Chapter 197: A Husband Takes the Pass
Lan Ziyi gasped and lay down on the city wall, and said to Tao Zhutu:
"Third brother, don't panic, I'm fine, it's just that the tiles hit me."
Peach Chase Rabbit cried with joy when he heard the words to protect Lan Ziyi,
The eight cannons of the thieves were bombarding constantly, Lan Ziyi was lying on the city wall and felt that the wall under his feet had not stopped shaking, could the red-clothed cannon in the hands of the thieves be released?
The city wall on this side of the city gate has become a mess, the defenders are panicked and running around, the thieves have a stray bullet flying just over the city wall, the female wall is shattered in response, the defenders running on the city wall were hit by high-speed flying cannonballs, and were instantly rushed out of a bloody road, where the bullet parts can still be connected to the person, the stump and broken arm flew in all directions, and the screams of dying after being injured filled people's ears.
Lan Ziyi was anxious when he saw this, but this time he didn't stand up at the risk, but lay on the ground and shouted, "Get down!" ”,
But fear itself is contagious, the soldiers are frightened, the morale of the city can be said to have been defeated by the bandits, and the bandits outside the city are still firing, how can it be easy to reorganize the defenders at this time.
Lan Ziyi also understood that it was impossible to rebuild morale at this time, so he could only sigh dryly at the chaotic situation in the city.
On the side, the peach chased the rabbit and said:
"Fortunately, the thieves only have eight red-coated cannons, and now the cannons are all in the west gate, and the rest of the place will be fine."
Lan Ziyi's heart calmed down a little when he heard this, and then looked at the rest of the city, and sure enough, they were all fine.
But at this time, the screams of the defenders shattered the little stability left in Lan Ziyi's heart.
A soldier pointed to the air and shouted:
"Look, Flying Stone!"
Lan Ziyi looked into the air, and sure enough, countless boulders flew in the sky, and in the next moment, these boulders all hit the city wall, and the entire western city wall was bombarded by thieves.
Although Lan Ziyi thought of what the thieves were using to attack the city, he still didn't want to believe it if he didn't see it with his own eyes, so Lan Ziyi climbed to the side of the city wall and looked outside the city, only to see that there was already a row of stone throwers in front of the thieves' array, and countless thieves were busy pulling rods and loading bullets, and then more than a dozen people pulled the rope together and used the lever to throw the stone bullets.
Hundreds of stone throwers released bombs at the same time, and the stones jumped into the air to cover the sky and the sun, but fortunately this side is the west, and this dense stone bullet will not block the sun.
It's just that the blessing is unparalleled, and the disaster is not a single line, just when Lan Ziyi was still nostalgic for the sun, there were shadows on the city wall, Lan Ziyi looked back, and the air on the east side of the city was also covered with stone bullets.
Not only the east city, but in fact, the air on all sides of Xiangcheng has been filled with dense stone bullets, and the difference is only that it is the red-coated cannon that bombards the west gate.
That is to say, now Xiangcheng has been completely surrounded by siege stone throwers one after another, not to mention nearly 10,000 units, such a scene is spectacular even if you just think about it, making Lan Ziyi's tail vertebrae tremble,
Since leaving the capital, Lan Ziyi has fought with the enemy mostly because of the dense arrows on his side, like locusts, but now it is the turn of the thieves to bombard the city, and he looks at the falling rocks in the air like rain, which is really a mixed feeling.
Lan Ziyi looked at the high-flying stones and asked in a desperate voice:
"Can a stone thrower really throw rocks that high?"
And the thieves' offensive did not stop there, and then looked outside the city, the bandit front opened again, and countless wooden carts were pushed out from behind the camp by the thieves.
Seeing this, Peach Rabbit exclaimed:
"It's a pointed wooden donkey, and the thieves are going to be hard today."
Lan Ziyi had only heard of it before, but he had never seen this kind of thing, but today he saw a real guy.
The so-called pointed wooden donkey is a kind of siege vehicle, the top is built into a spire with hardwood, used to prevent the defending side from throwing down the rolling stones and arrows, the top is also paved with raw cowhide, the fire attack is difficult to be effective in a short time, there are wooden wheels under the car, which can be pushed by manpower, there is a giant wood hanging in the car, and when the vehicle approaches the city wall, the soldiers who operate inside pull the giant wood to hit the city wall.
According to the situation of the thieves in front of him, the thieves want to bulldoze Xiangcheng today!
Lan Ziyi's heart has sunk to the bottom, and he can't make any waves in his heart when he sees these wooden donkeys anymore.
兰子义 says:
"Come on, come on, at least the wooden donkey will stop when the thieves and thieves are under the city."
At this time, the big guys on the city wall were busy dodging the gunfire of the thieves, and they were bombarded by the thieves for a long time, and the big guys were somewhat adapted.
Gao Yanzong was the most sober person on the city wall at this time, he leaned down on the inner side of the city wall, and shouted at the city:
"Quickly order the stone throwers in the city to return fire, there is a cannon is a cannon!"
Then he shouted to the people of the city to prepare the oil and gunpowder.
Lan Ziyi also came to Gao Yanzong's side at this time and asked:
"Tall man! Can the pointed wooden donkey be cleaned up with fire? ”
Gao Yanzong turned around and asked:
"What do you use without fire? Do you want to go out of the city? ”
Lan Ziyi asked again:
"The wooden donkey is mostly used to attack the city gate, but now the posture of the thief is going to be used to smash the city wall, can the wall of Xiangcheng withstand it?"
高延宗 says:
"A wooden donkey can be cleaned up no matter how it comes, it will definitely not be able to smash down the city wall, but it is difficult to say that it has come so much!"
As soon as Gao Yanzong's words fell, there was a loud noise behind everyone, and Lan Ziyi looked back, and the urn city outside the door had been destroyed by the red-clothed cannon.
Seeing this, Lan Ziyi exclaimed:
"Why did the urn city collapse?"
Gao Yanzong also gritted his teeth and scolded:
"When today's battle is over, Lao Tzu will definitely go to the capital to behead the bastards of the Ministry of Industry who repaired the city back then."
Then Gao Yanzong shouted to the city again:
"Shut the gates!"
But it was too late, and then another red-coated cannon was ignited outside the city, and the cannonballs whistled out and hit the city gate exposed in front of them, the lead shot roared in the air, and the moment it hit the heavy wooden gate, it made a crisp sound, and the cracking sound of the dry wood clicked and flew the sawdust into the city gate, and the people and defenders who heard Gao Yanzong's order to be busy at the city gate were caught off guard, and were injured by the lead shots and flying sawdust that entered through the door, and lay on the ground screaming.
The thieves shouted loudly when they saw that the city gate was blown open, and the thieves who fired the cannon were even more happy to see this, and added a lot of strength to quickly reload the cannon, but this time it was very unfortunate that the thieves had just filled with gunpowder, and a cannon exploded at a little fire, and the thieves next to them were blown to pieces.
Lan Ziyi thought to himself that these thieves would learn how to fire cannons at most, but using cannons has their own process, and it makes sense for them to use it this way.
The thieves were obviously also taken a beat, and quickly took out the ammunition from the other artillery,
But the city gate has been opened, how could the thieves let go of this opportunity, only to see the thieves outside the city open, a burst of smoke and dust rose into the sky, and quickly approached the city gate,
It's the thief cavalry!
Although the cavalry of the thieves is not as good as the official army, it is not the cavalry that is hedging now, but the thieves are coming to grab the city gate, which is not a joke.
Lan Ziyi asked loudly, and Tao Zhutu said on the side:
"What about the Tiger Battalion? Quickly transfer the reserve of the government to the Jihu battalion here! ”
Hearing this, Gao Yanzong roared:
"It's too late! When they came, the thieves rushed in! ”
I don't know when Gao Yanzong has picked up his Guan Wang knife and stood halfway up the stairs of the city wall.
Gao Yanzong couldn't wait for himself to go down, so he jumped directly off the city gate in mid-air, and his fat body and the Guan Wang knife in the city kicked off a puff of smoke and dust at the landing place, like a god descending to earth,
Facing the thief riding galloping outside the city, Gao Yanzong first stood up and stepped away, then held the handle with his right hand and took the blade with his left hand, and took out the big knife horizontally, and when he was ready, Gao Yanzong shouted:
"As Gao Yanzong, who will decide life and death!"
The city gate was broken in a hurry, the defenders were not prepared at all, and now there is only Gao Yanzong in the city, but there are no less than a thousand thieves and cavalry who rushed to the city.
Lan Ziyi saw Gao Yanzong going down to die, and lay on the head of the city and shouted:
"Don't send you to death, come up quickly!"
Of course, Gao Yanzong ignored Lan Ziyi's call, and still stood at the gate of the city with bated breath and prepared to meet the enemy.
Lan Ziyi knew that it was impossible to call people up, so he hurriedly ordered the defenders on the city wall to release arrows to attack the thief cavalry who were about to enter the city, although they would definitely not be able to stop it, but they would also relieve the pressure on Gao Yanzong
But the artillery fire of the thieves did not stop at all, and the defenders on the city wall couldn't even raise their heads at this time, let alone release arrows.
The city wall above Gao Yanzong's head was hit by stones, and the sand that slipped down flowed to Gao Yanzong's forehead and flowed down his forehead mixed with sweat and mud.
Gao Yanzong completely ignored the interference of these external objects, and his mind had all been concentrated on the tip of the big knife in his hand, and the sharp tip of the knife pointed at the rapidly approaching thief cavalry in front of him.
The thief rode regardless of the possible accidental injury caused by his own stone thrower, and rushed to the wide open west gate with a shout,
Although the courage of such selflessness is commendable, they ignore one point, although the urn city has collapsed, but the remains of the urn city are still piled up in front of the gate, and there are several ruins of the urn city are still connected to the main city wall, if the thieves want to rush into the city, they must first cross the wreckage, so that the speed added up before is forcibly reduced in front of the city gate,
When the thief cavalry climbed through those ruins with great difficulty and then accelerated again, it was already very close to Gao Yanzong who blocked the door, so that the strong impact of the cavalry was neutralized, and the cavalry was blocked behind, if it weren't for the thief's stone thrower to suppress the officials and troops in the city, these people would be live targets.
Xiangcheng is not a big city, and the city gate can only accommodate two horsemen to enter in parallel.
The two thief cavalry who rushed to the front shouted and picked up their spears and rushed straight to Gao Yanzong, maybe in the minds of these two people, the cavalry must have no problem charging like this, after all, this is how the official cavalry charged.
But Dong Shi Xiaofeng could only make fun of him, Gao Yanzong's body sank suddenly when the spear was less than an inch away from him, let the tip of the spear rub his back, his right foot stepped forward, and the long knife in his hand drew an arc from left to right, the two war horses neighed and fell to the ground, the front legs of the horses had been cut off by the long knife, and the rider on the back of the horse was thrown off the horse by force, and his head hit the ground unconscious.
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