Chapter 476: The Battle of White Mountain City (1)
Zhang Tianhu saw that his side was obviously going to suffer, and hurriedly ordered: "Greeting with a grenade!" After speaking, he took the lead in throwing out a grenade and threw it very accurately at Tuoba Jin, who was rushing straight in.
Tuoba Jin saw a black guy flying directly over, thinking it was some hidden weapon, and hurriedly dodged to dodge, but he didn't expect this black guy to explode in the blink of an eye. With the sound of earth-shattering, his body was directly blown into two pieces and flew into the air. Poor Tuobazin I's fame, so he was buried on a grenade.
When the other soldiers saw Zhang Tianhu throw out a grenade, they also threw a grenade. With the earth-shattering explosion, the corpses of countless Liao soldiers were thrown into the air, and those who were lucky enough not to die also fell to the ground with serious injuries. But some soldiers saw that the Liao army was almost cleaned up, and they were reluctant to use grenades, so they rushed forward directly, and with the swords in their hands, they directly cut off the heads of the Liao soldiers who were blown up by the grenades.
Li Zhengsheng and Ah Zhuang also bravely killed the enemy and rushed to the front, their swords fell, and blood splashed everywhere they went, and corpses were scattered. In a short time, they wiped out the convoy of 1,000 men, and they drove all the intact horses and more than a hundred grain wagons to the north of the cliff, and hid them in the depths of the woods for the time being, and sent 200 soldiers to watch over them.
Zhang Tianhu, Li Zhengsheng and his entourage returned to the cliff and told Li Xiguang about the interception and killing of the Liao army's transport vehicle.
After that, Li Xiguang ordered Li Zhengxing and A Zhuang to lead 2,000 people to still ambush on the north side of the cliff, monitoring the movements of the Liao army, and Li Zhengxing and A Zhuang took the order to leave.
Just when Zhang Tianhu and Li Zhengsheng cut off the Liao army's grain and grass carts, Lin Zhanjie ordered Ren Changqing, Ren Xiaohang's uncle and nephew and other generals to lead an army of 200,000 to march all the way and come to the foot of Baishan City in front of Foxiao.
Under the city tower, ten catapults and five siege vehicles were lined up, and ten siege ladder trucks with six wheels were at the forefront. Nearly 200,000 soldiers were divided into ten columns, either with bows and crossbows in their hands or weapons in their hands, staring murderously ahead, just waiting for the governor to give an order, so that they could immediately attack the city wall.
Let the Joyless Voyage ride on the horse. Holding a long knife in his hand, his eyes stared at the Liao army aiming with a bow and arrow in the battlements on the city wall, and he was full of confidence in this siege. In this siege, he and his uncle's men were in charge of two ladders in the Ten Road Column. Zhang Lianxi led a part of the people to conquer the city gate. The rest of the columns were led by the lieutenant generals under Lin Zhanjie, and they were all staring at the Liao army on the city wall above.
Lin Zhanjie and Ren Changqing each rode on their horses, inspecting the situation on the city wall while watching the situation of their own people and horses in place.
Behind the Ten-Way Army, the six-sided cowhide war drums were already erected on the drum rack that was heavy and sturdy. Twelve drummers were already waiting for the commander to give the order with drumsticks in hand.
In Baishan City before dawn, Yelu Hongzhen, the supreme commander of the Liao army stationed in Baishan City, was woken up by his lieutenant general while still asleep, and was in a bad mood listening to the report of his lieutenant general.
"Report to the marshal, the muffled thunderous sound that came from the western mountains yesterday afternoon, the last general sent someone to investigate, and thought that it should be the latest new weapon developed by the Daye Dynasty, that thing called a grenade. This grenade is rumored to be very powerful・・・・・・"
"Okay, Ben Shuai knows, you go down first." Yeluhongzhen interrupted the adjutant general's words. A face was gloomy and a little scary, and a trace of chagrin and frustration flashed in his eyes.
The night before yesterday, Sun Weizhong secretly came to see him and asked him when he would be able to conquer another city and give him Baishan City and Shiyan Town, which was the condition that the two had negotiated at the beginning. Changdong Town and Zhangkou Town, according to Yelu Hongzhen's current strength, can send troops to occupy them immediately.
Yelu Hongzhen prevaricated him with a few words, and sent him away.
After Sun Weizhong left, Yeluhong couldn't help but sneer. It's a good calculation, and the city that he has worked so hard to capture wants to take it without any effort. How can it be so cheap?
Doesn't he want to take advantage of the victory to win a few cities in a row and expand the results of the battle? However, if your stall is too big, your own people are limited. The availability of grain and grass is the problem. And his father did not send him additional soldiers and horses, if he rashly went deep into the hinterland of the Daye Dynasty, then there would be a shortage of food and grass, and there would be a shortage of soldiers and horses, and the army of the Daye Dynasty would clean him up with ease, and then there would be Sun Weizhong's people and the second emperor's brother's ill intentions, and he would really suffer from the enemy at that time. There's no place to cry.
Sun Weizhong's actions were already known to him yesterday, but he didn't say a word about his arrival the day before yesterday. Yesterday's sound in Xishan proved that Sun Weizhong had failed, so his intention to take advantage of the fire to rob was frustrated.
When Yeluhong was really thinking nonsense, the general guarding the southern city gate hurried over and reported to him that hundreds of thousands of troops of the Daye Dynasty had gathered under the southern city gate and were preparing to attack the city.
Yelu Hongzhen panicked at this time, and hurriedly ordered the deputy general Balin to set off from the gate of the northern city quickly, and took people back to the country on fast horses to move the rescue troops. If the army of the Daye Dynasty really has a new weapon called a grenade, then Baishan City is really difficult to defend. Bahrain was his domestic slave and personal guard, and now he was the only one who could make him fully trust, and only he really cared about him.
Seeing that Balin had been ordered to leave, Yeluhun hurriedly ordered everyone to prepare for battle. The herald hurriedly went to give the order, and Yelu Hongzhen led several lieutenants to the city tower in full armor, so he did not hear the explosion from outside the north of the city. Because all his thoughts were drawn to the sound of war drums in the south of the city, where would he listen carefully to the sound of explosions in the distance? But before he could reach the tower, he heard the thrilling sound of war drums outside the south gate.
As he went, he ordered: "Carry all the bows and arrows, catapults, and stones up the city wall, and prepare for a tough battle." Even if they had any grenades, what could he do with such a thick and high wall? Ben Shuai still doesn't believe it, Ben Shuai can't hold on to the arrival of reinforcements! ”
Originally, the deputy generals who were worried because they heard that the Daye Dynasty had new weapons, after listening to Yelu Hongzhen's words, they couldn't help but have confidence. Besides, they are men on the grassland, proud of their courage and ruthlessness, and have a bloodthirsty nature in their bones, and they are not afraid of any opponent at all. They can be loyal to the country, and the people of their country can one day live a life without worrying about food and clothing, without starvation and cold, although they have no regrets in death. Death is an incomparably glorious thing before them.
Besides, outside the South City Gate, Lin Zhanjie saw that he was ready, and calmly gave an order: "Siege the city!" ”
Ren Xiaohai raised his internal strength and shouted: "Siege!" ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw that ten siege vehicles started together, and the stones wrapped in green smoke grenades had flown up the tower of Baishan City, only to hear the sound of explosions shaking the mountains one after another, and the city tower suddenly turned into a sea of fire. (To be continued.) )