Chapter 423: Bombardment of Shanyang Pass
After all the generals left, Xu Chengye muttered to himself with a complicated expression.
"I was wondering why Your Majesty has been acting so strange lately."
"Then everything makes sense."
"Zhu Hongwu, Zhu Hongwu, you should never, ever, touch the Emperor of Qi!"
After Xu Chengye finished speaking, he slapped the sand table angrily.
As Xu Chengye struck out with his palm, the entire sand table suddenly shattered into pieces.
A "boom" sound quickly attracted the attention of the guards outside Xu Chengye's study.
“Knock knock knock—”
"Coach, Coach, are you okay?!"
Soon, there was a knock on the door and nervous questioning from the guards outside the study.
Hearing the noise coming from outside the study, Xu Chengye quickly replied.
"It's okay, I'm just a little upset, you all can leave!"
"Yes, coach."
After receiving Xu Chengye's reply, everyone retreated when they saw that nothing had happened.
After confirming that the guards outside had left, Xu Chengye breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he picked up the letter Jiang Chen had written to him from among the fragments on the sand table.
"This Emperor Yan is quite interesting, but I, Xu Chengye, am not that easy to recruit."
"Since you want to recruit me, Xu Chengye, then let me, Xu Chengye, see what qualifications you have for me to submit to you!"
After saying that, Xu Chengye stuffed the letter into his arms and strode out of the study.
A day later, Jiang Chen still hadn't received a reply from Xu Chengye.
But Jiang Chen was not in a hurry. He just called Yuan Hao and Yu Shuo to his central military tent.
After receiving Jiang Chen's summons, Yuan Hao and Yu Shuo did not dare to delay at all.
He quickly put down the things in his hands and strode to Jiang Chen's central military tent.
Looking at the two people who came in a hurry, Jiang Chen did not give them time to think.
He waved his hand and gave orders to the two of them.
"Yuan Hao, Yu Shuo , I order you to mobilize the artillery battalion immediately!"
"Target: bombard the Shanyang Pass city wall."
Following Jiang Chen's order, Yuan Hao and Yu Shuo bowed and accepted the order.
"I obey your command, Your Majesty!"
After receiving Jiang Chen's order, Yuan Hao and Yu Shuo quickly turned around and walked out of the central military tent.
Soon, the artillery battalion, led by Yuan Hao, slowly left the Yan State camp.
Yu Shuo, with the cavalry of the Shenshu Camp, escorted the artillery battalion to the best shooting point.
After reaching the best shooting point, Yuan Hao quickly led the soldiers of the artillery battalion.
Move the artillery pieces to a good observation position.
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the artillery battalion carried out boxes of artillery shells.
Seeing that all the gunners were in position and the shells were fully prepared.
So Yuan Hao waved the command flag in his hand and shouted loudly.
"All gunners in position, calibrate the gun muzzles!"
A group of artillerymen quickly followed Yuan Hao's orders and adjusted the direction of the artillery in front of them.
"Reload!"
Following another order from Yuan Hao, the assistant gunner who was responsible for loading ammunition quickly and familiarly loaded the shells into the muzzle.
"Light it up, set it off!"
Seeing that the ammunition was loaded, Yuan Hao gave the final order.
After receiving his order, the auxiliary gunner at the side put the torch in his hand, which had already been lit with a fire starter, onto the fuse.
After the fuse was ignited, all the artillery roared in unison.
"Bang, bang— "
One after another, artillery shells streaked across the sky and shot towards the direction of Shanyang Pass!
Looking at the small black dots that were getting closer and closer, the Qi soldiers on the top of Shanyang Pass became confused.
"What is that?"
"You are surprised by what you have never seen before. I am afraid that these are just stones thrown by the Yan army using catapults."
The Qi soldiers were talking about everything, having no idea what they were about to face.
What a shocking scene and picture!
While the Qi soldiers were discussing the matter, the shells had already landed accurately not far from the wall of Shanyang Pass.
“Boom boom—”
Accompanied by deafening noises, shells exploded one after another.
After the shells exploded, countless dust and smoke were raised, with flashes of fire in the smoke.
The entire Shanyang Pass shook violently under the bombardment of these artillery shells.
The Qi soldiers on the top of didn't even have time to react.
They were knocked to the ground by the huge shockwaves of the explosion!
Even Xu Chengye, who was drinking tea and handling military affairs in the study of the City Lord's Mansion.
He was so frightened by the huge shock that he dropped the full cup of tea in his hand to the ground.
Hearing the loud noise coming from outside the pass, Xu Chengye didn't care about anything else.
He stood up and ran out of the study, then asked the guards in the courtyard who were also in a panic.
"Quick, prepare the horses! I want to go to the top of the city to see what's going on!"
After receiving Xu Chengye's instructions, the originally panicked guards finally came to their senses.
Soon, Xu Chengye's mount was brought over.
After climbing onto his horse, Xu Chengye ran quickly towards the top of the city wall.
At the same time, at the artillery camp of the Yan State not far outside Shanyang Pass City.
Looking at the Shanyang Pass city wall that was not hit by artillery fire, Yuan Hao smiled slightly and nodded with satisfaction.
The big stone in my heart finally fell to the ground.
"Huh, I finally accomplished His Majesty's instructions and didn't hit the wall of Shanyang Pass."
"Brothers, you did a great job. Let's give these Qi people another shot in the same way as before!"
"If you play as well as you did just now, I'll give you an extra meal tonight!"
Upon hearing that they could have an extra meal in the evening, all the soldiers in the artillery battalion stood up and cheered.
Under the temptation of an evening snack, the soldiers of the artillery battalion did not use Yuan Hao's command .
Everyone followed the same instructions and lit the fuse of the cannon again.
As a result, the Qi soldiers who had just stood up on the top of Shanyang Pass were knocked to the ground again!
And Xu Chengye was about to arrive at the city gate.
The horse he was riding was frightened by the sound of the exploding shells.
Before Xu Chengye could react, he was thrown out by the mount under his crotch!
After Xu Chengye was thrown out, he fell heavily to the ground.
"Coach, are you okay?!"
Several soldiers guarding the city gate stood up unsteadily, and seeing Xu Chengye lying on the ground, they hurried over and helped him up.
"I'm fine, what happened?"
"Why is there such a big commotion!?"
Xu Chengye asked the soldiers beside him with lingering fear.
But these soldiers shook their heads in confusion, as they had never seen the power of artillery.
How could I recognize that this was an artillery attack...
