Chapter 160: Breaking through the door

The preparations for the siege of the city by the ants had already been completed, and the miscellaneous soldiers carried the ladders to the city wall, and the sword and shield soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" began to carry short knives in the mouth of the leather shields to enter the city.

A part of the infantry pushed two broken cones to the gate hole, and a huge hanging log wrapped in steel slammed into the gate.

The siege process has been practiced many times by the "Red Banner Army" these days, including unloading the wheelbarrow and assembling two breaking cones.

Every soldier and soldier knows where he should be and what he should do.

The structure of the two city-breaking cones is simple, that is, it is supported by twelve wooden wheels and three rows of tripod supports, and a huge log is hung inside, about 400 catties, four steps in length, and the impact end is wrapped with a pointed iron head.

The perimeter was covered with cowhide and a thick cloth coated with tung oil, enough to protect against direct arrows, and the logs swung back and forth on the inside, striking the walls or gates.

After hitting the wall, the stake swings back and continues to ram the wall, which can break through the thick planks of the city gate or even the stone wall, opening a gap for the large army to attack.

When each Cone is assembled, it is covered with a quilt and drenched, which of course prevents the enemy from attacking with fire.

The breaching cone was pushed by twenty strong-bodied infantry to the gate, and the twelve men worked together to push the twelve handles designed on the ramming rod.

The weight of the log ramming rod and the thrust of more than a dozen men, the force of the breaking cone hitting the city gate is more than a thousand pounds, and the wooden city gate cannot withstand many impacts.

The sweat of these days of training has not been in vain, and the attack of the "Red Banner Army" was too sudden, and it was simply done in one go.

The long-range attack completely covered the city, and the Houjin army had no ability to counterattack at all.

The 120 soldiers who carried the ladder were strong men selected from 2,000 men, and they were all told that as long as they could survive the offensive and defensive battles, everyone would be able to get regular treatment.

Originally, these people had the consciousness of nine deaths and a lifetime, but they couldn't help but be happy when they went to the battlefield, why is Jiannu so cowardly now?

How did they not know how to greet them with rolling logs, stones, gold juice, ash bottles, and putts? Arriving at the base of the city wall so easily, this is no different from the recent training?

Seeing that there was no decent interception, the ladder was set up on the city wall, and the sword and shield hands were all excited, and they shouted and climbed with their hands and feet.

Just as dozens of sword and shield men stepped on the ladder to the top of the city and cut down several Houjin troops who had been seriously injured, the city gate that had been blocked by a small part was also knocked open.

The Hercules who used the City Breaker Cone did not expect this task to be completed so easily, they shouted in unison to keep up their efforts, and the two City Breaker Cone passed through the urn city to the city gate hole and continued to crash into the city gate.

This gate is not as strong as the outer city, and everyone worked together to push the ramming rod, and in three or five strokes, the gate and the door nest were knocked down together, and in a moment the "Red Flag Army" entered the city.

At this time, most of Zheng Guochang's men and horses were still 20 miles away, and only Ma Xianglin believed in the combat effectiveness of the "Red Banner Army" and led more than 200 cavalry to follow closely, and they were all waiting for the battle at this time.

Xiao Ma Chao had long been amazed when he saw the "Red Flag Army" such orderly siege steps, and he was simply dumbfounded when he found that the efficiency was still so high.

He only had time to say to Huang Han: "Today, my brother owes you a great favor for his meritorious service." So he rushed into the city with his cavalry and went into chaos.

It was common for the Ming army to slap when they launched an attack, which could not be blamed on other generals for slacking off, but because of experience, the generals knew that launching a siege war could not be achieved overnight, and often the first team to attack would suffer heavy casualties.

Therefore, when marching to Yongping Fucheng, the generals are advancing step by step, there is nothing wrong with this, the protracted offensive and defensive battles account for the vast majority, and steady and steady progress is the best policy.

Most of the Ming army was supervised by the main general Jia Ding to rush forward, and the casualties of the Jia Ding who supervised the battle during the siege war were not inferior to ordinary soldiers, and the Jia Ding were all relied on by the generals, and no one would be willing to take the lead when attacking the city.

This time, when Zheng Guochang and his troops were arranged, Huang Han showed a big face, because except for Huang Han, no one could know in advance that the Houjin army did not plan to defend Yongping at all, and as long as the Ming army dared to rush to the city, there was a chance that it would go down with a drum.

Huang Han, on behalf of all the "Red Banner Army", asked to be the vanguard officer of the army, and expressed his stance that he would not wait or rely on it, even if the "Red Flag Army" was a lone army, it would launch a siege war at the first time.

Many civil officials and military generals in the middle of the seat admired Huang Han's loyalty and bravery, but they were unwilling to make a bird, only Ma Xianglin immediately stated that he would lead his cavalry to fight with Huang Han without abandoning.

Once Huang Han launched a surprise attack, he spared no effort, and Yongping City was negligent in taking precautions, and sure enough, it was expected, and the "Red Flag Army" rushed into the door lightly. Ma Xianglin's kindness was rewarded, and he was so happy to chase and kill the remnants of the enemy in the city at this time.

By the time Zheng Guochang arrived with a large army, the "Red Banner Army" had already entered the city.

I didn't expect the "Red Flag Army" to break the city so quickly, it really gave Zheng Guochang a surprise, he was so excited that he couldn't help but burst into tears, "Yongping Mansion, I, Zheng Guochang, have finally come back." ”

Qin Liangyu couldn't help but feel a little dizzy, she really couldn't imagine how Huang Han did it, thinking about waiting to see her son and ask carefully.

She was really overjoyed in her heart, Huang Han led the 'Red Flag Army' to break through the city, which meant that she didn't need to order the white pole soldiers to join the siege of the city, how much less would Shuzhong Pao Ze be sacrificed?

When Qin Yanyi saw the west gate of Yongping Cave from afar, she had already admired Huang Han so much, that person was really confident, and taking Yongping City was like exploring a bag.

Zhang Fengyi lost no time in saying in her sister-in-law's ear: "Huang Han is really a hero!" Not only is it brave to win the three armies, but it can be seen that it is still resourceful! ”

Qin Yanyi was embarrassed to take the stubble, biting her lip and answering shyly.

All the generals of this army were inexplicably excited, they had long been mentally prepared to fight a brutal offensive and defensive war, who knew that the willows were bright, and the stunned young man really went down to Yongping City with a drum.

This is all the cavalry and infantry more than 10,000 are rushing towards the city, everyone knows that there will be no less benefits, and the first strike is stronger.

Because of the participation of Huang Han, a prophet, in the attack, the Ming army did not wait and see as in history, but directly launched a siege war in one go.

Therefore, there is less than an hour left for Amin to slaughter, of course Amin is picking a big fish, he has just led the robbers to wash the mansion of the Ming Dynasty in blood, and when he is looking for the deep mansion compound in the city again, the men guarding the west gate came to report to Lord Belle.