blood Realm to withstand hundreds of musket pellets and rushed into the Spear Camp.

But all the cavalry behind him had fallen or fled, leaving him alone.

After blocking hundreds of musket projectiles, Gongxi Zuming's strength was running low.

"I, the warrior of Qiongzhong City, will never admit defeat."

Gongxi Zuming was beheaded by Han Chufan after killing more than a dozen spearmen.

"He was a good man, let's bury him." Han Chufan glanced at Gongxi Zuming's body and said.

Warriors in the Qi and Blood Realm are powerless in front of elite troops.

After the death of Gongxi Zuming, the barbarians in Qiongzhong City surrendered one after another, and Han Chufan soon took control of the entire Qiongzhong City.

(End of this chapter)