Become a feudal king from today - #875 - Chapter 889 Interlude

“Bang bang bang…”

In front of Songyang Pass, soldiers from the royal palace rushed towards Songyang Pass like a tide. ReadМ

After more than ten days of shelling, the front of Songyang Pass was filled with craters.

Using the dense craters, the soldiers covered each other and constantly pushed the front line forward.

The Beidi soldiers and Nanliang soldiers couldn’t resist at all and kept retreating.

“It’s really a mantis trying to trick a chariot.” Seeing this scene, Chang Wei snorted coldly.

He dismissed Beidi and Nanliang’s attempts to occupy Songyang Pass.

Zhao Xu looked calm, and he had expected the one-sided situation.

After more than ten days of shelling, the Beidi soldiers and Nanliang soldiers in the trenches exchanged five or six mistakes.

At least 70,000 to 80,000 enemy soldiers died in the shelling.

This kind of war, in which one can only be beaten but cannot fight back, will naturally demoralize the soldiers to the extreme.

Now, when the royal troops launched a charge, it was natural that the other side’s soldiers were immediately defeated.

They lost confidence.

at this time.

Songyang closed, Ashur and Olsky clung to the city wall, carefully observing the battle outside.

Seeing that his soldiers kept losing their trenches, Ashur couldn’t help but feel irritated.

Despite extremely low morale, his soldiers continued to fight against the soldiers of King Yan.

The Nanliang soldiers basically collapsed at the first touch.

But facing the flexible soldiers of King Yan, they were still at a disadvantage and were shot and killed constantly.

“We must boost the morale of the soldiers.” Ashur said at this time, “Olsky, send soldiers equipped with muzzle-loading rifles!”

The 20,000 riflemen, including Russian soldiers, are the trump card they hold.

They will never let them take risks until the critical moment.

But if it continues, no matter how many reserve teams they send out, the result will be no return.

Of course, now he can also choose to evacuate Songyang Pass.

But he really couldn’t bear it.

Without this place, the Tubo he controlled would be under the attack of King Yan.

Orsky nodded. He was more worried about the communication with Britain.

Another point is that he wants to give King Yan a taste of his power so that he can negotiate with King Yan and force him to make concessions.

This is also one of the tasks assigned to him by Foreign Secretary Chefs.

So he looked at the battlefield and said, “Let them go up and give King Yan a warning. If we all equip him with muzzle-loading rifles, he can’t win. Even if he wins, they will pay a heavy price.”

Upon hearing this, Ashur immediately issued an order for soldiers from Nanliang and Beidi to enter the battlefield equipped with front-loaded rifles.

Not long after, 20,000 people gathered under the city wall.

The Russian soldiers scaled the city wall, while soldiers from Beidi and Nanliang entered the trenches and fired at the advancing royal troops.

“Bang bang bang…” A burst of gunfire sounded clearer than a flintlock gun.

Apparently more soldiers of the Royal Palace’s pro-army soldiers who were charging forward fell down.

This scene shocked Ashur and Olsky.

They looked at each other and Ashur said, “The only difference between us and King Yan’s troops is muskets and artillery. You Westerners must hurry up and provide us with more rifled guns.”

“You don’t need to tell me this, the Western countries must be setting off a wave of rifled guns.” Orsky said.

He breathed a sigh of relief, although the front-loading rifle was obviously not as flexible as King Yan’s new musket.

But at least it’s not a little bit better than a flintlock gun.

With this kind of firearm installed, even if they lose, they won’t lose too badly.

As long as every battle is ensured, King Yan’s soldiers and horses will pay more casualties.

Sooner or later, King Yan will recognize the reality, sit down and negotiate with them honestly, and become tame.

“Hahaha…” Ashur rarely laughed.

After the Battle of Cotton City, he never smiled.

But now, he sees hope.

The emergence of front-loading riflemen also boosted the confidence of Beidi soldiers and Nanliang soldiers.

Many soldiers cheered up and continued to stay in the trench to fight against the soldiers of King Yan.

In a short period of time, they stabilized the front.

However, it was only for a short period of time.

Noticing the riflemen, the royal soldiers immediately became cautious on the battlefield instead of charging like bulls.

They immediately turned into cunning wolves, using all obstacles to cover their bodies, and then waiting for opportunities to shoot and throw grenades.

“They were finally willing to show their trump card.” Zhao Xu frowned.

Muzzle-loading rifled guns are the stuff they eliminated, and every soldier knows the performance of muzzle-loading rifled guns.

It’s just that the fight was too smooth just now, which made the soldiers and generals a little careless.

This resulted in unnecessary casualties in the first wave of shooting.

But after suffering a loss, the royal army and generals immediately changed their tactics.

The front advance was slower, but more steady.

At this time, the advantages of the Qin-style rifle are reflected.

The soldiers were now hiding behind obstacles in various postures while firing continuously.

“Let the artillery take care of them.” Chang Wei put down the binoculars.

He kept staring at the battlefield and observed this group of soldiers with rifle rifles entering the battlefield.

Their advantage is not just Qin-style rifles.

Their artillery is also unmatched by the other side.

What’s more, they will soon install breech-loading guns.

At that time, they will be the nightmare of the Western Turks with the “gods of war” like artillery in their hands.

“Boom boom boom…”

His order was given, and the howitzers dropped explosive shells one after another into the last three rows of trenches.

At present, the royal soldiers have occupied the three rows of trenches in front.

The distance between the two is about 150 meters.

This distance is within the range of a muzzle-loading rifle.

At the same time, rifled cannons also smashed shells against the city wall one after another.

During the shelling, the soldiers of the royal palace stopped attacking and instead lay on the ground.

An error of 100 meters between howitzers and rifled guns is normal.

They don’t want to be killed by their own cannonballs.

As soon as the artillery fired, Ashur and Orsky, who were proud of the excellent performance of the rifled gun, immediately grew long faces.

They panicked like rabbits and slid down the city wall.

The riflemen responsible for the battle were not so lucky.

Under the bombardment of artillery shells, they continued to suffer casualties.

Next, Orsky and Ashur continued to see dead and wounded riflemen being carried into the city from the walls and trenches.

Mutilated or unrecognizable corpses were placed in rows on the ground.

Now, there was nothing they could do.

After the first round of firing, the riflemen’s fire became less effective.

Opposing soldiers kept firing at the riflemen.

Now there is artillery bombardment again, and the casualties of riflemen continue to increase.

It won’t be long before the riflemen will be exhausted.

“Withdraw!” Ashur said.

As long as he insists on guarding Songyang City.

But the rifled gun’s performance on the battlefield gave him confidence.

He changed his mind. Instead of wasting the lives of soldiers here, it would be better to wait for the arrival of more rifled guns.

Of course, it would be better if the Westerners could send artillery of comparable power.

Dou Wei and Xiao Chengju both had no objections, and they had no choice.

If they choose to become a bereaved dog and survive in the world, they will know that from now on they can only go to the dark side with the Beidi people.