Chapter 316 Bombardment of Pingjiang

Most of the two hours have passed, but there has been no movement on the opposite wall.

It is simply impossible to recruit the other party to surrender with a few words. After all, Pingjiang is a big city in the south of the Yangtze River. If the tars stationed in Pingjiang abandon the city and escape, it will be a dead end when they go back.

Zhang Yang was not worried. At this moment, the artillery team has also arrived.

The artillery team was in each battalion. They returned to the defense area of their battalion and immediately began to prepare for intense shooting.

The scattered fireworks are relatively simple, as long as you find a piece of flat land and support it well. And the God of War cannon is much more troublesome.

In order to facilitate the field battle, the God of War cannon is mounted on the chariot. In fact, it puts two wheels under the cannon and is pulled by the horse.

The choice of the gun position of the God of War cannon is very exquisite. You must find a flat and hard land, dig out two pits, and put the wheels inside, so that the God of War cannon will not move its position, adjust the shooting angle, and load ammunition. The busiest thing at this moment is the gunner.

Each battalion is equipped with five Ares cannons. They adjust the landing point of the Ares cannon in one place, so that a volley can blow up the city wall.

Because there are no heavy weapons in Pingjiang City, even crossbows can shoot up to 1,000 steps, and the artillery is placed three miles away, which is very safe.

At this distance, the solid shell of the God of War is quite powerful.

Bian Yuanheng's water army on the water also began to be busy. They were all waiting for the order of the general attack.

The defenders in the city don't have much time left for them.

Uhada is patrolling the head of the city. The crossbow machine has been on, and the archer is already in place. After a while, if the other party rushes up, he will give them a look!

The city wall is a huge meat grinder. Although the other party surrounded Pingjiang City, there were only 30,000 people at most. I'm afraid that these people will be wiped out in the open space in front of the city before they rush to the city.

Uhada has forgotten the shelling just now.

"Give me a brave battle. After this battle, everyone will be rewarded with five taels of silver!" Uhada shouted.)

The new annexers were skeptical. It was not the first time they heard such a promise, but they had never seen a silver reward. Even if there was, they were almost taken by their superiors. When it was their turn, they could not even eat a pancake.

The sun has moved south, and the morning sun shines brightly on the head of the city. Although it is already winter, it is still as warm as spring. The Tutarius supervisors looked at the shivering new army and were a little disdainful.

From the grassland to the south of the Yangtze River, who would like to go to the nomadic days? Wandering around, helpless. In the event of wind and snow, most of the cattle and sheep will be killed and injured. If not, they can't even survive the year. Compared with the grassland, this place is simply a paradise on earth.

In their eyes, the southerners are similar to the sheep in their pastures.

Who knew that the sheep would suddenly turn into a wolf?

Zhang Yang blocked the sun with his hand and looked at the tall city head. It seemed that the first battle was inevitable. So, let the tars see his power!

"Cannons, three sniped shots, the gunfire covered the head of the city, pay attention to avoid causing casualties to innocent people in the city." Zhang Yang said.

It's so close that if the gunners shoot off, it's outrageous, especially the scattered cannons. If one shot hits the city, it will cause a large number of casualties, which you should try your best to avoid.

The artillerymen have been waiting for this sentence for a long time. They loaded the gunpowder and shells and lit the twist.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The scene of hundreds of cannons fired together was spectacular. The smoke covered the whole position. After the artillery ignited the twist, they squatted on the ground, covered their ears, and their faces were still blackened.

For the defenders at the head of the city, this is simply the end of the world.

The first ones to fly were solid shells. They hit the wall with great accuracy. On the wall, they felt as if they were sitting on a boat. Several walls collapsed and buried the people who had no time to retreat.

They panicked. Although they were soldiers, some of them had fought, but no one had experienced such a scene, which was even more violent than an earthquake.

Many people, in panic, then found that a "hail" fell from the sky.

The power of the scattered fireworks is like the devil harvesting life. As soon as the shell comes down, many people will be beaten into flesh and blood. No one can survive the rain of the fireworks.

Crying and shouting, with amputated limbs flying, today's head of the city has become a hell on earth.

Three rounds of shots passed, and the soldiers did not charge. The smoke dispersed, and they looked at the city again.

Today's head of the city has become dilapidated, and there is continuous blood on the head of the city, convering into streams.

Wu Hada shouted, "The crossbowman, archer, get ready, the enemy is rushing up!"

No one responded to him, and there were fallen corpses everywhere.

Is it possible that I was completely destroyed like this?

After half an hour, a lot of people got up. Tens of thousands of defenders. Now, there are only less than 10,000 people left who can survive. They are all stunned. In addition, although there are many artillery fire from the other party, the city wall is very long after all, and some areas are still lucky to escape.

"Listen to the defenders on the opposite side and surrender immediately. In another time, the gunfire will cover all the walls, and you will all die!" There was another shout outside.

No one will doubt that if the initial surrender was just an empty word, now they have all changed their minds. This battle can't be fought at all. They only set up cannons. With a bang, everyone is dead, and they can't even hurt a hair.

"Your Excellency, let's surrender!" A new attached soldier said.

"Wo!" Uhada pulled out his sword: "We defend Pingjiang City, vow to live and die with Pingjiang, and resolutely refuse to surrender. After fighting this battle, each of us will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver."

No matter how much silver there is, it will be a life-threatening flower! The new subordinates did not have such a high ideological awareness. The ground was full of corpses. As soon as they survived the gunfire, who would be willing to work for the tars again?

"Guard, get ready!" More than 20 guards gathered around Uhada. He ordered, "Whoever disobeys the military order, kill!"

Isn't this putting everyone on the road to death? The new attached forces have made up their minds that it is better to deal with the more than twenty people in front of them than to be shot by the powerful artillery.

"Ban, bang, bang." Suddenly, the sound of fire came from behind, and the guard beside Uhada poured a large area.

"Anyway, there is still time, brothers, we are all Han people, why do we work for the tars?" A voice came.

The new annexes turned their heads and saw the group with fire, which was Li Xingsu's team.

Just now, when the artillery fired, they approached the head of the city. Hearing the shouting outside the city, they knew that the tars were about to hold on. They made up their mind and quietly touched the head of the city while no one was paying attention.

Although the artillery can destroy all the defenders, in that case, the city wall will be destroyed. When the eldest brother enters, the city wall will have to be repaired again. It is a little wasteful. If these new annexes can be persuaded, Pingjiang City will be taken down without too much damage.

What's more, they have always been responsible for protecting He Zhaoyi and have not caught any big battles. Now that they have this opportunity, how can they not show their hands?

They know that it is also dangerous for them to go up. Once the gunfire hits again, it doesn't matter whether it is their own or not.

It's dangerous, and it's worth it!

And Zhang Yang thought the same. Another round of artillery fire, as long as there are ten volleys, there will be no more creatures on the head of the city, and even the ants can't survive. However, the killing is too heavy! It is not the most correct way to slaughter opponents with cross-generational weapons. What's more, there are not many people who really want to follow the Tutars.

So, he let three shots in a volley, and then stopped to see what the defenders at the head of the city did.

Sure enough, the city was in chaos.

A few fires made the rebels a little surprised. They could hear that it was sent by their own equipment. Did they have their own people on it? How is this possible?

Uhada opened his eyes angrily, took his sword, and rushed up. Relying on his nearest two new annexes, he was immediately cut to the ground. The guard behind him also rushed up.

Crazy man, he is really crazy. He is still so cruel when he dies. Li Xingsu ordered: "Gall them!"

"Ban, bang, bang." There were a few more fires, and Wu Hada was hit by a few bullets. He looked at the bloody hole in his body and fell down helplessly.

"Why don't you hit the white flag, put down the suspension bridge and open the gate?" Li Xingsu said.

"Yes, sir." The new annexes escaped from death and carried out the order obediently.

The officers and soldiers guarding the gate of the Acropolis were the luckiest. They hid in the cave of the gate and were not treated with scattered fireworks. Moreover, the shells of the God of War only aimed at the wall and did not shoot at the cave of the gate. In this way, they were unharmed.

However, the blood dripping from above made their hearts tremble. They had no intention to fight, and this battle could not be fought at all.

When the new annexation army at the head of the city came down, they had no objection and helped to open the gate together.

The gate of Pingjiang City was opened to the rebels.

"The first battalion, enter the city immediately." Zhang Yang ordered, "The rest of the troops, pack up their equipment immediately and then go south!"

"Yes!" Shi Yi agreed and then shouted, "The first battalion, take back Pingjiang City!"

Shi Nai'an is behind him. He can't understand his lord. Pingjiang City is different from the previously recovered Taixing and Changzhou. Pingjiang is a big city. Is the lord not want to go in such a big city?

Zhang Yang is not so noble. He also wants to enter Pingjiang City, but he knows that for him, the most important thing now is time. He wants to get these rich places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province in his hands before the Tatars react. Time is the most important. Then go south and take Lower Hangzhou, divide this large triangle area from the hands of the tars and firmly hold it in your own hands, which is the most important thing at present.

Shi Yi is Zhang Yang's most trusted person, so he left Shi Yi to guard Pingjiang City. At that time, he will respond from north to south and stabilize the front

(to be continued)