Chapter 372: Bombarding Shanhaiguan!
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was three days later.
A new batch of artillery shells arrived at the northern army camp outside Shanhaiguan under the escort of Li Yuanyi.
Looking at the trucks filled with artillery shells, Jiang Chen smiled with satisfaction.
Huo Xiang and others who followed Jiang Chen also rubbed their hands with great joy.
"Hahaha, now I can finally do something big!"
"Yeah, I didn't have enough fun last time in Beidi County."
"This time, I must have a good time before Shanhaiguan!"
Yuan Hao, the temporary commander of the artillery battalion, said with a happy smile.
At the same time Jiang Chen was inspecting the artillery transport convoy.
King Huai'an in Shanhaiguan also received the news and learned that the supplies for the northern army had arrived.
Prince Huai'an began to feel restless.
He knew that this was the time to get supplies.
It definitely means that the Northern Army is about to launch a general offensive!
Moreover, the Northern Army will definitely use the killing weapon that destroyed the county town of Beidi County!
Thinking of this, King Huai'an hurriedly summoned the commander of the five battalions of the Northern Army.
After gathering the five commanders together, King Huai'an asked Ye Ziming, the commander of the Chizi Camp.
"Commander Ye, the people from the northern border have been fighting since last time."
"Can someone else contact you?"
Facing King Huai'an's question, Ye Ziming shook his head and said.
"My Lord, ever since I rejected the North Territory last time."
"We have not received any news from the North since then."
After hearing Ye Ziming's answer, King Huai'an became even more nervous.
It turned out that King Huai'an had long expected that Jiang Chen would send someone to contact his old acquaintances from the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army.
But to King Huai'an's surprise, after Ye Ziming proposed that Jiang Chen provide an opportunity.
Jiang Chen did not actually act as he had imagined.
Instead, he resolutely gave up the idea of winning over an internal supporter.
Faced with such a result, King Huai'an couldn't help but admire Jiang Chen's courage.
King Huai'an sighed helplessly and said to the five commanders.
"Everyone, it seems that we have to prepare to abandon the pass and retreat back to the capital."
Things had come to this point, and King Huai'an gave up his plan to hold on to Shanhaiguan.
Because he knew, judging from the current strength of Xia State.
If Jiang Chen used the powerful weapon that destroyed Beidi County, they would not be able to defend Shanhaiguan at all!
Even if they stayed, they would end up being reduced to ashes along with Shanhaiguan.
After hearing King Huai'an's decision, the five commanders looked at each other in bewilderment.
After the five people looked at each other, they each had their own ideas in their minds.
These five commanders have always been at odds with each other, and now they each have their own plans in mind.
But King Huai'an did not see this, which led to some events that happened later.
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His attention turned back to the northern army camp outside Shanhaiguan.
Jiang Chen ordered his men to remove all the shells from the vehicle.
He called Yuan Hao, Huo Xiang and others to his presence and gave them some instructions.
"Now that the shells have arrived, there is no time to lose. I will prepare."
"At noon today, we will start shelling Shanhaiguan!"
After hearing Jiang Chen's decision, several people bowed and accepted the order.
"Don't worry, my lord. We all understand."
Seeing that they understood his intention, Jiang Chen said nothing more.
He waved his hand and dismissed all the generals.
At noon, Yuan Hao led 10,000 soldiers from the artillery battalion.
Under the protection , they slowly pushed the artillery out of the Northern Army camp.
Jiang Chen was also protected by four personal guards and a group of soldiers from the personal guard camp.
We came to the rear of the artillery battalion formation and stopped here.
Under Jiang Chen's gaze, more than 500 artillery pieces were lined up in order.
This scene was also seen by the Xia army on the top of the city wall.
Soon, Prince Huai'an received the news and rushed to the top of the city.
After looking at those peculiarly shaped cannons, King Huai'an asked himself questions without knowing why.
"Could this be the killing weapon of the Northern Army?"
"Is it this thing that looks like nothing more than a bunch of iron cylinders that destroyed Beidi County?"
After asking myself two questions in my heart.
Prince Huai'an forced himself to calm down and nodded to the commanders of the five battalions of the Northern Army standing beside him.
After receiving the signal , several commanders took advantage of the time when the princes were not paying attention.
He quietly turned around and walked down the city wall, heading towards the camp where his subordinates were.
Soon, the five commanders followed the instructions of King Huai'an.
They gathered all their troops together and waited for King Huai'an to arrive.
While the princes were still in shock, everyone secretly left Shanhaiguan and retreated towards the capital of the Xia Kingdom.
Estimating that the time was almost up, Jiang Chen slowly opened his eyes.
"It's almost time. It's time."
"Pass on my order, start the attack!"
After getting Jiang Chen's instructions, Zhuque on the side hurriedly ran to Yuan Hao.
After meeting Yuan Hao, he conveyed Jiang Chen's orders to Yuan Hao.
"General Yuan Hao, the lord has given the order, we can begin!"
"Haha, I can't wait any longer. I will obey your orders!"
Feeling delighted, Yuan Hao turned around and shouted loudly to the soldiers of the artillery battalion under his command.
"Soldiers, the lord has given the order, start attacking!"
Following Yuan Hao's order, all the soldiers lit the torches in their hands.
Afterwards, the soldiers of the artillery battalion who were guarding the shells nearby slowly stuffed the shells into the barrel of the artillery.
Immediately afterwards, a group of soldiers holding torches used the torches to light the fuse of the cannon.
Accompanied by a series of loud "bang bang bang" noises.
Five hundred cannons fired at the walls of Shanhaiguan at the same time!
The shells fired from five hundred artillery pieces formed a .
This huge net directly covered the sky above Shanhaiguan and fell down heavily!
“Boom boom—”
Under the shocked gaze of the Xia princes on the top of Shanhaiguan City.
The shells hit the walls of Shanhaiguan violently.
Then, it exploded directly, shattering the majestic city walls of Shanhaiguan!
The Xia princes standing on the city wall had no time to react.
He was blown away by the huge explosion!
For a moment, the entire Shanhaiguan was filled with painful wails.
After a fierce bombardment, Jiang Chen looked at the Shanhaiguan city wall which had become a ruin.
"Alright, Qinglong, pass the order to the three armies!"
"Beat the drums, march forward, and leave all the allied forces of the Xia Kingdom to me on the land of Shanhaiguan!"
"Yes, my lord."
After receiving Jiang Chen's order, Qinglong turned around.
He brought several soldiers from the Royal Guard Battalion and beat the war drum on the side.
