Chapter 765: Wiping Out in One Net

By the time the shelling stopped, the city wall of the pass was bare, as clean as if it had been licked by a dog. The cannons that the Zhao army had brought this time had all been destroyed. Little Wei Yuan looked around and saw no fish that had slipped through the net, and only then was he satisfied.

The person responsible for commanding the artillery in this battle was none other than Assistant Regional Commander Lu Yu. He flew to Little Wei Yuan's side and said, "The enemy should all be hiding under the pass wall inside the city, which is our blind spot for shooting. Now we can shell the inside of the pass first, forcing them all to hide under the pass wall. Then we move the cannon formation forward, adjust the cannon muzzles at a distance of two miles from the city wall, and use a curved shooting method to bombard the enemy behind the pass wall. They will definitely be caught off guard and will inevitably suffer heavy losses."

Little Wei Yuan looked at Hanyang Pass from afar and said, "Do not carry out cover shelling. Fire a few shots at the pass city's garrison office, sporadic shelling, just to scare them."

"But cover shelling can kill a large number of Zhao troops."

Little Wei Yuan said, "Most of those killed are mortals. Don't forget, there are hundreds of thousands of mortals in the city."

Lu Yu immediately stopped insisting and commanded the artillery to fire a dozen shots, all of which bombarded the garrison office.

"The heart-attacking team, take the field." Little Wei Yuan waved his hand, and dozens of Dao Foundation cultivators walked to the front of the formation, set up the formation map, and sat down according to the orientation.

Subsequently, a scholar with a clear voice sat in the formation, looked at the paper in his hand, and said loudly: "Zhao people, listen! If you want to fight, come out and line up, and have a fair fight! If you dare not fight, put down your military equipment and roll back to Zhao territory! We will not kill those without armor, we mean what we say!

What are you doing now? Neither fighting nor showing your heads, are you shrinking turtles? Every day you only know how to hide under a woman's skirt, can your knees still stand straight, if you still have knees..."

With the help of the formation, the scholar's voice turned into thunder, echoing throughout Hanyang Pass. The more he spoke, the more insidious it became, and the content became more and more unbearable, gradually beginning to insinuate the number of the Princess's intimate friends of the opposite and same sex, but not a single dirty word was used.

A stream of scorching fire suddenly rushed into the sky in the city, and a cold voice sounded: "Little Wei Yuan, you are seeking death!"

The scholar looked at Little Wei Yuan, and Little Wei Yuan nodded. The scholar then said: "My master said, he just wants to seek death, you come and hit him! Why don't you come over?"

There was a burst of laughter in the Qingming army, and the stream of fire became more intense, obviously the woman was not lightly angered. Before she could speak, another round of shelling bombarded the garrison office, drowning out her voice.

The scholar scolded for a while longer, and seeing that there was no movement in the city, Little Wei Yuan frowned slightly and said: "It seems that the Zhao people are determined to fight to the end. Very well, set up the formation, advance, heavy cannons advance five miles, prepare to attack the city!"

At this moment, after the arrival of fifty thousand infantry, Little Wei Yuan had a total of 110,000 troops in his hands. He left ten thousand to guard the camp, forty thousand on standby as a reserve, and the rest of the troops changed into siege equipment and began to approach Hanyang Pass.

The siege was led by twenty thousand heavy-armored elites, all holding giant shields and firearms that fired buckshot.

The city gate of the pass city had long been blown open by artillery fire, and behind the city gate were densely packed Zhao troops, waiting in full battle array. But the Qingming army did not play by the rules and did not attack, but transferred infantry cannons to aim at the city gate and bombarded it fiercely, causing heavy casualties to the Zhao troops lined up in the city, forcing them to retreat into the residential houses behind.

But ordinary residential houses could not stop cannonballs. The Qingming army continued to bombard, killing and wounding another wave of Zhao troops, and the heavy-armored warriors began to enter the city.

Inside the pass city, the female general gritted her teeth and ordered: "The whole army retreats, disperses into the residential houses, and after the enemy enters the city, find an opportunity to fight at close quarters!"

A general hurriedly said: "This will hurt innocent people! It's better to talk to Little Wei Yuan, it should still be in time now. We give up the two counties and retreat to Zhao land, he is not allowed to pursue, does not collect spoils, perhaps he can agree."

"Haven't fought a good battle yet, what to talk about? Now that the battle has become like this, talking is useless! If you can't take it down, talking is useless!"

Several generals did not dare to answer, and could only lead their troops to their respective defense zones, relying on residential houses for defense.

Seeing that the Zhao army's military aura did not fall but rose, Little Wei Yuan's face turned cold and said: "It seems that the Zhao people are really obsessed! Very well, give them a lesson in street fighting!"

The sound of war drums resounded through the battlefield. This drum sound was also specially studied, secretly matching the operation of the human body's Qi and blood, and then amplified by the formation, which could resound through the battlefield. The Qingming warriors were hot-blooded when they heard the war drums, and the heavy-armored warriors stepped forward according to the drum beats, each step making the earth tremble.

The drum beat once, they advanced one step, and a torrent of steel poured into Hanyang Pass.

The Zhao army soldiers finally had a chance to fight at close quarters, and immediately rushed out from the residential houses where they were hiding, and then were stunned to find that these Qingming heavy-armored warriors were simply moving steel plates, with only a few gaps between them, and there was no place to start!

Steel knives were almost useless against heavy armor. Many old Zhao soldiers immediately threw down their knives, some raised their firearms and fired, and some picked up blunt weapons such as war hammers and golden melons.

The bullets of the firearms hit the giant shields, splashing large sparks, but none of them could penetrate the giant shields. And at this time, Qingming's counterattack finally came. The heavy-armored warriors stretched out the gun barrels from the gaps on the side of the giant shields and pulled the triggers. In an instant, faint smoke filled the air, and the roar almost deafened the Zhao soldiers. Countless steel beads the size of fingers hit them, blooming with flowers of blood.

Each shot was a piece of steel beads. As long as the front row of Zhao soldiers were hit head-on, they would all be knocked flying instantly, which showed how powerful it was!

The Qingming heavy-armored warriors began to advance slowly. The firearms they held could not only kill people but were also sharp tools for dismantling houses. One shot could blow through three or four wooden houses, and if the stone house walls were not thick, it was also a big hole with one shot. The Zhao troops hiding in residential houses had no way to hide, and many of them were blown through together with the walls.

Twenty thousand heavy armor were like a torrent of steel, flowing slowly in the city. A large number of lightly armored breastplate infantry also began to enter the city and quickly occupied the pass wall. Dao Foundation cultivators carried infantry cannons and went up to the city wall, set them up, and began to bombard the city fiercely.

Little Wei Yuan led the generals to fly to the pass city, looking at the battle situation in the city, his face was gloomy, and his favor for this Zhao Princess had vanished.

He waved his hand, and the scholar beside him immediately changed a piece of red paper, opened his throat, and read according to the content on the paper: "Using civilians as shields, are you unable to live? Do you still want some face? Invincible, are you Zhao people all so invincible? I heard that you have some Princess here, why not, let her..."

Little Wei Yuan suddenly stopped the scholar.

He was in a fit of anger just now, and only then remembered that Zhao Li also had immortals. If this Princess was also a seed of Dao cultivation, it would be equivalent to provoking another great enemy for the Tai Chu Palace. If the Zhao Li immortals took action against him, without thinking, Lu Changhe and Xu Wangu would definitely not help, and not stabbing him in the back secretly would be considered good.

Little Wei Yuan took a deep breath and said: "Full-scale attack!"

This time, he didn't mention civilians again. In the blink of an eye, the order was passed down to all units. The heavy-armored warriors on the front line had no more scruples, holding shields and rushing around, pushing down one residential house after another. Let the people in the house have nowhere to hide. When shooting, they no longer held back, seeing moving figures and firing a shot, so it was inevitable to accidentally hurt civilians, but the Zhao army's casualties also rose in a straight line, retreating steadily.

The siege progress was significantly accelerated, and Little Wei Yuan pointed to both sides again, and each had a team of elites advancing, attacking along the city wall. A large group of Qingming warriors on the city wall also advanced along the city wall, preparing to completely wrap these 100,000 Zhao troops in Hanyang Pass.

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