Chapter 216: The Great Victory in Fuzhou
Wang Rui is not stupid, he can see the strength of the other party's siege vehicle. Although it was said that it was done in a hurry, Xiao promised to be able to create so many pediatric things in one go, and he must have his own reasons.
"Order the soldiers, aim at the stone throwers under the city, and smash them with stones!" Wang Rui wanted to treat others in the same way as others, and used the giant stone throwing machine on his city wall to deal with those children under the city.
The two sides were busy adjusting the angle of the stone thrower, Wang Rui aimed at the city, the drum sounded, and the boulders on the city wall whistled by the wind.
But there's a mistake in this thing, 'Bang! With a bang, the boulder landed on a rock-throwing truck under the city, less than two meters away.
"Put it again!" Under the command of Wang Rui.
'Whoosh! ......'On the city wall, more than a dozen stone-throwing wheels threw the boulder down the city.
'Puff puff puff ......' Finally, some of Ma Bujun's stone throwers were hit by boulders, and these bamboo stone throwers were already vulnerable and shattered.
Some soldiers were also killed and injured by boulders, but the soldiers of the Mabu Army did not appear to be flustered, and they were also preparing to shoot.
Wang Rui on the city wall laughed: "These papier-mΓ’chΓ© things are so vulnerable, vote for me again!"
But I don't know that although this multi-tip stone throwing machine is powerful, it can move slowly, requiring dozens of people to pull the rope and dozens of people to push the boulder to fill the stone.
On the other hand, Xiao promised that their bamboo stone-throwing carts under the city were simple to make, and a few hemp ropes were dragged by three or five people, and some soldiers had already put gunpowder bags into the throwing baskets. A soldier next to him lit the fuse with a torch, and the axe hand instantly cut the broken tight rope.
With a "hula" sound, countless gunpowder packets staggered to the city wall.
Wang Rui was still surprised, what can the futons that flew up be done? Tickle it.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ......" sounded several times, accompanied by dust, smoke and fire, and some of the soldiers on the city wall were directly shaken down the city.
What's even more terrifying is that wherever this kind of thing is thrown, some of the bent stones in the city wall are instantly blown to pieces. And the gunpowder packs that fell into the middle of the soldiers on the city wall were blown into the sky, along with the shields in the hands of the soldiers.
For these soldiers, who had never seen gunpowder, it was tantamount to a flood of beasts. The ace division of Wang Jian of the Xichuan Army, the Xichuan Army, which has experienced countless baptisms of war, frightened his soul in the face of this anti-heaven weapon.
Wang Rui's legs were sore, his heart was frightened, there were explosions everywhere, and there was a mess everywhere.
The walls were shattered, the blackened corpses, weapons and shields were scattered all over the place, and the deafening sound of explosions seemed to come from hell wherever the gunpowder passed.
The earth trembled, the hands of the soldiers on the walls of the city trembled slightly, and the hands of the archers trembled so much that they could not pull the bowstrings.
"W-What is this, what kind of weapon is this?" Wang Rui was so frightened that he screamed in panic.
The coach was frightened, not to mention his soldiers.
"Boom!" With a bang, a giant stone thrower on the city wall was hit by gunpowder. Sawdust flies, and people turn on their backs.
The leader of the Flying Leopard Battalion, Liu Yi, rushed to Wang Rui's side with an earthy face: "Marshal, marshal!"
With a 'whew', a gunpowder bag fell from the sky and landed at Liu Yi's feet.
"Boom!" , and then Liu Yi was thrown into the air by the violent impact of the explosion, and when he fell, he was already unrecognizable, and one right leg flew out and landed under the city wall.
This is the commander of the Flying Leopard Battalion, and he disappeared in front of Wang Rui like this, and Wang Rui was frightened.
"Hell!" A frightened soldier threw away his weapon and shouted at the wall: "Devil, ghost! The heavenly soldiers have come down to punish us! β
They are anti-thieves, no matter how they say, they are anti-thieves who rebel against the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty. Some of the soldiers were convinced, and they began to flee under the city.
It's messed up, it's completely messed up. The overseers themselves were blown up, where could they still take care of restraining the troops, and the countless Xichuan troops on the city wall were running around, they naively thought that as long as they ran one more step, they could avoid the gunpowder bags flying under the city.
Two hundred stone-throwing trucks rained down countless gunpowder packets on the city walls, half of which was blown down and the soldiers on the city were torn apart.
Wang Rui panicked, and the diehards were supporting him to death, and he was already panicking: "Withdraw!" Withdraw, take down from the walls! "He wants to abandon the city, and if he can't keep it, the gods can't keep it.
Countless Xichuan troops fled into the city, and they lost their souls and souls, and their frightened faces were as if they had seen evil spirits from hell.
A cart full of gunpowder packets was pushed from behind by a dozen soldiers towards the city gates.
A cartload of gunpowder was piled up at the gates, and a soldier lit one of the fuses.
Immediately after that, the dozen or so soldiers scattered and fled, far away from the city gate and lying on the ground.
"Boom!" With a bang, the city gate was blown open alive, and the power of gunpowder was terrifying.
As soon as the city gate opened, the soldiers of the Mabu army rushed up like a tide.
"Kill! β¦β¦β
Xiao Nuoyan commanded his subordinates: "Iron cavalry battalion, infantry team, surround the west gate, and prevent the enemy from escaping!"
The cavalry of the Iron Cavalry Battalion rushed to the West Gate to help, and sure enough, Wang Rui and his subordinates wanted to break through from the West Gate.
The army of Ma Bujun broke through the north gate, and countless soldiers rushed into the city with a roar, and the Xichuan army, which had no time to retreat, surrendered and died.
As Wang Jian's pioneer, Wang Rui was originally not afraid of death. But he was so frightened by firearms that he couldn't even step into the saddle three times in a row.
Fortunately, his subordinates acted as a stool and helped Wang Rui onto the war horse. At a little, less than 5,000 people remained around.
Wang Rui settled down, it was over, the main force of the Xichuan army was wiped out, and there was no more King Shu in the feudal town.
"Retreat, rush to the west gate!" Wang Rui gave the final order.
In fact, without his order, these soldiers had already rushed to the West City Gate, and they had only one belief, to flee back to Xichuan.
Who knew that as soon as these people came out of the West City Gate, they were stopped by the Iron Cavalry Battalion and the Infantry Armor Team.
Who said that the poor are not chasing, Xiao promised that he would not let go of an enemy.
Wang Rui is also crazy, and his subordinates are also crazy, and they can only survive by rushing through a bloody road.
The remaining 5,000 Xichuan troops finally played the majesty of the Xichuan army, they screamed, and rushed towards the Mabu army regardless of their lives, in a vain attempt to break open a gap and escape.
But what they don't know is that the other side has weapons and equipment that span nearly a century with them.
The soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Battalion and the Infantry Brigade took out the wooden-handled grenades hanging from their waists.
Although these iron bumps are strangely shaped and ugly, their power should not be underestimated.
The soldiers lit the iron lumps, the copper bumps, to be exact, with fire folds, and threw them at each other.
As soon as the remnants of Wang Rui and his soldiers saw this sparkling thing, they were terrified.
"Bang bang bang! ...... "Although these iron bumps are not as powerful as one-tenth of modern grenades, they are still terrifying when they are more numerous.
Each soldier had seven or eight hanging from his waist, and many of them were all over his body.
The iron smelting industry in the Tang Dynasty could not keep up, but the copper smelting industry was mature. Some of the copper mines in Huangling Mountain are that this kind of copper grenade can only be blown in half, and some can only be blown in half, and they cannot hurt the enemy, but the sound is loud and can scare the enemy's courage.
Some of them were so powerful that the copper shrapnel that flew at high speed hit the human body, shattering bones and hearts when they landed.
Wang Rui's remnants were blown up, and the Iron Cavalry Battalion took advantage of the situation and slashed with the Tang Mo knife, and the Xichuan army retreated one after another and retreated into the city.
Countless horse infantry troops rushed into the city, and countless Xichuan troops were killed and killed by the bombing. On the city wall and inside the city, there are corpses of the Xichuan army everywhere. On the other hand, the casualties of the Mabu army were extremely limited, and it was more like a massacre than a war.
However, this time it was the 'righteous' side that launched a bloody massacre, and the 30,000 Xichuan army was killed by only 10,000 people and was powerless.
Xiao Nuoyan looked at the countless corpses of the Xichuan Army on the ground, and he issued a military order: "Put down your weapons and surrender immediately!" Spare your life to those who surrender! β
This was effective, from the generals of the Xichuan Army to the non-commissioned officers, they all threw away their weapons and waited to be killed.
This kind of war cannot be fought, and the use of firearms in warfare in this era is the effect of a front-line push. In such a battle, the enemy has no power to fight back.
Wang Rui's subordinates were left with less than 3,000 people, and they were wrapped in dumplings.
The Ma Bu army surrounded them, and the remaining Xichuan army was panicked and at a loss.
Xiao Nuoyan walked to the front of the formation and looked at Wang Rui, who was covered in blood: "You are Wang Rui, I am Xiao Nuoyan, put down your weapons, don't do any more useless struggles."
It was only at this moment that Wang Rui calmed down from his panic: "Xiao Nuoyan, it's so powerful!"
"It's not that I'm powerful, it's that Datang is powerful, the Son of Heaven is in the right direction, how can you make a mess!" Xiao Nuo's words are righteous and stern.
"Hmph, the winner is defeated, there's nothing to say!" Wang Rui snorted.
Xiao Nuoyan didn't want to talk nonsense with this defeated general: "Let your people lay down their weapons, they will be spared."
Wang Rui let out a long sigh: "Wang has been on the battlefield for decades, and he has few opponents in his life. I never thought that I would be defeated in the hands of you, a yellow-mouthed child, the court has this firearm, and it should be settled in the world, providence, providence! Yan Bi wiped the long sword on his sleeve, and then slashed himself with the sword.
"Marshal! Marshal! His diehards grabbed it.
With a 'dang', someone from the Xichuan Army threw their weapons on the ground, and then everyone threw their weapons.
Fuzhou conquered and returned to the hands of the imperial court. As for the remaining Xichuan army in Tanzhou City, they also surrendered one after another.
Xiao Nuoyan cut off Wang Rui's head and hung it on the city wall of Fuzhou to comfort the soul in the sky who was not used by Fuzhou Assassin Shifeng.
After this battle, the imperial court forbidden army moved the world, and Xichuan Wang Jian was no longer able to fight. And Li Ji also began to put the cutting of the feudal domain on the agenda in advance.
The people of Fuzhou City sang and danced, and the imperial court finally won. Many wealthy businessmen and gentry have killed cattle and sheep to prepare wine and syrup to welcome the king.
In the capital, 100,000 soldiers were in a hurry, and the good news was sent to Luoyang City day and night.
PS: Thanks for the tip of the night dark fire.