Chapter 608: Breaking the City with One Blow

Time passed, and an hour later a follow-up team of the Liangshan army had arrived. Shan Tingjue's banner fluttered in the wind, and the dense Huainan garrison lined up in a neat line and entered the flank of the Qin Ming front army.

As far as the eye can see, the north of Changxing City is full of Liangshan Army.

Why do you say that there are more than 10,000 soldiers?

In the eyes of later generations, 10,000 people is not a great number, and the number of people in some county-level key middle schools will far exceed this number.

I don't know that the gathering and waiting in the playground are completely different natures. The former is people-to-people and crowded, but the latter is to open the array, combining long and short soldiers, shield walls, bows and crossbows, knives and guns, and short soldiers, arranged in order.

During that time, there is always enough space for people to move forward and backward freely.

Therefore, there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the front and rear, with battalions as units, arranging troops, and connecting end to end, which is also terrifying.

Of course, what made Li Ruoshui and Qu Duan's faces more cautious was that in this hour, all the soldiers were arrayed, but all those who were vigilant in the formation did not move at all. If such an army is not a strong army, what is the Western Army, which can't even do it?

Quduan stood on the city tower and looked at it from afar, saw the Qinzi general flag, and saw the single-word general flag, this Liangshan army is really rich in capital. Fighting a small Changxing, a county town, this is still the first battle, and at the beginning there was a governor of the Chinese army, as well as a deputy general of soldiers and horses.

Almost at the same time, Qin Ming and Shan Tingqi were also staring at Changxing County and the soldiers and generals lined up at the head of the city.

The Western Army is not weak. Changxing County did not suffer any trauma in the previous fighting. Because the Manichaeans would not fight the Western army here at all.

But even so, Qin Ming and Shan Tingqi didn't pay any attention to the defenders in the city. "Even small counties dare to stop our army, I really don't know whether I live or die."

When the generals heard this, they all looked at each other and laughed, but they did not take the city in front of them in their eyes. The reason is simple, they have earth-shattering thunder.

And how to throw the earth-shattering thunder, that is not a difficult matter.

There is no need for stone cannons, no bed crossbows, just flying stone cables.

This weapon is available in both the East and the West. King David of the West is the shepherd boy who defeated the giant Goliath in legend. The string of its weapon is the flying stone rope.

In the East, the "Urdo" in the hands of herdsmen in Tibetan areas, the "stone throwing belt" in the hands of Mongolian herdsmen, and the rubble in northern Shaanxi all refer to the same type of "weapon".

In the East, such weapons have been eliminated for thousands of years. Nowadays it is only a tool for herdsmen to take care of their livestock.

And Qin Ming's army has a special team of bombardiers.

This was specially formed by Lu Qian. There were not many of them, but they were all strong and strong, and they were good at throwing stones. After training, throwing earth-shattering thunder is like throwing stones, which means where to hit. At the beginning, he almost sent no feather arrows to coach them.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! The drums sounded, and the two thousand former troops slowly stepped forward, the war drums and trumpets, and the murderous aura filled the entire battlefield.

The front army marched forward to the rhythm of war drums, getting closer and closer to the county seat, but Qu Duan and Zhang Hong on the head of the city were all confused. The Liangshan army did not have a long ladder, no other siege equipment, only the soldiers came forward, what is this for? Can we take the city in this way?

Unless the current 2,000 troops can all fly to the sky, they will not be able to threaten the city at all. And if the two thousand Liangshan troops can all fly to the sky, then they still fight a bird?

The expressions of the western troops in the city also slowed down more, and many soldiers looked relaxed, even those who were holding longbows and were ready to shoot.

At a distance of 200 paces, the western army at the head of the city still fired crossbows. The Liangshan army only relied on heavy shield armor to make a shield wall, and relied on manpower to support it. Fortunately, there is no bed crossbow in this city, otherwise there will be a lot of losses.

Don't look at the 'attack' of the 2,000 Liangshan Army, which seems ridiculous, but their defense is very powerful. From 200 paces away, he went straight to the edge of the moat, and shot at the strong bows and crossbows on the head of the city, but the losses were minimal.

Qin Ming was on the horse, and everything was in his eyes. At this time, he was talking happily to Shan Tingqi beside him. In his eyes, the war is now underway, and everything can be declared over.

Shan Tingqi was full of curiosity. This kind of gunpowder, when he was with Wei Dingguo, he saw a lot. But I had never seen gunpowder so powerful.

When the Liangshan army arrived at the city, the crossbowmen who had been prepared for a long time took advantage of the shield and shot towards the city.

In particular, the twenty bombardiers hidden in it, one by one, the burning earth-shattering thunder crossed the moat, crossed the sheep and horse wall, and flew up to the city, and in the continuous explosions, the Western army screamed, and one by one the souls flew away, and the defenders on the entire city head were panicked like headless flies, and they wished to give birth to a pair of wings and fly away from here.

Qu Duan was like a blow to the head, and the whole person was shaky. The guards on the side even supported him, "Rule, control......" Whoever falls at this time can't fall at the end of the curve.

These people surrounded Qu Duan and retreated into the city gate tower, they could see the scene clearly, they were all warriors who dared to fight, otherwise they could not become Qu Duan's personal guards, and Wu Zi was pale from being frightened by the explosion.

The sound of the explosion was like spring thunder, and it seemed that every time it sounded, the entire city wall seemed to shake, and a large area of blood, mud, sand, and broken wood flew up.

Arrows rained down the city. The thunder caused chaos in the city, just in time to make the crossbowmen under the city harvest their lives. And this caused even more panic among the defenders of the city. It is especially worth mentioning that Qu Duan has now lost control of the defenders of the city. He just wanted to step down the city now.

It's a pity that he doesn't have that opportunity anymore. A number of earth-shattering thunderbolts were thrown into the city gate tower in unison, and when the orange flames burst violently, the double city gate tower collapsed with a bang like a sand castle that had been kicked hard.

Qu Duan's eyes were about to bulge out, his face was pale with death, he never thought that he would die so aggrieved. Unwilling, he was unwilling, "Ah......"

The entire gate tower collapsed, the bricks fell, and the beams and columns collapsed. Qu Duan and the more than ten personal soldiers on his side were completely annihilated.

The Liangshan army under the city immediately cheered together, and the cheers were deafening. The scene in front of them was so exciting that they didn't know what a powerful weapon it was, but the effect was very good.

Zhang Hong was just confused, his mind was blank, and he didn't know what to do. The whole person was like a fool, and he couldn't hear any sound for a while. He didn't know what to do right now!

The curved end was crushed by the collapsed city gate tower???

Qu Duan is dead!! How could he die?

Zhang Hong's whole body was about to collapse.

The Liangshan army took out such a powerful weapon, and the defenders of the city were panicked like headless flies, and this was the time when powerful people stood up, turned the tide, and rectified the soldiers and horses. That's how it died......

How is this called him? Zhang Hong doesn't think he can turn the tide, but he can quickly clean up the mess.

At this moment, Qin Ming had already seen the panic in the city, and immediately called for people to beat the war drums, and the second batch of troops quickly followed.

The Liangshan army that had been ordered suddenly rushed towards the city like a tide, and they carried long ladders and put them on the moat one by one, and crossed the two-zhang wide moat, and lifted the rows of long ladders up to the head of the city.

"Quick, quick, release the arrow, release the arrow. They cannot be called into the city. Zhang Hong was stunned, and only the sporadic defenders launched a counterattack on their own. But like the ant that stretched out its legs to trip over the elephant, it had no effect.

"Can't stop it, can't stop it! They've already slain! In the shouts of the Western Army, the soldiers of the Liangshan Army have already ascended to the top of the city.

"Don't retreat, don't retreat, rush up for me and stop them!" Zhang Hong came back to his senses at this time. But the tide is over!

"Kill! Kill! ”

At the head of the city, the battle between the two armies entered a white heat. Because the bombardiers under the city have rested, this makes the western army on the city calm a little.

There are naturally fierce soldiers in the Western Army, and when they come back to their senses at this moment, they also dare to fight. But the Great Wall of flesh and blood, stubborn resistance, is not something that can be done by talking about it. Most of the soldiers in the city were panicked and demoralized. 、

How can such an army hold the city?

Qin Ming rode on a horse, scanning the situation in the city, his face was full of complacency.

"Tell people to surrender loudly, and those who surrender will not be killed!" In this way, it is better to take this Changxing county seat as soon as possible. At this moment, I don't know that the Planter has given Huzhou to Manichaean Thunderbolt, and he is consciously complacent. If such a means is put on the city of Huzhou, the Western Army will not be able to resist it.

Zhang Hong had already retreated from the city at this moment, and was calling for someone to call for his henchmen to come over.

Before the city was broken, he was anxious, tossing and turning at night, and couldn't sleep, but now that the Liangshan army had broken through the city and killed him, he calmed down.

Being able to command a part of the soldiers and horses to sit in a state, Zhang Hongzi also has his own foundation and knowledge, Changxing County can't hold it, and he will definitely die if he is defeated like this!

The Liangshan army did not want to be killed, but surrendered. But to surrender is to strive for maximum benefits. That is, surrender with more soldiers, and at the same time capture Li Ruoshui.

It's been a while since the Western Army entered the customs, why don't you know the style of the Liangshan Army? That Li Ruoshui is honest and honest, and has backbone, which is obviously in line with Liang Shanjun's appetite. It is much better to be able to tie up such a state official to surrender than to tie up two corrupt officials to surrender.

When Li Ruoshui was tied up by Zhang Hong to surrender, his brain was at ease. Is there 5,000 soldiers in Changxing City, and there are generals of the Western Army, why did they lose it in the blink of an eye?

He felt like he was going through a nightmare.

But in fact, this is the reality. Especially when he was overwhelmed in front of Qin Ming, he was smashed by a beam pillar and broke the curved ends of his legs, and he was also carried over. It was Shan Tingjun who asked people to pull out the collapsed city gate tower, and Qu Duan, who was seriously injured but not dead, saw the light of day again.

He didn't have much to say. On that day, he swore in front of the planter that he would keep it for five days, but it was only half of the day, and the city was already people's own. Qu Duan didn't have much to say. After he was rescued, when he saw the city change hands, he only hated that he had not been beaten on the head by the beams. Dead is clean.

"Is the Qu system not dead?" Li Ruoshui was surprised. On the way here, Zhang Hong had already told him about the battle, and Quduan was crushed under the collapsed city gatehouse, which thought he was dead.