Iron Dynasty

The setting sun was like blood, and the Bianshui River was dyed bright red. I don't know if it was the reflection of the setting sun or real blood.

After stationing on the north bank of the Bian River, Luo Hong and Luo Xin appeared at the end of the official road in Pengzhou in the evening. After meeting with Lu Fei, the army did not attack the city immediately but set up camp along the official road in Pengzhou City.

Just like the information provided by Li San, the land in front of Pengzhou City is very narrow and not suitable for large-scale deployment of the army.

That night, Lu Fei and a group of generals reconfirmed the strategy for the next day's siege to avoid confusion in command.

There are 50,000 soldiers in Pengzhou City, and there are estimated to be 80,000 to 90,000 people in the big clans in the city. The gates of Pengzhou City are easy to blow open, but when soldiers enter the city, they will encounter street fighting, and street fighting is very difficult for us. Words are the worst. Lu Fei said with a frown.

Luo Hong nodded, he understood what Lu Fei meant, the most ideal battlefield for the musket team is the open field, which is more convenient for the formation of the queue, but once it enters a town with many buildings, it is difficult to take advantage of the musket salvo to face each other.

So His Highness asked us not to rush for quick success, but to fight steadily and steadily. After the city is broken, we must first control the city gate, and rely on the city gate to occupy the city wall. In this way, we have established a position and can slowly erode the city of Pengzhou. Luo Xin hugged. said with arms.

Lu Fei nodded and said to Luo Xin: Tomorrow your lime bombs will be hard to hit, and grape bombs are also available. No matter how hard Pengzhou City is, it will be harder than Shanhaiguan.

No, Shanhaiguan has been won, can we still be afraid of a Pengzhou city? Luo Xin echoed, and the two burst into laughter.

Luo Hong looked at the two with some envy. Qingzhou's military reputation was well known in the Great Yu Kingdom, and he was also envious, Don't forget me, the soldiers of our firearms battalion are not cowards.

While the three were discussing the siege of the city tomorrow, the atmosphere in the city of Pengzhou became more and more solemn. They originally thought that there were only these three warships in this siege, but they did not expect that so many soldiers would come one after another in the evening.

In the afternoon, the shooting and the shelling of the Pengzhou Navy also filled the city with a sense of fear and pessimism. The Pengzhou Navy, known for its ferocity, was defeated.

Mi Changshi, how can we fight this battle without artillery and muskets? You have seen it. The Qi king's army outside the city has muskets and artillery pieces. Our soldiers were beaten before they encountered the enemy. I'm so scared that I don't dare to fight again, how can this be good? The Lu family's patriarch sighed heavily.

Different from the optimism in the morning, the patriarchs in the city now sighed one by one. They knew exactly what happened on the city wall. They could not imagine fighting against such an army at all.

Let's escape, it's still too late, if King Qi's army enters the city, we'll be finished, said one person.

That's right, clean up the gold and silver now, otherwise it won't be too late to escape.

Everyone should run for their lives.

...

One person's mention of fleeing was immediately echoed by everyone. They were usually very vicious to the people, but facing an army that was even more vicious than them, there was only fear at this time.

Mi Wenyi had a gloomy face, everyone could flee without a fight, but he couldn't, he was the long history of King Wei's mansion, and this Pengzhou City was the foundation of the Mi family. It loses its value in the eyes.

Boom! Mi Wenyi slapped the table fiercely, and said, Escape, where can you escape to? This King Qi's ambition is not only our Wei Di, he wants the whole world, and then you can still escape. go somewhere.

Everyone was silent for a while, Mi Wenyi was not without reason, now that the world is in chaos, where else can they escape.

One of the patriarchs said: It's not that we are greedy for life and fear of death, it's just that the Qingzhou army's firearms are too powerful. If Mo Changshi could let King Wei dispatch a group of artillery and muskets, we would be able to fight, but if we continue to fight like this, it will only increase casualties. .

Mi Wenyi sighed. He blamed himself very much because he underestimated the power of firearms. It wasn't that he valued firearms, but that he saw King Wei's firearms when he was in Jinling City.

After the firearms demonstration in Jinling City, he felt that firearms were not invincible.

But now he understands that he is wrong, because in his opinion, there is no comparison between the Qingzhou musket team and the musket team of the King of Wei. The Qingzhou army is not only skilled in operation, but also strict in discipline, which can only be seen from the camp. .

The army tents outside the city were straight lines horizontally and vertically. The soldiers were patrolling in two rows, three in a row, and there was not a single soldier who was idle.

As long as you guys can hold on for half a month, I'll be able to get the artillery and arquebus. Mi Wenyi hesitated and made up his mind.

Half a month! Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and everyone had no confidence.

With a heavy snort, Mi Wenyi said, This is the only way now. Whether you want to die in the hands of King Qi or fight hard is up to you.

After all, Mi Wenyi threw his sleeves and left.

Seeing Mi Wenyi leaving in anger, everyone sighed and dispersed.

The next day, the morning in Pengzhou City was broken by the roar of cannons.

The battleship docked on the north bank of the Bian River was the first to attack, and the artillery bombarded the city gate of Pengzhou City directly.

Luo Xin on the other side of the Bianshui River looked at this scene with a bit of envy. The decision of the Governor Niu was really right. This battleship was simply a sea fortress, and this round of artillery salvo was powerful.

Lu Fei looked at the opposite side with the binoculars. Compared with yesterday, the guards in Pengzhou City were obviously much smarter. None of the generals and soldiers dared to show their faces, and they all hid behind the battlements.

Boom boom boom...

The Galen boat on the water continued to bombard the city gate of Pengzhou City. After another two rounds of salvos, the city gate of Pengzhou City suddenly slanted and fell down. Only then did everyone realize that behind the city gate was a pile of stones.

The city gate was broken, Lu Fei looked at Luo Xin and said, It's up to you.

Bring the mortar up. Luo Xin shouted, and soon sixty soldiers carried the mortar mounted on a metal base to the front, and the field guns were also arranged in line by the artillery.

Lime bomb! Luo Xin ordered again.

Under his orders, the soldiers loaded the lime shells in the hollow shells into the mortars, while the gunners began to measure the distance and adjust the length of the corks on the shells.

Fire! With Luo Xin's order, thirty mortars fired at the opposite side at a distance of 300 meters at the same time.

Boom boom boom...

The lime bombs exploded near the city wall, and the white lime spread like smoke, blocking the sight of the defenders of Pengzhou City. At the same time, the three Galen ships on the water began to adjust their positions, and the three warships were lined up across the river. The two Galen ships were connected by two iron cables, and the soldiers on the ships laid wooden boards on the iron cables to form a temporary bridge.