Chapter 667: Lack of ammunition

Deng Yuan looked at Juyongguan in front of him with a complicated expression.
Half a month ago, he led an army in Bashu to fight against the King of Shu, but in a blink of an eye he arrived at Juyongguan City.
However, after understanding the current situation, he understood that now he could not tolerate King Zhao continuing to attack King Shu, because if he did not stop King Qi's army now, he was afraid that the kingdom of Zhao would be wiped out in an instant.
"Boom boom boom..."
With the drums of war beating, the soldiers who were ordered continued to rush towards Juyongguan carrying the ladder.
Deng Yuan knew this well, but he chose to siege the city after the gunfire came from the north of Juyongguan, because the barbarians must have launched the attack at this time.
He had heard of the prestige of King Qi's army even when he was in Bashu. In his opinion, neither he nor the barbarians provided the soldiers and horses at this time could defeat Xiao Ming alone.
Only the north-south attack could have some chances of winning, so he chose to attack the city not to break the city, but to contain some of the forces in Juyongguan, so that they could not respond to the barbarian attack in time. Of course, it would be better if he could break the city in one fell swoop.
"Unexpectedly, one day the general would join the barbarians to attack the soldiers and horses of the king of Qi. It is really ridiculous and pitiful." Deng Yuan had a trace of grief in his eyes.
The person next to Deng Fei is his lieutenant Cao Kun. Hearing that Cao Kun said: "The barbarians have wolf ambitions, this time helping the barbarians to win the Juyong Pass is not helping the emperor, but the king’s order is hard to violate. I can only honor the order of the king of Zhao. ."
Deng Fei sighed. He had always supported King Zhao and was extremely loyal to King Zhao. This complaint was nothing but dissatisfaction with King Zhao and the barbarians.
After all, he has fought against the barbarians several times, and his generals and soldiers suffered many casualties in the battle against the barbarians.
"Boom boom boom..."
In the battle drum beat, Juyongguan city head suddenly burst into a roar, and the black shells in the fire and smoke rushed towards the soldiers who were rushing towards Juyongguan.
The cannonball fell on the ground and rolled like lightning. Soldier Zhao Wang made a scream where the cannonball bounced, and dozens of soldiers were killed and injured in a straight line.
Seeing this scene, Deng Yuan's face was ashen, and hundreds of soldiers were killed or injured in this round of shooting.
"Boom boom boom..."
The artillery fired again, and the ground was another storm.
Cao Kun said at this time: "General, King Qi's army has always been known for firearms. If this goes on, soldiers will only die more."
Deng Yuan looked cold and indifferent. He said, "Which war does not need to be filled with human lives. This is the only way to deal with King Qi’s army. This siege is not only to contain the forces in the city, but also to consume their gunpowder and artillery shells. The king’s army fought all the way from Yunju to Gyeongju. The ammunition supply and food and grass would not be sufficient. In addition, a large amount of ammunition was consumed in Gyeongju. At this time, Juyongguan must not have much ammunition storage. When their artillery is out of shells. With the gunpowder and bullets out of the gunpowder, it will not be easy to win Juyongguan then."
"The general is far-sighted, but the final general did not expect this." Cao Kun laughed.
Deng Yuan squinted his eyes slightly. The soldiers were rushing towards Juyong Pass one after another. One wave was beaten back, the second wave continued to rush forward, and then the third wave...
In Beicheng, more and more barbarian slave soldiers stepped onto the city wall, Niu Ben and Lu Fei became more and more anxious. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before Beicheng is captured.
When he was anxious, suddenly a large group of cavalry soldiers wearing silver breastplates and sabers rushed towards the city wall.
Qi Guangyi appeared in the eyes of everyone at this time, he said to Niu Ben; "General, Qingzhou cavalry came to support."
"You cavalry come to join in the excitement, this is the battlefield." Niu Ben frowned and said.
Qi Guangyi dissatisfied: "General, our cavalry is also a soldier, and we are cavalry when we get on the horse, and we won't lose to the musketeers when we get off the horse."
"How long will it take to train a cavalry? If you are finished, will the emperor spare us?" Lu Fei also said.
Qi Guangyi said: "When is the time now? If Juyongguan is lost, no one can escape the knife on the head. The final general is not a scumbag, and the final soldier is not a scumbag. If the emperor blames it, he will bear it alone. "
"It is natural to bear the responsibility." Niu Ben glanced at Qi Guangyi happily. The generals of the Qingzhou Army were all men, "Go!"
Qi Guangyi was overjoyed at once, and he said to the soldiers under his opponent; "Kill me! Let the Musketeers see how powerful our Qingzhou cavalry is."
"Kill!" With Qi Guangyi's angry man, 20,000 cuirassiers from Qingzhou rushed up the city wall, and the situation on the city wall began to reverse.
The barbarian slave soldiers who climbed the city wall kept falling under the saber.
Facing more and more soldiers wearing silver breastplates, the barbarians temporarily stopped the attack after dropping three or four thousand corpses in another round of attack.
At this time, the sun was setting, and both sides fought hard for almost a day from morning to evening.
Wiping the blood from his face, Lu Fei said, "General, Zhao Jun in Nancheng also stopped the attack."
Hearing that Niu Ben finally breathed a sigh of relief, he said to Lu Fei: "Strengthen guard to prevent the barbarians from playing tricks."
"Yes, General." Lu Fei answered.
After a pause, Niu Ben said again; "Immediately let the soldiers and artillery count the ammunition."
After explaining the matter, Niu rushed to Juyongguan camp. After a while, all the generals returned.
"Fortunately, the general came this time with ammunition supplies, but the Buddha will only consume the ammunition he carries today."
Luo Xin entered the camp and said.
Ye Qingyun said: "It's just that if this continues to be consumed, the ammunition brought by the general will not last a few days~EbookFREE.me~ Niu Ben nodded, "The ammunition produced by the military workshop this time Part of it was brought here. Originally, this batch of ammunition was used to take down King Zhao in one fell swoop, but I never thought of it but something went wrong. "
"Is most ammunition only so small?" Luo Xin was dumbfounded.
Niu Ben sighed, "You are not in your own hands. You don't know that firewood, rice, oil, and salt are expensive. Now the supply of saltpeter, iron, and lead can't keep up, and the consumption of ammunition is too fast. Now you have to save some use."
The generals such as Lu Fei were only responsible for fighting, so why had they ever considered the shortage of ammunition?
With a wry smile, Luo Hong said: "I said that the guns and artillery made money. The money used by the emperor to set up firearms camps almost emptied the treasury. No matter how wealthy Qingzhou is, it won’t be a battle in the past two years. Poor."
Niu Ben glanced at Luo Hong with admiration. Luo Hong was once a firearm camper, and he naturally understood the matter of spending money on ammunition.
"No wonder the emperor is eager to end the war in the north. It turns out that this is the reason." Lu Fei said, "If you continue to fight like this, the muskets in the soldiers' hands will be burned with fire."