Chapter 585: No Matter the Price

In the deafening sound of cannons, more than 60 jet-black iron bullets whistled in, like the god of death flying from the snow, the broken bricks on the city wall flew like rain, and choking dust and snow flew up all over the sky.

The entire west side of Yaozhou City is covered with dense cobweb cracks, and the damage of the entire wall has reached a shocking level, almost like a dying patient, struggling to survive.

All the defending Qing troops, including Li Shutai, could clearly feel that the city wall, which was already seriously damaged, was shaking back and forth more violently like a swing, and as many as 100 Qing soldiers who had not had time to lie down or hold steady fell from the city wall with a scream.

A large number of collapsed pheasant moats, as well as the large and small artillery placed from the head of the city, were also shocked to fall from the city wall, smashed in all parts, these shocked pheasant moats and artillery, smashed from such a high position, immediately scattered into pieces, smashed the snow on the ground, raised a large cloud of white snow foam, and buried those Qing troops who were shaken down, whether dead or alive.

The remaining Qing defenders on the right side of the west suddenly collapsed completely.

Under such a fierce and violent force, in the face of such an absolute death that no human power could resist at all, all the Qing troops on the right side of the city wall on the west side were also frightened after a long battle, and they no longer had the courage to continue to defend and fight.

At this moment, they no longer need anyone to mobilize, I don't know who shouted, these guys who have been frightened immediately all abandoned their posts, howled and rushed down the city wall, the wolf rushed to the dolphin, and fled for their lives.

"Come back! You give Lao Tzu back! Defend the city wall for Lao Tzu! ”

Covered in snow foam and sludge, Lee So-tae looked like a funny clown, brandishing his sword and shouting at the guys who were running away without hesitation.

It's just that now, those Qing troops who have been completely stunned, their morale and fighting spirit have dropped to the bottom, how can they listen, the Qing army on the right side of the city wall in the west is fleeing like a swarm, and they no longer take the clown Li Shutai in their eyes at all.

"Lord Efu, this wall can't be defended! No, the artillery of the Tang army is too fierce, the morale of our army has collapsed, and there is no longer a fighting spirit, and this western city wall is absolutely impossible to hold! ”

A man who looked like a lieutenant general with his head covered in dust and his nose was smashed by flying bricks, he was also embarrassed by Li Shutai, and whispered in a sad voice.

Li Sotai's face trembled, and his expression was distorted and painful.

Into the, what kind of battle is this!

The Tang Army, who watched these dogs enter, rampantly bombarded the city wall of Yaozhou with heavy artillery, and he had no choice but to be beaten passively like a turtle with a shrunken head.

Damn, all the pre-war estimates seem to be wrong, and it is even more nonsense to expect that when it snows heavily, the Tang Army will postpone the offensive.

Those Tang troops didn't care about the artillery bombing, didn't care about sacrificing gunners, didn't care about artillery losses, and their whole goal was to take this Yaozhou City at all costs.

Damn, I knew that the Tang Army's will to fight was so tenacious, and the battle was so fierce, I should have taken advantage of last night to lead my troops to slip away, if I would be slaughtered like this now, and I would not be able to fight back at all.

However, Li Shutai, who had been in battle for a long time, knew that the current situation was very critical, and he had to make urgent changes quickly before the next round of artillery bombardment by the Tang Army began.

"Pass on the general's order, all the guards of the western city wall immediately retreat from the city, at the entrance of the street in the city, set up a formation to meet the enemy, and kill the enemy in the city!"

"Huh!"

"Then send an order to the northern city wall, let Tunqika also lead the troops to retreat, and join forces with our army to jointly resist the attack that the Tang army will launch after the city wall is broken here."

"Huh!"

When he saw the Qing army on the western city wall, retreating from the city wall like a tide, a sneer crossed Li Xiao's resolute face.

However, in his heart, it was inexplicably sour and sad.

Because, in the artillery bombardment just now, in the artillery formation of the Tang army, a full six artillery pieces were blown up. Seeing these well-forged siege weapons, they were blown apart in front of him and were difficult to use, and when he saw these gunners who had been on the battlefield for a long time and followed him to fight in the north and south, the gushing air waves or parts of the bombed artillery were killed or injured, and the situation was unbearable, Li Xiao's heart was also empathetic and sighed.

It's just that in order to win, such a price must be paid.

After all, now that he is fighting against the water, he can only succeed and not fail, and this Yaozhou City, even if he pays more price, he must resolutely take it down.

Li Xiao immediately thought that Li Shutai, the chief general of the Qing army, knew that he would retreat to the city as soon as possible and no longer work hard to support the guards, but he knew the times.

After all, if they don't change the road, but really wait until the city wall is completely destroyed, these Qing troops will really be able to be buried with the city wall.

And all the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army, seeing that the Qing army was beaten so pitifully, under this absolute violence and death, they were crushed by themselves so strongly, that they had no power to fight back at all, how happy they were in their hearts.

It's just that the solidity of the Yaozhou city wall still made Li Xiao secretly praise it in his heart. He originally thought that the original attack on the city wall of Najinzhou could withstand three full rounds of heavy dragon artillery salvos, and it was not until the fourth round that it completely collapsed, which was considered a very strong city defense. And the city wall of Yaozhou Yaozhou City, under the salvo of nearly 70 heavy dragon bombers, did not collapse after one or two salvos, which is already a very good defensive quality.

Of course, Li Xiao didn't know that the reason why the city wall of Yaozhou City was so strong was because when this fort was built, the old slave deliberately built the city wall very firmly in order to prevent the Ming army in Dongjiang Town from crossing the sea with artillery to attack.

Moreover, after Li Xiao conquered Jinzhou for the first time, Huang Taiji saw that the castles in the coastal areas would become the target of the Tang army's sneak attack, so the city walls of Jinzhou, Fuzhou, Yaozhou and other places were once again reinforced. In this way, the two strengthened wall construction methods have greatly strengthened the resistance of the entire Yaozhou City wall to shells, and the support until now is really much more solid than Li Xiao imagined.

It's just that Li Xiao has clearly seen from the clairvoyant mirror that the city wall on the right side of the west side of Yaozhou, which has been bombarded by two rounds of salvo shelling, is already crumbling and dangerous, almost like a dying old man, and it is absolutely difficult to withstand the third salvo of nearly 70 heavy dragon guns.

A hideous expression flashed across Li Xiao's face. Immediately, after seeing that his artillery was repositioned and almost ready, Li Xiao took a deep breath and gave another cold order.

"Pass on the king's military order, all dragon artillery third salvo bombardment, must completely destroy the city wall on the right side of the west!"

"Order!"

The commander who directed the firing of the artillery, with the red order flag in his hand, was raised high.

"Ready!"

"Put!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

。。。。。。

The heavy artillery roared, the afterburns flew, the smoke filled the sky, and after the third 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.

On the right side of the entire western city wall, large pieces of broken bricks were splashed, and the rammed earth in the city wall flew out like rain, and pheasant moats and female walls like torn pieces of cloth flew in all directions.

Only a few rumbling sounds were heard, and the entire city wall on the right side of the west side had basically collapsed and shattered, becoming a piece of ruins.

The entire city wall on the right side of the west has been completely destroyed by the Tang army, and from a distance, it looks like a strange small hill.

However, in this bombardment, five more artillery pieces were blown up on the spot because they were either damp or seeped into the snow.

The heavy dragon bomber operated by the artillery commander Wang Lao and the one that fired 24 catties of iron bullets was also one of the five explosive guns.

At that time, the artillery commander Wang Laoshuo, after giving an order, after the fire door lit the medicine rope, all the gunners saw in this extremely short moment that this artillery, as if from the inside out, suddenly turned red, and then with a bang that almost broke the eardrum, the piercing golden color flashed out of the artillery body at once, and then, this heavy dragon bombardment, like a huge firecracker, completely exploded, and the blazing air wave gushed out in the form of a circular shock wave.

And the fragmented parts of the cannon body were like scattered shards of fireworks, flying in all directions.

The two gunners standing next to the cannon, one of them was scorched half of his body on the spot by the blazing air wave, at the extremely high temperature, the clothes on his body and the fat on his body burned violently, and half of the whole person was instantly scorched, and he didn't even have time to scream, he was blown away by the gushing air wave to a distance of more than ten steps, splashing a large cloud of snow foam, and then did not move.

The other gunner was hit by the blown half of the cannon barrel and flew his head, and his brain and fresh preparation flew away together, only the headless corpse was still twitching on the ground.

Before he could react, the artillery commander Wang Laozhuan was smashed to the ground by a sharp artillery fragment as thick as an arm, and the bullet flew several meters away, and the sharp tip of the fragment pierced deep into his throat, and blood gushed out like a fountain.

Wang Lao was struggling on the ground, he tried to shout a few words, but he could only shout intermittent ho-ho from his mouth, and his consciousness was already in a state of dying when several auxiliary soldiers rushed towards him quickly.

At this moment, he suddenly felt very tired, as if all his strength had been withdrawn from his body, and his eyelids were like two jack drops, constantly falling down, and he couldn't open them at all.

"Fuck it, I didn't expect that Lao Tzu Hero I would hang in this broken place......"

This sentence in his heart was Wang Laoshuo's last consciousness in this world, and then, when he was being lifted up by the auxiliaries, his whole body twitched violently, and there was no movement. At this moment, Wang Laozhuan suddenly felt that his body became very light, as if he had been relieved of any burden, and he flew into the sky flexibly and freely like a cheerful bird, and then, through the heavy snow, flew straight to his hometown in the south.

Seeing that the city wall on the right side of the west side of Yaozhou City had finally collapsed, Li Xiao let out a long breath and immediately issued an order to attack the city.

"Pass on the king's military order, the spear and shield battle array will attack the city directly, the rampant will always cover in the rear, and the light and heavy cavalry will be postponed to fill the position, and destroy all the enemy troops who dare to resist for the king!"

"Order!"

Under Li Xiao's order, as many as 3,000 people lined up in two neat columns, and in the sound of neat drums, everyone walked in the same position, like a moving war machine, and marched towards the city together.

Behind the firecracker, a mecha-like rampaging sentinel followed. They were divided into two divisions, which were located on the left and right sides, firmly guarding the left and right wings of the spear and shield battle array.

Seeing the Tang army coming on foot, Li Shutai, who commanded the soldiers to deploy at the intersection of the street and personally escorted the formation, did not feel like ashes.

Now that the city wall has been broken, he can only fight with the Tang army in close arms, and looking at the Tang army's neat offensive, Li Shutai, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, knows that this is an elite army with strict discipline and strong combat power, so, in front of such an elite and strong Tang army, can these Han troops under his command really resist them?

Li Shutai's heart suddenly jumped wildly like a drum.

However, at this moment, he suddenly discovered a problem, that is, until now, the tunzika who guarded the northern wall of the city had led his troops down from the wall, but he had never come to join him.

What the hell is this Tunzika doing?

"Go quickly, pass on the general's order, and order Tunqika to quickly bring his troops and horses to join me and work together to resist the attack of the Tang army, there must be no mistake!" Li Shutai shouted to the soldiers next to him with an anxious face.

The soldier hurriedly agreed, and immediately got up and left, and ran in the direction of the northern city.

Seeing that the Tang army was getting closer and closer, and that the Tunqi Kabu was delaying the future convergence, Li Shutai was extremely restless.

He couldn't hold it anymore, brushed the ground and drew his knife, and was about to order the whole army to attack, strangle with the enemy, and use a counter-assault method to catch the Tang army off guard.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, from the direction of the north gate in the distance, there was a huge noise and shouting, followed by the sound of the chain sliding of the suspension bridge rattling, and the sound of slamming the suspension bridge down.

Li Shutai turned his head in horror to look, and through the end of the street, he was stunned to see that the north gate, which was garrisoned by the Tunqi Kabu, had been opened with a bang.

"! The dog-in-the-tun Qika let go of the West Gate, and this guy led his troops to surrender to the Tang Army! A personal adjutant general next to him looked shocked and shouted loudly through gritted teeth.

Hearing this, Li Shutai only felt that his soul sank rapidly, and he fell to the bottom of the ice lake in an instant.