Liu Gu listened to Li Cheng's conjecture and pursed his lips.
"Perhaps. Who knows what those madmen will do after taking so much money? Didn't they say they wanted to make more powerful bombs and make the Red Barbarian Cannons capable of using them? If that's the case, this battle will be easy to fight. We can just use the Red Barbarian Cannons to blast them. "
"But the Red Barbarian Cannons were obtained from the Frangiyi. For them to be able to make such cannons, they must have a strong military force. This subordinate is worried that the Frangiyi Barbodes rhododendri will become the enemy of our Daqin in the future."
Li Cheng began to worry about this point.
"That's true. These Barbodes rhododendri look strange, but they only know how to use firearms. But I'm not worried about this. Didn't His Majesty send people to the European continent to find the Barbodes rhododendri's hometown? He even said that he would send people directly to the Barbodes rhododendri's hometown to do business. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. His Majesty should already have a plan. "
Li Cheng felt that Liu Gu was right.
The current Emperor was wise and farsighted. His thoughts were not something that ordinary people could understand. Otherwise, he would not have been able to replace the Ming court with a hundred thousand troops and establish a new dynasty of Daqin.
Moreover, the new dynasty was able to fight a war in Liaodong at the beginning of its establishment. Right after the war in Liaodong ended, 160,000 troops were mobilized for a large-scale expedition to the southwest. There was also no shortage of food and weapons. The martial arts of the Daqin were rarely seen.
It was said that the current Emperor was still implementing a horse policy in the northern frontier. He was looking for pastures to raise warhorses, and it seemed like he was going to establish a powerful cavalry to conquer the Northern Barbarians.
Now there were rumors in the army that after the Emperor slaughtered 300,000 Northern Barbarians, he believed that the Northern Barbarians would make a comeback. Therefore, he wanted to speed up the establishment of a cavalry. When the time came, he would directly conquer Wolf Storeu in the Gobi Desert, recreate the great achievements of Emperor Wu of Han, and push the martial arts of the Daqin to the peak.
This was not a lie.
All the expeditions now could almost be seen as a drill for that national war. Everyone knew that the Northern Barbarians were still a threat to the Daqin. Didn't His Majesty sweep through Liaodong and destroy the southwest mean that he would have no worries when dealing with the Northern Barbarians?
With such a far-sighted Emperor, it was a good choice to be a soldier.
In any case, as long as he was alive, in this era of great conquest, he would be able to obtain military merits no matter what. It was not a problem for him to bestow his wife and children.
The Sea Dragon Depot in front of them was not an impregnable fortress, but a military achievement that everyone yearned for.
Those soldiers were not humans, and each of them was a head that could be used to record military merits.
The Daqin army was brimming with fighting spirit. Any enemy who dared to obstruct them would be crushed into pieces by the Daqin army.
The indiscriminate bombardment lasted for four hours, from afternoon to sunset.
The back gate was already riddled with holes. Not a single intact wall could be seen. It was full of potholes. The fleeing figures could no longer be seen on top of the wall. Only a few were still running back and forth. It seemed that their will to fight had been destroyed.
Liu Gu observed carefully and found that it was really time to send troops to attack.
Liu Gu gave the order, and the war drums rumbled. The last two hours of attack time was up. The Qin Army got into formation and began to advance.
In order to increase the success rate of the siege, Liu Gu ordered the army to prepare more ladders so that more soldiers could climb up the wall and fight.
When the Qin Army approached the wall and began to attack, some defenders who did not die in the bombardment appeared on top of the wall. They resisted with muskets or crossbows, but they did not pose much of a hindrance to the Qin Army.
One after another, the Qin army set up scaling ladders and began to scale the city walls. The soldiers of Bozhou on top of the city wall tried their best to resist, but after experiencing Qi Dayong's fierce attack and the indiscriminate bombardment just now, the resistance on top of the city wall was much weaker.
Yang Yinglong could also hear the nonstop sound of the cannons from four hours ago. The sound was too loud, even if he was in the palace at the top of the mountain, he could still hear it. Even though he was having fun with his two concubines in order to get rid of his worries, the sound of the cannons was still incessant.
He did not want to stay in the main hall and listen to the bad news. The news came one after another, and every time it seemed to announce that he was going to die. He could not stand it anymore, so he hid here with his young and beautiful concubines to have fun, temporarily away from reality.
But it was of no use. The longer he enjoyed himself, the longer the Qin army's cannons sounded. The longer the Qin army's cannons sounded, the longer the Qin army's cannons sounded. The longer the Qin army's cannons sounded, the faster his heart beat. He was about to be driven mad. He stuffed his ears with cloth, but the extremely penetrating sound did not let him go.
He did not know what to do.
He might as well make his ears deaf.
He even had such an idea for a while, but he quickly suppressed it.
Helpless, he could only go back to the main hall again. He looked at the dozens of people with panic on their faces, and listened to the bad news they kept telling him.
Something about the fierce attack of the Qin Army, something about the checkpoint asking for reinforcements, asking for more cannons and ammunition, asking for more rewards, and so on. He really wanted to draw his sword and cut these people down.
The sun is about to set. Can't you just let me have a rest?
The imperial army also needs to rest, and they will not attack the city at night!
In the end, you still want rewards. Without rewards, you won't fight the war? Or are you going to threaten me with these things? Threaten your heavenly kings?!
Yang Yinglong's heart was full of anger, but he did not know how to vent it. How could he be angry at this time? This was the time when the people needed to unite. How could he be angry? What if some of them had the intention to rebel and directly opened the checkpoint to surrender?
Yang Yinglong was not a fool. If he could get through the current crisis, he could get the money back. But if he could not, the 700 years of foundation would be destroyed. He did not know if he would have the face to meet his ancestors after he died.
"If the checkpoint is breached, I can't run, but which of you can? Each of you is the backbone of the Yang Family. The imperial army has remembered you. If we are really finished, which of you can survive? What else do you want at this time?! "
Yang Yinglong could not suppress the grief and anger in his heart. He rebuked them angrily, causing them to kneel on the ground and beg for forgiveness. Yang Yinglong did not want to say anything else. He quickly ordered them to immediately return to their respective posts. As soon as he finished speaking, a messenger ran over in a panic.
"Heavenly King! Heavenly King! The rear pass … the rear pass has fallen! "
The subordinates turned pale with fright and hurriedly looked at Yang Yinglong. They saw Yang Yinglong's face suddenly turn pale and then become silent.
In a very short period of time, Yang Yinglong panted violently for a while and said, "Go to the storehouse and take out the silver. I want to spend a lot of money to recruit warriors and take back the rear pass."
Yang Yinglong seemed to be very calm, as if he had already foreseen this. The subordinates also calmed down a little. Since Yang Yinglong did not panic, there was no need to worry.
However, the messenger did not leave. Instead, he continued to say, "Heavenly King, the imperial army has not stopped attacking. After taking back the rear pass, they will immediately advance towards Earth City. Earth City is being besieged and the situation is extremely urgent. Heavenly King, please immediately send reinforcements!"
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