Chapter 244 Magical Weapons
In this era, artillery has already achieved dimensionality reduction.
At Jiang Jiu's command, the gunner lit the cannon, and two people at the back held the barrel. With a "bang", a deafening shell flew out.
Suddenly, Wu Yue understood why the gunners covered their ears. The sound was enough to break her heart.
Looking at the power of this thing again, Wu Yue was stunned in amazement.
Not only did the siege vehicle get blown to pieces, but the people around it also disappeared, and where the shells landed, there was a mess of blood and flesh.
Wu Yue and his men were stunned, and so were the Beidi people.
Jiang Jiu didn't wait for them to react and fired six shells in succession.
The six shells accurately hit the six siege vehicles, killing all the surrounding soldiers. Not only the Beidi people were shocked, but Wu Yue was also shocked.
They raised their arms and shouted: "Blow them up, blow them up."
At this point, let alone 300,000 troops, even if there were another 300,000, they wouldn't be enough to deal with the artillery fire.
Jiang Jiu asked them to adjust their altitude and launch an attack on the Beidi's front row of shield soldiers and archers.
"Bang, bang, bang" several more shots.
The Northern Di army was beaten so hard that they were dizzy and turned around.
Wu Yue happily walked down from the city wall, took the opportunity to open the city gate, and led his troops to rush forward.
"Charge, kill."
Wu Yue only brought Jiang Jiu's 3,000 elite soldiers and his own team's 7,000 elite soldiers, a total of 10,000 people, and directly dispersed Beidi's 300,000 soldiers.
Once Wu Yue opened the city gate, the cannons could not be used for fear of harming their own people.
Jiang Jiu was always paying attention to the situation. When the Northern Di Army reacted, she would quickly sound the bell to withdraw the troops.
The Northern Di army, seeing that their 300,000 soldiers had suffered heavy casualties, also quickly sounded the bell to withdraw their troops.
When Wu Yue led his men to clean up the battlefield, they discovered that their 10,000 soldiers had captured and killed nearly 100,000 Northern Di soldiers.
It can be said to be the most classic battle in which a smaller force defeated a larger one.
After a successful first battle, Wu Yue fell in love with Jiang Jiu's artillery.
"Princess, if His Majesty can give us some of these cannons, we can defend Yuguan Pass with all our might even if we are outnumbered."
Jiang Jiu chuckled and said, "This time I'll give you five cannons and ten carts of cannon barrels. You can pick out a thousand people to follow our artillery soldiers and learn how to use these cannons."
"Also, when I give you the shells, you must prevent fires. Otherwise, it won't be the enemy that gets blown up, but you."
When Wu Yue heard this, her eyes lit up and she immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Jiu.
"I would like to thank Princess Ronghua, Duke Zhenguo, and Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, and long live the Princess."
Jiang Jiu smiled speechlessly.
In this battle, the Northern Di people really didn’t dare to come for several days.
Reinforcements and food supplies continued to arrive, as well as medicinal herbs.
The entire Ningguan City was instantly revived.
Standing on the top of the city wall, Jiang Jiu took a look at the entire city and felt very pleased.
I remember when they first arrived, the entire Yuguan City seemed to be in ruins. The common people had all left, and all the shops on the street were closed.
The streets were quiet, not even a mouse was around.
There was wailing in the camp, morale was low, and the wounded soldiers thought they were going to die, as they had no food or medicine.
The uninjured soldiers were collecting the bones of the dead soldiers. The tents were filled with wailing and crying. Everyone was in despair.
But after Jiang Jiu's battle, the morale of the entire army was restored.
Everyone was competing to praise the magical weapons that Jiang Jiu brought.
When Wu Yueyi said that he wanted to form an artillery battalion specifically to learn how to fire artillery, everyone signed up.
Wu Yue knew that such things should be dealt with sooner rather than later, and attacking the Northern Di was the best opportunity to learn. She didn't know when the Northern Di would attack next time.
It took him only three days to organize an artillery battalion of one thousand men.
Who would have thought that after the main force arrived, Jiang Jiu actually brought three more cannons.
Wu Yue had no choice but to temporarily add another thousand people.
In this way, five cannons guarded the city gate, and Jiang Jiu asked his men to relax and take a rest. This time, they would not wait for the Northern Di people, and she would start a counterattack.
But the Northern Di people refused to give up. They had a large number of people and knew that even if they used human wave warfare, they could still break through the gate of Yuguan.
On the fifth night, the soldiers defending the city discovered that the Northern Di people had launched a sneak attack on the pass.
Quickly beat the drum to notify Wu Yue, Jiang Jiu and others.
When Jiang Jiu rushed to the city wall, the Northern Di people had already begun to attack the city.
Jiang Jiu would not let them go, as there was another round of artillery attack.
The siege vehicle was destroyed and the people were beaten to a bloody pulp.
The Northern Di army was horrified to find that Daning's artillery had increased from two to five.
Originally they planned to secretly climb the city wall and destroy the cannon.
Who knew there was no chance at all.
Jiang Jiu was not sleeping well either, for the Northern Di army had come to the door, and he would not be willing to give up unless he caught the turtle in the jar.
So Wu Yue ordered people to open the city gate.
The 10,000 soldiers brought by Jiang Jiu rushed out directly. The torches lit up the outside of the city like daylight. This battle was fought vigorously.
Ten thousand soldiers fought and retreated, leading the Northern Di army to the city gate.
When they led the troops to the city gate, Jiang Jiu ordered his men to open fire, aiming at the rear of the Beidi Army.
The Northern Di army was in a miserable situation now. The soldiers in the front were killed by the soldiers of Daning, and the soldiers in the rear were blown to pieces by artillery.
The entire battle lasted from dusk to dawn.
At daybreak, Wu Yue rushed out with 30,000 reinforcements and wiped out all the remaining Beidi troops. Even the Beidi marshal was beheaded.
Wu Yue single-handedly picked up the head of the Northern Di general with his spear, charged into the battle formation, and rushed directly to the Northern Di army's camp.
They set fire to their food and straw and captured the garrison in the tents.
This was not the end yet, as they attacked directly to the gate of the border town of Beidi.
The Northern Di Army stopped fighting and simply raised the white flag in surrender.
The Northern Di army suffered serious damage this time, with 300,000 soldiers killed here. Their country is in mourning. They didn't want to fight at all, but if they didn't surrender, they would be destroyed.
In this battle, with the support of artillery brought by Jiang Jiu, it took less than ten days to defeat the Northern Di Army.
The Northern Di army decisively sent envoys to negotiate peace with Daning.
When it comes to peace talks, Jiang Jiu originally disagreed, but Wu Yue said that their soldiers needed to recuperate, and even if they had to fight, they had to rest for a few days.
Jiang Jiu had been arguing with the envoy from Beidi for a month.
On this day, the envoy from Beidi had just entered the tent, and soon after, he saw Jiang Jiu running out of the tent in dishevel, crying.
"Wu Yue, if you don't send troops to attack Beidi, I will report you to His Majesty. Have you accepted bribes from the Beidi envoys and are no longer planning to attack Beidi? Are you not going to avenge the soldiers?"
Taohua, who was with Jiang Jiu, was so angry that she stomped her feet and cursed at Wu Yue.
"We, the Duke of Zhenguo, support your Northern Frontier soldiers. This is how you treat our princess.
Our princess is the future queen, and a small Northern Di envoy is actually attracted to her."
Lu An didn't even say a word and directly chopped off the head of the Northern Di envoy.