Chapter 330: Retreating Troops

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The Artillery let out a deafening roar.

Under the orders of the Artillery commander, the Artillery used nothing but Grape Shot.

The brown pellets flew like a curtain toward the Xiliang soldiers blocking the city gate.

"Pfft, pfft..."

A series of tearing sounds rang out, and a large swath of Xiliang soldiers fell.

At the same time, the Flintlock Infantry collectively pulled the Trigger, "Bang, bang, bang..."

Intense gunfire erupted, and another large group of Xiliang soldiers fell.

This strike from the Wangfu Army finally shattered the Xiliang soldiers' dream of escape.

Looking at the corpses covering the ground, the Xiliang soldiers were terrified to the point of death, dropping their Weapon one after another and kneeling on the ground.

But as the Xiliang soldiers knelt, the Xiliang soldiers outside the city immediately squeezed in.

Seeing this, Chang Wei immediately shouted: "Heavy Infantry, move up, close the city gate!"

Under his command, the Heavy Infantry charged forward.

They passed through the middle of the kneeling Xiliang soldiers.

Like a wall of steel, they blocked the Xiliang soldiers attempting to charge into the city.

"Push together!" After receiving the order, Xuhai came down from the city wall immediately.

He and his subordinates held back the Xiliang soldiers; if these Xiliang soldiers were to counter-charge inside, it would be extremely troublesome.

"Kill you Dasong dogs."

"Go to hell."

"..."

The Xiliang soldiers attempting to charge into the city were blocked by the Wangfu Army, reaching out their hands to gouge the eyes of the Wangfu Army soldiers.

Other Xiliang soldiers held a Dagger and stabbed frantically at the Wangfu Army soldiers, acting like madmen.

They feared the Beidi even more than they feared the Dasong soldiers.

Xuhai saw this and was furious.

He cursed fiercely: "Beat these bastards to death."

Because they were crowded together, swords and blades could not be swung at all.

The Wangfu Army soldiers clenched their fists, using the protrusions on them to smash at the faces of the Xiliang soldiers.

"Ah..."

The Xiliang soldiers covered their faces and screamed, but because they were jammed by the crowd, they could not fall to the ground and could only be carried forward or backward by the flow of people.

The Wangfu Army erupted, and these Xiliang soldiers were unable to parry at all.

Coupled with the Wangfu Army soldiers behind pushing hard, the Xiliang soldiers were squeezed out of the city gate.

"Close the city gate!" Xuhai shouted.

The Heavy Infantry on both sides immediately pushed the gate leaves, working together to slowly close them.

The moment the gate closed, suddenly an Arrow shot through the gap that was about to seal, striking Xuhai right in the right eye.

The excruciating pain made Xuhai let out a scream.

His body swayed, and he suddenly pulled the Arrow out violently.

The arrowhead, eye, and blood were torn out together; Xuhai was in agony.

But thinking that the city gate had not yet been closed tight, he and the soldiers continued to push the gate.

At the moment the gate closed, he saw a Beidi general not far away watching him coldly from horseback.

"Put the gate bolt on." Xuhai issued his final order.

Immediately after, he could no longer hold on and fainted to the ground.

"Colonel!" Several soldiers immediately lifted Xuhai, calling out to him while carrying him away from the city gate.

At this time, the city gate was closed, and Chang Wei let out a heavy sigh of relief.

Tongguan had finally been taken by them first.

Just as his mood lightened, he saw seven or eight Heavy Infantry carrying a general over.

Seeing the general's face, he recognized it was Xuhai.

He was one of the generals promoted after the Yanzhou rebellion.

Originally a Small Banner, he was promoted because of his bravery in battle.

"What happened!" Guan Tong asked first.

"When we were closing the city gate, he was shot by an arrow from a Beidi general!" The soldiers under Xuhai's command had bloodshot eyes.

"When we first climbed the city wall, they were still shooting arrows at us."

"..."

The soldiers spoke one after another.

"Send him to the Medical Officer quickly first." Hearing this, a fire of rage rose in Chang Wei's heart.

Then he glanced at the northern city wall of Tongguan and strode away.

"Call the Flintlock Infantry to climb the city wall." Chang Wei shouted.

Although Dasong had ceased hostilities with the Beidi and even had a Border Market, the hatred in his heart for the Beidi had not diminished in the slightest.

Judging from the Beidi's rush to Tongguan this time, the Beidi did not seem to have given up any opportunity to deal with Dasong.

In his view, this Beidi request for peace was nothing more than a delaying tactic.

A war between Dasong and the Beidi where one side must perish was bound to break out sooner or later.

The relationship between the two sides had never truly eased.

Now that they were fighting over Tongguan, and the Northern Di had brazenly wounded a general under his command, he naturally could not swallow this insult.

"General, it is too dangerous," Guan Tong said, following him to persuade him otherwise.

Chang Wei ignored him completely and went straight up to the city wall.

Guan Tong could only order four Shield-bearers to follow by Chang Wei's side, so that if the Northern Di fired arrows, the soldiers could use their shields to protect him.

Upon reaching the city wall, Chang Wei looked down from his vantage point.

He saw that the road from the city gate westward was covered in the corpses of Xiliang soldiers.

Now he finally understood why the Xiliang soldiers had been fleeing desperately into the city.

The cruelty of the Northern Di had indeed not changed in the slightest.

"Hey, you general of the Great Song, you have a lot of nerve. This Tongguan belongs to us Northern Di; how dare you occupy it by force? What? Do you want to restart the war between the Northern Di and the Great Song? Can your Yan Wang bear the responsibility for this crime?"

Just as Chang Wei climbed onto the city wall, he saw a Northern Di general shouting at him from thirty meters away.

"What a joke! Since when did Tongguan belong to you Northern Di? Are you blind? Can't you see the characters engraved above the city gate?" Guan Tong scolded.

"It used to be yours, the Great Song's, but it was occupied by Xiliang. Now the Xiliang people have given Tongguan to us, so it is ours. I advise you to get out of Tongguan and hand it over obediently, otherwise, the flames of war will surely be rekindled between the Northern Di and the Great Song!" The general glanced in the direction of Tiemuta, and seeing Tiemuta nod, the general continued to clamor.

Chang Wei sneered and said, "If you want to fight, then fight. Why all this nonsense? Tongguan is right here; if you have the ability, come and take it!"

Seeing that his threats had no effect on the Yan Wang's general.

The Northern Di general returned to Tiemuta's side.

"Great King, what should we do?" the general asked.

Tiemuta's heart felt as if it had been ripped out and struck a heavy blow.

Just a little more, and the Northern Di soldiers could have entered Tongguan.

But it was just that little bit short, and he had failed.

Now Tongguan was still occupied by the Yan Wang's soldiers.

After his threats proved completely ineffective, he said, "Fire arrows at the city wall and give that general a taste of our power."

Unable to swallow this insult, he wanted to kill a few Great Song soldiers to vent his anger.

Upon receiving his order, the Northern Di Cavalry took their bows and arrows from the side of their Warhorses.

"Protect the General," Guan Tong shouted immediately upon observing the movements of the Northern Di Cavalry.

As his voice fell, a sound of piercing through the air was heard, and arrows rained down from the sky, striking the shields.

"Fire!" Upon hearing the sound of bowstrings, Chang Wei also issued the order.

The Flintlock soldiers pulled the Triggers at the Northern Di soldiers below the wall.

A series of "bang, bang, bang" sounds rang out, and Northern Di Cavalry were immediately struck and fell to the ground.

Some Flintlock soldiers were also hit by arrows and suffered minor injuries.

But the Armor of the Northern Di soldiers could not block the Bullets of the Flintlocks.

Many of the soldiers who fell from their horses were killed outright.

"Is that the Yan Wang's new Weapon?" Tiemuta was startled.

After the Yan Wang's soldiers displayed this type of Weapon, it did not take long for their spies to obtain relevant information from the routed Xiliang soldiers.

Tuobawen had only heard of it, and now, seeing this firearm held in hand, emitting a loud noise, flashes of fire, and smoke, he was similarly stunned for a long while.

"Retreat!"

Looking at the Yan Wang's soldiers on the city wall with unwillingness, Tiemuta gave the order.

In this round of confrontation, he still had not gained any advantage.