klisemfg Chapter 434: We Can’t Win Anyway
Chapter 434: We Can’t Win Anyway
Shen Changgong also nodded and said,
"Indeed, it's time to take the mule or horse out for a walk. Previously, we were the ones commanding the battles, and the generals of the various corps had no experience in independent command.
This is a good opportunity for them to practice.”
"Row."
The two princes nodded and the matter was settled.
Then they returned to the camp.
The next morning, the Yan army set out. The Shenji Camp pulled the artillery carts with horses, and other soldiers and civilians carried wooden planks and stakes, and they marched three miles to the east.
The Qi army on the opposite bank discovered the movements of the Yan army at the first time, and the defending general immediately led his soldiers over.
But soldiers alone are not enough, catapults are also needed. It is difficult to cause damage to the bridge with bows and arrows alone.
Soon, the Yan army arrived at the shore. Those responsible for building the bridge waited first, while the Shenji Camp began to quickly fix the artillery.
Boxes of shells were brought in and placed next to the artillery.
The Qi army on the other side had arrived, but the catapults had not yet arrived.
After the artillery was fixed, Shen Changgong ordered the soldiers and laborers to go into the water and build a bridge.
Construction of three floating bridges started simultaneously.
At this time, the Qi army's catapults slowly pushed over.
The Qi army pulled the carts with great difficulty, on which were placed huge stones, ready to deal a heavy blow to the Yan army.
The Qi army's garrison commander had more than 30,000 men behind him, leaving only 10,000 men to defend the city.
He looked at the large, dark mass of Yan troops in front of him and the pitch-black cannons on the opposite shore and swallowed hard.
"Is that the legendary Yan army's artillery?"
"That's right, General. They say this thing can hit two miles away."
"How far are we from them now?"
"Less than a mile."
"Oh? In that case, aren't we doomed?"
"Yes, General. Especially with the large banner behind you, if nothing unexpected happens, you will be the first to be bombarded."
"Fuck!"
The guard cried out in alarm, turned his horse around and ran away immediately.
At this moment, the black gun barrels on the opposite bank all made a deafening roar.
Boom boom boom!
Dozens of artillery shells were fired towards them. Almost in the blink of an eye, the entire Qi army camp was filled with the sound of explosions.
Countless soldiers were blown to pieces, with broken limbs flying everywhere. The catapults were also blown into countless wooden branches, and the sharp wooden spikes shot out in all directions, causing great damage.
The defender was lucky enough not to be hit by the cannon because he rode his horse for a distance, but the huge shock wave blew him away and he fell heavily to the ground.
It hurts!
There's a buzzing in my ears.
The general stood up with difficulty, looked at the wailing soldiers around him, looked at the chaotic formation of his own army, and finally turned his head to look at the artillery on the opposite bank.
He saw that those damn Yan soldiers fired their cannons at those artillery pieces again.
Damn, you still come?
The general roared angrily at the soldiers behind him,
"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!"
When the soldiers heard the order, they felt as if they had been pardoned and immediately crawled away.
At this moment, another artillery shell came from behind.
Boom boom boom!
Another massive loss of life and injury.
The general relied on his hard armor to block some shrapnel and flying objects. Although he was injured, he was not killed. But the other soldiers were not so lucky.
Most of them were civilians who had never even been on the battlefield and had never wielded a knife to kill anyone, let alone been bombarded.
Watching their comrades being torn to pieces in front of them had already frightened them out!
The Yan army fired three rounds of artillery shells in total. After three rounds, the Qi army ran out of range.
Ma Ling looked at the enemy fleeing in panic and sighed,
"This thing is a truly amazing weapon of war! Before it was invented, I never imagined that the tactic of attacking while the enemy is halfway across the river could be defeated in this way."
Shen Changgong smiled and said,
"I said, this thing can directly change the form of war.
Now all we have to do is produce more weapons, store more food, and then conquer the world."
"Haha."
Ma Ling also smiled, and his eyes became much more excited as he watched the enemy troops fleeing in panic.
His dream has always been to conquer the world, and that's why he was willing to cooperate with Shen Changgong and His Majesty.
But at that time, he regarded this as an unattainable dream and was even prepared to use the efforts of several generations to complete it.
Now it seems that it may not take a few generations, and their generation will be able to do it.
After driving away the Qi army, the Yan army was able to build a bridge across the river with peace of mind.
The hot air balloon in the sky also took off, and the scouts held binoculars and kept an eye on the enemy's movements.
Now the Qi army faces a dilemma.
They could either continue to fight the Yan army on the plains, and then be defeated and chased and killed by the Yan army.
Either they would return to the city to defend it, but the Yan army would use artillery to breach the city, and then they would be defeated and surrounded and killed by the Yan army.
How to die?
What a dilemma.
The commander was so angry that he threw his helmet down, and looked at the group of local soldiers who were so demoralized that they looked like bandits, and roared,
"How to fight! Who can tell me how to fight this battle?"
The soldiers sat on the ground in silence, no one dared to look up.
Suddenly, a soldier stood up and said timidly,
"General, how about... we fight the Yan people here?"
The guard looked at him coldly. If it were any other time, if a soldier dared to give him suggestions, he would probably slap him in the face and give him fifty lashes.
But now, he had to consider morale.
"What do you mean? Can we win by fighting here?"
the general asked.
The soldier shook his head and said,
"General, I... I feel that since we can't defeat the Yan army anyway, it's better not to enter the city and fight outside. This way, we can avoid too many deaths among the people in the city.
If the battle were to take place in the city, who knows how many civilians would die.
My father and mother are still in the city."
"You're ruining the morale of the army! If you keep saying we can't win!"
He whipped the soldier with a whip of military spirit.
Then, he looked at the other soldiers and found that each of their faces had an expression of begging, helplessness, or anger.
Most of them are locals and do not want to implicate their relatives.
The general sighed and said,
"Don't you know how cruel Shen Changgong is? He and Qin's Bai Wuan are known as the two great butchers. They are both butchers!
He'll kill them all!"
"Are all the Kun people dead?"
A soldier muttered softly.
Everyone knows that the Kun people have now become Yan people and are living well.
This is the only way for trade for them, and they have heard a lot of stories about the current Yan State.
It is said that in the State of Yan, common people can still make a name for themselves.