"Blast them with the cannons!" Liu Mang waved his hand, and the entire Red Coat Camp began to roar.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Countless projectiles were thrown towards the sky above Chengdu Prefecture under the acceleration of the gunpowder.
The projectiles rotated at high speed, and the friction between them and the air was intense.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The cannons' shells smashed into the city walls of Chengdu Prefecture.
The entire city walls began to shake.
"Impossible! How is this possible!" Liu Bei looked at the scene in front of him in a daze.
In the previous round of cannons, the projectiles that fell on the city walls had sunk deep into them. If the projectiles fell on top of the city walls, even the towers would be destroyed.
"The God of Heaven is angry! The God of Heaven is angry! There is thunder! There is thunder during the day!" Countless Liu Bei's soldiers panicked on top of the city walls.
"Hold on! Hold on!" Although Liu Bei had never seen this thing called a cannon, he could guess its use. Hide behind the battlements! Hold on! Hold on!
This cannon was similar to a catapult. As long as you hid behind the battlements, unless you destroyed someone's ancestral grave in your previous life, you would not be directly smashed to death.
Haha! Liu Mang looked at the various people running on top of the city walls, and they all lowered their bodies. It seemed that Liu Bei was quite decisive.
If it was the first generation of cannons in Liu Mang's Army, Liu Bei might have used this method to avoid them.
After all, solid bullets were more deterrent than practical. They relied on the cannons to completely destroy the enemy's morale.
However, it was different now. Liu Mang deliberately let the Red Coat Camp's cannons aim at the place where Liu Bei's Army's archers were on top of the city walls. He wanted to destroy those high-rise buildings and remove those blind spots.
"Everyone, get ready!" Liu Bei was also hiding under one of the battlements. He thought that after Liu Mang's artillery bombardment, they would climb up the city walls and attack.
Therefore, Liu Bei ordered his subordinates to extend their bodies and get ready to fight on the city wall at any time.
"Let's switch to the explosive shells!" Liu Mang also shook his head and said. Since he was so stubborn, then he would use the cannon to wake him up.
"Yes!" Very soon, the bombardment was over. The artillerymen began to switch their shells.
"Hmph, I knew it. This thing was made by Liu Mang. Isn't it just a catapult?" Liu Bei finally recovered a bit of his consciousness.
Normally, in a war, they would use a catapult to throw stones and then let their subordinates charge and break through the enemy lines.
"Pass down my order. Prepare for battle." Liu Bei's words hadn't been conveyed yet.
"My Lord, they seem to be preparing to hit us with that thing!" Pang Shiyuan said from the side.
"What?"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Liu Mang's Red Coat Battalion roared again.
"Hmph, it will be the same even if they do it a few more times. As long as Chengdu Government is here, you, Liu Mang, will definitely not be able to kill me."
Boom! Boom! Boom! This time, the shells weren't as loud as the previous ones. It seemed that their power had also decreased. They couldn't even break through some of the city walls.
Liu Bei's eyes showed joy. However, the smile on his face hadn't completely bloomed yet.
"My Lord, be careful!" A shell directly flew towards Liu Bei. Pang Shiyuan stood in front of Liu Bei to protect him.
"Thank you, Shiyuan!" Liu Bei was a little disapproving. He was hiding under the battlements. How could anything happen to him?
Liu Bei could even see the trajectory of the shell. The battlements would definitely be able to hit him.
However, the shell exploded just as it was about to hit the battlements.
Boom! The entire scene was confused by the smoke and blood.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Liu Bei didn't feel good. He had a headache. His head was extremely painful. Not only that, his ears seemed to be ringing.
Pang Shiyuan was right beside him. He grabbed Pang Shiyuan. "Shiyuan, Shiyuan, what is this? My head is so dizzy. My ears can't hear. Shiyuan! "
Liu Bei wanted Pang Shiyuan to help him up. However, Pang Shiyuan didn't move at all.
Liu Bei just exerted force and Pang Shiyuan fell down. Liu Bei's hand was full of blood.
"Shiyuan, what happened to you? What happened to you? "Liu Bei turned Pang Shiyuan over and saw that half of Pang Shiyuan's head had been cut off. His brain splattered all over the ground. There were also a few pieces of iron stuck in his body.
Liu Bei opened his eyes wide in disbelief. Pang Shiyuan was dead. Pang Shiyuan, who had been following him from Yuzhou to Yizhou, was actually dead.
"Shiyuan, Shiyuan!" It wasn't that Liu Bei didn't have feelings. However, most of the time, they were replaced by benefits. Now, Liu Bei's second and third brothers were all dead. Sun Qian was blind and Jian Yong was dead. Only Pang Shiyuan was left.
However, even Pang Shiyuan was dead. He died in front of Liu Bei.
The city wall was covered with corpses and smoke. The entire city wall was in chaos. Liu Mang's army hadn't even sent troops to attack the city yet, but Chengdu Prefecture was already in chaos.
"This, this, this!" The people below the city wall were also dumbfounded. Jia Xu couldn't help but swallow his saliva. With such a thing, how could they fight the war?
If dozens of cannons were placed in front of the city wall and fired, they wouldn't be able to stand it.
The other people who knew the power of the cannons were extremely excited. Especially the people from the Red Coat Artillery Battalion. They had trained hard and finally had a chance to use their skills.
Sun Ce also looked at Liu Mang. He was just waiting for Liu Mang's order to immediately attack the city.
Only one person was still frowning. It was Liu Mang. "The city wall is still too high!" Chengdu Prefecture was the work of two generations of Liu Yan and his son.
The entire Chengdu Prefecture could be considered impregnable. If it wasn't for an abnormal existence like Liu Mang, it would have been really difficult to take it down.
"Destroy that part of the city wall for me!" Liu Mang chose a part of the city wall that happened to be on the flank. That part looked weak and there were no towers to support him.
The cannons continued to roar.
"Boom!" The entire city wall of Chengdu Prefecture collapsed.
Liu Mang's plan was a success. He actually managed to destroy the city wall.
Liu Mang pulled out the sword at his waist and roared, "Pass down my orders. Beat the drums and march. Everyone, attack the city!"
"Kill, kill, kill!" Sun Ce took the lead and charged out.
The other parts of the city wall also charged out after hearing the secret signal.
In the end, Liu Bei's 70,000 men and horses were able to hold out against the walls of Chengdu. In the end, they only lasted for one day before they fell.
This time, the goddess of luck didn't lift up Liu Bei's skirt.
Outside the west gate, the escaping Liu Bei was caught red-handed by Zhang Ren.
This time, Zhang Ren didn't directly kill Liu Bei because there was no need to. The one who instigated Liu Bei to kill Liu Zhang was Pang Shiyuan. Pang Shiyuan was already dead. Zhang Ren could be considered to have helped Liu Zhang take revenge.
After thinking about it, Zhang Ren was still moved by Liu Mang's words. As a general, he should be able to defend himself.
Zhang Ren had been a defender for half of his life. It was time for him to show his talent.
Moreover, Zhang Ren knew that his junior brother Zhao Yun was in Liu Mang's army. Zhang Ren valued friendship. When he left his master Tong Yuan, his master told him that if he met someone who could use the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix spear, he must help him.
Zhang Ren wanted to be a deputy general under Zhao Yun.
Liu Bei was a favor that Zhang Ren gave to Liu Mang. It was better for Liu Bei to fall into Liu Mang's hands.
"General Zhang Ren, I heard that you caught Liu Bei?" Liu Mang immediately summoned Zhang Ren.
Zhang Ren nodded. However, his expression was a bit strange.
"What's wrong?" Liu Mang was very puzzled.
"Bring him in!" Zhang Ren waved his hand and a person with disheveled hair was brought in.
Although he was dressed a bit shabbily, it was really Liu Bei.
Liu Mang had thought about how he would meet Liu Bei again many times. Liu Bei might beg for mercy, or be stubborn, or something else, but it was never like this.
"Who are you? How dare you not kneel when you see me!" Liu Bei's hair was disheveled. He pointed at Liu Mang and scolded loudly.
Liu Mang turned his head to Zhang Ren and revealed a puzzled expression.
It turned out that when Zhang Ren was chasing Liu Bei, Liu Bei panicked and his warhorse crashed into a tree. He also fell down. After he was captured, he became like this. He thought that he was the Han Emperor and shouted everywhere.
"Pretending to be crazy?" Liu Mang was puzzled. Whether he was crazy or not, Liu Mang was prepared to drag Liu Bei out and kill him.
"Wait!" A person entered the tent.
It was Lü Bu, Liu Mang's father-in-law who had not appeared since the battle with Zhang Fei.
"Let Liu Bei go!"
"En?" Liu Mang's eyes widened. He could not believe that these words came from Lü Bu's mouth.
Didn't Lü Bu always want to kill Liu Bei? Liu Bei almost caused the death of Lü Bu.
"If you want to kill him, then kill him!" Lü Bu was really compassionate. Those who were in the same generation as him and knew him were almost all dead. Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao's brothers, Gongsun Zan, Sun Jian, and other powerful warlords, how many of them were still alive?
Now that Liu Bei's army had been defeated, his ending would not be any better.
Looking at the crazy Liu Bei, there was no difference whether he killed him or not. Pang Shiyuan was dead, Zhang Fei was crippled, and Guan Yu was imprisoned in Jingzhou.
So what if he released Liu Bei?
"Report!" Just when Liu Mang was still hesitating, a messenger suddenly came in and handed two reports to Liu Mang.
Liu Mang opened the first report. He closed his eyes and looked at Liu Bei for a long time. In the end, he made a decision.
"Men, let Liu Bei go!"
"My lord, please reconsider!" Jia Xu and the others immediately came forward to dissuade Liu Mang. If Cao Cao released Liu Bei, there would be no end of trouble. Now, Liu Mang also wanted to release Liu Bei. Wasn't this a joke?
"Let him go!" Liu Mang still shook his head. In the report, it was written that Guan Yu was willing to surrender.
Liu Mang did not need Guan Yu. Similarly, he was not a fan of Guan Yu. After all, Guan Yu was just a God Refinement warrior. Now, Liu Mang was at the peak of God Refinement.
However, Guan Yu represented credibility. In other words, he was a wind vane.
Since ancient times, there had been no sincerity.
However, Guan Yu completely displayed benevolence, righteousness, and morality.
If Liu Bei was a hypocrite, then Guan Yu was a real man.
Liu Mang did not want such a benevolent, righteous, and moral man like Guan Yu to die like this.
"Don't tell me you think that I can't suppress Liu Bei?" Liu Mang smiled faintly. He was different from Cao Cao. Cao Cao released the tiger back to the mountain, but Liu Mang did not let Liu Bei go. It could only be said that he locked the tiger in a zoo.
Seeing that they could not persuade Liu Mang, they could only nod in agreement.
"Let Zhang Fei go as well!" Lü Bu spoke again. Since Liu Bei was released, so what if Zhang Fei was released as well?
Now, Zhang Fei's life was worse than death. Her martial arts were not destroyed, but her martial heart was gone.
"Alright!" Liu Mang also nodded. Liu Mang sent Liu Bei and Zhang Fei to Hu Zi. Hu Zi sent them to the Wu Gorge.
After a few years, there were merchants who went to the Wu Gorge to trade. In a valley, they saw Liu Bei and Zhang Fei.
At this time, Liu Bei really became the "emperor". Wearing a red robe, he stood at the top of the mountain and accepted the worship of the children below. Zhang Fei looked at Liu Bei happily.
They did not have children, so they grew old together.
After Liu Mang's army pacified Yi Province, they withdrew. Liu Mang appointed Zhang Song as the Yi Province Magistrate, Fa Zheng. Liu Mang wanted to take him away, but Fa Zheng refused. He decided to stay and be Zhang Song's assistant to make up for Zhang Song's loss.
Liu Mang also took in Zhang Lu's soldiers and disbanded them. In addition, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan's subordinates were all reorganized into the Yi Province Armed Police Force.
Liu Mang did not make things difficult for Yan Yan. After all, he was deceived by Liu Bei. He could continue to guard the Sword Pavilion and live the rest of his life.
As for Zhang Ren, Liu Mang wrote him a letter and he went north to Liaodong to find Zhao Yun.
Liu Mang took Jia Xu and the others to Yangzhou.
Something big happened in Yangzhou.
"Wei Yan betrayed us!" Liu Mang looked at the news with a gloomy face.
"Is this true or not?" Liu Mang calmly asked the authenticity of the information.
"Cao Cao's army has entered Yuzhou and is approaching Yangzhou."
Liu Mang had set up two lines of defense in Yuzhou, and Wei Yan was one of them. Now that Cao Cao's army had entered Yuzhou, it meant that Wei Yan had betrayed them.
"There's a rebellious bone in the back of his head? Ha ha ha ha ha! " Liu Mang remembered that when he first met Wei Yan, the red-faced man was arrogant and unruly. Liu Mang did not kill Wei Yan because he thought that as long as he was strong enough, Wei Yan would not betray him.
Indeed, when facing Liu Bei, Liu Biao, Zhang Xiu and Sun Ce, Wei Yan did not betray him.
He did not expect that Wei Yan would betray him when he met Cao Cao.
"My Lord, the Red Coat Camp, half of the Red Coat Camp has fallen into Wei Yan's hands!"
"Boom!" Liu Mang immediately exploded. His whole body exuded a murderous aura. "What did you say?"
The messenger was so scared that he didn't dare to move. With great difficulty, he squeezed out some words from his mouth. "The Minister of Internal Affairs and Master Jushou decided to strike first to gain the initiative. They wanted to have a decisive battle with Cao Cao in Yuzhou. Therefore, the Minister of Internal Affairs transferred a portion of the Red Coat Camp to Yuzhou under Wei Yan's command.
Liu Mang finally knew why Cao Cao could take Yuzhou so quickly. Wei Yan betrayed Yuzhou, but he was loyal.
However, he was stopped.
Because he could not stop Wei Yan.
"Mr. Ju Shou blamed himself and committed suicide!"
"Wei Yan, I will kill you!"
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