Total War: I'm building up an army to rebel against the Qing Dynasty in a heavily modified vers

Chapter 114 Heavy Artillery Bombardment of the High-Walled Compound

[Congratulations, player! You have achieved a glorious victory in the previous battle! You have been awarded 30,000 taels of silver and a random six-star troop unit as a reward!]

[You and your troops have gained a total of 2000 experience points. You have successfully met the upgrade requirements. Do you wish to upgrade?]

Wow, another six-star unit, and it can be upgraded again!

[Congratulations, player! Your personal level has reached level 16. The level-up reward is 3,000 taels of silver, unlocks a random four-star troop type, increases troop command ability by 10, and slightly improves physical attributes.]

Rock hesitated for a moment when faced with such a random four-star unit.

If you can unlock a relatively reliable unit, that's great. But if you can't unlock a useful unit, like getting a Plague Monk or something, then it's not fun.

The Ratman Plague Monk was making Rock feel like he wanted to vomit blood. If the plague effect wasn't activated, this unit was pretty useless; if the plague effect was activated, this unit would still indiscriminately kill friend and foe, essentially wiping out his entire army!

But he decided to take the gamble anyway. He didn't believe his luck was always this bad, and he refused to believe that he wouldn't get anything good from this four-star unit!

[Congratulations, player! You have obtained the four-star unit: Skaven Dimension Crusher (from Total War: Warhammer)]

This unit is equipped with: a Dimensional Crusher, a short sword, and iron armor. Recruitment price: 300 taels of silver per person or 6000 taels of silver per person.

Team (24 people), occupies a population of 1 person per team.

[Congratulations, player! You have obtained the six-star unit: Kisliv Snow Leopard (from Total War: Warhammer)]

[Equipment for this unit: None. Recruitment price: 12000 taels of silver per unit, Population requirement: 20 population per unit.]

After looking at these two troop types, Rock's eyes lit up slightly, because he felt that these two troop types were actually quite good.

The Dimension Crusher unit seems somewhat abstract in war; it consists of two ratmen wielding a large drill made of dimensional stone, powered by the energy of the dimensional stone to drill into the enemy.

In a real war, Rock felt that having this thing fight in close combat was actually quite abstract.

Unless it was necessary to deal with certain heavily armored enemy targets, he felt he could hardly imagine what it would be like for two ratmen to use a large drill to drill into Qing soldiers.

Of course, considering that this thing's dimensional stone seems to have a strange influence on pills and seems to be very effective against some zombie-type troops, Rock thought that this thing might actually be very effective against certain special units of the Qing army.

However, that's not its biggest use. Rock thinks its biggest use is to help those ratmen mine!

This is a ready-made mining machine! Its mining efficiency is much better than having those slave rats dig with broken tools. In particular, this thing also comes with the explosive properties of dimensional stones, so it can keep blasting forward while drilling!

With this thing, Rock couldn't even imagine how much more efficient his men would be at digging for gold!

As for the snow leopard, Rock felt that its performance in Total War: Warhammer was only so-so.

This thing is fairly aggressive, but its vitality is too poor and its survivability is terrible, so it is not suitable for fighting enemy monsters one-on-one.

However, if there is something blocking the way, this thing is still effective in assisting in slaying generals or large enemy units. At least it has a bonus against large units and also has armor-piercing attacks.

However, in reality, snow leopards are actually quite remarkable creatures.

Because this is, after all, a monster, a snow leopard that is six or seven meters long. The visual impact alone is enough to terrify any enemy.

Needless to say, this thing has a very high movement speed and is also very adaptable to the terrain, making it most suitable for activities in the forests and snowfields of Northeast China.

With this thing, Rock felt that he could definitely outmaneuver the Qing army by using it in guerrilla warfare. As long as this thing kept harassing the Qing army during their operations, he didn't believe the Qing army could withstand it!

Of course, all of this is on the premise that the Qing army doesn't come up with any particularly abnormal units.

To be honest, when Rock later learned what kind of monster General Yuming had turned into before his death, he was speechless at the antics of these Qing soldiers, realizing that he had underestimated the Manchus of this world.

After the battle, Rock allowed his troops to rest briefly and, incidentally, to focus on governing the two cities they had captured.

Governance is essential; his first task is to boost the morale of the people in these two cities and establish cohesion before considering anything else.

If cohesion cannot be built up, not to mention whether he will be betrayed from the rear in future wars, the population size of his system is also a big problem.

Fortunately, there were still a bunch of powerful Manchu families in Shengjing City that he hadn't completely eliminated. And now, these guys just happened to become the perfect targets for Rock to establish his authority and win people over!

In order to completely breach the gates of these guys' homes and to minimize the loss of soldiers during the raid on their mansions, Rock even spent a large sum of money to recruit a whole squad of Witch's Hammer artillerymen, and then dragged these giant cannons over to bombard them mercilessly.

When the Manchu nobles, who were hiding behind the wall and thought they could rely on their servants to defend against the enemy's attack and wait for the imperial troops to come to their aid, saw the scene outside, they were all stunned.

When these Manchus first saw the giant cannons with shells weighing over a hundred pounds, they were stunned. Their minds were completely overwhelmed by such exaggerated information.

Are you kidding me? A cannon weighing over 100 pounds!

It should be noted that the Divine Might General Cannon they built themselves actually weighed less than three pounds!

Although the Qing Dynasty's outdated cannon-casting technology resulted in thicker barrels and larger cannons, the difference between their "General Cannon" and the giant cannons of other countries was enormous.

To use an inappropriate analogy, the cannon that Rock pulled out at this moment was like a donkey's thing, while all they had seen before were things from South Korea. The two were completely incomparable!

"These Tartars have always oppressed the people, raping and plundering them, committing all sorts of atrocities! Now, their many evil deeds will surely lead to their downfall!"

"Fire! Blast their houses open and wipe out these Tartars!"

With a roar from Rock, the four Witch's Hammer cannons fired simultaneously. These golden cannons were no less powerful, and the terrifying shells instantly and devastatingly tore down the walls of these mansions.

The Manchu servants hiding behind were instantly blasted into several bloody alleys by the cannonballs. One by one, the servants who were blown to pieces, with missing limbs, cried out in agony. The remaining people trembled and looked at their masters, hoping that their masters could come up with some ideas.

Even their master was stunned by this thing. If they were really asked to make a decision, how could they possibly come up with one?

What made them even more desperate was that after the Polu Army finished firing this round of cannons, it seemed that they were not satisfied and actually wanted to fire a second round!

Seeing that the enemy artillerymen were still loading shells into their cannons, the Manchu people, young and old, who had previously refused to surrender and shouted that they would be loyal to the court, all surrendered. They all shouted in extreme humiliation that they would pay money to avoid disaster and beg the enemy army for mercy.

Seeing how quickly their attitude changed, some soldiers couldn't help but feel a bit of morbid amusement.

So a soldier, holding a torch, pointed the cannon at them and shouted inside, "Call me grandpa! If you're willing, grandpa will spare you; if not, you'll all die under this cannon!"

Upon hearing this, some of the Manchus who had previously begged for mercy immediately became displeased. One of them, with his neck stiffened, couldn't help but shout at the Po Lu Army soldiers outside: "You dogs, you're delusional! My ancestors were the first Baturu of the Great Qing Dynasty, we—"

Oh dear, is he the number one Baturu?

Hearing this, Rock, who was standing behind the artillery, was so angry that he laughed. What era is this? They're still talking about the First Baturu.

He waved his hand forcefully, signaling the artillerymen to continue firing.

I wonder if this so-called descendant of the first Baturu of the Qing Dynasty can withstand the witch's hammer cannon.

If these guys really have the ability to catch a cannonball from the Witch's Hammer with their bare hands, then Rock will accept it.

If the other party has that ability, he guarantees to leave immediately without hesitation!

With four deafening roars, four more massive shells were fired, blasting away countless houses in their path.

And the walls and ramparts killed countless Manchus.

Blood and severed limbs were everywhere, and the pungent smell of blood permeated the air, mixed with the heavy smell of gunpowder left after the Witch's Hammer was fired, creating a smell that Rock couldn't quite describe.

Although he couldn't quite describe the smell, he felt it wasn't bad at all; it had a strange, pleasant fragrance.

"Grandpa, please stop firing! We surrender!"

"Please, Grandpa, spare my life!"

When shouts rang out again from inside the walls, these guys no longer insisted on any talk of ancestral glory, and each one shouted louder than the last.

Hmph, he was just trying to act tough when he had nothing better to do, but instead of showing any toughness, he exposed his stupidity and hypocrisy.

If they truly had the idea of ​​martyrdom and were willing to sacrifice themselves for the Qing Dynasty, these guys wouldn't have been hiding inside high walls and courtyards, afraid to come out. They probably would have rushed out and fought desperately when the cannons were brought up.

The reason they fought there but didn't, and were unwilling to come out, was, frankly, that they wanted to find an opportunity to negotiate with the Po Lu Army, at least to prevent those guys from squandering their wealth.

Unfortunately, Rock had no interest in negotiating with these guys. Killing everyone in this high-walled compound might result in some innocent people being wronged, but even if he counted 90% and carried out the 19-shot kill order, there would probably still be quite a few who escaped.

To prevent these guys from playing any tricks, Rock did not order his soldiers to charge directly up the wall. Instead, he ordered them to come out from behind the wall, lay down all their weapons, and surrender with their hands behind their heads.

Faced with such a request, some of them hesitated and wanted to put on airs, but when they saw the cannon turn around again, they all became obedient.

After they came out, the first thing Rock ordered them to do was not to hand over their money and food, but to hand over their pills!

This thing is too dangerous and must be controlled, banned, and destroyed. We must not allow it to flow into the public or fall into the hands of private individuals!

With this elixir, even an unarmed ordinary person could easily transform into a monster and stage a bloody and terrifying scene of tearing people apart. Rock didn't believe that these powerful families didn't have a single elixir hidden away.

When he was searching Kaiyuan City, he found some pills in the hands of those powerful families. Although the number of these pills was not large, it still made Rock feel a sense of unease.

This time, the number of pills these guys handed over was even greater, and Rock was certain that they definitely didn't hand over all of them!

Whatever, since they haven't handed them all over, let's keep searching!

Once the evidence is found, Rock can add another charge when he beheads them!

As expected, when Rock introduced his newly recruited Dimension Crusher Ratmen and they began to join the search...

During the process, the rats quickly discovered a secret chamber where a large number of pills were hidden.

The Skaven have an extremely keen sense of smell. They quickly discovered a large number of hidden pills and used the Dimensional Crusher to blast a tunnel directly to the enemy's basement.

Rock had no interest in cracking their mechanisms or slowly searching for the entrance to their secret passage; he simply told the ratmen to dig as deep as they could.

Otherwise, how could we expect these guys to honestly point out all our tricks and prevent any unnecessary trouble?

Seeing their privately hoarded elixirs being discovered, the Manchus immediately showed a look of distress on their faces.

Most of these elixirs didn't exist for very long, because the area outside the Great Wall wasn't originally a key development area for lamas. Only recently have lamas arrived and started practicing alchemy with them.

These powerful families have a keen eye, so they immediately recognized the value of the pills and stockpiled a batch for themselves, just in case they needed them at a critical moment.

Unfortunately, they didn't actually get to use it at the crucial moment.

Even if they took the pills, they still couldn't withstand the Witch's Hammer cannon!

They weren't naive enough to think they could fight their way out of the siege of four giant cannons and a large number of soldiers with just a few pills. They were only taking some kind of exotic pill, not a magic pill.

After finding all the pills, Rock breathed a sigh of relief, and then, along with the public trial and the grievance meeting, he held a "Pill-Destroying Conference"!

Lin Biao once famously destroyed opium at Humen, and Luo Ke has always admired him greatly. Now, he is following in Lin Biao's footsteps and is going to destroy opium in Shengjing!

He didn't burn all the pills like some brainless dramas do, because he had previously witnessed what Qing soldiers would become after using the new type of longevity ointment.

There were only traces of medicinal ingredients there, yet they were already in such a state. If this fire were to burn all the medicinal ingredients, Rock felt that all of his soldiers would probably be in serious trouble.

So Rock also followed Lin Gong's example and used quicklime to make the pills. In addition to adding coarse salt to the water, he also added the dimensional stone contained in the ratman bomb!

He had previously discovered that the radiation from the dimensional stone seemed to have a significant impact on the pill, so using the dimensional stone to neutralize the pill could be considered a form of fighting poison with poison.

In addition to these pills, even all the opium in the city was confiscated by Rock and sent over for destruction. This action immediately won high praise from the city's residents.

Although there are indeed many poisonous insects in the city, and many of them are beyond saving in Rock's opinion, most people absolutely abhor such things!

This thing is absolutely despicable. It's not just about causing people to die out; it's so despicable that even the ancestral graves would be emitting black smoke!

Seeing that Rock did not intend to make huge profits from this thing, but instead resolutely destroyed it, many people immediately looked at Rock with higher regard, feeling that this rebel leader was truly standing up for them.

After destroying the opium and pills, Rocky interrogated the Manchu nobles one by one, and then dragged them to the market to be beheaded.

These Manchu nobles, who once lived in luxury and enjoyed a high status in the Qing Dynasty, never dreamed that one day they would be wiped out!

It wasn't until they were escorted to the market and the greatswordsman's two-handed swords were placed against their necks that some of them realized what had happened and thought Rock had gone completely mad.

These people are clearly nobles, and keeping them would have greater value; they could even be used as bargaining chips in Roc's subsequent negotiations with the Qing court!

If Luo Ke were willing to accept the Qing government's offer of amnesty, they could even mediate and try to help him secure a reliable and good position!

But Rock completely disregarded all of that and insisted on chopping off all their heads. He was an incomprehensible madman!

"Stop! I have a use for you! Spare my life, and I can do things for you!"

"You scoundrel! Aren't you afraid of divine retribution for going this far?"

Divine retribution?

Rock laughed heartily; he didn't think he would be punished by the heavens for this.

The real reason we should have killed these guys was to be the ones who did the best we could!

"Execute!"

With a command from Rock, one head after another of men with queues rolled to the ground. Countless once high and mighty heads fell to the ground, their heads still looking at the executioner with disbelief, as if they could not understand how they could die.

But they were no longer able to ask any questions, and as their heads rolled, all that remained was a deafening roar of cheers.