Chapter 316
Liang Shidu saw that his army could no longer maintain the integrity of the entire front, and he also sensed the slightest misfortune in his heart. But Liang Shidu is now in chaos, how easy is it to find his own guards? Not to mention those pro-soldiers who were scattered by the routed army and could not join with themselves, there were no less than half of the pro-soldiers who were wrapped in gold and silver and ran away secretly. At this time, the military formation was in chaos, and Liang Shidu didn't know what to do for a while. These subordinates who are like grandsons who are respectful to themselves on weekdays have long since disappeared at this time. Even some soldiers wanted to rush up to capture Liang Shidu, and at the worst they had to cut off Liang Shidu's head to ask for credit from Zhuang Fudi's army on the opposite side. Fortunately, there were more than a dozen loyal guards around Liang Shidu, who squeezed over at this moment, guarding around him, and the soldiers who rushed up and wanted to use force against Liang Shidu were all cut down to the ground by them, and the headless corpses fell sideways around Liang Shidu, and the deserters who passed by here couldn't help but shiver when they saw the scene in front of them, and unconsciously leaned on a few copies in the distance, bypassing the area where Liang Shidu was located. In an instant, the place where the Liang division was located became a sandbar island in the river, separating the chaotic flow of soldiers.
The soldier closest to Liang Shidu only fell in front of Liang Shidu's horse, only one step away from him. That knife, if it weren't for the timely reaction of the guards next to him and blocked it with their own weapons, I am afraid that there would be a place for Liang Shidu among the corpses separated from the body on the ground at this time. But it was the behavior of this soldier that seemed to wake up Liang Shidu, so that Liang Shidu's originally blank brain suddenly started working again. It's just that when Liang Shidu's brain resumes running again, it seems a little out of place. I saw Liang Shidu pull out the sword at his waist sideways, pointed straight at the attacking army of Zhuang Fudi in front of him, and said angrily to the soldiers on the left and right: "I think how majestic my Liang Shidu was when he first acted!" The Sui army, which is dozens of times our strength, can't help me! But now it's good, the number of my army is several times that of Li Wenyuan's army on the other side, but in the end, it can't defeat them, is this really my inability? I think not only is this not the case, but the Mandate of Heaven is not on our side, but since the Mandate of Heaven is not with us, why should we give Liang Shidu such an opportunity to do something? Sons, charge with me, and let the Western Regions army on the opposite side know that there are still warriors who are not afraid of death in the army of our Great Liang Kingdom! ”
After finishing speaking, Liang Shidu clamped his legs between the belly of the horses under his crotch, and saw that he was going to rush to the Western Regions army formation in front of him single-handedly to fight with them. Liang Shidu wanted to be a hero at the end of the road and get a name like Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, so that he would go down in history, but how could the soldiers next to him agree to him doing this? Their future glory and wealth will all point to Liang Shidu in front of them, but the war horse under Liang Shidu's crotch has already received the master's order to charge, and he jumped out a few steps and was about to rush into the military formation of the Western Regions Army. So in a hurry, one of the recruits closest to Liang Shidu threw off his horse pedal, and pounced from his horse to throw Liang Shi off his horse. Then he said to Liang Shidu, I'm sorry, lord. Then with the rope on the horse, the Liang division was tied up, and then put it on his horse, and after giving the soldiers next to him a look, a group of people rode war horses, and took the Liang division to quickly get out of the battle range in front of the two armies, and the three people led the Liang division back to Shuozhou County, and the rest of the people were scattered in all directions, constantly collecting the remnants, and finally got more than 20,000 troops, and brought them back to the county town of Shuozhou County, closed the city gate and prepared to resist to the end.
These pro-soldiers had a good idea, and wanted to use the tall and thick city walls of Shuozhou County to resist the attack of the Western Regions Army. Later, he sent someone to ask Liu Wuzhou for help, thinking that as long as he held on until Liu Wuzhou's reinforcements arrived, then things would have a turnaround. But Zhuang Fudi didn't come to reason with you this time, after quickly solving the militia that fled in all directions, Zhuang Fudi commanded the army to besiege Shuozhou County. The artillery brought by these legions with the army was also towed all the way here, and at this time it finally came in handy, and was pulled to the front line to be arranged in three rows, taking turns to shoot, bombarding the walls of Shuozhou County day and night.
The city walls of Shuozhou County were only built to defend against the attacks of the Turks, although they were built tall and thick, but for artillery, all the city wall defenses were a thin piece of paper, and it was only a matter of time before the city walls collapsed. In the beginning, those personal soldiers would also deploy manpower on the city wall to defend against the Western Regions army's attack on the city, but a large number of dead and wounded soldiers had to be carried down under the repeated attacks of artillery fire every day. So later, these pro-soldiers also learned smartly. Simply no longer arranged corresponding defenders on this section of the city wall, but instead gathered these soldiers who were ready to defend on the city wall at the foot of the city wall, and only sent a soldier to risk death every hour to climb the city wall and observe the movements of the Western Regions army on the opposite side.
After a day and night of non-stop bombardment, in the early morning of the next day, this section of the city wall finally could no longer withstand the artillery attack, and collapsed violently, revealing a big gap, so the Modao soldiers wore thick armor, held sharp Mo knives, and resisted the dense rain of arrows shot by the defenders of the city, constantly climbing up to the city wall, stepping on the scorching soil that was still emitting white smoke, and strangled with the defenders of Shuozhou City on the city wall and behind the city wall.
If it is said that these Modao soldiers are in a stalemate with the defenders of Shuozhou City in front of them for various reasons. But when the musketeers who participated in the attack arrived, this strange balance was completely broken. The distance between the two armies was only a few meters, and even if the accuracy of the muskets was outrageously poor, it was absolutely impossible for them to miss the shooting at such a distance. Therefore, as long as the gunshots have been fired, after the black smoke rises, one of the defenders will inevitably fall to the ground covering the wounds that keep bleeding from his body, twitching weakly.
The battle continued from early morning to almost noon, and with the fall of the last soldiers of the Liang Shidu army who resisted, the city of Shuozhou officially came under Li Wenyuan's rule. As for Liang Shidu, he was also killed by a stray bullet in front of the two armies, and until the time of his death, Liang Shidu was still glaring angrily, looking at the sky that was a little blurred by the smoke of the musket.