Chapter 414

"Ah..."

A violent explosion rang out, and the screams of Xiliang soldiers followed.

On the city wall, a Xiliang soldier clutched his face; at this moment, five nails were deeply embedded in his face, and one had even pierced his eye.

To his left, a soldier fell into a pool of blood; shrapnel had sliced through his neck, and blood sprayed out like a fountain.

To his right, three soldiers wailed as lead pellets drilled deep into their arms and thighs.

Further away from him, the scene was equally tragic.

Within a one-hundred-meter stretch, the area was filled with writhing bodies.

Previously, although they had heard of what artillery was, and soldiers who had fled back from Jinzhou had even described it to them vividly.

But they had never heard of, let alone seen, this current situation.

Why did the black projectiles thrown up by the Da Song soldiers explode in mid-air, leaving them with no way to dodge?

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Before the Xiliang soldiers could react, another wave of black cannonballs descended, exploding in the air just the same, and immediately, a large number of soldiers fell.

At this point, even as veterans, they could no longer endure it and immediately fled the area of the explosions.

A blank space immediately appeared on the city wall, an area where no soldiers were left to defend.

Seeing this, Chang Wei immediately urged the soldiers to fill the moat.

The Ma Family soldiers and the Prince's Personal Army soldiers moved simultaneously.

They carried sacks to the riverside and pushed them in.

One, two, one hundred, three hundred; the water of the moat was dyed yellow by the mud and sand in the sacks, but the sacks sinking to the bottom piled higher and higher, and the sacks near the bank gradually emerged above the water.

The Da Song soldiers' moat-filling operation was immediately reported to An Xi by the generals on the city wall.

At this time, An Xi was ordering the Supervision Team to behead the soldiers from the city wall.

"Place their heads on the steps of the city wall!" An Xi roared, then ascended the city wall.

Inside the city, he had already noticed the black spheres that would explode in mid-air; without a doubt, this was another type of firearm from Yan Wang.

The general quickly reported the casualties: "Leader, we have suffered over three hundred casualties; the south and north walls have not yet reported, but it will likely be over a thousand."

He then added: "Yan Wang's soldiers are using a type of short cannon to fire these things; after exploding, nails and iron pellets fly out, and the soldiers are all wounded by these."

Having finished, he displayed a handful of bloody nails and iron pellets to An Xi.

"Damn it!" An Xi was furious.

Their soldiers had suffered enough from artillery in Jinzhou; he had not expected that now, not only would they have to suffer from artillery, but they would also have to suffer from this new type of firearm.

"Have the soldiers hold up shields and charge over for me; they cannot be allowed to fill the moat so easily," An Xi said; he had to stall Yan Wang.

Upon receiving his order, the general immediately went to the foot of the city wall.

Naturally, the army of one hundred thousand could not all be placed on the city wall.

In fact, the city wall of Weicheng could only accommodate thirty thousand people.

As for the remaining army, one part waited at the foot of the city to fill gaps, and one part waited at the main camp for deployment.

After descending the city wall, the general immediately ordered the soldiers to gather the shields in the army.

He had these soldiers hold up shields to protect the archers as they approached the moat-filling area.

After all, only in this area could they attack the Da Song soldiers.

Besides archers, the general also had soldiers protect the Firearm Soldiers, using Stone Bullets to attack.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The attack from the city wall arrived, and the Wangfu Army soldiers and Ma Family soldiers carrying sandbags were immediately wounded.

They were immediately dragged away from the battlefield area by their companions.

Chang Wei immediately called a halt to the moat-filling, then said to the artillery commander: "Adjust the cannonball explosion distance."

Zhao Xu heard this, nodded slightly, and said nothing.

Ma Han and Dian Zhang had long been stunned by these mid-air exploding cannonballs.

The two men's gazes remained fixed on the artillerymen who were firing continuously.

The envy in their eyes could not be concealed.

Traveling together on this journey, they had actually already realized that the firearms and artillery Yan Wang gave them were not the best.

But they could not harbor any resentment.

Asking themselves, if the Ma Family had such sharp weapons, they would be desperate to hide and cover them up; they wouldn't even bring out things of lesser quality.

They had no standing to question Yan Wang.

At this moment, Chang Wei's military order brought them back to their senses.

They then discovered that the Xiliang soldiers had reached the opposite side of the moat-filling area under the cover of shields, using bows and arrows and firearms to attack their soldiers.

Seeing this, they revealed expectant expressions, watching how Yan Wang's artillerymen would deal with them.

They saw an artilleryman twist the Wooden Fuse on a cannonball, then light it and fire.

With a boom, the cannonball exploded above the city wall again, but it was still very close to the wall.

The artilleryman then fired another shot, adjusted again, and on the third shot, the cannonball smashed into the Xiliang soldiers' shields and exploded with a roar.

The Xiliang shield formation was blown open with a gap by the cannonball.

The artillerymen immediately told the other artillerymen the rotation scale, and the forty short cannons fired again.

This time, most of the cannonballs landed on the city wall, blasting the Xiliang soldiers holding shields into disarray.

Ma Han and Dian Zhang's mouths could almost not close.

Seeing the situation on the city wall, they had originally thought they could only fill the moat by relying on casualties.

But now, things have unexpectedly taken a turn.

Now, they cannot help but feel fortunate to be advancing and retreating alongside the troops of Yan Wang.

Otherwise, if they were with the troops of other powerful clans, they would likely still be arguing over who goes first and who goes last.

And they would suffer even greater losses after attacking the city.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Fire flared up on the city walls once again.

The Xiliang soldiers in the area where the moat was being filled were quickly routed.

Zhao Xu once again ordered the soldiers to continue filling the moat.

At the same time, the messengers relayed the orders to the other city walls.

"The rest is just waiting," Zhao Xu said to Ma Han at this moment.

The moat is fifteen meters wide, and only a small portion near the bank has been filled so far.

The remaining part will likely take several more days.

Weng City.

The battle here has also broken out.

The four-hundred-thousand-strong army is each responsible for attacking one side, and the sound of Artillery is continuous.

The entire battlefield is permeated with white gunpowder smoke.

"Magnificent, truly magnificent!"

Zhao Heng sat before the southern camp, listening to the rumbling of the Artillery and watching the blue bricks on the city ramparts shatter and fly as they were struck by Cannonballs, his eyes radiating an excited glow.

Although he had seen the power of the Artillery, the simultaneous firing of so many pieces was far more shocking than a single cannon.

The Second Prince accompanied Zhao Heng, and hearing his father say this, a sour feeling welled up in his heart.

How did the brain of this crazy, foolish Yan Wang, whom he had bullied for years in Jingshi, suddenly become enlightened, and how did he manage to create these things?

Perhaps it really was the help of an expert, but why would an expert help such a lowly Imperial Prince?

"Father Emperor, the reason Yan Wang has been able to win consecutive victories is merely by relying on the Artillery. Now that our central army also has Artillery, capturing this Weng City will not be difficult. Look at the city ramparts; the Xiliang soldiers are all shrinking back in fear," the Second Prince said.

Zhao Heng naturally saw this, and a look of self-satisfaction could not help but appear on his face.

Yang Feng, however, had his brows tightly locked; at present, the Imperial Guard soldiers were filling the moat.

The Scaling Ladders and other equipment were already prepared; as soon as the moat was filled, they could attack the city.

What puzzled him, however, was that a long inner street could be seen through the city gate that had been blasted open by the Artillery.

The Xiliang general guarding Weng City did not seem to have set up any obstacles at the city gate.

This was somewhat strange.

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