Chapter 815: Best's Death
The sky was gloomy, and the mood of the barbarians in Jinzhou City at this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In just seven years, the Golden Horde's fierce offensive against the Great Yu State became the defensive position it is today.
Now Wu Shugu deeply regrets that he did not launch a full-scale war against the Great Yu State after returning from the Western Expedition, otherwise why would the Golden Horde suffer so much now.
"Da Taiji, the cavalry has been assembled outside the city, ready to attack the army of the Great Yu State at any time." A barbarian lady Wan said to the vulture.
Bei Shan and Best also stood at the head of the city, looking at the Dayu army that was camping outside the city with serious expressions.
Especially Best, now he does not have the indifference of the Battle of Pingzhou, but a dejected appearance, in fact, he can no longer play any role in this battle.
The firearms of the Great Chongqing Kingdom were more advanced than he had imagined, and it seemed to him foolish to involve Britain in this war in Asia.
"Beshantaiji, the advantage of the Golden Horde is cavalry, you will only lose more and more when defending the city, the only advice I can give you is to take your cavalry back to the steppe, otherwise it will be a tragedy."
"Shut up, Best, this is a war between us and the Great Yu Kingdom, Jinzhou is our city, we will not abandon it." Bei Shan frowned, if it weren't for the fact that this Englishman knew more about muskets, he really wanted to throw him to feed the wolves.
Best smiled bitterly and stopped talking, he looked at the well-groomed army of the Great Chongqing State on the opposite side, and his heart suddenly became gloomy.
He thought he had to go back and tell Congress what was going on here, that the country was far from being as weak as Congress thought, and that it was no longer appropriate to pursue a policy of containment.
Outside the city, observe the hot air balloon being raised for the first time in the camp.
When Lu Fei and the three of them boarded the hot air balloon, they already had an understanding of the situation in Jinzhou City, which was different from Pingzhou City, Jinzhou City was the largest city outside the Guan, the city wall was high and thick, and the scope of the city was similar to that of Qingzhou City at the beginning.
"Fortunately, the emperor sent cannonballs, otherwise this battle would be really difficult to fight." Lu Fei sighed.
"Indeed, not to mention the walls of Jinzhou City, even the number of soldiers in the city is amazing, but the number of barbarian cavalry does not seem to have increased much this time." Luo Xin said as he looked at the barbarian cavalry gathered outside the city.
Lei Ming knew the Golden Horde very well, he said; "The rest of the barbarian cavalry are protecting Shengdu, and the barbarians have been defeated one after another, I am afraid that the Heavenly Khan Dolgo will also suffer from the dissatisfaction of other grassland tribes, and at this time, he will not dare to send his own tribe's cavalry easily."
After Qi Guangyi learned the news of Jinzhou, the cavalry under his command had been merged with Lu Fei and his party.
Now the total strength of the Great Yu State is more than the soldiers who attacked Pingzhou City last time, and the cavalry alone has reached more than 60,000 people.
The musketeers also increased by 20,000 men due to the arrival of two divisions in Luo Hong's army.
"In that case, you don't have to worry about the barbarian cavalry at all in this battle, it is enough to hand them over to me." Qi Guangyi said with a big grin.
He was born in cavalry, and he was much more proficient in the use of cavalry than the other three, although the cavalry of the Great Yu Kingdom alone was not the opponent of the barbarians, but he was not worried about the collective battle.
Because at that time, it was not individual bravery that could determine victory or defeat.
Lu Fei smiled when he heard this: "Okay, the barbarian cavalry will be handed over to you this time, and we must take Jinzhou this time." ā
After saying this, he looked at the gradually darkening sky, it was about to get dark today, and it was obviously not suitable for war now.
"Siege tomorrow morning!" Lu Fei said heavily.
The next day, when the eastern sky was covered with a hint of fish's belly, there was a burst of cooking smoke in the barracks, and the well-fed soldiers gathered outside the camp one after another to prepare for the siege.
Qi Guangyi led the cavalry out of the camp, and this time he would definitely not let the cavalry of the Great Yu Kingdom suffer like last time.
"Let the marksman prepare, find his own position, shoot a barbarian commander with a bounty of one hundred taels, shoot a thousand taels of a thousand commanders with a bounty, if anyone can kill Bei Shan and Wushu Bone, I dare to go to the emperor and ask for a title for him." Lu Fei said loudly as he walked.
The marksmen were wiping the scopes in their hands, and Lu Fei's words made their eyes light up, and these rewards were a huge stimulus for them.
When he arrived at the artillery position, Lu Fei shouted to the artillerymen: "Prepare all the flowering shells for me, and give me a hard shot when the time comes." ā
"Yes, Captain." A group of soldiers responded.
The formation of musketeers in the open space in front of the camp was basically completed, and at this time, Lu Fei looked at Jinzhou City and drew his sword, and shouted loudly: "Attack!" ā
As soon as his words fell, the soldiers in plate armor first rushed to the trench in front of Jinzhou City, and the barbarians did the same as last time.
But Lu Fei is not ready to fight a protracted war with the barbarians, they will not give the barbarians a chance to breathe, but want to take Jinzhou City in one fell swoop.
As the soldiers charged, the field artillery began to pour artillery fire on the city gate, and a flowering shell hit the city gate and blew it to pieces in an instant, instead of just punching a hole out of it as before.
At the same time, the marksmen quickly found a suitable position for their shooting, and they took their muskets with scopes and hid in hidden corners, through which they searched for the barbarian generals commanded on the city walls.
This time they will shoot all the important barbarian generals.
Best and Bei Shan were still standing at the head of the city when the Great Yu army was charging, unaware that they had been targeted by hundreds of muskets of the captives.
Faced with the first batch of more than 20,000 people, Bei Shan ordered the slave soldiers to defend the trench.
As soon as he gave the order, he suddenly felt a cold wind pass through his ears, and when he turned his head, he saw that there was blood bleeding in several places on Best's body.
Best looked at the Dayu army on the opposite side in disbelief, now the musketeers were obviously still three or four hundred meters away, how did they shoot?
It's just that he just thought of it and fell down, and his consciousness fell into darkness.
A chill suddenly rose in Bei Shan's heart, he couldn't care about anything anymore, he turned around and ran towards the city, he had just left the position just now when he heard the sound of bullets hitting the battlements.
At this time, a bullet hit his arm impartially, and with a tingling pain, Bei Shan fell directly to the ground, he did not dare to get up, and fled to the city with a rolling belt.
Before a barbarian general could come to his senses, he suddenly felt a tingling pain in his chest, and he looked at the city in fear, and he slowly fell.
"Good fight, this marksman is really a miracle soldier." Lu Fei held the binoculars, slapped his legs and laughed.
Because of the accuracy of the muskets, the marksmen were divided into groups, with ten soldiers in each group, and they were responsible for a target together, so as to ensure the efficiency of shooting.