Chapter 1609: Artillery Fire Melts the City
That night, Minamoto no Nagamasa did not organize any troops to break out.
He probably also knew that if they took the initiative to break out of the encirclement of Yun Zheng's army, they would only die faster.
At dawn, Yun Zheng brought Jia Yao to the artillery position.
This time, Yun Zheng brought all the artillery he could.
In addition to those artillery pieces of poor quality and those left in Beixiang, there are nearly ninety artillery pieces.
At this moment, all these artillery pieces are in place.
Each cannon looked like a soldier waiting to be inspected.
"Don't give me the silver for the shells!"
Yun Zheng came to the front of the battle and shouted: "Today, let the enemy see what it means to melt a city with artillery fire!"
"Yes!"
Everyone roared in unison, and murderous aura emanated from everyone.
People like Zhao Liuliang who have followed Yun Zheng for a long time know that Yun Zheng deliberately concentrated these artillery pieces for use today.
He wanted to use artillery shells to let the enemy know what fear is!
Yun Zheng stepped aside and handed over the command to Zhao Liuliang.
Zhao Liuliang took a deep breath and picked up the command flag himself.
"fire!"
With a roar, Zhao Liuliang suddenly waved the command flag in his hand downwards.
As the command flag fell, the soldiers standing next to the cannon holding torches handed the torches forward and lit the fuse.
"boom!"
"boom……"
The roars of the cannons sounded like the howling souls of 90,000 innocent people in Yuzhou.
In the thick smoke, one shell after another flew towards the wall of Susa Castle at a rapid speed, followed by a violent explosion on the wall, sending stone chips flying everywhere.
Susa Castle also had strong walls.
One cannonball certainly wasn't enough to bring down a city wall.
But under the intensive bombardment of a large number of artillery shells, the sturdy city wall became shaky, and stones were constantly falling off the wall.
Some shells passed over the city walls and eventually hit the city.
After a loud explosion, several Yu people in a room were all blown away, and the whole wooden house was directly collapsed by the artillery fire and then began to burn.
As more and more shells fell into the city, Susanoo Castle was already in chaos, and the panicked people of Yu Country were wailing and fleeing everywhere.
"God's punishment! This is God's punishment!"
"Run!"
"Help, help..."
"God, please forgive our sins..."
Faced with this indiscriminate bombing, everyone can only wish for the best.
Some people even regarded this as a punishment from God, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging for forgiveness from the gods.
However, their gods were destined not to hear their pleas for mercy.
"Boom boom..."
The violent explosions continued.
When a cannonball hit a depression in the city wall, the violent explosion instantly tore a small gap in the wall.
Under the continuous attack of artillery fire, the hole in the city wall became bigger and bigger.
Soon after, more gaps appeared.
There were no living creatures around this side of the city wall.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Jia Yao's heart was shocked again.
It's not like she hasn't imagined such a scene.
But when she really saw this scene, she couldn't help but feel a sense of fear in her heart.
This is just the first generation of artillery that Yun Zheng mentioned, and it is so terrifying.
It is hard to imagine what kind of destructive power the kind of cannon that Yun Zheng mentioned, whose barrel can accommodate a person, would have.
If Jia Yao was like this, what about the soldiers under Tanaka Nobuyuki?
This was not the first time these soldiers had witnessed the power of artillery.
But it was the first time to see artillery destroying a solid city wall.
At this moment, the souls of all the soldiers under Tanaka Nobuyuki were trembling, and there was no longer any trace of rebellion in their hearts.
Yun Zheng still did not order to stop the shelling.
It seemed as if it was determined to completely destroy the city wall.
Finally, under the continuous bombardment of artillery, more than 70% of this side of the city wall had collapsed.
As far as the eye can see, there are only ruins.
"Stop the shelling!"
It was not until this time that Yun Zheng ordered the shelling to stop.
"Dudu..."
At the same time, a rapid and deep horn sounded.
"kill!"
Tanaka Nobuyuki roared loudly and led his soldiers to rush into the city like a tide.
Minamoto Nagamasa's defenders had long since abandoned the city walls and fled. They offered no resistance at all and quickly rushed into the city.
Yun Zheng turned his eyes away from Qianli and ordered Zhao Liuliang: "Move the artillery position forward and support Tanaka Nobu's troops at any time!"
"Yes!"
Zhao Liuliang received the order and immediately issued an order: "All troops, listen up: Cover the artillery positions and move forward! Build a defense line!"
Under Zhao Liuliang's order, the soldiers responsible for protecting the artillery positions rushed into the city.
However, they were not going to kill the enemy.
They were just trying to build a defense line and protect the artillery positions.
Soon, the sound of fighting was heard in the city.
The retreating Minamoto Nagamasa's troops encountered Tanaka Nobuyuki's troops, and the two sides immediately started fighting.
A few days ago, many of them were comrades-in-arms.
But now, they have become mortal enemies.
Yun Zheng and Jia Yao, escorted by the royal guards, climbed up a section of the ruined city wall.
Through his clairvoyance, Yun Zheng could clearly see the battle situation in the distance.
At this moment, Tanaka Nobumasa led his troops towards the palace of the King of Yu Kingdom.
At this point, there is no strategy to speak of.
It's nothing more than close combat.
Although Tanaka Nobu's troops also encountered a certain degree of resistance, the morale of the two sides was not at the same level at all.
The resisting soldiers of Yu Country were defeated step by step under the attack of Tanaka Nobu's troops.
The originally gray and black streets were dyed red by the blood of soldiers from both sides.
Yun Zheng didn't care about the casualties on both sides at all, he only cared about the battle situation.
The morning breeze was blowing.
With the breeze blowing, the fire in the city gradually began to spread.
The wooden houses of Yu Kingdom were burned one by one under the raging fire.
The panicked people of Yu State fled out of the city, but they happened to run into Zhao Liuliang's troops who were covering the advance of the artillery positions.
"kill!"
Zhao Liuliang ordered his soldiers to kill without any hesitation.
"and many more!"
Sanada Takeshi stopped Zhao Liuliang and said, "They are just ordinary people who are just frightened..."
"You are confused!"
Zhao Liuliang glared at Sanada Takeshi unhappily, "Now is not the time to be merciful! Our mission is to protect the artillery position!"
"If they rush over and the ammunition explodes in the chaos, do you know what the consequences will be?"
"It's already this late. If anything goes wrong with the artillery position, it will be you and me who will lose our heads!"
"No matter if they are unarmed civilians or minions of the source thieves, anyone who threatens the safety of the artillery position must die!"
Zhao Liuliang's eyes were as sharp as knives and his voice was icy cold.
Takeshi Sanada opened his mouth slightly, hesitated for a moment, but still said nothing.
As Zhao Liuliang's order was issued, thousands of soldiers launched a ruthless massacre of the approaching Yu people.
Yun Zheng silently watched this ruthless massacre, without a trace of emotion on his face...
