"The Shenji Battalion obeyed the order and tried to hit the center of the arrow shield as much as possible. Aim, fire! ”

With the order of Sheng Jianghe, the deputy commander of the Shenji Battalion, the 460 musketeers standing in the first row immediately pulled the trigger, and then the flames and smoke rose everywhere.

Immediately after the round, the musketeers circled back, yielded their position to their companions behind them, and began to reload their ammunition in rapid motion.

These operations have been practiced countless times in the past three years, and they have long been extremely proficient.

After this round of fighting, Sheng Jianghe looked in the direction of the city head, and was pleased to see that among the large number of arrow shields originally erected at the city head, seven or eight sides suddenly fell.

This sudden gap suddenly made the Wei soldiers behind them scramble, and many of them were even directly shot by random arrows.

Where would the Northwest siege soldiers, who were originally on the top of the ladder, let go of such a great opportunity, and hurriedly rushed through the gap, and then slashed at people with steel knives in their hands, and instantly slashed and killed several people.

Although the Wei soldiers won this bloody hand-to-hand combat again and again, and re-supported their arrows and shields, their own casualties were also quite large, and it often took several people to kill a northwest veteran. The individual combat capabilities of both sides can be described at a glance.

Sheng Jianghe could see clearly, although his bow and arrows could not penetrate the arrow shield, but the musket could easily penetrate it.

Whenever buckshot pierced the shield, the soldiers standing behind were often shot and fell to the ground.

As soon as the soldier in charge of supporting the soldier falls, the arrow shield will naturally fall with him, so that a gap will appear.

Seeing that this method was really effective, Sheng Jianghe was very excited, and immediately ordered the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion under him to aim at the center of the enemy's arrow shield as much as possible to shoot, just to break through the opponent's shield.

As a result, these 2,300 musketeers, who were arranged in 460 columns in a column of five, under the orders of Sheng Jianghe, carried out a series of cyclic operations again and again, such as loading ammunition, aiming at the target, pulling the trigger, quickly winding around, and reloading, which seemed boring and monotonous.

But it was such a boring and monotonous action, but it caused great casualties and pressure to the Wei soldiers defending the city.

Especially when the Wei soldiers saw that even standing behind a human-tall arrow shield would suddenly be killed by something, the panic quickly spread.

No one knew if it would be their turn next, and everyone became trembling.

In this atmosphere of panic, the shield wall, which was not very tight, suddenly became more and more loose.

"Don't relax, take it well, Grandpa Guo's army will arrive soon.

Hold on, hold on! The army is coming, it's coming! "Liu An, the governor of the five armies, and others have already shouted hoarsely.

These words may have been useful at first, but now that almost two hours have passed, and there is no figure in sight of the army, the soldiers have become a little numb to the hearing, and no longer react, but instinctively resist.

Seeing that the Wei soldiers at the head of the city had already shown a significant decline, Ning Yafeng knew that it was time to implement that plan.

So he said to Li Dingbei, the leading commander beside him: "General Li, it's time to go to the dead." ”

Li Dingbei nodded solemnly, and then ordered his subordinates to bring people over.

Soon, thirty veterans in their forties were brought in.

It's just strange that these veterans all carry a big burden behind them, and each of them has a waist knife in his waist and a few incense sticks that have been lit, which looks very strange.

When these people were brought to Li Dingbei and Ning Yafeng, the two people who had been riding on the horse suddenly dismounted and walked over.

Then led by Li Dingbei and followed closely by Ning Yafeng, the two generals solemnly saluted in front of those veterans.

Seeing the two adults making this big salute, the veterans hurriedly stopped: "The two adults can't be like this, the little one can't stand it." ”

"Yes, two adults, don't do this, we can't afford such a big gift."

Under the continuous dissuasion of the veterans, the two still insisted on performing this salute.

Li Dingbei said with a solemn expression: "You are all veterans of the battlefield who have made great contributions to the northwest, and it is Li's incompetence to let you forcibly open the way with your own lives today."

This gift is not only worthy of you, but should also be accepted. ”

Ning Yafeng, who was standing next to him, also spoke: "All uncles are loyal to my Ning family, and our Ning family will never forget your contributions.

In the future, if the children of your uncle's family are willing to join the army, the Ning family will try their best to arrange them under the command of General Li. The pension promised to you will also be given to your family as promised.

On behalf of the Ning family, I promise you that I will take good care of your family and children, and will never let their husbands and fathers die in vain. ”

"Lord Xie Li, Second Prince Xie." The veterans were very moved and saluted the two adults.

When General Li summoned the dead among the veterans, he had already made it very clear that those who volunteered to be dead soldiers would receive a pension of 200 taels of silver. And in the future, once the children of the family join the army, they will also get special preferential treatment.

It was because of these favorable conditions that these people decided to sign up to become dead soldiers.

Life in the northwest is hard, and they have been fighting with the Hu people for many years, and ordinary people can live to be fifty years old. Most of them live to be in their thirties or forties.

These veterans feel that they are old, and even if they are discharged and returned to the field, they will not have a few years to live.

Rather than dying of old age or illness without hearing about it, it is better to use your life to fight for a good future for your family and children.

If nothing else, the two hundred taels of pension alone is enough for the family to buy a lot of land and live a good life.

And they all feel incumbent on being able to put on their uniforms again to defend their hometown after being discharged from the army.

Just as in the past, whenever the Hu people invaded the northwest, the local soldiers, civilians, men, women, and children would consciously mobilize to participate in the battle against the enemy, and this time was no exception.

Although the northwest is poor, it is the hometown where every generation of them live, and it is not allowed to be violated by others.

It can be said that each and every one of them volunteered to participate in this operation as a dead soldier.

Now seeing that General Li and the second son were so generous to these little people, these veterans were naturally moved, and they had a strong urge to die for their confidants.

As the fierce siege battle continued in full swing, these veterans quietly blended in with the ordinary soldiers, and then rushed to the bottom of the city and climbed up the ladder as fast as they could.

When they were almost near the top of the city, they suddenly stopped, and then grasped the ladder with one hand, and groped carefully from behind with the other, as if they were looking for something.

The soldiers standing below did not urge them, because before the battle began, the officers had told them that they must not hinder these veterans who carried a large burden from doing things, and that they should stay away from them as much as possible.

A veteran with quick hands and feet quickly found what he was looking for: a long lead next to his baggage.

After touching the lead, he immediately pulled it over and put it on his chest, and then took out a pillar incense stick inserted in his waist to quickly ignite the lead.

In order to avoid the pillar incense going out or falling, each of them will insert a few more spare sticks in their waists, just in case.

After lighting the fuse, the veteran immediately shouted to the young soldiers below, "Stay away from me if you don't want to die!" ”

After speaking, he pulled out his waist knife and rushed to the head of the city in one breath, and then fought with the Wei soldiers there, and rushed into the crowded places as much as possible.

The Wei soldiers who fought with him naturally didn't know that the middle-aged veteran in front of him was a dead soldier on a special mission, and continued to rely on the advantage of being outnumbered to fight him like other soldiers in the northwest.

Because there were too many soldiers defending the city, even if the veterans tried their best not to, they could only replace one or two people, and soon they were pierced in the abdomen with spears, and the pain was extremely great.

But even so, the veteran still clung to those Wei soldiers.

Just when the Wei soldiers wanted to push him away and throw him off the tower, a mutation suddenly happened.

The veteran's back suddenly made a loud noise, followed by a burst of fire, killing and injuring hundreds of people in an instant.

Most of them did not die from the shock wave of the explosion, but were stabbed to death or injured by the sudden explosion of thistles.

This loud noise not only startled Liu An, Xie Changyu and others, the governors of the five armies, but also the other Wei soldiers subconsciously looked over.

When they saw their colleagues who had suffered heavy casualties at the center of the explosion, they couldn't help but be confused, completely unaware of what was happening.

But this was just the beginning, as more and more veterans with big burdens climbed up to the city one after another, and detonated the flowering bombs on their bodies, the scene instantly got out of control.

Rumble...... Rumble...... Rumble......

The flowering bombs on the veterans' bodies exploded one after another, and the entire city was suddenly ablaze, with countless casualties.

Thirty veterans meant thirty flowering shells, which were bucket-sized earthen grenades that weren't too big in this place, but when they exploded on the crowded towers, almost every flowering bullet caused hundreds of casualties, adding up to thousands of dead and wounded.

Logically speaking, these thousands of casualties were just a drop in the bucket for the 40,000 Wei soldiers.

But the problem is that the visual effect of this flowering bomb is too terrifying.

Once it explodes, sparks soar into the sky and smoke rises.

Those who are close can blow people away, and those who are far away will be pierced by the attached thistles.

The power of this flowering bullet could not be avoided even by the Hu people who were not afraid of death, let alone these Wei soldiers who rarely fought in the first place.

As the casualty toll continued to rise, many Wei soldiers screamed almost instinctively and ran around, like a swarm of headless flies.

"Stop those who are carrying baggage, stop them! Stop them! Xie Changyu, who was the first to discover the problem, was shouting loudly almost with all his strength.

But by this time the scene was completely out of control, and the soldiers were only concerned about running around, where could they still hear these words.

As the human bomb composed of these thirty veterans successfully exploded a bloody path, the northwest soldiers under the cloud ladder immediately rushed up like a tide, cutting and killing people when they saw them.

At this time, even the blind could already see that Yinglin City could no longer be defended, and the soldiers scattered to avoid it.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Xie Changyu didn't care about the life or death of Liu An, the governor of the five armies, and immediately fled under the city tower.

What military orders are like mountains and what family glory, for Xie Changyu at this moment, none of them are as important as his own life.

Knowing this, he would definitely order all the grain and grass in the warehouse to be burned, at least it would not cheapen these Northwest barbarians.

However, he never expected that the Northwest Army would hide such sharp firearms, and it was too late to burn grain at this time, so he could only find a way to escape for his life first.

The defeat was like a mountain, the loss of the city, and the ordinary soldiers who were only concerned about fleeing for their lives everywhere, it was impossible to turn the tide of the battle even if the famous generals of the ages were present.

Half an hour later, the gate of Yinglin City was opened, and Li Dingbei, who had been tightening his face, showed a relieved smile.

As a deputy general, Ning Yafeng's face was already flushed with excitement, and he couldn't wait to shout out loud.

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About two hours later, Xie Mingshun, the Duke of Anguo, who led nearly 20,000 cavalry to Yinglin at the fastest speed, saw the "Ning" flag planted at the head of the city with his own eyes, and his blood suddenly surged, and his eyes turned black, and he fell directly from the saddle to the side.

Fortunately, the guards around him saw the opportunity quickly and quickly held him up, so as to avoid the danger of falling off the horse.

"Father!"

"Grandpa Guo!"

When Xie Yuheng and the others saw this thrilling scene, they couldn't help but cry out.

"I'm fine." An Guogong sat up straight with the support of the guards, and then looked at the "Ning" flag fluttering in the wind on the head of the city with a blue face, and the hatred in his eyes almost gushed out.