"Can you see a few people standing on the city wall?"
After putting away the telescope, the young lady asked Zhang Han with a gloating smile on her lips.
"Saw!"
Glancing towards the city wall, Zhang Han nodded firmly.
Without a telescope, although the view is not clear, the position of the figure can still be distinguished!
"Pick two artillery pieces, aim at those people, and shoot them down for me!"
"yes!"
Zhang Han nodded and went to communicate with the artillery.
After some command, the artillery adjusted its position and lit the torch!
This time, the people on the wall were even more confused!
What does lighting a torch in broad daylight mean?
Could it be that he wanted to light the arrow feathers and shoot them into the city?
It shouldn't be. At this time, the arrow feathers are still outside the shooting range. Even if you want to use fire attack, you have to move a little further!
Even Kante was confused, completely unaware of Shota’s intentions!
"ignition!"
Zhang Han waved a small flag and issued instructions.
"call out……"
Next, black balls as big as heads flew out of the barrel and hit several people on the city wall.
Seeing this situation, several people immediately thought of what the soldiers had just reported!
It seems...this black ball will explode?
Several people's eyes were fixed on the cannonballs, their pupils suddenly dilated, and their faces were full of panic.
"boom……"
However, they realized it was too late.
Dozens of cannonballs fell almost at the same time. Not only did they blow up the city gates and walls, but they also blew several people who were standing on the top of the wall who had just mocked Da Qin into the sky!
"General...general?"
"leader……"
The soldiers waiting inside the city walls panicked when they saw their general and leader being blown away.
"boom……"
But before they could react, another wave of bombings came, and the shells hit their heads directly.
"Bang bang bang..."
After several consecutive bombardments, almost all of the city walls collapsed.
The archers arranged before were also buried in the ruins as the city wall collapsed!
"This artillery is really powerful!"
Zhao Nian, the general sent by Meng Tian, was stunned when he saw this scene.
This is the most shells fired in succession since the artillery was built!
The thick city wall that was impregnable a moment ago has turned into ruins in the blink of an eye, and the artillery is simply a siege weapon!
If it had been before, in such a position that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the cost would have been huge if you wanted to capture this city!
You must pile up enough corpses of soldiers to capture a city!
Now, it’s just a matter of a few shots!
"okay!"
Just when everyone was enjoying watching, Xiao Zhengtai suddenly raised his hand to stop.
"Young Master, what are your orders?"
Zhao Nian hurried over and asked.
"Didn't you see that all the archers on the city wall were blown away? It's a waste to continue blasting upwards...!"
Xiao Zhengtai rolled his eyes at him, and then gave the order, "Advance the artillery and blast it into the pass!"
"yes!"
The artilleryman took the order and pushed the artillery forward hard, and stopped after reaching a certain distance.
Aim, load, fire.
Another series of familiar movements, and the thunderous sound of the artillery sounded again.
For the Huns in the camp, these are simply life-threatening talismans. If they are not kept intact, they will be blown up in the next second!
The cannonballs fell with heat, and everything in the city was ignited. The raging fires spread everywhere. Those who were lucky enough not to be bombarded by the cannonballs still did not escape the fire!
"Stop! The blast is almost over, rush in and kill!"
Xiao Zhengtai stopped the artillery, raised his steel sword, and led the soldiers to charge into the city.
"Come with a team of people and follow me to surround the camp. We must not let them escape!"
After rushing into the pass with Xiao Zhengtai, Wang Ben did not fight hard, but led his men to surround the entire camp.
"As expected of the famous Marquis Tongwu in history!"
Seeing this move, Xiao Zhengtai nodded with satisfaction and muttered to himself.
If we don't surround the camp first, many people will definitely take advantage of the chaos and escape!
Well now, these Huns have been made into dumplings and cannot escape even if they want to!
Zhao Nian and his men rushed to kill him, his face covered with blood!
Those Huns were running around, but no matter where they went, there were people guarding them, and they would still be killed in the end!
The pass was broken, the general died, and more and more corpses fell down. In desperation, they had no choice but to drop their weapons and surrender!
This battle is now over!
The next step is to clean up the battlefield, led by Zhang Han.
Everyone moved very quickly, and in about half an hour, they counted a rough number!
"My young master, in this battle, eight thousand enemies were killed and ten thousand prisoners were taken. Many war horses were killed by the explosion, and only four thousand were left alive. There were about thirty thousand gold, silver and jade articles, and countless grain and grass!"
"Only more than four thousand?"
Xiao Zhengtai feels distressed.
According to the scouts' investigation, almost all of the camp was filled with cavalry. As a result, after a wave of indiscriminate bombardment, their combat effectiveness was indeed gone, but the loss of the horses was too great!
"Although there are only more than 4,000 left, it is almost enough to distribute among the soldiers, and the marching speed can be accelerated from now on!"
Wang Ben was quite contented, with an old face as happy as a chrysanthemum.
They only brought a part of the cavalry this time. With these horses, they can turn all the infantry into cavalry!
Not only can it enhance combat effectiveness, it can also speed up your marching speed!
Before the troops were dispersed, Xiaoshota set a time of five days.
Five days later, no matter what the outcome, everyone will meet in Yanmen County!
Therefore, it is necessary to speed up the march, so that we can kill more tribes!
"Well, it's the same as at noon. All the dead horses were stewed for dinner, and whatever was left unfinished was divided and left to the soldiers to keep for themselves!"
"yes!"
The soldiers responded loudly and with great momentum.
"Young Master, what should we do with those who just surrendered?"
Wang Ben asked seriously.
If they were killed, the young master would not have agreed to let them surrender just now. Wouldn't it be easier to just chop them down?
But if you don't kill them, it's not convenient to carry such a large group of people.
Mainly a waste of food!
They brought a lot of food and grass, and if they ate a little they would eat less. How could there be any extra for them to eat?
"Choose a group of people, send them to Yanmen County, and let Meng Tian be assigned to the nearby mines. Give them all the dirty, tiring, and most dangerous work, and forget it if they die!"
Xiao Zhengtai said calmly.
It seems as if what we are talking about is not the lives of these people, but a dispensable object!
"yes!"
Wang Ben accepted the order and went to do it immediately.
Let these people do those dangerous jobs, and you can free up 10,000 Qin people in the mines.
They can do business and develop the economy.
You can also go farming and increase your food income!
You can also join the army and earn military merit by defending your home and country!
Another advantage of letting these prisoners go mining is that it can save the court's costs!
The craftsmen working now are all hired with money.
If these people were to replace him, there would be no other costs at all except food and drink. It would be like killing two birds with one stone!
