Chapter 944: Naqu City Breaks the Line of Life and Death
At this time, when he heard the rumbling cannons outside the city, Tulu Baihu, who thought that the Tang army was about to break the city, was worried about how to resist the Tang army's attack on the city, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Okay, the Tang Army should be out of shells, grandma's, God bless." Tulubaihu looked happy, wiped a handful of dust on his face, and said loudly: "Their artillery has become a waste, and there is no offensive ability, so now we have to hurry up, don't be afraid of hard work, and immediately repair the city wall on the spot to prevent the next wave of attacks from the Tang army!" ”
"Order!"
So, in the following time, the people of the city were urgently mobilized, and the soldiers under Tulubaihu were driven by beating and scolding, loading mud and soil, carrying bricks and stones, and began to urgently strengthen and repair the dilapidated city wall.
And, to be on the safe side, Tulubaihu was determined to make the most of the city's abundant manpower, and he ordered the construction of another earth and stone wall behind the original wall on the right side of the north to defend against the artillery attacks of the Tang army.
Tulubaihu ordered, the right side of the northern city wall, suddenly busy, the soldiers and civilians in the city, afraid of its obscenity, have repaired the city wall without touching their feet, building a new wall, busy but very happy.
In order to speed up the progress, Tulubaihu ordered the demolition of the houses of the inhabitants of the city, and used the timber and masonry in them as materials for repairing the city wall and building new walls, so as to speed up the repair and construction. His decision made the people of the city secretly scold, but no one dared to disobey his orders.
At this moment, through the gap in the ruined city wall outside the city, Liu Wenxiu, the commander of the Tang Army, who saw such a busy scene in the city, couldn't help but be very amused.
It is really ridiculous that this Tulu Baihu is cramming when he is coming now, and wants to use this way to stop the attack of the Tang army.
They completely underestimated the power of the Tang army's artillery, but they relied almost superstitiously on their own temporarily repaired city walls and newly built earth and stone walls.
Therefore, Liu Wenxiu and the Tang army outside the city all had a very leisurely attitude, and seeing the defenders and people in the city hurriedly repairing the city wall was like watching a group of busy ants.
Time passed quickly, and when it was dark, four hours finally passed.
At this time, the right side of the northern wall of Naqu City had just been repaired, and the earth and stone wall built inside had also roughly completed an external outline, and it looked like it was also defensive.
Only Liu Wenxiu, the commander of the Tang Army, knew that the two city walls reinforced and built by the enemy were actually just a spectacle, and under his own heavy artillery bombardment, their true effects would be immediately revealed.
"Let you be proud tonight, tomorrow, and taste the power of our army again." When Liu Wenxiu withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, he secretly sneered.
At dawn the next day, after a restless night, the heavy artillery siege began.
Liu Wenxiu ordered sharply: "All artillery pay attention, start salvo bombardment again, and we must completely destroy this northern city wall!" ”
"Order!"
The commander of the artillery of the Tang Army, who commanded the firing of the artillery, held the red order flag in his hand again.
"Ready!"
"Put!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
……
The heavy artillery roared, the embers flew away, the smoke filled the sky, and after another round of heavy dragon cannon salvo bombardment, the sound of huge iron bullets crashing and the collapse of the city wall was like the roar of death, and it resounded continuously.
The entire northern city wall was splashed with large pieces of rubble, and the rammed earth in the city wall flew out like rain, and the pheasant moat and the female wall were scattered in all directions like torn pieces of cloth.
Only a few rumbling sounds made the earthquake tremble, the entire northern city wall, showing a more broken and peeling shape, the outer wall bricks peeled off in large pieces, the inner ancestral lining bluestone also cracked, one after another like performance art everywhere thick and deep cracks, more unscrupulous on the wall teeth and claws, those temporarily repaired masonry and wood, is even more splashed and messy, only three hours of intense repair, at this moment the original shape is revealed.
"Hmph, this town knows that the enemy's repair is his mother's silver-like wax gun head, which is completely just a good thing, and it is useless at all. Brothers, listen well, continue the onslaught for Lao Tzu, never stop, and must completely collapse the city wall! “
"Order!"
Finally, after four more volleys, the city wall on the right side of the north side of the city completely collapsed with a deafening roar. Dust splashed in the sky, staining the sky yellow. The originally majestic and well-groomed city wall has become a small dilapidated and scattered mound.
"Excellent! Continue to fight, and then put the temporary earthen wall they built inside, and give Lao Tzu a! ”
"Order!"
The next bombardment made Liu Wenxiu discover that the temporary inner wall painstakingly built by the enemy was more fragile than he imagined.
After only two volleys, the temporary brick and earth wall that had been painstakingly built by the forced requisition and demolition of the people's houses collapsed completely with a loud bang, and it was almost impossible to maintain the shape of the wall.
At this time, Tulubaihu, who was still guarding the main roads in the city with his soldiers, saw that the two city walls, which had been busy for three hours, were crumbling so quickly, his chagrin and panic were indescribable.
He looked up at the gray sky, and his mood was as low and confused as this bleak morning.
The city wall has been broken, and he has led the defenders of the city, can he really defend this qu city?
While Tulu Baihu was in a state of confusion, Liu Wenxiu, the commander of the Tang army, had begun to give orders to attack the city.
"Pass on the commander's military order, all 5,000 musketeers, cooperate with the shield soldiers, form a three-stage strike formation and attack the city directly, cover behind the rampant sentry, and the spearmen are at the end, go straight into the city, and destroy a piece of enemy troops who dare to resist!"
"Order!"
Under Liu Wenxiu's order, in the Tang army formation in the north, there were a total of 5,000 musketeers, all of whom were wearing burning ropes, holding the black and shiny Lumi guns that had already been loaded, lined up in three rows and three sections, followed by the 2,000 shield soldiers in front, in the sound of neat drums, and walked towards the city in unison.
Behind the Musketeer, a mecha-like sentry followed. They were divided into two parts, separated on two sides, and firmly guarded the two wings.
In the end, a large number of spearmen followed closely, ready to rush forward and fight the Tibetan army hand-to-hand after the Lumi soldiers withdrew.
During this time, Tulu Baihu, who had retreated from the city, had already led the Tibetan army and young men in the city to urgently build fortifications at the entrances of various streets and alleys, and was ready to fight street battles with the Tang army in the city.
Seeing the Tang Army's shield soldiers and firecrackers in the distance, they all stepped in unison, and they were commanding a Tibetan army to deploy at the intersection of each street and personally escort Tulu Baihu behind, and his face was like ashes.
Tulu Baihu had just seen with his own eyes in the clairvoyant mirror how much the Tang army's Lu Mi volley had a killing effect on the Tibetan cavalry that was attacking out of the city. It was a slaughter-like scene, and his heart trembled when he thought about it.
He saw with his own eyes that the small lead bullet that weighed only three coins from this flint was much more powerful than the ordinary firearms used by other Ming troops.
You must know that ordinary firecrackers can fight at most about 60 paces away, but this Suilu Migun was seen with his own eyes, but he could shoot the best armored Tibetan cavalry in his own array more than 300 steps away.
This is still such a brilliant result that can be achieved when the Tang armies did not gather and urgently dispatch, and now, these 5,000 Tang armies are shooting together, this power and lethality can be imagined how terrifying it is.
Looking at the Tang Army's military formation getting closer and closer, and seeing the jet-black flint and Lu Mi Gong rushing from the pole, Tulu Baihu's heart beat like a drum.
What to do?
Do you just shrink back and wait for them to attack?
No, you can't let the Tang Army attack recklessly like this, and you must not just be a live target for any fight!
If the Tang army continued to shoot like this one hundred and sixty or seventy paces away, then his own men, no matter how many soldiers and horses, would be crushed by such a one-sided massacre.
Sitting back is the most incompetent and stupid solution.
Then, the only way for me now is to seize the time, take advantage of the superiority of troops, and order all the defenders to rush out together and kill these damned Tang army gunners, and we must not let them shoot their tens of thousands of subordinates like targets.
Thinking of this, Tulubaihu's face was almost distorted.
He shouted at the Karma next to him, who was also trembling, and shouted, "Grandma, if you keep it like this, I'm afraid that you will die in the end." Instead of sitting and waiting, it is better to fight to the death! Listen to me, before the Tang army has come, you quickly lead five thousand elite defenders, as a vanguard commando, highlight the fortifications, and go to raid the Tang army's musketeers, fight with them in close combat, and make their firearms ineffective. Ben will then take all the soldiers in the city and fight them out. We must use the superiority of our forces to fight back these damn Tang troops! ’
"Yes! I understand it under it! “
The Karma wiped a handful of oozing cold sweat, answered the order loudly with a stiff face, and then he quickly selected 5,000 soldiers and prepared to go out of the city to fight in close combat with the Tang army that was getting closer and closer.
A brutal battle between hand-to-hand battles is finally about to begin.
Under the gloomy sky, the Karma led 5,000 elite Tibetan troops, rushing out of the fortifications with a loud shout, and rushed towards the front of the marching Tang army's battle array.
Seeing the Tibetan army rushing out of the fortifications and rushing towards itself, the Tang army's military formation immediately stopped, and then immediately set up a formation and prepared to meet the enemy.
"Ready!"
"Put!"
"Bang bang bang! ……”
With the leading captain of the Tang Army, the three rows of Tang Gunners quickly formed a three-stage strike formation in the front and rear rows.
Among the 4,500 shots, the 1,500 in the front row was the first to start.
Then, the first row stepped back to the back of the third, followed by the second row's 1,500 Lumi.
Then the second row retreated to the first row, and the third row of gunners came up and fired another 1,500 Lumi guns.
At this point, a complete three-stage blow is completed.
After the third row of gunners was completed, the original first row of gunners had already loaded gunpowder and bullets, and continued to go to the front, ready to start a new round of firing again, and the three-stage attack process began again.
The sound of gunshots like bursting beans rang out densely, and the muzzle flames formed a row of dark red flying fire curtains, and thick white smoke immediately surged up on the shields lined up in a straight line.
Countless whistling small lead bullets weighing three coins let out a slight scream, and shot away towards the Tibetan army rushing towards the opposite side.
These hot and hot small lead bullets roared away, and immediately pierced into the bodies of those Tibetan soldiers like hot knives piercing butter.
Under the almost endless, seemingly endless blows of the Tang army, the 5,000 Tibetan troops who rushed forward together were instantly shot and killed more than 800 people in the first three-stage salvo.
The Karma who led the charge was quite distinctive because of the bright armor he was wearing, so he himself could be called a bullet magnet.
The Tang Army's first three-stage salvo, a full fifteen lead bullets, hit him at the same time, leaving this Karma from head to toe, covered with dense small blood holes.
This Tibetan army Karma, who was originally brandishing a war knife and shouting forward, stopped rushing forward as if he had been suddenly hit with a heavy hammer. After being stunned for less than a second, he fell to the ground on his back and did not move again.
As soon as the leader of the Nagqu city leader Karma was killed, he encountered a head-on attack on the Tibetan army with heavy casualties, and the formation was in chaos.
The remaining 4,000 or so Tibetan troops, as soon as they were a little sluggish, everyone turned around and fled as if they were crazy about gain and loss. A very large number of people lost their weapons and just wanted to run faster.
It's just that the interval between the next three strikes is extremely short, and the dense and non-stop Lumi guns completely dispelled their desire to escape, and countless lead bullets caught up with them, and shot them five or six hundred people from behind.
After seeing the remaining more than 3,000 Tibetan troops fleeing back to their own formation in an extremely embarrassed posture, the Tang army gunners packed up their weapons, and after shouting an order, continued to maintain a stable formation with the soldiers and horses of the main formation behind them, and continued to advance towards the city.
Seeing this tragic scene, the main general Tulu Baihu and all the Tibetan troops who were hiding behind the fortifications that were urgently built were immediately defeated.
The hateful Tang army on the opposite side, the dense thousands of Lu Mi guns, spewing demonic flames, as if they would never stop, actually crushed the 5,000 Tibetan army headquarters that wanted to be strangled in close combat on the spot in one go, killing and injuring a lot, which was simply beyond everyone's imagination.
Such a dense and concentrated shooting, which seemed to never stop, this kind of slaughtering battle that wiped out all the troops on all sides, was a huge blow to the Tibetan army's heart.
Tulubaihu's heart is constantly dripping blood.
Depend on! The firearms of the Tang army are so powerful, this is not a war at all, but a complete massacre!