As time passed, both sides continued to launch artillery attacks.
The defensive formation of the city wall was broken and the defenders of Wuyang City began to suffer heavy casualties.
The ranks of soldiers from the Second Prince and Luliang County had long been in chaos. Faced with this violent bombardment and listening to the thunder that made the earth and sky tremble, it would be a lie to say they were not afraid.
On Wuyang City, Shangguan Guang's face was dark. He had miscalculated! The change in the war situation made Shangguan Guang's 70% defense plan ineffective. The first war after industrialization caught the defenders even more off guard!
Suddenly, Shangguan Guang was stunned, because... there were cannon fire all around, and gun smoke appeared from all directions of Wuyang City!
The siege begins!
Artillery fire began to cover Wuyang City, and people were panicking. The capital of the Great Xia Kingdom, which had not seen war for many years, was subjected to the world's first "concentrated fire attack" at the very beginning. The shells fired from all directions seemed to make the entire Wuyang City tremble.
Screams and panic began to appear in the city; chaos inevitably occurred, robbery, killing and all kinds of crimes began to appear, turning the peaceful Wuyang City half a day ago into a hell on earth in an instant.
But no one cares about this anymore!
The third prince, no, the little emperor was trembling with fear, lying close to his mother; Concubine Hua was holding her son, also pale. Fighting for power is one thing, and a real war is another! Because of the advice of Li Yulong and others, the emperor did not let the queen, concubines, etc. have children buried with them.
Beside him, Wang Chuan looked nervous, no longer as relaxed as before.
On the other hand, Kong Xiang was just the opposite. He was actually dozing off in his chair, as if the sound outside was not cannon fire but a lullaby.
The rest of the guards had different expressions.
"Li Xian! Li Xian! Li Xian!" Wang Chuan looked at the surrounding situation, his face becoming increasingly gloomy. When the artillery fire sounded, when the entire Wuyang City was shaking, when the entire Wuyang City was filled with panic, Wang Chuan knew that he was one step behind!
The reason is simple. Although everyone has seen the attacks and power of artillery, exercises cannot be compared to real wars.
It’s like firefighting knowledge, which says that if there is a fire, you should find a wet towel; but if there is really a fire, who has the leisure time to find a wet towel? Running away is the most direct and simplest option.
The situation was the same right now. Being surrounded by artillery fire, Wang Chuan finally felt the difference firsthand. Once surrounded, the side on passive defense was doomed to suffer.
In fact, Wang Chuan was cursing in his heart: Li Xian is a bastard, selling military ammunition everywhere, he has bad intentions. When the war started, everyone suddenly realized: Oh, you also have artillery, and the number is not small...
But even though he cursed in his heart, Wang Chuan tried to remain calm on the surface, at least he could not lose his composure. Then, Wang Chuan looked around and said, "Everyone, the situation is a bit bad now. Please brainstorm."
The officials were silent. Many officials were forced to obey Wang Chuan and the Wang family and supported the third prince as the emperor. In fact, the little emperor was just a standard puppet, and the power was controlled by the Wang family.
Wang Chuan waited for a while, and after seeing the performance of the officials, his face became gloomy.