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"Stop the whole army!"
One mile away from Suoyunguan Pass, Qin Zongquan saw that the place was still relatively empty, so he decisively ordered to stop the march and set up a formation.
Then he repeated his old tricks and said to the soldiers around him: "Go immediately to persuade us to surrender."
"As you command!"
The soldiers had no need to talk nonsense and immediately ran to persuade the defenders of the pass to surrender.
After tasting the sweetness of Hukou Pass, Qin Zongquan had finally become addicted to being a "victorious general". He naively thought that Suoyunguan could not be compared with Hukou Pass in terms of military strength and terrain. What reason did the defenders in the Pass not surrender? Woolen cloth?
However, this time he was wrong, and very wrong. The four hundred defenders of Suoyunguan were not soft persimmons, but a hard iron plate, and they had to pay for kicking him.
The soldiers came to the city and shouted loudly: "Listen to the garrison behind closed doors, Yongzhou City has been captured by our army. If you are wise and surrender quickly, you will not die!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a pair of cold gazes were immediately projected from the crenel, making the soldiers feel startled and their hairs stood up unconsciously.
The next moment, Wang Chang squeezed out his head and raised his crossbow to the soldiers in the city: "I'll give you three breaths to escape, otherwise this crossbow arrow will pierce the heads of these bandits!"
The soldier's eyes widened and he said angrily: "General Qin is benevolent and righteous, giving you and others a way to survive. I advise you not to be disrespectful."
"啕~"
"Pfft~"
As soon as the soldiers of the Chu army finished speaking, Wang Chang pressed the trigger, and the crossbow arrows were like meteors chasing the moon, directly piercing the soldiers' throats.
The soldier opened his mouth and covered his cold neck. Even to the end of his life, he could not understand why the guard of Suoyunguan could be so domineering.
Then, with endless coldness, the soldier pressed hard to the end. In the blink of an eye, he was swept away by darkness and stopped breathing.
When Qin Zongquan in the distance saw this scene, he was stunned for a moment, then drew out his sword and shouted: "At one go, take Suoyun Pass!"
"Drink~"
"Drink~"
"Drink~"
Thousands of soldiers of the Chu army shouted wildly, and then carried ladder siege vehicles and launched an offensive towards Suoyunguan.
"coming!"
Wang Chang put away his crossbow, picked up the musket, licked his dry lower lip, and said excitedly: "Brothers, let this ragtag group of people experience the power of my Jingwu School!"
"drink!"
The four hundred non-commissioned officers shouted in unison, and then officially entered a state of alert. They lowered their helmets and poked the black muskets out of the crenels, aiming at the incoming Chu army.
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
"Swish, swish——"
At a distance of seventy steps, the archers responsible for covering the siege troops began to fire a volley at the head of the city under the orders of their respective superiors.
"Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding..."
However, when the sharp arrow hit the sergeant, it made a crisp metal collision sound.
The high-quality iron armor protected the soldiers perfectly. Under the attack of several arrows, no one of the 400 soldiers was harmed.
Since iron armor began to be mass-produced under Liu Ce's rule, the threat of bows and arrows has become less of a threat. Except for heavy crossbows such as armor-piercing bed crossbows, only bows with more than three stones can cause damage to them.
However, the three-stone bow cannot be pulled open by ordinary soldiers. The number is pitifully small, and this threat is almost negligible.
However, although these rounds of volleys did not cause any damage to the defenders, they allowed the attacking Chu soldiers to successfully reach Suoyun Pass.
Wang Chang, who had been observing the enemy's form with a looking glass, decisively ordered: "Aim at the bandits behind the ladder and shoot with fire cannons!"
"Pah, pah, pah, pah..."
Fifty fire blunderbuss burst into flames in an instant. Driven by the gunpowder, the lead bullets flew densely toward the Chu soldiers behind the ladder.
"Puff puff puff puff..."
Immediately, a cloud of blood mist arose from the Chu army. The soldiers who were shot were startled at first, and then started to roar like ghosts and wolves.
"Mom~"
A Chu soldier's abdomen was pierced by a lead bullet, causing a wound the size of a fist. The intestines in his body suddenly flowed to the ground.
The soldiers of the Chu army were in pain and fear. They dropped their weapons and pressed their wounds with their hands, trying to stuff the flowing intestines back into their stomachs.
An archer on the side had half of his cheek wiped off by the high-speed projectiles, revealing his white and bright red teeth. He was dancing and running around on the battlefield like crazy.
There was also a Chu soldier who was hit in the knee by a bullet, which crushed his leg bones. He lay on his back in pain and wailed loudly.
This round of shooting caused the casualties of more than 20 Chu soldiers. Although it was not many, it gave the Chu army an unprecedented shock.
It was the first time for many people in the Chu army present to see the power of fire cannons. Seeing the tragic situation of their companions after being hit by fire cannons, they all swallowed hard and trembled with fear.
Unfortunately, this was only the first round. Soon, fifty fire cannons were aimed at them in the second round.
"Pah, pah, pah..."
There was another explosion like exploding beans, and a cloud of blood mist rose up in the Chu army formation again. More than twenty people were shot and fell to the ground. Some were directly hit and died on the spot, while others were waiting for death in pain.
After the third round of volleys of fire cannons, the attacking Chu soldiers collapsed. Seeing this, Qin Zongquan hurriedly used his sword and shield men to cover, so he could stabilize the situation and continue the attack.
Fortunately, the ladder has been raised high, and the siege vehicle is about to arrive at Suoyun Pass. Qin Zongquan breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was a little surprised that there were muskets in the Shu army, the situation seemed to be developing in his favor. .
However……
Just as the Chu soldiers began to climb up the ladder, the muzzle of the Hu Zun Cannon was quietly aimed at them.
Wang Chang smiled particularly cruelly. He held a torch and came to a tiger cannon. Looking at the Chu soldiers struggling to climb up, he lit the goose down fuse at the tail of the cannon: "Let the thieves have a taste of what it means to be a rain of bullets and guns." .”
"Boom~"
Hot gas burst out violently along the muzzle of the Tiger Cannon, and dense scattering shells swept directly towards the group of ignorant siege soldiers.
Before a Chu Army Sword Shielder who was climbing could react, he felt a wave of heat sweep over his face. He instinctively squinted his eyes. Then he opened his eyes for a moment and saw a palm hanging on the ladder directly above his son.
When he looked closely, he saw that it was his own palm.
"Ah~~"
The next second, he let out an inhuman scream, stumbled down the ladder, and fell heavily to the ground, crushing his companion below who was preparing to climb.
There was also a Chu soldier who was even worse. He was shot at close range, and countless shotguns penetrated his body directly from the side. When he landed, he was unrecognizable and his whole body was bleeding.
Shotguns tore apart his internal organs, and his expression was extremely ferocious until his death. It was hard to tell whether it was fear or madness.
Fifteen Tiger Cannons fired a salvo, causing the Chu soldiers up and down the ladder to cry for their fathers and mothers. The minced flesh and corpses that could be seen everywhere completely defeated their psychological defenses.
After the sixth round of fire cannon fire, the attacking Chu soldiers left more than 200 corpses at Suoyun Pass and completely retreated.
The Chu army's first attack failed...
