Chapter 1464
Siege, Undefended
Chapter 1464 Siege, Undefended
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At the rear of the moat bridge, Commander Feng watched the chaotic battle raging on the poisoning position, his heart clenching as he silently counted the sounds of gunfire.
"Commander, we can no longer see the brave warriors, only hordes of enemy troops flooding the catapult area!" The scout captain, standing on the elevated ladder and surveying the battle, reported.
No sooner had he finished speaking than three more explosions rang out from the poisoning site... but these were muffled, like the sound of guns exploding.
The cannons didn't explode; it was the last of the assassin eunuchs who used their last strength to throw the small firearm balls into the cannons, destroying all three cannons from the inside.
This is the latest weapon of the Great Wei Dynasty. We must not let the enemy get their hands on the complete guns and cannons, lest their craftsmen develop them and the Great Wei Dynasty suffers a great loss.
"..." Commander Feng dared not wait any longer and ordered: "Launch gunpowder packs with catapults and bombard the positions on the opposite bank. Bomb as many as you can. We can't let the enemy have it too easy!"
They didn't dare to bombard them fiercely before because they were afraid of killing the assassins and eunuchs, thus ruining the important task of the assassins and eunuchs to fight and destroy the plague.
The enemy has now surrounded the area with the catapults, so it's clear that the loyal eunuchs must have died for their country. They did their duty, so regardless of whether their mission was completed or not, they must be destroyed.
The crackling sound of over twenty fuses burning filled the air.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The lit gunpowder packs were thrown into the air and headed towards the poison-deploying positions on the opposite bank.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble!
It exploded less than half a breath after landing, with more than twenty explosions in succession, sending several thousand infected enemy soldiers closest to the shore flying and turning them into pieces.
They even blasted several large craters in the middle of the poisoning site.
"Catapults! Quickly push the catapults to the back, or they'll be destroyed by the grain shovels!"
"Don't retreat! Stand still! Quickly use the catapults to unleash poisonous insects and make all the lowly Wei bastards in the capital city pay for our deaths! Hahaha!" The enemy general, Ah Lie, was truly driven mad by the urge to complete the divine decree so that he could live a life of luxury and nobility in the divine realm and in his next life.
"Release the poisonous insects. Don't be afraid of getting infected; we can't leave the poisoning site alive anyway!"
"Yes, quickly use the catapults to launch the poisonous insects!"
Rumble rumble rumble!
While the enemy was spouting nonsense, Commander Feng and his men seized the opportunity to continuously bombard the poisonous position.
The poisoning site, which spanned a radius of two miles, was completely destroyed by the bombing.
"Commander, we can't stay any longer! The enemy's catapult's rotating arm has been pulled back. The enemy is about to use poison. We need to get back to the city quickly to prevent us from being infected and harming the people in the city!" Upon seeing the situation on the other side, the scout captain rushed over, grabbed Commander Feng, and ran towards the warhorse.
"Detonate the last explosive charge and blow up the bridge! Destroy the bridge to cut off the enemy's route, and destroy the explosives to prevent them from stealing our equipment!"
Commander Feng shouted.
Some soldiers were already doing it, and it wasn't long after he finished shouting...
"Run! There are only eight leads at most!" shouted the soldiers who were finishing up, as they mounted their horses and galloped toward the city gate.
After running for a while, Commander Feng became anxious, not because he was afraid of being blown up, but because he was worried: "What if it's a dud?"
Rumble rumble rumble!
Several loud explosions rang out as the gunpowder successfully detonated. Boom boom boom, the rear section of the bridge was blasted apart, and pieces of broken wood fell into the moat.
"Brave warriors, follow the yellow tally, come home with us!!" Commander Feng, skilled enough to escape on horseback, still had one hand free to light the yellow tally and raise it high as he shouted. His soldiers echoed, "Brave warriors, come home with us! We won't linger with the enemy; let's return to the city and live a comfortable, clean life!"
We can't bring back the remains, but we should at least bring back the spirits of the fallen heroes... What if it's true?
Splash!
The soldiers also poured the insecticide and antidote from their water bags onto their way back to the city to kill any poisonous insects the enemy might throw at them.
"Reporting to General Chu, Commander Feng and his men are heading back!" the sentry soldiers reported in unison.
"Medic, prepare the insecticide and plague-fighting medicine! Prepare the new clothes! Have all the soldiers in the barbican retreat to the inner city gate!" General Chu shouted, doing the same things Jiang Dalang and his men had done when they returned to the city.
Boom boom boom!
The war drums blared, and the messengers repeated General Chu's orders.
The medics, carrying the medicine, rushed down from the city wall, placed it near the small gate of the city, and hurriedly left... If they came into contact with it, they would have to go to a secret room for plague prevention and isolation.
After the soldiers guarding the city gate opened the small gate, they rushed towards the inner city gate.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Beat the drums! All soldiers shout battle cries to create chaos for the enemy! We can't let their poison packets reach the open space outside the city gate before Da Feng and the others! If the ground is contaminated, Da Feng and the others will face a greater risk of infection!" General Chu roared, his voice thick with rage, his eyes fixed on the main road in front of the city gate, praying to his ancestors to bless Da Feng and the others' warhorses to run faster.
Whoosh, bang!
The enemy used catapults to throw boxes containing infected fleas onto the opposite bank of the moat.
Fortunately, Commander Feng and his men had already evacuated the area, and the catapults could not catch up with them.
But fleas are alive, and after being startled, they scatter and jump away as soon as they land, heading towards warm places and places that smell of fresh blood.
Whoosh, bang!
Whoosh, bang!
The enemy's Ah Lie went mad, constantly ordering his dead soldiers to collect fleas: "Whether they're dead or alive, as long as they're fireflies, they carry poison. Collect them all, put them in bags, and use catapults to throw them across to the other side!"
"I want Liang Wei dead, Liang Wei must die, otherwise we will be despised by the gods and will be slave soldiers in the east for the next life and the life after that, living a life that is not human!"
This was indeed frightening. Dead soldiers, including wounded enemy soldiers infected with the disease, were crawling on the ground, searching for the dead fleas on the poisoned positions.
"Good, good, you are all God's most faithful people, God will bless you."
What utter nonsense! If your air god could really protect you, would you have ended up like this?
"Report, Protector General of the Western Kingdom, we've found west Liuer's body." Two dead soldiers dragged west Liuer's nearly flattened corpse to Ah Lie.
Ah Lie was provoked again. He raised his knife and lunged at Xi Liuer's corpse, hacking away wildly while cursing, "Useless coward! Being captured is already a disgrace to the gods, yet you still dare to live! I'll chop you up!"
The other dead soldiers also hated west Liuer intensely. Because they knew they were going to die anyway, they were unwilling to accept their fate and rushed over to chop west Liuer up to vent their anger.
Ah Lie added, "Come on, put west Liu'er's body on the leather and tell the Western King from afar that we've helped him kill his useless son, so he can rest easy!"
No, isn't this a provocation?
That's a provocation.
It was only because Ah Lie harbored immense resentment that, if it weren't for his sons and if he weren't afraid of angering the Second Prince, he would have put west Liuer's body in a bag and used a catapult to throw it in front of Xi Qin Erqin!
"Yes, we will definitely inform our king of this good news!" These dead soldiers were also filled with resentment. A dozen of them took the order and dragged west Liuer's corpse toward the edge of the poisoning position.
Thump thump thump!
"Stop! You are infected. If you take another meter, you will be shot, and your families and clansmen will be implicated!" Dongmangfu was terrified, fearing that he would die from the disease.
"We've come to deliver good news to the Western King!" The guards and soldiers of Xiqin Erqin repeated Ah Lie's words and urged Dong Mangfu, "Go and report to the Western King quickly, or we'll drag you and your son into the poisonous field and let you die of the plague. Anyway, you are criminals from the East, and we, the true people of the Eastern Desert, have harmed you. The Second Prince won't blame our families!"