486.The Battle of Shaowu (1)

At night, standing on the head of Shaowu North City, you can still see the bright light in the Yuan army camp.

This bright light stretched for several miles, divided into two groups, on the left and right of the official road, echoing each other. It looked like two creeping beasts.

Zhao Dongting stood at the head of the city with Tie Liduan and others, and Xi Wuliang and other civil and military officials such as Shao Wu and Luang also stood behind.

Looking at the mighty aura of the Yuan army's camp, everyone's faces were solemn. Even though Zhao Dongting came through time, he also felt great pressure at this time.

With 6,000 against tens of thousands, without being familiar with the situation on the other side and inferior to the armament, this is a battle with almost no chance of winning.

Zhao Dongting didn't even think about winning this battle, all he wanted was to hold on until Huang Hua arrived.

In that way, although the number of soldiers is still at an absolute disadvantage, it is not completely out of chance.

Tie Liduan saw Zhao Dongting's solemn face, and said, "Your Majesty, why don't we go to the Yuan army camp again?" ”

The nine True Martial Realm Breaking into the big camp may still be able to deal a great blow to the Yuan army.

But Zhao Dongting still shook his head, "The Yuan army has suffered a loss in Luster, even Zhang Kui Temple is dead, and now the camp seems to be calm, but maybe it is a murderous lurk, and your predecessors should not take risks." ”

Hong Wutian and Le Wuwu are not only his baby bumps, but also have a personal relationship with him, and Zhao Dongting never wants them to have any accidents.

That night, Zhao Dongting and the others were in the city until late at night, and then they returned to the palace.

It was getting brighter.

The Yuan army couldn't wait to march to Shaowu, and when the sky was completely bright, tens of thousands of troops had already rushed to the north gate of Shaowu City, which was only a few hundred meters away from the city gate.

The wind blew and blew the military flags in the Yuan army array.

A group of generals immediately stood in front of the various army formations, and they all looked up at the city head of Shaowu County.

At the head of the city, there were only a few hundred soldiers. Either a gunner, or a crossbowman. The rest of the soldiers are gone.

The bald heads shone brightly in the morning light.

The generals of the Yuan army had apparently already discussed the strategy of capturing Shaowu, but only a few minutes later, drums sounded in the Chinese army.

The two military formations in front of them were about 10,000 people, and they all stepped forward and approached Shao Wucheng step by step.

They had no battering rams or catapults. Yes, but it's a much smaller cannon cart than a catapult.

The range of the artillery cart was similar to that of the catapult, and when they reached a distance of about 500 meters outside the city, the two formations came to a halt amid the shouts of the generals.

The fierce murderous aura was so thick in the air that even the wind could not blow it away.

The extremely turbid river water in the moat outside Shaowu City flowed through, but since the thunder was invented by Zhao Dongting, the moat was no longer as effective as before.

"Put!"

At the head of the city, there was a general of the Toutuo army wearing armor looking at the Yuan army's large array with a serious face, giving orders.

The bright red flag waved forward.

One by one, the stones were thrown into the sky by catapults and fell towards the Yuan army.

And almost at the same time, black thunderbolts were also thrown from the artillery carts in the Yuan army's array.

The battle began under such abrupt circumstances.

Thunder and thunder either exploded on the city wall or fell on the city, and the smoke of gunpowder and the debris of countless green bricks flew one after another.

The broken bricks fell into the moat outside the city, causing a wave to ripple.

The soldiers of Youtoutuo were blown up by the thunder, and even the catapult was torn apart.

However, there were also soldiers in the Yuan army who could not avoid the stones thrown from the city, and they were immediately beaten to a blur of flesh and blood.

Compared with the grenadier canister, the range of the artillery cart is still much worse.

Most of the thunderbolts failed to reach the city, but all the stones emitted by the Toutuo army fell in the large array of the Yuan army.

Judging from the loss of soldiers on both sides, the Yuan army undoubtedly suffered some losses. After all, there are only a few hundred Tuo troops in the city, which is too scattered.

The power of the thunderbolt cannot be fully exerted.

It's just that, under such circumstances, no matter how strong the walls are, they will obviously not be able to hold for long. If the Yuan army did not care about the cost, the head of the city would be razed to the ground sooner or later.

Thunder and stones staggered through the air.

The whole city seemed to shake.

However, the army at the head of the city, led by the generals, did not retreat.

In terms of combat effectiveness, these people who were born in the righteous army may not be able to compare with the soldiers of the Yuan army. But they are all experienced in a hundred battles, and they are not bad in terms of ruthlessness.

In this way, more than ten minutes passed quickly.

There were already many gaps in the city, and more than 20 catapults of the Toutuo army were blown up.

In the Yuan army's array, the artillery cart was also hit by a stone and then turned into pieces.

If this continues, sooner or later the gates will be breached.

But the generals of the Yuan army did not seem to be satisfied with the siege of the city at such a price and speed, and the drums in the army suddenly became excited.

When the generals raised their swords, the soldiers of the two front-line formations let out an earth-shattering shout of killing, and rushed to the foot of Shaowu City together.

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

The corners of the eyes of several generals of the Toutuo army at the head of the city almost widened, and they roared loudly.

Arrows rushed out from the battlements at the head of the city.

These arrows were fired by strong crossbows, all of which carried extremely strong force, and they were shot into the Yuan army group, often penetrating two Yuan troops.

However, this bit of damage, for the Yuan army with tens of thousands of troops, is really just an itch.

No general cares about this loss.

The artillery trucks in the Yuan army also took advantage of the situation to advance forward, and after the range was shortened, the increasingly dense thunderbolts were able to fall on the city.

Hundreds of Tuo soldiers were jumping around the city under such artillery fire.

On the way to run, someone was blown up by a thunderbolt, screamed and threw away, and then never got up.

They're lucky.

There were soldiers who had their legs or hands blown off, lying on the ground covered in blood, looking at their stumps and their faces full of horror. Tears and blood poured out, and the screams were terrible.

It's worse than death.

The eyes of the generals of the Toutuo Army were red.

On the top of the house next to the street behind the city, Zhao Dongting and the others looked at the situation on the city, and their faces were solemn.

Zhao Dongting didn't expect that the Yuan army would be so eager to take the county seat of Shaowu, and in a short period of time, he let the soldiers launch a fierce attack on the city gate.

The situation was worse than he had anticipated.

Hundreds of Tuo troops, I don't know how long they can stop the Yuan army. And this day has just begun.

Every minute and every second seems to be extremely difficult at this moment.

With thousands of people trying to block the Yuan army, it was really difficult to hold on until Huang Hua led the army to arrive.

The dense Yuan army withstood the rain of arrows and soon rushed to the side of the moat of Shaowu City.

The murky river flowed through it.

In the Yuan army, archers threw at the city.

Screams continued to rise from the top of the city, and more and more Toutuo soldiers fell in pools of blood.

But there are still people who keep throwing stones and oil outside.

The Yuan army was stubbornly facing it below.

The head of the head of the soldier often appeared at the edge of the city, and it was difficult to go back.

The Yuan army's bow and crossbow are strong, and it is really not so easy to avoid.

Hundreds of people, gradually became more than 200 people, and then became only a hundred people.

I don't know when, the shouts of the generals can no longer be heard on the city. The few generals who were the only ones were killed by artillery fire and arrows.

There were more corpses lying on the head of the city than there were those standing.

The remaining Toutuo soldiers were all red-eyed, roaring incessantly, and were not afraid to die, carrying stones and throwing them into the city.

But in the end, their power is getting smaller and smaller.

Some soldiers in the Yuan army jumped directly into the moat and swam to the other side of the river.

The moat, which was only a few meters wide, and only a handful of stones and arrows fell, could not stop these Yuan troops at all.

Soon, many Yuan troops managed to swim to the opposite shore and then landed ashore.

Some ran to the gates, while others threw their claws onto the top of the city and climbed up with ropes.

With the thunderstorm, the Yuan army no longer used traditional ordnance such as ladders and battering rams to attack cities as before.

Compared to battering rams, thunderbolts are undoubtedly much lighter.

In the blink of an eye, I heard the sound of a rumbling explosion, and it was only two quarters of an hour before the city gate of Shaowu County was blown up and collapsed in the smoke of gunpowder.

"Bang!"

The heavy gates slammed into the ground with a muffled sound.