back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 795 Uneasy
The east gate of Shenglong City is the city gate near the Red River.

The city wall that was originally made of bricks and stones has become potholed at this moment.A vermilion city gate was bombarded by mother and child, and it was completely reduced to a pile of wood with just a few blows.

None of the Cochin defenders on the city wall dared to show their heads.The "monster skills" of the Han people are really powerful, but seeing a fireball flying in the air, it is okay to hit it from a distance, but if it hits inside the city wall, the scattered rubble is simply a sharp weapon for harvesting life.The real thing is that you die when you touch it, and you get hurt when you touch it.

What's even more painful is that the Han army did nothing more than use demon magic, but they still fought against them from a distance, across the moat.The bows and crossbows of Cochin soldiers can only shoot a hundred paces.Originally, the range was close, and there was still a headwind.Often the arrowhead falls to the ground exhausted before reaching eighty steps.Eighty steps, even the hair of the Han army can't touch it!Others can hit you, but you can't hit others. There is nothing more painful than this.

On the new warship, Zou You got out from the cabin.On the side of the imperial army, even the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke.Zou You covered his mouth and nose, patted Lu Chenhuan on the shoulder, and said loudly: "General Lu, the cannon can no longer be fired. The barrel of the cannon is already hot. If you shoot again, the chamber will be in danger of exploding!"

Fatty Lu's ears were almost deafened by him. Fortunately, the cannon fire just now was too loud, so he had a little resistance.Zou You was also supervising the firing of the mother-child cannon, shouting so loudly that his voice was almost smoked, he was used to it being so loud, otherwise he would not be able to hear what he was saying below.

Fatty Lu nodded, signaled to the semaphore soldiers on the sail, waved the small flag, stopped the shelling, prepared to beat the drums, and marched.

After two more rounds of salvo, the mother-child artillery finally stopped.In just two quarters of an hour, more than two hundred cannons poured more than 2000 catties of pig iron—cannonballs—to Shenglong City.The price of this pig iron alone is already expensive.At this time, iron can be regarded as hard currency.Two thousand catties of pig iron would cost at least one hundred thousand guan to afford.

After calculating the account, Lu Chenhuan smacked his tongue in his heart: "This cannon is just throwing money! If you change it into copper coins, it can smash the Dragon City..."

"Dong Dong Dong!!!"

Thick and exciting drums sounded, one after another new warships lowered a large plank from the side of the ship, and the imperial guards swarmed down immediately, rushing towards Shenglong City against time.When they came to the moat, someone soon pushed the ladder, and laid wooden boards on the ladder, quickly forming small bridges.These utensils are all prepared in advance, just to prevent this situation from happening in front of you.

"Hey, why did it stop?"

Some daring Cochin soldiers slowly stretched out their heads and looked down from the crenels of the city wall tentatively.I saw soldiers of the Imperial Army frantically rushing towards Shenglong City like a tide.

"It's not good, the Han people attacked in..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a crisp sound of "pop" in the distance, and a flower of blood bloomed on his head, and he fell backwards.The Cochin soldier next to him saw that he was dead, with a blood hole on his head, gurgling blood and white brains...

The soldiers of Jiaozhi saw that the city was about to collapse, and they also smashed the jars, and angrily rose up to fight back.What kind of wood, rolling stones, arrow feathers...Anyway, they used all the effective means of blocking the enemy.The casualties of the imperial army suddenly increased.

But no matter how stubbornly the Cochin soldiers resisted, they still couldn't stop the powerful Dashun Forbidden Army.In addition, the gate of the city has been opened, and the forbidden army has already rushed into the city after a little charge.Anyone who encountered resistance almost fell under the swords, guns and firearms of the imperial army...

Thousands of miles away, the Jiaozhi Invading Army was still marching. In the middle army, the Taiwei Guo Qingri, who was wearing luxurious armor, always felt a little uneasy in his heart, as if some great event had happened. "Could it be that the war is imminent, and I'm thinking wildly?" Guo Qingri tried very hard to put these "negative emotions" behind him, but he failed in the end.

Distraught, Guo Qing called Li Changjie day by day.

"Li Taibao, don't you think that Dashun is a bit strange?"

Guo Qingri looked anxiously ahead at the deserted village, feeling a little ominous in his heart.Li Changjie has many titles, and Li Rizun only named him the Taibao recently, which is the most commonly used title.

Li Changjie comforted Guo Qingri and said: "Taiwei, Dashun set off the smoke in advance. These Han people must have seen the smoke and then hid! Look, this rice field has just been harvested and is not mature yet. , the ears of rice are very green..."

"What a move to fortify the wall and clear the wild!" Guo Qingri sneered, obviously agreeing with Li Changjie's judgment.If it weren't for the strong walls and clear fields, how could the Han people be willing to harvest these rice in advance?The allusion of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, Guo Qingri has read Han books, and knows that it comes from "Three Kingdoms · Wei Shu · Xun Yu Biography": "Nowadays the east is harvesting wheat, so it is necessary to fortify the walls and clear the fields to wait for the general. In less than ten days, one hundred thousand people will be sleepy without fighting." At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao occupied the Yanzhou area after suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebel Army, and then sent his troops eastward, preparing to capture Xuzhou.Yanzhou tycoon Zhang Miao took the opportunity to collude with Lv Bu, a separatist force, to break through most of Yanzhou and occupy the important place Puyang.Cao Cao hurriedly withdrew his troops from Xuzhou and launched a counterattack against Lu Bu who was stationed in Puyang.Lu Bu was very fierce, and the two sides fought each other for a long time, and Cao Cao was unable to win for a while.At this time, Xuzhou defender Tao Qian died of illness and gave Xuzhou to Liu Bei.Cao Cao was even more anxious when he heard that, so he decided to capture Xuzhou first and then return to destroy Lu Bu.After the counselor Xun Yu heard about it, he came to dissuade him.

Xun Yu told Cao Cao that when Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty Liu Bang fought for the world, he first kept Guanzhong; when Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu pacified the world, he first occupied Hanoi.By doing this, they are deeply rooted and consolidated in order to control the world.Therefore, although they also suffered some setbacks and failures, they finally succeeded because they did not lose their roots.In the same way, Yanzhou is the foundation for you. Although it is more dilapidated, it is easier to preserve your strength.As for Xuzhou, it is said that they have organized manpower to step up the harvesting of wheat outside the city and transport it into the city, which shows that they are already prepared for a possible battle.After harvesting the grain, the opponent will inevitably have to strengthen the fortifications and fortifications, waiting for you to attack him.If you really send troops to attack Xuzhou now, by that time, the attack will be impossible, and the plunder will be nothing. Within ten days, the whole army will collapse without fighting.Weighing the pros and cons in this way, I think it is better not to attack Xuzhou first, please think about it carefully, General.

Cao Cao listened to Xun Yu's advice and felt it was very reasonable, so he canceled his plan to attack Xuzhou and concentrated on fighting Lu Bu.Soon, Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu and pacified Yanzhou.

Guo Qingri knew this allusion, so of course he understood that the Han army was planning to shrink their forces, fortify the walls and clear the country, so that they could concentrate their forces and fight against them in Qinzhou City.

"Hmph, with just a few thousand soldiers and horses, you still want to resist my [-] army? Where is Chen Gai, Herald?"

Guo Qingri sneered and shouted loudly.

"Back to Taiwei, General Chen has already fished the Hongjiang River (later called the Maoling River), and in half a day, he will be able to reach the city of Qinzhou..."

(End of this chapter)