Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VII The Bloody Battle in the Southwest

Chapter 2 Gather and annihilate stragglers to defend Chengdu

Section 3 Defending Chengdu (1)

This time, the 30,000 rebels took the south wall of Chengdu as the main direction of attack, for which the rebels gathered about 15,000 soldiers and horses to line up here, and the remaining 15,000 troops divided their troops to attack the east, north and west, and each side was attacked by 5,000 rebels.

At this time, a very young general was standing in the rebel army and observing the city defense of Chengdu. This person's age is also in his twenties, and he is the commander of this 30,000 rebel army, named Hao Jiuming, a nephew of Hao Chongming, who has been fighting with Yu Chongming's side since he was a child, and has fought a lot of battles with the surrounding Tusi, is very talented, and is deeply loved by Lu Chongming.

This time the commander came to attack Chengdu, which was the first time that Hao Jiuming led the army independently, and most of the soldiers and horses under his command were not from the luxury family, but belonged to the eight Tusi who were instigated by luxury Chongming to send troops to participate in the rebellion, which shows how much luxury Chongming trusted this nephew.

Hao Jiu Ming looked at the city head and observed it carefully for a while, and found that the number of officers and soldiers on the head of Chengdu City was very large, and there was still a battle flag on the city wall that he had never seen before. At this time, there were no less than 6,000 officers and strong men on the south wall of Chengdu, coupled with the strong fortifications of Chengdu, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"This official army came to support in a really timely manner, otherwise, the vanguard army I sent before would have broken through the city. Hanwei Army? Camp Changshui? I'm going to give it a try and see how many pounds and taels this army has! ”

After thinking for a while, he called the eight Tusi leaders who accompanied him to the Chinese army and said: "This time, the leaders of the family can gather with our luxury family, and the head of my family is very happy, and I am deeply grateful to you for your help. This attack on Chengdu, my head of the family has given me an order, after the city is broken, I have the right to order three days not to seal the sword, and all the Dingkou and goods you plundered belong to you! ”

As soon as the words fell, the eight toasts were all overjoyed, and they all said that they would obey the dispatch of the nine lives of luxury and attack Chengdu with all their might.

You know, for these toasts, the rich Chengdu can be described as a paradise-like existence, and if you can loot in Chengdu, the wealth you get is more abundant than what you have obtained from decades of hard work!

Yu Jiu Ming smiled faintly and continued: "Since this is the case, then there is labor for you. Please go back and put your troops and horses in order, and after half an hour, the army will begin to attack the city from all sides! ”

At the same time, Wuhang is also in full swing preparing to defend the city, all the forces in the city have been deployed, and everyone is nervous and busy, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

Wu Hang took a hundred guards to patrol around the city, successively checked the defense of the eastern, northern, and western city walls, and saw that all affairs were ready, so he transferred the 1,000 soldiers left in the city as a reserve to the south city wall, so as to strengthen the defense force in the direction of the rebels' main attack; And the soldiers of the 1,000 general battalion under the command of Wuhang himself continued to stay in the city and use it as the last killer weapon.

When everything was ready, Wu Hang took a hundred guards to the southern city wall and went to the front line to direct the upcoming battle to defend the city.

At this time, Wu Hang's heart was already overturned, he was just a soldier before, and he never thought that he would one day be able to command 20,000 troops to fight, and be able to participate in a life-and-death battle of tens of thousands of people, what a glory this is!

As soon as he thought of this, Wu Hang felt as if he was full of strength, a stream of blood rushed to the top of his head, and his heart was full of fighting spirit, and he only looked forward to killing the enemy and making military exploits in the upcoming war, so as not to live up to Wen Poyu's recommendation and promotion.

Suddenly, the rebel array outside the city began to cheer, and then the three huge phalanxes divided into fifteen thousand troops began to advance slowly, finally stopping two hundred paces from the southern city wall. After a little regrouping, one of the 5,000-strong phalanx began to slowly move forward, and the 5,000 rebels approached the southern city wall with a dozen ladders and a hammer.

At this time, the defenders on the other three sides of Chengdu also sounded the alarm horn one after another, informing the main general that they had been attacked by the rebels.

Seeing that the rebels were attacking from all sides as soon as they came up, Wu Hang couldn't help but be full of fighting spirit, and ordered the thunder of war drums and the whole army to meet the battle.

The Great War has officially begun!

Wu Hang took a deep breath, and then shouted loudly: "Gunners, bombard the rebel phalanx!" Fire! ”

"Ignition! Put! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The defenders on the southern wall were the first to open fire, followed by the roar of artillery on the other three sides.

Chengdu is an important town in Sichuan, the capital of a province, not only around the city to dig a trench, set up a horse to resist, and the city is also arranged on the head of the city hundreds of large and small artillery, the defense is very considerable.

At this time, the more than 30 artillery pieces on the southern city wall had already caused some casualties to the rebels in the attack. Many rebel soldiers were smashed on the spot by the cannons, and the flesh and blood suddenly splashed the faces of the surrounding soldiers, and many ladders were also damaged by the cannons and could no longer be used.

Although the number of rebels killed and wounded by the artillery at the head of the city can be said to be very small in the whole army, it has dealt a great blow to the morale of the rebels, and many rebel soldiers have begun to waver, and even deserters have begun to appear.

Seeing this, the Xuan Jiu Ming in the distance was not annoyed, but said lightly: "Send someone to supervise the battle, and anyone who escapes from the battle, no matter whose subordinates it is, will be executed on the spot!" ”

Soon, under the severe suppression of Xuan Jiuming, the commotion of the rebel phalanx quickly subsided, and the five thousand rebels still quickly rushed to the southern city wall of Chengdu. It didn't take long for the 5,000 rebels to enter the dead end of the city's artillery, and the 1,000 rebel soldiers at the front quickly threw the sandbags on their shoulders into the trench, and drew their swords to cut down the horses, clearing the way for the follow-up army. After that, the 5,000 rebels rushed to the city wall over the ditch that was about to be filled, and the rebels carrying the ladders shouted their trumpets to erect the ladders, while the rebels pushing the hammer aimed the wrought-iron wrapped ram at the city gate, and the surrounding rebels raised their shields to protect the hammer and the siege rebel soldiers.

Seeing this, Wu Hang shouted loudly: "Fire Gunner!" Archer volley! Roll the stone sassale and smash it hard for me! ”

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Draw the bow! Put! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

I saw that the city wall was suddenly filled with gunsmoke, and hundreds of musketeers fired at the dense rebel phalanx under the city, causing many casualties to the rebels; And the three hundred archers of the official army also fired continuously, and the dense rain of arrows kept falling in the rebel formation. However, these archers killed and wounded far fewer rebels than the Musketeers, as most of them were protected by shields.

And the large number of strong men on the city wall were also under the command of the officers and soldiers, and they struggled to throw stones and sassalwoods outside. At this time, thousands of rebels outside the city were erecting ladders and slamming into the city gates, which could be said to be crowded, crowded and crowded, and there was no need to aim at all, and if they were thrown out, they would definitely be able to hit a group of rebel soldiers.

From afar, he saw that the counterattack of the defenders was very tenacious, and the casualties of the besieging army were also increasing.

So, Xuan Jiu Ming mobilized 3,000 archers, and under the cover of 1,000 sword and shield men, rushed to a distance of fifty steps from the city wall, and shot at the head of the city, and immediately shot down the strong men and soldiers on the head of the city, and the head of the city suddenly became chaotic. The rebel soldiers under the city took this opportunity to start attacking the city, and more than 4,000 rebel soldiers quickly climbed more than a dozen ladders and quickly climbed towards the city.

At this time, Wu Hang held his shield and shouted: "Archers, firecrackers shoot the rebel archers!" Gold juice, hot water preparation! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

The musketeers and archers at the head of the city knew that the battle to defend the city had reached a critical moment, so they rushed to the side of the city wall at the risk of death, relying on the battlements of arrows to counterattack the rebel archers outside. The two sides went back and forth, refused to give in to each other, and there was a stalemate for a while, whether it was the rebel archers, the official and military musketeers, and the archers, all of them suffered a lot of casualties.

Those strong men took advantage of the opportunity of the fire hammermen and archers of the official army to attract the rebel arrow rain to the past, and poured the already boiling gold juice and boiling water, and the rebel soldiers who were climbing the ladder had no way to hide and avoid at this time, and they were all doused by the smoky "waterfall" and covered their faces, even the rebel soldiers waiting to enter the city under the city were not spared, many soldiers were lying on the ground with their skin open and rolling constantly, and the skin and flesh on their bodies would fall off a lot every time they rolled. Seeing the surviving companions around them, they were terrified and had no fighting spirit.

The hammer that was attacking the city gate was the focus of the strong men defending the city, and the largest pot of gold juice on the city wall was poured on the hammer, burning hundreds of rebels who were hitting the city gate or raising their shields to defend to the ground. A foul smell wafted from the vicinity of the south city gate in an instant, making people feel sick and painful.

"Help!"

"If you can't attack it, run away!"

In the face of the stubborn counterattack of the defenders, the remaining rebel soldiers collapsed on the spot, and countless routs rolled back, scattering the three thousand rebel archers and a thousand sword and shield soldiers who were suppressing the city, and in the blink of an eye, thousands of people rushed towards the rebel main position.

Wu Hang couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and said: "If I have three thousand iron horsemen in my hand, I will definitely be able to defeat the main force of the rebels in one fell swoop if I take advantage of this opportunity to rush out and take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Hang saw that the thousands of defeated soldiers automatically ran towards the two wings of the rebel main formation, and very consciously reassembled on the two wings of the main formation, without attacking the rebel main formation at all.

Seeing this scene, Wu Hang was immediately shocked into a cold sweat, and muttered: "Fortunately, I don't have three thousand iron horses, otherwise I would have been left outside!" ”