Chapter 170: Pacification

"Boom boom boom..."

After the first round of artillery fire, there was another round of artillery fire. Read М

After three rounds of firing, seeing that no soldier on the city wall dared to show his head, Chang Wei asked the artillery to stop. "Hahaha... refreshing!", he shouted.

After three rounds of volleys, the battlements on the walls of Gaojiawu Fort were severely damaged, like a mouth with teeth knocked out.

The city wall was even more dead silent, with only thin blood lines left on the wall.

The soldiers of the palace were frightened at first, but suddenly burst into huge cheers when they came to their senses.

"Ahhh..."

"Good fight."

"Mighty, mighty!"

"..."

The soldiers raised their arms high, and some soldiers even jumped up.

Such a terrifying thing turned out to be their weapon.

From now on, their enemies will be in trouble.

"Gao County Magistrate, how does it feel? It's still time to leave the city and surrender now." The loud-voiced soldier said sarcastically at this time.

Liu Fu and Chang Wei both laughed.

The might just now made Gao Yuan and his men tremble, even their legs were a little shaky.

"Help... help me down."

On the city wall, Gao Yuan heard the words of the soldiers below the city, but he didn't dare to show his head and curse back.

Now, he didn't even dare to stay on the top of the city.

He didn't care that he wet his pants, he just wanted to go down.

Gao Man hurriedly helped his father up, and he dared to get up from the ground only after the loud noise below the city stopped.

At this time, his embarrassment was no less than that of his father.

His helmet was tilted on his head, his legs kept shaking, and his whole face was pale.

The two of them reluctantly went down the steps, and the officials below the city immediately surrounded them, "Sir, what was that loud noise?"

Although they were in the city, they were also scared.

After all, they saw the embarrassment of Gao Yuan and the soldiers on the city wall, which made them very scared.

"No... nothing, just a musket." Gao Yuan kept wiping the cold sweat on his head.

He didn't dare to tell the truth, otherwise the nobles and officials would know about it, and the people in Wubao would be even more unstable.

The officials saw Gao Yuan like this, and they were half-believing and half-doubting.

But they didn't dare to climb the city wall to see what was going on.

"Don't panic, everyone. I think that Mr. Yuan's troops will arrive in the next two days. As long as we defend the city, we will be safe." He comforted them again.

The officials had to comfort themselves after hearing this. They didn't dare to think about the consequences of the city being broken.

Outside the city.

The cheers of the soldiers gradually died down, but the three rounds of artillery fire brought their morale to a peak.

Chang Wei pointed to the top of the city and said to Zhao Xu: "Your Highness, now they are like turtles, and none of them dare to come out."

Zhao Xu nodded. Now there was no one on the city wall, as if Gao's Wubao had become an empty city in an instant.

But he knew that the soldiers were hiding behind the city wall.

"There's no need to play cat-and-mouse games with them. Use artillery to break open the city gate and let the soldiers rush in." Zhao Xu said.

He brought the artillery for this purpose.

To boost morale and break open the city gate, so that the soldiers don't have to use their bodies to resist damage.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei left after receiving the order.

At this time, three of the ten artillery pieces adjusted their muzzles and aimed at the Wubao city gate, and the rest were guarding against the noble soldiers on the top of the city.

"Fire!" Mo Yu pointed at the city gate and shouted.

Chang Wei had had enough fun, and now he also wanted to try it and take over this job from Chang Wei.

"Boom boom boom." With three loud noises, the iron bullet flew straight to the Wubao city gate.

"Crack, crack..." The sound came, and three more holes were seen on the city gate.

Behind the Wubao city gate, a thousand noble private soldiers were guarding here.

After three loud noises, they saw that the wooden boards of the city gate were smashed by something.

Something black and silky flew out of the broken hole.

Before they could react, a group of soldiers fell down like rice in the wind.

Looking closely, these soldiers either had broken arms or legs, and some soldiers had a big hole in their chests.

After killing a row of soldiers, the black thing continued to roll into Wu Castle.

The soldiers guarding the city gate were horrified. They had never encountered such a strange thing.

When they were still at a loss, another loud noise came.

Suddenly, there were three more holes on the city gate, black afterimages flew by, blood mist floated, and another group of soldiers died.

This time, they finally reacted and stayed in the doorway to wait for death.

I don’t know who shouted, and the soldiers guarding the city gate scattered.

The news quickly reached Gaoyuan, and there were more beads of sweat on his forehead.

The King of Yan was going to attack.

He hurriedly ordered Gao Man to let the soldiers on the city wall prepare to counterattack.

As soon as his order was issued, the city gate suddenly collapsed.

Under the bombardment of artillery, the city gate was beaten into a sieve.

"Boom boom boom..." "The sound of artillery continued.

But in the loud noise, Gao Yuan and his son heard the shouts of the soldiers of the palace.

The soldiers of the palace were coming in.

"Kill, kill for me." Gao Yuan was like a madman, pointing in the direction of the city gate and shouting.

The city gate was broken, and Wubao was like an undefended girl lying in front of a strong man.

Now, he was completely desperate.

The officials of the noble families were dumbfounded.

The Wubao advocated by Gao Yuan didn't even last half an hour in front of the King of Yan.

And there was no sign of the rescuers of the Yuan family.

"It's over, we are dead." An official of the noble family sat on the ground.

Now he began to regret it. Isn't it just land? Hand it all over and you can still live.

He used to think that he had to fight against the King of Yan to keep his land, but now he can't keep anything.

"Gao Yuan, this is all your fault. It has nothing to do with us. As long as you die, we can live." An official from a noble family pointed at Gao Yuan with his private soldiers, "Catch him and send him to the King of Yan."

"You are looking for death!" Gao Man cursed, drew his sword and slashed at the official, who immediately fell in a pool of blood.

His private soldiers were also killed by Gao's soldiers.

But the matter was not over yet. Other officials wanted to exchange Gao Yuan's head for their own lives at this time.

For a time, Wubao was in chaos.

"Kill!" At this time, the soldiers of the royal palace poured into Wubao.

They raised their swords and their morale was high.

The soldiers of the noble family who tried to resist fell under their swords one after another.

As more and more soldiers from the royal palace entered Wubao, their advantage continued to expand.

With solid armor and weapons and superior physical fitness, a soldier from the royal palace was not afraid of three soldiers from the noble family, and he rushed up to fight directly.

In the ambush, the elite private soldiers of the wealthy families had already lost their best troops, and they relied on Wubao for courage.

Now that the gate of Wubao was broken, the psychological defense of the private soldiers of the wealthy families was also broken.

Soldiers who were not from wealthy families dropped their weapons and stopped resisting, which made the soldiers of the royal palace even more unstoppable.

The soldiers of the royal palace wearing silver armor quickly spread to every corner of Wubao like water.

The battle lasted for more than two hours and ended before dusk.

Knowing that Wubao was completely controlled, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei and other generals slowly entered Wubao.

"Your Highness, all the wealthy families in the fort have been captured and are waiting for disposal."

On the wide ground in the fort, more than a thousand wealthy officials and their children knelt on the ground.

The soldiers of the royal palace stood in a circle and surrounded them.

Seeing Zhao Xu coming, Lu Chang stepped forward and said.

After the city gate was opened, he and other captains led the troops to kill in.

After a fierce battle, the fort was successfully captured.

Zhao Xu nodded, his eyes swept over the trembling nobles.

He had no pity for them.

The struggle for power is often so cruel, it's either you or me.

If he hadn't known the conspiracy of these nobles in advance, he would have been captured in the ambush.

He believed that these nobles would definitely kill him.

And if he died, Yuan Li would definitely lead the Yuan family's army to kill his personal soldiers and everyone in the palace.

"Kill them." Zhao Xu uttered three words lightly.

Dasong the law, rebelled, and killed nine clans.

When they embarked on this road with Gao Yuan, they should have thought that this day would come.

"Your Highness, please spare my life."

"Your Highness, please spare my life, we are all bewitched by Gao Yuan."

"Your Highness, please spare us, we will definitely be loyal to your Highness."

"..."

The nobles cried and shouted when they heard this, and some fainted directly.

Zhao Xu was unmoved and walked straight past them.

Gao Yuan's residence was at the innermost part of the fortress, and he wanted to see what the soldiers had found inside.

After he left, the soldiers in the palace raised their swords.

They hated these nobles more than the King of Yan, and none of them had the blood and tears of the people on their hands.

They deserved to die!

The miserable cries of the nobles came to his ears.

At this time, a soldier came quickly, "Report, Your Highness, we have seized a large amount of supplies in the fortress."