Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VII The Bloody Battle in the Southwest

Chapter 1 Divide the army and fight the traitors in three ways

Section 3 Storming the Sword Pavilion (2)

As soon as Xu's words fell, he heard a deafening cannon sound suddenly sounded outside the Sword Pavilion City, and dozens of scorching cannons fell on the city head in an instant, sweeping the rebel soldiers and city defense equipment gathered at the head of the city, causing huge casualties to the rebels.

At this time, Xu Dang curled up and hid next to the city tower, watching his subordinates suffer heavy casualties, and was very angry, but his own gunners had already collapsed, and the more than 20 artillery pieces on the city could not hit the Hanwei army outside the city at all, and in the face of the Hanwei army's shelling, he could only resist with human lives!

"These officers and soldiers are a bunch of cowards! I only know that with sharp firearms, I will only fire guns and cannons from a distance, and I have the ability to fight face-to-face! ”

Xu kept roaring in his heart, and at this moment, a small leader of the rebel army ran over in a panic and said, "General Qiyu, the officers and soldiers have mobilized several artillery pieces to bombard the city gate, and two of the four door bolts have been broken!" ”

Hearing this, Extravagant Xu couldn't help but look dead, and said secretly: "I only brought 5,000 troops to guard the Sword Pavilion, and now there are only more than 4,000 people left, if the city gate is broken by the official army, and tens of thousands of officials and soldiers rush up, then won't I have to die without a place to be buried?" ”

"Gather your men and seal the gates with sandbags! Just go! ”

The little leader hurriedly ran to give the order, but Xu Dang Xu was still worried, not knowing how long he could hold out under such a fierce attack by the Han Wei army.

Suddenly, Xu only heard bursts of cheers from outside the city, followed by bursts of exclamations from his subordinates who were guarding the city gate.

"It's over!" Extravagant Xu immediately understood, the city gate must have been opened by the artillery of the official army!

"Soldiers, follow me!"

Xu Yi gritted his teeth and was also angry, and he beckoned hundreds of rebel soldiers around him and ran down the city wall, ready to lead his subordinates to resist desperately. When Xu came to the city gate to take a closer look, he saw that the originally strong city gate had been turned into pieces, and the surrounding rebel soldiers were all terrified. Looking outside through the city gate hole, Xu Dang Xu was desperate to see that thousands of officers and soldiers had been killed, and the first general was wielding a mountain axe and roaring loudly to kill him, and the sandbags blocking the city gate were only less than half a person high.

"Soldiers, march into battle! Fight with the officials and soldiers, and those who take half a step back will be killed! ”

Dang Xu shouted loudly, commanding more than a thousand rebel soldiers around him to line up at the city gate, preparing to fight the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Battalion head-on.

At the same time, Zhao Kaishan personally led the soldiers of the Huben battalion to rush to the city gate, rushing to a place fifty steps away from the city wall, Zhao Kaishan ordered the soldiers of the C battalion to shoot in formation, blocking the rebel soldiers who threw the rolling stones and trees on the city wall, so as to cover the soldiers of the first and second battalions to rush into the city gate hole, and then roared loudly, leading the A and B battalions A total of more than 3,000 soldiers to pour into the city gate.

The two sides are engaged in battle!

Zhao Kaishan rushed to the front with more than a dozen warriors who also used big axes and maces, only to see everyone waving the heavy weapons in their hands, smashing the rebel spear array blocked in the city gate hole, and the Hanwei soldiers behind everyone took the opportunity to rush to the front, and they used the heavy spears in their hands to attack the rebels. The two sides came and went, thousands of people crowded and blocked the narrow area of the city gate hole to fight desperately, and in the blink of an eye, the soldiers on both sides fell to a piece, and the hundreds of corpses left by both sides made the already crowded city gate hole seem even more narrow.

At this time, Zhao Kaishan had already retreated to the second line to command, constantly shouting loudly, and commanding the spearmen of Battalion A and Battalion B to step forward to participate in the battle. Although the heavy spears equipped by the soldiers of the Hanwei army were much longer than those of the rebels, and they also took advantage of the attack, they still could not open up the situation. Those rebel soldiers are all Tusi soldiers from the southwest, and they may be vulnerable to artillery that cannot be resisted by manpower, but when it comes to face-to-face fighting, these Tusi soldiers composed of natives of various ethnic groups in the southwest all seem to be extremely excited and fearless of death. Many rebel soldiers saw that the spears in their hands could not reach the officers and soldiers on the opposite side, and suffered all the losses in the battle, so they threw their spears as javelins at the officers and soldiers of the Hanwei army, causing great casualties to the soldiers of the Hanwei army.

Zhao Kaishan was furious when he saw this, and wanted to mobilize the bird gunners to the city gate hole and shoot at the rebel soldiers on the opposite side, but at this time, the city gate hole was already crowded, and there was no place for the bird gunners to come in and fire, unless the soldiers of Battalion A and Battalion B were allowed to withdraw first, but once the bird gunners did not have the protection of the melee soldiers, they would instantly become the target of the rebels' slaughter.

Zhao Kaishan thought for a while and felt that there was no other better way but to continue the onslaught. At this moment, Liu Yunwei also received a battle report from Zhao Kaishan, and learned that there was a tragic battle going on in the Chengmen Cave, and the soldiers of the Huben Battalion suffered many casualties. Therefore, Liu Yunwei ordered the Huben camp to withdraw first, and today's battle is over, so let's camp and rest first.

It didn't take long for Zhao Kaishan, who received the order, to command the soldiers of the Huben Battalion to withdraw without hesitation, and then found Liu Yunwei angrily and said, "Big brother! We have already broken the city gate, and we can fight into the city and capture the Sword Pavilion with a little more effort, why should we withdraw at this time? ”

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Haha, it seems that Kaishan is angry!" ”

Zhou Tianyi on the side said kindly: "Zhao Guerrilla, the reason why the general town ordered the soldiers to withdraw is that on the one hand, they don't want the soldiers of the Tiger Camp to lose too much, and on the other hand, they don't want to take down the Sword Pavilion City now. ”

"What?"

Zhao Kaishan looked at Liu Yunwei very suspiciously.

Liu Yunwei saw that the time was not early, so he ordered the army to retreat two miles back and camp, and then said to Zhao Kaishan with a smile: "I said that Kaishan, you have to use your brains to fight." Think about it, now that the tens of thousands of troops of Luxury Chongming are still on the way to the Sword Pavilion, if we defeat the Sword Pavilion City now, will Luxury Chongming still come to the rescue of the Sword Pavilion? When the time comes, Hao Chongming will lead the army to wander everywhere in Sichuan, when will we be able to completely quell the rebellion? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Kaishan suddenly realized and said curtly: "Big brother, I understand." ”

"Let's go, let's camp and rest first, so that the soldiers can take a breath. Tomorrow, the soldiers of the Tiger Battalion will rest first, and let Tianhao lead the soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion to attack the city. ”

Xu stood on the city wall with palpitations, looking at the slowly retreating Hanwei army's large array, and said secretly in his heart: "The official army has obviously broken the city gate, as long as the onslaught regardless of casualties, it will definitely be able to capture Sword Pavilion City today, why did you withdraw at this time?" Aren't the officials and soldiers afraid that after the head of the family leads the army to the Sword Pavilion, they will no longer be able to take a step south? ”

Extravagant Xu thought for a while, and was very worried about the next battle to defend the city, so he sent people out of the city to the south to report the battle situation to Luxury Chongming, and asked Luxury Chongming to come to help quickly.

"Come on, repair the city gate immediately, and completely seal the city gate hole with sandbags!"

After finishing speaking, Dang Xu's heart settled down slightly, and at this moment, a thought suddenly flashed: "The actions of the official army today are really strange, as soon as they come up, they will attack regardless of casualties, as if they are preparing to defeat the Sword Pavilion in one day; But when he was about to capture the city, he withdrew inexplicably, could it be said! ”

Extravagant Xu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, but then after thinking about it, he felt that his idea was a little unrealistic: "The 100,000 army of the official army has been blocked by me to the north of the Sword Pavilion, even if the official army wants to use the Sword Pavilion as a bait and want to lure the head of the family to come and gather and annihilate it, then there must be a way to cross the Sword Pavilion and go south?" Otherwise, how will the officers and troops act in the face of the passes held by tens of thousands of troops in order to gather and annihilate our army? What exactly do the officers and soldiers do? Could it be that the commander of this Hanwei army is a mediocre talent? ”

When Xu thought about it for a long time and still couldn't get the point, he simply stopped thinking about it, checked the defense situation again and returned to the city to rest.

In the next two days, Liu Yunwei commanded the Huben Battalion, the Yue Cavalry Battalion, and the Trap Camp to take turns in battle, each time under the banner of one or more of the nine major war barracks of the Hanwei Army, in order to confuse Dang Xu.

The siege battle was in full swing amid the roars of the soldiers of the Han Wei army, and the rebels led by Xu Dangxu, who had less than 3,000 men left, struggled to support it, like a flat boat in a stormy sea, which would be completely destroyed at any time.

In desperation, Luxury Dangxu sent scouts to ask for help from Luxury Chongming several times in succession, asking Luxury Chongming to come to the rescue of Sword Pavilion as soon as possible, otherwise Sword Pavilion City would be captured by the official army.

At this time, luxury Chongming, who was leading an army of 60,000 to the north, was also anxious, and Luxury Dangxu's continuous requests for help made this fierce general who had been rampant in Sichuan for decades uneasy. The speed with which the Han Wei army moved south, as well as the determination shown in the onslaught on the Sword Pavilion, had already exceeded Yu Chongming's expectations. Originally, the Han Wei Army, which was famous in the world, was just a vain name, and how many famous generals in Sichuan were not defeated by themselves? However, the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Hanwei Army arrived at the city of Sword Pavilion from Beizhili in only two months, and the onslaught of Sword Pavilion regardless of casualties made Yu Chongming feel a trace of fear, and vaguely felt that the Hanwei Army might really be an extremely strong and abnormal elite army of tigers and wolves.

"Humph! Now that the army has crossed the Luo River, it won't take a few days to reach the Sword Pavilion, and as long as the army arrives in time, no matter how strong the Han Wei army is, my luxury family will definitely win! ”

Thinking of this, Yu Chongming once again ordered the army to speed up, and the sixty thousand rebels advanced quickly in the direction of the Sword Pavilion.

In Nanjin Pass, 300 miles northeast of the Ministry of Luxury Chongming, Lu Ying, Gao Hongguang and Wang Dangdang led the army into Guancheng, but the banner of the original Ming army stationed in Guancheng remained unchanged, and at the same time, Lu Ying also sent many nights to step up the investigation of the movements of the main force of the rebels.

Looking at the vast land outside Guancheng, Lu Ying said secretly: "What a battlefield!" This will be the graveyard of the rebels! ”