Chapter 934 Loyalty!

Qian Zhong is one of the oldest and most senior members of the Jiangdong Army.

Back then, when Li Yun led his troops north to Huainan Road and fought with the Pinglu Army, even Deng Yang led his troops north. At that time, Qian Zhong was ordered to stay in Nanjing to guard the base camp for Li Yun.

The thing about this guy is that he has almost no talent.

What he means by not having any talent is that he has no ability to adapt to changes.

It also means that he will complete any orders given by his superiors without fail.

After Su Sheng gave the order, Qian Zhong did not even consider whether it was possible to take Tongguan today. He immediately selected the soldiers of the three duwei camps and prepared to start the siege according to the fixed route of the Jiangdong Army.

As the drums sounded, Qian Zhong, dressed in armor, gave an order and thousands of soldiers immediately rushed towards Tongguan.

At this time, the defenders on Tongguan were already on high alert. On top of Tongguan, General Wei Quanzhong, also dressed in armor, was holding a telescope and frowning as he looked at the Jiangdong army rushing over from a distance.

Now, it should be said that it is the Tang army.

General Wei was a little confused.

If the Tang army wanted to attack Tongguan fiercely, at this time, they would need at least 6,000 to 7,000 troops to attack from the front, and catapults would also have to follow up.

But now, it can be clearly seen that the Tang army’s catapults are still quite a distance away and are far from reaching the Tongguan city wall.

Without long-range assistance, these 3,000 Tang soldiers would be shot into sieves by their own bows and crossbows as soon as they came within an arrow’s range.

Even if they could raise their shields to resist, they would suffer heavy casualties by the time they reached the city wall. By that time, it would be difficult for them to pose any major threat to Tongguan.

Although he was puzzled, Wei Quanzhong still put down the telescope in his hand and slowly waved his hand, saying, “Crossbowmen, get ready.”

“Thunderbolts, get everything ready!”

Rows of archers quickly arrived at their designated positions.

Bags of thunder bombs were also transported to the designated locations.

The Tang army outside the city gate was getting closer and closer.

Six hundred steps, five hundred steps.

Four hundred steps, three hundred steps!
After waiting for about three hundred steps, Wei Quanzhong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This distance is enough to be reached by throwing from high to low, but the Tang army’s catapults are still not in place.

Wei Quanzhong narrowed his eyes and waved his hand, saying, “Shoot.”

The first round of rain of arrows was successfully thrown upwards by the Shuofang Army defenders and hit the Tang Army formation.

General Wei frowned, turned around and called Luo Heng, the commander of Tongguan, and asked in a deep voice, “What’s going on? Didn’t you say that the Jiangdong army fought fiercely?”

“You don’t even have a plan for attacking, and you call this fierce?”

Luo Heng felt very aggrieved. He looked at the Tang army under the city and said with a wry smile: “General, I don’t know what’s going on. They, they…”

Wei Quanzhong looked at the city, touched his chin, and said slowly: “It seems that the focus of Li Yun’s attack is not on Tongguan, but on the two passes in the north and south. Tongguan is just a decoy.”

He clenched his fists and said slowly: “These Jiangdong troops under the city may be here to deliver…”

Before Wei Quanzhong could utter the word “die”, his voice suddenly stopped because of a loud noise coming from afar.

“boom!”

General Wei suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction of Jiangdong Army, and asked in surprise: “What’s that sound…”

Before he could finish his sentence, a solid lead bullet flew towards him!
With another loud bang, the cannonball accurately hit the city wall and landed less than ten feet away from General Wei!

The bullet hit a soldier of the Shuofang Army right on the spot. The soldier didn’t even have time to cry out in pain as he was smashed to pieces!
The shell still had force and hit the stone wall on the city wall, causing gravel to fly everywhere!
One of the fist-sized pieces of gravel, by chance, splashed right into the gap between Wei Quanzhong’s waist and abdomen armor!
Blood splattered out immediately!
This is the power of artillery.

In this era when people have no idea about artillery, the range of artillery is its most powerful feature.

The projectile of this thing cannot explode yet, but its range can ensure that it can fight beyond the range of an arrow.

In other words, the long-range weapons of the defenders have absolutely no possibility of posing any threat to the artillery!

This kind of firepower coverage is enough to cover the Tang army and attack the city of Tongguan!

Wei Quanzhong stood there in a daze. He first turned his head to look at the bullet crater beside him, then reached out to touch his waist.

When he looked again, his hands were covered in blood.

he got hurt.

It’s not a serious injury, but it’s not a minor injury either.

Luo Heng, the defender of Tongguan, was slightly injured because the distance was too close. He stood there in a daze until the second shell landed on the city wall again.

It was only at this time that Luo Heng reacted. He hurried forward, supported General Wei, and gritted his teeth and said, “General, this weird thing has happened more than once!”

“Go down to the tower, go down to the tower!”

Wei Quanzhong was completely stunned. At the last moment before he was helped down from the city wall, he took a last look at the Jiangdong army outside the city.

But he never understood what it was that hit the Tongguan city wall and injured him!

Catapult?
How can there be a catapult that far away!
It was not until he got down from the city wall that General Wei felt the pain in his waist. After he reached a safe place, he first took off his armor and then looked at the injury on his waist.

The piece of rubble hit him diagonally on the waist. If he hadn’t been wearing armor, he would have been deeply wounded and would have died!
Even so, waves of excruciating pain were now coming.

The doctor accompanying the Shuofang Army quickly stepped forward and bandaged Wei Quanzhong’s wounds. By the time the doctor was bandaging the wound, General Wei was already pale and his head was covered in sweat.

He closed his eyes and his body trembled slightly.

“How many years have passed…”

He opened his eyes and let out a long breath: “I haven’t felt this much pain in years.”

After becoming a general, he seldom went into battle and was rarely injured.

At this time, General Wei was trembling all over.

He looked down at the bandaged wound on his waist, feeling silent and powerless.

At this moment, the general felt…that he was old.

When he was young, he was stabbed three times in the back, his clothes were soaked with blood, but he was still able to mount a horse and fight, eat meat and drink wine with big mouthfuls.

After bandaging his wounds, he was full of energy again in ten days and was able to go back to the battlefield.

At this moment, such a small injury caused him to tremble in pain and he was unable to move!

After a long while, he let out a long breath, looked at Luo Heng, the commander of Tongguan, and asked, “Have you figured out what it is?”

Luo Heng’s face was also a little pale. He looked at Wei Quanzhong and whispered, “Someone saw it with a telescope. It was a lead bullet shot out from a tube.”

“As for what that tube is and how the bullet flew out.”

Luo Heng shook his head and said, “We know nothing.”

General Wei closed his eyes. After a long while, he opened them and sneered, “Li Er really thinks highly of me. He has fought all these years in various places and never used such a good thing.”

“This time it was used for the first time, and it was used on me!”

After saying this, he coughed violently twice.

Luo Heng quickly said, “General, don’t get excited. The doctor said you are seriously injured…”

He paused and continued, “General, although that thing is powerful, it seems that there are not many of them. At least he can’t hit all the towers.”

“In this way, Tongguan can still be defended.”

At this point, Luo Heng looked at Wei Quanzhong and said, “As long as the general is here, the morale of the army is there. As long as the morale of the army is there, Tongguan…”

“It won’t be lost in a short time.”

Wei Quanzhong turned his head and looked at Luo Heng for a long time.

After a long while, General Wei slowly said, “We have been brothers for many years. I will tell you the truth.”

“I also want to stay in Tongguan and defend Tongguan.”

Wei Quanzhong murmured, “Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come here from the capital.”

“But right now, I have to leave.”

He looked at Luo Heng and said in a hoarse voice: “Li Er made this kind of thing, it should not be aimed at Tongguan alone, maybe Wuguan and Xiaoguan also encountered this kind of thing at the same time.”

“Wuguan Pass is fine. If it is breached, we can just go back to Shuofang.”

“If Xiaoguan is gone.”

He stood up, looked at Luo Heng and said, “We can’t leave even if we want to.”

As he spoke, General Wei patted Luo Heng’s shoulder heavily and said in a deep voice: “Brother Luo.”

“No matter what, you have to defend Tongguan for at least a month!”

“Within a month, I will take care of the Xiaoguan issue and ensure that our brothers have no obstacles…”

“Come and go as you please!”

(End of this chapter)