Chapter 652: The Death of King Yan
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September 16.
After a five-day march, the king of Huainan and Cui Shangan led 100,000 soldiers of the Huainan army to camp under Yingcheng.
After three days of preparation, Cui Shangan ordered the artillery to bombard Yingzhou City, and for a time Yingzhou City was in chaos.
"Artillery, it's artillery again, how can King Huainan have artillery, this must have been done by Xiao Ming, it must have been him."
The reason why he was so confident in Yingzhou City was that sixty artillery pieces were installed in the city, which were part of the artillery he had purchased from Qingzhou.
It was because he was confident in the power of these artillery to defend the city that he sneered at the King of Huainan, because he believed that his artillery would definitely defeat the army of the King of Huainan.
But now everything is out of his expectation, the king of Huainan not only has artillery, but the range of artillery is far above the artillery of Yingzhou City.
Now Yingzhou City can only suffer from the bombardment of Huainan Wang's artillery in vain, and he can't use artillery to fight back, which makes him suddenly angry.
And at this time, he realized that he was deceived by Xiao Ming, and Xiao Ming did not sell the real artillery to them from beginning to end.
"Father, if we continue like this, our walls will fall." Cui Cheng's voice was a little difficult.
100,000 people besieged the city, and the dense soldiers besieged Yingzhou City could not drain the water, and now they can't fight, and they can't escape.
"What if it falls, and how can the soldiers of this king be born by the walls of the city?" King Yan pulled out his sword violently at this time, "This time this king will personally lead the army to fight to the death with the king of Huainan." ”
With that, King Yan strode towards the southern city, which was the key area of King Huainan's attack.
Cui Cheng and Cui Hao did not rush up with the King of Chu this time, Cui Cheng looked at Cui Hao and said: "Now that the wealthy families in the city have disagreed, they will never join us to fight against the King of Huainan, and my father does not listen to the advice to Xiao Ming to be a minister, what should we do now?" ”
Cui Hao's face was full of despair, and he said: "I have been in Qingzhou for more than a month, and from what I have seen and heard, I still expect that the Three Kings Alliance is about to be defeated, but I never thought that the rout would be so complete now, and now that Xiao Ming is powerful, Yan Guo will inevitably bear the brunt." ”
What's the use of mentioning it now? I only asked if Xiao Ming told you how he was willing to spare Yan Guo when you were in Qingzhou. Cui Cheng said eagerly.
"Before the foolish brother left, Xiao Ming did let Pang Yukun tell me about it, and he said that unless King Yan took the blame and took the initiative to give up the prince and the country, he would not let go of Yan Kingdom." Cui Hao said.
Cui Cheng was silent when he heard this, in his opinion, this matter was absolutely impossible, he sighed deeply, drew his sword and chased after King Yan.
Seeing Cui Cheng leaving, Cui Hao turned around and walked in the opposite direction, and when Xiao Ming ascended the throne, he saw that the Three Kings Alliance might not have achieved anything.
Pang Yukun did say that to him, but he also mentioned that if he was willing to help, he would be prosperous and wealthy in the future.
He is only the second son of King Yan, and for him, the land of this feudal country will not be his, and now in this situation, he is more and more worried about his life, not how Yan is doing.
Out of the temporary palace, Cui Hao walked straight into an alley, and when he arrived at a mansion, he knocked six times, and then the door was opened.
At this time, some wealthy families have gathered in the courtyard, and these wealthy families are all people who oppose King Yan to continue to fight with Huainan, after all, now that the victory and defeat have been divided, not everyone is willing to give their lives with King Yan.
"Shizi, when will the army be raised?" A patriarch of a wealthy clan asked.
"My father has already landed in the city, just waiting for the cannon of the king of Huainan to collapse the city wall, and then there will be chaos in the city, and then it will be the time for me to raise an army." Cui Hao's eyes flickered.
He said in his heart: Father, you treat me unkindly, don't blame me for being unjust, my eldest brother is enjoying the melting of Yan Kingdom, but you sent me to Qingzhou to suffer.
Hearing this, all the wealthy clans nodded one after another, just waiting for the city to be broken.
Outside the city, fifty artillery pieces continued to bombard the south city gate, and deep pits appeared under the fragile south city wall under the artillery, and these potholes continued to expand until the entire city gate collapsed with a "boom".
"Father, the walls have fallen." Cui Shangan was pleasantly surprised, and he immediately prepared to lead his troops into the city.
"Slow! Now is not the time. King Huainan looked at the collapsed city gate on the east side of the main gate, and then looked at the west side, when the artillery on the west gate was still intact, and he said: "Now concentrate the artillery on the west city wall, and once the city wall collapses, immediately attack the city." ”
Cui Shangan looked at Xicheng at this time and realized something, he said: "The artillery given by the emperor is really powerful, this Yan King's artillery can't hit us at all, but we have been beating." ”
King Huainan's expression was gloomy, and he said: "This is the emperor's power, he has long been wary of us vassal kings, so he sold some inferior artillery to King Yan, King Liang, King Zhao and others. ”
"Could it be that the emperor has long seen the chaos in the Great Chongqing Congress?" Cui Shangan exclaimed.
The king of Huainan said, "Who can know this? But this alone is enough to see that our emperor is not a simple character. ”
When the two were talking, the walls of Xicheng also collapsed under the shelling, and at this time, King Huainan and Cui Shangan were shocked at the same time.
Immediately after that, the sound of war drums resounded throughout the battlefield, and the soldiers of the Huainan Army, who were greatly boosted, roared and rushed towards Yingzhou City.
In Yingzhou City, King Yan and his guards dodged the collapsed city wall in embarrassment, and through the collapsed city wall, he saw the soldiers who poured into Yingzhou City like a tide.
King Yan's eyes were blood-red, and he held his sword and shouted, "Soldiers, fight to the death with this king and the enemy." ”
His voice fell, except for the guards who shouted loudly, the other soldiers were insensitive, and some of them who had just been pulled into the army even trembled with fear.
When had they ever seen such a powerful weapon as artillery, not to mention that they had been forced to join the army in the first place.
"Kill!"
The Huainan army poured in from the two collapses at the same time, and the well-equipped soldiers immediately fought with the soldiers defending the city.
Some of the wealthy clans who supported the King of Yan also fought with the Huainan army with their tribes, and for a time the city wall was full of howls and fighting sounds, and the corpses of the soldiers of the two sides continued to fall on the ground, and blood flowed on the ground.
King Yan led his guards into battle in person, and when he was killing, a loud shout of killing suddenly sounded in the city, and he saw a group of wealthy tribes with red cloth on their foreheads rushing out of the streets and alleys.
It's just that they didn't fight with the Huainan army, but fought with the Chu army and the Hao clan who supported him, and at this time, the Chu army, which was already demoralized, collapsed instantly.
King Yan seemed to have lost all his strength at this time, and just when he was stunned, a general of the Huainan Army stabbed his sword into the chest of King Huainan.
Spit out a mouthful of blood, and King Yan gradually sank into darkness.