The Tatar soldiers standing at the city gate looked at the cannons arranged in a row and all asked this question, but soon, these things became their nightmare.
"ignition!"
The fuse was instantly ignited, and the sound of thunder was instantly recalled. The next moment, under the influence of the burning gunpowder, countless iron beads were blasted straight towards the top of the tower.
This was the first time that Chen Muna's cannon participated in the war, and the effect was very significant. Under the fierce fire, five to six hundred Tatar soldiers were swallowed up in an instant.
Looking at their lifeless comrades lying on the ground, the Tatar soldiers at the gate were confused and frightened.
"What the hell is this?"
"I don't know!"
Everyone was hiding behind the city gate and did not dare to show their heads. Chen Mu took advantage of this opportunity and quickly sent troops to rush down the city.
Things like flintlock muskets are still a bit inferior. Their main use is fire cover, which is of great use when facing large armies on the plains.
The current attack on a rugged area like Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures will ultimately have to rely on conventional siege troops.
Nearly two thousand Han troops sneaked under the city gate and began to dig the soil under the city gate, preparing to dig a hole to drill through. This was the most basic tactic for attacking a city in ancient times.
As for the Tatar army on top of the city tower, they were ready to draw their bows and shoot the Han army below the city to death, but they were soon suppressed by Chen Mu's super firepower and were forced back under the city gate.
"Bomb the city gates hard for me, don't stop!"
This time Chen Mu was very well prepared, especially iron bullets and gunpowder, and pulled several carts. What he wanted was the effect of rich fire coverage.
Soon, a crossing was dug under the city by the frontline troops, and Chen Mu knew that the opportunity for a general attack had come!
"Han Xin'er! You bring 10,000 troops to reinforce the city, Huangfu! Lead all the remaining troops to take the flying ladder and climb the city tower!"
The two of them quickly accepted the order: "Yes!"
The flags were raised, and the army began to move in an instant.
There were not many defenders in the city, just ten thousand people. As long as they attacked from two places, they had to disperse their troops and mobilize them to two places.
In the end, Chen Mu focused on how to capture the city tower and the actions under the city gate were just to disperse the defenders inside.
During this period, Han troops were constantly being driven down the city, but in the face of the surging momentum of the entire Han army, it was not enough.
Soon the first soldier rushed up to the tower, and the defenders on the tower gradually began to fall into chaos.
Zhang Bowen, who had been beside Chen Mu, said softly: "This time, Yizhou has been won."
Chen Mu nodded: "After we capture Yizhou, we can take Youzhou directly."
The fight lasted from early morning to noon. Chen Mu and his party stood outside the city and saw the gate of Yizhou City being slowly pushed open.
Now the entire city of Yizhou has been captured by the Han army. Chen Mu rode into the city slowly. There were corpses of Tatar soldiers everywhere. Since Chen Mu issued the reward order, the Han army now faces the Tatars again. People will not be left alive at all.
More than 10,000 people in the city were all turned into headless corpses.
"The whole army rests for a day and will march towards Youzhou tomorrow to completely recapture the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun!"
Seeing the King of Shuchuan speak, the tens of thousands of soldiers present quickly roared: "Mighty! Mighty!"
The news that the Han army had conquered Yizhou City was like a flood, and soon reached the ears of Wanyan Liming, who was retreating to Youzhou.
I saw him pick up the wine glass and throw it towards the ground.
"This damn Chen Mu is too unyielding!"
Even Wanyan Liming, who had always been calm, couldn't control his emotions for a while when he learned that Chen Mu had sent his army north to attack the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, and started to curse continuously.
Of course, it was more because of fear. Today's Han army was too powerful. Although it only numbered tens of thousands, it was like a huge mountain, weighing them down and breathless.
It can be seen that ten thousand troops were deployed in Yizhou, but in one day, the entire army was wiped out.
The two kings present also had sad expressions on their faces. After a long silence, King Lamour said: "If not... let's return to Mobei."
After hearing this, Wanyan Liming's face darkened: "Return Yan Yun to Long Xia?"
"Now... the morale of our army is low. Instead of increasing casualties, it is better to retreat and wait until we regain our strength before taking action again."
"Absolutely not!"
Wanyan Liming rejected it: "If this was not a God-given opportunity and Liu Jingtang suddenly surrendered, how could we have a chance to take control of Yanyun? With this retreat, there will be no chance in the future!"
The location of Yanyun is too important for both the Tatars and Longxia. With the location of Yanyun, if their Tatar army wants to invade Longxia, they can kill them from almost any position in the north.
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Furthermore, he could clearly feel from the fierce momentum of the Han army's advance that once Chen Mu captured the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, he would probably continue to advance until he was unable to fight back, and then he would give up.
King Nari Mai, who had been silent until now, knew that His Majesty had no intention of retreating, so he began to speak in accordance with his intention.
"Your Majesty, if you want to fight to the death with the Han army, I have a plan."
Wanyan Liming waved her hand: "Say!"
"The Han army came all the way from Yizhou, a thousand miles away, and they are already exhausted. The city of Youzhou is very strong. As long as we can't get out, once winter comes, no matter how high the fighting spirit of this group of Han troops is,
When the time comes, I am afraid I will be tired, and then cooperate with the Zhuozhou defenders to attack one place, and the Han army will definitely be defeated!"
After hearing this plan, Wanyan Liming nodded: "Yes, the morale of the Han army is too high now. Waiting for work is indeed the best way. Isn't there a saying among the Han people? If you make a big effort, then it will decline again.
And exhausted."
After making the decision, Wanyan Liming began to instruct his men to strengthen the city defense that day. After learning about the terrifying cannon, he hung extremely thick iron plates at the front of the city gate.
This time he refused to join the battle just to defend the city. As long as he persisted until the cold winter, even if the Han army did not retreat then, he would dare to fight to the death.
Ten days later, Chen Mu and his party officially arrived outside Youzhou City.
In the previous battle in Yizhou City, the fighting spirit and fighting spirit of Chen Mu's troops rose to a new level again.
All the sergeants have begun to long for the next battle. Hanging the barbarian's head around their necks, in addition to money, it is more about adding a glory to their military career.
When one day he takes off his armor and returns to the fields, at least he will be able to boast about what he did on the northern battlefield...
But when they saw the iron plates hanging above the Youzhou City Gate, everyone was dumbfounded.
Even Chen Mu and others were stunned and stunned when they saw this situation.
Not only the location of the city gate, but also the front of the city gate was blocked by a huge boulder found somewhere. Not only could others not get in, but I couldn't get out either.
"Damn... for defending the city to this extent, you are really a scorpion daddy, the only one!"