Volume 13 Chapter 15 Bloodstained Dragon Banner (II)
Lu Xiangsheng stood on top of the well, tightly held the big knife in his hand, looked at the Shenglong City in front of him, his eyes were shining, he only had one belief now, that is, he must take Shenglong City, it is today, it is now!
The emperor trusted him so much that he asked him to command a large army to recover Annam, but now, after losing so many people, he has not even touched the city wall! Now that the emperor is coming, he must not let the emperor down, he can't tolerate himself being so incompetent, so he must capture Thang Long City today!
At this time, the advance of the army was less than a hundred steps away from the city wall, and if he went further, he might be accidentally injured by his own shells, he took a deep breath, raised his hand and said: "Order, stop the shelling." “
The guards beside him immediately raised the order flag representing the artillery, and quickly waved it down, all the artillery immediately stopped firing, and the entire battlefield immediately fell into a strange silence, Lu Xiangsheng immediately shouted: "Cloud ladder, up, well, up, erect shield, kill...... Yes. “
The order flag waved, and all the Ming troops immediately shouted in unison: "Kill!" “
Under the siege vehicle, countless Ming soldiers held shields and rushed towards the city wall with ladders, and above the well, everyone also raised their shields and began to bend down to accumulate strength, ready to jump onto the city wall in one fell swoop.
At this time, the Annan army on the city wall came out one after another, raised their muskets, drew their bows and arrows, and shot them in one shot.
"Puff puff" The well was finally installed on the city wall, Lu Xiangsheng pushed away the guards who raised the shield in front of him, kicked on the guardrail of the well with one leg, and jumped on the city wall with a "whoosh", a knife light passed through, countless heads flew up, and a foothold of a few meters square was suddenly vacated on the city wall, and several guards immediately jumped up, and a bloody battle began.
Although the soldiers of the Ming Army and the soldiers of the Annan Army had bayonets on their guns, they would suddenly attack the enemy a few times at the first opportunity, and the Ming Army were all revolving rifles that could strike five times in a row, so at the beginning, they had the advantage.
However, after all, the speed of the Ming army to climb the city wall can not catch up with the speed of people running from the city wall on both sides, as the city wall on both sides of the city continues to have the Annan army rushing over, the Ming army on the city wall slowly felt more difficult, especially Lu Xiangsheng, he simply became the target of the Annan army, at a glance he was a senior general, so the Annan army those with flintlock pistols, as soon as there was a gap, they would give him a shot, I don't know how many people were secretly aiming at him, and his arms and legs slowly became bloody.
He is not the worst, what is even worse is the personal guard holding the sun and moon dragon flag, on the battlefield, the handsome flag is even more important than the main general, so, more Annan troops aimed at the personal guards who raised the dragon flag, they did not have armor, one by one they were beaten to the blood, and slowly fell, so that the dragon flag fell down several times, but every time there were always lifeless guards who bravely stepped forward to help the dragon flag up.
At this moment, the dragon flag is still standing at the head of the city, and it has been splashed with the blood of the Ming soldiers.
The two sides fought fiercely for nearly an hour, and the blood gradually flowed on the city wall, and there were still Ming troops under the city wall, and on both sides of the city wall, there were also Annan army Beidu teams with big knives and spears to drive the meat grinder on the east city wall.
After all, the Ming army has the advantage of weapons, plus their commander Lu Xiang has been promoted to the first soldier, and the morale is extremely strong, and most of the Annan army was forced to rush up, and there was no morale at all, so the situation on the city wall slowly fell to the side of the Ming army, and more and more Ming troops rushed to the city wall, and the Annan army gradually became overwhelmed.
Suddenly, a general of the Annan Army threw away his weapon and knelt on the ground, pointing at the overseers on the south side of the city wall and shouting hysterically: "Don't kill us, they forced us to come up, kill them." “
Lu Xiangsheng happened to be nearby, he heard the words and looked up in the direction pointed by the general, and there was indeed a group of people holding machetes on the southern city wall in the distance and kept driving away the soldiers of the Annan Army, and he shouted: "Rush with me." “
Roared, directly waved the knife and rushed to the south city wall, the city wall was almost crowded, this distance seemed to be impossible to rush through, but the soldiers of the Annan Army along the way intentionally or unintentionally made way of a road, Lu Xiangsheng simply rushed all the way, and soon rushed to the junction of the south city wall and the east city wall.
It can be said that it is all the Annan army here, Lu Xiangsheng rushed over with more than a dozen personal guards, it seemed that he was alone in the depths and fell into a heavy siege, but none of the Annan soldiers here stepped forward to stop him, but instead bypassed one after another, Lu Xiangsheng rushed to the middle of the gang of people who supervised the war, brushed and slashed, and soon cut them all to the ground.
I don't know which Annan Army soldier threw away the weapon in his hand first, and then the nearby Annan Army soldiers threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground, not fighting!
This phenomenon slowly spread from south to north, and Lu Xiangsheng finally understood, and he rushed away quickly to the north.
The soldiers of the Annan Army along the way knelt down almost like an avalanche, and he rushed all the way to the junction of the northern and eastern city walls.
After all the overseers were cut down, no one on the entire city wall resisted anymore, and all the soldiers of the Annam Army threw away their weapons, knelt on the ground, and waited for the fall, and Thang Long City was captured like this!
Lu Xiangsheng breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt weak, he slammed the big knife to the ground, and ordered: "Send an order, let General Cao Wenzhao come to clean up the battlefield and take over Thang Long City." “
After speaking, he slowly fell backwards, and the frightened guards on the side shouted loudly, "Lord Lu, Lord Lu ......" “
Everyone rushed forward, caught him with all their hands and feet, and hurriedly probed his snort and pulse, but fortunately, he just fainted from excessive blood loss.
In this battle, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, no less than 20,000 soldiers were killed in battle, and countless soldiers were wounded, and the Annan army was even more miserable, with no less than 30,000 killed and countless wounded.
When Lu Xiangsheng woke up, it was already the next morning, at this time his hands and feet were tied into zongzi, it was a little difficult to move a little, he turned his head with great effort to look, a guard was sitting at the round table next to the bed dozing off, it was He Yuan, he shouted with difficulty: "Xiao Sanyuan, pour me a glass of water." “
The guard wiped his eyes in a daze, and then shouted in surprise: "Your Excellency, you are awake!" “
As soon as he finished speaking, two more guards rushed in from outside the door, and shouted in the same surprise: "Your Excellency, you are awake!" “
Lu Xiangsheng looked at their red and swollen eyes, and couldn't help but scold: "Why are you crying like this, I'm not dead, hurry up and pour me a glass of water, I'm dying of thirst." “
When He Yuan heard this, he quickly lifted the teapot on the table and poured him a glass of water, and the other two stepped forward to gently help him sit up.
He took a few sips of water and couldn't help but wonder, "What's wrong?" “
He Yuan suddenly cried bitterly: "My lord, they are all dead, little fat, big head, stone...... He's all dead! “
Lu Xiangsheng was stunned when he heard this, and after half a salary, he said sadly: "Sacrifice your life for the country, they are all good sons of the Ming Dynasty, and when you go back, you will take their families to my house, and I will take care of them!" “