Chapter 259: Shoot at Me
Liu Zheng's mouth was crooked, and he said in his heart You are embarrassed to talk about me, your troops have also lost a lot, but you have made half a point of progress?
But at the moment of the great enemy, Liu Zheng had no intention of gossiping, and besides, Ahri Hague was a general of the Yuan Dynasty, and it was impossible to listen to his nonsense, so he said solemnly: "Marshal, at present, it is Zhao Rui's army that has come to support Fancheng, which has caused our Yuan army to suffer great losses, so I think it is better for us to abandon Fancheng and retreat to Xiangyang." Fancheng is just a sub-city, Xiangyang is the key, there is no need for us to lose troops here in vain, but there is no progress in the slightest! ”
This is what Liu Zheng said from the perspective of Yuan Jun, but it stinks even more in the ears of Ahri Hague.
"Bastard! There have been so many dead and wounded, wouldn't it be a waste of all the work to retreat! You coward who surrendered, if you want to go to Xiangyang, you can go, and when I join you in front of the emperor, you will wait for death! ”
"The coward who surrendered" can not be said to be unserious, Liu Zheng immediately lowered his face when he heard it, he had some pimples in his heart when he defected to the Southern Song Dynasty, and he really couldn't tolerate others saying this.
To live or to die, and to me and to do?
Ahri Hague said that he also regretted it in his heart, knowing that Liu Zheng was deeply used by Borkin, what he said was really a bit of a curse, but the heroic character of the Mongols, he said it, and he said it anyway, it was not wrong, so Ahri Hague stopped talking, just snorted coldly and twisted his head to the side.
"In this case, please bother more, I will bring people to Xiangyang to garrison, lest the Song people take advantage of the fire to rob!"
Although Liu Zheng didn't look good, the slightest unhappiness in his mouth was not revealed, which made Ahri Hague stunned alone for a long time.
When Liu Zheng really took people away, Ahri Hague came back to his senses, and said in his heart that Liu Zheng was really a coward, and it seemed that the task of defeating Fan Cheng still had to be completed by himself.
"All the soldiers obey the order! Attack Fancheng for me, and there will be no mercy! ”
Ahri Hague was also moved to kill, he had a cousin who died in the siege battle, and the guards of Fancheng did everything.
What kind of dung and horse urine, all thrown under the city, and even sometimes accompanied by the invasion of hot oil, so that the Yuan army besieged the city could not be guarded, but fortunately, the new type of return cannon later, the situation improved, the Yuan army finally did not have to climb the wall, but directly collapsed the city wall.
Zhao Rui has made a little progress here, and many Yuan troops have been killed and injured under the bows and arrows of their own team, and now only Zhao Rui still has a shuttle bullet, which can be used when it is critical.
Zhao Rui is not in vain every time, but it can always be used in key places, and the Yuan army that fights is also bitter, and now Zhao Rui's team bows and arrows are not weaker than the Yuan people at all, and they have shot down a lot of the Yuan troops who came forward to attack.
Watching the Song people use their swords, the more than a dozen sharpshooters of the Yuan army couldn't bear it, for them, it was like a class with an axe.
So they played with bows and arrows, and they really shot dozens of soldiers, and when they saw their soldiers killed, Zhao Rui glared angrily, and directly aimed his gun at the archers on the other side.
"Sudden ......"
One after another, those so-called marksmen fell through their eyebrows.
Zhao Rui's precision attracted a burst of cheers from the team.
But Zhao Rui didn't feel excited, because there seemed to be more Yuan people than just now, and they were pouring into the city like waves, wave after wave.
At this time, Zhao Rui had already seen that some of the Song army guards were beginning to show fatigue, and it was estimated that they would not be able to support it for a long time, and now they were only relying on Zhao Rui's musketeers and archers to retreat from the enemy.
However, there is a limit to the shooting of bows and arrows, even if there is protection on the fingers, but the strength of people's arms is limited, and soon their soldiers will no longer be able to draw the bow.
At that time, Zhao Rui really didn't know what to do.
Now the hope may be on Zhao Gong, I hope that he will hurry up to repel the Yuan army, so that he can enter the city with musketeers, and then Zhao Rui's current predicament can be solved.
Zhao Rui really didn't expect this battle to be so difficult, from the beginning of the morning to the present, he has been fighting without stopping, even the iron people can't stand it!
Fortunately, at this time, the sound of artillery started again, and the violent explosion of "boom boom boom ......" sounded in front of Zhao Rui's side, and it is estimated that many Yuan troops were killed.
Zhao Rui was right, under the blind attack of Ahri Hague, he was subjected to the same treatment that Liu Zheng had suffered.
Artillery fire covered!
Killing countless of his Tartar soldiers guarding the gaps in the inner city, Ahri Hague gritted his teeth with hatred, but he couldn't see where the artillery was.
At this time, the body of the gun in the distance became sparse, it should be Zhao Gong who solved the ambush of the Yuan army at this time, Zhao Rui stood at the highest point, and waved his arms one after another to send a signal.
I don't know if Zhao Yun can't see it, Zhao Rui needs the strong support of the musketeers now.
But Zhao Gong was busy killing the enemy, and he was not watching the battle at all, but Xiong Er of the mortar camp saw it clearly.
Originally, he just wanted to see where there were many people and then strike, but he accidentally found Zhao Rui's gesture, which means to ask for help, which is good.
Xiong Er silently put down the binoculars and faced several other generals, just about to speak, but closed it again, as if he had something to say, but he didn't know how to speak.
"Xiong Er, say something quickly! You're going to kill me! Xiong Da was inexplicable, thinking that Zhao Rui was still in Fancheng, he was also very anxious, so he asked urgingly.
"Well...... I saw the gesture signal of the prince, and I saw what he meant, which was to let us shoot at him! ”
"Shoot at him?"
Everyone repeated it in unison, and it was all incredulous.
Zhao Rui just can't resist it, and he won't sacrifice in Fancheng! So what will they do in the future?
"Xiong Er, are you mistaken?" Fang Hongbin asked suspiciously.
"That's not wrong, I'll show you!"
Xiong Er said, and according to Zhao Rui's gestures, he completely demonstrated it.
Everyone saw that it was correct, this gesture had two meanings, one was to ask for help, and the other was to indicate where he was.
In the understanding of artillerymen, it really means "shoot at me", such a meaning......
"Then you can't shoot at the prince, did he let us fire near him?" Xiong San pondered for a moment and said.
Everyone nodded when they heard this, and this explanation was the only one that could work.
But shooting around the prince, and it won't hurt the prince, this job can only be done by Xiong Er, their previous firepower coverage is completely useless, in case of a slight deviation, it will be a disaster for Zhao Rui.
So after everyone discussed, it was decided that the others began to aim at the large army, and only Xiong Er himself used a mortar to provide accurate artillery support to Zhao Rui.
In this way, Xiong Er was stumped, although the angle and direction were adjusted, but he didn't dare to shoot.
"Hurry up, Xiong Er, the prince is waiting now!"
"Alas, the pressure is too great, if I have a little deviation, won't I blow up the prince to death?"
The three of them looked at each other after listening to Xiong Er's words and expressed their understanding, but since Zhao Rui sent a signal, it means that this task is absolutely necessary.
And Xiong Er is only affected by the huge psychological pressure now, all they can do now is to cheer for Xiong Er!
"Xiong Er, you must do it, the prince also believes in you, so he asked you to support him, you have a talent for fire! Don't let the pressure get you down! Fang Hongbin walked up to Xiong Er and finished speaking, and patted him on the shoulder.
Then Xiong Da and Xiong San stretched out their right hands at the same time.
"Come on, our brother's luck is all in your hands!"
The three thick slaps slapped together, and Xiong Er really cheered up.
"Good! I'll let you, let the prince see, what is accurate! ”
After speaking, Xiong Er picked out a mortar alone, erected it on his finely leveled ground, jumped his fingers to measure, carefully moved and adjusted, and finally completed the aim.
"That's it! God forbid! ”
Xiong Er pulled over a box of shells, picked up one casually and put it into the barrel.
"Wow......"
The cannonball flew out with a whizz, and Xiong Er hurriedly raised his binoculars to observe.
After this period of time, the situation in front of Zhao Rui is even more crisis, the suppression of the Yuan army is constantly shrinking the encirclement, even if the Song defenders are desperate, now they have reached the end of the strong crossbow, and they can't have any strength.
This time, Zhao Rui had nothing to do, because there were too many people, and there were not so many bullets to attack.
The ammunition of Zhao Rui's rifle has long been used up, and now there are only a few bullets left in his hand, and they can only be used in extremely dangerous moments.
Soldiers, I'm sorry, ask for more blessings for yourselves!
The attrition of nearly 200 people made Zhao Rui's heart ache, but war is so cruel that it will pull everyone involved into its endless whirlpool.
Every war is built up by a large number of human lives, and whether it is won or lost, from the perspective of population attrition, it is a loss.
"Whoosh......"
Sounds like a close distance? Where is this?
Zhao Rui even felt that the cannonball was about to fall from his head, and hurriedly looked up at the sky, but the rate of fire of the cannonball was extremely fast, and Zhao Rui raised his head, and the cannonball had already hit the ground with a bang.
"Boom!"
Zhao Rui was stunned, because this shell exploded at a distance of seven or eight feet from the front of his side, if it hadn't landed in the crowd of the Yuan army, it was difficult to say whether it would have caused any damage to himself.
Who is this, it's too messy, is it Xiong Er?
Zhao Rui never dreamed that the signal he sent for help would be received by Xiong Er, and they mistook it for Zhao Rui in need of artillery assistance.
"Good! Not bad at all! ”
Xiong Erle was about to jump up, and then slightly adjusted the angle of the mortar, and fired the mortar again.
"Boom!"
This time it was also very close to Zhao Rui, although it killed and injured many Yuan troops, but the soil that blew up made all the soldiers, including Zhao Rui, cover a thick layer.
At this time, Zhao Gong had just come back with the team, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Xiong Er firing the cannon alone.
Seeing that Xiong Er had sent out three times in a row, Zhao Gong also picked up the binoculars to check.
"Oh my God! Xiong Er, what have you done! Zhao Gong saw the landing point of Xiong Er's shell and said in surprise.