Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 3 is quite stale

Section 3 Siege Battle (2)

As soon as Liu Yunwei gave the order, the three infantry battalions under the jurisdiction of the pacesetter battalion stepped forward in a row, among which the soldiers of the C battalion lined up in a neat three-row horizontal formation, holding a black bird gun in their hands, and pressed towards Liaoyang City; The A and B battalions are lined up into more than a dozen small phalanxes, and the soldiers of each small phalanx are holding large shields with eyebrows, as if they are giant turtles, carrying more than a dozen ladders and following the soldiers of the C battalion to kill.

"Look, Jiannu's archers are here!" Hu Kun, who had been staring at the city, suddenly shouted loudly.

Liu Yunwei also noticed Jiannu's movements, so he immediately ordered the soldiers of the C Battalion to open fire and suppress the Jiannu archers at the head of the city.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

The soldiers of the C Battalion, who had advanced to a distance of sixty paces from the city wall, began the dance of death, and the fine bird guns in the hands of the soldiers continued to fire, and the roar of 1,700 bird guns came and went, beating the Jiannu archers on the head of the city to the point that people were on their backs, dead and wounded, and the arrows shot were also sparse, and there was no lethality at all. Seeing this, the soldiers of Battalion A and Battalion B quickly formed a formation and stepped forward, preparing to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the city.

Seeing this, Huang Taiji was in a hurry, and hurriedly ordered the archers to retreat and gather behind the city wall to shoot, while ordering the rest of the soldiers to prepare to meet the Han Wei army.

"Put!"

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

The Jiannu archers, who had already regrouped behind the city wall, began to exert their strength, and the dense rain of arrows crossed the city wall and continued to fall in the large formation of the soldiers of the C Battalion, causing a lot of casualties to the soldiers, and from time to time the soldiers of the C Battalion were shot in the neck and chest, and fell in pain in a pool of blood. Even so, the fire array of the C battalion did not stop, and it continued to open fire. However, the Jiannu at the head of the city hid behind the arrow stacks, and the bird guns that could only shoot in a straight line could not shoot the Jiannu soldiers behind, and the lethality of the fire guns was suddenly weakened a lot.

The soldiers of Battalion A and Battalion B, who were constantly approaching the city wall, were constantly being "taken care of" by the rain of arrows from Jiannu, and Huang Taiji saw that the arrow rain of the archers was working, so he urgently mobilized a large number of soldiers to join the ranks of the archers, trying to maximize the strength of the Han Wei army.

More than a dozen phalanxes composed of soldiers from Battalion A and Battalion B marched forward with difficulty, leaving the corpses of more than 200 soldiers along the way, paving a road to death.

Seeing that all the attacks of the soldiers of each battalion were blocked, Liu Yunwei said expressionlessly: "Transfer all the Tiger Venerable guns of the artillery battalion, and let the soldiers of the first battalion be responsible for covering, and arrive at the head of the bombardment city!" ”

After receiving Liu Yunwei's general order, Edward personally led his gunners to rush to the city wall in front of him with thirty Huzun cannons. The commander of the first battalion also sent 300 soldiers to support, and these soldiers held large shields in front of the gunners, struggling to resist the arrows that the soldiers of Jiannu kept shooting.

After sacrificing dozens of soldiers of the First Battalion, Edward led the gunners of the Artillery Battalion to finally approach the city wall, stopping only a hundred paces from it.

"Right here, hurry up and set up the artillery! Fast! Edward shouted after ascertaining the distance.

And the gunners were silent, all well-trained, busy with the work in their hands. In the blink of an eye, the thirty Tiger Venerable cannons were set up, and all of them were filled with lists and were in a state of readiness. (i.e. only reload a cannon, not a shotshot)

Seeing this, Edward shouted, "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way! ”

When the officers and men of the A Battalion, who were resisting Jiannu's arrows in front of the artillery array, heard this, they immediately dispersed in a hurry and ran to the back of the artillery array to assemble and stand by.

"Put! Fire! ”

"Kill these wildlings!"

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Thirty Huzun cannons began to fire a salvo, and wave after wave of cannons roared and flew up to the head of Liaoyang City, beating the Jiannu soldiers and city defense equipment on the city head into a mess, and there were corpses and broken debris of Jiannu soldiers everywhere, and thick gunpowder smoke everywhere.

The Tiger Cannon is a large-caliber mortar cannon that is easy to load, and if a skilled gunner is to handle it, the rate of fire of the Tiger Cannon is even faster than that of a bird's gun; Moreover, the cannon fired by the Tiger Zun Cannon can form an arc for projectile shooting.

At this time, after sweeping away the city, Edward commanded his gunners to continuously bombard the Jiannu archers behind the city wall, and one cannon after another roared over the city wall, and smashed heavily into the formation of the Jiannu archers behind the city wall, which immediately caused great casualties, and the thousands of archers gathered by Huang Taiji dispersed in a blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Huang Taiji was furious, and hurriedly mobilized men and horses to gather the stragglers, preparing to form a formation again and release arrows. At this moment, Huang Taiji suddenly heard the war drums of the Han Wei army coming from outside the city, and secretly said in his heart: "It's not good! The Hanwei army is going to attack the city! ”

Sure enough, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Jiannu archers being killed, Liu Yunwei immediately ordered the soldiers of Battalion A and Battalion B to attack the city, preparing to capture the city tower at all costs, so as to open the city gate so that the soldiers of Battalion C and the cavalry battalion could rush in. In addition, in order to ensure that the strength of the street battle was sufficient, Liu Yunwei also gathered all the guards and soldiers of the Chinese army's baggage battalion and artillery battalion and used them as reserve troops; Once the gates are captured by the soldiers of Battalion A and Battalion B, these soldiers will enter the city together with the soldiers of Battalion C and Cavalry.

Soon, the soldiers of Battalion A and Battalion B rushed to the bottom of the city, and in an instant, more than a dozen ladders were erected, and nearly 4,000 soldiers gathered around the ladder with shields, and began to climb the ladders in turn, preparing to climb the city to fight. The soldiers of the C Battalion still stayed sixty paces away, and more than 1,500 black birds pointed straight at the head of the city, ready to strike at Jiannu who blocked the offensive of the army.

At this moment, a large group of Jiannu with white flags suddenly appeared on the top of the city, and these Jiannu soldiers raised rolling stones and slammed them towards the city. Suddenly, like raindrops, stones and wooden blocks fell among the soldiers of Battalion A and Battalion B, although the soldiers were protected by a large shield with eyebrows, but where could they resist the stones and wooden blocks falling from the sky? In the blink of an eye, hundreds of soldiers were smashed and fell to the ground, and many of them lay on the ground in pain and wailed.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the C Battalion immediately opened fire, sweeping down the Jiannu soldiers at the head of the city, and the momentum of the counterattack of the Jiannu under the white flag was stagnant. However, those Zhengbaiqi Jiannu still fought to the death, and found large shields and thick quilts to stand at the battlements to resist the lead shot by the birds, and then continued to throw wooden stones outward.

Seeing the heavy casualties of the soldiers of the Hanwei Army under the city, a Jia Lae Zhen couldn't help but laugh and shouted, "Good! That's it! Warriors, work hard, stoning these Han people to death for me! Boiling water, gold juice ready! Pour! ”

In an instant, several steaming waterfalls appeared on the top of the city, and several cauldrons filled with boiling water and boiling dung water were carried up by Jiannu and poured down towards the Hanwei soldiers under the city.

Suddenly, a suffocating stench, mixed with the smell of burnt human flesh, permeated the entire battlefield. Many of the soldiers of the Hanwei Army who were poured with boiling water and gold juice immediately opened their skins, and the soldiers who died on the spot were lucky, and those soldiers who did not die for a while could only endure inhuman pain, falling to the ground and constantly twisting, and only after suffering could they swallow their breath.

Liu Yunwei, Yuan Mingxuan, Zhou Tianyi, Hu Kun and others who watched the battle from a distance were all pale, and from the beginning of the war to the present, the soldiers of the pacesetter battalion had lost thousands of soldiers, but they still did not succeed in landing the city. If this continues, even if all the troops are exhausted, they will not be able to defeat Liaoyang City!

Yuan Mingxuan said: "Little general, the casualties of the soldiers are too great. Listen, judging from the sound of fighting from the east and west, the soldiers of the Flying Feather Battalion and the Tiger Ben Battalion are estimated to be fighting very hard, and it is not a way to go on like this. ”

Liu Yunwei nodded, looked up at the sky, and saw that it was close to noon, so he said: "Order, let the soldiers of each battalion withdraw, and bring back all the wounded soldiers on the battlefield." The Feiyu Battalion and the Tiger Ben Battalion camped on the east and west sides of Liaoyang, and besieged Liaoyang with the Chinese army. In addition, tell Lu Ying and Zhao Kaishan to send someone over to report the battle situation immediately. ”

The Chinese army immediately sounded the sound of gold, and the soldiers of the pacesetter battalion who were fighting and besieging the city retreated immediately after hearing the order, covering each other and retreating backwards, quickly and orderly. The officers of Battalion A and Battalion B walked last, and the soldiers held shields in their hands and retreated in an orderly manner in a phalanx, so as to cover the soldiers of Battalion C and the artillery battalion to go first.

Soon, the soldiers of the pacesetter battalion withdrew to the Chinese army and began to set up camp and treat the wounded.

An hour later, Liu Yunwei and Yuan Mingxuan, Zhou Tianyi, and Hu Kun discussed in the tent how to attack the city next.

Liu Yunwei opened it and saw that his face suddenly changed, and then he stood up with a cold face, walked around in the big tent non-stop, and handed the report to Yuan Mingxuan casually.

Yuan Mingxuan took the report and read it with Zhou Tianyi and Hu Kun, only to see that it was written that the Feiyu Battalion and the Huben Battalion were all defeated in the siege, of which the Flying Feather Battalion lost 1,059 soldiers and the Huben Battalion lost 815 soldiers. Coupled with the 1,190 soldiers lost by the standard barracks in this battle, in just half a day, the Hanwei Army lost more than 3,000 soldiers! In less than half a day's battle, the army lost 10% of its soldiers!

Yuan Mingxuan's brows were almost squeezed together, and he said to Liu Yunwei: "Little general, in my opinion, let's slow down for a while, and think about whether there is a way to lure out the two white flag Jiannu." If this continues, our losses will be too great! ”

Liu Yunwei clenched his fists with both hands, his face was angry, he finally took a few deep breaths, calmed himself down, and then said: "There is no way, Huang Taiji is a personal essence, he will not let go of the strong city and not defend it, but will fight with us in the field." ”

At this time, Zhou Tianyi said: "Zongzhen, I think the casualties of Jiannu today will not be small, if it really doesn't work, we can only fight with Jiannu to see whose blood will be shed first!" ”