kingnovel Chapter 308: Liangzhou Shocking Change
Chapter 308: Liangzhou Shocking Change
"Ah Ci! It's been three days. You've been practicing swordsmanship day and night. How can your body bear it?"
When Su Zhe heard the news, he ran to persuade her anxiously.
"Take the knife!"
Song Ci ignored him and stabbed Su Zhe with a sword.
Su Zhe had no choice but to draw his sword and practice.
In the martial arts training ground, the sun was shining brightly as the two men fought with swords, attracting many onlookers.
Lin Wantang, holding a cucumber in her mouth, blended into the crowd, looking at the heroic Song Ci in the martial arts training ground, her eyes full of envy.
"Why? Are you jealous?"
Lin Wanfu bumped into his sister.
In the past six months, Xiaowu had long since ceased to be the delicate sister he knew. The Xiaowu before him, dressed in coarse cloth, her greasy sleeves rolled up high, was watching the fun with a cucumber in her mouth, one foot on the stone lock, shaking it, and then spitting out the cucumber stem with a puff.
Where is the trace of a lady from a noble family?
He is clearly a veteran soldier in the military camp.
Lin Wantang hooked her arm around her brother's neck and said in a sly tone:
"I'm quite envious. But I'm not bad either! Fourth brother, Lao Mo in the military camp said I'm gifted and has decided to officially accept me as his apprentice. I can now identify hundreds of herbs and treat some injuries with ease. When I return to Shengjing in the future, it would be nice to open a clinic specializing in treating injuries."
"What a joke!"
Lin Wanfu flicked her sister's forehead and said, "When you return to Shengjing, you will be the dignified Princess Su. Have you ever seen a princess open a clinic for injuries caused by falls?"
Lin Wantang was stunned.
The military camp was busy every day, and she had long forgotten about this matter. She could only respond with a few "hehe".
Outside Guazhou City, in the back mountain.
A row of soldiers, holding modified muskets, aimed at a target a hundred paces away. At the command, they loaded their rifles, took aim, and pulled the trigger.
Bang bang bang!
A burst of gunfire from the back mountain startled countless birds in the forest.
"Hit the target!"
"Hit the target!"
"Hit the target!"
A soldier ran past, waving a small red flag and began to report targets.
Under the scorching sun, Prince Su's face was tanned red and black, but he never stopped smiling:
"Great! Great! These muskets are short and compact, easy to carry, and even with the flint installed, you don't need to carry around a ignition kit. They're truly magical weapons for close combat."
Su Yanzhi clapped his hands, and the row of soldiers dispersed.
Helan Yue personally led a group of people and came over with a cart. On the cart was a black iron cylinder.
"Is this the artillery that the gentleman told me about before?"
Although I had seen the drawings given by Su Li at the beginning, I was still shocked when I saw the real thing after it was actually made.
"ignition!"
Helan Yue shouted loudly, and there was a crackling sound from the fuse, followed by a loud bang like a landslide. Flames were seen on the hillside opposite. When the smoke and flames dissipated, a gap had been blown away on the hillside.
The trees on the hillside also began to crackle and burn.
At the testing ground, everyone was stunned at first, and then burst into thunderous cheers.
Prince Su was also stunned, pointing at the hill with one side cut off in amazement.
"This, this, this is incredible! Sir, with this cannon, no matter how strong the walls of Liangzhou City are, they will be no problem."
More than a dozen such cannons had already been secretly built in Guazhou, ready for use in the attack on Liangzhou. Today's test results had greatly exceeded Su Yanzhi's expectations.
While he was happy, he couldn't help but think of Su Li.
Where did A-Li get this ingenious idea from?
He really had so many questions he wanted to ask her. Fortunately, with artillery, muskets, and repeating crossbows, this war seemed as easy as cutting leeks to him.
Calculating the days, if nothing goes wrong, I will be able to reach Lin'an and reunite with A'li before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Here, all preparations for attacking the city have been made.
However, something unexpected happened in Liangzhou City - the people of Beimang rebelled!
According to the pre-arranged plan, as soon as Tuoba Rao entered Liangzhou City, he ordered his men to raid all the wealthy merchants, wealthy households, granaries and treasure houses in the city.
Then, on a dark and windy night, she ordered people to create the illusion that the Nanqi army was attacking the city. While the Liangzhou army was defending the city, she led her troops to loot the inner city.
By the time Li Gan reacted, she had already opened the north gate and left.
"Witch! Bastard! Shameless and treacherous person!"
Li Gan cursed loudly in the city.
But it was too late.
The changes in the city soon reached Su Yanzhi's ears.
"The alliance between Li Gan and Beimang has been broken. The city's military strength has been reduced by at least half. This is an opportunity that cannot be missed. Immediately, beat the drums and march forward to seize Liangzhou!"
Opportunities on the battlefield are fleeting!
Su Yanzhi made a prompt decision and immediately began to attack the city.
The people of Beimang burned and looted, and left just before dawn. Just as the sky was getting light in the east, the artillery fire from Nanqi had already launched a fierce attack on the city walls of Liangzhou.
In the city, Li Gan had not yet recovered from the shock of the Beimang people's betrayal, and the defenders had already reported that the South Gate was about to be lost.
"Where's the Musketeer Battalion? Attack them all!"
Li Gan's eyes turned red.
Liangzhou and Ganzhou were his last lines of defense, and the Firearm Battalion was his last trump card. At this moment, he could only bet everything on it.
But when Li Gan arrived at the city gate with the musket battalion, the scene before him made him dumbfounded.
Under the city wall, a row of black cast iron cylinders were aimed at him. Round black iron balls exploded on the city wall with a whistling sound, destroying everything in their path!
The indestructible walls of Liangzhou City had already been riddled with holes and were on the verge of collapse under the fierce artillery attacks.
After several rounds of artillery fire, Nanqi's army launched an attack on the plain outside the city.
Thousands of troops rushed towards the city gate like thousands of arrows.
The musket battalion on the city wall had just finished reloading and had not yet fired their weapons when the opposite side opened fire.
"What is that! What are those!"
Li Gan has gone crazy.
When Liu Xu showed him the power of the fire gun in Shengjing, he was ecstatic. He felt that with such a magical weapon, the whole world would belong to him.
But now, why did Nan Qijun not only have the repeating crossbow that had frightened him and caused him repeated losses, but also a musket that looked countless times more advanced than his? Not only that, what was that giant black cannon barrel that was spitting flames and dropping bombs?
Under absolute fire suppression, any resistance is futile!
"Your Highness, run!"
Zhao Dayong, the defender of Liangzhou City, could no longer hold the sword when he saw this absolutely overwhelming strength.
He pulled Li Gan and ran down the city wall.
"run?"
Li Gan's eyes were bloodshot as he watched the city gates open and the Nanqi army pouring in like a tide. He sneered,
"Where are you running to?"
In the dead of winter, he escaped from Shengjing and fled north like a stray dog until he arrived here.
He sold the border town in exchange for the temporary support of the people of Beimang.
They advanced triumphantly all the way, thinking they could march south and attack Huanglong directly, pulling the old and foolish emperor off the throne.
He thought that the world would eventually belong to him.
But the moment he saw the cannons and muskets, he knew that it would never be possible.
Even if he escaped from Liangzhou and fled to Ganzhou, what would happen?
It's just another failure!