Text Chapter 229 Iron Wall Four

At last the first people climbed the wall, and immediately someone from the city went up to pull them to the back of the passage, urging them to hurry down the passage and take refuge. These people, who had been terrified, naturally did not dare to slack off, and walked according to the indicated path.

Suddenly, there was a shout, and the pawns began to emerge, and immediately the city fell into a bloody battle, the sound of weapons blocking, shouting, swords and guns entering the body, and moaning and screaming became one. The anxious Yuan army general saw that the Yuan army was slow to enter the city, and directly ordered the soldiers to cut down the people who were slowly climbing on it with weapons, forcing the people to climb the ladder quickly.

Bursts of war drums came from the large array of the Yuan army again, which was also a shilling order for all departments to seize the opportunity to quickly attack the city.

The sound of war drums was shocking, and the Yuan army in the vanguard drove the people up with knives and guns under the reprimand and urging of hundreds of households, and they hid behind them. The arrows and stones of the Suncheon army could not effectively kill them, and some stones were thrown down, hitting several people in a row, and most of them were civilians.

Some frail people were weak in their hands and feet because of climbing high, and there was smoke and fire below, and they fell directly from the ladder in dizziness, and many people broke their legs and feet on the spot, or died directly.

The Shuntian army was tied down, looking down from the city, most of the people were in chaos, and most of the people who were injured were ordinary people, and there were wails, moans, and crying and shouting below, praying that the Shuntian army would stop shooting arrows or throwing stones. Many soldiers gradually couldn't bear to continue to throw at the city, so they had to fight the Yuan army that climbed up.

The Yuan army was greatly invigorated, and the speed of ascending the city was significantly accelerated, and they roared up the long ladder like a flying ape.

This situation fell into the eyes of the generals after the battle, and everyone was overjoyed. The odds are stacked against us today.

"Beat the drums and order the forward departments to move forward with one heart! Dare to look back and retreat, slash! "Say it loudly first. The heralds galloped through the ministries and announced the commander's order.

Today's first round of siege is Dengzhou, Laizhou Tian rebels, Wanhu Liao Kai, Tian Hu Duanza also a few steps away, see the front subordinates began to climb the city, overjoyed, so he stepped forward to also first asked: "Mr. Mengjiang clever plan, our department is easy to go to the city today, dare to ask the marshal for permission, the last general is willing to personally go to the city, inspire our army soldiers!" "In the first two days, the two rebel armies suffered a lot of losses in the siege of the city, and they lost a few hundred households and hundreds of soldiers.

"The two generals are loyal and brave, today's battle has just begun, the thief army is still blazing, the general will wait for a while, and when the enemy is tired, he will personally lead the elite, and he can go down with a drum." Before he could speak, Jiang Bin interjected.

"Sir, it is prudent to say that the war has begun, and it is not appropriate to re-enter the army and wait for a while." Also first.

In the past few days, the people have been the forerunner, and the thief army in the city has also suffered considerable casualties, but its fighting spirit is still strong, and the establishment is not broken. But depending on the situation, the city may be broken today!

A few people were talking, and some Daru Huachi in his own army led people to drive the people in the rear to step forward in turn.

The Yuan army of the front team has climbed to the top of the city one after another, and the Shuntian army has started a fight, and the two sides have almost no chance to move and dodge in the narrow space, and they can see life and death in a few faces. Lao Jing took Yan Wei and other three or four people as a group, with long and short weapons, plus two simple shields, taking advantage of the small number of pawns on the opposite side, several to fight one, and had a lot of advantages. In the blink of an eye, there were six or seven of the pawns who died at their hands.

However, the defense of the rest of the area is not so optimistic. After all, Lao Jing and the others are familiar with each other, skilled in cooperation, and their personal martial arts skills are obviously stronger than ordinary soldiers, and the other Shuntian soldiers and soldiers saw that the Yuan soldiers were hidden behind the people and jumped up one by one like rock sugar gourds, and it was inevitable that they would be difficult to take care of in a hurry, plus the soldiers of the Yuan army saw this great plan, and their morale was greatly boosted, and the offensive in this hand was even tighter. The sergeants of Shuncheon inevitably fluctuated in their military spirits.

The Yuan army roared up to the city, and the battle unfolded at the head of the city, Chang Zhi, Hou Ying, Huang Er and others led the team to resist the fierce offensive of the Yuan army. Some lots have been fought over repeatedly, and the corpses have been piled up for three or four layers!

The morning sun rose high in the sky, the autumn sun sprinkled on the fiery battlefield, and the rising blood shrouded the tragic city.

When the war situation was critical, generals such as Wan Jinhai, Xia Houen, and Qu Bo also had to personally bring their personal guards to the field to plug the crumbling gap. After a few days of rushing and killing, the casualties of the Shuntian army were already in the thousands.

Ji Xiancheng twisted his eyebrows to watch the changes in the battle situation, and from time to time ordered to dispatch the rear soldiers to move forward immediately, Xie Lin and Fang Xue had already begun to organize the young and strong men in the city, and temporarily distributed some weapons and pointed bamboo poles or wooden sticks as a supplement at any time.

Hou Ying commanded some pikemen like a firefighting team, formed a line of troops on some of the fallen areas, and quickly stabbed and killed a large number of Yuan troops pouring in at the gap. The Yuan army immediately brought in archers to cover their faces and shoot wildly, and the pikemen also suffered heavy losses.

The drums of war under the city sounded, and another wave of Yuan army began to step forward.

Wanhu Liao Kai and Tian Hubu retreated a little to rest, and Meng Qingbu continued to attack the city, and after one wave was beaten back, the next wave went up.

The withdrawn rebels regrouped and merged, and after a short rest, they continued to attack the city! Don't give Ji Xiancheng any chance to rest and breathe at all. Soon, even Yidu's Han army was also engaged in the siege sequence.

The Shuntian army suffered heavy casualties, and the various units of the Yuan army were even worse, not only more than a dozen hundred households were killed one after another, but even four thousand households and Daru Huachi were killed. The two sides were red-eyed, and some of the Shuntian soldiers simply jumped down from the city with the Yuan pawn in their arms after they fell into a desperate situation!

The battle was in full swing, Liao Kai, Tian Hu, Meng Qing and other generals of the Righteous Army also personally put on the field, with the addition of the main general, the soldiers of the Righteous Army rushed forward even more desperately, and the fool could also see that the city of Linqu County had been scarred, and there were collapses and gaps everywhere, and the city wall that was originally ten zhang high was only six or seven zhang high in some sections. If it weren't for the desperate filling of the Shuntian army's wooden cages and other objects, these sections would have been broken through by the Yuan army long ago.

Seeing that the momentum was favorable, he immediately ordered Jia Daozhen and other troops to follow up, and at the same time drove the people to carry hoes, drills, baskets and other things to step forward together.

Ji Xiancheng saw clearly in the back, and according to the changes in the battle situation, Hou Ying, Huang Er, Wan Jinhai, Qu Bo and other troops were constantly transferred to support, which was able to withstand the tide of offensives.

The strength of the Yuan army this time was not very large, and the total number of men and horses was about three times that of the Shuntian army.

In addition to the Jing'an military headquarters in the city, the rest of the troops suffered varying degrees of losses, especially the Qin Zhanshan Department was devastated, only three or four hundred escaped, and the rest were scattered; However, the soldiers who returned from Liu Qibu's mutiny finally contained six or seven hundred people.

Fortunately, the generals of the Shuntian Army knew that the situation was not good, and they had no objections to Ji Xiancheng's command.

The main target of the attack was concentrated in the north of the city, and in the rest of the city, Li Zhenxiong's cavalry patrolled and monitored the outside of the city to prevent the soldiers and civilians in the city from fleeing.

At this time, Ji Xiancheng and others were also unable to escape, and most of the troops were foot soldiers, and retreating in the field would only slaughter the Yuan cavalry of the brigade. Moreover, when the plan was made, it was to stick to the city when the situation changed, waiting for Yu Zhilong and others to come back.

"My lord, the Yuan army is driving the people to dig the roots of the city wall!" An observation post stood on the already dilapidated city gate tower to look out, and saw that the Yuan army following behind was different, leaned over to take a closer look, found clues, and immediately pointed to the city to tell Ji Xiancheng.

The generals were frightened, and leaned over to take a closer look, and sure enough, the Yuan army saw that there were no more stones falling on the city, so they took the opportunity to drive the people to the root of the wall with tools and threw bluestones and adobe hard. Two days ago, because Mingxiong and others were well guarded, although the Yuan army also used this plan, they had to give up because of the heavy losses of the sergeants.

Looking at the people below like ants, the generals looked at each other, how could they be good?

Ji Xiancheng paced back and forth a few times, seeing that the battle situation in the city was already mixed into a group, and there were already several Yuan pawn ants gathered in some areas, and there were six or seven Yuan pawns or more than ten people in each place, which could barely protect the long ladder behind them!

"Order, all the troops will throw rolling wood and stones at the city, artillery fire, stone cannons fire! Fire oil toss! The Tartar array in front of the target, the soldiers and people under the city, must not be allowed to approach the city easily! Ji Xiancheng finally made up his mind, and there was a strong smell of blood in the military order, "General Ming, order you to lead the battle team behind the battle, if there is any hesitation, you will not be forgiven!" ”

As soon as the military order was given, all the generals turned pale, and the situation dictated that they had no choice but to do it.

A hundred households knelt on the ground and cried: "My lord, this, the people below here are all our parents and neighbors!" Please also give the little one a chance, and the little one will lead someone to drive all the Tartars who go to the city down! ”

"Confused! What time is it? Qu Bo kicked him hard in the past and kicked him down, this person is one of his hundred households, "Ji Shuai, my old Qu personally leads the team!" Please also ask General Ming to escort the battle! ”

He called Ji Xiancheng Ji Shuai, that is, in front of everyone, reminding everyone that the only person who can really take charge here is Ji Xiancheng.

Wan Jinhai and the others didn't say anything more, and followed in a dumb voice: "Honorable Order!" ”

Not long after, the silent artillery at the head of the city began to roar again, and the stone cannons specially erected behind the city also threw stone bullets outside the city again, and large and small stones fell like rain.

Xie Lin and Fang Xue, who were directing the transportation and treatment behind the city, saw and heard this scene and were only sad for the people outside the city. It is said that Ci is not in charge of the army, and this Ji Xiancheng can make this decision, which shows that his heart is iron.

I wonder what General Fei Yu Zhilong would do if he was here? Schelling sighed deeply, the thought popping up in his heart.

Seeing that the Shuntian army had made up its mind, it did not distinguish between the army and the people at all, and threw stones like raindrops of fire oil to ignite it, so they had no choice but to temporarily sound the gong to withdraw the troops.

In this attack, most of the dead and wounded under the city were people, or their heads were broken and bleeding, or their bones and tendons were broken, and those who could move were evacuated with the Yuan army.

Regardless of his shouting and scolding, the soldiers in the city did not defend, but remained silent.

The dead are gone, the wounded are wailing on the ground, and the tragic state of the Shuntian army is unbearable for the soldiers of the Shuntian Army who have stopped.

Although there are also stone poison smoke thrown in the early stage, but the defense soldiers are soft-hearted, the number is not much, and there are not many kills and injuries to the Yuan army, which can only be regarded as disturbing the enemy.

Ji Xiancheng told Mingxiong and Qu Bo to quickly clean up the battlefield and repair the city wall, while he walked down the city wall slowly, and the surrounding soldiers couldn't help but silently give way one after another, and under the silent gaze, there was not much joy in everyone's eyes to defeat the Yuan army. Chang Zhi came over and patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "This time the Tartar failed to succeed, it all depends on Brother Ji's close decision, even if General Fei is here, he will not blame!" It's a big deal, and the brothers will be punished together. ”

Ji Xiancheng's face twitched a few times, and his face was even more ugly, and he couldn't tell whether he was crying or laughing. In the first few hours of today's battle, not to mention the number of soldiers killed and wounded on our own side was nearly 1,000, and the people outside the city alone were killed or wounded by at least 7 or 800 people because of their own military orders. In the eyes of the soldiers of the Shuntian Army, I am afraid that I am already a cold-blooded and ruthless butcher!