Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Fall of the Jin Merchants (8)
"The cooperation of this hot air balloon and telescope is really a weapon for commanding operations" Zhou Yuji, who put down the telescope, couldn't help but think in his heart, thinking that if he wanted to observe the defense in the city before, it was all about finding natural terrain advantages such as high mountains and mounds nearby. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Quick, rush into the front compound, there are arranged manpower inside, speed up and rush over" Before the words were finished, the last few dead soldiers were followed by the Jinyi guard, a secret weapon hit the ground, followed by a large number of officers and soldiers to step forward for a while, and now there is no need for the head of the family to urge again, everyone also ran forward.
This was originally a compound hanging under the name of the servants of the Fan family, at this time the courtyard door opened, and the heads of the families in the distance, escorted by a small number of dead soldiers, went straight to the compound, and fled all the way, the Fan family finally ran to their own stronghold, but they and others did not escape smoothly, and there were sergeants patrolling cards everywhere. Stumbling along the way, most of the dead soldiers were left in the city by the Jinyi guards who followed and the officers and soldiers who came in to reinforce them.
According to the original city defense system, the buildings in the city were not allowed to approach the city wall, not to mention that the wall of such a compound in front of them was directly connected to the city wall. It's just that now the officials from all over the country are mediocre, and the city patrol soldiers are useless, and they have secretly greeted the Fan family, so that this compound that was originally close to the city wall was privately pulled a section of the wall and connected to the city wall, and no one came to manage a large piece of land out of thin air.
It's just that the thief of the Fan family is not dead, after enclosing a section of the wall, he closed the gate, and secretly sent his servants to dig out a big hole in the city wall, which is piled up with green bricks on the outside, and there is nothing to see at a glance, but the rammed earth has already been hollowed out, and an adult can break a big hole in the green bricks piled up together under his feet, so that people can easily pass inside and outside the city.
Under the beckoning of Jinyiwei, a large number of new soldiers fortified in the city surrounded this mansion, but before everyone stepped forward, the courtyard was a whole spear shot, so that the approaching soldiers suffered heavy casualties, for a time a large number of soldiers and crossbowmen gathered outside the wall, but the other party did not show their heads, just threw spears outside the courtyard, so that the new army with strong bows and crossbows was helpless, someone clinged to the corner of the wall and climbed the wall and was also hit back by a burst of flying spears in the wall.
"A small Fan family can really go against the sky, a courtyard gate is just a gate, not a city gate, come to the flying claws, and give me this broken door" After the Jinyi guard who took the lead gave an order, a large number of Jinyi guards held flying claws, clinging to the wall, avoiding the flying spears in the wall, and dozens of flying claws tied with ropes rose above the gate to be fixed, and a large number of soldiers and soldiers began to grab the ropes and pull them up, while a large number of crossbowmen in the distance bent their bows and arrows to suppress the dead soldiers in the wall after the door was broken.
"One, two, three, pull" more people have great strength, the original gate position in the absence of the assistance of the wood, can only accommodate a few soldiers at the same time to hit the door, the door was nailed to death, the number of people can not make the strength, how can not be opened, now there are flying claws fixed, can let thirty or fifty soldiers at the same time, the courtyard gate here is only the standard of ordinary gates, how can it withstand so many people at the same time, after a squeak, the entire gate and a nearby courtyard wall, were pulled down by this group of violent soldiers.
After the door was broken, a group of soldiers took the lead in a few against the door panels borrowed from nearby people and launched a charge against the compound, losing the wall to block, and the number and weapons were also out of disadvantage, how could the remaining dozens of dead soldiers of the Fan family fight against a large group of wolf-like new troops, not a few breaths, after a burst of screams, all the dead soldiers left behind were dead.
"The whole manor is surrounded by our people, and the turtles in those few urns can't run, so search for me" A large number of sergeants smashed open the doors one by one in groups and began to dig three feet into the ground to search, but the leader of the Jinyi Guard, who had just spoken, took a large number of Jinyi Guards, followed the traces on the ground, and chased them all the way to the depths of the compound.
The Fan family and his party, after leaving a group of dead soldiers to resist the pursuers behind them, everyone hurried to the city wall in the backyard, after the old servant drew a position on the city wall, the Fan family dared to call Cao Huachun Housheng, immediately instructed a dead soldier to step forward, after a burst of smoke and dust, this huge city wall revealed a hole more than one meter wide and two meters high, everyone then moved forward, dozens of steps later to the other side of the city wall, just now the dead man stepped forward again, kicked open the outer wall. Just after the dust falls. It made everyone present a little dumbfounded.
Originally, there was a dense forest outside the city, as long as you and others entered the dense forest. There is a small river in the dense forest, and the Fan family left several small boats in the river, as long as everyone gets on the boat, they can leave Taiyuan Mansion far away along a small river in the forest, and when the time comes, it will be extremely difficult for the Ming army to catch themselves, but now there is an extra pair of cavalry between the city wall and the dense forest, and the number is not much, only two or three hundred people, but looking at the dozen or so guards around him, it doesn't look like he can protect himself and rush over.
Looking back, a large number of brocade guards behind him have blocked the back road, and it is really difficult to fly now. And the kid of the Fan family who dared to speak wildly to Cao Huachun also remembered all kinds of rumors in Dongchang at this time, and regretted it in his heart, you said that so many people didn't make a sound, what kind of mouth do you have, you have nothing to do to provoke the head of that group of eunuchs, what would it be if it fell into the hands of the other party.
On a hot air balloon in mid-air outside the city, Zhou Yuji held a telescope, and after seeing Jin Shang and his party being made dumplings, he was finally willing to hand the telescope to the soldiers around him, and the pro-soldier boy saw that Zhou Yuji didn't look at himself, so he secretly picked up the telescope and tried it on his eyes.
"A few little mice have been caught, notify the lower to prepare to land" After receiving the order, the pro-soldier waved the flag below again, played the landing flag, and after confirming on the ground, began to turn off the fire source of the hot air balloon, and then the pro-soldier guarding near the carriage below, several people stepped forward hand in hand and turned the winch on the carriage and began to shrink the rope, pulling down the hot air balloon that was still floating in the sky.
The hot air balloon is good, but it can't control the direction of flight, it can only float along the air current, if it is not tied with a rope, who knows where this thing will be blown by the wind after going to the sky. In order to secure it, the carriages carrying the hot air balloons are equipped with counterweights to prevent the carriage from losing control when the wind blows. At present, the biggest role of the hot air balloon can only be used to observe the enemy's situation, as for equipping the army to form a large-scale air force operation, don't think about it at present, but it is still qualified to be an air command station, that is, the ground forces are defeated, and the generals in mid-air can also cut the rope and flee the battlefield, but they lose the traction of the rope and will be blown there by the wind.
(Things at work have been messy lately.,The author remembers the 2 chapters that are owed.,Let all the book friends wait in vain.,I'm really sorry.,I'll make up for it one by one in the last few days)