Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Attack on Zhehe City (2)
Suddenly, a large puff of smoke and dust rose from the walls of the castle.
"Ah......h
"Hell, what's the situation? Did the earth dragon turn over?! ”
"Are you alright, sir?"
“……”
On the tower of the city gate, Yeli Rongde and his party became discouraged.
A cannon directly hit the city wall, although it failed to directly hit a few people, but the movement caused still made them extremely embarrassed.
"Fire!"
Chen Yan gave an order, and the rest of the artillery began to fire at the city gatehouse.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble......
There was a loud bang, and lead was smashed towards the city!
Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! Syllable......
The musket also began to fire, although it was still far from the end of the line, but it was still good to scare people.
The artillery cannon hit the city, waving puffs of smoke and dust, and some unlucky Western Xia soldiers were beaten by the terrifying kinetic energy carried by the artillery and cannons.
The lead of the musket also kept hitting the city, although it may not be able to hit the people, but as long as it hits, it is basically hopeless.
Bullets are made of lead!
This thing lacks morality, it is soft and will be deformed when it is hit, and after hitting people, it will form a cavity effect.
Basically, one shot has a big blood hole, the kind that can't be saved, even if the bleeding is stopped, the lead remains in the human body, and heavy metal poisoning can also take people away.
The soldiers of the Western Xia army at the head of the city were suppressed by artillery and muskets, and did not dare to return fire.
The Dang Capture Army grabbed the almost, and quickly advanced towards the Zhehe City, and the beggar army formed a group of seven or eight, following behind the Swing Army in a mess.
After all, they haven't experienced systematic training, so they don't force the formation or anything!
At the head of the city, Yeli Rongde and a group of Western Xia generals looked at a corpse not far away with fear on their faces, which was broken in two by cannons, and their intestines flowed all over the ground.
Fear!
Extreme fear!
The artillery of the captives was constantly firing, and the roar was incessant, and every now and then a scream would be heard from the city walls.
Seeing that the Dang Capture Army was about to advance under the Dao City Wall, and the ladders and siege vehicles were about to be pushed up, Yeli Rongde and the others finally suppressed their fear and ordered the Western Xia Army to fight back.
It's just that even now, most of the Western Xia army in Zhehe City has not been assembled, and only a few are on the city wall.
The Western Xia soldiers bent their bows and arrows, and one arrow after another flew down from the city wall and shot at the dense army under the city that was advancing towards the city of Zhehe.
Oooooooo......oo
However, these arrows were almost in vain, and when they hit the plate armor of the captive army, they only made a crisp sound, and they could not penetrate the plate armor on their bodies.
Except for a few unlucky ones who were injured by arrows hitting the plate joints, the Swingers were still advancing in an orderly manner.
It's just that when those Western Xia soldiers raised their bows and arrows and shot at the begging army on the body, there were a large number of casualties among the beggar army.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
The sound of arrows piercing through flesh continued to sound, and the beggar sergeant was shot, and immediately fell to the ground with a cry of pain.
They don't have the thick armor of the Sweepers!
If you are shot by a sharp arrow, that shot is a bloody hole!
Yeli Rongde on the city wall saw this scene, but his face was not very good-looking, because the army in front of him was elite at first glance, and the beggar army behind looked like they were just outcasts.
Bows and arrows can't inflict much damage on the captive army, and even if they shoot more beggars, they can't delay the occupation.
"Siege crossbow! Prepare with a battering crossbow, a battering crossbow! ”
Yeli Rongde ordered.
There is no shortage of ordnance in the city, and the siege crossbows used to attack the army are used to attack the army, and Yeli Rongde does not believe that this will not be able to break the tin cans of the army.
The siege crossbow was removed from the armory in the city and moved to the head of the city, but the captives had already begun to attack the city, and the ladder was set up at the head of the city, and the begging soldiers began to flock to the ladder in an attempt to storm the city.
"Revenge! Come on! ”
"Kill Hulu, enter the city and kill Hulu!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill ......"
“……”
The performance of the beggar soldier can be described as fearless of death, someone will soon follow after someone dies, the knife of the Tangut people is cut over and does not hide, let the knife of the Tangut people cut on their bodies, and the backhand is to cut off the head of the Tangut people.
Carrying the Tangut people to the city together, he was cut off an arm, and he also had to bite off a piece of the enemy's flesh with his teeth.
The beggar army roared and fought with the Western Xia army.
Their fierce and fearless momentum actually forced the Western Xia army to retreat again and again, obviously the combat effectiveness was not as good as the Western Xia army, and the number was not as good as the Western Xia army, but they killed the Western Xia army and retreated again and again.
If it weren't for the geographical advantage of the city wall and the numerical advantage of the Western Xia army, it might have been defeated under the frantic attack of the beggar army.
"Steady, steady for Lao Tzu!"
Yeli Rongde kept roaring, and kept ordering the Western Xia soldiers to rush up, trying to use their numbers to drive the beggar army off the city wall.
I didn't have time to prepare any stones, rolling wood, and gold juice, after all, the gold juice didn't have to be heated, and the cold one didn't have much power except for the taste of a little rush.
Not to mention the stone rolling wood, the only way to do it is to demolish the house near the city wall in an emergency, and now it is being demolished.
The siege crossbow is also carried up to the city wall and wound well.
"Aim, put!"
Yeli Rongde shouted.
It was necessary to order the siege crossbow to be aimed at the beggar army who rushed to the city wall and fire the crossbow arrows.
Puff puff......
Steel crossbow arrows as thick as children's arms were shot out, stringing the Western Xia soldiers and beggar soldiers on the city wall into a string, and blood sprayed everywhere, and soon stained the city red.
The first attack of the beggar soldiers was defeated due to the inability to follow, and the Western Xia army recaptured the city, but at the cost of casualties similar to those of the attackers.
"Damn, damn the Song people, how could they suddenly appear here?"
"I'm going to kill them all and let them all go to the city."
Yeli Rongde roared madly, looking like a madman, the battle just now was too tragic, he was afraid that he would not be able to defend the city of Zhehe.
It's just that the attack of the Dang Capture Army has not stopped, and the engineers of the Swing Army are quickly digging at the gate of Zhehe City.
The ladder was once again on the city wall, and the beggar army rushed up again with a roar, this army, which had never been systematically trained, actually showed quite good combat effectiveness.
The Western Xia army defending the city felt the fear, looking at the beggar soldiers who were red-eyed and fearless to squeeze the city, the Western Xia soldiers instinctively felt the fear.
"Siege crossbow, release!"
One after another, crossbow arrows were fired at the Dang Capture Army under the city, and the Western Xia Army attempted to force back the attack of the beggar army by killing and wounding a large number of Dang Prisoner Sergeants.
It's just that although weapons such as siege crossbows are powerful, they are not suitable for defensive battles!