Chapter 316: The Recovery of Jincheng

"What is that fire-spitting weapon?"

On the north-south main street of Jincheng, Tuoba Wuji retreated while watching the Yanzhou soldiers' weapons, which continuously emitted flashes of fire and smoke.

Every time a flash of fire appeared, a large group of Xiliang soldiers would fall.

Facing this weapon they had never encountered before, the Xiliang soldiers were clearly terrified; no one was willing to charge forward to their deaths anymore.

These Da Song soldiers holding strange weapons had initially only stayed at the foot of the city wall.

But after the Xiliang soldiers dared not charge the city wall again, they formed a line and came toward his direction.

Once any Xiliang soldiers charged toward them, they would stop again, followed by more fire and smoke.

"Leader, Jincheng cannot be held." A Main General ran over from the front, covered in blood.

His arm was dripping with blood, hit precisely by the Wangfu Army's flintlock.

Looking at the shocking wound on the Main General's arm, Tuoba Wuji's heart skipped a beat.

Just at this moment, his gaze was drawn to movement on the city wall at the breach.

Some Yan Wang soldiers climbed onto the city wall, holding ropes and pulling something.

When he saw clearly, his pupils suddenly dilated.

These Yanzhou soldiers were pulling their artillery up onto the city wall.

Once the artillery was up, they sent up ammunition.

Immediately, the muzzles were aimed at the Xiliang soldiers inside the city.

"Leader, while the soldiers have not yet scattered, gather the troops and charge out from the West Gate; it will be too late if we wait any longer," another Main General said.

Outside the city, there were over sixty thousand Yanzhou soldiers, while inside the city, there were only twenty thousand-plus men.

With the north city wall occupied, they simply could not hold Jincheng.

Although Tuoba Wuji was unwilling, he knew the Main General was right.

Jincheng could not be held.

His ambition and his desire for revenge vanished into thin air under the attack of the Yan Wang's troops.

"Leader,

as long as the green hills remain, there is no need to worry about firewood!" Another Main General's persuasion moved Tuoba Wuji.

He mounted the horse brought by the Main General and headed toward the West Gate.

Guarding him were five hundred Iron Harrier cavalry, two thousand Light Cavalry, and his three thousand elite Infantry.

The west city gate was opened, and the cavalry charged out of the city first.

But at this moment, the sound of artillery suddenly rang out; the Xiliang cavalry at the very front flew backward, colliding with three other cavalrymen.

"Bang, bang, bang..." At the same time the artillery sounded, the flintlocks pulled their triggers.

The cavalry fell one by one in the gate passage, blocking the city gate.

"Go to the Nanmen!" Seeing that they could not charge out of the West Gate.

Tuoba Wuji turned his horse's head and went to the Nanmen instead.

But at the Nanmen, they still suffered intense shelling; the soldiers' corpses blocked the gate, and they lost the path through the Nanmen once again.

Finally, they went to the East Gate, but still could not break through.

"Truly, Heaven wishes to destroy me, Tuoba Wuji." Unable to charge out of Jincheng, Tuoba Wuji laughed miserably.

Looking toward the North Gate, he said, "Even if we are to die, we must take one more Da Song soldier with us to the grave. Follow me and kill!"

Having said this, he led the cavalry toward the North Gate.

"Your Highness, look!"

At the North Gate, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei had climbed onto the North Gate tower.

To his left were twelve six-pound Field Artillery pieces.

Looking in the direction Chang Wei pointed, a group of Xiliang cavalry was charging toward them.

The man at the head wore ornate Armor, significantly different from the other generals.

"Tuoba Wuji?" Zhao Xu asked.

Chang Wei shook his head; he had never seen Tuoba Wuji before.

Zhao Xu said to the artillery commander, "Shell those cavalry!"

Responding with a "Yes," the artillery commander immediately turned the muzzles.

Then the sound of artillery rang out, and twelve Cannonballs flew toward the Xiliang cavalry.

In the Monocular, some of these Cannonballs hit the houses on both sides of the street, while others landed and bounced off, flying off to unknown places.

A few flew into the ranks of the Xiliang cavalry.

Immediately, Xiliang cavalrymen were hit, falling to the ground and dying miserably.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The first round was finished.

The artillerymen fired a second round, killing and wounding more cavalry, then hurriedly reloaded.

Tuoba Wuji held a Long Sword in his hand, whipping his Warhorse fiercely.

He could already clearly see the Yanzhou soldiers ahead holding the strange weapons.

But just at this moment, another rumble of artillery came; he suddenly felt his arm go empty, then his whole body soared into the air and landed heavily on the ground.

Intense pain followed immediately; he tried to struggle to crawl up, only to find his left arm was hanging by a mere shred of flesh—it had been severed.

Blood gushed from his arm like a spring; Tuoba Wuji's vision went black, and he passed out.

With Tuoba Wuji injured, the Xiliang cavalry following behind him fell into immediate chaos.

On the city wall, Chang Wei decisively seized this opportunity; while continuously bombarding with artillery, he ordered the flintlock team to move forward and annihilate this remaining Xiliang cavalry unit.

Having lost their leader, the Xiliang soldiers immediately became like headless flies, fleeing in all directions.

Wangfu Army soldiers continuously poured in through the breach, pursuing them.

"When Tuoba Wuji attacked Jincheng, he ordered the slaughter of all the Forbidden Army soldiers in the city. If we catch him this time, we must kill him to console the wronged souls of these Forbidden Army soldiers." A chilling coldness flickered in Chang Wei's eyes.

Zhao Xu nodded; blood debts can only be repaid with blood debts.

He did not leave a city gate to ambush the Xiliang people precisely because he did not want to give Tuoba Wuji any chance to escape.

After a large number of Wangfu Army soldiers entered Jincheng, the offensive gradually became one-sided.

The East Gate and West Gate were captured by the Wangfu Army one after another.

Soldiers from the other gates took the opportunity to surge in, and the entire Jincheng was filled with Wangfu Army soldiers.

The Xiliang soldiers had already suffered heavy casualties under the Wangfu Army's offensive and could not resist the encirclement of the Wangfu Army soldiers, who outnumbered them several times over.

When evening descended, Jincheng fell silent.

"Your Highness, Tuoba Wuji lost too much blood and died."

At this moment, Zhao Xu was in the residence Tuoba Wuji had used in Jincheng.

After Tuoba Wuji was wounded, the Xiliang generals had sent Tuoba Wuji back here.

After the Wangfu Army soldiers killed the Xiliang soldiers here, they discovered Tuoba Wuji.

Zhao Xu gazed at the corpse being carried out by the soldiers.

This person was indeed the Xiliang general who had been charging at the front earlier.

"Your Highness, we discovered quite a few Da Song women..." At this moment, a general hurried over, stammering.

"Speak if you have something to say, spit it out if you have something to report." Chang Wei glared at the general.

"It's hard to describe; Your Highness, General, you will know once you see it," the general said.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xu followed the general over.

In the middle of the residence was a great hall, and the hall doors had been smashed open by the Wangfu Army soldiers.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei arrived at the hall entrance, but after just one glance, they turned their heads away and could not bear to look anymore.

At this time, the corner of the great hall was crowded with naked women.

These women huddled together, their faces filled with panic, yet they dared not make a single sound.

"It's a pity I didn't get to kill this dog bastard with my own hands," Chang Wei snorted coldly.

Without needing to think, he knew what these women were being kept here for by Tuoba Wuji.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Xu's hands trembled slightly.

This was the brutality of the Xiliang people; there was nothing you couldn't imagine regarding the cruelty of these alien tribes, and nothing they wouldn't do.

In the history of this era, the Central Plains once had an exceptionally dark period.

During that time, the Han people were slaughtered and eaten; corpses blocked the river channels, they were called "two-legged sheep," and they were almost killed to extinction.

Before, this was just a line of text in history books.

Now, he was witnessing it with his own eyes. Remember this site's URL, Ｗｗｗ．biquxu．Ｃｏｍ, for easy reading next time, or simply enter "" into Baidu to enter this site.