Iron Dynasty

PS: There are two more chapters today, but it will be a little later.

September 16.

After five days of marching, King Huainan and Cui Shangan led 100,000 Huainan soldiers to set up camp under Yingcheng.

After three days of preparation, Cui Shangan ordered the artillery to bombard Yingzhou City, causing chaos in Yingzhou City.

Artillery, another artillery, how could King Huainan have an artillery, this must be done by Xiao Ming, it must be him.

In the temporary palace, King Yan was furious. The reason why he was so confident in Yingzhou City was that sixty artillery pieces were installed in the city. These artillery pieces were part of his purchase of artillery pieces from Qingzhou.

It was because he was confident in the power of these artillery pieces that he scoffed at the King of Huainan, because he believed that his artillery would definitely knock down the King of Huainan's army.

But now everything was beyond his expectations. King Huainan not only had artillery, but the range of the artillery was far higher than that of the artillery in Yingzhou City.

Now Yingzhou City could only be bombarded by the artillery of the King of Huainan in vain, and he couldn't but couldn't use the artillery to fight back, which made him suddenly furious.

Only then did he realize that he was deceived by Xiao Ming, and Xiao Ming never sold the real artillery to them from beginning to end.

Father, if we continue like this, our city walls will collapse. Cui Cheng's voice was a little difficult.

Hundreds of thousands of people besieged the city, and the siege of Yingzhou City was blocked by the dense number of soldiers. Now they can't beat it, and they can't escape.

So what if it collapses, how can this king's soldiers be born by relying on the city wall? King Yan suddenly pulled out his sword, This time this king will personally lead the army and fight to the death with the king of Huainan.

Having said that, King Yan strode towards Nancheng, which was the key area where King Huainan attacked.

This time, Cui Cheng and Cui Hao did not rush up with the King of Chu, Cui Cheng looked at Cui Hao and said, Now that the wealthy people in the city have dissent, they will never fight against the King of Huainan with us, and the father and the king will not listen to the advice to Xiao Ming. As a minister, what should I do now?

Cui Hao's face was full of despair, he said: I have been in Qingzhou for more than a month, and from what I have seen and heard, I still expected that the Three Kings Allied Forces would be defeated, but I never thought that the defeat would be so complete now. Bear the brunt.”

What's the use of mentioning this now? I'm just asking if Xiao Ming told you when you were in Qingzhou that he would spare Yan Kingdom. Cui Cheng said eagerly.

Xiao Ming did ask Pang Yukun to tell me about this before the foolish brother left. He said that unless King Yan pleads guilty and voluntarily gives up the king and the kingdom, he will not let the kingdom of Yan go. Cui Hao said.

When Cui Cheng heard the words, he was silent for a moment. In his opinion, this was absolutely impossible. He sighed deeply, took out his saber and chased after King Yan.

Seeing Cui Cheng leave, Cui Hao turned around and walked in the opposite direction. When Xiao Ming ascended the throne, he saw that the Three Kings Allied Forces might have accomplished nothing.

Pang Yukun did say that to him, but he also mentioned that if he is willing to help, he will be protected in the future.

He is only the second son of King Yan. For him, the land of this kingdom will not belong to him in any case. Now he is more worried about his own life than the state of Yan under such a situation.

After leaving the temporary palace, Cui Hao walked straight to an alley. When he reached a house, he knocked six times, and the door was opened.

At this time in the yard, some wealthy families have gathered. These wealthy families are all people who oppose King Yan's continued fight with Huainan. After all, the outcome is now divided, and not everyone is willing to die with King Yan.

Prince, when will the army be raised? asked a noble clan chief.

My father has already climbed to the city, and I'm just waiting for the artillery of King Huainan to blow down the city wall. At this time, the city must be in chaos. That's when I wait for the troops to start. Cui Hao's eyes flickered.

He thought: Father, you treat me ruthlessly, don't blame me for being unrighteous, the elder brother enjoyed the melting in Yan State, but you sent me to Qingzhou to suffer.

The nobles nodded when they heard the words, just waiting for the city to break down.

Outside the city, fifty artillery pieces were continuously shelling the southern city gate, and the fragile southern city wall continued to have deep potholes under the artillery. collapse.

Father, the city wall has fallen. Cui Shangan was pleasantly surprised, and he immediately prepared to lead the troops into the city.

Slow! It's not the time yet. King Huainan looked at the collapsed city gate on the east side of the main gate, and then to the west side. At this time, the artillery at the west gate was still intact, and he said: Now concentrate the artillery bombarding the west city wall. Once the wall collapses, attack the city immediately.

At this moment, Cui Shangan looked at Xicheng and realized something. He said, The artillery given by the emperor is really powerful. King Yan's artillery couldn't hit us at all, but we kept hitting.

The King of Huainan looked gloomy. He said, This is what makes the emperor so powerful. He has long been wary of us vassal kings, so he sold some inferior artillery to King Yan, King Liang, King Zhao and others.

Could it be that the emperor had already seen the chaos in the Great Yu Congress? Cui Shangan asked in shock.

The King of Huainan said: Who knows this? But this alone is enough to show that our emperor is not a simple role.

When the two were talking, the city wall of the West City also collapsed under the shelling. At this time, King Huainan and Cui Shangan were shocked at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of war drums rang through the entire battlefield, and the Huainan Army soldiers who were in high morale roared and rushed towards Yingzhou City.

In the city of Yingzhou, King Yan and his personal guards escaped the collapsed city wall in embarrassment.

King Yan's eyes were red with blood, he held his saber and shouted: Soldier, fight to the death with this king and the enemy.

His voice fell, except for the guards who shouted loudly, the other soldiers were insensitive, and some of the strong men who had just been pulled into the army even trembled with fear.

When have they seen such a powerful weapon as artillery, not to mention that they were forced to join the army.

kill!

The Huainan Army poured in from the two collapsed places at the same time, and the well-equipped soldiers immediately fought with the soldiers defending the city.

Some noble families who supported King Yan also fought bloody battles with the Huainan Army with their troupes. For a while, there were screams and fighting sounds all over the city wall. The corpses of soldiers from both sides fell on the ground, and blood was flowing on the ground.

King Yan led his personal guards into battle in person, and just as he was about to kill, a loud shout of killing suddenly sounded in the city, and a group of noble tribes with red cloth strips on their foreheads rushed out from the streets and alleys.

It's just that they did not fight with the Huainan Army, but fought with the Chu Army, the noble clan who supported him. At this time, the morale of the Chu Army collapsed instantly.

At this moment, King Yan seemed to have lost all of his strength. Just as he was stunned, a general of the Huainan Army stabbed his sword into King Yan's chest.

Spitting out a mouthful of blood, King Yan gradually sank into the darkness.