Lord Moyu was forced to open

Outside Ningjiang Prefecture.

Today is the second day since the imperial army arrived in Ningjiang Fucheng.

Yesterday evening, the imperial army arrived outside Ningjiang Prefecture and had already persuaded the city to surrender. However, after one night, Ningjiang Prefecture did not respond at all. Instead, it brought all kinds of defensive objects onto the city wall.

The cauldron with burning mist was boiling with golden juice, and the huge rocks and wood were piled on top of the city wall, just waiting for someone to attack the city and then throw them down.

And the longbows in the hands of the city defenders were always ready to launch a round of shots at the imperial army.

However, in Ding Hongguang's view, these measures they took to defend the city were nothing more than a mantis trying to block the car and were in vain.

Today's war has changed. They are still using ancient methods of defending the city, but they don't know that what they are facing is not the ordinary army of the feudal era.

But it is a new army that has entered the semi-firearm era!

The siege party can no longer only use human lives to fill the wall. The existence of artillery is a prelude to the imminent disappearance of the city wall!

As time approaches the surrender deadline set yesterday, when the time comes, there is still no response from the entire Ningjiang City to surrender.

So Ding Hongguang immediately ordered an attack.

First, two hundred artillery pieces were pushed to the front of the formation. With Ding Hongguang's order, the two hundred artillery pieces began to roar!

The next moment, the defenders of Ningjiang Fucheng, who were preparing to defend, were greeted by a special sight they had never seen in their lives!

Fire and meteor!

Boom! boom

Boom! boom!

……

The cannonballs pierced the sky, and a total of two hundred cannonballs hit the city wall of Ningjiang Mansion and exploded suddenly!

A violent shaking caused the Ningjiang Mansion garrison station standing on the city gate tower to lose their balance, and many fell directly to the ground.

It took a while for them to recover from the shock, but before they could collect themselves, the second wave of artillery came again, and there was another wave of shaking. The defenders could clearly feel that the originally stable city wall under their feet had begun to shake. .

Someone with sharp eyes poked his head out and screamed the next moment.

"Oops, the city wall is about to collapse! Run!"

It turned out that when he poked his head out, he saw that the originally strong city wall had been blasted with huge holes by the imperial army at some point!

Dense cracks spread in all directions along the pit.

In just these two rounds, the entire east gate of Ningjiang Mansion was bombed with cracks everywhere!

His roar was like a signal, and more people began to poke their heads out to look at their own city walls, only to see this scene.

When they saw that the city wall was about to collapse, the other defenders had to trust his words, because they could clearly feel that their feet were beginning to shake.

At this moment, the defenders couldn't stand any longer, and they all ran towards the nearest road to the lower city.

The officer in charge of them was also afraid and ran with them.

When Liu Biao, the commander of the army who had just returned from the county governor's mansion, received the news that the imperial army was attacking the city and rushed to the city wall, what he saw was a group of defenders running madly towards the city.

His anger suddenly rose, he drew out the long knife from his waist, caught a running soldier passing by him, and killed him with one knife, and shouted angrily:

"Where is the Supervisory Team! Where did the Supervisory Team die? Anyone who deserts will be killed!"

His shouting and his quick and clean killing action caused a sudden silence around him, and an anxious voice sounded loudly from a dozen steps away from him:

"General! General! We are here! General, run! The wall is about to collapse!"

Is the wall about to collapse?

Liu Biao's mind was filled with questions. Who is making such nonsense?

The city wall of Ningjiang Prefecture has been reinforced. Will it collapse? How could it collapse? !

But the next moment!

Rumble!

Another deafening roar came from outside the city!

Next!

Bang bang bang!

A crackling explosion suddenly sounded.

Immediately afterwards, everyone near the city wall clearly heard bursts of overwhelming crunching sounds!

At this moment, the defenders who had finally calmed down because of Liu Biao's actions suddenly went crazy!

No longer caring about anything else, he began to run away desperately.

Liu Biao originally wanted to catch the two men to kill and establish their authority, but in the end, he had no time to raise his knife again and was dragged away by the crowd and ran backwards.

As for the personal guards he brought, they would not play any role in such a flow of people. The figure disappeared in the blink of an eye and was pushed to where by the flow of people.

While the defenders in the city were fleeing, the city wall, which was constantly being bombarded, was finally overwhelmed!

Along with a crisp loud noise, it suddenly began to collapse inwards!

boom! boom! boom!

Gravel splashes! Large pieces of the city wall continued to fall down, killing each of the defenders who had not had time to run out of the city wall. In an instant, the defenders were smashed into pulp! Smoke began to rise from all directions.

After the gravel fell to a certain extent, the entire east city wall, except for the one or two meters above the wall root, fell directly in large pieces!

"My mother! Help!"

"I want to go home!"

"Miss!"

"My son!"

"Uncle, save me!"

"Dad! Save me! Save me!"

A large number of defenders who were squeezed by the crowd in front and couldn't escape watched the city wall above their heads come down and shouted in despair. However, it was all in vain. No matter how loud they shouted, the collapse of the city wall could not be avoided!

Following a deafening dull noise, the east city wall finally fell heavily to the ground.

And the screams just now stopped abruptly at this moment...

The smoke inside gradually dissipated, and the defenders who were lucky enough to escape the collapse of the city wall stared at the scene in front of them in complete silence. No one spoke, and no one could speak!

Liu Biao watched this scene in the crowd, his lips were trembling constantly, his whole body was trembling, and his heart went cold as he looked at the ruins of the east gate in front of him!

The city wall actually collapsed!

How did this collapse?

Could it be that the construction guys cut corners?

But that doesn't matter anymore.

The most important thing is, without the city wall, how can the city resist the imperial army?

Fighting in the field with the imperial army?

Looking at the many soldiers around him who were paralyzed on the ground in fear, Liu Biao had a wry smile on his face.

"General! General!"

Finally there was movement in the crowd, and his personal guards finally found him and quickly gathered over.

All the defenders heard the shouts of the guards and looked over, only to find that their general was also among the crowd.

There was a crash, and a large area of ​​​​space suddenly appeared around Liu Biao.

And other surviving military generals also began to gather.

Liu Biao saw among them the deputy general who had temporarily commanded him in Dongcheng, and quickly called him over: "Yu Liang!"

"General!"

Yu Liang, who was tall and tall, came to Liu Biao in a few steps and raised his hands in response.

Liu Biao quickly asked: "What happened just now? Why did the city wall collapse? And how are our losses so far?"

Yu Liang suddenly said with a grimace: "General, the imperial army used a weapon similar to a catapult to directly knock down our city wall. At least three thousand people died when the city wall collapsed just now. And die!

More importantly, all the supplies we had prepared to defend the city were now gone.

And without the city wall, we can't defend the city at all! "

Liu Biao understood this, and after hearing this, he immediately ordered: "Hurry up and stop the army from forming a formation. The imperial court has destroyed the city wall, and I am afraid there will be a large-scale attack next!"

"promise!"

Yu Liang nodded solemnly and quickly went to organize the manpower formation.

At this time, the imperial army outside the city did not advance directly as Liu Biao thought. Instead, they launched a series of divine fire flying crows aimed at the east city of Ningjiang City where the smoke was slowly dispersing!

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(End of this chapter)