Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

Chapter 495 Luo Haiqing is here

Jiao Zan was standing outside the north gate at this moment, concentrating on directing the army to enter the city in an orderly manner.

He stood tall and straight with a determined look in his eyes. He kept waving the command flag in his hand and shouting command slogans loudly. The voice was particularly loud in the noisy battlefield.

At this moment, a sharp-eyed soldier suddenly shouted in fear: "Chief, it's bad! The enemy is rushing towards us from the flank!"

Jiao Zan's heart suddenly tightened and he quickly turned his head to look. He saw dust flying in the distance and an army surging towards him like a black torrent.

He acted decisively and gave the order without hesitation: "The enemy is attacking from the flank. Everyone, listen up! Form your battle array!"

In this era, fighting in formations was their usual tactic.

Upon hearing the order from their leader, the well-trained Xiongnu soldiers, under the leadership of their respective leaders, quickly picked up their weapons and formed up in a hurried but orderly manner, preparing for the upcoming battle.

Their expressions were serious, with a hint of nervousness in their eyes, but more of it was the perseverance of someone who had been through many battles.

However, the enemy's actions were faster than they imagined.

In the blink of an eye, wisps of green smoke rose from the opposite side, and then the terrifying roar of mortars came like thunder.

The Hun soldiers suddenly had a bad premonition and an instinctive fear spread in their hearts.

Jiao Zan was filled with regret, secretly blaming himself: "Why was I so foolish? Why didn't I deploy the artillery in advance?"

But regret was useless at this moment. He was extremely anxious and was about to order the deployment of artillery again when the opposite artillery shells were already whistling towards them like raindrops.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" A series of deafening explosions sounded instantly, flames shot into the sky, and smoke filled the air.

The Hun soldiers who were originally in formation were caught off guard by the sudden artillery fire and scattered in panic.

They knew very well that if they stayed where they were, they would be blown to pieces by these powerful shells.

Jiao Zan also hurriedly found a relatively safe place to hide from the shells, and at the same time shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Quick! Put up your guns and fire back!"

However, at this time, the Hun artillerymen had already been frightened by the fierce bombardment and fled in all directions. No one cared about the cannons in their hands, and they ran away without a trace.

Immediately afterwards, they saw someone on the opposite side pointing a tiger barrel cannon at them, which undoubtedly made the situation worse and made them even more panicked.

The originally orderly gathering of more than 10,000 people in the field was now in such chaos that it was like a hungry wolf suddenly jumped into a sheep pen. The soldiers fled in all directions and the scene was in chaos.

The shells continued to explode randomly among them. Jiao Zan had no time to care about anything else and could only hurriedly follow the panicked crowd to escape from the dangerous area.

He knew that the only way to ensure safety was to escape from the range of the shells.

After all, although the Tiger Barrel Cannon can fire directly, its range is also limited.

Jiao Zan ran all the way, panting. Suddenly, he saw an artilleryman from his own team desperately fleeing with a complete mortar on his shoulder.

His eyes lit up, and he rushed forward, stretched out his hand and grabbed the soldier who was still running, and asked anxiously: "What are you carrying on your shoulders?"

The artilleryman, who was running happily, was stunned by Jiao Zan's sudden question. His mind went blank and he stammered, "Chief... Chief, this thing is called a cannon."

When Jiao Zan heard this, he was so angry that he cursed: "Fuck you, you have a cannon but you don't shoot them, do you think it's scrap metal?"

The artilleryman finally woke up from his dream and quickly put down his gun, quickly set up his gun on the spot, and aimed at the occupied Pingyang Army position near the city gate.

He took out a shell from his body, lit it with trembling hands and put it in.

"Boom..." With a loud bang, the shell exploded accurately on the opposite side, raising a cloud of dust and flames.

The artilleryman didn't have time to catch his breath, and quickly lit another shell and put it in, then said helplessly: "Chief, I only have two shells, and I'm done."

Seeing this, Jiao Zan was extremely anxious and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Stop the f**king chaos! Anyone got any shells? Give them to me!"

At Jiao Zan's call, the panicked crowd gradually calmed down.

A soldier with shells hanging all over his body quickly ran over, skillfully took off the shells and handed them to the soldier who was firing.

The other soldiers who were also carrying cannons also reacted at this time, and thought to themselves: "Yes, we have cannons on our bodies, why don't we fight back?"

So they quickly set up artillery and counterattacked the enemy.

Let’s talk about Luo Haiqing. He led the team from Jinzhou and slowly marched towards Pingyang Prefecture.

From a distance, he heard the roar of cannons coming from the front. The sound was dull and shocking, as if the earth was shaking.

But he was not in a hurry and continued to move forward slowly.

When the team approached the north gate, Luo Haiqing saw that several thousand reserve men in Jiao Zan's team were preparing to go forward to rescue the trapped Jiao Zan.

An idea struck him, and he spurred his horse forward. He came up to them and asked, "What's wrong with you? Whose team is in the front?"

A Xiongnu soldier saw that the person coming was Luo Haiqing and knew that he was also a leader. He hurried forward and replied respectfully: "The one in front is our leader Jiao Zan. He is trapped and we plan to rescue him."

Before coming, Yelu Qing specifically told Luo Haiqing to establish a good relationship with Jiao Zan this time.

When Luo Haiqing heard that Jiao Zan was trapped, his heart tightened and he hurriedly ordered his troops, "The cavalry will step out and launch a surprise attack, then go around to the side and have the gunners attack them."

As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of Zuo Xialing's team.

Upon hearing the order, the cavalrymen immediately turned around and shouted, "Cavalry Battalion, charge!"

This shout was like a clarion call for a charge. Soldiers on horseback drew out their shining swords one after another and rushed out like a gust of wind following the shout.

Seeing this, the artillerymen following Luo Haiqing did not bother to reorganize their troops and rushed towards Zuo Xialing's army in front of the north gate.

After all, 50,000 people were rushing forward without any order, and the momentum was really frightening from a distance.

Zuo Xialing had never expected so many people to rush towards them all at once. He secretly groaned inwardly. If he wanted to run, there was no way out. For a moment, he was at a loss.

At this critical moment, a captain saw this and hurried to Zuo Xialing, shouting to him, "General, we have nowhere else to go. Let's just go into the city and fight them!"

After hearing this, Zuo Xialing thought about it for a moment and felt that it made a lot of sense.

Cavalry generally do not rush into the city. After entering the city, they use houses as cover and may still be able to fight.

So he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Okay, let's go into the city!"

After saying that, he took the lead and rushed into the city with his men.

The other soldiers were already engaged in a fierce artillery exchange with Jiao Zan's team. This was their first time experiencing such a fierce artillery exchange, and they were somewhat nervous and panicked.

Seeing that Zuo Xialing had given the order to enter the city, they put away their cannons without hesitation. They did not care that the cannons had just fired shells and the barrels were still hot. They simply tucked the cannons under their arms and ran after him.

Although the 10,000-man force was large, many of the walls had been breached, and these people quickly poured into the city like a tide.

When the cavalry arrived, there was almost no one outside the city. Only the bodies of more than a hundred Pingyang soldiers were left lying on the ground, in a dead silence and misery.