Linhuang Mansion City Battlefield.

The shelling, which continued to roar for nearly four hours, came to an abrupt end as it approached dusk.

In the past, the city wall of Shangjing Mansion in Daliao, as expected by Wu Yiyong, Ma Yong and others, could not stop the bombardment of 88 12-kilogram cannons and 6-kilogram cannons. After four hours and nearly 7,000 shells, a collapse gap with a width of 150 paces appeared in the middle of the southern city wall of Linhuang Mansion.

The rammed earth walls have collapsed over a large area, creating a gentle slope that can be climbed on foot. The parts that did not collapse were also beaten to a thousand holes, and there were terrible openings everywhere.

The Jin soldiers guarding the city wall had long since disappeared, and even Wan Yan did not dare to watch the battle from the southeast corner of the relatively safe city wall - his position was blocked by a triangular out-of-town fortress, which was not easy to be shelled. But he still got down the wall and withdrew behind the collapse of the wall, behind a breastwork that had been improvised with sandbags.

Because he knew that the battle that would determine the existence of Linhuang Mansion City would be fought in front of this breastwork.

The 150-step-wide gentle slope formed by the collapse must not be lost! Because once the gentle slope is lost, the Zhou army will drag the cannon up and deploy it. At that time, the cannon that fires condescendingly will pose a fatal threat to the squares in the city - Linhuangfu City is also built in imitation of Tang City, and the city is divided into many squares, each of which is guarded by a square wall.

If the Zhou army had erected their artillery to a high place, most of the walls would have become targets and could be easily destroyed. When the time comes, the golden soldiers who have retracted into the city will not even have a support to defend.

Therefore, Xian has also made up his mind to fight to the death with the Zhou people near this gap.

If you can't win, you can only retreat to Yelai Mountain......

In the bunker where Wang Yan and Wu Yiyong were, everyone looked at the gap in the collapsed city wall. After the shelling stopped, the smoke and dust were gradually dissipating. Now it's finally time to take a closer look at the terrain.

"About two feet high, the collapsed rammed earth formed a gentle slope and buried the tiger fall. There was also a trench and a low wall in front of the gentle slope, behind which there seemed to be a small number of gold soldiers fortified. ”

After a while, Wu Yiyong read the scout's reconnaissance report he had just received to Wang Yan, and then made a suggestion: "That gentle slope is the key!" As long as the gentle slope is captured, Linhuang Mansion City will be ours. The first step should be to clear the obstacles to the general attack, fill in the trenches, occupy the low wall, and then push the artillery up and at the gentle slope.

At the same time, it is possible to launch a tentative attack on the triangular forts on both sides, and perhaps take them. ”

"Are the attacking forces ready?" Wang Yan asked.

"The 1st Infantry Division is ready," replied Wu Yiyong, "and the shield carts and sandbags to fill the trenches are ready." ”

"Let's get started!" Wang Yan said, "Give the 1st Infantry Division an order that the trenches must be filled in and the low walls must be captured before the time comes!" ”

"Whoa!"

The commander of the 1st Infantry Division was Miao Fu, who was the son of Miao Lu, a famous general of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty. He should not have joined the Zhou army, but in the "Jianzhong Qingcheng Theory" incident 16 years ago, he and Liu Zhengyan instigated the student tide of the Biyong School Palace, and had to go into exile in Jiehe and transfer to the Jiehe Knight Academy. After graduating from the Knight Academy, Miao Fu entered the army of Wu Haogu, first in the Jiehe regimental training and Cangzhou regimental training, and then as an infantry officer in the republican army, step by step rose to the current commander of the first division. It is not a shadow of the door, but a solid military command foundation and the courage to take the lead. And the 1st Infantry Division of the Republican Army under his command is also a strong force known for being good at fighting tough battles. And today, Miao Fu is determined to use the most rapid attack to add another stroke to the credit book for himself and the first division.

By the time the artillery bombardment was over, Miao Fu had already put on his armor, pointed to the front line with half of the division, stood in front of the neatly arranged first brigade of armor soldiers, stretched his neck and looked forward, looking a little impatient.

After receiving the order from the legion headquarters, Miao Fu immediately drew his sword and pointed forward, shouting: "Republican Army, advance!" ”

He was followed by a drum cart and a trumpeter, who were used to carry orders, and when he heard the order of his division commander, he immediately beat the drum and blew the trumpet.

Amid the sound of war drums and whimpering horns, the officers and men of the 1st Infantry Brigade, who had been waiting for a long time, also let out their strongest roar: "Preserve the principles of heaven and defend the republic!" Fight the enemy! ”

"Kill! Fight the enemy! Kill ......"

The republican officers and soldiers shouting slogans also began to advance in formations one by one.

At the forefront were the pikemen pushing the shield carts, only half of them carrying the shohachi spears, and the rest were trying to push the shield carts converted from baggage vehicles. In addition to the shields, the wagons were also filled with sandbags for filling the trenches - these sandbags could also withstand the projectiles of 6 taels of guns.

The pikemen were in platoons (fire) units, and a platoon of pikemen followed or pushed a shield cart, forming several waves of "shield cart lines" on the battlefield, slowly advancing.

After each wave of shield lines, they were followed by crossbowmen or sword and shield soldiers with bows and arrows in three horizontal columns - there were no archers in the Zhou Republican Army, but archery was a compulsory skill for Zhou citizens, especially military citizens. So after three years in the Republic, the sword and shield bearers of the Republican Army will be part-time archers.

The first wave of shield lines soon approached the trench outside the city of Linhuangfu. The trench was not straight, but was built along a triangular outrage, winding and winding. Therefore, when the shield line is close to the trench, there is no way to keep it straight, and it becomes crooked. And this change exposed the backs of some of the Republican soldiers to the fire of the golden soldiers on the triangular out-of-fort.

However, the 250-pound cannon that Jin Bing placed on several triangular forts has been dumb by half, and the remaining half is not much accurate, so it is just a sound.

However, the Zhou army, which pounced on the vicinity of the trench, still suffered certain losses! What inflicted losses on them was a weapon that had been eliminated in the Zhou army - the bed crossbow!

The distance between the two triangular forts is two or three hundred paces, otherwise it would be too dense, the cost of construction would be too high, and the troops that needed to be deployed would be too much. And the distance of two or three hundred paces was beyond the reach of ordinary bows and arrows, and the Jin army, which did not have enough financial resources to equip artillery, thought of the bed crossbow. Imported samples from the Song Dynasty and copied many of them themselves!

So when the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Brigade entered between the two triangular out-of-forts, huge arrows six or seven feet long were fired at them!

At the same time as the giant arrow was fired, behind the breastwork on the opposite side of the trench, many Jurchen warriors wearing two layers of heavy armor also appeared, all holding bows and arrows, desperately throwing feather arrows at the back of the shield cart!

Casualties began to appear, and the Republican soldiers pushing shield carts and carrying sandbags to fill the trenches kept falling, but the rest remained determined.

The return fire soon began, and the crossbowmen and the sword and shield men armed with bows and arrows, organized by the officers, seized advantageous firing positions. Either projectile or direct, they all threw feathered arrows onto the two triangular out-of-forts.

Under the cover of their own bows and crossbows, the soldiers carrying sandbags to fill the trenches also sped up. Sandbags were thrown into the trench, which was not too deep and wide, and several passages made of sandbags took shape at a speed visible to the naked eye!

These passages lead to the triangular fort on both sides and the breastwork on the front, which protects the opening of the Linhuang Mansion wall.

The Jurchens on the triangular fortress and behind the breastwork were also anxious when they saw this scene. The defenders of Linhuang Mansion are only a few thousand! Really let the Zhou army break through the city defense, can the city still hold it?

Therefore, they ignored the rain of arrows from their opponents, and just desperately shot arrows at the passage made of sandbags, and in the blink of an eye, the sandbags that formed the passage were full of arrowheads!

However, no matter how dense the rain of arrows is, it can't stop the determination of the Republican soldiers! Most of them are various second generations who need military merits to improve their status and honor, and most of them are still "surplus sons". They had to earn their grange and citizenship by merit—they had been instilled with this idea by their elders and fathers since they were young, and they were always preparing for it. Now is the time for the great ambition of life, how can you retreat from the battle?

Miao Fu was also on the front line, and he was shouting less than 50 paces from the trench, and there was a shield cart on his left and right to fend him off the huge arrows shot from the triangular forts on both sides.

A 250-pound cannonball suddenly fell in front of him, splashing a lot of sand and gravel, hitting Miao Fu's head and face. But this commander didn't even blink an eyelid.

While the officers and men of the 1st Brigade were struggling to fill the trenches, the officers and men of the two battalions of the 2nd Brigade also shouted loudly, carrying ladders and swords and shields, and began to charge. Their goal is to get out of the fort with those two triangles!

The fort is solid rammed earth, and there is a certain slope on the outer wall, and it is externally with a triangular angle, so it is difficult to destroy with a cannon, and can only be attacked!

Fortunately, the triangular outgoing fort is not tall, and the outer wall has a large slope, which is relatively easy to climb.

More than 1,000 armor soldiers from two battalions are about to climb these two forts, use their swords and shields, use flesh and blood, and use white blades to kill, and fight the Jurchen sons and daughters who are good at hand-to-hand combat!

Ten years ago, if it had been replaced by the first generation of Republican soldiers, I am afraid that it would have been impossible to defeat the Jurchen elite in a scattered white-handed battle.

Because most of the first generation of Republican soldiers were peasants who had just laid down their hoes, even if they received rigorous training, it was still impossible to master any skills in individual combat.

And now, as the fighters of the Republican Army's sharp knife unit, almost all of them are quasi-citizens who have received military training. Not only loyal to the republic and eager to make meritorious contributions, but also extremely high military qualities. The ability of hand-to-hand combat is a little worse than that of the genuine raw girl Zhen Darling, but the mature girl Zhen, the Bohai people, and the Jin soldiers from the Korean people are not their opponents! Many of the second generation of Jurchens who live a relatively privileged life are not the opponents of these Republican Army soldiers who have both martial arts and doctrines!

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