Yuwen Rang actually had no intention of attacking these people.
There is no way, although the loyalty of these people is not worth guaranteeing, now Yuwen Rang has no one else to rely on except them. Except for these Wubao masters and the heads of the aristocratic families, Yuwen Rang only has only the soldiers and horses under his command.
There were only four to five hundred infantry plus more than a hundred light cavalry. Considering that there was no need for armored cavalry to rush into the formation, the few armored cavalry were mobilized to Jinyang by Yu Wenchun early.
Again, who would have expected that the enemy would leave Jinyang alone and attack Yanmen instead?
Yang Su's punch really hit Yu Wenchun's weak spot.
There seemed to be a lot of soldiers and horses, but the Yanmen defenders, who were a mixed bag of men and women, could not unite as one under the pressure of the outside world.
Yuwen Rang did not blame his brother. He would have made the same choice after changing places.
There are only so many elites in total, and there must be a choice. It is not that our own army is too incompetent, but that the Han army is too powerful and cunning.
Yuwen Rang could feel the fear and worry of the people in front of him. After all, most of them were not ready to fall out with Yuwen Rang, otherwise they would not have come rashly, so he felt that as long as he comforted him, it would be better after all.
You can make these people temporarily obey your orders.
However, this does not mean that Yu Wen Rang was not prepared at all. Inside and outside the meeting hall, Yu Wen Rang had already arranged for his personal guards to prepare for the enemy with swords in hand. As long as he gave the order, the personal guards would
They will come out and directly kidnap these guys, and may even send them on their way.
Yu Wenxian used this method to hold the Jizhou family hostage, forcing them to surrender despite their unwillingness. Now Yu Wen Rang doesn't mind doing it again. However, Yu Wen Rang still doesn't want to do this until the critical moment.
It was equivalent to pushing these people completely against the Northern Zhou Dynasty at once, and there was no chance of recovery.
Just when Yuwen Rang was about to speak, "Boom!" the sound of a cannon suddenly came.
Immediately afterwards, the earth-shaking shelling made the entire council hall seem to shake violently, and the dust on the roof fell down. Everyone in the council hall suddenly panicked, and Yuwen Rang's personal guards suddenly
They poured out from behind a screen outside the door.
"Axehand!" Everyone looked around in panic. They did not expect that murderous intent was everywhere inside and outside the meeting hall.
These axemen did not intend to take their heads directly, but escorted Yuwen Rang back into the back room.
"Boom!" A shell hit the council hall, smashing through the roof, leaving a huge hole. The shell did not reduce its force and hit the ground directly, leaving a big hole in the ground.
, the air waves raised also directly knocked the fort masters who were hiding with their heads to the ground. However, at this time, the shelling came first, and then the axemen. The fort masters had already been frightened out of their minds, so they couldn't care less.
After getting so much, he rolled and crawled and ran outside.
After rushing out of the meeting hall, they discovered that the situation was even worse than they imagined.
Cannonballs hit from the south and north sides of Guancheng at the same time. The original gate towers on the city wall were already dilapidated. I don’t know how many cannonballs were hit at once. You must know that no cannonballs could hit it before.
As for the gate tower of the north gate, it now seems that the Han people set up artillery on the outer hillside.
And up and down the city wall, even more wailing echoed. After all, the cannonballs that hit over the city wall were only a few, and most of the cannonballs hit the city wall.
Yanmen Pass is not big, and the cannon shells almost covered the entire city. Soon in the eyes of the Wu Fort owners who fled in panic, there were only waves of dust and a feeling like the earth was shaking. Of course, now the Han army
The artillery is really not that powerful. In fact, it is more because the fort masters themselves were panicked, and many of them were already dizzy when they fled in embarrassment just now.
"Let's go, let's go, Kaicheng surrenders!" I don't know who shouted first, and immediately these people ran towards the section of the city wall they were responsible for.
Since Yuwen Rang has ambushed the swordsmen to deal with them, it means that Yuwen Rang really might have directly killed them just now. The bombardment suddenly disrupted Yuwen Rang's plan. It can only be said that these people survived the disaster, so
Don't hurry up and run away, otherwise Qi Yuwen will come to chop off their heads again if he doesn't come to his senses later.
At this time, there is no other place to escape, so just open the door and surrender. Even if you don't save everything, you can still count as a big achievement!
As if to show approval for these unlucky colleagues, on several beacon towers not far away, flags that had probably been prepared at some time were erected. They were the red flags of the Han army. There was also a message on the city gate.
The shouts and fighting sounds are coming, and they are particularly harsh among the monotonous sound of the cannons. They are undoubtedly reminding the Lord of Wubao and the heads of the aristocratic families that you must hurry up, otherwise it is very likely that the things that have been done before will be destroyed.
The prepared comrades seized the opportunity to leave the city and surrender.
The Wubao masters knew very well what they were in front of a unified dynasty like the Han Dynasty. Separation and independence were things that the unified dynasty was eager to uproot. This is why they had firmly stood on the side of the Northern Zhou Dynasty before.
, at least the Northern Zhou Dynasty still used them, and the Han Dynasty might be more interested in their heads and property.
But at this point, there is no choice at all. In order to stabilize the people's hearts, the man who runs fast will definitely not cut off his head directly. The unlucky ones are naturally those who run slowly. If you kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, who will you kill if you don't kill them?
There were also loud killing sounds outside the city, and no one knew how many Han troops were attacking the city.
"Go to the city gate!" a fort master shouted.
At this point, it's too late to greet the soldiers and horses under his command. The main thing is to open the city gate!
Otherwise, if he waits until he has summoned his troops and then fights back, who knows when, the Han people will be interrogating Yu Wen for giving up.
The other Wubao masters also agreed with a bang, drew their swords and rushed to the city gate.
It seemed that they were aware of the changes in Guancheng, and the Han army's artillery was no longer bombarding intensively. However, several Wubao masters who had raised their flags before were leading their troops to fight with the Zhou people to open the Iron Gate City.
Door winch.
For example, in an important gate like Yanmen, there is an iron gate behind the wooden gate that can be lowered at any time. Therefore, only by controlling the lifting power of the iron gate can the Han army be let in.
"Are you going to rebel?!" Looking at the guys rushing up from behind, a Xianbei war leader who was leading his troops to fight shouted.
But he soon got the answer. Several fort masters swarmed up and killed this guy without any need for personal guards. One of his heads was even split in half and snatched away by two people.