Chapter 300: Abandon the city and flee

In the rumbling explosion, the buildings in the city were also set on fire, and the raging flames were ignited, accompanied by the screams of people and horses, and they were heard far away in the night sky. There were still Yuan soldiers at the head of Suizhou City, and when they saw the Song infantry attacking in formation, they began to throw bows and arrows downward, trying to block their approach to the city gate.

The infantrymen had already rushed to the hole in the city gate, and pushed the gate from the inside, and the two soldiers immediately happily took off their backpacks.

"Hurry up, nails!"

"Right now, get ready to light the fire!"

Two swollen backpacks were tightly attached to the gate, and two heavy boulders were pressed down, and a long fuse extended beyond the doorway, and when everything was ready, the Song army withdrew away from the entrance of the city gate.

The lit fuse was like a cheerful little snake, swimming forward with a loud sound, drawing a fiery red line in the darkness, and quickly approaching the backpack that was crushed by the boulder.

"Boom!"

There was a dull loud bang, and the earth, stone, and dust rushed out of the city gate, and the huge explosion force not only tore apart the solid gate, but also the earth-shaking force seemed to lift the entire city gate, and then put it down heavily.

More than a dozen Yuan soldiers hiding behind the city gate didn't even let out a scream, they were blasted out by the huge explosion force, and flew out of the city gate hole at a distance of seven or eight zhang before they crackled and fell to the ground, seeing that none of them could live.

After the Song army broke through the city gate, they did not rush in immediately, but rushed in the night and fought against a well-prepared enemy who was familiar with the terrain. Capturing the city gate only caused heavy pressure on the Yuan army in the city, in such a chaotic situation, the 20,000 yuan army in the city no longer knew what to do, and when they heard that the city gate was breached, they would only panic even more.

After Ji Zhe'an's death, none of the generals under his command could serve the public, and their recognition of the leader was obtained through repeated battles, but now there is no chance to compete for the level.

Several people at the emergency meeting disagreed, and when it came to the fierce emotion, they almost drew their swords on the spot to duel, and the two Han generals were so anxious that they were sweating profusely, and they said good things back and forth in order to persuade them to fight.

"Request support from Xiangyang? Now that the south gate has been blown open, will it still be too late? By the way, why has it been so long that the soldiers have pressed down on the southern city, and the city gate has not been repaired? ”

"I can't rush over now, once our men and horses storm the city gate, Song Gou's cannon will sound loudly, and the cannonball will fall specifically above the head, what a hell of an evil gate!"

"It's not a way to go on like this, the South City Gate can't be taken back, let's just retreat to Xiangyang!"

"Let's go to the direction of Xinyang, I've walked through the road again, and I'm still familiar with it!"

After the opening of the southern city gate, the Yuan army not only did not take it back, but the Song army took the southern city gate as the foundation, and the infantry began to climb the city wall, expanding the territory area little by little, and clearing the remaining Yuan army nearby.

However, many Yuan troops in the city did not dare to approach the southern city, and the cannonballs that could fall from their heads at any time completely took away a word called brave from these Yuan troops. The fear of shells intensified the determination of many Yuan troops to withdraw and leave, and the guards of the other three gates had to take charge of the city in person, showing their swords to protect the soldiers from rioting at the gates.

The pressure of survival increased layer by layer over time, and in the end, the opinions of the Yuan army in the city finally reached an agreement, and they decided to take advantage of the night to open the west gate and flee to Xiangyang. For their most important materials, the numerous war horses, cattle and sheep stored in the city, could not be taken away in such a short time.

This is what they have worked so hard to come all the way from the north, and it is a great fortune for either side. At the same time, Suizhou, as a military city, has the biggest role of storing military materials, and there are many military uniforms and armor, swords, arrows, saddle harnesses, but they can't be taken away anyway.

"No matter, burn them all, I'd rather burn them all than leave them to Song Gou."

"It's too late, if you want to retreat to Xiangyang, it's still too late to leave, the sky will soon brighten, and we won't be able to leave if we want to after the Song army enters the city!"

"Hey, it's cheap, give the order, immediately assemble the team, open the west gate and retreat to the direction of Xiangyang!"

The chaotic Yuan army in the city heard the order and began to move closer to the west gate from different positions, and the Song army, which closely observed their movements, immediately judged their movements, and the information was quickly transmitted back to Liu Changhai.

"Haha, our General Zhao is even more powerful than Zhuge Kongming, and I have already calculated that you are going to escape. The little ones, adjust the angle and start shooting freely in the direction of the West City Gate! ”

"Yes!"

After the order was passed down, the second gunners of the firearms battalion cheered up and replaced the sub-guns with different charges, and at the same time had to adjust the angle of the mother gun, which was a test of the level of a gun commander.

Whoever can fire a shell that is accurately aimed at the target at the first time when he receives the order is the level, this is the technical mastery, and it is also the reliance on holding up his chest in front of other artillery commanders.

"Boom!"

The first cannon was adjusted and the first shell was fired, and almost at the same time as him, more than a dozen sub-cannons followed closely behind, all in the direction of the West City Gate, and fired the first shell!

"It's broken, it's been discovered by Song Jun! Hurry up and give the order, give up all baggage, and the army will withdraw from the city immediately! ”

began to give orders to the generals of the Yuan army, and ordered anxiously in his heart, this official has not been in the position for a while, and the troops will retreat on a large scale, and after arriving in Xiangyang, I don't know if this position can be kept.

The rapid sound of drums sounded, urging the Yuan soldiers who were still staying in the city, and the speed of the Yuan army out of the city began to speed up, and they immediately rushed out of the city through the dangerous area under the bombardment of cannonballs.

More than 20,000 people were bombarded by artillery after such a toss, and although there were no short-handed soldiers near the West City Gate, there were also wounded soldiers and horses everywhere, and the shouting and screaming urged others to hurry up and flee from this terrible area.

Although it was dark outside the city, with the faint starlight, no Song army was found to be intercepted outside, which made the Yuan army who rushed outside the city breathe a sigh of relief.

"Haha, it's going well, I finally rushed out, if I was caught up by Song Gou's shells, it would be bad. Hurry up and reorganize the army, don't stop, and retreat to Xiangyang! ”

The Yuan army brigade that rushed out of the West City Gate, the whole army left Suizhou in a hurry, beat the horses and whips in the night, and galloped west along the official road.

The north side of Yangjiachong is the Elephant Trunk Ridge, and there is a four-to-five-mile lake called Mengjiatan on the south side, which used to be rich in reeds and grass carp, and it was a very rich town before the war. After the war, the number of people here became smaller and smaller, until finally all of them were abandoned, and only a deserted village remained.

But today, on the tallest poplar tree in Yang Jiachong, there was a soldier standing with a round cylinder in his hand, staring into the slightly whitish distance.

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