Iron Dynasty

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Boom boom boom...

The roar of field artillery broke the silence of the battlefield.

After the artillery captain proposed to use the artillery to kill the artillery, Ye Qingyun took this method immediately.

Because it is located on a flat plain, Tongzhou City is safe on all sides. At this time, Ye Qingyun's place is the rice field that has just been harvested. At first glance, the field of vision is very wide.

Deploying the soldiers only 500 meters away from Tongzhou City, Ye Qingyun ordered the shelling.

More than 30 artillery pieces fired in salvos, and the shells smashed into the city walls of Tongzhou City.

Ten artillery pieces were deployed on the front wall of Tongzhou City. These artillery pieces were originally intended to guard against Japanese invasions along the coast, but now they have become Tongzhou City's first line of defense against the Dengzhou Army.

However, what King Wei and the other vassal kings would not have thought was that Xiao Ming had given them a hand from the very beginning.

The Tongzhou soldiers who were going to use artillery to attack the Dengzhou Army were shocked. The Dengzhou Army's artillery seemed to have eyes. Every time the artillery shells were fired, it would land on the side of the artillery. For a time, the Tongzhou artillery suffered heavy casualties, and the artillery on the city wall also Deviated from the position by the shell.

Moreover, the city wall of Tongzhou is far less thick than that of Pengzhou City in such a military town. The frontal city wall was quickly beaten to pieces, and the soldiers defending Tongzhou City were in chaos for a while.

Go forward! Ye Qingyun ordered the soldiers to approach Tongzhou City after solving the artillery on the city wall.

The soldiers stopped 200 meters outside the city. The artillery reloaded at this time and bombarded the front gate. The wooden gate was unable to withstand the attack of the twelve-pounder, and soon Collapsed in the artillery fire.

At this time, Ye Qingyun led the soldiers to continue to approach the city wall. When he reached the position of 90 meters, he ordered the soldiers to shoot.

At the same time, Tongzhou soldiers also began to use bows and arrows to fight back, but compared to the more than ten thousand soldiers who used muskets, the Tongzhou archers on the city's head were simply insignificant.

Under the fierce shooting, the Tongzhou soldiers on the Tongzhou city wall could not raise their heads at all, and at this moment, a thousand troops rushed into Tongzhou.

The battlefield was filled with the roar of artillery and muskets. The soldiers of Tongzhou City had never seen such a war, and the gates that had previously resisted the enemy were vulnerable in front of the artillery.

Outside the battlefield, the commoners looked at all this numbly. When the Japanese pirates attacked the city, they looked at Tongzhou City this way, and they still look at Tongzhou City this way today.

For them, it doesn't matter who rules Tongzhou City, because in their eyes, Tongzhou City is a place where the rich and powerful live, it has nothing to do with them, they only have their own home in their hearts.

Ye Qingyun noticed this situation, and just outside the battlefield, the commoners watched the two sides fighting as if they were watching a play, and none of the commoners raised their arms and came to help Tongzhou City defend the city.

He suddenly felt a burst of sadness. Qingzhou in the past was not like this, but now the people of Qingzhou are gradually awakening in the national consciousness of the country deliberately promoted by the newspapers.

The phrase every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world is no longer exclusive to the nobles and nobles, and the common people gradually understand the significance of this phrase.

And what does the country have to do with me? This kind of language of subjugation has also been thrown into the dung heap, and it has become a degenerate language that everyone spurns. Those who flatter these words have ulterior motives.

charge!

The people watching outside the city made Ye Qingyun suddenly aware of the current situation in Tongzhou. If Tongzhou officials and generals won the hearts of the people, how could these people be so indifferent.

Presumably these commoners must have a hard life on weekdays, and they have long hated the officials and nobles in the city.

With such a folklore, the combat effectiveness of the Tongzhou City army can be imagined. In addition, after the Japanese pirates landed in Tongzhou City, generals had fled several times in the past, and Ye Qingyun's confidence was greatly increased.

The charge horn resounded throughout Tongzhou City at this moment.

After the thousand-man team entered the city, Ye Qingyun led the other soldiers and rushed into the city.

The Tongzhou army, from the generals to the soldiers, was frightened by the Dengzhou army's fearless appearance. Bearing arrows from the city, the Dengzhou army wearing dark green robes was like a tiger entering a flock. The soldiers of the Tongzhou Army who were facing the battle, and the soldiers of the Dengzhou Army stood in a salvo, took up their bayonets, and lined up in a tight formation to charge at the enemy.

For Qingzhou! For the bounty! Ye Qingyun shouted a slogan.

This sentence has stimulated the blood of the soldiers more and more. For Qingzhou, it means loyalty, and for bounty, it is for a rich life. Before coming to Tongzhou, they had heard about the Nanzheng Army.

This time, the spoils collected by the expedition to the south of Pengzhou City finally totaled 3 million taels of silver, of which 300,000 taels of silver were taken out to reward the soldiers. Except for the generals who were slightly more, each soldier was basically allocated 12 taels of silver.

Just this battle is equivalent to the salary of two years in the army.

At this time, whether it is for glory and loyalty or for money, they will take Tongzhou City.

Kill! At this moment, the Dengzhou Army gave full play to the advantages of combining hot weapons and cold weapons.

Facing the enemy at a distance, the Dengzhou army stood still and fired, and a salvo at close range then charged with a bayonet. At first, the Tongzhou army tried to prevent Dengzhou from entering the city by relying on its superior strength.

However, in the face of the Dengzhou Army's combination of far and near, the Tongzhou Army suffered heavy casualties in time, and soon the Tongzhou Army disintegrated. In order to save their lives, the soldiers lost their fighting spirit and fled one after another.

In the chaotic situation, the Dengzhou army was like a broken bamboo, and they fought along the north gate to the south gate. After a day and night of fierce fighting, the Dengzhou army fully occupied Tongzhou City.

The official military took over Tongzhou City. Ye Qingyun organized soldiers to repair the city walls and gates overnight. This time they attacked Tongzhou and took the advantage of being unprepared. Because of the advantage of artillery, they were able to enter the city quickly, which made many Tongzhou soldiers have not realized what happened. matter.

However, Tongzhou is an important port in the Wei land, but now there are thousands of merchant ships moored in the port, and now these merchant ships are all under the control of Yue Yun.

At this time, the loss of Tongzhou King Wei must be furious, because this is equivalent to breaking the foundation of King Wei's maritime trade. The distance from Jinling City to Tongzhou is about 400 miles. Ye Qingyun believes that King Wei will definitely send a large army to seize the city.

Therefore, he had to repair the city's defenses in advance, and let Yue Yun transport the cannons from the battleship to the city. In this way, the city of Tongzhou became an iron wall.

Moreover, Tongzhou City was built near the sea. At this time, Yue Yun's battleship echoed at sea, and he was not worried about the supply being cut off.

This Tongzhou City can provide supplies. Of course, they can also transport supplies. According to Xiao Ming's order, he will build Tongzhou City into a bridgehead for attacking Jinling City.

After issuing many orders, Ye Qingyun immediately dispatched soldiers to convey the situation of Tongzhou battle to Qingzhou, and reported the details of this Tongzhou battle to Xiao Ming.