After killing Hou Gennian, Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

From the beginning, he had no intention of waiting for the next year.

Now, you don't have to worry about him stabbing you in the back.

As for Dou Jianming, he was recruited by Hou Gennian, and he didn't trust him at all.

Did he win Li Xin's trust at the beginning? Didn't he just betray him?

Including Gongsun Chong, who had grown up with Li Xin since childhood. That kind of relationship was far beyond what he could compare to.

However, he placed an undercover agent next to Dou Jianming.

I am very clear about the actions over there.

"Listen to my order and the army will advance at full speed!"

...

On the other side, Cui Bolin led an army of tens of thousands to the north and fought with an army led by Yuchi Nobuxiong in Yuzhou.

Yuzhou has only one word, "ping", so this place is dominated by cavalry.

Yuchi Nobuo was fighting all the way on Henan Road, and his bones were almost rusty.

When he learned that Cui Bolin had captured Ruyang, he was so excited that he ran over quickly!

"Cui Bolin, you are a thief who has forgotten his ancestors. You betrayed the imperial court and will die a good death. Why don't you open the city gate quickly and kneel on the roadside to greet you, Grandpa Yuchi."

Yuchi Nobuxiong had a loud voice and held this big loudspeaker in his hand, "Perhaps your grandfather Yuchi will be able to spare your life if he is happy.

If you don’t know how to show appreciation, your Grandpa Yuchi will smash you to pieces today!”

Inside Ruyang City.

Cui Bolin was furious, but there was nothing he could do. Yuchi Nobuxiong led thousands of cavalry. With his strength, he was no match for Yuchi Nobuxiong.

Although this horse-horse battle was a close call, he was still a capable general.

"Grand Governor, what should I do? They won't come, they'll just yell and curse outside the city!"

"Can I lose two pieces of meat by scolding?"

Cui Bolin suppressed his anger and said, "This is forcing us to go out. If he wants to scold us, let him scold us. Let's see how long he can scold us!"

His main task was to hold off Yuchi Nobuhiong's army and buy time for Li Yue.

Pei Weiyuan has now reached Xuzhou. As long as the two armies merge, he will definitely be able to annihilate Yuchi Nobuxiong here.

The Jingzhou Army was indescribably depressed. There were more than 30,000 of them, but they were afraid of thousands of others.

Yuchi Nobuxiong was also tired of scolding, "Grandson, you're not going to come out, are you? OK, you think it's okay to just stay in Ruyang City?"

The Thunder Army comes forward and blasts me hard to break open this turtle shell!"

Yuchi Xinxiong was very familiar with the war situation, and the latest information was sent to him every day for his reference.

After capturing Ruyang, he would go and kill Pei Weiyuan.

The mountain cannon is not as big as the thunder cannon, but it uses yellow gunpowder.

The power is several times that of the first generation Thunder Cannon.

Moreover, over the past two years, smelting technology has also improved qualitatively. It can be carried by a single soldier, but three people are needed to operate it.

Nearly two hundred mountain cannons were lined up.

"Report to the General, the Thunder Army has been deployed!" the Thunder Army Colonel stepped forward and said.

Yuchi Nobuo also smacked his lips. He had seen the training of the Thunder Army during the military parade of the Republic of China, and the training methods were completely different.

Not only that, their fighting methods are also different from other arms.

"It's time to fire!"

Yuchi Nobuo said.

"yes!"

The captain took out the flag and held a loudspeaker in his hand, "Fire!"

boom!

More than a hundred mountain artillery blasted out the shells.

In an instant, the city wall was ablaze.

The loud noise echoed between heaven and earth, like thunder.

The city wall trembled, and the people hit by the shells did not even have a chance to struggle. They were directly blasted by the firepower network formed by the shells, killing them indiscriminately.

The shrapnel easily penetrated their armor.

The shock wave generated by the explosion shocked their lungs.

Maybe they were lucky and were not injured, but within two days, they would be vomiting blood.

Then he died without treatment.

Some cannonballs also fell into the city wall, blasting the rebels crying for their fathers and mothers under the city walls.

Cui Bolin's scalp was numb, "Quick, push up!"

"Grand Governor, you can't go up, you will die if you go up!"

A Cui family member cried and said, "The shells have all hit the city. I don't know how many people have been killed. What should I do, Governor?"

"Hold on!"

Cui Bolin took a deep breath and said, "Pile all the stones and sandbags at the city gate. They will definitely blow up the city gate and drag them to death!"

"Yes, Grand Governor!"

Ruyang City Wall is about four feet high and two feet deep. It is a high city in the true sense.

Although the bombardment was powerful, he did not believe that it could destroy the city wall.

While they were bombarding, it was impossible to send people to attack the city.

Cannonballs don't have eyes.

If they want to attack the city, they will inevitably stop the bombardment. When the time comes, they will scale the city wall again.

The food is enough for them to survive for half a month.

At that time, Pei Weiyuan's army arrived.

Under a double-sided attack, Nobuo Yuchi would definitely be killed.

Thinking of this, Cui Bolin also gained confidence and quickly directed them to block the city gate with things.

But he didn't dare to fight too close, for fear of stray bullets coming over and injuring himself.

Outside the city, after three rounds of bombardment, Lieutenant Commander Thunder said: "General, the bombardment has been completed!"

"Quick, go blow up the city gate!" Yuchi Nobuxiong ordered.

Then someone brought explosives to blow up the city gate.

boom!

With a loud noise, a hole was opened in the city gate, but it was filled with stones and sandbags.

"Report, General, the rebels have blocked the city gate with stones, sandbags, rolling logs, etc., and it cannot be blown open!" the demolition soldier hurriedly came back to report.

Yuchi Nobuxiong frowned deeply. He knew very well about Ruyang City that if the city gate was blocked, there would be no other way except climbing up.

And they only had cavalry and no siege equipment at all.

Once you attack the city, you will be dragged to death.

The other party relies on the high wall of Ruyang, so it is normal for him to be delayed for ten days and a half.

He took out his telescope.

At this time, new soldiers were already on the city wall.

Although artillery shells and explosives are good, it will be difficult to further advance the battle without the assistance of multiple arms.

How to do it?

Yuchi Nobuo looked at the pitted city wall and gritted his teeth, "Since you can't blow down the city gate, then blow up the city wall and let the engineers dig holes and blow up the city wall for me."

The Thunder Army continued to fire two rounds of volleys!"

"Yes, General!"

With the Thunder Army and explosives, if he is still held back by others, then he is stupid!

The second round of shelling began, but this time only half of the mountain artillery was bombarding.

Cannonballs are very expensive, so you need to save some.

The first round of bombardment had frightened them into silence, and the second round was mainly auxiliary.

Engineers and demolition troops rushed over again.

Wielding a new engineering shovel, a hole was dug out in the blink of an eye.

However, the Ruyang city wall is buried more than two meters in the soil, so it cannot be destroyed by random bombing.

They first blasted at a fixed point to open a small hole, and then blew the small hole into a larger hole bit by bit.

When he saw that it was almost done, he took out the real killer weapon, fifteen kilograms of explosives, and stuffed it into the mouth.

After lighting the fuse, the demolition soldier crawled out of the hole and shouted: "Run!"
Chapter completed!