Chapter 108: Attack and Conquest

"Your Highness, look!"

Early in the morning, Zhao Xu finished his breakfast and arrived at the city wall early.

Unlike last night, the area outside the city was now a sheet of white, as if a heavy snow had just fallen overnight.

These white objects were nothing else but the encampments of the Northern Di.

"And over there," Chang Wei pointed to a corner of the Northern Di encampment.

There, some Northern Di soldiers were moving metal objects out of the camp and lining them up in front of the stockade.

These metal objects were not very long, about a meter or so, like a tube.

The mouth of the tube was as thick as a bowl, and the tube wall was not very thick.

It was precisely the Firearm currently being used by the Great Song army.

There were currently more than thirty such Firearms on the city wall, prepared for use when the Northern Di attacked the city.

These Firearms were not very heavy and could be carried by horses.

Although the power of this thing was far inferior to real Artillery.

But the Stone Bullet fired during wartime could still cause some trouble for the soldiers.

"The Northern Di are learning quite fast," Chang Wei gritted his teeth.

In the Ningjindusizhizhan, a large number of craftsmen were plundered from the Great Song.

These craftsmen brought a lot of Great Song technology to the Northern Di.

Since then, the Great Song had basically no difference from the Northern Di in terms of Armor, Weapon, and primitive firearms.

The only slight advantage the Great Song had was gone.

Even because the Northern Di were good at fighting, the Great Song had fallen into a disadvantage.

So seeing these things that the Great Song originally used to deal with the Northern Di now being used to deal with himself, he was quite annoyed.

"Do not underestimate your enemy, otherwise you will capsize in the gutter," Zhao Xu said indifferently.

At the same time, he was somewhat speechless.

Such things had happened many times in the contemporary era as well.

The Grassland learned the system and technology of the Central Plains, and finally pushed back against the Central Plains.

Chang Wei nodded.

Just at this moment, the Northern Di camp suddenly sounded with the wooing of horn calls.

The Northern Di soldiers who were originally in the camp kept coming out from within.

This time they were no longer riding horses, but had picked up swords and shields.

This was the advantage of Cavalry in the cold weapon era.

Mounting a horse made them Cavalry, and dismounting made them Infantry.

After hitting a place, they could immediately mount their horses and move quickly, so fast that they could not even be chased.

They were simply an ancient mechanized unit.

Therefore, while they were barbarians in terms of culture, they were actually not weak in terms of military.

"Prepare for battle." Every move of the Northern Di meant they were going to attack the city.

Chang Wei answered in the affirmative and had the soldiers beat the war drums.

"Dong, dong, dong..."

The thick and majestic sound of drums rose, and the expressions of the soldiers on the city wall immediately became serious.

The soldiers in charge of the Firearms loaded the Stone Bullet into the muzzle and aimed at the Northern Di soldiers below.

After the drums at the North Gate sounded, the war drums at the other three city gates sounded one after another.

The entire Yancheng became solemn at this moment.

Outside the city.

Kutu stood on a temporarily built command platform looking at the Yancheng soldiers on the city wall, with Muto serving by his side.

"Attack the city." A trace of fanaticism emerged from Kutu's face.

Inside Yancheng, there were countless gold, silver, and jewels, and there were beauties of peerless appearance.

As long as Yancheng was taken, all of this would be his.

And his failure in the last trade would also become insignificant in this glory.

Muto went down from the Command Platform.

Amidst the rumbling drums of Yancheng, the sound of ox-horn horns rose.

At this time, teams carrying Scaling Ladder appeared in front of the camp.

Mixed in the Ladder Team were soldiers holding shields.

Fifty Ladder Teams were lined up in sequence, with a large number of Northern Di soldiers following behind each Ladder Team.

These Northern Di soldiers wore light Armor, held Curved Blade in their hands, and had a dozen thin braids tied in their messy hair.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The Northern Di Ladder Team had just lined up,

Suddenly a burst of fire flared up.

The hundred or so Firearms arranged in front of the camp emitted a burst of white smoke.

After the white smoke, the projectiles made of stone soared into the air, flying more than a hundred meters to smash onto the city wall.

"Watch your heads," the officers of various ranks on the city wall shouted one after another.

As his voice fell, black dots fell from the sky.

Some projectiles smashed toward the city wall and shattered instantly.

Stone bullets fell among the soldiers; seeing things falling, the soldiers immediately dodged.

There were also a few unlucky ones who did not manage to dodge in time and were struck by the Stone Bullets, falling to the ground.

However, protected by their Armor, they were not injured too severely and stood back up after a moment of recovery.

One Stone Bullet landed right on the city wall in front of Zhao Xu.

The fragments of the shattered Stone Bullet struck his Armor, emitting a faint metallic clashing sound.

Xu Lie and the guards stood in front of Zhao Xu to protect him.

Seeing the Stone Bullets falling continuously, he said, "Your Highness, go down from the city wall to take cover; it is too dangerous here."

"No need," Zhao Xu said indifferently.

He observed for a while, relying on his Armor; as long as he was not hit directly in the head, there would be no major problems.

If he were to retreat because of this bit of danger, wouldn't he become a laughingstock?

Furthermore, he also wanted to participate in the war personally; how could this not be a tempering for him?

Seeing that his dissuasion was of no use, Xu Lie had no choice but to remain vigilant at all times, staring at the sky to prevent Yan Wang from being hit by a stone.

After a round of Firearm bombardment, nearly half a minute passed before another wave of Stone Bullets landed on the city wall.

Zhao Xu calculated secretly that this Firearm could only fire one shot in about a minute; it was truly too slow, and its power was not great, unable to decide the outcome of a battlefield.

After this battle, he would definitely make the Northern Di people see what true firearms were.

The bombardment of the Firearms continued for a quarter of an hour before stopping.

At this moment, a burst of battle cries rang out.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei looked down at the foot of the city; the Northern Di people were charging over while carrying Scaling Ladders.

"Ignite," Chang Wei shouted.

Under his command, the Firearms on the city wall emitted a roaring sound.

Stone Bullets flew toward the Northern Di army.

However, just like the Firearms of the Northern Di people, the margin of error for the Stone Bullets was too great, and they often missed their targets when fired.

Only a few unlucky Northern Di soldiers were hit, lying on the ground and wailing.

But this still could not weaken the offensive of the Northern Di people.

"Crossbowmen, advance!" Chang Wei shouted.

The distance the Firearms fired was still quite far.

By blind luck, they had caused some losses to the Northern Di people.

But once the distance closed, the slow-firing Firearms would not be of much use.

Chang Wei knew this well and immediately ordered the crossbowmen to shoot downward.

"Swish, swish..."

Upon receiving the order, the crossbowmen immediately stepped forward, shooting arrows from a high vantage point at the Northern Di Ladder Team.

The Arrows flew toward the Northern Di people like raindrops.

Immediately, more than twenty people in one Northern Di Ladder Team fell; the remaining ones could not hold up the Scaling Ladder and collapsed to the ground.

The Northern Di soldiers behind saw this and immediately stepped forward to replace the fallen soldiers.

This time they were prepared; the shield-bearers among the Scaling Ladders immediately raised their shields above their heads, protecting the soldiers carrying the Scaling Ladders.

With the protection of the shields, the Scaling Ladders continuously approached the city wall.

Chang Wei then shouted, "Shoot the soldiers behind."

The soldiers immediately abandoned the Ladder Team and aimed at the soldiers following behind the Scaling Ladders.

And when the Scaling Ladders reached the foot of the city, Chang Wei shouted again, "Throw stones, pour hot oil."

These essential supplies for defending the city had been ordered to be prepared by Chang Wei before the Northern Di army arrived.

The purpose was to deliver one more blow after the Scaling Ladders reached the foot of the city.