Chapter 621 Reinforcements Arrived
Zhou Jingyuan was stunned. "I was only focused on defending the city. I don't know how much ammunition is left in the warehouse."
"Send someone to check it out immediately."
"Yes, I'll go right away." Zhou Jingyuan also realized the seriousness of the situation and hurriedly turned around and left the city defense. Not long after, he returned, his face a little panicked. "Princess, the ammunition depot is empty. Only these shells on the city wall are left."
"Hurry up and count how much ammunition is left in the city."
"I did a rough calculation and found that there are less than 200 bombs that can be launched, and there is still one hand-thrown firearm left for each person." Zhou Jingyuan said truthfully.
Chen Qingqing was shocked. If the enemy launched a general attack now, Anyang would fall within an hour.
She knew that the craftsmen were also working hard to make firearms, but they were simply not enough for use.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the sound of war drums, and then I saw the enemy attacking again.
Chen Qingqing quickly collected his thoughts and ordered the soldiers to use explosives sparingly and wait for the enemy to get closer before shooting them with bows and crossbows.
The crossbowman pulled the trigger, and rows of crossbow arrows flew out of the string and shot into the enemy's body, splashing thousands of peach blossoms, and lives were instantly destroyed.
After several rounds of continuous shooting, the enemy troops in the front were basically killed or wounded, and the soldiers behind them swarmed forward, stepping on the fallen corpses.
Xi Yuelei, who was hiding in the back, saw this and smiled grimly. He knew that Anyang's defensive weapons were almost worn out.
Without hesitation, he issued an order, ordering hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the city at the same time!
In an instant, shouts and cries of killing shook the sky, dust flew up, covering the sky and the sun, and hundreds of thousands of troops rushed towards Anyang City.
In order to stop the hundreds of thousands of troops like a tide, Chen Qingqing was anxious and had to order his men to fire the only bombs they had.
Bombs exploded among the enemy troops, flames shot up into the sky, temporarily disrupting the enemy's formation, but facing such a huge enemy force, it was just a drop in the bucket.
"Your Highness, we are out of explosives." A soldier ran up to Chen Qingqing with sweat all over his forehead.
At the same time, a shout came from the other direction, "We're out of crossbow bolts."
The soldiers defending the city loudly reported that the defense supplies were running out.
Chen Qingqing's heart sank suddenly, but she knew that she must not panic at this moment.
She took a deep breath and shouted, "Don't panic, use rolling logs and rocks to throw them down!"
The soldiers defending the city acted quickly, pushing heavy logs and stones to the wall and smashing them at the enemy troops below.
For a moment, there were screams and enemy soldiers were constantly hit and fell to the ground.
However, the enemy troops were too numerous, and one wave after another came rushing forward.
Watching the enemy soldiers frantically climbing up the city wall, Chen Qingqing was anxious. "Chu Jiuqing, where are you now?" "If you don't come soon, I won't be able to protect the people of Anyang City."
One siege ladder after another was pushed down and erected again in an instant.
Xi Yuelei knew that Anyang City was about to be breached, so he led his men to the city and shouted, "Break open the city gates and kill everyone!"
The heavy battering ram was pushed to the city gate, hitting the gate again and again.
Chen Qingqing saw the continuous "dong dong" sound of the city gate being hit. She knew that she had tried her best. Even if she died, she would take a few people with her.
As soon as she took out the flamethrower from the space, she saw a great commotion behind the enemy. She looked closely and saw a yellow flag with a big word "Ning" written on it.
"Chu Jiuqing is here, Chu Jiuqing's reinforcements have arrived." Chen Qingqing couldn't help but exclaimed.
Zhou Jingyuan's forehead was soaked with sweat, and he stamped his feet anxiously.
Suddenly hearing Chen Qingqing's shout, he looked up towards the outside of the city, and instantly couldn't suppress his excitement and shouted,
"Our reinforcements have arrived. The Emperor is here to save us!"
All the soldiers defending the city were refreshed, and their originally tired bodies seemed to be injected with new strength.
At this time, Xiyue Lei was commanding the siege when a scout came to report that Chu Jiuqing's reinforcements had arrived.
Upon hearing the news, he almost fell off his horse.
He quickly ordered a part of his troops to turn around and fight Chu Jiuqing.
Chu Jiuqing led the reinforcements and rode at full speed, and in just over twenty days they arrived outside Anyang City.
During these days, he received frequent reports of victory: the army of Daning had flattened the capitals of the four kingdoms.
The emperors of the four countries were captured alive and escorted back to Shengjing.
When he saw the four-nation coalition forces hastily gathering outside the city, he realized that Anyang was safe and sound, and finally he felt relieved.
He ordered the deputy general beside him, "Go, tell the enemy that if they lay down their weapons and surrender to Da Ning, they will be spared, otherwise they will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes, as you command!" The leading general received the order, rode forward, and shouted loudly to the enemy.
"Listen up, enemy troops from the four nations! Lay down your weapons and surrender to me, the Great Ning. My emperor will spare your lives, but otherwise, you will be killed without mercy!"
Xiyue Lei shuddered upon hearing this, but he managed to calm himself down. "Listen up, soldiers of Xiyue! Anyang City will be breached immediately. If we capture Princess Anyang alive, we can exchange her with the Emperor of Chu. Otherwise, we will be dead."
Barhu, Gao Lizhu and Nangong Jin also issued orders.
All of a sudden, the armies of the four countries launched a fierce attack on Anyang.
Chu Jiuqing frowned, his eyes filled with bloodthirsty murderous intent, "Kill!..."
For a moment, the soldiers of Daning were like tigers descending from the mountains, fighting bravely.
The battlefield was filled with smoke and dust, shouts shook the heavens, and wherever they went, the enemy troops were defeated...
Chu Jiuqing's army fought more fiercely, killing and wounding the four-nation coalition forces.
Finally, Barag was killed and Nangong Jin and Gao Lizhu were captured.
Xiyue Lei refused to surrender and was beaten to a corner, so he drew his sword and committed suicide!
Chen Qingqing on the city wall finally breathed a sigh of relief. She could no longer hold on and her body softened and fell down.
Chu Jiuqing leaped from his horse and charged straight towards the city wall. "Royal sister, what's wrong with you? Wake up!"
Upon seeing this, Zhou Jingyuan hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "Your humble servant pays respects to the Emperor."
"Master Zhou, there's no need to be so polite. Please quickly summon the imperial physician."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Princess Anyang hasn't slept for three days. Just let her have a good sleep."
After hearing Zhou Jingyuan's words, Chu Jiuqing finally put down his anxious heart.
Chen Qingqing is the lucky star of the Great Ning Dynasty, otherwise he would not have conquered the four kingdoms so quickly. He will never allow Chen Qingqing to get into trouble...
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