"boom!"
"boom……"
Violent explosions continued to sound.
Under the continuous bombardment of the two cannons, their city gate had been completely turned into a pile of wood chips.
The tower above the city gate also received special attention and was razed to the ground.
Under the protection of everyone, Minamoto Nagamasa stared blankly at the city gate.
The smiles on his and Uesugi Yu's faces were long gone, and there was only endless fear in their hearts.
If they hadn't escaped quickly just now, they would probably have turned into a pile of minced meat.
Waves of coolness kept rushing from the soles of their feet to their heads.
Minamoto Nagamasa's legs felt a little weak, but years of fighting had taught him that he had to hold on!
...
...
If he was frightened to the point of his legs going limp, let alone those ordinary soldiers.
"Quick, guard the city gate!"
"Quick! Push forward! We must not let the enemy get in!"
After recovering a little, Minamoto no Nagamasa immediately shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers to defend the wide-open city gate.
We can’t let the enemy rush in!
Once the enemy rushed in, they would lose the protection of the city walls.
By then, they would most likely be no match for the enemy.
However, no matter how angry Minamoto Nagamasa roared, the frightened soldiers did not dare to move forward.
Everyone was timid and didn't dare to approach the city gate.
Even such a heavy city gate was turned into pieces!
If they rush forward, won't they just be turned into meat paste?
Seeing these soldiers afraid to fight and not move forward, Minamoto Nagamasa suddenly became furious.
"Shh..."
Minamoto Nagamasa suddenly drew the sword from his waist, and with two slashes of the sword, he killed the two soldiers who were afraid of fighting and refused to move forward.
"Kill the cowards!"
Minamoto Nagamasa's eyes were red and he roared loudly, like a ferocious beast waiting to devour its prey.
Minamoto no Nagamasa rose from a palace guard to the greatest lord of Yu Country, and he was quite powerful.
After he killed two soldiers who were afraid of fighting, a group of soldiers moved towards the city gate reluctantly with fear in their hearts.
"hurry up!"
Uesugi Yu, who had come to his senses, also urged them on, shouting, "Heavy shield soldiers, move forward! Form a shield formation!"
Block the city gate, you must block the city gate!
We must not let the enemy rush in!
Their soldiers were already afraid of this unknown weapon, and now, even their city gate tower had been destroyed by the enemy. Their morale must have been dropping rapidly.
If the enemy were allowed to rush in at this time, they would most likely not be able to defend Beixiang City.
Under Uesugi Yu's command, dozens of heavy shield soldiers carried heavy shields and stepped forward, placing the shields against the ground beneath their feet.
Behind the heavy shields were soldiers holding spears more than ten feet long and swordsmen and axemen.
Then there was another layer of heavy shields and the same soldiers.
Seeing that the city gate was blocked, Uesugi Yu and Minamoto Nagamasa finally felt relieved.
Looking at the soldiers whose legs were shaking, Minamoto Nagamasa immediately ordered his guard captain, "Yoshida, you lead my guard to supervise the battle! Anyone who dares to flee will be killed immediately!"
"yes!"
Yoshida took the order and immediately led his guards forward to supervise the battle.
Outside the city, Zhao Liuliang put down his clairvoyance, a sneer flashed in his eyes, "You still dare to block the door? You really don't know how to live or die!"
Zhao Liuliang then gave another order to the messenger: "Order, continue to bombard the city gate! Tell them to hit the city gate accurately!"
Originally, he was planning to blast open the city gate and then go forward to shout.
As a result, the enemy army was so reckless that they sent people to block the city gate?
If you don’t eat the meat that is delivered to your door, you will waste it!
Inside the city gate, the soldiers of the Yu State were still guarding the gate tightly.
After the initial chaos, the soldiers gradually recovered and followed their usual defensive strategies, protecting themselves with heavy shields and trying not to stick their heads out.
Accompanied by the sound of firing, two shells flew towards the city gate almost at the same time.
The high-speed flying shrapnel hit the heavy shield heavily.
The heavy shield that was strong enough to withstand the crossbow was indeed strong enough. The high-speed impact of the cannonball did not directly break the heavy shield, but only knocked down the soldier holding the heavy shield.
Before everyone had time to rejoice, two violent explosions suddenly sounded.
“Boom boom…”
The powerful explosion instantly knocked over all the heavy shield soldiers in the front.
Those who were unlucky might bump into the blade of the person behind them and be killed.
The flying iron beads and broken iron pieces were even more powerful in the narrow space of the city gate.
After two violent explosions, fresh flesh was flying everywhere in the city gate.
“Help…”
"ah……"
"My eyes..."
“Save me…save me…”
The soldiers inside the city gate let out shrill and painful howls, and some of them opened their mouths and vomited mouthfuls of blood, accompanied by broken internal organs.
Inside the city gate, there was blood and broken limbs everywhere.
Many people were not killed by bullets or iron pieces, but had their internal organs shattered by the violent explosion.
Some people were unlucky enough to bump into their own people's weapons.
“Run!”
“Run…”
The surviving soldiers didn't care whether there was anyone supervising the battle behind them. They all dropped their weapons and fled into the city in panic.
At this moment, all courage and spirit were thrown behind them.
They just wanted to escape from this place as soon as possible and didn't want to die in vain.
"Shoot!"
Seeing these soldiers running away, Yoshida came to his senses and immediately gave orders.
At Yoshida's roar, the guards began to shoot arrows.
In an instant, a hail of arrows killed all the fleeing soldiers.
Minamoto Nagamasa wanted to stop it, but after hesitating for a moment, he did not stop it.
These people deserve to die!
He naturally knew that these people were frightened.
He himself was frightened.
But, that’s not the point!
The point is, these people are afraid of fighting and run away!
No matter what their reasons are, fleeing in fear of a fight is a capital crime!
Soon, the city gate was filled with corpses.
None of the more than 300 soldiers guarding the city gate survived!
Only a few people have not yet died, but with such injuries, there is no way they can survive!
Minamoto Nagamasa clenched his fists tightly and looked at Uesugi Ou with a grim face.
And defend with heavy shield?
Their heavy shields are a joke under the enemy's horrific weapons!
Uesugi Yu avoided Minamoto Nagamasa's gaze and lowered his head.
"The assistant king of Dagan, Yun Zheng, has issued an order: This time, I am raising a righteous army only to avenge the people of Dagan Yuzhou who were massacred! I will only take the head of this bastard Yuan Changzheng, and will not pursue the rest of them!"
"Anyone who presents the head of the source thief will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and ten thousand acres of fertile land!"
"I will give you three days to think about it. After three days, if there are still those who resist stubbornly, the whole family will be killed, leaving no one alive!"
At this time, Zhao Liuliang led his troops and began to shout.
"The Great Assistant King Yun Zheng has ordered..."
Everyone shouted over and over again.
The voices of thousands of people merged into a torrent, echoing continuously in the ears of the soldiers in Beixiang City.
Hearing the shouts outside the city, Minamoto Nagamasa's face suddenly became gloomy, and his sinister eyes kept scanning the people around him.
If anyone dared to show even a hint of desire, he would kill them without hesitation...
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