Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 396
In Chang'an City, when they learned that Shi Siming gave up attacking Tongguan and instead led his army northward to resist Li Fei, the Tang court was relieved.

Suzong Li Heng and Li Fuguo smiled.

"Your Majesty, Shi Siming led 35 rebels to the north, plus the rebels in Hebei, the strength is terrifying. No matter how strong Li Fei is, he will never be stronger than Shi Siming. Let Li Fei and Shi Siming fight against each other, and they will lose both. , Your Majesty will annihilate these two in one fell swoop, and all the disasters will be solved." Li Fuguo said to Suzong Liheng.

"Although Li Fei didn't explicitly rebel, he was also a rebellious minister and traitor, and his death is not a pity!" Suzong Li Heng really wanted to see the scene where Li Fei and Shi Siming were both wounded.

Anton, Liaoyang City.

Li Fei is not going to wait for Shi Siming to arrive in Youzhou before launching an attack on Hebei.

In fact, Li Fei had been preparing to send troops to Hebei as early as after destroying the Bohai Kingdom and severely injuring Huihe.

On the fifth day after receiving the imperial edict, Li Fei led Anton's ten armies, a total of 20 troops, to Hebei.

When Li Fei's 20 troops came out of Shanhaiguan, Shi Siming was crossing the Yellow River. It is not an easy task for 35 rebels to cross the river. It is impossible without more than five or six days. It is only halfway through now.

It is estimated that Shi Siming will lead the rebels back to Youzhou City at least eight days later.

There are 20 anti-army defenders in Youzhou City. Theoretically speaking, [-] defenders can completely stop a [-] army from attacking the city for ten days and a half months.

However, that's only in theory.

"Fire!" Li Fei pointed his sword horizontally, and dozens of cannons ignited the fuzes.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Flames spewed from the muzzle of the gun, and the shells rushed out of the chamber, smashing hard on the wall of Youzhou City with the sound of piercing the air.

Where the shells hit, the masonry splashed and was 'blown out' of terrifying pits, and the places with slightly lower quality directly cracked many cracks.

Dozens of shells actually killed only thirty or so defenders, but the shock and fear they brought were incomparable.

This is a way of hitting that has never been heard of, never seen.

Another unlucky rebel soldier was hit directly by a shell, and his whole body was turned into a bloody mist. His body was shattered and flew to nowhere. Trembling, limp on the ground.

In the past, the catapult was the most feared siege weapon, but the power of the cannon was far superior to the catapult.

There are several cannons aimed at the city gate.

Because of the accuracy, none of the cannonballs directly hit the city gate in the first round, but two shells directly hit the city gate in the second round.

The heavy copper-clad city gate was smashed into half in an instant, and a large amount of broken wood was splashed. After the shells blasted through the city gate, they also killed several rebel soldiers behind the city gate hole, and some stumps and arms were lying on the ground bloody.

Originally, there were precedents in Chang'an Chen and Luoyang City. Youzhou City was the front line to defend Li Fei, and the anti-army guards guarding it came up with many ways to deal with the Anton Army soldiers directly blasting the city gate.

For example, prepare a large number of archers on the city wall, ready to shoot and kill the soldiers of the Anton army who rushed to the city gate to release explosives.

Some straw carts were also prepared in the city. Once the city gate was blown open, Li Fei pushed the straw carts into the city gate hole and blocked the city gate hole again.

I wasn't sure how effective this method would be, but now it's all right. The Anton Army didn't directly use explosives to blast open the city gates, but brought a terrifying weapon such as cannons. The anti-army defenders were frightened and paralyzed to the ground, and the city gate was blasted open.

The anti-army guard of Youzhou City looked at the city gate that was forcibly smashed by the shells, and was pale.

He knew that Youzhou City would definitely not be able to be defended. Even if the city gates were to be defended, the city walls would probably be directly blown down. Li Fei has such a terrifying siege weapon that cannot be stopped by manpower at all.

"Kill!" Taking advantage of the fear of the anti-army defenders on the city wall, the city gate was also blasted open, and Li Fei ordered to attack the city.

"Kill!" The soldiers of Anton's army rushed into the city.

The anti-army defenders in the city collapsed at the first touch, and there was no will to resist at all. Most of the [-] anti-army defenders were killed or captured during the rout. Li Fei completely occupied Youzhou City in just an hour.

After capturing Youzhou City, Li Fei ordered his troops to divide into ten groups, with one army for each group, and sweep deeply toward Hebei.

He wants to take advantage of Shi Siming's 35 rebels who have not yet fully crossed the Yellow River, and sweep Hebei like lightning.

Cannons are not easy to carry, but each Anton army carries a large number of bed crossbows and explosives, which are enough, and cannons are more prepared for field battles.

The rebels from the prefectures in Hebei did not expect that Youzhou City would fall so quickly. When the Anton Cavalry or the Anton Modao Army approached the city, they were caught off guard.

Not every city has the tall and thick city walls of Youzhou City, or Chang'an, Luoyang. Not to mention the bombardment of cannons, the city walls can be easily blown down with explosives.

"Shhhhhh—"

The god arm crossbow shoots a rain of arrows to suppress the anti-army defenders on the city wall.

The explosives were tied to the giant arrow used by the bed crossbow, and the bed crossbow was pushed forward to only tens of meters away from the city gate, and then the giant arrow was shot out.

The giant arrow was nailed to the city wall or the city gate, and then exploded.

"Boom!" There was a violent explosion, and the city gate was directly blown into pieces.

"Kill!" Anton's soldiers rushed into the city.

In fact, when the city gate was blown open, and even the city wall was directly blown down, the morale of the anti-army defenders in the city collapsed and collapsed instantly.

Every city, after being attacked by soldiers of the Anton army, will not resist for more than half an hour.

The vastness of Hebei is the Great Plains, and there is almost no danger to defend. The 20 Anton Army soldiers are divided into ten groups, with Youzhou City as the point, forming a semicircular arc and sweeping southward, like the autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves. County, or was forcibly breached, or looked down.

In just five days, Li Fei managed to conquer eleven states and fifty counties in Hebei, which was really lightning fast.

When Shi Siming's 35 anti-army troops crossed the Yellow River, Li Fei had captured more than half of Hebei, and the forward was close to Xiangzhou City.When Shi Siming heard the news, he was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse.

Shi Siming's face was extremely ugly, he gritted his teeth, and his hands trembled.

In just a few days, more than half of Hebei was captured by Li Fei. The shock it brought was too great, too unreal, like a nightmare.

In order to prevent Xiangzhou City from being attacked by Li Fei, Shi Siming hurriedly led his army to Xiangzhou.

On the other hand, Li Fei learned from the newspaper that Shi Siming's 35 rebels had all crossed the Yellow River and were gathering in Xiangzhou City. In the decisive battle, Shi Siming's main force was defeated in the first battle, and Dingding was north of the Yellow River.
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