The most arrogant in history

Chapter 426: Fighting to the bitter end.

Ye Kun drove away Xiahou Chang's messenger and ordered:

"Bombard Luoyang City and distribute a batch of leaflets. No matter whether Luoyang is a soldier or a civilian, as long as they are willing to surrender, they will not be killed. If they resist stubbornly, they will perish together with their enemies!"

Two thousand small cannons fired at the same time.

Cement-tipped bullets fell on Luoyang City like raindrops.

This solid shell will not explode, it will only kill people, causing minimal casualties.

Because there were hundreds of thousands of people in Luoyang City, spread over a huge area, the probability of being killed by artillery shells was not high.

However, this type of shell could cause great damage to buildings due to its own weight. If a tiled house was hit by one shell, a big hole would be left on the roof. It had a great psychological deterrent effect on the military and civilians in Luoyang.

Two thousand small cannons fired for an entire afternoon, covering the entire city, and the city of Luoyang was filled with cries of grief.

There are almost no tiled houses in the city that are intact.

After dark, Ye Kun ordered the catapults to fire thunder bombs.

The thunder bomb exploded in the sky above Luoyang with even greater power.

The flames flashed, and the deterrent effect was even more obvious.

After the shrapnel exploded, the killing area was greatly expanded.

The thunder bombs might not necessarily cause fatal injuries to the soldiers and civilians in Luoyang City, but being hit by shrapnel would still cause skin and flesh to be torn.

In the second half of the night, Ye Kun's attack continued to escalate, and he ordered the firing of gasoline incendiary bombs and began a fire attack.

In Luoyang City, flames shot up to the sky.

Xiahou Chang was beaten into a coward, and dared not send a single soldier out of the city to fight!

The next morning, Ye Kun felt that it was almost time, and ordered to climb the city wall: "Don't stop the attack, use guns and cannons to cover, the Barbarian Vanguard will start climbing the city wall! The bravest warriors who climb the city wall first will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!"

The barbarians brought back from the Southern Wilderness are all quite capable.

Give them a big bowl of liquor and they won't be afraid of death!

The barbarians were divided into three teams and began to fight on the city wall under the cover of the musketeers.

Xiahou Chang had no choice but to grit his teeth and hold on, defending the city to the death.

The two sides fought for a day, and the barbarian soldiers suffered 3,000 casualties, but Luoyang City was also in danger, and the South Gate had become a wasteland.

At the same time, Sang Buzhi's army also arrived at the city of Chang'an, built a high platform outside the city, and attacked with artillery.

Huangfu Lin's navy had already landed on the beach, swept across Donghai County, and headed straight for Xuzhou.

This naval force caught Xiahou Chang off guard!

He didn't expect that Ye Kun was the main force of the three routes, and he didn't expect that Ye Kun's navy was so fast that it could bypass the East China Sea and encircle his rear.

Xiahou Chang's main forces were concentrated in Chang'an, Luoyang and Hefei, leaving Xuzhou empty!

In panic, Xiahou Chang had to dispatch troops from Hefei to support Xuzhou, and at the same time summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures.

The subordinates were even more panicked than Xiahou Chang, and they all said:

"Ye Kun's guns are invincible and he can attack us from a long distance. We don't have any weapons to counter Ye Kun and can only defend and take the beating. So no matter how many soldiers we have, they are useless."

Some people said: "Ye Kun's gasoline bombs were too powerful. Wherever they went, there was a sea of ​​red soil. Only one day after the war began, half of the houses and warehouses in Luoyang City had been burned. Our soldiers, wearing wet clothes, were also burned to death."

Someone said: "If our food and grass are burned, Ye Kun can just trap us in the city and we will surely die."

Others said: "Ye Kun is very cunning. He used the barbarian soldiers and Qiang soldiers to attack the city to preserve the strength of his main force. We can't afford to continue fighting like this."

The more you analyze, the more pessimistic you become, and there is no chance of winning.

Xiahou Chang was furious: "I asked you to find a way to defeat the enemy, not to let you cry and complain!"

One of his generals said, "But what everyone said is the truth. We are no match for Ye Kun. If we continue to resist, we will surely fail and will only implicate innocent people. It is better to surrender directly, save our wives, wealth, and millions of people!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Even the military generals don’t dare to fight, can Luoyang City still be saved?

Xiahou Chang was furious: "Asshole, how dare you disrupt the morale of my army? Take him out and chop him off!"

The general was not afraid of death and said angrily:

"Xiahou Chang, you are cruel and merciless, and you levy heavy taxes. You knew you were no match for Ye Kun, but you dragged the people of the Central Plains to be buried with you. I hope Ye Kun can break into the city as soon as possible and kill you, this unjust villain!"

"Cut it off! Chop it off for me!"

Xiahou Chang was furious.

The executioner came forward and carried out the execution outside the tent door.

The knife fell and blood splattered.

In an instant, the general was beheaded in front of the tent.

The civil and military officials in the tent all bowed their heads and said nothing.

After a long while, someone finally said, "Now that things have come to this, it is better to make preparations early and move the capital to Youzhou Zhuo County to avoid the peak for a while."

Zhuo County in Youzhou was almost the same as the later Yanjing and Beiping.

It is far away from the Central Plains and has dangerous mountains and rivers.

If Ye Kun catches up, we can retreat to Liaodong.

Xiahou Chang sighed and asked, "Can we send light cavalry to attack the city?"

The Central Plains has fertile land and thousands of miles of plains. No one wants to leave.

The counselors said: "We can send out 30,000 elite troops to give it a try. Even if half of them are killed by guns and cannons, the remaining 15,000 people can charge Ye Kun's troops and boost their morale."

Xiahou Chang nodded: "At three o'clock tonight, charge out from the east gate and the north gate and attack Ye Kun's camp!"

In this battle, Ye Kun went too far.

All the military strategies and taboos were thrown away, and the army arrived directly at the city of Luoyang!

The camps of the two vanguard camps and the central camp are all outside the city, only five or six miles away from the city!

If the army was not too large to be deployed, Ye Kun would have planned to advance forward and put pressure on the city.

Xue Changfeng and Gongsun Erniang both reminded Ye Kun:

"Our camps are too dense and too close to Luoyang City. If the enemy sends out a suicide squad to launch a fire attack, it will surely cause heavy losses."

Fighting a war requires depth and a reasonable layout.

Ye Kun's layout is not as good as Liu Bei's seventy-li continuous camp.

If the weapon is not used to suppress the opponent, it would be a suicide mission.

Ye Kun bullied the enemy's low morale and disorganized military spirit, and said with a smile: "I will force them to go out of the city to fight and disintegrate their main force!"

Gongsun Erniang and Xue Changfeng were unable to persuade Ye Kun, so they had to add a few more wire barriers in front of the camp to prevent the enemy's sneak attack.

In the middle of the night, the high-altitude telescope in the lookout tower of Ye Kun's vanguard camp discovered unusual movements of enemy troops in the city.

Ye Kun became alert and ordered to prepare for battle.

Three thousand musketeers were ready for an ambush.

As soon as the enemy troops left the city, they were attacked fiercely by Ye Kun's musketeers.

There were three thousand eight-shot muskets, and each round contained twenty-four thousand bullets.

The enemy troops were densely packed, and soldiers and horses were shot and fell to the ground one after another, wailing.

Xiahou Chang was ruthless and urged the others to continue the attack: "Ye Kun doesn't have enough bullets for his musket. Go ahead and capture Ye Kun alive!"

Ye Kun was not in a hurry. He organized the gunners to retreat, and provided cover with artillery and crossbows.

The musketeers retreated to the second line of defense and began a second round of firing.

However, the distance between the two sides was too close, and Xiahou Chang's death squad still rushed over.

One of the teams was less than a hundred steps away from Ye Kun.

Ye Kun was riding on his horse, with Madam Hongyun and Xiao Ruliu on his left, and Gongsun Erniang and Ding Ding on his right. They all shouted together, "The enemy is approaching, protect the King of Han!"

Ye Kun raised his spear high: "I am also a real man, I don't need anyone to protect me, where are the personal soldiers? Follow me to kill the enemy!"