Chapter 620 Consuming Hidden Weapons
For a while, the enemy camp was filled with the sound of horns and military orders.
Soldiers and generals took their positions like a tide, catapults were slowly pushed to the front of the battle, and huge stone bullets were loaded into place.
The infantry, armed with shields, and the archers followed closely behind them, approached Anyang.
On the city wall of Anyang, Chen Qingqing saw the actions of the enemy camp clearly, and she knew that the enemy was going to make a desperate move.
The storm is brewing and a fierce battle is about to begin.
She turned and ordered the soldiers behind her, "The enemy is trying to storm the city with all their might. Everyone, hold your ground and follow my command. Place all the firearms on the launchers and let them experience the power of the bombs!"
"Yes, sir!" The soldiers responded in unison and immediately placed all the bombs on the launchers.
The enemy army was endless, and Chen Qingqing felt a little nervous. Whether she could hold on or not depended on fate!
She knew the principle of "the first to strike is the strongest, the last to strike will suffer", and when she saw that the enemy's catapults were within the attack range,
"Get ready!" Chen Qingqing gave the order.
Everyone was ready, just waiting for the order to fire the bombs at the enemy.
"Fire!" Chen Qingqing gave the order.
In an instant, bombs flew all over the sky, and the sound of "boom" and "boom" explosions rang out continuously.
The enemy's stones were instantly blown to pieces, and thousands of enemy soldiers were killed on the spot.
Xi Yuelei and others who were standing at the back were directing their soldiers to charge forward when they saw countless black objects flying down from Anyang City, still emitting flames.
Immediately afterwards, a sound like thunder was heard, and soldiers in an orderly manner flew everywhere in an instant, and thousands of soldiers were engulfed in flames.
There were screams of crying for parents, and bloody corpses were everywhere.
"Damn Princess Anyang, I'm not done with you!" Xi Yuelei's eyes turned red with anxiety when he saw the dead and wounded soldiers. "Everyone, charge forward! I don't believe that with our 300,000-man army, we can't capture this tiny Anyang City!"
Barag was so angry that he gritted his teeth. "This Princess Anyang is simply not a human being. I want to avenge our fallen soldiers!"
"That's right. I don't want Princess Anyang anymore. I just want to tear her into pieces!" Gao Lizhu said, and ordered the deputy general beside him, "Order it down, everyone, charge forward! If you can capture Anyang, you will get a reward of ten thousand taels!"
Nangong Jin also issued a death order, "Everyone charge forward. Anyone who retreats will be executed on the spot!"
Although all the soldiers were afraid of this powerful firearm, they could not disobey military orders. Running away would mean death, but charging forward might give them a glimmer of hope.
Hundreds of thousands of troops marched forward again.
Chen Qingqing, who was on the city wall, saw that all the enemy's catapults were destroyed and could not help but snort coldly, "You are so stupid, now you know how powerful I am!"
Zhou Jingyuan kept a close eye on the enemy camp. Every time a bomb exploded, he would shout "Good!"
"Your Highness, I can rest assured now. With this magical firearm in our hands, the enemy will never be able to break through Anyang City." Zhou Jingyuan's face was full of relief.
Chen Qingqing just shook her head and smiled without saying anything. They were facing an army of 300,000, which was no joke. If the enemy attacked the city to the death, Anyang would be in danger!
Now she only hoped that the explosives could deter the enemy and delay the arrival of reinforcements, otherwise she must not take it lightly.
The shells exploded in the enemy camp like thunder, and the morale of the soldiers defending the city soared. Everyone had an excited smile on his face.
However, the enemy troops that soon surged in like a flood made them nervous again.
Chen Qingqing looked at the dark mass of enemy troops and shouted, "Everyone, aim and shoot where there are more people."
"Yes." The soldiers received the order and fired bombs intensively at the surging enemy troops.
Soldiers of the Four-Nation Alliance died in wave after wave.
In this way, after fighting for two consecutive days, the four-nation coalition forces failed to reach the city of Anyang.
Xi Yuelei looked at Anyang City not far away, gritting his teeth in anger, "No matter what, we must capture Anyang today!"
Upon hearing this, Nangong Jin shook his head repeatedly, "Brother Xiyue, why don't we just forget it? We only have less than 200,000 soldiers and generals capable of fighting. If we continue fighting, we'll probably be completely wiped out!"
"Nonsense, a real man would rather die before the battle than after it. What's the difference between retreating and running away now?" Xi Yuelei couldn't swallow this humiliation. He wanted to capture Anyang and capture Chen Qingqing alive.
Gao Lizhu was not giving up either. More than half of the 500,000 troops from the four countries were killed or wounded. If he didn't take Anyang, how could he have the face to return home?
He gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Xiyue is right. We absolutely cannot give up now. Although we failed to capture Anyang, did you notice that they fired relatively fewer firearms yesterday? This shows that their firearms have been exhausted. As long as we keep up the momentum, we will definitely capture Anyang and capture Princess Anyang alive!"
Barag carefully recalled the battles of the past two days and clapped his hands vigorously, "Yes, I have discovered that as long as our soldiers do not gather together, the losses will be minimized. Otherwise, many people will die from firearms.
For now, I think we must change our tactics and disperse our troops to launch attacks and deplete the enemy's firearms. I don't believe they have an inexhaustible supply of firearms."
Xi Yuelei nodded repeatedly at these words, "Brother Gao, what you said makes sense. Generals, listen up! Divide into several teams and take turns attacking the city! Attack hard! The first person to reach the city will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the generals immediately took action. War drums sounded at the same time, and thousands of troops rushed towards Anyang.
Chen Qingqing and the soldiers defending the city had been holding on to the city wall for two days and two nights without even closing their eyes.
It’s not that they don’t want to sleep, it’s that they don’t dare to sleep.
If Anyang were really captured by the enemy, killing and looting would come like a tide, and the defenders and civilians in the city would be massacred.
They dared not relax until reinforcements arrived.
Seeing the enemy rushing up again, Chen Qingqing hurriedly ordered everyone to prepare for battle.
After the bombing, the enemy troops collapsed before reaching the city wall.
"The enemy is retreating, that's great!" The soldiers on the city wall shouted excitedly when they saw the enemy fleeing like a tide.
Zhou Jingyuan smiled, "Hundreds of thousands of troops are no match for firearms!"
After saying that, he looked at Chen Qingqing and said, "Princess, you haven't slept for two days and two nights. Go back and get some rest. I'm watching over you here, and there won't be any mistakes."
"No, I'm not sleepy now." Chen Qingqing was worried. The enemy had learned their lesson and divided the army into several groups to attack the city in turns.
The large group of people showed no signs of movement, and it was obvious that they were consuming the ammunition and defense supplies in Anyang City.
If we really run out of explosives, Anyang will be lost.
"How much ammunition do we have now?" Chen Qingqing asked quickly.
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