Chapter 359: Beacon Smoke Datong City (3)

The first shell did not hit the rushing car of the Warat army, but the shell smashed into the dense formation of the Warat soldiers, almost from the front to the back of the formation, and I don't know how many people's arms and thighs were taken along the way, and how many people's chests and heads were smashed and smashed.

Another solid iron ball accurately hit a rushing car, only to hear a loud "boom", which shattered the car on the spot, the wooden blocks flew wildly, and the heavy ram was lifted and rolled off.

The surrounding Warat soldiers were hit by the pond fish, and all kinds of debris were stirred up and their flesh and blood were blurred, and they all rolled to the ground and howled.

In the whistling sound, one after another cannonballs burst into the 10,000-watt army array, or passed through the formation, bringing up a mist of blood from the stumps; Xue Tong, the deputy commander-in-chief, saw that after the first five artillery pieces of Beiguan City were fired in turn, several rushing cars in the Wara army were scattered.

I saw that the gunners at the head of Beiguan City were in an orderly manner, and after the shells were fired, the people in charge of brushing the chambers among them immediately brushed the chambers, and then some people loaded the gunpowder, loaded the primer charges, and filled the shells. The observer constantly reports the data, and the aiming hand adjusts accordingly, and the division of labor and cooperation are close and skillful.

Cannonballs leaped up and smashed into the formation of the Warat army, bringing up pieces of flesh and mutilation, or fragments of the wheels of the rushing cars.

Although compared to the attacking army of tens of thousands of people, these rounds of artillery of the defenders of Beiguan did not cause too many casualties, but being carried by shells, it was a tragic appearance of flesh and blood, broken hands and feet, where did those Warat soldiers have this psychological endurance?

Every time the shells came, there was a violent commotion in the Warat army, and it was only thanks to the desperate bullet pressure of those centurions and other generals that the army barely pressed forward.

There were bursts of deafening cannon fire on the head of the city of Beiguan, the closer the Wara army approached, the more accurate the artillery on the head of the city, and when the Wara army approached a mile, their rushing cars were less than half, especially the soldiers who pushed the rushing cars were even more miserable.

Fortunately, the artillery at the head of the city stopped after a short while, and several of the cannons fired almost five shells, and needed to stop for a quarter to two quarters of an hour to dissipate heat.

"Archers! Put! ”

The Qianzong at the head of Beiguan City roared loudly, and then hundreds of archers on the head of the city shot out an angry rain of arrows, smashing into the army of thousands of Wara.

Xue Tong, the deputy commander-in-chief, also ordered the artillery and archers on the north side of the main city to prepare to respond, but at this time, the Wara army did not enter the firing range, so it was not effective for the time being.

At this moment, he also mobilized 5,000 archers and launched a projectile outside Beiguan City, which immediately suppressed hundreds of Ming archers on the head of Beiguan City, and shot down a lot of Ming soldiers and people, young and strong.

At this time, there was a great chaos at the head of the city of Beiguan, and thousands of soldiers under the city took the opportunity to seize the horse wall outside the city, filled in the trench, and then launched a fierce attack on Beiguan, dozens of ladders were erected one after another, and several rushing cars also crashed towards the city gate.

It didn't take long for thousands of Warat soldiers to climb the city and start a bloody battle with the 3,000 Ming soldiers on the city!

Xue Tong, the deputy commander-in-chief, looked at the bloody battle on Beiguan, and could be said to be anxious, after all, there are not many troops in Beiguan City, if you look at the offensive of the Wara army, the defenders over there will not be able to hold out for long.

Therefore, Xue Tong ordered to concentrate several artillery pieces on the north head of the main city and fire in the direction of Beiguan.

Although these artillery pieces could hardly hit the Wara soldiers and horses in the Beiguan area, the violent momentum still made those Warat soldiers feel cold, and the offensive momentum of the army was inadvertently contained!

Seeing this, the defenders of Beiguan also launched a counterattack, fighting to the death with the Wara army at the head of the city, and even many Ming soldiers were red-eyed, and rushed into the crowd of Warat soldiers with the earth-shattering thunder, and died with them.

It didn't take long for the Warat soldiers who had attacked Beiguan to retreat, and thousands of Warat soldiers rushed towards the town.

However, in front of them there was a large array, which was also on the war horse, and beside them were the king of the saikan and the people of the Arazhiyuan.

Seeing that these forward soldiers had escaped, he waved his hand with a gloomy face, and immediately a layer of archers came out, stretched out their bows and arrows, and shot the routs who had attacked the formation to the ground.

Then some of the Varati rode forward, armed with long knives and spears, and without saying a word, they stabbed to death some of the deserters who were screaming so loudly.

The king of the competition next to him was a little unbearable, so he also glanced at him first, and said: "The military order is like a mountain!" Those who flee in battle will be killed! In the face of the great enemy, we will not be merciful. ”

Hearing this, the king of the journal also nodded heavily, and did not say anything.

A moment later, the surviving rout had been collected on both sides of the Warat main formation, and they also took a look at the head of Beiguan City, knowing the strength of the Ming army's artillery, so they secretly made up their minds to take Beiguan City no matter what the cost.

Therefore, he also mobilized 20,000 troops again and ordered: "Attack with all your might, front and flanks, spare no effort, we must take Beiguan City today, and those who dare to take a step back will be killed."

"Siege!"

"Siege!"

Yexian's orders were conveyed layer by layer, and it didn't take long for the 20,000 Warat army to assemble and press up towards Beiguan City, attacking from the north, east, and west at the same time.

And the Arazhiyuan even rode out of the horse, agitating back and forth in front of the battle: "As long as the Great Khan's horn does not retreat, the army will continue to attack and move forward, and those who dare to retreat will be killed on the spot!" ”

Then, Arazhiyuan drew his sword and shouted hoarsely, "Break Datong!" ”

More than 20,000 Warat troops raised their arms in unison, dense spears like a forest.

"Break Datong!"

It was like a forest of spears and spears, and the cheers and roars of the tide.

Seeing the situation in the north, Deputy Chief Soldier Xue Tong shook his head slowly, and said secretly in his heart: "Chief Soldier Liu, come quickly!" ”

"Attack!"

Trumpets rang out in the town of Warabon, and a flood of Warat soldiers rushed forward with shouts.

Hundreds of ladders and more than a dozen rushing vehicles were mixed in the military formation, constantly approaching Beiguan.

Although the five artillery pieces at the head of Beiguan City began to bombard again, in the face of the desperate charge of more than 20,000 Warat troops, this bit of firepower did not play a role at all, and it could not stop the pace of the Warat army's attack at all.

Seeing that the firepower of the artillery was no longer sufficient, Mr. Qian, who led the army in Beiguan, immediately shouted: "Rocket preparation!" ”

Fifty steps to one hundred steps under the city of Beiguan, it is the "horse wall" that surrounds the town of Datong, built for the early years of orthodoxy, the wall is one zhang high, there is a female wall battlement, there is no difference with the city wall, but it is a shorter city wall.

There is a ditch in front of the wall, two zhang deep, one zhang wide, this section of the north pass leads the river into the moat, forming a moat that passes around the city.

Looking at the Wara army coming all over the mountains, they roared and screamed, all of them looked like they were dying, and the soldiers of the Ming army behind the horse wall all had dry mouths and hot bodies.

Many of these Ming soldiers were recruits, and even many soldiers had never killed anyone or fought a vicious battle, so it was not easy to flee on the spot at this time.

At this time, Mr. Qian had already issued an order, and more than a dozen bundles of large rockets suddenly rose up on the head of Beiguan City, flew towards the Warat army, and smashed into it in the middle of the Wara army in a blink of an eye.

This round of shooting caused at least hundreds of casualties to the Warat army, but it still did not stop the charge of the Warat army, and soon the 20,000 army rushed to the horse wall, and the hundreds of Ming soldiers guarding here were powerless to resist, and they were defeated with only one face!

Seeing this, the head of the city of Beiguan Qian also frowned, and the next thing is to fight again with the Wara army, maybe this Beiguan will be lost today.

As a result, Mr. Qian did not do anything, and directly ordered all the rockets in Beiguan City to be shot out, causing casualties to the Warat army to the greatest extent.

At this time, most of the remaining rockets in Beiguan City were 30 "swarms", 20 "fire dragon arrows", and some flying guns, flying knives, flying swords and other rockets, all of which were 30 rounds.

The range of these rockets after burning is basically two or three hundred steps.

Seeing that his soldiers had been prepared, Mr. Qian shouted: "Rocket, release!" ”

Like a loud thunderclap, a thick cloud of smoke rose in front of the barricade wall, and a hundred rockets were fired in unison, like three thousand archers firing a salvo.

Those who were climbing over the barricade and preparing to storm the head of the Beiguan city were hit hard, and immediately fell in large pieces.

With the power of gunpowder, if you are hit by a rocket head-on, it is comparable to the strength of a strong crossbow.

It was rockets flying wildly, and most of those Warat soldiers were not wearing armor, as long as they were hit by arrows, they were also injured a lot.

"Put it again!"

There were bursts of thunder, and the Warat soldiers who came up were shot down in droves, and many of them were even shot out.

I also saw it from a distance, but his face still didn't change, and he said: "Transfer another 10,000 people to rush up!" ”