Chapter 1391 Seizing the City
At midnight on February 1, the 14th year of Tianxuan, the gates of the Moon City and Mid-Moon City of the Marquis of Shaliu were opened one after another, and groups of firearms soldiers left the Moon City and Mid-Moon City, regardless of the desert’s early morning turmoil. Cold, silently marching towards the direction of Yuexia City.
Moon City and Moon City are both 30 kilometers away from Moon City. Moon City is located in the northwest of Moon City, and Moon City is located in the southwest of Moon City.
When Liu Qianhui first arrived in the West Continent to establish the territory of Shaliu Village, she had already planned the construction locations of Yueshang City and Mid-Moon City, but the distance from Yuexia City was set at about 23 kilometers. Upgrading to the territory level of the Marquis of Shaliu, although the increase in the territory area is not as good as the Holy Land of Emperor Yi's territory, it has also increased to a certain extent.
The result of the upgrade is to expand the distance between the upper moon city and the middle moon city to the lower moon city of Maoqiusi Kingdom to 30 kilometers, and the three towns just form an equilateral triangle.
Tens of thousands of troops marched silently and hurriedly on the icy desert. Originally, two rounds of artillery could not move in the desert, even if they were equipped with a large number of camels to drag them. There are as many as 32 military heroes, so Liu Qianhui directly asked these military heroes to put the artillery of the Firearms Army Artillery Team into their backpacks and march.
Regardless of Liu Qianhui's strong opposition, Qu Mao found a camel and set out with the soldiers of the Firearms Army. Liu Qianhui refused to listen to her persuasion, so she had to go out with Qu Mao.
The two of them rode a camel each, and walked among the soldiers of the Firearms Army who marched out neatly. Most of the soldiers of the Firearms Army traveled on foot, and only heroes could ride camels instead.
Fortunately, after nearly a month of adaptive survival and training in the desert, the soldiers of the Firearms Army marched in the desert at a speed that was not too slow. They took two breaks in the middle, and they also had breakfast on the way.
At around 5:30 am on February 1st, the 14th year of Tianxuan, 50,000 firearms soldiers dispatched by the Marquis of Shaliu had already surrounded Yuexia City, which was only 1 kilometer long on all sides. Qu Mao was not worried about Yuexia. The soldiers and civilians of the city got in touch with other towns in the Maoqiusi Kingdom.
The intelligence personnel stationed in Xirong City sent a person to jump over the city wall and report to Qu Mao and Liu Qianhui when the soldiers of Shaliuhou Guobing approached the city under the moon: the city under the moon is a very primitive town, and there are no carrier pigeons. Because of the insufficient supply of fresh water in Moon City.
Moreover, although the city under the moon is the border of the Maoqiusi Kingdom, there are barren deserts outside the border, and it is not only inaccessible, but human beings are not suitable for survival at all. No matter how many border guards were deployed, no thought and energy was devoted to development and governance. Even after a town was built, 1,000 ordinary soldiers were left on duty. Non-military residents were generally family members of border guards.
The Kingdom of Maoqiusi didn't even appoint a city lord, only one officer was in charge of the government and military affairs of Yuexia City.
At 6:30 a.m. on February 1st, the 14th year of Tianxuan, the sky in Yuexia City began to turn slightly pale. Without any lighting equipment, you could vaguely see the border guards of Maoqiusi Kingdom on the walls of Yuexia City. Activity.
Qu Mao and Liu Qianhui rode side by side on the camel, Qu Mao shook the icicles on his helmet, and said to Liu Qianhui: "Liu Qianhui, I suddenly don't want to use too drastic means to capture this town on the edge of the desert, otherwise we Let's try to persuade you to surrender first."
Liu Qianhui waved at Shi Buhui who was not far away, and said: "Qu Mao, I think if we don't show our powerful force to a limit, I'm afraid there will be no good results in persuading surrender.
However, even if every additional prisoner means that the Holy Land of Emperor Yi needs 10 more supplies, I am still willing to turn nearly ten thousand soldiers and civilians in the Yuexia City of Maoqiu Si Kingdom into prisoners of war of our Shaliuhou Kingdom. "
Liu Qianhui also nodded, just as Shi Buhui had rushed to Qu Mao and Liu Qianhui's side.
Shi Buhui glanced at Qu Mao and Liu Qianhui, and asked, "My lord, Liu lord, launch an attack directly? We are not far from Yuexia City, and we didn't deliberately hide our tracks. The defenders of Yuexia City should have discovered it by now. We are."
Liu Qianhui said: "Shi Buhui, first go to the city wall and try to persuade him to surrender."
Shi Buhui was stunned for a moment, then nodded, he didn't even take the soldiers with him, he just patted the camel and rushed towards the city wall of Yuexia City, the city wall of Yuexia City was only a first-order city wall, only about 3 meters high, Shi Buhui There is no need to shout loudly to persuade you to surrender.
It's a pity that just after Shi Buhui finished speaking, the defenders on the city wall didn't answer Shi Buhui, but instead shot a few feathered arrows at Shi Buhui.
Before the scattered arrows hit him, Shi Buhui steered the camel and ran back, roaring angrily as he ran: "I really don't know how to live or die, it looks like I can't see the coffin without crying!
Artillery team, aim at the city gate! "
Qu Mao looked at the reaction of the city head with a blank face, and then glanced at the heroes who followed him and Liu Qianhui hurriedly took out the artillery from the backpack, and carefully arranged for the artillery team soldiers to calibrate and load the artillery shells.
Liu Qianhui said lightly: "Fire after aiming. Don't spread out so many cannons. One cannon is enough."
Qu Mao pointed to the flagpole next to the city gate, and said, "Liu Qianhui, I don't like that flag, can you find some Musketeers sharpshooters to break that flagpole with a few shots?"
Liu Qianhui waved his hand, and naturally the military heroes of the Marquis of Shaliu made arrangements.
With a loud "boom", the closed gate of Yuexia City was blasted open by the artillery of the Marquis of Shaliu, and then the gate tower of Banlazi City also collapsed.
Then there was another burst of "ping ping ping ping" gunshots. Accompanied by the gunshots, the flagpole on the top of Yuexia City broke, and a flag of Maoqiusi Kingdom fluttered and fell to the top of the city.
There was silence on the city wall throughout the whole month, and it was obvious that the soldiers stationed in Maoqiusi Kingdom were collectively frightened.
Qu Mao smiled, and said: "Liu Qianhui, let Shi Buhui go and persuade him to surrender now."
Without Liu Qianhui repeating the order, Shi Buhui, who had already returned to Qu Mao and Liu Qianhui, patted the camel under his crotch consciously, rushed to the ruined city wall of Yuexia City again, shouted the words of persuasion again, and then stationed in Yuexia City. The border guards of the Maoqiusi Kingdom on the city wall of the lower city stepped down the city wall one after another.
At 9 am on February 1st, the fourteenth year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao, Liu Qianhui, Shi Buhui, Sunan, and the other 18 military heroes who participated in the battle sat in the city hall of Yuexia City.
(end of this chapter)