Chapter 1531: Collapse
Grenade preparation, target, front stone beam groove. Leave not a single one! Gao Songlin shouted and gave the order.
Although the hundreds of throwers did not know their intentions, the military discipline of the Luoyan Army was strict, and the soldiers obeyed the discipline of the army unambiguously, even if they were ordered to climb the knife mountain and jump into the sea of fire, they must do so.
There was a clanging sound, and hundreds of smoky melon grenades rolled down into the ravine next to the mountain beam. The next moment, an earth-shattering explosion sounded, and a row of mud and stones and pillars of smoke twenty paces below the hillside rose into the sky, filling the air with smoke and dust, and scattering stones like rain.
The ears of the defenders of the Fallen Goose Army on the hillside were buzzing, and they were almost deaf from the shock. Because of the proximity, the flying rubble and smoke even spread to the defenders of the Fallen Goose Army in the fortifications above the hillside. If it weren't for the low wall fortifications as shelter, I am afraid that something big would happen. Fortunately, everyone cowered behind the fortification wall to avoid the rain of falling stones, so that a large number of soldiers were not injured. Rao is like this, there are still many soldiers of the Luoyan Army whose ears and noses were shocked and bleeding, and hundreds of people were injured by stones.
The Jurchen soldiers who were attacking dozens of paces below the mountain beam were also shocked, but they were surprised that the grenades did not fall among them. A smoke screen from above obscured their view, and they couldn't make out what was going on, but it looked like a big explosion of their opponent's fortifications on the hillside.
"Did they blow themselves up?" Many people think this in their hearts, which is very surprising and strange.
The smoke and dust slowly dissipated, and Gao Songlin raised his head from the fortifications, and looked at the black smoke rising from the mountain beam below, where there was no movement at all. Gao Songlin was dumbfounded. What you feared the most was a situation where the risky attempt became a joke? I consumed the remaining more than a thousand melon grenades in vain, but I didn't kill or injure a single enemy? Isn't that a big joke? I'm so stupid, why would I be dizzy and want to take such a risk? I'm afraid I'm going to die to apologize.
Gao Songlin was in a state of confusion and was extremely depressed. All the defenders of the Luoyan Army were also dumbfounded, General Gao had fallen into an evil spirit, how could he give such an order? Now it's okay, the last powerful firearm to kill the enemy is gone, and you can only fight hand-to-hand. What the hell is General Gao doing? What was going on in his mind? If it weren't for the fact that Gao Songlin was a veteran figure in the army and was quite respected, I am afraid that he would have suspected that he deliberately collaborated with the enemy and deliberately consumed his own firearms to help the enemy.
Gao Songlin's eyes were red, and his lips were bitten and bloody. He pulled out the greedy wolf knife at his waist and said nothing. He decided that he would wash away his shame with practical actions, and after a while, he would personally kill the enemy without dying or looking back. Otherwise, you will not be able to forgive your sins.
"Boom!" Suddenly, another grenade exploded belatedly under the hill below. It was a grenade with a fuse twisted too tightly and burning a little slowly. Coincidentally, it happened to be stuck in a crack in a stone, and when the other grenades exploded, it was not affected, but only slowly burned out the fuse in the crack in the stone, and then exploded.
With this explosion, the soldiers and horses on both sides of the hillside suddenly felt the mountain begin to shake slightly, and then they heard a huge cracking sound. Immediately after, an incredible scene appeared. I saw the bottom of the hillside
A massive rock at the site of the last explosion is beginning to disintegrate and collapse at a speed visible to the naked eye. The rock was intact, but it was badly damaged and about to crack. The last blasting grenade put the last straw on the camel, causing it to finally disintegrate.
The next scene is even more shocking, as the rock collapsed, the boulders on the left side of the mountain also began to collapse. In less than ten breaths, it turned into a major collapse.
What was originally a mountain beam of craggy rocks was already crumbling after being bombarded by thousands of grenades, but it had not yet collapsed. At this moment, the collapse of a mountain beam boulder is enough to cause the damaged sides to collapse immediately after that. It was as if the end was coming, the mountains shook, and the earth shook.
Countless earth, rock, shrubs, and low trees were swept down the hillside like a flash flood. Smoke and dust billowed and rubble flew and there was a booming sound. The ground shook even more violently. The Jurchen soldiers and horses below witnessed the collapse of the entire hillside and the rolling down of the mud and rocks, and they screamed in fright one by one. This kind of scene is too terrifying, and manpower can't resist it at all, and at this time, except for people who are scared stupid, people with a little common sense know that they have to run for their lives.
"Run." Someone let out a cry of terror, and the next moment, all the Jurchen soldiers on the hillside turned around and ran down the hillside. Even the generals and leaders who oversaw the war joined the ranks of fleeing for their lives at this moment. Because they knew that the collapse of the mountain was different from the previous situation when the boulders rolled down, it was a massive collapse that would bury everyone in the mud and rocks. At this time, thinking about being strong is tantamount to seeking self-defeat. So, running for your life is the only option.
The mud and rocks rolled down, bringing more stones and debris along the way, and soon a large number of Jurchen soldiers were caught up and buried, and they continued to rush down like a waterfall, and also continued to carry more stones and debris, affecting a larger area.
The Jurchen soldiers rolled on the hillside, screaming loudly and running in disarray. It was followed by a chasing mudslide. Many people were swallowed up in smoke and mud and buried in the dust and dust as they ran. Screams of terror resounded through the mountains.
The Jurchen soldiers and horses on the western slope also began to evacuate like a collapse as the mud and rocks on the hillside collapsed. Countless Jurchen soldiers were engulfed in mud and rock, and countless people were killed and wounded.
For the Jurchens, fortunately, this was not the collapse of the entire mountain beam, after all, the power of the grenade was still not enough to blow all the mountain beam rocks loose, and the impact surface of the collapse was only less than 300 steps wide, covering only the middle of the western slope. Therefore, a large number of soldiers and horses on both sides were not actually threatened by mud and rocks. But the power was enough to scare them, and of course they were also worried that the mountain above them would collapse, so they also turned around and fled down the hillside.
"Withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops!"
Ali Bai, who was supervising the battle at the foot of the hill, turned pale and frightened, yelled and cursed loudly, and withdrew farther away.
Mudslide maniac. He rushed down to the grass under the hillside, and rushed out more than a hundred steps before he fell like a wounded and violent beast
On the ground. The smoke and dust that filled the surrounding area covered the sky and the sun for a long time.
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Above the pass, a hand-to-hand battle was raging not long ago. Due to the shortage of grenades, when hundreds of grenades were exhausted but could not stop the opponent's attack, Gao Muqing and Bai Bing led the 9,000 soldiers and horses in the pass to rush towards the Jurchen soldiers and launched a bloody hand-to-hand combat.
Gao Muqing and Bai Bing joined forces side by side, one stabbed lightly in the air, and the other slashed and slashed on the ground, and the cooperation of the two women was seamless. The two rushed to the front, crisscrossing among the Jurchen soldiers, killing people with rolling heads and rivers of blood, and they were all invincible. The Jurchen soldiers began to besiege them, but later saw that the two were busy dodging and did not dare to fight against them.
Except for the two women, the rest of the soldiers of the Luoyan Army can be regarded as having encountered a strong enemy. The soldiers of the Luoyan Army who stayed in the mountains were all leftovers. It can't be said that it is an old and weak soldier, but it is not an elite in the Luoyan army. In addition, 10,000 of the soldiers and horses participating in the war were trained soldiers and horses by reserve regiments, which was much inferior to the regular Luoyan Army. This time, these 10,000 soldiers and horses were scattered and rushed into the regular army before the war, because they were afraid that they would not be able to take charge on their own. Therefore, about 20% of the soldiers of the Luoyan Army around Gao Muqing and Bai Bing were weaker regimental training soldiers. When they first entered the battlefield, they were obviously not opponents when they fought against the Jurchens.
Therefore, the Jurchens took advantage of their flexibility in hand-to-hand combat to take the initiative at the beginning, and the defenders of the Luoyan Army fell countless times, and there was a tendency to be completely defeated by their opponents. If it weren't for Gao Muqing and Bai Bing, who were ghostly and interspersed on the battlefield to kill the enemy, which played a deterrent role, I am afraid that there would really be a collapse. The combat formation of the three-three formation that the Luoyan army usually trains cannot be used at the pass, because the formation is too dense, and nearly 20,000 people are crowded above the pass, and this kind of hand-to-hand combat is completely based on momentum, courage and experience. There is no shortage of the former, but in terms of experience, the Luoyan Army still lacks some.
Fortunately, there are still backbones in the army, and the training and edification of the Luoyan Army for such a long time is not in vain, and the martial arts of Gao Muqing and Bai Bing also have the effect of deterring the enemy and stabilizing the situation at this time, so the overall battle situation is in a state of anxiety. There were a lot of dead and wounded on both sides, and they were all gritting their teeth for support. But for the Luoyan army, exchanging troops is obviously not the best policy, because the opponent has far more soldiers and horses than his own. What's more, Gao Muqing was worried about the battle situation on the hillsides on both sides.
When the big explosion occurred on the western slope, nearly half of the 9,000 defenders of the pass had been killed or wounded, and Bai Bing and Gao Muqing were already covered in blood, and the situation was already very critical. The loud explosion made both sides of the war a little confused. Gao Muqing was a little puzzled, the grenades on the western slope were thrown like this, wouldn't they all be gone all at once. When it comes to throwing grenades like this, I'm afraid it's time for the situation to be urgent. I guess the enemy has already touched the top of the mountain. And what Yalu is not frightened about is that the other party has so many firearms, I don't know if I can attack it, and I don't know how many casualties there are. I have to break through the pass, and I may not be able to count on the breakthrough of the hillside on both sides. Fortunately, the current situation is favorable here, and victory is in sight.
However, soon after, the ground on the western slope roared and shook, mud and rocks flew sideways, and smoke and dust appeared, so that Gao Muqing and Yalu Buhua both ordered to stop the battle.