Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VII The Bloody Battle in the Southwest

Chapter 2 Gather and annihilate stragglers to defend Chengdu

Section 7 Defending Chengdu (5)

Seeing that thousands of rebels rushed up again, Wu Hang immediately ordered the strong men defending the city to hurry up and carry the big rockets, and put all of them on the head of the city, and at the same time sent people to the other three sides to ask how the battle was going.

At this moment, a general manager ran over with a difficult face and said: "Lord Qiyu, the treasurer just came over to tell you that there are not many big rockets in the city, and it is estimated that there will only be two more rounds." ”

"What?" Wu Hang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Chengdu is the largest city in Shuzhong, why is there only such a small amount of big rockets in stock?" ”

The Bai general said with a strange expression: "I said, my lord, we have shot tens of thousands of big rockets, which is still less?" Adults don't know, although this big rocket is hugely powerful, the silver needed to build a bundle is enough to make several fine firecrackers! And not only is it very costly, but the process of building it is also very laborious and time-consuming. ”

Wu Hang waved his hand a little impatiently, and said: "Since this is the case, then bring all the remaining big rockets to the city for me, since there are not many big rockets left, then we will simply use them all up and give the rebels a ruthless blow!" ”

As he was talking, the second wave of 5,000 rebels had rushed to a place about 100 steps away from the city wall, and Wu Hang immediately shouted when he saw this: "Big rocket ignition!" ”

"Ignition! Put! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

"Bring up all the remaining big rockets!"

"Ignition! Put! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

The arrows in the sky slammed into the rebel array with dazzling firelight, and together with the archers and musketeers of the official army at the head of the city, they enveloped the five thousand rebels who were charging. Within a hundred paces of the southern wall, the rebels were dealt an almost devastating blow, with powerful rockets sweeping through like autumn wind, knocking hundreds of rebel soldiers to the ground.

As the big rockets on the city were exhausted, the rebels who were attacking this wave also collapsed. The two or three thousand surviving rebel soldiers fled screaming backwards, ladders, weapons, and the wounded were abandoned everywhere, and the battlefield was full of panicked rebel deserters.

Hao Jiu Ming looked at the scene in front of him, the anger in his heart kept surging, and he said secretly: "I don't believe that the big rockets of the official army will continue to fight endlessly!" ”

Thinking of this, Hao Jiu Ming shouted: "Transfer another 5,000 people to attack!" ”

Seeing that the rebels were gathering the third wave of siege troops, Wu Hang couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes, and said secretly: "Is this rebel general crazy?" I really don't take my subordinates as people! ”

"Soldiers prepare to fight and kill the rebels!"

At this time, the big rockets had all been exhausted, and Wu Hang raised the combat knife in his hand and shouted: "Artillery preparation!" Hit me hard at the rebel array! ”

Soon, this wave of 5,000 rebels had already rushed into the range of artillery, the rebel soldiers were shouting loudly and running fast, all the rebel soldiers wanted to rush to the city wall faster, all of them were charging mechanically, as if they had no thoughts of their own.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Archers prepare! Put! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

Outside the city, five thousand rebels scrambled to charge, like a herd of thoughtless livestock, running tirelessly in a fixed direction; And the gunners, archers, and musketeers at the head of the city were also tirelessly busy, firing countless arrows, cannons, and leads, desperately preventing the rebels from rushing to the city.

However, in the absence of the powerful fire support of the big rockets, thousands of rebels finally rushed to the south city wall after paying a heavy price, and more than a dozen ladders were erected one after another, and the rebels began to attack the city!

Seeing this, Hao Jiu Ming let out a slight breath and said, "Hmph! The big rockets of the official army should have run out, but I want to see what the official army still uses to block the onslaught of the soldiers of the army! Send the order to send the soldiers and horses who have retreated from the previous two groups to support again, and this time you must attack the city! ”

After the rebels reinforced again, the southern city wall of Chengdu was attacked by six or seven thousand rebels, and the officers and strong men defending the city tried their best to consume the rebels' strength with rolling wood and stones, gold juice and boiling water, but still did not prevent the rebels from climbing the city wall.

When the first rebel soldier jumped onto the city, Wu Hang immediately shouted: "Engage!" Engage! Kill me, soldiers! ”

More than 5,000 officers and soldiers defending the city on the south city wall and strong men picked up their swords one after another, and launched a fierce battle with the rebels who climbed the city wall. The soldiers usually gathered in a dozen people, blocked a ladder with long spears and short spears, and stabbed the rebels whenever they saw their heads pop up. And those rebels who had already climbed the city wall were even more miserable, directly besieged by a dozen or even dozens of people, and in the blink of an eye, they became corpses on the ground.

The entire southern city wall is like a bottomless pit, constantly devouring the lives of the rebel soldiers, no matter how many soldiers and horses rush to the city wall, they will become without a trace, as if they have disappeared, and the city will always be the figure of Ming officers and soldiers.

Seeing this, Hao Jiu couldn't help but laugh angrily, and said coldly: "Mobilize two thousand archers to go up and shoot a salvo at the head of the city!" ”

"General, don't do it, that will hurt our own brother by mistake!"

Yu Jiu didn't say anything, and directly hacked the subordinate to death, and then repeated the order to the other subordinate.

Where did the subordinate dare to say anything, and hurriedly turned around to set it up.

A moment later, two thousand rebel archers aimed at the southern city wall is several rounds of volleys, and the dense arrow rain instantly enveloped the city, hundreds of officers and soldiers defending the city, strong men and dozens of rebel soldiers were caught off guard by random arrows shot down, the city suddenly became very chaotic, everyone was subconsciously looking for shelter, dodging the rain of arrows.

At this time, countless rebel soldiers took the opportunity to ascend to the top of the city, hundreds of rebel soldiers firmly occupied a dozen battlements, and a steady stream of rebel soldiers then rushed up.

At this time, the rebel archers outside the city also stopped firing and quickly retreated.

Seeing this, Wu Hang was shocked and angry, and shouted loudly: "The soldiers will kill me and drive the rebels out of the city!" ”

"Kill!"

"Rush forward!"

After a brief panic, the officers and soldiers defending the city and the strong men rushed forward one after another, and they were killed by the rebel soldiers at the head of the city.

Wu Hang even took the lead in the charge, a war knife was swung like a full moon, killing four rebel soldiers in a row, and then flying up and kicking a rebel soldier off the city wall. The surrounding rebel soldiers were all furious when they saw this, and they rushed towards Wuhang, wanting to kill this brave Ming general. And where the officers and soldiers and strong men around Wuhang were willing to agree, they also rushed up one after another to engage those rebel soldiers, and suddenly the battle was fierce and the sound of killing shook the sky, and the battle on the city entered a white heat.

At this critical juncture, suddenly there were bursts of rapid war drums from the east city wall, which was a warning to the whole city: the east city wall was about to fall, and if there were still reinforcements in the city, they would immediately go to support!

Wu Hang's heart was shocked when he heard the news, and he immediately roared and killed the two rebel soldiers in front of him, and then pulled an officer and soldier next to him, and said loudly: "Go and mobilize the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion in the city, and let them immediately support the east city wall!" Just go! ”

After the officer turned and ran away, Wu Hang turned around and continued to fight with the rebel soldiers.

At the same time, the fierce battle on the eastern city wall was also extremely fierce. Because Hao Jiu secretly sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to support the siege army in the east, the officers and soldiers defending the city were caught off guard and the pressure increased greatly. Under the frantic attack of the rebels, the defenders of the city began to become scrambling, and the defense was also full of holes. In such a situation, the rebels who attacked the city quickly took advantage of the chaos to kill the city wall, and as the defense loopholes became bigger and bigger, the number of rebels who killed the head of the city was also increasing, and even a small group of rebels took advantage of the chaos to rush into the city, although they were then killed by the defenders and strong men, but there were still some fish that slipped through the net.

Gradually, the officers and soldiers and strong men on the east city wall began to become fluctuating, many people began to retreat slowly, and under the onslaught of the rebels whose morale was greatly increased, the casualties of the army also increased sharply, and the morale of the officers and soldiers defending the city and the strong men also dropped sharply, and they were about to collapse.

At this critical juncture, the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion arrived in time, although the elite and strong soldiers of the Changshui Battalion were all iron cavalry, but the infantry battle was not too much, and the rebels who were greatly boosted in morale were still rushing and beating violently, and the momentum of the rebels' attack was immediately stopped, and the crisis situation on the east city wall was controlled in an instant. Seeing that the reinforcements had arrived, and that they were so strong, the surrounding officers and soldiers immediately boosted their morale and launched a counterattack behind the soldiers of the Changshui battalion.

At the same time, the Liu Mansion in the city.

At the gate, more than a dozen old soldiers were vigilantly observing the surrounding situation, and the sound of fighting from the distant city wall did not affect these soldiers who had fought all their lives, all of them were standing guard at the gate of Liu's mansion, and countless pairs of sharp eyes continued to sweep the nearby streets.

Suddenly, more than a dozen strong men with sharp blades appeared on the street in the east, rushing in the direction of Liu's mansion, and the people who were carrying supplies along the way screamed and avoided, and the street became a chicken and dog jumping all day, and even a few people dodged a little slower, and in a blink of an eye, they were slashed and killed by those strong men on the spot.

The dozen or so old soldiers guarding the gate of Liu's Mansion did not panic when they saw this, and they very tacitly separated five people and retreated into Liu's Mansion, and locked the gate from the inside. The remaining dozen or so old soldiers drew their swords one after another, and formed several small formations in groups of three, firmly guarding the gate of Liu's mansion.