Send for the generals to enter the hall!
Rongliu Wang called out to the guards outside the hall.
Soon.
More than a dozen generals in armor entered the great hall.
Among them were Generals Yizhizhu, Dashidong, and Weisandeng who had fled from Shenyang.
Greetings, Your Majesty!
The Tang army numbered only ten thousand, yet they dared to besiege Pyongyang. Who can fight them for me and annihilate the enemy!
Rongliu Wang's gaze swept across these generals.
"I volunteer!"
"I volunteer!"
"I volunteer!"
Three warriors stepped forward, offering themselves.
Unlike the reactions of these three.
Yizhizhu, Dashidong, and Weisandeng’s foreheads were beaded with sweat.
This was sheer terror!
Two thousand Skyfire troops could hold off twenty thousand fully armed troops.
Now, ten thousand had arrived!
Was anyone who dared to fight out there out of their minds?
"Good! You are truly the pillars of Goguryeo!"
"Shaoshijianzhong, Wenhongda, Sun Zhengyi!"
"I order you three to each lead fifty thousand troops and sally forth from the South Gate, North Gate, and West Gate simultaneously!"
"I shall await you in the palace with a banquet to celebrate your victory!"
Rongliu Wang was very pleased with these three volunteering to fight.
He praised them one by one and then ordered them to depart the city to meet the enemy.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will surely repel the invading enemy for you!"
The three generals vowed loudly at the same time.
Then they turned and left the palace to muster their troops.
Boom, boom, boom!
Boom, boom, boom!
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the deafening sound of war drums erupted from the walls of Pyongyang.
It even drowned out the sound of cannons!
"Oh? They're coming out to fight!"
Fang Er held up his telescope and looked towards Pyongyang.
The West Gate of Pyongyang was directly facing them.
It was slowly opening.
Through the gap, the armored warriors behind the gate could be seen!
"Brother Cheng, Father-in-law, stop playing!"
Fang Er kicked Cheng Yaojin's butt with his foot.
These two were clearly having too much fun.
In just this short while, they had been firing indiscriminately, regardless of whether they hit their targets. More than ten shells had already been fired.
"What's wrong?"
Cheng Yaojin looked at Fang Er with confusion.
"Here, see for yourself."
Fang Er handed him the telescope.
They had seen and used this item before.
He skillfully brought it to his eyes and looked towards Pyongyang.
The city gates were now fully open.
Countless cavalry charged out from the city gates towards the Tang army.
When Chai Shao heard the sound of horses' hooves, he also stood up.
"Brother Cheng, you take the left side."
"Father-in-law, you take the right side."
"Let's have some fun with these fellows!"
From the telescope, it was clear that three enemy forces were approaching simultaneously from the South, North, and West gates of Pyongyang.
They probably intended to encircle the Tang army.
"Heh heh, then you have to give me ten cannons."
Cheng Yaojin’s eyes were fixed on the mortars.
"Iron Lao Ba, divide thirty cannons to accompany General Cheng and Duke Chai."
Before Chai Shao could speak.
Fang Er generously allocated thirty cannons, fifteen mortars on each side.
The two left with the artillerymen.
"Order! Skyfire Army, Firearms New Army, form firing formations to guard the artillery camp!"
Following Fang Er's second command.
The Skyfire Army and Firearms New Army behind them quickly dismounted, carrying their rifles and ammunition, and assumed firing stances in front of the artillery.
This was the advantage of curved trajectory artillery!
The shells could fly directly over the heads of the riflemen in front!
The three generals who had confidently charged out of Pyongyang were startled by the artillery fire as soon as they exited the city.
They looked at the fifty thousand troops behind each of them, and the small contingent of Tang troops opposite them.
"Such a small force! We’ll overwhelm you with numbers!"
"Charge with me!"
Clatter, clatter, clatter!
Warhorses charged forward at full speed under the artillery fire!
"Kill~~~!"
The knights behind the generals also roared and charged.
Like arrows!
Straight towards the artillery formation!
The cavalry charged, raising dust that blotted out the sun!
But their momentum lasted less than three seconds!
As the shells landed in the cavalry ranks, cavalrymen were immediately blown off their horses!
As mentioned earlier, once cavalry charges, they are no longer controllable by individuals!
The powerful momentum would sweep every warhorse in the formation forward!
Thus!
The fallen warhorses tripped the horses behind them!
Coupled with the relentless barrage of shells!
In an instant!
Countless Goguryeo cavalrymen were flung into the air!
Then they landed heavily in front of the pursuing ranks!
And were then ruthlessly trampled by the troops that followed!
"Ah~~!"
"Hee-haw~!"
The screams of the wounded and the neighs of the warhorses filled the entire army!
Sun Zhengyi was dumbfounded!
How could this be possible!
This was completely different from what he had imagined!
They had only charged about a hundred paces out of the city, and half of the fifty thousand troops were still inside the city, yet they had already suffered heavy casualties!
"Iron Lao Ba, blast away!"
"If we take Pyongyang, this count will reward you with a wife, how about it?"
Seeing the scene opposite, Fang Er felt no tension at all.
He teased Tie Lao Ba.
"My Lord, you can rest assured! As long as the shells are enough! These grandsons will be exhausted before they can even charge over!"
Tie Lao Ba was full of confidence.
Mortars firing one shell every two to three seconds, with each shell capable of overturning a large number of cavalry.
In this era, it was an unsolvable bug!
ps: The weather is dry, and I'm writing late at night, and I've finally caught a cold. I'll be posting less for the next couple of days, please forgive me. Once I recover, I'll resume writing!