Chapter 67: Front-and-Back Strikes (Page 1/1)

Hundreds of field guns, long and heavy guns, and heavy artillery guns took turns firing, and in the overwhelming, deafening, and soul-shattering sound of artillery fire, hundreds of shells roared across the sky, and then smashed heavily inside and outside the Jianmen Pass.

Originally, the defenders of Jianmen Pass, who thought that the official army was playing tricks this time, did not take much precautions at all, and in the face of the sudden dense and rainy shells, the defenders were stunned for a while.

These cannons had different ranges and angles of fire, so some of the shells landed on the wall and others on the wall.

Many of the defenders in the pass had just woken up at this time, and many of them were still sleepy-eyed, holding their rice bowls and preparing to eat, when they heard the whistling sound, and one by one raised their heads to watch the shells fall from the sky, fall in front of them, and then explode.

Close the wall up and down, and suddenly the limbs flew sideways, blood splashed everywhere, and fell into a sea of fire.

Since its establishment, the Great Western Army has never experienced such fierce artillery fire. Most of their battles were sneak attacks, or they relied on the power created by the large number of people to win, and basically did not fight any decent hard battles.

If the defenders in Guanzhong were all Zhang Xianzhong's descendants, maybe the situation would be better. However, these conscripted defenders were barely able to cope with the usual and regular siege tasks, but they could not withstand the siege artillery fire of this intensity.

Therefore, before the first round of artillery fire was over, many of the defenders were already frightened and began to flee.

The generals guarding the south gate of Jianmen Pass were Zhang Xianzhong's descendants, so naturally the soldiers were not allowed to flee.

After he led his soldiers to hack to death dozens of fleeing defenders, it did not stop the wave of escape, but only aroused the anger of the soldiers.

These defender soldiers, who usually look lazy and only put up the dragon gate array, burst out of blood, and went up in groups with knives to fight with those descendants of Zhang Xianzhong.

The southern city of Jianmen soon fell into a chaotic battle, and hundreds of descendants of soldiers were soon caught in a bitter battle, and were finally completely submerged.

When the Jianmen guards arrived with a large group of men, the south gate had already opened, and countless soldiers were fleeing in a surge, heading in the direction of Quang Ninh City.

After the Jianmen guards cut down more than a dozen fleeing soldiers, he also realized that the general situation had gone, stomped his feet, sighed, and fled with his own soldiers.

After the first round of artillery bombardment, there was no movement on the wall for a long time, and Di Qing ordered the infantry to begin the siege.

Dozens of ladders were set up at the head of the city, and after the soldiers quickly climbed to the top of the city, they were surprised to find that there was not a single living person on the top of the city, except for the blood and corpse stumps all over the ground.

Looking at the gate again, the gate was also empty, and the backs of some soldiers fleeing could be vaguely seen.

When the news was reported to Di Qing, Di Qing was stunned for a moment, and secretly said that the defenders fled much faster than he imagined, and they didn't survive a round of shelling.

The city gate was opened, and the army quickly entered the gate. On the one hand, Di Qing ordered to search and suppress the remnants of the defenders in the pass, and on the other hand, he sent a team of elite men and horses to pursue the deserters.

The reason why he did not give the order for an artillery siege at the beginning was that he was afraid that as soon as the cannon fired, the defenders would flee. Once they are allowed to flee to Quang Ninh City or Ba Zung, it will strengthen the defenders of these cities.

That's why he sent elite men and horses to sneak through the trail and block the deserters behind.

When the time comes, the deserters will have no way out.

The 3,000-strong elite Wehrmacht unit responsible for sneaking through the trail to block the road finally reached the end of the trail after losing hundreds of soldiers.

No sooner had they come out of the trail than the canyon that the guide had spoken of, and before they could set up their positions, they saw a large number of deserters rushing towards them.

In a hurry, the division commander of the major general who led the team did not care much, and ordered the troops to find bunkers on the spot, and those without bunkers lined up in defensive formations.

Riflemen in front, grenadiers in the back, muskets in the distance, grenades in the close.

As soon as they lined up their formation, the vanguards of the deserters had already rushed to the front.

These deserters were frightened by the artillery fire of the officers and soldiers just now, and they finally escaped alive, but suddenly saw that there were officers and soldiers blocking the road in front of them, and they were so frightened that they were scattered for a while, and they were a little chaotic and stagnant.

However, after a short period of stagnation, these deserters realized that there were not many officers and soldiers in front of them, and that there were tens of thousands of horses on their side.

Thinking of this, the deserters plucked up their courage and shouted and rushed towards the officers and soldiers brandishing their swords and guns.

This section of the road is not as narrow and dangerous, but it is not as wide as it is. Moreover, it is in a canyon, with towering cliffs on both sides, and if you want to get there, you can only break through the blockade of the official army.

The division commander of the major general who led the team calmly looked at the team of deserters who rushed over, he saw luck and panic in the eyes of those deserters, held the command knife in his hand, and slashed the command knife down when the deserter's forward rushed to a distance of about two hundred meters, shouting: "Fire!" ”

The muskets in the riflemen's hands rang out, and the scorching bullets erupted in a dense rain of bullets towards the deserters.

The deserters who rushed to the front fell in an instant, but this did not stop the deserters from rushing through the blockade and the desire to escape, and they continued to rush over with shouts.

The riflemen kept firing, the deserters kept falling, and a large number of corpses quickly swooped up on the road, and then quickly drowned in the footsteps of the latecomers.

When the deserters rushed to a hundred paces, the riflemen finally began to shoot freely. Because the deserters are too dense and there are too many people, they can hit the target with a single shot.

When the deserters had rushed to about fifty paces, the grenadiers, who had been waiting for a long time, finally came into their way.

Hundreds of smoking grenades flipped in the air and fell into the dense crowd of deserters, wearing them with bursts of bloody rain, severed arms and stumps flying in all directions, and many gaps appeared in the dense queue in an instant.

The courage of the deserters finally fell to the bottom under the terrifying and huge lethality of the grenades, and many people shouted and turned around and ran back.

The deserters then organized themselves and charged several times, but each time they were beaten to pieces, leaving a few corpses and retreating to the same place.

However, in the course of these times, the deserters also discovered a rule, as long as they did not exceed the line of three hundred paces, the officers and soldiers would not attack them.

The deserters were relieved by this discovery, and many began to sit still and rest.

It was only at this time that there was a commotion behind the deserters, and the officers and soldiers caught up from behind.

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