Chapter 506: Battle Taiping (4)
"This, what kind of battle is this, what kind of trick is the Chu thief doing."
In the water battle above the rivers and lakes, Xu Dahe had seen such a battle.
After all, the popularity of firearms in warfare was still very low in these years, and the cost of artillery made of pure copper was terrifying.
Even over the years, the entire Wu army in western Zhejiang has been equipped with hundreds of artillery, but if these artillery pieces look at the entire western Zhejiang, it is simply a drop in the bucket. It is not enough to defend the city on the city wall, and the artillery equipped on the warship is naturally even less.
Take Xu Da's flagship as an example, his flagship is only equipped with only four artillery pieces, two in the front and two in the front. In this way, he is already the most extravagant among the Wu Junshui divisions. In this way, how could he have imagined that the Chu army would be frantically equipped with more than a dozen artillery pieces on their huge ships.
To borrow a sentence from later generations, this is completely poverty that limited Xu Da's imagination, and he didn't expect that the Chu army would be equipped with more than a dozen artillery pieces on his warship, so naturally he couldn't guess that the Chu army was going to shell with artillery on the side of the gun.
"Order the three armies, fire a salvo of artillery, and kill the Wu thief!"
Seeing that Wu Jun was still like a target and not moving, the smile on Bai Xi's face couldn't help but become richer.
Even now, he was a little impatient to see the warships of the Wu army on the opposite side turned into a wreck under the thunderous shelling of the Chu army.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
Finally, a loud and deafening sound of artillery rang out. Dozens of huge ships and ships, hundreds of artillery salvos, the terrifying momentum simply makes people feel like they are on the top of a landslide.
Hundreds of solid iron ball shells, like meteors at this time, smashed into the dense defensive formation of the Wu army.
"Ah!!h
"The ship is sinking, run, run!"
"Save me, save me......"
Suddenly, a wail and scream sounded in the dense military formation.
In front of such great power, Wu Juncai's seemingly solemn defensive formation was almost like paper paste, but it was gently poked by the Chu army, and it melted and disintegrated like a bubble.
With just one round of attacks, more than 20 small and medium-sized warships were directly sunk by the Chu army. Therefore, in the blink of an eye, the casualties on the Wu army's side soared to hundreds of people.
"This ......, damn it, the Chu thief should die, the Chu thief should die!!"
Seeing this scene with his own eyes, his anger almost turned into flames and erupted from Xu Da's body.
Thinking about being stupid in his own place, it was like a target, and Xu Da couldn't wait to personally carry the sword to take the level of the Chu army.
So he couldn't help but slash the side of the ship several times to reduce the anger in his heart that almost ignited all his internal organs.
"General, it's not good that the thieves are going to fire again, how should our army deal with it, General!"
"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!" Even though he had the heart to fight for life and death with the Chu army opposite, Xu Da's reason clearly told him that to do so was to find death.
Therefore, Xu Daqiang suppressed the anger in his heart and gave the most rational and correct order at this time.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
The Chu army opened fire again, but fortunately, this time the artillery did not completely envelop the Wu army. Although more than a dozen warships were still sunk, the Wu army still changed its formation with difficulty and was ready to retreat.
The battle was so easy, Bai Xi saw this, and naturally immediately issued an order to pursue the victory.
But because the giant ship and the big ship turned around hard, by the time Bai Xi re-commanded his subordinates to set up an offensive formation to chase and kill the past, the Wu army's side had already retreated into the waterway of the big dragon's nest that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
"Open the cannon, shoot the enemy!"
Seeing that Wu Jun was powerless to fight back in front of such a battle, Bai Xi didn't want to watch the boiled duck fly away from his bowl.
Therefore, as soon as the order was given, dozens of artillery pieces fired another salvo, hitting the slower boats behind the Wu army again.
But I didn't think about it, because I chased too close under the excitement. As a result, the Chu army fleet also entered the attack range of the catapults and return cannons set up by the Wu army in the water village on the shore.
Seeing this, Song Gui, the general of the Wu army who was sitting in Shuizhai, would not let go of such a good opportunity to counterattack.
Therefore, even under the control of the Wu soldiers, hundreds of catapults and return cannons in the water village threw a large number of flying stones into the fleet of the Chu army.
There were hundreds of flying stones, and they also smashed into the fleet of the Chu army like hailstones, and the sound of wailing and screaming also resounded in the Chu army.
Although the flying stone power of the catapult is far inferior to the iron artillery of the Chu army. It could fall from the sky and smash the head and face, but it still overturned more than a dozen small boats of the Chu army in one fell swoop, and killed and injured two or three hundred officers and soldiers of the Chu army.
Seeing this, Bai Heaton couldn't help but be furious.
Now that the king of his own family is sweeping behind the formation to supervise the battle, occupying such an advantage, if he doesn't wait for the battle to be perfect, it will really be ashamed of himself.
Therefore, after Bai Xi fought back and asked his fleet to withdraw from the range of the catapults of the Wu Army Water Village, he couldn't help but repeat the old trick and once again used the ship's artillery to remotely lift the Wu Army Water Village set up between the two waterways.
Seeing this, the Wu army of Shuizhai couldn't wait to fight with the Chu army one by one. But even if he bit the steel teeth in his mouth, he had no choice but to abandon the catapult in the village and hide behind the obstacles in the camp to avoid the edge for the time being.
"Hahahaha, Wu thief Xiaoer, it's really vulnerable!"
The bombardment of the Wu army's water village lasted for two moments, and the Wu army's side still looked like a turtle with a shrunken head, and the complacent Bai Xifang issued an order to withdraw the troops.
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"Our army has huge ships and cannons, and on the river, the Wu army is fighting with me, which is like hitting a stone with an egg. My lord, now that the morale of our army is booming, your subordinates feel that this is the time for our army to attack with all its might. ”
The banner was victorious, and only the soldiers and horses of the three armies killed the Wu army's sailors did not dare to compete with it, and the Chu army's confidence doubled. Therefore, at the time of the military discussion, Zhao Ziyu immediately couldn't help but make such a statement to Zhang Shihua on behalf of the generals who struck while the iron was hot.
"Hahaha, okay, Ziyu, you thought of going with this king again this time." Seeing Wu Jun, who was regarded as the biggest enemy in his life, he didn't even have the strength to fight back in front of his strong artillery at this time, Zhang Shihua's heart couldn't help but feel a lot of pride.
"Tomorrow's battle will solve this stubborn enemy in one fell swoop. First break the Wu Army's water village, lead the troops to occupy both sides of the strait, and let the Wu Army's water division in the water bay become a turtle in the urn, and then annihilate it in one fell swoop! ”
"Wait, take the order!"
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In other words, when Zhang Shihua led tens of thousands of troops to prepare for the whole army to annihilate Xu Da in one fell swoop.
Hundreds of miles away in Huizhou, Hu Dahai and his troops led the troops to attack Songkengling, but they also fought a real fire.
In order to be able to quickly break the enemy and rush to the city of She County to support as soon as possible, Hu Dahai and Geng Zaicheng simply did everything. The Chu army was condescending and the arrows were sharp, and Hu Dahai and Geng Zaicheng could not attack it, so they began to search for the nearby people, and then forcibly drove the people to consume with the Chu army.
With such tactics, even Zhang Shihui is already a veteran of battle. But when he saw an innocent person dying in front of the battle like this, he couldn't help but come to the front of the battle in person and scolded Hu Dahai and Geng Zaicheng.
The scolding before this time made Hu Dahai and Geng Zaicheng ashamed or not, no one knows. But when driving the people to be cannon fodder and send them to death, most of the generals in front of the Wu army showed unbearable expressions.
After all, Wu Jun is also one of the few departments in the world with strict military regulations, although it is not that he has not committed any offense against the people, but under the teaching of Zhu Yuanzhang over the years, he has also known and understood etiquette, righteousness and shame.
Therefore, when driving the people to be cannon fodder and sent to death, some grassroots generals in the Wu army couldn't help but think in their hearts, what is the difference between what they do and the brutal and unkind Yuan army?
But in this regard, Hu Dahai and Geng Zaicheng really can't care so much.
The more days dragged on, the greater the possibility of the fall of She County. They couldn't afford the consequences of the fall of Shexian, so they had no choice but to use this method to break the enemy.
But also, although this method is harmful, it does have an undesirable effect.
Under the repeated attacks of the Wu army in this way, the defensive pressure on the side of the Chu army is indeed increasing. So much so that after more than ten days of fierce fighting, the casualties on the Chu army's side have surged to more than 3,000 people. This feeling is as if as long as the Wu army on the opposite side is working harder, the Chu army will be able to be conquered by them.
So even at this time, the Wu army had already suffered 5,000 casualties, thousands of people, and tens of thousands of lives. But the offensive intensity of the Wu army at this time still did not decrease.
In this way, Zhang Shihui, who is on the defensive side, will naturally have more difficulty defending.
So much so that he had to send people every day to ask when the county town would be able to conquer it.
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"Kill, !!"
At night, after a tiring day, Zhang Shihui, who was not exhausted, lay down, and the sound of shouting and killing sounded outside the camp again.
And hearing this shouting and killing, even Zhang Shihui has not had a good rest for a day and a night. But at this time, he had no choice but to rub his face with cold water, cheer up his spirits, put himself on again, and walk out of the camp to command.
"General, you haven't rested for a day and a night. At this time, let's go and rest for a while, and the last general will assure you that even if he fights for his life in the future, he will definitely not let the Wu thief break through the defense line by half a step. ”
Seeing that Zhang Shihui's eyes were bloodshot, and his face was full of tiredness that could not be concealed, he and his generals couldn't help but be full of worries.
But at this time, how could Zhang Shihui sleep. Under the continuous attacks of the Wu army, the strength of the Chu army was already stretched thin.
Therefore, Zhang Shihui just waved his hand at the caring words of his subordinates, "I'm fine, it's just a night of sleeplessness, it's nothing." Now don't talk about commanding a fight here, even if it's a royal girl, I'll have no problem. If you are really worried about me, then you will cheer up and drive down this group of Wu thieves for me, so that I can sleep well. ”
"Yes!"
Hearing that Zhang Shihui could still say such a relaxed and laughing speech at this time, all the generals couldn't help but laugh, and the originally tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed.
And then, at this moment, the loud war drums of Wu Jun in the dark finally sounded.
"Kill, !!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Knock knock knock!! ”
The deafening shouts of slaughter were accompanied by the louder sound of war drums, and the earth-shattering sound swept away the silence of the night in an instant.
Then, one torch after another lit up in the dark night, and countless Wu soldiers and soldiers roared like a winding dragon towards the Songkeng Ridge.
"Draw the bow, kill the thief !!"
"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ......" The Chu soldiers on Songkeng Ridge also launched a counterattack mercilessly. At this time, the dense arrows were like rain, and they rushed towards the Wu soldiers who were attacking with torches in their backs.
"Ahh Yikes! ......" With the rain of arrows, the screams began to resound wantonly in the crowd.
However, even so, the flame dragon composed of countless Wu soldiers still pressed towards the Chu soldiers who were attacking condescendingly with a seemingly unstoppable might. The traps and fortifications set up by the Chu army under the Zeng Ridge have long been demolished by the Wu soldiers.
Even now, the condescending Chu soldiers are frantically throwing killing weapons such as sassalwoods and boulders at the bottom of the ridge. But because the Wu army that came to attack was too many, it was impossible to stop the Wu army's footsteps.
"Kill, !!"
Finally, when the loud and deafening shouts of killing sounded again among the Wu army, the most tragic white-knuckle battle between the two armies finally began.
At this time, the two armies had already killed the real fire, and in order to be able to kill the enemy, both sides were doing everything they could.
Arrows, boulders, swords, and oil are all used as long as they can kill each other.
One after another, the soldiers fell in a pool of blood, and then the high-level generals of hundreds, thousands, and even tens of thousands of households, in order to win, began to put on armor and take the lead.
So much so that in such a situation, the defending Chu army couldn't help but be killed by the Wu army because of the problem of troops.
"Shen Ming, you lead five hundred people to support Dongling; Xu He, you lead 500 people to support Xiling. No matter what, this time I will defeat the Wu thief. ”
Looking at the east and west ridges of the camp, which were being eaten away by the Wu army little by little, Zhang Shihui didn't have time to think about it, and even threw the prepared reserves into it, hoping to reverse the situation.
But I never thought that the Wu army at this time was like crazy, even though the casualties and losses were amazing, but they still fought to the death.
couldn't help but make Zhang Shihui's already frowning brows wrinkle deeper and deeper at this time.
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