Become a feudal king from today

"Is it possible that they want to dig tunnels all the way into the city?" The lieutenant beside the general of Qi was worried. read

"Impossible. If that's the case, wouldn't they have been exposed in such a big way?" The general of Qi shook his head.

But he really didn't understand what the purpose of Yanzhou's army was.

Thinking about Han Bi, who was considered to be familiar with military art among the Han family's children and was highly regarded by Emperor Han Zheng, he couldn't help but become more and more anxious.

"No matter what the cost, we must defend Wubao until reinforcements arrive." Seeing that the tunnel was getting closer to the city wall, Han Bi's eyes became sharp.

Turning to the deputy general beside him, he said: "Immediately organize three thousand soldiers to leave the city and kill the Yan soldiers who are digging the tunnel."

"This..." the deputy general hesitated for a while, looked at the Yanzhou soldiers walking on the battlefield, and said: "General, our firearms have a lower range than theirs. If we let the soldiers go out of the city, wouldn't it be equivalent to committing suicide?"

"As long as there is a war, people will die. Once Wubao is lost, Yanzhou soldiers will march straight in. If the emperor blames it, you and I will be dead." Han Bi said coldly, "Why do you want to disobey military orders?"

"I don't dare." The deputy general's face turned pale and he knelt on one knee and said, "I will send soldiers out of the city to kill the enemy right now."

Han Bi nodded. He naturally knew that the soldiers who had gone there were likely to die.

But he couldn't just watch Yanzhou soldiers dig tunnels in front of the city wall.

Not long after, the north gate of Wubao suddenly opened.

A group of Qi soldiers dressed in armor and brandishing long knives rushed towards the Yanzhou soldiers who were digging a tunnel, shouting for kill.

"Bang bang bang..."

At this moment, intensive gunfire erupted on the battlefield.

The skirmishers scattered on the battlefield raised their rifles at almost the same time and shot at this group of Qi soldiers.

Since the Yanzhou soldiers were hiding in the tunnels, they would not be hurt by stray bullets at all.

The soldiers shot without any scruples, and dense bullets flew towards the charging Qi soldiers.

In an instant, a large number of Qi soldiers who came out of the city gate fell down.

As if they had received a death order, the Qi soldiers behind did not stop and continued to rush out of the narrow opening of the city gate.

But as soon as they stepped over the corpse of their companion, they also fell into a pool of blood.

"Did they overestimate themselves or underestimate us?" Lu Chang looked at the head of Wubao City and felt that the Qi general had made a very stupid decision.

Their rifled guns were no vegetarian.

Unlike a flintlock gun, the bullets fired depended on luck.

After verification, the rifled gun they are currently equipped can achieve a 20% hit rate when shooting at a target 350 meters away, two meters high and one meter wide.

Shooting within 200 meters can achieve a 40% hit rate.

Within 100 meters, the hit rate can reach 60%.

Although this 60% hit rate may not necessarily cause fatal damage, it will at least cause the opponent's soldiers to be injured and basically lose their combat effectiveness.

Therefore, in his opinion, these Qi soldiers were just living targets for death.

"It's just a moth flying into the flame." Chang Wei shook his head.

If he were a general of Qi now, he would definitely be in despair now.

"Bang bang bang..."

The gunfire continued, and Qi soldiers rushed out of the city gate and fell down again and again.

A quarter of an hour later, the corpses of Qi soldiers were all over the north gate.

At this time, the Qi soldiers finally stopped charging in vain and closed the city gate.

On the city wall, Han Bi's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.

Three thousand soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and his attack on the tunnel failed.

Witnessing the desperate charge of Qi soldiers, he realized that sending more soldiers would not help.

He could not stop Yanzhou soldiers from digging tunnels.

"General, what should we do now?" The deputy general's hands trembled slightly.

Before that, they only knew that the muskets of Yanzhou soldiers had a farther range than them.

But judging from the current situation, it seems that their muskets are more accurate than bows and arrows.

They were deceived by the intelligence.

Realizing this, his confidence almost fell into the abyss.

Just imagine, Yanzhou soldiers all hold weapons that are powerful, have a farther range than them, and are as accurate as bows and arrows.

How can we fight this battle?

If it weren't for the military orders, he would have wanted to escape from this damn Wubao now.

"Check the defense supplies and prepare all soldiers to fight to the death. If Wubao is there, the people will be there. If Wubao dies, the people will die." Han Bi said sharply.

As the darling of the Han family, he would not allow himself to escape from the battlefield.

"The hot air balloon is coming." At this moment, a soldier pointed to the sky not far away.

I saw five or six hot air balloons floating slowly towards Wubao.

Han Bi's face suddenly became solemn, and he said to the deputy general: "Convey the general's order. No one is allowed to pick up the leaflets dropped by the hot air balloon. Anyone who hides them will be punished by death."

During the confrontation, hot air balloons from across the river floated over Wubao more than once and dropped a large number of leaflets.

The leaflet said: Yanzhou is where Dasong is orthodox, and Emperor Zhao Hengzheng is sitting in Yancheng.

The powerful clans that established the country are rebellious officials and traitors, and everyone will punish them.

At the same time, he tried his best to encourage the soldiers to rebel and promised that they would be heavily rewarded by the court.

There is also one thing that Qi's wealthy families hate the most.

That is to declare that wherever Yanzhou soldiers go, they will confiscate the land of wealthy families, open warehouses to release grain, and distribute the collected land to the people. From then on, a tax policy of one out of ten taxes will be implemented.

In addition to Wubao, these hot air balloons also flew over the villages near Nan'an to drop leaflets, making the people of Nan'an excited.

If the nobles had not sent their own soldiers to patrol the countryside, there would have been trouble.

"Yes, General." The deputy general immediately passed on the order.

In the time it took to burn an incense stick, the hot air balloon arrived above the fort, and then leaflets floated down from the sky like snowflakes.

Some landed on the city wall, some on the soldiers, and some happened to fall into the hands of the generals.

Han Bi picked up a leaflet, just glanced at it, and then he tore it to pieces.

There were only four words on the leaflet this time: Surrender and no killing!

"Even if I, Han Bi, can't defend the fort, I will make you break a few teeth." Looking at Yanzhou, the soldier Han Bi's face was distorted.

At this time, the winding tunnel was less than 40 meters away from the city wall.

The Yanzhou soldiers no longer continued to dig southward.

Instead, they dug a horizontal passage parallel to the city wall.

This made Han Bi more confused, but he couldn't figure out why, so he could only hold a belly of anger.

"General, there is only one hour left. We can enter the fortress before dusk."

Outside the city, Lu Chang saw the soldiers begin to dig horizontally, full of confidence.

Chang Wei looked at the hot air balloon in the sky and nodded.

He hoped that the propaganda carried out by the Propaganda Department would have some effect.

So that they can achieve the greatest results with the least casualties.

In the afternoon, the horizontal tunnel was dug.

Chang Wei ordered the grenadiers to enter the tunnel.

Each of these grenadiers carried a basket.

Each basket was filled with grenades.

Entering the tunnel, they quickly approached the city wall, squatted in the horizontal tunnel, and waited for orders.