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In the vast grassland, the Qingzhou Army and the Cangzhou Army led by Niu Ben officially converged on the grassland, and after that, Niu Ben waved his army to Shanhaiguan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It has been more than half a month since the departure from Jizhou, and during this period, the news that the rebellious army in Jizhou has been pacified.

"General, look!"

During the journey, Lu Fei suddenly pointed to the mountains that appeared in the distance, and between the mountains, a majestic pass stood between heaven and earth.

This is the gateway to the north of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, Shanhaiguan.

"Shanhaiguan!"

Niu Ben's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, for many years, this Shanhaiguan, known as the world's first Xiongguan, has always been in the hands of the barbarians, and has become a must-pass place for the barbarians to go south.

If they capture Shanhaiguan and station heavy troops in the military town in Shanhaiguan, they will threaten the hinterland of the barbarians from now on, and the offensive and defensive situation will be easy.

At this time, all the generals looked at Shanhaiguan not far away, looking excited.

"All march! Take Shanhaiguan! Niu Ben shouted, and the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army immediately quickened their pace.

Since entering the grassland, they have not seen any barbarian soldiers, only some abandoned barbarian bags.

Needless to say, the barbarians naturally retreated with the army,

If Bei Shan died, the entire Blood Wolf Tribe would face extremely severe punishment, and with the bloodthirsty barbarism of the barbarians, it was not impossible to slaughter a tribe for burial.

Because of this, the Blood Wolf Tribe was so panicked, and it was also in consideration that they would take advantage of the victory to pursue, and take it in one fell swoop when the barbarians did not have time to increase their troops at Shanhaiguan.

It was noon at this time, and an hour later, the Qingzhou Army and the Cangzhou Army arrived at the foot of Shanhaiguan.

The once important military town was in the hands of the barbarians at this time, and looking at the barbarian soldiers on the wall of Shanhaiguan, Niu Ben ordered to camp on the spot.

Luo Xin commanded the artillery and pushed one hundred and fifty guns to the front of the battle.

In the past, the side of Shanhaiguan facing the barbarians was a high city wall, and in front of the Great Yu Kingdom was the military town behind the city wall.

Now the military town and the city wall are in the hands of the barbarians, if you want to take the Shanhaiguan Pass, it is very simple, you only need to capture the military town.

"Liang Yubin, He Cheng!"

Because of the excellent performance on the battlefield in Jizhou, Niu Ben brought the two of them over in this attack on Shanhaiguan, and a hot air balloon also came.

"Here!" Liang Yubin and He Cheng ran over.

At this time, the situation in the military town could not be seen from the outside, and Niu Ben asked the two to take a hot air balloon to observe the situation inside.

After receiving the order, the two immediately began to ignite the fire with the help of the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army.

"Hehe, Governor, how about we go up too?" Lu Fei licked his face and said.

Luo Xin and the other lieutenants were also greedy.

The appearance of Luo Quan boarding a hot air balloon on the battlefield in Jizhou made them envious, and now this boarding a hot air balloon has become an honor.

Niu Ben straightened his face, "This is a battlefield, not a child's house, I want to board the hot air balloon so much, after I go back, I will ask His Highness to let you sit enough, now you cheer me up." ”

After that, Niu Ben was secretly happy in his heart, and ran a few steps to the hanging basket.

The generals suddenly showed disdain.

Niu Ben boarded the hot air balloon, and at this time, the soldiers pulled the rope of the hot air balloon and slowly released it, and the hot air balloon continued to rise into the air, and the situation in the Shanhaiguan military town was suddenly unobstructed.

Holding the binoculars, Niu Ben took a closer look.

At this time, the Shanhaiguan military town was in chaos, and there were slave soldiers and barbarians gathered on the city wall everywhere.

The brutes pointed at his hot air balloon and kept saying something, and the scene was very chaotic.

Niu Ben sneered in his heart, just this hot air balloon scared these barbarian defenders a lot.

However, after observing it, his brow furrowed, there were about 130,000 defenders in this small military town, most of them slave soldiers, and some of them brute soldiers.

Knowing the basics, Niu Ben let the hot air balloon descend and descended to the ground by himself.

"Governor, how's it going?" Lu Fei asked.

"There are about 130,000 defenders in the city, and it seems that Chagatai thought that we might attack the city, so he left most of his troops behind." Niu Ben said.

"130,000?" Lu Fei suddenly made a difficulty.

In the past, it was all barbarians who attacked the city, but now it is their turn to attack the city, and everyone knows that this siege is not an easy task.

Niu Ben nodded, "It's too late to attack the city tonight, the old rule, arrange the chariot on the periphery to prevent the barbarian cavalry from sneaking attack, bury the pot to cook, and attack the city again tomorrow morning." ”

The generals nodded.

Then, Niu Ben and the others discussed the method of attacking the city, and it was basically impossible for 40,000 people to attack the city where 100,000 people were stationed.

"General, it's better to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, the barbarians tried to blow up our city wall in the Cangzhou Battle last year, why don't we bring a few barrels of gunpowder to blow up the barbarian's city wall directly this time, once the city wall is broken and faces our musket array, the barbarians are not afraid."

Niu Ben nodded, "This is a solution." ”

Luo Xin also said at this time: "This time the Cangzhou army brought a new kind of cannonball, what is it called lime shell, His Highness said that this kind of cannonball is not bad against the soldiers defending the city, it is better to use it tomorrow." ”

"Why do you go to such trouble, directly bombarded with one hundred and fifty artillery pieces, and these dogs and bitches will be sent directly to their long-hated sky." Lu Fei said with a roar.

Others didn't seem to say anything.

Niu Ben shook his head and said, "The soldiers who left the guard, go to eat and rest, and attack the city tomorrow." ”

Lu Fei scratched his head, bored with himself, and went out with the others.

On the second day, after the soldiers had breakfast, the assembly trumpets soon sounded in the camp.

At this time, the hot air balloon rose into the air again, and Niu Ben stood on the hot air balloon to see the whole situation.

This time, the Qingzhou army was on the attacking side, and more than 40,000 soldiers set up a position under the city.

The barbarians on the city were overwhelmed, and many barbarians held bows and arrows in their hands.

In fact, what Lu Fei said last night was right, after thinking about it all night, Niu Ben decided to bombard with artillery, which was the advantage of the Qingzhou Army.

One hundred and fifty artillery pieces were laid out behind the city gate, stretching for more than 300 meters from one end to the other, every two meters.

Almost the entire wall of Shanhaiguan was covered by artillery.

Boxes of shells were placed underneath the artillery, and gunpowder packs were equally plentiful.

The Cangzhou army even brought catapults and gunpowder canisters this time, and at a distance of 200 meters, it was completely possible to bombard the city wall.

The barbarian defenders were not so lucky, and the Jizhou station lost all its artillery.

Because he is confident that he will not fail this time, there is no long-range tool for counterattack in this Shanhaiguan.

Looking at the dense guards on the city wall, Niu Ben gave an order on the city wall.

"Use artillery to hit me hard!"

After receiving his order, Luo Xin showed a cruel smile, and he shouted at this time: "Fire!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom......"

In an instant, one hundred and fifty cannons spewed smoke and flames, and the cannonballs smashed into the battlements, and suddenly, the rubble on the battlements flew up.

The city gate in front of Shanhaiguan suddenly became a hornet's nest under the bombardment of artillery.