Steel Dynasty - Chapter 686

[Chapter 685 The overall situation has been decided]

has been decided. When the sky turned white, soldiers wearing dark green military uniforms and carrying flintlock guns appeared on the official road outside Chang’an City.

After learning that King Zhao was trapped in Chang’an, Niu Ben led the army on the road that night and finally arrived at the city of Chang’an this morning.

“Chang’an.”

Luo Hong and Luo Xin burst into tears when they saw Chang’an City. This is the place where they were born and where they have lived for more than twenty years.

Thinking that they had to withdraw from Chang’an and take refuge in Qingzhou two years ago, now two years have passed, and they stood before the city of Chang’an again, but unlike the first time, they came back as winners this time.

“General, the remaining Zhao Wang soldiers are still resisting in the inner palace with artillery. You can just come and blast the inner palace away with artillery.”

Qi Guangyi rode forward.

Niu Ben said: “King Zhao is just a turtle in the urn now, so there is no rush. The most important thing now is to capture the nearby prefectures and counties to avoid being attacked from both sides.”

Speaking of this, Qi Guangyi smiled and said, “The general is overly concerned. Now Chang’an’s The wealthy families are eager to join the emperor. The counties and counties around Chang’an have already surrendered to the general.”

“That’s good.” Niu Ben nodded, and then said: “The current King of Zhao has betrayed his relatives and is so arrogant. People should also get retribution.”

Along the way, Niu Ben saw that the people were living in poverty. In order to launch wars and manufacture firearms, King Zhao continued to impose high taxes on the people, causing the people to live in dire straits.

And this was not the most terrifying thing. On the migration route of Luoyang people, he saw numerous bones. For the sake of his royal power, King Zhao was already frantic.

Before coming to Chang’an, his heart was filled with hatred for King Zhao.

“What the general said is absolutely true. Before the general came, King Zhao actually ordered the massacre of the city. If Ge Yiren and other wealthy families had not led their troops in the city to open the city gate as an internal response, the people in Chang’an City would probably be out of ten.” Qi Guangyi tightened his grip. fist.

Luo Hong and Luo Xin were even more angry after hearing this. Luo Hong said: “They are simply beasts. General, please hand over the attack on the inner palace to the last general. Many of the Chang’an ministers have relatives of the Firearms Battalion soldiers. The last general will do it for them.” They took revenge.”

Niu Ben nodded slowly and said, “Then let King Zhao pay with blood.”

The group talked for a while at the gate of the city. Niu Ben led the army into the city. King Huainan and Chen Xinran looked at each other. , there was some relief in the eyes of the two people. After this battle, they could return to their vassal country.

This expedition was very long. Unlike Niubeng’s army, they were already exhausted.

As soon as they entered the city, a large group of people suddenly swarmed over. They came up carrying noodles and water, and distributed food and water to the soldiers.

This scene really shocked Niu Ben, and he couldn’t help but look at Qi Guangyi.

After laughing twice, Qi Guangyi said: “General, this is not the general’s idea. The people insisted on coming. They said that we saved their lives. They hope that we can kill the rebels as soon as possible and save Chang’an.” Peace and peace.”

Niu Ben’s serious face softened when he heard this. He looked at the people and said, “The emperor said that the people are the foundation of the world. As long as the people are dedicated to us, we will have troops and food wherever we go. Now it seems that it is indeed true.”

The other generals all laughed when they heard this, and they became more and more determined to unify the north, because only through unification can the people have a stable life.

In the past two years, they have fought from north to south, and from east to west. They have seen too many tragedies along the way.

Because of the war, the vassal king robbed the people, bandits and bandits ran rampant in the countryside and killed the people, production was cut off, and the people suffered from hunger.

There was once a prosperous world that was beaten to pieces due to war, and the population also suffered huge losses in the war.

Nowadays, corpses of civilians can be seen everywhere on the road. They were either killed by soldiers or died of hunger and cold.

And when they entered Chang’an, the civil strife that swept the country of Chongqing finally came to an end.

When more than 100,000 troops entered the city, the empty camp in Chang’an City was immediately filled. After placing the soldiers, Luo Hong and Luo Xin led 40,000 people to approach the inner palace.

They prepared artillery and muskets to bury King Zhao’s men.

“This King Zhao really installed a lot of artillery in the inner palace.” Five hundred meters away, Luo Xin put down his binoculars. Because he knew the range of the export-type artillery, he was not worried that he would be hit.

This time Niuben asked Luo Hong and Luo Xin to take charge of the siege. At the same time, they were followed by soldiers from the previous firearms battalion.

This time they shared the same hatred and couldn’t wait to kill King Zhao.

“How are you planning to attack the city?” Luo Hong asked.

Luo Xin said lazily: “How else can we attack the city? Do we still need to be polite when dealing with King Zhao?”

Turning around, he shouted, “Blow the city gate to pieces and fire!”

Under his order , the field artillery fired at the same time, and the huge roar continued.

Although the walls of the inner palace were solid, they could not withstand the continuous bombardment of so many artillery pieces. After another 20 minutes, the front tower collapsed.

Luo Xin did not stop at this time, but continued to bombard the city walls on both sides, expanding the hole.

It wasn’t until a 100-meter collapse area appeared in front of him that he ordered the bombardment to stop this time.

“Kill!”

The sound of the cannon went out, and Luo Hong rushed into the inner palace first, followed closely by the soldiers who once belonged to the firearms battalion. They followed Luo Hong like crazy with bayonets in hand.

Niu Ben did not take command this time. According to Niu Ben, if Luo Hong couldn’t even attack the inner palace at this time, there would be no need to go back to see him.

The gap was opened, and the rest became simple. More and more soldiers rushed into the inner palace.

“Bah bang bang…”

Luo Hong, a soldier who encountered King Zhao, would always command the soldiers to complete a volley, and then raise his bayonet to fight Zhao Jun.

In the battle with Qi Guangyi, the Zhao army soldiers had been defeated and their morale dropped sharply.

Now a group of musketeers with higher morale than the cavalry rushed in, and they were even more unable to resist.

Although they carried Zhao Jun’s tough style and fought fiercely, their casualties continued to increase due to the advantages of firearms and regular bayonet killing techniques.

After more and more musketeers poured into the inner palace, the will of the resisting Zhao army began to collapse. Luo Hong noticed this and attacked the Zhao army more fiercely.

The battle lasted from morning to evening. With an ever-expanding advantage, Luo Hong successfully led his soldiers to capture the inner palace.

In the former Chengqing Hall, they found King Zhao sitting on the dragon throne, while Zhao Yuanliang was kneeling on the ground trembling.

ps: There is one more chapter.

(End of chapter)