Deng Yuan looked at Ju Yongguan in front of him with a complicated expression. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Half a month ago, he was still in Bashu to lead the army to fight against the king of Shu, but in a blink of an eye, he arrived at the city of Juyongguan.

However, after understanding the current situation, he understood that King Zhao could not be allowed to continue to attack the King of Shu now, because if he didn't stop King Qi's army now, he was afraid that Zhao State would also be wiped out in the blink of an eye.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The war drums were beating, and the soldiers who had been ordered carried the ladders and rushed to Juyong Pass.

It is a taboo for soldiers to rush into battle before the follow-up soldiers and horses and baggage arrive, Deng Yuan knew this very well, but when there was a cannon sound from the north of Juyong Pass, he still chose to attack the city, because at this time it must have been the barbarians who attacked.

He had heard of the prestige of King Qi's army even when he was in Bashu, and in his opinion, neither he nor the soldiers and horses provided by the barbarians at this time could defeat Xiao Ming alone.

Only the attack from the north and south can have some chance of winning, so he chose to attack the city not to break the city, but to contain part of the troops in Juyongguan, so that they could not deal with the attack of the barbarians in time, of course, it would be better if he could break the city in one fell swoop.

"I didn't expect that one day the general would attack the soldiers and horses of King Qi with the barbarians, it's really ridiculous and pitiful." Deng Yuan had a trace of grief and indignation in his eyes.

The person beside Deng Fei was his deputy general Cao Kun, who heard that Cao Kun said: "The ambition of the barbarian wolf, this time to help the barbarian to take Juyong Pass is not to help the evil, but the king's order is difficult to disobey, we can only respect the order of King Zhao." ”

Deng Fei sighed, he had always supported King Zhao and was extremely loyal to King Zhao, this complaint was just a dissatisfaction with King Zhao's alliance with the barbarians.

After all, he had fought against the barbarians several times, and his generals and soldiers had suffered many casualties in the battles with the barbarians.

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

In the beating of war drums, a roar suddenly erupted at the head of Juyong Pass, and black cannonballs in the fire and smoke rushed towards the soldiers who were rushing towards Juyong Pass.

The cannonball landed and rolled like lightning, and where the cannonball bounced, the soldiers of King Zhao let out a scream, and dozens of soldiers were killed and wounded in a straight line.

Seeing this scene, Deng Yuan's face turned pale, and hundreds of soldiers would be killed and injured just by this round of shooting.

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

The artillery opened fire again, and there was another bloody storm on the ground.

Cao Kun said at this time: "General, King Qi's army has always been known for its firearms, and if it goes on like this, the soldiers will only die more. ”

Deng Yuan looked indifferent, he said: "Which war does not need to take human lives to fill, the only way to deal with the army of the King of Qi is this, this siege is to contain the troops in the city is also to consume their gunpowder and shells, this time the army of the King of Qi has been fighting from Yunzhou to Qingzhou, ammunition supplies and grain and grass will inevitably not be sufficient, plus a lot of ammunition is consumed in Qingzhou, at this time there must not be much ammunition storage in Juyong Pass, and when their artillery is out of shells, muskets are out of gunpowder and bullets, it will be easy to take Juyong Pass at that time." ”

"The general is far-sighted, but the last general did not expect this." Cao Kun burst out laughing.

Deng Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, the soldiers were rushing towards Juyong Pass one after another, one wave was repulsed, the second wave continued to rush forward, and then the third wave......

In Beicheng, more and more barbarian slave soldiers climbed the city wall, Niu Ben and Lu Fei became more and more anxious, and if it went on like this, it was only a matter of time before Beicheng was taken down.

Just as he was anxious, suddenly a large group of cavalry soldiers wearing silver cuirass and holding sabers rushed towards the city wall.

Qi Guangyi appeared in everyone's field of vision at this time, and he said to Niu Ben; "General, the Qingzhou cavalry is coming to support."

"What are you cavalry doing here, this is the battlefield." Niu Ben said with a frown.

Qi Guangyi said dissatisfied: "General, our cavalry is also a soldier, and when you get on the horse, you are a cavalry, and when you get off the horse, you won't lose to the musketeers." ”

"How long does it take to train a cavalryman? If you finish fighting, will the emperor spare us? Lu Fei also said.

Qi Guangyi said: "What time is it now, if Juyong Pass is lost, no one can escape this knife on the head, the last general is not a bad seed, and the last general's soldiers are not a bad seed, and if the emperor blames it, the last general will bear it alone." ”

"To bear it is to bear it." Niu Ben glanced at Qi Guangyi happily, the generals of the Qingzhou Army were all bloody men, "Come on!" ”

Qi Guangyi was immediately overjoyed, and he said to the soldiers under him; "Kill me! Let the musketeers see how powerful our Qingzhou cavalry is. ”

"Kill!" With Qi Guangyi's angry voice, 20,000 Qingzhou cuirassiers poured onto the city wall, and suddenly the situation on the city wall began to reverse.

Climbing the city walls, the barbarian slave soldiers kept falling under the saber.

Faced with more and more soldiers wearing silver cuirasses, the barbarians temporarily halted their attack after dropping three or four thousand corpses in another round of attacks.

By this time, the sun had set, and from morning to evening, the two sides had been fighting for almost a day.

Wiping the blood from his face, Lu Fei said, "General, the Zhao army in Nancheng has also stopped attacking. ”

Hearing this, Niu Ben finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he said to Lu Fei: "Strengthen your vigilance to prevent the barbarians from playing tricks." ”

"Yes, General." Lu Fei responded.

After a pause, Niu Ben said again; "Immediately have the soldiers and artillerymen count the ammunition."

After explaining the matter, Niu Ben arrived at the Juyongguan camp, and after a while, all the generals returned.

"Fortunately, the general came to bring ammunition supplies this time, and the Buddha will only use up the ammunition he carried today."

Luo Xin entered the camp tent and said.

Ye Qingyun said: "It's just that if you continue to consume it like this, I'm afraid the ammunition brought by the general this time won't last a few days." ”

Niu Ben nodded, "Most of the ammunition produced by the military workshop this time was brought over, originally this batch of ammunition was used to take down King Zhao in one fell swoop, but I never thought that such a mistake would occur." ”

"Is that all there is to most ammunition?" Luo Xin was dumbfounded.

Niu Ben sighed, "You don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, and now the supply of saltpeter, iron, and lead can't keep up, and the consumption of ammunition is too fast, now you have to save some money." ”

Lu Fei and other generals were only responsible for fighting, and He had ever considered the shortage of ammunition.

With a wry smile, Luo Hong said: "I just said that this musket and artillery are silver, and almost all the silver spent by the emperor to set up a firearms camp is about to empty the treasury, no matter how rich Qingzhou is, it will be poor after the war in the past two years." ”

Niu Ben glanced at Luo Hong appreciatively, this Luo Hong was the commander of the firearms battalion, so he naturally knew about spending money to buy ammunition.

"No wonder the emperor is in a hurry to end the war in the north, it turns out that this is the reason." Lu Fei said, "If you continue to fight like this, the muskets in the hands of the soldiers will be burned." ”