Text Chapter 228 Iron Wall III

Looking at the broken walls everywhere and the few arrows left, Ji Xiancheng felt a heavy pressure on his shoulders.

In terms of strength, the Yuan army exceeded the Shuntian army by three or four times, Liu Zhengfeng was shot by the Yuan army, and although the rest of the troops were willing to temporarily serve the Jing'an army as the main force, they had no time to integrate with the Jing'an army. Ji Xiancheng's personal prestige and qualifications are far inferior to Yu Zhilong and Zhao Shi. Fortunately, Wan Jinhai, Xia Houen, Qu Bo and others understood that the situation was critical now, but Ji Xiancheng gave an order, and they all tried their best to restrain their subordinates to strictly enforce it, and there was no dispute.

"My lord, something is wrong!" Ming Shijie frowned and whispered to Ji Xiancheng. In the past, before the Yuan army attacked the city, it was often set up in a good formation, and all kinds of siege equipment were erected in the military formation one by one, and today the Yuan army obviously set up many long ladders in front of the formation, and each military formation waited silently, only the hunting morning wind was whistling.

Ji Xiancheng said to Hou Ying: "Go and prepare more wooden walls and reject horses, in case the gap is plugged after the city collapses, and the reserve team will temporarily rest and eat. ”

Hou Ying agreed, got off the city wall, and went to make arrangements.

Not long after, the Yuan army separated in the back line, and thousands of old and weak people were escorted over from the rear, witnessing this scene, the faces of all the generals in the city suddenly became gloomy.

Driving the local people as the forerunner is a common strategy for the two countries to conquer the Central Plains, and when the Yuan army conquered the Central Plains, it was used many times when it encountered a strong city. If the soldiers defending the city are soft-hearted and let these people climb up to the city, the Yuan soldiers mixed in will take advantage of the opportunity, and if they don't respond properly, they will often be taken by the Yuan army to take advantage of the situation.

"Grandma's, this tartar's heart is really as black as a femme fatale!" Qu Bo put one hand on the battlements, "Let the brothers cheer up, let go of the people in front first, and then kill the dog thieves behind!" ”

"This can't be done! As long as we are soft-hearted and let these people go to the city, the situation will not be controlled at all, and the generals and subordinates think that the city walls must be strictly guarded, and no one is allowed to go to the city! I couldn't say it, so I had to be ruthless. Akio was directly opposed.

Ji Xiancheng looked at the soldiers around him, everyone's faces were unbearable, and he sighed in his heart, a few days ago, he went out of the camp to rescue the people because the soldiers couldn't bear to be slaughtered by the Yuan army, so he forced himself to grit his teeth and order to go out of the camp to intercept the Yuan army, in order to rescue as many military dependents as possible, but not only lost the Chinese army camp, but also lost hundreds of soldiers.

Looking at the faces of the generals today, if you don't give a strict order, it will be difficult to be good today.

"Prepare all armies to destroy the long ladder of the Tartars as much as possible! Hurry up and eat in the reserves, I am invincible today! Ji Xiancheng's tone was solemn.

The generals understood that at this time, it was impossible to carry out the strict order to throw the rolling wood and stones without distinguishing between the enemy and the enemy. Who has no parents, wives and children? Seeing his loved ones die at his own hands, no one can accept it. These soldiers have only been hastily trained for a month, and they are still far from being elite soldiers in a hundred battles and strict military discipline, and they have not trained an iron-blooded and ruthless military spirit.

The soldiers looked at the black and oppressive people under the city, and some could still identify their own countrymen or relatives inside, it was already difficult to defend the city these days, many of their comrades were killed or injured, and now it was their turn!

Although the soldiers of the Shuntian Army were pale, and some of them were trembling uncontrollably, there were few who were timid and flinching. The soldiers listened carefully to the orders of their commanders, and took up their positions one by one at the battlements according to their respective defensive positions, a combination of spears, daggers, and shields. The masters in the city have prepared to carry some more stones in the city.

Because of the fear of the people below, the fire oil, gold juice, and stones could not be used, and only the city was short to fight.

Looking at the movement of the thief army on the opposite side, he also sat on the war horse first, and couldn't help nodding secretly. The thief army is obviously flustered, and it is very likely that a breakthrough will be made today.

"Sir's clever plan, after the war, the marshal will definitely ask for merit to the court for Mr." He also smiled at Mr. Jiang beside him.

"It is the responsibility of subordinates to be loyal to the court and do things for the prince, so why bother?" Mr. Jiang talked lightly, but his heart was a little sad.

Today's expulsion of the people as a pioneer, extremely lost yin morality, although he is loyal to the king, but after all, he is a Han person, but if he does not eliminate the anti-thieves as soon as possible, the Yidu Road thieves will be even more difficult to calm in the future. In the dark, Jiang Bin seemed to feel that Yu Zhilong would always find him for a day to report cause and effect.

"Mr. Jiang's clever plan, handsome and mighty, today is the day of our meritorious service, and I am willing to lead a group of people and horses in person later, and set an example for the generals!" This is Luo Tier said loudly beside him.

In his eyes, the lives of some people are nothing more than grass mustard, like weeds, which are burned out by wildfires this year and will flourish again next year.

Luo Ti'er saw that Linqu City was already dilapidated at this time, and Jiang Bin drove the people as the leader, and it was very likely that he would roar to take the city, so he said.

also bowed his head first, and said with relief: "With the little prince to help in the war, the thief army will be terrified." Let's wait a while, watch our army be majestic. ”

Yiwang Mainu also led the army to fight when he was young, Luo Tier was young, and he also had been with the army, and he was not very timid, but although Yan, Zhong, Lin and other dog friends had military positions in the Han army, it was the first time to go to this kind of large-scale bloody battlefield. Looking at the battlefield ahead, the land and weeds are red, mixed with a lot of stumps, and there are many corpses of both sides who died in battle under the city, one by one, lying on the ground, or entangled with each other, or brains bursting, stumps and legs, all kinds of strange shapes, because of the war, the corpses were not collected yesterday, and they are still here.

These children are mostly lingering in the Qinglou of the Song Pavilion on weekdays, fighting red and green, when they see the bloody battlefield, at this time the south wind is blowing, and a disgusting bloody breath suddenly fills the mouth and nose, Zhong Jiazi is depressed for a while, and he almost wants to mix up when he sits on the horse.

The young and strong little guy brought by the two families behind the horse pretended to be a personal soldier and hurriedly supported him, so he didn't make a fool of himself.

These Yidu officials and eunuchs are all in distinct armor, all of them are willow leaf armor, Tieluo ring armor, the armor pieces are refined, layered, far arrows can not penetrate, and even the crotch war horse, long legs and hooves, high head and thin waist, also wearing leather armor, only this body is the army of thousands of years of money!

Meng Jiaqi's eyes were hot when he watched from the sidelines, such a good horse, even if he was an old father and a son, he could also get it.

The people of the city have been trembling since they were captured, and today they were driven to the city by the fierce Yuan army, thinking that they were shouting to the city. Unexpectedly, the Yuan army listed them as a horizontal team, divided into layers and layers, and there was a team of Yuan soldiers in the middle, holding long ladders and shields and swords, this is to attack the city!

Some women and children felt timid, began to sob, and then turned to crying, and the feelings of grief and fear soon infected the people around them.

"You untouchables, listen to me, after the drums are beating, you will all climb up the city wall for me, and whoever is slow will die with one word!" A Semu officer rode on horseback and loudly proclaimed among the groups of people that after he had gone back and forth several times, and with a wave of his hand, several groups of swords and axes had been divided into the groups of people, and they would be the officers and soldiers who escorted them into battle, and drove the people in front of them up to the city.

When the military formations of each team are ready to stop, they also order three rounds of horns to be blown, one round of horns is for the siege of the city to come forward and get ready, the second round of horns is to be in place, ready to launch, and the third round of horns is stone cannons, and strong crossbows are fired in unison, like hail and rainstorm, flying towards the city wall.

The people on the walls had long since bowed down and hid behind the battlements, or directly in the caves at the base of the walls. The few guarding equipment were also put away in advance in the hidden place behind the city wall. Although the stone cannons and strong crossbows of the Yuan army were destroyed nearly half yesterday, but the total number is still quite a lot, and they also concentrated on attacking the northern city in the past few days, this section of the city wall has been scarred, and some sections have collapsed nearly half, and they have to be covered by a temporary wooden fence wall, and then piled up with boulders and bricks and soil behind the wooden fence wall, barely keeping the integrity of the wall.

The rumbling sound lasted for half an hour, and almost all the stone shells were exhausted. At this time, the external side of the wall is already miserable. Most of the battlements were destroyed, some of the walls were broken, and some of the stone projectiles flew into the city, smashing some houses near the city walls. Nearly 100 crossbow bolts were inserted into the outer wall again.

"Quick, quick, quick, get on the wooden cage and bring the oil drum!" As soon as the Yuan army's offensive stopped, Mingxiong waved his hand, and immediately there were officers of all sizes urging the soldiers of various departments to carry all kinds of materials to the city, and some firewood mixed with livestock manure and poultry feathers was thrown outside the wall, ready to be ignited when the enemy army attacked the city, and then the smoke would rise, which could confuse the sight of the Yuan army and choke the mouth.

Another war drum sounded, and the formation of the Yuan army began to move, with layers of people in front of it, and several teams of Yuan troops were mixed inside. Under the pressure of the bright swords and guns, the people had to barely keep parallel lines and slowly walk towards the city wall.

This time, there were no arrows and stones falling from the city, and the Yuan army quickly approached the city wall, and in a burst of shouting, long ladders were erected and erected on the city.

"Climb up one by one, don't stop! Who dares to pause, Lao Tzu's knife is merciless! Many of the Overseer soldiers brandished steel swords and cursed viciously behind them. Driven by death, men, women, old and weak, one by one trembling, they grabbed the ladder and climbed up. A few older people took a few steps up and their legs were weak, and they couldn't climb anymore, and the pawns below were annoyed and cut them down one by one!

The crowd immediately shouted, many people cried for their fathers and mothers, or turned around and ran, or threw themselves on the corpses of their relatives and wailed, and an officer of the Semu Yuan Army was furious: "Where is the supervising team? Enforce military law! ”

As soon as the words fell, the Yuan army on the back slashed and killed the people who did not respect the order, and dozens of corpses were on the ground under the city for a while!

The soldiers in the city were so angry that they beat their chests. I have no strength but I can't vent it. Some of them were relatives, crying loudly and grabbing the ground with their heads, knocking out a few blood marks. Ji Xiancheng, Wan Jinhai and the others were speechless, so they had to order their subordinates to prepare for fighting.

The Yuan army was killed, and the people finally stabilized the order and climbed up the ladder one by one. Several Yuan army generals who were observing in the back had unbearable expressions, and they also looked back and reprimanded angrily: "How can there be a woman's kindness in front of the two armies? Stupidity! Behind him, he had to whisper that it was.

Jiang Bin's face did not change, but he nervously observed the movements of the city.

Luo Ti'er snorted coldly, glanced at these generals with slanted eyes, and said secretly: An unsuccessful martial artist!

Because the long ladders were densely packed with people, the defending soldiers could no longer bear to push down the ladders and let them climb up slowly. The Yuan army under the city concentrated many archers among the people, and shot arrows at the city, so that the soldiers of the Shuntian army had to bow their heads and shrink behind the chest wall again.

"Holy shit, I'm waiting for you to come up!" Lao Jing stretched his body a little behind the wall, moved his hands and feet, and waited for the pawn to climb up.

"Master, don't worry, these Tartars are already timid, come a few, I'll slaughter a few!" Yan Weiqiang smiled and raised the spear in his hand beside him. Lao Jing glanced at him with some concern, and said impatiently: "Boy, grow your eyesight, don't get too far ahead, leave a place for the master!" "After several battles, there are not many of Lao Jing's original buddies and apprentices left, Yan Wei is his proud disciple, and he really doesn't want to lose him anymore.

What Yan Wei didn't know was that his master Lao Jing had already injured his lungs, and although he would not lie down to recuperate, it was difficult to fight vigorously for a while.

The military drums in the large array of the Yuan army were bursting, which was also urging to speed up the city.