Chapter 12: The Breaking of the City
Yuan Yun glanced at the truck on his side slightly, which was full of straw, and the middle of the straw was stuffed with cannonballs, and yesterday he told Ma Chao that there were only four shells left, in fact, there was still a full car, and the reason for saying this was that he hoped that Ma Chao could quickly attack the city, because the gunpowder army had been out for a long time this time, and he needed to return to Luoyang earlier. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Ma Chao seemed to believe Yuan Yun's words, and at this moment, the 20,000 horses he brought were organized to line up again, and not far in front of these Xiliang soldiers was the stable and dilapidated city gate.
Seeing Ma Chao riding his beautiful white horse to the front of the team, Yuan Yun was slightly shocked in his heart, could this product be ready to lead people to attack the city in person?
Just when Yuan Yun was surprised, Ma Chao had already sent an entourage over to ask when the cannon would be fired?
Yuan Yun nodded, sent his entourage away, and then said to Ma Jun: "Are the four shells sure to blow up that broken city gate?" ā
Ma Jun replied with some embarrassment: "Go back...... Returning to the lord, this ...... It's hard to say, big ...... The accuracy of the cannon is really indescribable, and it can only be done by luck. ā
Yuan Yun smiled and said, "Try to do it, if you can't blow it up, let the brothers of the Xiliang Army go to hand-to-hand combat, it's okay." ā
Ma Jun said: "The few times the little ones fired the cannons, they have groped for some doorways, and they will blow up as much as possible, so don't worry." ā
Yuan Yun clasped the back of his head and said, "Don't put too much pressure, anyway, there are no brothers in the battle, the so-called dead friends are not dead and poor, and let them rush to kill." ā
Ma Jun nodded, he would do what Yuan Yun asked him to do, thinking that this could not be wrong, so soon he asked people to send four cannonballs over, and then rubbed his hands, ready to do a big job, and there was no discomfort about Yuan Yun's despicable behavior of deceiving Ma Chao, and it could be said that he had already adapted to it.
Yuan Yun rode leisurely on the back of the old mare, and looked very seriously at the Xiliang military array and Anding City under the hill, this is a real siege battle, unlike the gunpowder army that generally used cheating gunpowder before, or gasoline, what is about to start is the infantry siege of the city, and the resistance of the defenders, it is impossible for any movie to depict it so realistically.
The first shell finally flew out, landing at a distance of about ten paces in front of the gate of Anding, and the sparks immediately raised a large area of earth, and the frozen hard snow could not stop the explosive power of the shell.
The guards of the city were visibly shaken, and some of them had begun to panic, and then they were slashed down by several officers and men, so that the soldiers on the city wall calmed down.
Suddenly, I saw billowing smoke wafting from the stable city, and just looking at the area of this smoke, you can guess that the fire in the city must be very fierce.
Just when everyone was wondering, Yuan Yun suddenly shouted: "It's not good, these grandsons are burning Lao Tzu's grain and grass, Ma Jun, Ma Jun, hurry up and speed up the artillery, don't care about the agreement of four shots or four shots, hurry up and blow up the city wall for Lao Tzu, so that the Xiliang army can rush in, otherwise Lao Tzu won't even be able to catch the ashes." ā
Shi Shen on the side immediately reminded: "Lord, you told General Ma Chao that we only have four rounds left......
"Sifa your sister, no matter whether Lao Tzu said it or not, in short, blow up the city gate first, Lao Tzu's grain and grass, the previous intelligence said, Zhang Lu hoarded a lot of grain here, hundreds of thousands of stones." Yuan Yun howled madly.
Shi Shen and Xiao Liu rolled their eyes instantly, obviously after seeing Ma Chao yesterday, this master said very ostentatiously, deceived Ma Chao into thinking that there were only four shells left in the Gunpowder Army, so he must attack the city with all his strength today, who knows that now he doesn't admit it, shameless.
The second shell still did not hit, but blew up one of the towers on the wall, and the tower collapsed immediately, and the falling stones killed many people under the tower, and the wall was instantly in chaos, wailing, and wounded.
Ma Chao rode on the back of the horse very calmly, and when the second shell missed, he was not only not depressed, but a little relieved, because he finally discovered a weakness of this kind of cannon, that is, it was not accurate, and if his cavalry was scattered open enough, it was a good way to restrain it.
When the third cannonball roared across the sky, the collapsed city gate was finally accurately hit, the rubble was shot into the sky by a huge explosion, and the blocked city gate was exposed again.
Yuan Yun complained very depressedly, and then urged Ma Jun to step up the artillery, and after a while, the fourth cannonball finally came out of the barrel, but the sky did not chase people's wishes, this cannonball directly turned over the position of the city gate, and then fell in the city, and in an instant there was a loud noise, and the black smoke also rose slowly.
Yuan Yun anxiously slapped the saddle, and immediately shouted at Ma Jun: "Launch and launch, launch all the shells for Lao Tzu, and it won't be over if you don't blow up this place." ā
Ma Chao was at the forefront, and when he saw that the fourth shell still did not break the city gate, he pulled the horse bolt and began to swim in the front, constantly cheering up the soldiers, and his mouth was still shouting a strange tune, listening to a sad and majestic, contradictory song.
When Ma Chao finished inspecting the last group of siege soldiers, there was a sudden explosion in his ears again, and in an instant, a spark exploded on the city wall, and many of the defenders at the head of the wall were blown down by the air wave, and their heads were broken and bleeding.
"That bastard lied to me!" Ma Chao let out a depressed shout, and then looked back at the small hill behind him.
Yuan Yun didn't care about Ma Chao's anger at this time, and kept urging Ma Jun to desperately fire cannonballs, and soon countless cannonballs fell, billowing smoke wafted everywhere on the Anding city wall, and dead bodies could be seen everywhere, and few of them were complete.
The city gate still hasn't exploded, but a city wall has been completely blown down, which can be regarded as an unexpected gain, Ma Chao doesn't care about this, there is a breakthrough He can seize the opportunity, so Xiliang's soldiers immediately poured into the city like a tide.
When the street fighting inevitably happened, the fierceness of the Xiliang soldiers was revealed, they never chose a position when they slashed and killed the enemy, the purpose was to cut the opponent into two with one sword, so they didn't care where to cut the knife from.
The axe-bearer holding the shield also threw away the bulky shield at this moment, and then brandished the steel knife in his hand, looking for the enemy everywhere, and the pikemen, who were not good at fighting in narrow places, also drew their short swords on their waists, and then ran around with red eyes.
Military merit is too important for these soldiers, especially in the bitter cold land of Xiliang, military merit can make their family pay a lot less food tax, which is equivalent to being able to eat a few more mouthfuls of food and live one more person, as for their own lives, they don't take it seriously, and they can have one less mouth to eat when they die, this is what they think.
Yuan Yun was still standing on the hillside, watching those wolf-like Xiliang soldiers rush into the city, and immediately asked Li He to follow with a hundred gunpowder soldiers, he wanted to quickly take over the batch of grain and grass, at this time the smoke from the fire could still be seen, and I don't know how much it was burned, which made people's flesh hurt.
Ma Jun is already lying on the ground on all fours at the moment, he is now out of strength, soft like a lump of mud, but there is a full smile on his face, just now he made a rough calculation, this time to say the least it also killed hundreds of enemies, this military feat is really outrageous, I don't know if the master of the gunpowder army is willing to record, but since the lord has agreed, there should be no problem.
When I turned around, I sold all these military exploits, and when I made money, I went back to Luoyang to buy a house, and then brought Xu Du's wife over, and it was best to marry a concubine in another room.
Seeing Ma Jun's expression, Shi Shen had already been sticky, and then squatted beside him and whispered: "Mr. Ma, you have a lot of military achievements, you are sure to sell them at a good price, do you plan to get some out for some money to spend?" ā
Ma Jun replied weakly: "Sell ...... Sold and ...... It's all sold, I'm ...... What do I want to do in the army? Whole...... Sell them all, and not a single head is left. ā
Shi Shen was overjoyed, and his body bent lower, so the two of them were like two old glasses, muttering to each other face to face.
Yuan Yun frowned and looked at Shi Shen doing his business of buying and selling military merits, and he was angry in his heart, this bastard has lost his money, the grain and grass in the city have been burned for so long, and he is not in a hurry, damn.
I just wanted to scold a few words, but I saw Ma Jun with an intoxicated face, so I could only grit my teeth and endure it, they are all hard-working people, especially Ma Jun, a skilled craftsman, who has been with him for so many years, can always make some money, but this master who is obsessed with machinery has used more money in his profession, resulting in no real estate now, and the old lady and his wife can only live in the family area of Xudu New Town.
What Yuan Yun didn't expect was that Ma Jun was thinking about not only the old lady and his wife at the moment, but also thinking about how to marry a concubine, his wife had never been able to give him a son, and he had long urged him to take a concubine, but he had been delayed by work, and later he often went to Shi Shen's house as a guest, and when he saw Shi Shen's so many wives, he finally thought about it carefully.
But it's okay if Yuan Yun doesn't know about these, because in his heart, Ma Jun is a great person.
The smoke in the city was gradually blown away by the cold wind, and Yuan Yun was also frozen with snot and tears on his face at the moment, even if he put Shi Shen's big sword on his body, he still couldn't stop the cold wind that would drill through the seams of his clothes.
Zhao Yun saw Yuan Yun like this, his heart was full of contempt, for this siege, he has been watching coldly from the side, for him, only people who charge forward like Ma Chao can be called heroes, Yuan Yun will only fire cannons in the back, that is the standard villain, especially this villain does not take deceiving people seriously at all, it is even more contemptible.
Yuan Yun glanced at Zhao Yun's expression, and immediately guessed that this thing was definitely cursing himself in his heart, but he Yuan Yun was Yuan Yun, and he didn't need to cover it up too much, it was Liu Bei who liked to hide it, and what he wanted to show Zhao Yun was his truest side, and he had to judge Liu Bei's hypocrite like two people.
At this moment, seeing that the war in the city was gradually becoming stable, Yuan Yun couldn't bear it anymore and entered the city with a loud shout, so the soldiers of the Gunpowder Army began to put old oxen on the gun cart and walked towards the dilapidated city wall little by little.
When he arrived at the break of the city wall, Ma Chao's majestic figure on horseback immediately appeared, how to look like a statue of the god of war, especially the silver spear in his hand, which was already stained with red blood at the moment, proving that he had just rushed to the forefront, and then killed countless enemies.
Heroic figures.
Not only Shi Shen and Xiaoliu thought so, but even Yuan Yun thought so, such a tall and mighty man really deserves this title, but Yuan Yun not only thought of the word hero, but also thought of the meaning of the word hero, in Chinese history, there is basically nothing good to be called a hero, such as Xiang Yu, and Yue Fei.
In short, he Yuan Yun never wanted to be a hero, he just wanted to hum a little song comfortably, eat hot pot, and have nothing to do to flirt with women from good families, this is the biggest wish in life, and to realize this wish, then you can only come out and fight, such as taking the initiative to lead the troops to the battle this time.
"Yuan Hou's good tricks made it super hard to deceive my horse." Ma Chao was a little sarcastic when he spoke, and now he felt that the horse he was riding was taller than Yuan Yun's old mare, and even the height of his personality was a few points higher.