Chapter 1585: Bombardment of Beixiang

After discussing with Zhao Liuliang and Takeshi Sanada, Yun Zheng finally decided to split his troops into two groups.

The vanguard, led by Zhao Liuliang, Shen Kuan, and Sanada Takeshi, and half of the rear troops marched southwest from the northern bay, pretending to land in Changyu and forcing the enemy navy into a decisive battle.

They, in turn, led the rest of the troops to attack from land.

The three of them were fully responsible for the battle at sea, with Zhao Liuliang as the commander-in-chief, Shen Kuan and Sanada Takeshi as deputy commanders.

Once the enemy navy is annihilated, report immediately.

The next morning, after leaving some troops behind to support the army that was still landing, their camp began to move forward.

Before them, the Eighteen Ghost Riders had already taken action.

The Eighteen Ghost Riders were to ambush the enemy on their retreating route.

If the enemy abandoned Beixiang City and fled, they would follow the enemy and assassinate them.

It would be even better if the culprit, Minamoto no Nagamasa, could be caught.

As their camp began to move forward, Minamoto Nagamasa in Kitago Castle also received the news at the first time.

Faced with the aggressive Daqian soldiers, Yuan Changzheng was a little nervous, but he couldn't show it.

However, even now, what Minamoto Nagamasa was worried about was not their own strategies or the fact that their soldiers were inferior to Daqian's army.

All his worries came from that unknown weapon.

Although their losses in yesterday's battle were not heavy, the unknown weapon caused a great psychological shock to him and his men.

Too far!

He was already doing his best to guard against that kind of weapon used by the enemy.

However, they did not expect that even at such a long distance, they were still attacked.

The thunderous sound was like a nightmare, lingering in his mind.

He woke up from his dreams several times last night.

At this moment, Minamoto Nagamasa regretted it!

If he had known that Daqian had such powerful weapons, he should not have gone to Daqian to plunder.

But now, it's too late to regret.

Daqian has come to their doorstep, and they have no choice but to fight back!

He knew what they had done.

If they surrender to the enemy, they will definitely die!

Surrender is definitely impossible!

In this case, we have no choice but to fight Daqian to the death.

Defense!

Minamoto Nagamasa's current strategy is to defend the city.

We will keep fighting the enemy until we figure out the weaknesses of their weapons.

Just wait until the enemy's food and supplies are exhausted, and they will collapse without a fight!

As dusk approached, Minamoto Nagamasa received news again that part of the enemy's troops had arrived outside their north gate and seemed to be planning to attack the city.

"Siege the city?"

Upon hearing this news, Minamoto Nagamasa's heart skipped a beat and he immediately asked, "How many enemy troops are there?"

The spy replied: "There should be five or six thousand men, and a group of elite cavalry."

Elite cavalry?

Upon hearing the news, Minamoto Nagamasa's heart skipped a beat again.

The enemy came from afar and even brought war horses with them?

"How many cavalrymen does the enemy have?"

Minamoto Nagamasa asked again.

"It's estimated to be around 1,500 to 2,000 people."

The spy answered cautiously: "Besides, the enemy's horses are very tall..."

After listening to the spy's report, Minamoto Nagamasa became even more panicked.

The Yu Kingdom also had war horses, but they were very few.

Most of the horses in Yu Country are ponies. Although they are trying to breed better war horses, the results are not satisfactory.

He is already the greatest lord of Yu Kingdom.

Seventy to eighty percent of the land of Yu State is in his hands.

But even so, he only had 3,000 cavalrymen.

Many lords did not even have a hundred cavalrymen under their command, and only the generals and lords could own war horses.

To them, two thousand cavalrymen were already an extremely powerful cavalry unit.

"Go and see!"

Minamoto Nagamasa could no longer sit still, so he quickly stood up and walked out.

Soon, Minamoto no Nagamasa arrived at the top of the city.

In the distance, a group of enemy troops were gathering outside the north gate.

Looking up, he spotted the enemy's cavalry unit.

The enemy's cavalry were all on the flank, obviously covering the infantry.

If he sent out cavalry, the enemy's infantry would immediately retreat and the cavalry would attack from the side.

While Minamoto no Nagamasa was scanning the enemy forces outside the city, Uesugi Osamu, who had just finished inspecting the defenses on the city wall, also rushed over.

"Meet the adults!"

Uesugi Yu bowed respectfully to Minamoto no Nagamasa.

Minamoto no Nagamasa waved his hand and signaled Uesugi Yu to look at the enemy troops outside the city.

However, Uesugi Yu had already seen it, and he just glanced at it casually, and then said confidently: "As long as we hold the city, the enemy army with such a small number of troops will never be able to break through our city!"

After seeing the power of the enemy's weapons, Uesugi Yu was indeed not very confident about fighting the enemy in the wild.

But he had absolute confidence in defending the city.

They have so many people guarding the city and strong walls for defense. It is simply a dream for the enemy to break into their city with such a small number of troops!

Minamoto Nagamasa looked at Uesugi Osamu with satisfaction, and then asked, "Regarding the weapons in the hands of the enemy, do you have any way to resist them?"

"This one……"

Uesugi Xiong was embarrassed and shook his head helplessly: "We don't know what the enemy's weapons are called now, so we really don't have a good defense method. However, adding heavy shields to the soldiers may be able to defend..."

The heavy shield is different from the common rattan shield.

Their heavy shields were made of thick iron plates spliced ​​onto wooden shields, and a single heavy shield weighed more than 60 kilograms.

A few heavy shields even weigh more than 100 kilograms.

Even a powerful crossbow could not penetrate a heavy shield.

Using a heavy shield, perhaps you can resist the enemy's weapons.

However, they did not have many heavy shields.

After all, heavy shields are too expensive.

Listening to Uesugi Yu's words, Minamoto Nagamasa couldn't help but frown slightly.

Just as Minamoto no Nagamasa was racking his brains for a strategy to defeat the enemy, two cannons were lifted off a cart.

Looking at the actions of the Daqian soldiers, Yuan Changzheng's pupils suddenly shrank: "Could it be that the enemy wants to break through our city wall?"

"impossible!"

Uesugi Yu snorted, "The walls of Kita-go are so strong, the enemy can't possibly break through!"

Beixiang is an important town in the north, and its walls are all built with stones.

Such a city wall cannot be broken even if the enemy uses catapults to attack it!

Even as they were talking, the soldiers operating the artillery had already begun adjusting the shooting angle.

When the angle was adjusted, the rest of the soldiers immediately stepped forward and began loading gunpowder bags and shells.

Watching them busy outside the city, Uesugi Yu on the city wall was extremely disdainful.

He didn't believe that anyone had broken through the city wall of Beixiang!

The enemy wants to capture Beixiang, but they have to keep sacrificing lives!

boom!

Just when Shangxiong was full of confidence, a loud noise suddenly was heard.

Immediately afterwards, a cannonball hit the city wall at a high speed, causing another violent explosion.

However, even in the face of such a violent explosion, the city walls remained motionless.

"Ha ha……"

Uesugi Yu laughed loudly, "Sir, I told you that the enemy couldn't break through our walls!"

Yuan Nagamasa was still a little worried.

But when he saw that their city walls had not suffered any substantial damage, Minamoto Nagamasa finally put his heart at ease.

So what if the enemy has powerful weapons?

They have such strong walls that the enemy can do nothing to them!

Just when the two were feeling proud of themselves, the Daqian soldiers outside the city adjusted their shooting angles again.

The next moment, the familiar sound of artillery fire rang out again.

This time, a shell missed the target a little and exploded on the city wall below the tower. A scorching air wave instantly came over and almost knocked Minamoto Nagamasa over as he was standing on the tower.

"grown ups!"

Uesugi Yu was quick to support Minamoto Nagamasa and shouted to the soldiers around him, "Protect the lord! Quick, leave the tower!"

Just as they were retreating in panic to the bottom of the city wall, another artillery shell came flying.

The shells hit the heavy city gate squarely.

boom!

Accompanied by a loud explosion, the heavy city gate suddenly flew with wood chips.

The tower above the city gate also began to shake...